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Evansville to partner with local foundation to pursue U.S. EPA low‑emission transportation grant
Summary
The Board approved a statutory partnership with Wellborn Baptist Foundation Inc. so Evansville may apply as lead applicant for a U.S. EPA low-emission transportation grant to expand micro‑transit, EV chargers, e-bike share and mobility hubs; the partnership itself creates no funding disbursement.
The Evansville Board of Public Works on July 18 approved a partnership agreement with Wellborn Baptist Foundation Inc. that makes the city eligible to apply as lead applicant for a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency community change grant for a low-emission transportation project.
City staff described the proposed project as citywide and multi-pronged: expansion of the metro micro-transit program, publicly accessible electric-vehicle chargers, an e-bike share, 15 mobility hubs, an EV project manager position and an EV education campaign. "We need this partnership agreement to be eligible to submit," a staff member said, adding the application target date moved from July 14 to July 31 and that a separate sub-award agreement would be drafted if the grant is awarded.
Staff emphasized that the document approved is a statutory partnership required for grant submission and establishes no immediate dispersal of city funds; any subrecipient or sub-award contract with the partner would return to the board for approval if the grant is received.
Next steps: staff will finalize the grant application by the revised target date. If the EPA awards the grant, the city and Wellborn Baptist Foundation Inc. will negotiate a sub-award and a separate contract that the board would review.
