Policy Order O-10
Councillor Cheung, Vice Mayor Davis, Councillor Decker, Councillor Kelley, Mayor Maher, Councillor Reeves, Councillor Seidel, Councillor Simmons, Councillor Toomey
WHEREAS: President Obama announced that he has a goal to put 1 million electric vehicles on the road in the United States by 2015; and
WHEREAS: In support of this goal and emphasizing electricity as a transportation fuel, the U.S. Department of Energy is offering $5 million in grant awards for 10-15 applicants throughout the country who demonstrate project proposals for the development of local/regional electric charging infrastructures, including implementation of local policies, procedures, and incentives that facilitate that development; and
WHEREAS: Overall, this effort will help to decrease the nation's dependence on petroleum and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by accelerating the deployment of plug-in electric drive vehicles and electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE); and
WHEREAS: This initiative will serve as a pilot program to stimulate community based electric vehicle infrastructure readiness planning and implementation activities in anticipation of larger electric vehicle deployment efforts in the future; now therefore be it
ORDERED: That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to direct the appropriate department heads to apply for the U.S. Department of Energy grant or to coordinate the City of Cambridge efforts with the MAPC proposal and report back to the City Council on the course of action.