207.2018 Authorizing Application for Rebate Funding of EV Charging Station Purchase and Installations RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING APPLICATION FOR REBATE FUNDING
OF EV CHARGING STATION PURCHASE AND INSTALLATIONS
RESOLUTION NO.: 207, 2018
INTRODUCED BY: Mr.Anthony Metivier
WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY: Mr. George Ferone
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, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Zero-
Emission Vehicle (ZEV) and Infrastructure Municipal Rebate Program is currently accepting
applications to receive rebate funding in the amount of up to $8,000 per networked charging port
to municipalities to install and implement EVC Stations, and
WHEREAS, the Town will contribute towards the grant funding by match of twenty-
percent (20%) cash and/or in-kind services as a requirement of grant funding awarded and
dedicated to the express purposes stated herein,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby authorizes and directs 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 in an amount up to $250,000 maximum allowed per facility, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that as a participating partner the Town understands that if the grant is
awarded and the Town accepts the grant, the Town would commit to a match of twenty-percent
(20%) cash and/or in-kind services, 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 this ZEV DEC 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
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor,
Senior Planner, Town staff and/or Town Budget Officer to take any other action necessary to
effectuate the terms of this Resolution.
Duly adopted this 21St day of May, 2018, by the following vote:
AYES Mr. Ferone, Mr. Strough, Mr. Metivier
NOES None
ABSENT: Mrs. Atherden, Mrs. Switzer