to BE AUTHORIZED TO DELEGATE signing of - The Chief Administrative Officer all claims and applicable schedules, and other such documents required as part of the request for payment or the submission of a reporting package to the City Engineer or appropriate official, subject to financial content approval from the area’s Financial Planning Administrator or their manager; and,

- THAT the Chief Administrative Officer and the City Clerk BE AUTHORIZED to take any such action required to effect the recommendations noted above and sign any required documentation or enter into agreements for participation in the Zero-Emission Vehicle Infrastructure Program including the successful RFP proponent, satisfactory in legal form to the City Solicitor, in technical content to the City Engineer, and in financial content to the Chief Financial Officer / City Treasurer; and,

- The Purchasing Manager BE AUTHORIZED to issue the appropriate purchasing documents, including a sole source for the electrical services in compliance under the current Purchasing By-law 93-2012 AMENDED per by-law 145-2014 Sole Source criteria, as may be required to affect the recommendation noted above, subject to all specification being satisfactory in technical content to the City Engineer and in financial content to the Chief Financial Officer and City Treasurer.

Executive Summary:

Background:

Around the world and across Ontario, there is a growing understanding that electric vehicles will play a significant role in reducing fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) in the transportation sector, while benefiting air quality. All major global automotive companies are rapidly growing electric vehicle development efforts and expanding their ranges of commercially available vehicles.

The Government of Canada has set ambitious federal targets for zero-emission vehicles reaching 10% of light-duty vehicle sales per year by 2025, 30% by 2030, and 100% by 2040.

In 2017, the City implemented an electric vehicle pilot program. The provincial government offered significant incentives for the purchase of electric vehicles as well as the purchase and installation of eligible Level 2 chargers. The fully electric Chevrolet Bolt was assigned to the Building Department. Its use has been extremely successful and has resulted in the plan to transition their fleet to electric vehicles as funds are available to do so. Unfortunately, the provincial incentives were eliminated in 2018 which deferred this expansion. While not as significant the previous incentives offered Most recently City Council extended their support for Climate Change Mitigation strategies by adopting the Acceleration of Climate Change Actions Report. This report was in response to the City of Windsor’s Climate Change Emergency Declaration in November 2019, recommending enhancing the electrification target to 30%, which would represent another 80,000 tonnes CO2/year savings.