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El Dorado County Air Quality Management District (AQMD) recommending the Board, acting as the Board of Directors of AQMD, consider the following pertaining to the Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment Replacement project at the County offices:
1) Approve and adopt the construction plans and specifications and authorize the Chair to sign the bid documents; and
2) Authorize the advertisement for construction bids (BID Number 2025-0130) in the Quest Construction Data Network.
FUNDING: AB2766 DMV Surcharge Fees designated for motor vehicle emission reduction.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
There are fifty-four (54) Electric Vehicle (EV) chargers at fifteen (15) County facilities and park and ride locations that are accessible to the public. Since 2014, AQMD has acquired funding for and worked with Facilities staff and hired contractors to install these chargers at County offices throughout El Dorado County (EDC). To incentivize EV usage in EDC these chargers have been free to use, with the electricity costs being paid by AQMD using AB 2766 motor vehicle emission reduction funding. EV adoption is becoming much more prevalent. Of the new vehicles being sold in California, approximately 25% are now EVs or plug-in hybrids. AQMD staff believes this incentive is no longer necessary and recommend replacing the free for use EV chargers with chargers capable of collecting a fee from the user. This bid project will replace the existing chargers with networked chargers that are able to charge a cost that offsets electricity cost for public users, while still providing charges for County fleet vehicles. Additionally, this bid includes a maintenance plan that will provide at least a ninety seven percent (97%) uptime, and County Facilities Management staff would no longer be responsible for the repair and upkeep of these chargers.
ALTERNATIVES
The Board may choose to deny the approval of this construction project. This would require the County's Facilities Management staf...
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