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Air Quality Management District recommending the Board, Acting as the Air Quality Management District Board of Directors, approve and authorize the Chair to sign a budget transfer for the Air Quality Management District (including offsetting budget transfer entries for Community Development Agency-Fleet and Chief Administrative Office-Facilities) and approve an increase to fixed assets for the purchase of a Nasal Ranger field olfactometer in the amount of $2,575. (4/5 vote required)
FUNDING: Federal Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Grant Funding (reduction)/Penalty Fees.
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Fiscal Impact/Change to Net County Cost
No impact to Net County Cost. There is a net decrease of $220,000 in Federal CMAQ grant revenue budgeted in FY2014/15 (and a matching decrease in appropriations) due to a change in grant policies that determined how the funding can be expended. This amount will be rebudgeted in future fiscal years.
Background
The original FY2014/15 budget submitted for the Air Quality Management District ("AQMD") included $250,000 in Federal CMAQ grant funding (through the El Dorado County Transportation Commission - "EDCTC"), and expenditures were appropriated to provide additional funding for the "Drive Clean" electric vehicle incentive program. This included $30,000 in budgeted revenue and appropriations in AQMD Operations for promotion, education and administration of the program, and $220,000 in AQMD DMV Projects for the actual incentives.
Reason for Recommendation
Because of a change in grant policies, AQMD was required to revise its plans to expend the CMAQ funding. AQMD revised their proposal, resubmitted it to the EDCTC, whose Board approved the changes on August 7, 2014. The $250,000 in CMAQ funding that was originally approved for the "Drive Clean" program was reprogrammed to fund a "Fleet Electrification and Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure" program per a revised grant agreement. Over the life of the program, it i...
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