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Committee forwards $384,000 Alameda County grant to add 14 electric vehicles to city fleet
Summary
The Budget & Finance Committee forwarded a resolution authorizing the Fleet Management Division to accept and expand a $384,000 Alameda County grant to purchase 14 electric vehicles and 14 chargers; the grant requires $300,000 in city matching funds and is retroactive to July 2013–December 2015.
San Francisco’s Budget & Finance Committee on Monday agreed to forward a resolution allowing the city’s Fleet Management Division to accept and expand a $384,000 Alameda County grant to buy 14 electric vehicles and 14 chargers for municipal departments.
Fleet Manager Tom Fang told the committee the Local Government Electric Vehicle Fleet Demonstration Project, led by Alameda County, awarded San Francisco up to $384,000 of a regional $2.8 million program intended to deploy about 90 vehicles across 10 agencies. Fang said the grant covers two reimbursement components: roughly $163,000 to cover the incremental cost of electric sedans over standard fleet sedans and about $70,000 to reimburse charging-station purchases.
Budget analyst Mr. Rose said the grant requires $300,000 in matching funds from the city. He reported the city’s current estimated cost to buy the 14 vehicles at $353,009.62, exceeding the required match, and calculated total grant reimbursement as $162,876 plus $70,000 for chargers, yielding approximately $232,876. He recommended approving the resolution.
Supervisor Eric Marr asked whether the chargers procured under the grant would be rapid chargers. Fang replied they are “smart,” Level 2 chargers operating at 240 volts and that a full charge typically takes six to eight hours. Marr also questioned the limited model selection; Fang said Alameda County ran a competitive bid that resulted in the Ford Focus, Nissan LEAF and an electric van being selected. Fang added that two vans originally in the award were substituted with sedans because vendors did not recommend those vans for San Francisco’s terrain.
There was no public comment on the item. Supervisor Marr moved approval and the committee forwarded the resolution to the full Board of Supervisors without opposition.
The resolution, as presented, is retroactive to July 2013 through December 2015; Fang said no grant funds have yet been received or expended. Next steps will be consideration by the full board.
