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209 Member Spencer asked with the other cities that have implemented these charging <br />210 stations, have they ever thought about doing a public/private partnership with <br />211 businesses. <br />212 <br />213 Ms. Heisel thought some cities have done this such as the city of Redwing where <br />214 the city and businesses shared the cost of the charger and the electricity. It is <br />215 beneficial to the cities and businesses and is a good idea to work in partnership. <br />216 <br />217 Member Misra indicated the Ramsey County Library in Roseville has had charging <br />218 since the library was built but she did not see it on the list. <br />219 <br />220 Ms. Heisel indicated she did not know that. She noted the library can submit their <br />221 charger to be shown on the list if they would like to do that. <br />222 <br />223 Member Misra thought this seemed complicated unlike gas stations that are <br />224 privately owned, this gets into public utilities, city planning and there are a lot of <br />225 different factors that come into this. She asked if there was any sort of a master plan <br />226 for how there might be charging stations set up and what would meet the needs for <br />227 ten to fifteen years from now. <br />228 <br />229 Ms. Heisel indicated this is being worked on to make sure the standards are the <br />230 same at the State and Federal level. Cities are working together to make sure all <br />231 charging stations are the same. <br />232 <br />233 Member Misra asked if the charging stations standardized or would adaptors be <br />234 needed for different chargers. <br />235 <br />236 Ms. Heisel explained for the Tesla chargers only Tesla vehicles could use those but <br />237 the Tesla has an adaptor to use the other charging stations. As well as adaptors can <br />238 be obtained to use different plugs standards. She indicated it is a little bit of a <br />239 lifestyle change and takes a little more planning than the traditional vehicle but <br />240 people who have EV's love them and do not mind that. <br />241 <br />242 Member Misra liked the idea of the public/private partnership as well as the idea <br />243 that maybe electrical sources such as solar on different business rooftops could be <br />244 used to charge vehicles in that vicinity or using that service and if there is anyway <br />245 that grants might be set up to enhance that as a source of energy rather than the old <br />246 power grid. <br />247 <br />248 Mr. Culver explained even at the City facility level, which will become more <br />249 possible as the City expands its solar installations. He thought those could be some <br />250 things that are looked at as the new City facilities are built and remodeled. <br />251 <br />252 Ms. Priscilla Morton commented that she is an EV owner and has owned it for three <br />253 years. She knew that even as one of these fairly passionate people about reducing <br />254 greenhouse gases and all that she could not own one unless she was charging at <br />Page 6 of 9 <br />