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Sustainability Manager Updates
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The ESB receives routine updates from the Sustainability Manager. Angelica will share a high-level overview of her Quarterly Sustainability Update to Los Alamos County (Attachment A) and the Residential Sustainability Update (Attachment B).
1. The July Sustainability Newsletter focused on electric vehicles and included a special editorial from ESB member Sue Barns as well as a highlight on the County’s new electric golf cart fleet. Subscriber numbers grew from 76 to 85.
2. Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure
a. The County is working on deployment of six Level 2 - EV Chargers at Municipal Building to serve County fleet and the community.
i. The ChargePoint amendment was approved by Board of Public Utilities on April 2 and County Council on April 8.
ii. The County Council approved the construction task order on July 8, 2025. Construction will begin by August 2025.
b. Los Alamos County applied for the NMDOT DC Fast Charging Grant and has received unofficial notification of award. The project will install two DC Fast Chargers at Mesa Public Library, with each charging port providing a minimum of 150 kW.
3. Fleet Conversion and Community-Wide EV Charging Plan
a. The County had the kick-off meeting for the Fleet Conversion and Community-wide EV Charging Plan.
b. County Council received an overview on March 25th and BPU on April 2nd.
c. Stantec met with Public Works and Community Services Department on May 12 to understand vehicle utilization.
d. Community Visioning Meeting was held May 12 in Council Chambers and virtually.
e. The survey opened May 28, 2025 and will close July 31, 2025.
f. Stantec conducted site visits on July 10th and 11th on County property to understand feasibility, identifying potential EV charging locations and reviewing electric capacity.
g. The draft plan will be presented to ESB, BPU and Council in October 2025.
4. Education and Outreach
a. Finalizing scope of work to provide climate action marketing and engagement services for the community. The Request for Proposals was advertised on April 29th.
b. A preproposal meeting was held on May 7th.
c. The County received 11 proposals; the evaluation committee is in the process of reviewing proposals.
5. Energy Audits
a. Staff will begin developing scope of work for energy audit services. This is the time for the working group members to provide assistance. If you’re still interested in serving on this working group, please let me know.
6. Municipal food composting program is on hold, the County is currently working through logistics.
7. Events - Volunteers Needed
a. Past - Thank you to all volunteers!
i. Farmer’s Market and Science Festival
b. Upcoming
i. Farmer’s Market - August 14th from 8:30am to 12:30pm
ii. Maintaining and weeding the White Rock Demo Garden
Attachments
A - Sustainability Manager Update to County Council July 8, 2025
B - Residential Sustainability Report - June 2025