Report to Mayor and City Council
Wednesday, June 08, 2016
Consent
SUBJECT:
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CONSIDER ACCEPTING THE MOBILE SOURCE AIR POLLUTION REDUCTION REVIEW COMMITTEE (MSRC) CLEAN TRANSPORTATION FUNDING GRANT (CITY COUNCIL)
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I. SUMMARY
The City of Carson applied for and was awarded a $60,000.00 Mobile Source Air Pollution Reduction Review Committee (MSRC) Clean Transportation Funding grant. Administered by the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD)/MSRC, the purpose of the grant is to co-fund clean air projects implemented by cities and counties. The funds will be evenly split to match the City’s contribution toward the purchase of two (2) heavy-duty Natural Gas buses utilized by the Carson Circuit. Tonight, the City Council is asked to accept this grant.
II. RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
TAKE the following actions:
1. ACCEPT the $60,000.00 grant from Mobile Source Air Pollution Reduction Review Committee (MSRC) for the purchase of two (2) heavy duty Natural Gas buses utilized by the Carson Circuit.
2. ADOPT Resolution No. 16-070, A RESOLUTION OF THE CARSON CITY COUNCIL AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2015-16 BUDGET IN THE AIR QUALITY FUND, to increase both the budgeted revenue and expenditure by $60,000.
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III. ALTERNATIVES
TAKE the following actions:
1. DENY the request.
2. TAKE another action the City Council deems appropriate.
IV. BACKGROUND
In September 1990, California AB 2766 authorized a $4 per vehicle surcharge on annual registration fees to fund programs that reduce air pollution from motor vehicles pursuant to air quality plans and provisions in the California Clean Air Act. To determine which projects should be funded, AB 2766 called for the creation of the Mobile Source Air Pollution Reduction Review Committee (MSRC), which would develop a Work Program for evaluating programs, evaluate said programs, and make a final recommendation to the SCAQMD Governing Board as to which programs and/or projects would be funded.
On June 1, 2015, staff submitted an application to the MSRC in hopes of obtaining a Clean Transportation Funding grant. The moneys would be used to purchase two (2) Heavy-Duty Natural Gas (CNG) buses for the Carson Circuit, the City’s fixed-route bus system. On September 11, 2015, staff received notification that the City had been awarded a grant in the amount of $60,000.00 to be evenly split for the purchase of the buses (Exhibit No. 1). On February 11, 2016, the grant contract was fully executed, and staff received the final MSRC contract award contract number ML16012 (Exhibit No.2).
The purchase of one (1) of the heavy-duty CNG buses was processed on May 28, 2015, delivered, and put into service on January 5, 2016. The second vehicle was delivered on May 26, 2016 and will be put into service very soon. (Exhibit No. 3)
V. FISCAL IMPACT
By accepting the grant, the Fiscal Year 2015/16 revenue in the Air Quality Management District Grant Fund will increase by $60,000.00. The funds will be budgeted and disbursed in accordance with the grant requirements. This is a reimbursement grant in which the City receives the funds upon submission of the final invoice/billing to the awarding agency. Funds required for the matching portion of this grant have been budgeted in the Fiscal Year 2015/16 Air Quality Management District Fund and Proposition C.
VI. EXHIBITS
1. MSRC Award Notification Letter. (pg. 4)
2. Executed MSRC Grant Contract. (pgs. 5-20)
3. Resolution No. 16-070, A RESOLUTION OF THE CARSON CITY COUNCIL AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2015-16 BUDGET IN THE AIR QUALITY FUND (pgs. 21-22)
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Prepared by: Phat Nguyen, Accountant II, & Luchie Magante, Sr. Admnistrative Analyst