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.From: Crump., Katie
Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 2:06 PM
To: -City Clerk
Subject: FW: SCEIP Ammendment
For the book
From: jeanniegrace@comcast.net [mailto::jeanniegcace@comcast.net]
Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 1:42 PM
To: citymgr
Cc: King, Fran
Subject: SCEIP Ammendment
September 10, 2009
TO: Mayor Pamela Torliatt and Petaluma City Council Members
From :Jean Noll
321 Ridgeview Drive, Petaluma, 94952
(707) 763- 5177
In June, the Petaluma City Coucil agreed to participate in the Sonoma County Energy Independence
Project (SCEIP) A qualification was added to the agreement that required Petaluma residents to
obtain permission/agreement from their mortgage lenders to participate in the program. To my
knowledge, this is the only city in Sonoma County that requires that permission.
We, as senior citzens, had an application ready. to file. Our request is for a loan to to have all the
windows and glass doors in our home replaced with energy efficient glass. We filed our application,
and were told everything was in order. A week later, our application was returned, and we were told
we needed to get permission from our lender, Provident Funding. This has led to a nightmare of
bureaucracy for us.
A few of the issues:
-Provident said they wouldn'.t be able to approve this because for the relatively small loan we
requested, they would become~the second lien holder to Sonoma County.
-After a discussion with. Kath-y Larocane (565-3310), Deputy Sonoma County Counsel, she agreed
to talk with Provident' legal department. They said that they would consider it. However
they then stated. that because our loan was sold to Freddie Mac, it was now an issue at the. Federal
level .
-We were told. that, if ou,r mortgage were held by Wells Fargo, we would have no problem because
Wells has signed off on allapplications for its mortgage customers. This seems highly discriminatory
for all those who :hold mortgages with other lenders.
Vllith. the present. situafion, we are not able to proceed with our application. Both my husband and I
wish to petition fhe Council to remove this qualification.
Thank you for your consideration.lhnpe to speak to this in the. Public Comment at Monday's Council
Meeting.
Jean Noll.
763-5177