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AGENDA TITLE: Authorize City Manager to Submit Request to Congress for TEA21 Funding for
Three Compressed Natural Gas Buses
MEETING DATE: February 17, 1999
PREPARED BY: Public Works Director
RECOMMENDED ACTION: That the City Council adopt the attached resolution authorizing the
City Manager to submit a request to Congress for a discretionary grant
under TEA21 for three compressed natural gas (CNG) buses for
GrapeLine.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION: Staff has secured nearly one million dollars under the Congestion
Management and Air Quality (CMAQ) Program for three CNG buses
for GrapeLine. Additional funding is required to purchase the other
three CNG GrapeLine buses. The main reason for having an
alternative fuel program in Public Works is so staff can pursue the myriad of funding sources available to
agencies willing to operate their buses on a non -gas, non -diesel fuel. By securing these funds,
Public Works can use formula funds on other projects, such as the Downtown park-and-ride structure.
Currently, Congress has opted to administer the Clean Fuels Formula Grants Program and the Clean
Fuel Vehicles through congressional earmarks for the first year of the six-year life of TEA21.
If the City of Lodi is unsuccessful in this attempt at a congressional earmark, staff will pursue additional
funding under the locally -administered CMAQ Program. The estimated cost for each of the six 35 -foot,
low -floor CNG buses is $315,000.
Staff has also applied for $90,000 of Reduce Motor Vehicle Emissions (REMOVE) funds from the
San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District to cover part of the local match for the buses. If
the City is successful in securing those funds, there will be an additional $90,000 available for streets
and roads.
FUNDING: Not applicable.
Ud d tia
Richard C. Prima, r.
Public Works Director
Prepared by Carlos Tobar, Transportation Manager
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cc: City Attorney
Transportation Manager
APPROVED:
H. Dix n Flynn Ci Manager
CTEA21 CNGBUSES.DOC 02/08/99
RESOLUTION NO. 99-29
A RESOLUTION OF THE LODI CITY COUNCIL
AUTHORIZING CITY MANAGER TO SUBMIT REQUEST
TO CONGRESS FOR TEA21 FUNDING FOR THREE
COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS BUSES
BE IT RESOLVED, that the Lodi City Council hereby authorizes the City Manager to
submit a Request to Congress for a discretionary grant under TEA21 Funding for Three
(3) Compressed Natural Gas Buses for the Grapeline.
Dated: February 17, 1999
hereby certify that Resolution No. 99-29 was passed and adopted by the City
Council of the City of Lodi in a regular meeting held February 17, 1999, by the following
vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS — Hitchcock, Mann, Nakanishi, Pennino
and Land (Mayor)
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS — None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS — None
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS — None
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4"ty Clerk
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