OFFICERS

Chris DiGiorgio, Co-Chair Accenture Inc.

Hon. Chuck Reed, Co-Chair DATE: March 17, 2010 City of San Jose

Russell Hancock, President & CEO Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network TO: The Honorable Ken Yeager, Chairperson DIRECTORS

John C. Adams The Honorable Dave Cortese, Vice Chair Wells Fargo

Larry Alder Finance & Government Operations Committee (FGOC) Google, Inc. County of Santa Clara Elaine Alquist California State Senate

Gregory Belanger Comerica Bank

George Blumenthal University of California at Santa Cruz Dear Supervisors Yeager and Cortese:

Steven Bochner Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Dave Boesch I am submitting this letter to address item number seven on the March 18, 2010 County of San Mateo

Ed Cannizzaro FGOC meeting agenda. I would like to request that language regarding our KPMG

Emmett D. Carson organization, Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network, be included in the County’s Silicon Valley Community Foundation Request for Proposal (RFP) document for a Regional Renewable Power Purchase Barry Cinnamon Akeena Solar Agreement (PPA). Pat Dando San Jose Silicon Valley Chamber of Commerce

Mary Dent SVB Financial Group It has recently come to our attention that all mention of our organization has

Dan Fenton San Jose Convention & Visitors Bureau been removed from the version of the County's RFP for a Regional Renewable

Jon Friedenberg PPA that was submitted in the FGOC meeting packet. El Camino Hospital

Glenn Gabel Webcor Builders

Kevin Gillis Joint Venture’s Public Sector Climate Task Force, a group consisting of members Bank of America from every city and county plus several special districts in Silicon Valley, has Judith Maxwell Greig Notre Dame De Namur University been a major contributor to the County’s Regional Renewable Power Purchase Paul Gustafson TDA Group initiative through its development over the past two years. The Task Force has Timothy Haight Menlo College been working to encourage participation of member jurisdictions by providing

Chester Haskell Cogswell Polytechnical College communication platform as well as educational resources regarding renewable

Joe Head Summerhill Homes energy, financing, and other topics related to the initiative. Additionally, the Task

Mark Jensen Force structure provides the framework for close collaboration that is necessary Deloitte & Touche

W. Keith Kennedy, Jr. for a project with such large scope. And ultimately, the participation of the Task Con-way

Alex Kennett Force member jurisdictions is paramount to the success of this regional Solutions, Inc. collaboration, which will lead to cost savings for the County and all additional Tom Klein Greenberg Traurig LLP participating public agencies. Dave Knapp City of Cupertino

Hon. Liz Kniss Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors Joint Venture’s Public Sector Climate Task Force will continue in their efforts to

James MacGregor Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal facilitate regional collaboration on this project. By including a description of

Tom McCalmont these efforts in the County’s procurement documents, the community will view Real Goods Solar

James McCaughey the initiative in this regional framework. As such, we would like to request that Lucile Salter Packard Children’s Hospital

Jean McCown the Committee include language in the RFP document describing the involvement of Joint Venture’s Public Sector Climate Task Force. Curtis Mo Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr LLP

Mairtini Ni Dhomhnaill Accretive Solutions A representative from our organization will be available at the proceedings to Joseph Parisi Therma answer any questions.

Lisa Portnoy Ernst & Young

Bobby Ram SunPower Corporation Thank you in advance for your consideration of this request.

Paul Roche McKinsey & Company, Inc.

Harry Sim Cypress Envirosystems Sincerely, Susan Smarr Kaiser Permanente

John Sobrato, Sr. Sobrato Development Companies

Neil Struthers Building & Construction Trades Council

Mark Walker Applied Materials

Chuck Weiss Russell Hancock Santa Clara County Office of Education President & Chief Executive Officer Linda Williams Planned Parenthood Mar Monte

Jon Whitmore San Jose State University

Daniel Yost Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLP 100 West San Fernando Street, Suite 310 (408) 298 -9330 tel San Jose, California 95113 (408) 404-0865 fax www.jointventure.org