Decision details
A Sustainable Future for York with Hyper Hubs
Decision Maker: Executive
Decision status: Decision Made
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: Yes
Purpose:
Purpose of Report: In the context of York being a One Planet City,
the Council engaged with the Office for Low Emission Vehicles
(OLEV) and the Go Ultra Low funding programme in order to further
our ambitions in terms of putting in place the infrastructure, in
terms of rapid charging points or “Hyper hubs” in
strategic locations across the City, to accelerate the change in
culture and adoption of Electric Vehicles (EV). In 2016 the Council
were successful in the bidding process and were awarded the
funding. In the Autumn of 2017 we had the opportunity to bid for
additional ERDF funding to add an innovative layer to the project.
This was the addition of a Solar canopy and battery storage. This
would support the implementation of Hyper hubs for EVs at Monks
Cross Park and Ride, Poppleton Bar Park and ride and York Hospital
(this element is receiving funding support from York Hospital). The
proposal at the Park and Ride sites identified above is unique
because rather than capture solar energy to push to the grid (as in
other projects around the country) the energy would be captured,
stored in the batteries and the energy in the batteries would be
used by the rapid charging points.
In December 2018 we were notified by Ministry for Housing
Communities and Local Government that our ERDF bid was successful
pending putting the legal agreements in place. The purpose of this
report is to update on the detail, seek approval for creating a
budget to accept the additional funding and to seek approval to
proceed with the planning and procurement processes in order to
deliver the scheme.
The report will ask the Executive to:
- Agree to undertake work in line with the report
- Recommend to council approval of the budget for the Hyper hubs
project
- Note the conditions that come with the grant
- Approve the initiation of the consultation process on design in
May
- Approve the initiation of the planning process after the
consultation process
- Approve the commencement of the procurement process
- Note that a report will be brought back later in the year for a
decision on the contract award
It has not been possible to give 28 clear days’ notice of the intention to make this Key Decision. The reasons why compliance is impracticable in this matter is in order to allow for the initiation of consultation and planning procedures prior to May 2019, in line with the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) timeframe.
Decision:
Resolved: (i) That approval be given to undertake work in line with the report.
(ii) That it be noted that there are conditions attached to the ERDF grant.
(ii) That the initiation in May of the consultation process on design be approved.
(iv) That the initiation of the planning process after conclusion of the consultation process be approved.
(v) That the commencement of the procurement process be approved.
(vi) That it be noted that a report will be brought back to Executive later in the year to inform Members of the outcome of the procurement process and to ask their approval to proceed to award of the contract.
Reason: In order to move forward and implement a sustainable approach to EV charging to meet the council’s ambitions in terms of promoting sustainable transport, reducing the city’s carbon footprint and increasing the use of electric vehicles in the city, and to work towards increasing air quality in the city.
Report author: Dave Atkinson
Publication date: 19/03/2019
Date of decision: 18/03/2019
Decided at meeting: 18/03/2019 - Executive
Effective from: 21/03/2019
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