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Finance Committee

Meeting Date:	07/12/2022
FROM:	Bill Gallardo

Subject:

Agreement with Carbon Solutions for Upgrades to Electric Charging Stations at the Brea Civic & Cultural Center

RECOMMENDATION

Authorize the Mayor to execute the agreement with Carbon Solutions.

BACKGROUND/DISCUSSION

City staff worked with Clipper Creek to install 3 Level II Electric Vehicle (EV) chargers in the parking structure at City Hall, which replaced several 1st generation EV chargers that were only able to charge a specific vehicle and was not universal. As EV car manufacture technology has advanced, a universal charging plug was incorporated into all the new vehicles being built. The Clipper Creek manufacturer offered this new technology, which allowed the City to continue to provide EV charging at the Civic Center to the public. However, when the City installed the Clipper Creek units, technology was limited and there was no ability to charge the EV user for their charging sessions. It was not an uncommon practice to charge the EV user for their usage throughout Southern California.

Over the past few years, there has been a significant increase in EV users on the road. With the increase of EV users, the chargers located at City Hall has been used more frequently. Now that it has become common practice to charge the EV user for their charging session, staff is recommending to remove the three (3) free chargers and replace the EV chargers with three (3) Level 2 Chargepoint CT4000 units. These new EV chargers would be managed by Carbon Solutions Group LLC (CSG). CSG would be responsible for all the installation costs to upgrade the chargers and manage the charger interface to charge the EV user for their charging session.

This agreement is for an initial 5-year term with a renewable extension for an additional two (2) consecutive terms of five (5) years. To extend the agreement, both parties would have to mutually agree to extend for the additional terms. If the term is not extended by the either party, then both parties would need to discuss either the removal of the stations, or for the units be sold to the City for fair market value at the time of termination. The City Attorney has reviewed the agreement and is amenable to the terms. CSG will be responsible for reimbursing the City for electricity consumed on a quarterly basis at a rate equivalent to the City's commodity cost of electricity.

SUMMARY/FISCAL IMPACT

CSG will be responsible to reimburse the City for electricity consumed on a quarterly basis at a rate equivalent to the City's commodity cost of electricity. Approval of this agreement will result in cost savings to the General Fund for electricity costs. Since the EV chargers are not currently monitored, the amount of additional savings is unknown.

RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED

William Gallardo, City Manager
Prepared by: Brian M. Ingallinera, Environmental Services Coordinator
Michael Ho, P.E., Public Works Director/Acting City Engineer

Attachments
CSG Agreement