Title
Resolution to Repeal Resolution No. 2000-0646 and Establishing a Monthly Electric Vehicle Parking Discount for Qualifying Low-Income Customers
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FileID
File ID: 2025-00994
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Location
Location: District 4
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Recommendation
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution: 1) Repealing Resolution No. 2000-0646 effective July 1, 2025; and 2) Establishing a monthly parking discount for customers with electric vehicles who qualify as low-income under specific federal and state criteria; 3) Updating the City's Fee & Charge Report to reflect a 50% monthly parking discount for electric vehicle accounts with qualifying household income criteria.
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Contact
Contact: Staci Hovermale, Parking Manager (916) 808-5047, shovermale@cityofsacramento.org, Department of Public Works
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Presenter
Presenter: None
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Attachments
Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
2-Resolution
3-Resolution No. 2000-0646
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Description/Analysis
IssueDetail
Issue Detail: The City of Sacramento was a pioneer in promoting electric vehicles (EVs), implementing many programs and strategies for more than 30 years. As part of a citywide green initiative, the City offered a free monthly EV parking program in all City-owned garages for City staff in 1994 under Resolution No. 1994-0199. By the next year, Resolution 1995-0634 extended this free parking benefit to all EV monthly parking customers.
As EV use gradually increased, Resolution No. 1998-0274 amended this program to convert the free parking benefit to a 50% discount when EV transactions exceeded 5% of the total garage transactions. Resolution No. 2000-0646 later added an amendment to limit the free monthly parking benefit only to EVs registered to small businesses and individuals because the majority of monthly EV accounts by this time were registered to government entities and corporate fleets. The transactions from these larger accounts caused the number of EV transactions to advance quickly towards the 5% thresh...
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