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Resolution to Authorize a Commercial and Multifamily Residential Electric Vehicle Charger Program to Support the City's Goal of Carbon Neutrality by 2030 and Increase Public Electric Vehicle Charging Availability
Memorandum
Strategy 2 of the City's A2ZERO Plan calls for supporting beneficial electrification, including the electrification of vehicles within the City. In support of this goal, the City's Office of Sustainability and Innovations ("OSI") launched a working group with multi-family and commercial property owners to understand what barriers they face regarding the installation of electric vehicle ("EV") chargers at their facilities. The results showed that the upfront costs of installing EV chargers and a lack of knowledge regarding EV charger installation were major barriers to deployment.
In light of these findings, OSI began working with commercial and multi-family property owners to design an EV charger support program. The goal of the program was to assist commercial and multi-family sites with installing publicly accessible EV chargers. Through a collaborative co-design process, OSI is now recommending the formal creation of a Commercial and Multifamily Residential Electric Vehicle Charger Program ("Program") to award grants to eligible and selected commercial and multifamily property owners. A grant awarded under this Program will include up to four level 2 EV chargers (which must be installed at sites in Ann Arbor), a 5-year software package, a 5-year warranty, and necessary EV charger accessories.
The following entities are eligible for a grant under the Program:
* Commercial property owners; and
* Multifamily residential property owners with at least 5 units on site.
Candidates must have the electrical capacity required to support EV chargers at the proposed site to be eligible, and City staff will verify this prior to formal grant award. Interested candidates must submit an application online via the City's application portal. G...
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