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MEMORANDUM To:Saint Anthony Village City Council From:Minette Saulog, Sustainability Coordinator Date:November 25, 2025 Request: Consideration of Public EV Charger Opportunities BACKGROUND Staff is bringing for your consideration an opportunity to explore installing EV chargers for public use on city-owned property. Recently the City has been offered a donation of Level 2 chargers for public use and the City is considering the viability of accepting this donation. The topic of EV chargers in Saint Anthony Village has been considered a few times over the last five years. In 2022, Xcel Energy offered a no-cost program to support municipalities with installation of EV charging stations. Staff at the time were engaged with Xcel and the contractor to create rate structures and identify potential station locations. However, the program became fully subscribed and was no longer an available option for the City. In the Transportation section of the Climate Plan passed in December 2023, public-facing charging infrastructure was named as a priority with the inclusion of the following action: Consider adopting a policy on publicly-facing charging infrastructure. Determine the most effective locations for EV charging stations at public facilities in SAV. Integrate predicted installation expenses into the budget. Identify a vendor and develop an installation plan. Staff have continued to monitor available programs and opportunities to install EV chargers for public use. At this time, there are limited options for co-hosting opportunities where the city would provide a charging location, and the infrastructure and equipment are owned, operated and managed by a third party. Existing companies either do not operate in this region or are at full capacity for partnerships. CURRENT EV CHARGER OPPORTUNITY The focus of tonight’s work session will be discussion around an offer from a resident to donate Blink Series 7 Level 2 chargers to the City for public use. If accepted, the City would receive these charger units, which have 2 ports (plug-ins) each, at no cost. As the owner, the City would be responsible for installation, ongoing maintenance and any costs associated with warranty and electrical service to the stations. Estimated costs were provided by the City’s electrical contractor, True North Electric. The amounts provided are for representative purposes only due to site-specific variables that need to be addressed and are subject to evolve. Should this project more forward, additional bids for installation costs for the chosen site(s) would be requested. A summary of the estimated installation costs at each station are listed below. These figures include costs for underground boring, labor, materials, concrete work, energization and commissioning. 1)Silver Lake Village Retail Area, $9,300 (2 chargers) 8