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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />DECEMBER 2, 2014 <br />TITLE: <br />APPROPRIATION ADJUSTMENT AND <br />AGREEMENT ACCEPTING 2014 SOUTH <br />COAST AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT <br />DISTRICT (AQMD) CLEAN <br />TRANSPORTATION FUNDS FOR ELECTRIC <br />VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS <br />(STRATEGIC PLAN NO. 5,2) <br />CITY MANA R <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />R4J MGM 1p' <br />❑ As Recommended <br />❑ As Amended <br />❑ Ordinance on 1 'Reading <br />❑ Ordinance on 2ntlReading <br />❑ Implementing Resolution <br />❑ Set Public Hearing For <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />1. Authorize the City Manager and the Clerk of the Council to execute an agreement with <br />South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD) to install six Electric Vehicle <br />charging stations, subject to non - substantive changes approved by the City Manager and <br />City Attorney. <br />2. Approve an appropriation adjustment recognizing 2014 South Coast Air Quality <br />Management District Clean Transportation grant funding in the amount of $34,000 in the <br />MSRC Reimbursement revenue account (no. 03110002 - 52351) and appropriate same to <br />expenditure account (no. 03110102- 66400). <br />DISCUSSION <br />The Finance and Management Services Agency Facilities, Fleet Maintenance, and Central <br />Stores Division (FFCS) is responsible for the acquisition, maintenance, repair, and replacement <br />of vehicles, trucks, and maintenance equipment. As part of its 5 -Year Alternative Energy <br />Strategic Plan that was initiated in 2011, FFCS would evaluate alternative fuel technologies that <br />would help reduce fuel costs as well as reduce the City's carbon footprint by lowering levels of <br />pollutants and greenhouse gas emissions. As such, The City's Alternative Energy plan focuses <br />on the use of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG), Propane, and Electric Vehicles as complements <br />to its fleet inventory. <br />In order to reduce costs associated with implementing these new technologies, FFCS searches <br />for grant opportunities that would assist in offsetting these costs. When grants call for a 50% <br />match, the Fleet Division utilizes AQMD subvention funds that are received quarterly. These <br />funds are designed for any air quality improvement projects or programs. Staff considers this <br />20D -1 <br />