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File #: 23-0419    Version: 1
Type: Bill Status: Passed
File created: 4/10/2023 In control: Finance & Governance Committee
On agenda: 5/1/2023 Final action: 5/9/2023
Title: A bill for an ordinance establishing a new Fund in the Capital Improvements and Capital Maintenance Fund Series for the "Climate Federal Capital Projects" program. Establishes the Climate Federal Capital Projects Fund (34805) in the Capital Improvements and Capital Maintenance Fund Series. The Committee approved filing this item at its meeting on 4-18-2023.
Indexes: Lucas Palmisano
Attachments: 1. BR23-0419_DOF_CASR_Establish Climate Federal Fund - Capital, 2. CB23-0419_ DOF_New_Climate Federal Capital Fund, 3. 23-0419 Filled Bill_ DOF_New_Climate Federal Capital Fund, 4. 23-0419 - signed, 5. 23-0419 For an ordinance establishing a new Fund in the Capital Improvements and Capital
Finance Item/Grant Request Template

Date Submitted: 4-17-2023

Requesting Agency: Finance
Division:

Subject Matter Expert Name: Kyrill Kretzschmar / Jonathan Rogers
Email Address: kyrill.kretzschmar@denvergov.org / jonathan.rogers@denvergov.org
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Item Title & Description:
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These appear on the Council meeting agenda. Initially, the requesting agency will enter a 2-3 sentence description. Upon bill filling, the City Attorney's Office should enter the title above the description (the title should be in bold font).

Both the title and description must be entered between the red "title" and "body" below. Do not at any time delete the red "title" or "body" markers from this template.
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A bill for an ordinance establishing a new Fund in the Capital Improvements and Capital Maintenance Fund Series for the "Climate Federal Capital Projects" program.
Establishes the Climate Federal Capital Projects Fund (34805) in the Capital Improvements and Capital Maintenance Fund Series. The Committee approved filing this item at its meeting on 4-18-2023.
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Affected Council District(s) or citywide? Citywide

Executive Summary with Rationale and Impact:
Detailed description of the item and why we are doing it. This can be a separate attachment.

Prior to the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA), Public Sector and non-profit organizations were excluded from the ability to directly monetize clean energy investment tax credits. The Federal legislation updates ? 6417 of the Internal Revenue Code to allow applicable entities, including the City and County of Denver, to elect to receive certain tax credits, including but not limited to the clean electricity investment credit determined under ? 48E as a "direct payment". Denver's Office of Climate Action, Sustainability, and Resiliency is actively implementing, or in the planning phase, for nearly $46 million of eligible clean energy investments, which could gener...

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