HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Res 4479 1996-06-10
RESOLUTION NO, #2..9
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH ENDORSING AND
INITIATING THE CITY'S EV-READY
COMMUNITY PROGRAM
WHEREAS, the City of Seal Beach supports the goals, objectives, policies and
action programs to protect air quality, enhance energy security, and enhance international
competitiveness, and;
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WHEREAS, the overall goal of the EV-READY COMMUNITY is to provide
the infrastructure to enable City residents and visitors to utilize electric vehicles, and;
WHEREAS, the City of Seal Beach has the opportunity to take a leadership role
in the development of advanced transportation and clean air technologies, and;
WHEREAS, the Mobile Source Air Pollution Reduction Review Committee
(MSRC) of the South Coast Air District intends to allocate funds to EV-Ready Communities for
electric vehicle charging infrastructure through the Quick Charge Program, and;
WHEREAS, the City of Seal Beach wishes to implement an electric vehicle
charging infrastructure project, and; ,
WHEREAS, the City of Seal Beach is one of nine cities who have 'already been
recommended for funding from Combined Transportation Funding Program (CTFP) for this I
purpose.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the
City of Seal Beach finds and determines as follows:
Section I. To endorse the City's EV-READY COMMUNITY PROGRAM and
authorize staff to take appropriate additional steps to initiate the City's EV-READY
COMMUNITY PROGRAM.
Section 2. Authorize staff to commit to minimum participation requirements
for MSRC funding, and to become EV-READY, by taking the following steps (see Exhibit "A"
for additional details regarding these commitments):
. Adopt Uniform Building Code and National Electric Code Revisions.
. Adopt revised ordinances as necessary to support deployment of charging
infrastructure.
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Streamline the permitting process to allow for residential charging
. equipment installation within 72 hours of vehicle purchase or lease.
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Schedule formal consideration of building code ordinance revisions that
require a *" raceway from the electrical service panel to an appropriate
location for EV charging in all new residential garages;
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. Schedule formal consideration of building code ordinance revisions that
require that recharging capability be installed in new commercial
developments.
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Resolution Number #19
. Train emergency-response providers.
Section 3. Authorize staff to pursue vehicle purchase of three eleclric vehicles
to replace existing vehicles, and to pursue provision of a public charging station in the Eighth
Street Beach Parking Lot, and provision of a City charging facility at the City Yard. as set forth
in the "City Commitment Reporting Form" attached hereto as Exhibit A;
Section 4. Authorize staff to utilize an amount not to exceed $ 52,500.00 of
the Cily's AB 2766 subvenlion funds as co-funding toward a potential grant award under the
Quick Charge Program.
Section 5. Instruct staff to report back to the City Council in three months on
the progress made to date and to identify future steps to be taken to implement the EV-READY
COMMUNITY PROGRAM.
~ PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED by ~ca Council of the City
of Seal h at a meeting thereof held on the tt> _ day of
.',-"" , 1996, b the following vote:
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I, Joanne M. Yeo, City Clerk of Seal Beach, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing
resolution is the original copy of Resolution Number44l'1Qon fi 'n the office of the City
Clerk, passed, approved, and adopted ,&e City Coun~e . 0 eal Beach, at a regular
mee . thereof held on the '!:!- day of , 1996.
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