REQUEST FOR DECISION
DATE: February 21, 2017 Report No. DEV-17-012
TO: Laurie Hurst, Chief Administrative Officer
FROM: Marlene Lagoa, Community Development Coordinator
SUBJECT:
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Electric Vehicle Charging Station User Fee - Amendment to Fees and Charges (Miscellaneous) Bylaw, 2016, No. 2874
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RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
That Council:
1. give first, second and third reading to the Fees and Charges (Miscellaneous) Bylaw, 2016, No. 2874, Amendment Bylaw, 2017, No. 2889; and
2. direct that all revenue from the collection of electric vehicle charging user fees be deposited into the Sustainability Reserve Fund.
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RELEVANT POLICY:
Fees and Charges (Miscellaneous) Bylaw, 2016, No. 2874
Sustainability Reserve Fund Bylaw, 2009, No. 2714
STRATEGIC RELEVANCE:
This Request for Decision is not directly related to any specific Council strategic priority.
BACKGROUND:
The purpose of this report is to propose the first, second, and third reading of the Fees and Charges (Miscellaneous) Bylaw, 2016, No. 2874, Amendment Bylaw, 2017, No. 2889. The amendment is to introduce a user fee of $1.00 per hour for electric vehicle (EV) charging.
Information on the increasing use and demand of the Level 2 EV charging stations was presented at the January 16, 2017 Regular Meeting of Committee of the Whole (COTW). At that meeting, staff was directed to prepare a report for Council's consideration to introduce a fee for use of EV charging station where revenue received is deposited into the Sustainability Reserve Fund.
Attached as Appendix A is the Fees and Charges (Miscellaneous) Bylaw, 2016, No. 2874, Amendment Bylaw, 2017, No. 2889.
ISSUES:
1. Rationale for Selected Option
Initially the uptake on the EV charging station was low with the Township's Nissan Leaf accounting for approximately 43% of the station's use in kWh; however, the demand for the station has steadily increased and the Township's kWh consumption has dropped to only 7%. The biggest...
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