To: Sonoma County Board of Supervisors
Department or Agency Name(s): General Services
Staff Name and Phone Number: Robert Scott, 707-565-3066 or Tony Tsui, 707-565-5423
Vote Requirement: Majority
Supervisorial District(s): Countywide
Title:
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Donation of Ford Focus Electric Vehicles (EVs) to the Santa Rosa Junior College (SRJC)
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Recommended Action:
Recommended action
A) Find and declare three (3) certain 2014 Ford Focus electric vehicles from the County’s motor pool fleet to be no longer needed and surplus.
B) Find and declare that the donation of the subject vehicles to the Santa Rosa Junior College (SRJC) for use in their Automotive Technology Program is in the public interest and will serve social needs and public purposes of the County, including education, workforce training, and furthering climate action and resiliency goals by supporting the use and viability of electric vehicles.
C) Authorize the Fleet Manager to negotiate and effect the donation terms, and sign title and transfer documentation for the donation of the subject vehicles to the Santa Rosa Junior College (SRJC) for use in their Automotive Technology Program.
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Executive Summary:
The Department of General Services requests the Board to authorize the donation of three end of life and underutilized 2014 Ford Focus EVs. The three vehicles are no longer needed for County use, obsolete, and therefore of no further value to the County. The donation will support the SRJC in its mission to train, educate, and develop future, advanced entry-level candidates for the local community, help address the systemic labor shortage within the auto industry in general, and contribute towards the County’s strategic climate action and resiliency goals by increasing the pool of electric-vehicle qualified auto technicians.
Discussion:
The Santa Rosa Junior College's (SRJC) Department of Industrial and Trade Technology (ITT) offers the local community degrees and certificates in Automotive, Diesel, Machine Tool, and Welding to aid students in obtaining advanced entry level employment in high-demand trades and in advancing careers for students already in the workplace. These programs are offered at affordable costs with other advantages aimed toward rewarding and high paying careers that benefit the entire community.
In particular, the SRJC's Automotive Technology Program helps students prepare for future employment as Automotive Mechanics, Technicians, and other related occupations that consistently remain in growing demand at auto dealerships, smog shops, service and repair facilities, including positions to meet steady and increasing needs within County Departments and Agencies. To support the SRJC to train, educate, and develop future advanced entry automotive candidates, General Services’ Fleet Operations Division is seeking to donate three (3) underutilized 2014 Ford Focus all electric vehicles (EVs) to SRJC’s Automotive Technology Department. The vehicles would be used by SRJC for hands-on education and training.
By making this much needed contribution to a local partner and stakeholder, the County of Sonoma is helping its diverse workforce obtain reliable and well-paying jobs well into the distant future. Also, supporting a robust and ‘real-world’ SRJC education experience will help draw interest into the growing electric vehicle service and repair industry (potentially helping to address the systemic EV-labor shortage within the auto industry in general and also faced by the County), helps to promote the County as an employer of choice, and contributes towards the County’s strategic climate action and resiliency goals.
There will be no operational impact by this donation. These vehicles were ‘first generation’ EVs with limited ranges of approximately 75 miles (under optimal driving conditions). As such, the vehicles have continued to be under-utilized due to ‘range anxiety,’ and have been surpassed with newer EVs with improved technology, equipment, and capability in the motor pool fleet. If not donated, the EVs are slated for salvage during FY21-22. If successfully auctioned as part of the standard surplus property process, the vehicles would be expected to garner $18,000. Staff costs to administer the surplus process and effect transfer of the property would offset any revenue from the surplus sale.
Government Code section 25372 permits donation of County property to certain tax-exempt entities and school and community college districts upon determination that the subject property is surplus, that the donation is for public purpose, and upon such terms and conditions as the Board of Supervisors may elect to impose.
The vehicles are planned to be donated as-is, with no warranty or other guarantee or obligation on County.
In the past, the County has periodically donated surplus vehicles and other equipment to various social program providers and public agencies. For example, vehicles have been donated to the Sonoma VETS Connect program and to various fire districts.
Prior Board Actions:
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Narrative Explanation of Fiscal Impacts:
This donation will not require any expenditures. The three vehicles have a combined approximate surplus auction value of $18,000 ($6,000 per vehicle), which would be forgone revenue otherwise placed into the County’s Vehicle Replacement Fund (ACO Account). These vehicles were originally purchased in 2015 under the Clean Vehicle Rebate Program (CVRP) which reduced the acquisition costs of each vehicle by $2,500.
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Narrative Explanation of Staffing Impacts (If Required):
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Attachments:
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Related Items “On File” with the Clerk of the Board:
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