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Authorizing the application and acceptance of $34,420 in grant funding from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency for charging equipment for the City’s EV Spot Network; authorizing the execution of a grant agreement; and amending the 2021 Grant Budget.
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WHEREAS, the City of Saint Paul (“City”) is leading the EV Spot Network/Evie Carshare (the “Project”) Project, in partnership with the City of Minneapolis, Xcel Energy and HOURCAR; and
WHEREAS, the Project will deliver 70 electric vehicle (EV) charging hubs across Saint Paul and Minneapolis, with each hub providing both public EV charging and EV charging dedicated to use by an electric vehicle carshare service that will be operated by HOURCAR; and
WHEREAS, the Project will provide EV carshare as an additional transportation option in the Twin Cities to complement transit, biking, and walking, as well as public EV charging; and
WHEREAS, the Project will provide EV carshare service to ten lower-wealth, majority BIPOC neighborhoods across the two cities where carshare is not currently an option; and
WHEREAS, the Project will produce no local emissions, supporting improved air quality in our neighborhoods and reducing greenhouse gas emissions from transportation; and
WHEREAS, the City applied for and received a grant in the amount of $34,420 for electric vehicle charging equipment from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA); and
WHEREAS, by this Resolution, the Council authorizes the application and acceptance and of MPCA Grant Funds, amends the 2021 budget, and authorizes execution of a grant agreement with the MPCA; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Saint Paul authorizes the appropriate City Officials to apply for and enter into the grant agreement with the MCPA to accept these funds; and be it further
RESOLVED, that the Mayor and the proper City Officials are hereby authorized and directed for and on behalf of the City to enter the grant agreement and any other documents and instruments in connection with this Resolution, copies of which are before Council and are made a part hereof; and be it further
RESOLVED, that the Mayor and the proper City Officials are authorized to execute the Agreement and any amendments to the Agreement; and be it finally
RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Saint Paul, upon recommendation of the Mayor, that $34,420 is available for appropriation of funds in the 2021 Grant Budget, as heretofore adopted and amended by this Council, be hereby further amended in the Budget in the following particulars:
Financial Analysis
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