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Stonecrest staff present Georgia Power EV charging plan; committee weighs reallocation of $500,000 in CDBG funds
Summary
City staff recommended a Georgia Power turnkey electric-vehicle (EV) charging pilot at three sites and presented budget estimates; committee discussed using roughly $500,000 in reallocated CDBG funds for the project or other needs such as a walkway or street work.
Deputy City Manager (acting) told the Stonecrest Transportation, Infrastructure & Parks Committee on April 9 that staff have selected Georgia Power as the recommended partner for an initial public EV charging program and will bring a budgetary proposal to the City Council on April 24.
The deputy city manager said Georgia Power’s program is “turnkey” and cited an estimated city-side contribution of “around $240,000” (presentation figure) for the package under consideration. He said Georgia Power’s make-ready program would contribute up to $300,000 per site toward infrastructure on the Georgia Power grid and that staff had identified three initial candidate sites: City Hall, Stonecrest Mall and Brownsville Aquatic Center.
The nut of the discussion was money and operations: committee members asked where the roughly $500,000 in reallocated Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds (originally for…
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