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Sustainability Manager Updates
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The ESB receives routine updates from the Sustainability Manager.
The December Sustainability Newsletter focused on the draft Fleet Conversion and Community-Wide EV Charging Plan and highlighted the Tree Cycle Program that takes place from January 12 -16 and 26 - 30. Subscribers increased from 120 to 125.
1. Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure
a. The County constructed six Level 2 - EV Chargers at Municipal Building to serve the County fleet and the community. The previous free chargers were removed.
b. Los Alamos County received NMDOT DC Fast Charging Grant funding. The project will construct two DC Fast Chargers at Mesa Public Library, with each port providing a minimum of 150 kW.
i. September 30 - Council approved grant agreement and passed a Resolution.
ii. November/December - Public Works employees completed the ADA design. Utilities engineers are working on electrical design.
2. Fleet Conversion and Community-Wide EV Charging Plan
a. Stantec presented the draft report to ESB, BPU and County Council in December and the community meeting was held on December 3rd from 6-8pm in Council Chambers and virtually. The public comment period closed on December 17th and working committee has been reviewing and addressing the comments.
b. The final report will be presented to ESB at the February 19th meeting.
3. Education and Outreach
a. Firebrand developed a draft work plan and will began developing messaging that will be tested in local focus groups. Our goals are to host focus groups that are representative of the community demographics.
4. Municipal food composting program is on hold; the County is currently working through logistics.
5. The Jemez Mtn Trail Run takes place on May 9th and the ESB has been asked to support the event by providing volunteers to host Zero Waste Stations.
Attachments
A - Residential Sustainability Report -December 2025