The council voted unanimously to give City Manager Alex Meyerhoff direction to draft legislation to allow electric vehicles in the city and adopt a Golf Cart and Neighborhood Electrical Vehicle Master Plan that was drafted by an outside firm earlier this year.
Meyerhoff also told the council that the city would be working over the course of the coming year to acquire right-of-way on the abandoned Union-Pacific railroad tracks between the city and Barbara Worth Resort, and between the resort the U.C. Davis Agricultural Cooperative Extension on Meloland Road in hopes of someday building an electrical vehicle lane along the route.
Mayor Jerry Brittsan also mentioned the fact that Barbara Worth Resort hopes to open a new RV Park at some point in the future and pointed out that an electric vehicle lane could bring visitors at the resort into Holtville where they would presumably spend money on goods and services, possibly giving the city a sales tax boost.
Council member David Bradshaw voiced his support for the project and said he wants to keep the momentum going.
"Enough people have talked to me about this that I think it's in our best interest to keep it going," he said.
In his written report to the council, Meyerhoff also said that the project would help the city meet it's goal of developing a balanced, multi-modal transportation network and could also "positively impact the environment through the reduction of air pollutants caused by combustion engines."
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