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Top Goal 2:
Carbon-free
Transportation and
Building Design
Advance carbon-free
transportation and building
design to reduce greenhouse gas
emissions.
Action: Encourage the
accelerated adoption of
electric vehicles.
Recommendation 1
Timeframe: Near-term/Ongoing
Develop public awareness
campaigns to encourage
consumer purchase of electric
vehicles.
- Provide training for City staff
to understand the benefits
of electric vehicles and
infrastructure needed to
increase charging capacity for
the City.
* Provide workshop and event
days to educate the public on
the benefits of switching to
electric.
Recommendation 2
Timeframe: Near-term/Ongoing
Increase availability of charging
stations throughout the city.
- Upgrade land use codes
to have underground
infrastructure for charging to be
run at the exterior of residential
parking lots.
- Add two Level 3 DCFC charging
stations to each downtown
parking garage (High Street and
Elm Street)
- After that, add one more Level
3 DCFC station each year until
there are ten stations in each
downtown parking garage.
» Eliminate any property
tax increase that could be
associated with adding a
charging station to a residence,
workplace, or shopping center.
- Facilitate the creation of
additional privately-owned but
publicly-accessible Level 2
charging stations.
- Increase the number of
City-owned Level 2 charging
stations.
- Develop requirement for
new construction to require
publicly-accessible charging
stations
* Continue to partner with the
state and region to implement
electric corridor study, to
continue locating more stations
citywide.
