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Parks and Environmental Commission Regular Meeting Minutes May 21, 2025 Page 4 1 With regards to the highlighted sections (A)(12)(f) of the draft ordinance, what 2 feedback does PEC have for the option to defer equipment installation apart from the 3 initial development of EV-ready infrastructure? 4 5 Chair Fee asked what the rationale was for the City Council’s decision to go with Option 3. 6 Mr. Grittman stated that the Council liked the idea of diving in and that the neighboring 7 communities had code. Chair Fee further discussed incentives. She asked if, from a State 8 Level, there are things businesses could take advantage of. Ms. Morello stated that one of the 9 things reflected in the conversations with the City Council was related to the size of the 10 developments in question. It is not intended to affect smaller businesses. 11 12 Commissioner Swiontek asked in St. Anthony in the last few years how many large new 13 developments have there been. Mr. Grittman stated that the Ruby, Haven Grove Senior 14 Housing, and a small apartment building on 37th Avenue were the “larger” residential multi- 15 family projects within St. Anthony. Commissioner Swiontek asked if any of the other cities 16 have both an incentive as well as a regulatory aspect. Mr. Grittman stated that they focus on 17 the regulatory number. She asked if the goal was to encourage electric vehicle charging within 18 St. Anthony. She also asked what would draw people to put in EV chargers now. 19 20 Commissioner Hark stated he would lean towards incentives and asked if low-income housing 21 would be exempt from this. Mr. Grittman stated not the way the Ordinance is written. There 22 are limited exemptions, but not based on land use. Other strategies can be implemented. The 23 market will build on some of this. Most of the EV charging facilities he is familiar with were 24 done by private businesses. 25 26 Chair Fee asked how this would work, and does the user pay for charging, and if that would 27 alleviate the cost for the business. Mr. Grittman responded that the business may wish to 28 provide this for their tenants. 29 30 Commissioner Peterson stated that Level 2 costs approximately $2,000 to install, and a Level 31 1 is a few hundred dollars. Mr. Grittman stated he has seen Level 2 between $2,000 - $5,000. 32 33 Commissioner Synhavsky asked about the 2-year waiting period, and with the size of the 34 projects, the cost for installing EV chargers is very low. She would not be in favor of the 35 waiting period. 36 37 Commissioner Peterson stated she agrees. She referred to a strip mall, and does the number of 38 parking spaces apply to the entire strip mall? Mr. Grittman stated this applies to a building 39 over 8,000 sf. 40 41 Commissioner Swiontek referred to the Dairy Queen and asked if the burden would be on the 42 strip mall owner rather than the tenant. Mr. Grittman stated he assumes the cost would be 43 passed on to the tenants. 44 45 Commissioner Hark stated they could do a cost share for the chargers. Commissioner Hark 46 stated the cost of the charging stations is $15,000 - $20,000. He is in favor of a hybrid of 47