DATE: October 21, 2025
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Steven E. White, Director
Department of Public Works and Planning
SUBJECT: Reclamation Agreement, Escrow Agreement, and Limited Access Easement for the Key Energy Storage Project
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
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1. Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute a 35-year Battery Storage Project Reclamation Agreement (Reclamation Agreement), including the Reclamation Plan, Exhibit A thereto, with Key Energy Storage, LLC, the Project Applicant (Applicant), to implement project mitigation measures and specific conditions of approval placed on Unclassified Conditional Use Permit (UCUP) No. 3734 for a battery storage facility (the Project) encompassing approximately 160 acres, generally located on the south side of W. Jayne Avenue, between Interstate 5 and S. Lassen Avenue (State Route 269), and approximately 3.8 miles southwest of the City of Huron, in unincorporated Fresno County;
2. If your Board approves Recommended Action 1 above, approve and authorize the Chairman to execute the Escrow Agreement with the Applicant and Citibank, N.A. as the Escrow Agent to accept a cash deposit of $ 4,026,724 as the Applicant's initial security to the County for the Reclamation Agreement, and to identify the County's initially designated representatives who are authorized on behalf of the County to initiate and approve transaction of all types for the escrow account established under the Escrow Agreement (each, a County Representative);
3. Authorize the Director of Public Works and Planning (Director) to give any notice on behalf of the County, under the Escrow Agreement, including providing any revised form of Sight Draft (Exhibit A-1 to the Escrow Agreement) (the Revised Form of Sight Draft) and/or any revised Certificate as to Authorized Signatures-County of Fresno (Exhibit A-2 to the Escrow Agreement) the Revised Form of Authorized Signatures, as applicable, to the Escrow Agent with respect to any County Represent...
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