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Capital Budget and Capital Improvement Program - 100% Electric Mobility Plan - For the purpose of adding the 100% Electric Annapolis Mobility Plan to include electric vehicles, boat and associated support infrastructure to the Fiscal Year 2022 Capital Budget and Capital Improvement Program.
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CITY COUNCIL OF THE
City of Annapolis
Ordinance 40-21
Introduced by: Mayor Buckley,
Co-sponsored by: Alderwoman Tierney, Alderman Savidge,
Alderman Gay, Alderman Schandelmeier, Alderwoman Pindell Charles
Alderwoman O’Neill, Alderwoman Finlayson, Alderman Arnett
Referred to
Finance Committee
Environmental Matters Committee
Environmental Commission
Transportation Committee
Maritime Advisory Board
Planning Commission
AN ORDINANCE concerning
Capital Budget and Capital Improvement Program - 100% Electric Mobility Plan
FOR the purpose of adding the 100% Electric Annapolis Mobility Plan (“the Mobility Plan”) to include electric vehicles, including vans for the Circulator route and carts for the downtown trolley route, an electric boat for Eastport to Downtown Annapolis ferry service, and associated infrastructure, in the Fiscal Year 2022 Capital Budget and Capital Improvement Program.
BY: amending the Fiscal Year 2022 Capital Budget and Capital Improvement Program.
WHEREAS, the City of Annapolis intends to reduce traffic congestion, improve traffic flow, provide equitable travel options, and reduce its greenhouse gas emissions; and
WHEREAS, the Annapolis Mobility Plan is a set of measures aimed at optimizing travel within the City of Annapolis, including home-to-work trips, transportation of goods, business trips, reaching recreational and cultural destinations, supporting tourist activities, and providing affordable and equitable transportation options for City residents; and
WHEREAS, the use of electric vehicles reduces carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases released into the atmosphere by vehicles and the Mobility Plan aims to reduce polluting emissions and traffic congestion by providing electric vehicle alternatives to private cars, including electric vans for the Circulator route, electric carts for the downtown trolley route, and an electric boat and associated infrastructure; and
WHEREAS, an electric boat for Eastport to Downtown Annapolis ferry service will be the first step in building water transportation as a viable travel option in Annapolis that will reduce road congestion and greenhouse gas emissions, will provide an equitable transportation mode between Eastport and downtown Annapolis, and will demonstrate electric boats as an alternative to fossil fuel powered boats.
SECTION I: BE IT ESTABLISHED AND ORDAINED BY THE ANNAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL that the Fiscal Year 2022 Capital Budget and Capital Improvement Program is hereby amended as shown in Appendix A attached hereto.
SECTION II: AND BE IT FURTHER ESTABLISHED AND ORDAINED BY THE ANNAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL that this ordinance shall take effect on the date of its passage.
Explanation:
UPPERCASE indicates matter added to existing law.
Strikethrough indicates matter stricken from existing law.
Underlining indicates amendments.