Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Carolyn Bloede, Director, Sustainability Department
Subject: Measure K: Resolution committing an allocation of Fleet Electrification Infrastructure Measure K Funds for the California Energy Commission Clean Transportation Program for Charging Infrastructure for the Government Fleets Grant Match Funding Requirement
RECOMMENDATION:
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Measure K: Adopt a resolution committing an allocation not to exceed $1,972,250 of the Fleet Electrification Infrastructure Measure K funds to meet the California Energy Commission Clean Transportation Program grant match funding requirement for the Charging Infrastructure for Government Fleets Grant.
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BACKGROUND:
Measure K is the half-cent general sales tax initially approved by San Mateo County voters in November 2012 and extended in November 2016 for a total of thirty years.
On January 26, 2021, the Board adopted the Government Operations Climate Action Plan (GOCAP) (Resolution No. 077960), a comprehensive strategy to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions from County operations and achieve carbon neutrality by 2035. A key emissions reductions strategy is to transition light- to mid-duty County fleet vehicles to zero-emission vehicles (ZEV) by 2035, which is anticipated to reduce County-generated emissions by 13.6 percent.
On March 14, 2023, the Board approved the Measure K budget for FY 2023-24, which allocated $5,000,000 of Measure K funds for fleet electrification infrastructure.
The California Energy Commission (CEC) Clean Transportation Program is a competitive grant program to fund construction of electric vehicle charging infrastructure (EVCI) for use by government fleets and to aid local governments in meeting reduced vehicle emissions climate action plan goals. On September 18, 2024, the County received a Notice of Proposed Award from the CEC in the amount of $3,625,000 to be spent...
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