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Subject: Electric Vehicle Memorandum Of Understanding
From: Department Of Public Works
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Authorizing The City Administrator Or Her Designee To: 1) Accept And Appropriate Grant Funds In An Amount Not To Exceed Eighty-Seven Thousand Dollars ($87,000.00) From The Surface Transportation Program (STP) And/Or Congestion Mitigation And Air Quality Improvement (CMAQ) Through The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC), For The Purchase Of Three (3) Electric Vehicles And Charging Stations For The Direct Benefit Of The City Of Oakland; 2) Authorize The Execution Of A Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU) With The County Of Alameda And Other Collaborative Bay Area Jurisdictions Which Comprise The Bay Area Climate Collaborative (BACC) For Continued Participation In A Federally funded Grant Initiative Designed To Facilitate Each Jurisdiction's Purchase Of Electric Vehicles And Charging Stations; 3) Enter Into One Or More Purchase Agreement(S) With One Or More Select Vendors Identified In Direct Relationship To The Execution Of The Aforementioned MOU As A Means By Which To Purchase Said Vehicles, Charging Equipment And Installation Of Charging Equipment, And 4) Waive The Competitive Request For Proposals/ Qualifications (RFP/Q) Process, The Advertising And Bidding Requirements, And Local And Small Business Enterprise Program (L/SLBE) Provisions Associated With The Proposed MOU And The Purchase And Placement Of Electric Vehicles, Charging Stations And Related Equipment And Services