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Transportation Department Director requesting authorization to sign Agreement VET-08-0048 with Sacramento Area Council of Governments and Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District Sacramento Emergency Clean Air Transportation Program in the amount of $50,358 for a term of five years to provide funding for equipment replacement required to meet emissions reduction standards.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve.
FUNDING: Grant funding/Road Fund.
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BUDGET SUMMARY:
Total Estimated Cost $112,635
Funding
Budgeted $112,635
New Funding $
Savings $
Other $
Total Funding Available $112,635
Change to Net County Cost $-0-
Fiscal Impact/Change to Net County Cost: The total cost to replace the 1990 Peterbilt is $112,635. The grant from the Sacramento Area Council of Governments (SACOG) and the Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District (SMAQMD) through the Sacramento Emergency Clean Air Transportation Program (SECAT Program) will provide funding in the amount of $50,358. The balance of funding in the amount of $62,277 will be provided by the Road Fund.
Background: The Department of Transportation operates diesel powered on-road vehicles in the course of maintaining roads. These vehicles include pick up trucks, dump trucks, service trucks, water trucks, graders, loaders, rollers, sweepers, pavers and a paint striper. Diesel fleets contribute significant amounts of harmful emissions which may be reduced through the installation and proper use of pollution control technologies such as particulate filters and engine replacements. In some cases, particulate filters or engine replacements are not an option, leaving replacement of the entire unit of equipment as the only method for reducing emissions.
The Air Resources Board (ARB) enacted a measure in June of 2005 which requires all on-road diesel fueled vehicles owned and operated by public agencies and utilities to be re-powered, retrofitted o...
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