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Agreement for Electric Vehicle Charging Station Upgrades <br />March 19, 2012 <br />Page 2 <br />Environmental benefits include more clean air and less hazardous waste. Cleaner air would result <br />from the smaller carbon footprint and lower emission levels generated by alternative-fuel equipment. <br />Hazardous waste would also be reduced as cars powered by BEV (Battery Electric Vehicle) and <br />PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle) technology use less, if any, oil-related products such as <br />transmission fluid and fuel filters. <br />The Santa Ana community also gains from a public health perspective. Medical practitioners have <br />long linked air pollution, which consists largely of emissions from automobiles and trucks, to <br />cardiopulmonary morbidity and mortality. Medical and socio-economic studies have assembled <br />strong evidence that diesel and other gaseous exhaust contribute to urban health problems such as <br />asthma, bronchitis, emphysema, and lung cancer. Related findings have also identified diesel fuel <br />emission as a health risk factor that disproportionately affects low-income urban neighborhoods. The <br />move away from gasoline and diesel and into alternative energy is part of the City's response to <br />concerns about air pollution as a major health risk for Santa Ana's residents and daytime population. <br />Alternative energy plan implementation will be funded by a combination of City and grant monies. <br />Thus far, FMCS has secured grant funding of over $600,000 for the acquisition of seven heavy-duty <br />propane trucks, six diesel emission control systems, two electric vehicle charging stations, and a new <br />propane station. The grant funds will also help pay for upgrades to the CNG fueling station and <br />modifications to the City fleet maintenance facility (e.g., retrofitting the Corporate Yard Car Wash to <br />run on solar energy). <br />The 2012 Action Plan focuses on fleet equipment and fueling infrastructure to implement the Propane <br />and Electric components of the Alternative Energy Strategic Plan. At this juncture, staff requests <br />Council approval of the attached agreement with Clipper Creek for delivery and installation of two <br />credit card-enabled Electric Vehicle (EV) charging stations valued at $3,000 each under the <br />Reconnect California Program. This Program is funded by the California Energy Commission which <br />awarded Clipper Creek a $2.3 million grant to upgrade 600 existing publicly available AVCOM EV <br />chargers throughout the State (including three chargers in Santa Ana) with new SAE J1772 units at <br />no cost to the site owners. The new SAE J1772 charging standard has been adopted universally by <br />all the BEV and PHEV automakers in the United States. <br />Two of the three Santa Ana chargers are on public property at the Santa Ana Regional Transportation <br />Center (SARTC). The third charger is on private property at the Main Place Mall area and has <br />already been upgraded. Subject agreement refers to the two chargers at the SARTC. <br />Fiscal Impact <br />There is no fiscal impact associated with this action. The California Energy Commission grant fully <br />pays for the purchase and installation of new chargers and disposal of the old units. <br />Francisco Gutierrez <br />Executive Director <br />Finance & Management Services Agency <br />(Raul Godinez <br />Executive Director <br />Public Works Agency <br />25F-2