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Authorizing the Procurement Commissioner, on behalf of the City of Philadelphia, to enter into a lease and related agreements with the Philadelphia Municipal Authority, for use by the City of certain cogeneration facilities to be located at the Northeast Water Pollution Control Plant, 3899 Richmond Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, all under certain terms and conditions.
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WHEREAS, The Philadelphia Municipal Authority (the "Authority") is authorized by Ordinance approved August 3, 1989 (Bill No. 447, 1989 Ordinances 1199) to develop and operate facilities for cogeneration systems related to sewage treatment plants using digester gas as the primary fuel and located at the Northeast Water Pollution Control Plant on behalf of the Water Department or other designated City department; and
WHEREAS, The Water Department and the Procurement Department have requested that the Authority undertake a project to provide a cogeneration system utilizing digester gas with a proposed term of sixteen years (the "Project"); and
WHEREAS, AMERESCO, Inc., has been selected through a competitive process, to develop the Project in accordance with a Request for Proposals issued on September 17, 2010; and
WHEREAS, The Project will require the Authority to enter into agreements with AMERESCO, Inc. and Banc of America Public Capital Corp or its affiliate for the Project, and the City will undertake certain obligations of the Authority to AMERESCO, Inc. and Banc of America Public Capital Corp or its affiliate through the City's agreements with the Authority; now, therefore
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. Subject to the conditions set forth in Section 2, the Procurement Commissioner, on behalf of the City of Philadelphia, is hereby authorized to enter into agreements with the Philadelphia Municipal Authority, for the provision and maintenance of cogeneration equipment utilizing biogas produced at the Northeast ...
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