02/05/2019 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM Minutes

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*APPROVED 3-19-2019* CIP MINUTES February 5, 2019 Discussion of Department of Natural Resources Building at Ockway Boat Ramp Parking Lot at 664 Great Neck Road North (con't) Motion made by Mr. Gottlieb to refer the Ockway Bay Boat Ramp Building Project to the Planning and Construction Committee to review those items not required for a dry and safe work space and have the Planning and Construction Committee recommend a proposed plan for the building with a budget not to exceed$450,000 to the Capital Improvement Committee prior to the closure of the May 2019 Town Meeting Warrant. VOTE: 5-l. Roll Call Vote: Mr. Collins,yes Ms. DeBoer, yes Mr. Gottlieb,yes Mr. Gasior,yes Mr. Richardson,yes Ms. Thayer, no Opposed, one (Ms. Thayer) Rodney Collins stated "For the record, to be perfectly blunt I am not 100% certain that I can endorse this" Electric Cars Assistant Town Manager Wayne Taylor said that he was made aware of a grant program for municipal electric cars, the grant cycle was announced after the Capital Improvement Program deadlines had passed and,this will be the cycle for years to come so he is bringing this forth to the Committee at this time. Evan Lehrer presented several options for leasing or buying the vehicles along with the need for charging stations, etc.the vehicles appear on the state bid list and a single vehicle would cost$26, 490 with a$7,500 incentive with the grant monies. Charging stations range in cost from a wall mount model for $1,500 - $2,000 to $6,000- $15,000 but he is not certain of the cost for sure but an incentive of $2,500 would be for each station. The cost to trench and install a remote charging station would more than likely cost over$30,000 per station including trenching and the 240 Amp breakers that would be required. The work would have to be performed by state approved contractors. If the vehicles were to be leased there would be a $5,000 incentive with maximum set on the mileage/year. All of these numbers will need to be verified. Rodney Collins said that historically the "Town Hall" fleet of vehicles has taken old Police, Fire or DPW vehicles, this would replace one or two with an electric car. Wayne Taylor suggested that we could start with one or two and then expand in future years. Evan Lehrer added that the charging ports would have to be available to the public in orderto receive the incentives from the grant. Mr. Collins said that he is against the public access and maybe this is not the time to do this. Mr. Gottlieb asked if the Town could lease over three years at $9,000 per year to build a charging station. The Finance Director said she was not comfortable with that. Rodney Collins stated he is concerned about the costs and said that we need to hammer out the costs of the stations and that this will be tabled and come back to the next meeting with better cost projections. This will be discussed at a subsequent meeting of the CIP Committee. 4