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Air Quality Management District (AQMD) recommending the Board, acting as the AQMD Board of Directors, consider the following:
1) Award the eligible AB 2766 calendar year 2018 and 2019 motor vehicle emission reduction projects in response to a Request for Proposals issued by AQMD in November 2017;
2) Authorize the Air Pollution Control Officer to execute project agreements, and any amendments that do not increase awarded amounts, with the applicants for the amounts requested (up to $498,355), pending approval of County Counsel and Risk Management; and
3) Direct AQMD to conduct another Request for Proposals solicitation for projects with the remaining funds not awarded to eligible projects (minimum of $101,645).
FUNDING: California Department of Motor Vehicles AB 2766 Subvention Funds.
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DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDATION
Air Quality Management District (AQMD) recommending the Board, acting as the AQMD Board of Directors, consider the following:
1) Award the eligible AB 2766 calendar year 2018 & 2019 motor vehicle emission reduction projects in response to a Request for Proposals issued by AQMD in November 2017; and
2) Authorize the Air Pollution Control Officer to execute project agreements, and any amendments that do not increase awarded amounts, with the applicants for the amounts requested (up to $498,355), pending approval of County Counsel and Risk Management.
3) Direct AQMD to conduct another Request for Proposals solicitation for projects with the remaining funds not awarded to eligible projects (minimum of $101,645).
DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
El Dorado County is nonattainment for the federal ozone standard. Motor vehicle emissions are the primary contributor to ozone. In 1990, AB 2766 authorized air districts to assess motor vehicle registration fees to reduce motor vehicle emissions and implement the California Clean Air Act. On December 11, 1990, the Board of Directors adopted Resolution #90-488 that set the motor vehicle registration fee at $2...
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