Good morning Stockton CSC,

We are excited to share the Passenger Vehicle Repair and Passenger Vehicle Replacement Project Plans have been approved by CARB! As a next step, the District will be taking these items to our District Governing Board in September for approval to open these programs. We will continue to work with the CSC on program outreach and implementation, including bringing to the CSC an opportunity to increase the funding amount per vehicle for the Passenger Vehicle Replacement Program. We ran out of time to discuss this during the September CSC meeting, so the below email will share information on this opportunity.

Below is a summary of what we would like to discuss at our next meeting:

• The current passenger vehicle replacement program allows for up $12,000 for the replacement an older vehicle with a plug-in hybrid electric or zero emission vehicle. We are exploring increasing this amount to $20,000.
• The purpose of increasing the funding is to offset the high cost associated with purchasing electric or plug in hybrid vehicle to assist in the transition to cleaner technology and reduce emissions in the community
• Purchasing a plug-in hybrid/electric vehicle costs $30,000 or more
• High cost can be a barrier to program participation for members in the community
• Currently the 3 other AB617 communities have this measure and supported increasing the funding to up to $20,000 per vehicle

We will look to continue this discussion during our October CSC meeting and plan to take this potential increase in funding amount to a vote. Currently, there is no change to the funding allocated in the CERP (total funding allocation is $800,000), however, there can be opportunities for funding reallocation to support the measure, if we see high participation and there’s interest from the CSC. If there are any questions about concept or concerns, please feel free to reach out to the Air District (AB617@valleyair.org) or Facilitation Team (stockton_ab617_facilitator@harderco.com).

Materials for review

• CERP Presentation (starting on slide 9)
• Grant Applications and Project Plans 

Thank you!