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Raleigh Council accepts $80,000 Bloomberg grant to expand e-bike rebates, approves budget amendment
Summary
City Council authorized the city manager to accept an $80,000 private grant from Bloomberg Philanthropies for Raleigh's e-bike rebate program and approved a matching budget amendment; council discussed voucher redemption rates, eligibility and next steps for distribution and evaluation.
Raleigh City Council on Tuesday authorized the city manager to execute grant documents and approved a budget amendment to add $80,000 in private funding from Bloomberg Philanthropies to the city’s existing e-bike rebate program.
The additional funding will be added to the voucher pool, which staff estimate will produce roughly 60–80 additional vouchers once the money is appropriated. "This non federal funding... will be allocated towards additional vouchers in the applicant pool," said Mason Chamblee, Transportation Transit, who presented the program to the council.
The program began with $150,000 in initial funding from the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant administered by the U.S. Department of Energy. That seed funding underwrote 75 income-qualified vouchers (valued at $1,500 each) and 75…
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