HomeMy WebLinkAbout2023-077-09/05/2023-AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS AND THERESOLUTION 2023-077
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE C1TY OF FORT COLLINS
AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT
BETWEEN THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS AND THE U.S.DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF A SMART GRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE
CHARGE MANAGEMENT SOLUTION
WHEREAS,the City’s 2018 EV Readiness Roadmap and 2019 Municipal Sustainability
and Adaptation Plan both list building out the City’s electric vehicle (EV)charging infrastructure
as a critical component to achieving the City’s climate goals;and
WHEREAS,the City does not currently have a way to centrally control,track and manage
use of the City’s many EVs and EV chargers;and
WHEREAS,in late 2022 the City applied for a grant from the U.S.Department of
Transportation (USDOT)Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation (SMART)
Grants Program;and
WHEREAS,the DOT has awarded the City $1,059,037 (the “Grant”)to fund a project to
create a municipal fleet electrification standard framework and deploy software to manage all City-
owned EV charging locations,so that City EVs can be charged during times of lower energy
demand,improving energy efficiency and reducing the cost to charge EVs (the “SMART Grid
Project”);and
WHEREAS,the SMART Grid Project directly supports the City’s Climate Action Plan,
which aims to reduce community greenhouse gas emissions by 80%by 2030 and achieve carbon
neutrality by 2050;and
WHEREAS,to receive the Grant funds the City must execute an intergovernmental
agreement with the USDOT that outlines the terms and conditions of the City’s use of the Grant
funds,in substantially the form attached as Exhibit “A”and incorporated herein by reference (the
“Grant Agreement”);and
WHEREAS,the term of the Grant Agreement is eighteen months,from September 15,
2023,to March 15,2025;and
WHEREAS,Colorado Revised Statutes Section 29-1-203 provides that governments may
cooperate or contract with one another to provide certain services or facilities when the cooperation
or contracts are authorized by each party thereto with the approval of its legislative body or other
authority having the power to so approve;and
WHEREAS,City Charter Article II,Section 16 empowers the City Council,by ordinance
or resolution,to enter into contracts with governmental bodies to furnish governmental services
and make charges for such services,or enter into cooperative or joint activities with other
governmental bodies;and
WHEREAS,the City Council has determined that the use of the Grant for the SMART
Grid Project is in the best interests of the City,and the Mayor should be authorized to execute the
Grant Agreement between the City and the USDOT in support thereof.
NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS as follows:
Section 1.That the City Council hereby makes and adopts the determinations and
findings contained in the recitals set forth above.
Section 2.That the City Council hereby authorizes the Mayor to execute,on behalf of
the City,the Grant Agreement with the U.S.Department of Transportation,in substantially the
form attached hereto as Exhibit A,with such additional or modified terms and conditions as the
City Manager,in consultation with the City Attorney,determines to be necessary and appropriate
to protect the interests of the City or effectuate the purposes of this Resolution.
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Council of the City of Fort Collins this 5th
day of September,2023.1~’
City Clerk