Title
Accepting the Rocky Mountain Institute grant for a Department of Energy sub-recipient grant as awarded via RES 23-1300 and amending the financing and spending in the Public Works grant budget in the amount of $62,467.
Body
WHEREAS, the City of Saint Paul is leading the Twin Cities Electric Vehicle Mobility Network
(TCEVMN) project which will install 18 new EV charging hubs with 40 Level 2 (L2) charge ports in the public right of way across Saint Paul and Minneapolis, and each hub will provide both public EV charging and EV charging dedicated to use by an EV carshare service that will be operated by HOURCAR; and
WHEREAS, the City of Saint Paul (“City”) is a sub-awardee to the Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI), in partnership with HOURCAR and East Metro Strong; and
WHEREAS, funding received through this new source will allow for examination of project successes and lessons learned to-date, and creation of deliverables that will aid in information sharing about the Evie Carshare program, to support continued growth of the program; and
WHEREAS, there is not a local match requirement for sub-awardees, and the City’s subaward
would be $62,467 over 24 months beginning in 2024 which will fund city management & leadership salaries; now,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Saint Paul, upon recommendation of the Mayor, that $62,467 is available for appropriation in the Electric Vehicle Charging Stations budgets, as heretofore adopted and amended by this Council, is hereby further amended in the following particulars:
Financial Analysis
See Attachment.