HomeMy WebLinkAbout2025-10-07; City Council; Resolution 2025-225Exhibit 2
RESOLUTION NO. 2025-225 .
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD,
CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE
CHARGING EQUIPMENT FROM CHARGEPOINT, INC., IN AN AMOUNT NOT
TO EXCEED $922,598.94
WHEREAS, on Jan. 11, 2022, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2022-008, expanding the
scope of the Fleet Fuel Island Upgrade Project, Capital Improvement Program Project No. 4747, to
include the purchase, installation and activation of electric vehicle, or EV, charging infrastructure and
authorized an agreement with San Diego Gas & Electric, or SDGE, to participate in the Power Your Drive
for Fleets’ Make Ready Infrastructure Program; and
WHEREAS, upon adoption of Resolution No. 2022-008, staff began the development of an EV
charging depot at the city’s Fleet Maintenance Building located at 2480 Impala Drive; and
WHEREAS, the agreement with SDGE provided for the construction of up to 26 direct current,
or DC, fast EV charging stations; and
WHEREAS, 12 DC fast EV charging stations have already been constructed at the charging depot
and the final phase of the agreement is currently being developed to install an additional 12 DC fast EV
charging stations; and
WHEREAS, ChargePoint, Inc., a manufacturer of DC fast EV charging stations, has reliably
provided charging stations and equipment to the city in the past and staff have received a quote from
ChargePoint, Inc., for procuring, activating and managing 12 new DC fast EV charging stations in an
amount not to exceed $922,598.94; and
WHEREAS, ChargePoint, Inc. is part of a competitively bid Cooperative Purchasing Agreement
with Sourcewell, a State of Minnesota local government agency and service cooperative, Sourcewell
Contract 04221-CPI; and
WHEREAS, Carlsbad Municipal Code Section 3.28.100 authorizes the city's Purchasing Officer
to join with other public or quasi-public agencies in cooperative purchasing plans or programs for the
purchase of goods and/or services; and
WHEREAS, the city's Purchasing Officer has reviewed the purchase agreement and determined
that the use of Sourcewell contract No. 04221-CPI for the purchase of the ChargePoint EV chargers is
in the city’s best interest.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, as
follows:
1.That the above recitations are true and correct.
2.That the City Council has determined that the proposed action is not a “project” as
defined by the California Environmental Quality Act, or CEQA, Section 21065 and CEQA
Guidelines Section 15378(a) and does not require environmental review because the
action is limited to the purchase of electric vehicle charging equipment. The action has
no potential to cause either a direct physical change in the environment or a reasonably
foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment.
3.That the purchase of EV charging equipment from ChargePoint, Inc., in an amount not
to exceed $922,598.94, is approved.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City
of Carlsbad on the 7th day of October, 2025, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Blackburn, Bhat-Patel, Acosta, Burkholder, Shin.
NAYS: None.
ABSTAIN: None.
ABSENT: None.
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KEITH BLACKBURN, Mayor
______________________________________
SHERRY FREISINGER, City Clerk
(SEAL)
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