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MINUTES OF THE PUBLIC WORKS & SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE December 13, 2021 Online Broadcast Meeting Present: Councilmembers Rader, Shachner & Bullock Also Present: Director Leininger, City Planner David Baas, Deputy Clerk Lascu Start time: 5:15 p.m. AGENDA Approval of the minutes of the Public Works & Sustainability Committee held November 29, 2021. Motion by Chairman Rader, seconded by Councilmember Shachner to approve the minutes from the committee's November 29h meeting. All members in favor. Motion passed. The minutes were approved. ORDINANCE 33-2021 -AN ORDINANCE to take effect immediately provided it receives the affirmative vote of at least two thirds of the members of Council to create Chapter 357 Electric Vehicle Charging Stations within the Lakewood Codified Ordinances. (1st read and referred to PWS 10/4/21; 2"d reading 10/18/21) Director Leininger provided an overview of Ordinance 33-2021 using previously provided slides, noting that the committee had left questions with the administration at its last meeting. City Planner David Baas stated that the ordinance was based on Section 355 of the LCO, which governs parking meters. The use of that structure for the ordinance lends itself well because the organization around parking enforcement is already in place. The ordinance provides the basic authority for the Director of Public Safety to establish spaces and enforce ticketing if someone occupies the spot without charging. Section 357.03 provides basic control and maintenance of the spots to the Director of Public Works. Mr. Baas continued to review all components of the ordinance, and also highlighted the importance of an idle fee. Chairman Rader questioned whether the ordinance that the committee was reviewing was the one that was also on the docket. The committee clarified that a parking ticket would be assessed in the event some was not charging while parked in a charging spot and an idle fee would be charged for continuing to occupy the spot after being fully charged. These fees could be managed and assessed either through software or the charging station itself. The committee and Planning Department staff concluded that there was a typographical error in the ordinance and that Section 355.04 in the text should be changed to 357.04.