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RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING APPLICATION FOR REBATE FUNDING
OF EV CHARGING STATION PURCHASE AND INSTALLATIONS
FROM NATIONAL GRID AND NYSERDA
RESOLUTION NO.: 12019
INTRODUCED BY:
WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY:
WHEREAS, by Resolution No.: 231,2017, the Queensbury Town Board established the
Clean Energy Communities Capital Project and the Town's Clean Energy Communities
Committee, and
WHEREAS, by Resolution No.: 136, 2018,the Queensbury Town Board:
1. accepted the designation of the Town of Queensbury (Town) as a Clean Energy
Community;
2. authorized an application for the Clean Energy Communities' Clean Energy
Community Grant;
3. authorized the Clean Energy Communities Advisory Committee's participation in
design and administration of the Clean Energy Communities' Solarize Program
and Grant Application;
4. authorized and accepted $5,000 in grant funding from the New York State Energy
Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) as incentive payment for the
Town's continuation of the Queensbury Solarize Campaign, and
5. supported and endorsed its commitment to participate in the Southern
Adirondacks for Solar Solarize Campaign, and
WHEREAS, it is the intention of the Town to adopt a strategy for community-wide clean
energy development for the purpose of achieving the multiple economic, health, environmental,
and educational benefits, while maintaining the community character, design standards, and
livability of the Town of Queensbury, and
WHEREAS, there are a number of Electric Vehicle Charging (EVC) facilities and
technologies that can be deployed in the Town of Queensbury and several strategies that the
Town can implement to ensure the availability and use of EVC in the community for residents
and visitors that have electric vehicles, and
WHEREAS, the deployment of many of these EVC facilities and the pursuit of these
strategies can greatly improve the services offered to residents and visitors, while supporting
vehicles which lower carbon emissions and reduce fossil fuel consumption in the Town, and
WHEREAS, it is the intent of the Town to examine its current policies, plans, programs,
strategies, and regulations to determine whether they facilitate and further the deployment of
appropriate EVC facilities in the Town, and
WHEREAS, by Resolution No.: 207, 2018, and Town Board authorized submission of an
application to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation to request grant
funding through the Zero-Emission Vehicle (ZEV) and Infrastructure Municipal Rebate
Program, and
WHEREAS, National Grid may fund costs for approved projects to eligible applicants up to
100% of electrical infrastructure and installation of EVC, with charging stations to be owned by the
applicant and installed and activated by the applicant's vendor, and
WHEREAS, the National Grid grant application is not a binding commitment to costs,
installation, or responsibilities associated with EVC Station installations, but is an application to
seek funding for potential projects in the Town of Queensbury and no further commitments are
sought or made by this Resolution at this time, and
WHEREAS, the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority
(NYSERDA) Charge Ready NY incentive program will subsequently offer public and private
organizations that install Level 2 EV charging stations at public parking facilities, workplaces,
and multifamily apartment buildings, rebates of$4,000 per charging port installed, and only after
National Grid EVC funds have been awarded will the Town of Queensbury pursue discussions of
final design and installation of EVC on municipally owned land within the Town and if EV
charging stations are installed, the Town will subsequently submit for NYSERDA rebates, and
WHEREAS, the Town of Queensbury will contribute the balance of the project if
additional funding is required, and
WHEREAS, this Resolution is non-binding in that the Town Board is only seeking
eligibility for grant funding, with no match or further commitment required from National Grid
or NYSERDA at this time,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby authorizes and directs submission
of an application to National Grid and then subsequent to this approval an application to
NYSERDA for the Charge Ready NY rebate incentive program currently available as delineated
in the preambles of this Resolution, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Town's staff, its
consultants and/or installer partners to develop a comprehensive set of plans, programs, and
locations best suited to implement and install EVC stations in the Town of Queensbury to best
serve its residents and visitors to the community and to implement appropriate practices so that
the Town of Queensbury can become a leader in advancing the use of EVC Stations throughout
the community, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor,
Senior Planner, Town Staff, Consultant and/or Town Budget Officer to take any other action
necessary to effectuate the terms of this Resolution.
Duly adopted this 25 h day of February, 2019, by the following vote:
AYES
NOES
ABSENT: