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L-1. GRANT THROUGH THE AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT FOR THE WHITE TANK BRANCH LIBRARY & NATURE CENTER Accept the grant funding through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to the Maricopa County Library District in the amount of $540,000 to fund an onsite photovoltaic system at the White Tank Branch Library & Nature Center. Indirect costs are not applicable the Library District portion of the grant. Grant revenues are not local revenues for the purpose of the constitutional expenditure limitation and, therefore, expenditures of these revenues are not prohibited by the budget law. The total grant funding is the amount of $3,567,800 from the US Department of Energy. The term of the grant is from August 31, 2009 through August 30, 2012. The Library Districts on-site photovoltaic system will initially produce about 80,000 KWH annually or 21% of the buildings power needs. The on-site system will prevent the equivalent of 88,574 pounds of CO2 during the first year of operation or 2,564,443 pounds of CO2 prevention over the 30 year life of the system. According to the EPA, that equates to 63.2 metric tons of avoided CO2 emissions. (C-65-10-007-G-00)