Issue - decisions

·  To delegate approval to the Director of Sustainable Communities, in consultation with the S151 Officer, to accept £182,250 of the Green Recovery Fund grant from the West of England Combined Authority.  These funds will be spent in line with a change request to an approved full business case for an electric vehicle project.

·  To delegate approval to implement the proposals set out within the report to the Director of Sustainable Communities, in consultation with the Cabinet member for Climate and Sustainable Travel, and the S151 Officer in accordance with the requirements of the Grant Funding Agreement.

·  To agree that the council conducts a trial of EV cable channel products, which is currently proposed to the following details:

o  Up to three different cable channel models trialled in-situ on public footways.

o  Up to twenty units/model trialled, making a maximum of sixty participants in the trial.

o  Trial units in-situ for up to twelve months, to be subject to full annual weather cycle.

o  Trial project is expected to take 18 months in total, to start when funding is released, expected April 2023 at the earliest.

o  Trial monitoring and participant surveys to inform decisions on the nature of a cable channel offer and council approval of offering to residents.

o  Participants may be required to open chargers to the public via 3^rd party community charging services where feasible, to increase trial impact to public EV users.

·  To facilitate required oversight, trial criteria be delegated to the Director of Sustainable Communities, in consultation with the member with responsibility for Climate and Sustainable Travel.