Coiled
Member
The minutes [PDF] from the Dec. 9 town board meeting have been posted. I'll say this for the board, they are cautious and try to look at all the angles.
They have been consistently less favorable toward the state's L2 charger, mostly because the town only gets a one-time grant for the L2 charger and then they have to maintain it, whereas Tesla maintains the Supercharger. However, they seem to be interested in going ahead with both and are trying to see if Tesla can leave room for the L2 charger on the same site as the Supercharger.
They say they've seen Tesla's plan for the site. Based on the description (running cable under St. Patrick St. from a pole off Oddie Road), it looks like they're sticking with the Pocket Park location in front of the firehouse. There was no more talk about relocating the SC or the park itself, but we know the SC plan wasn't actually approved until the next board meeting. On Dec. 9, they tabled it until Dec. 23 to talk to their liability insurance provider and make sure their rates wouldn't go up drastically, "especially if one of the vehicles catches fire on the property."
We'll see what the minutes from the Dec. 23 meeting say. In any case, construction is supposed to start sometime this month. The weather is not great right now but should be improving dramatically next week.
They have been consistently less favorable toward the state's L2 charger, mostly because the town only gets a one-time grant for the L2 charger and then they have to maintain it, whereas Tesla maintains the Supercharger. However, they seem to be interested in going ahead with both and are trying to see if Tesla can leave room for the L2 charger on the same site as the Supercharger.
They say they've seen Tesla's plan for the site. Based on the description (running cable under St. Patrick St. from a pole off Oddie Road), it looks like they're sticking with the Pocket Park location in front of the firehouse. There was no more talk about relocating the SC or the park itself, but we know the SC plan wasn't actually approved until the next board meeting. On Dec. 9, they tabled it until Dec. 23 to talk to their liability insurance provider and make sure their rates wouldn't go up drastically, "especially if one of the vehicles catches fire on the property."
We'll see what the minutes from the Dec. 23 meeting say. In any case, construction is supposed to start sometime this month. The weather is not great right now but should be improving dramatically next week.