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Discuss Public Electric Vehicle Charging in City-Owned Parking Lots (Discussion)
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To: Honorable Chair and Members of the Transportation Commission
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The City of Alameda (City) is moving forward with a strategy to increase the availability of electric vehicle (EV) chargers citywide by installing public chargers in City-owned parking lots. This strategy is a priority in the City's 2019 Climate Action and Resiliency Plan (CARP). Providing public EV charging will support residents who rent, live in homes without driveways or garages and those who live in multi-family apartments to more easily own an electric vehicle. Public EV charging can also help attract visitors to Alameda to charge their vehicles and visit Alameda businesses while they are charging. A draft EV Charging Existing Conditions and Needs report shown in Exhibit 1, which includes an inventory of City-owned public parking lots and curbside locations adjacent to public facilities for potential EV charging.
Staff is proposing the following actions to increase EV charging infrastructure citywide:
? Applying for the federal Charging and Fueling Infrastructure grant to provide funding to install EV charging in priority city-owned lots.
? Preparing to issue a request for proposals (RFP) to enter into an agreement with a EV charging provider to install, manage, and maintain the network of public EV charging sites on behalf of the City.
No action is required at this time. This report is for review and comment purposes only.
BACKGROUND
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has adopted a rule that by 2035, all new passenger cars and light trucks sold in the state be electric vehicles or other emissions-free models. The rule will phase in over time with 35 percent of vehicles being either zero-emission, plug-in hybrid or hydrogen-powered models by 2026 and 68 percent in 2030. This shift makes it imperative that the City has adequate charging solutions available to its resid...
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