Fallbrook Union High School District trustees voted on March 12 to approve a master energy services agreement and a separate energy services contract with SiteLogic Inc. to install solar parking canopies and an on-site battery system at Fallbrook High School.

The board opened a public hearing on the energy services agreement and recorded that no members of the public addressed the board. The board then approved Resolution No. 10-2425, findings required under Government Code Section 4217.7–4217.18, to support entering into the proposed master agreement with SiteLogic, and later voted to approve the standalone energy services agreement for facility improvements as presented.

Board members said the project builds on recently installed solar parking covers in the district parking lot. Trustees discussed the battery system’s purpose; the board recorded a clarification that the battery is intended to serve Fallbrook High School and support the campus during outages (the district also noted its role as a Red Cross emergency facility), not as an independent utility-scale storage facility. No members of the public spoke during the hearing.

The board’s approvals included direction to proceed with the design, construction and installation of the battery energy storage and associated mechanical systems under the agreement with SiteLogic. The votes on both the resolution and the agreement were recorded with the same board roll call: President Mister Caralampio — aye; Mister Christensen — absent; Mister Haskell — aye; Mister Jones — aye; Miss Rodarte — aye.

The agreement and the findings are intended to authorize SiteLogic to deliver the specified energy-related improvements; the contract terms, financing arrangements and implementation schedule were described in the agenda packet but were not read into the record during the meeting. The district will return to the board with implementation details and any required follow-up as the project proceeds.

Action on the resolution and agreement concluded the public hearing portion of the agenda on the energy services topic.