Calling on the City of Philadelphia Office of Fleet Management to develop and execute a Request for Proposals for Electric Vehicles and the charging station infrastructure for such vehicles by July 1, 2011.

WHEREAS

, The City of Philadelphia wishes to become the greenest City in America by 2015 and a leader

in clean energy development and technology

; and

WHEREAS

, The Mayor's Office of Sustainability, Greenworks Progress Report of 2010, Target 6 aims to improve air quality toward attainment of federal standards; and

WHEREAS

, Facilitating the use of electric vehicles in the City of Philadelphia is listed as a future initiative for the City of Philadelphia; and

WHEREAS

, According to the Greenworks Plan 2009 electric cars provide an especially promising alternative to carbon-emitting vehicles; and

WHEREAS

, The Office of Fleet Management (OFM) is a centralized agency responsible for strategic planning, acquisition and maintenance of vehicles and large equipment to support City Wide functions;

and

WHEREAS

, The Office of Fleet Management is responsible for the acquisition, assignment and maintenance of approximately 6316 vehicles and equipment at the lowest long-term cost to Philadelphia taxpayers; and

WHEREAS

, The Office of Fleet Management maintains vehicles for 43 departments and operates 16 repair and maintenance facilities located throughout Philadelphia and 64 fuel sites city-wide; and

WHEREAS

, The City of Philadelphia can integrate the process for the use of electric vehicles within the City of Philadelphia; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA,

That the City Council calls on the City of Philadelphia Office of Fleet Management to develop and execute a Request for Proposals for Electric Vehicles and the charging station infrastructure for such vehicles by July 1, 2011.

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