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Vote on a Request to Approve Grant Applications for Electric Vehicle Charging Stations
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Action Requested: Vote on a request to approve grant applications for electric vehicle charging stations.
Introduction & Background: These grants are part of Phase 2 of the Volkswagen Settlement Fund grants for electric vehicle charging infrastructure. Chatham County applied for and received a grant last year for both a DC Fast charger and a Level 2 charger under the first phase of this state program. The DC Fast charger was installed at the Smithfield's Restaurant in Siler City and the Level 2 charger was installed at the Chatham County Agriculture and Conference Center in Pittsboro. These stations have both been installed and should both be operational by the time of this meeting.
Knowing that there would be a second phase of this program, money was budgeted in the Sustainability budget for FY 2022 to cover expected county costs in the event we were awarded additional grants this fiscal year.
Discussion & Analysis: This phase of the grant program does not require a match if the charging stations will be publicly available and are on government owned property. However, there is a maximum funding amount per charging port. For the Level 2 program, the maximum is $5,000 per port and at least two ports are required per project. So, the grant would provide $10,000 for a two-port project. This is the same as the Phase 1 Level 2 grant program.
The location being considered for this charger is the Goldston Library. The Goldston library would provide a charger in a portion of the county that does not have ready access to any public charging infrastructure. From this location, there is access to the library itself, as well as two restaurants within easy walking distance.
For the DC Fast program, the maximum funding is $60,000 per port for the size station we are considering. The charger would be a single port, exactly like the one installed at ...
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