City Council
MEETING DATE: 8/10/2016
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Amendment Four to AB 2766 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between CVAG and Member Jurisdictions regarding the Regional PM10 Street Sweeping Program
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FROM:
Charles McClendon, City Manager
RECOMMENDATION:
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Staff recommends the City Council approve Amendment Four to AB 2766 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Coachella Valley Association of Governments (CVAG) and Member Jurisdictions to increase the contributions from the cities and the County from 60% to 75% to provide Sustainable Funding of the Regional PM10 Street Sweeping Program, through June 30, 2020 and authorize the City Manager to execute Amendment Four to the AB 2766 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU).
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BACKGROUND:
The CVAG Regional Street Sweeping program is one of the most significant air quality "control measures" to reduce particulate matter of less than 10 microns (PM10). The Coachella Valley and the Salton Sea Air Basin are non-attainment areas for PM10. The program also has the additional benefit of keeping all the major streets in the Coachella Valley clean and doing so at low per mile cost due to economies of scale.
There are three primary sources of funding for the regional street sweeping program: 1) Mobile Source Air Pollution Reduction Review Committee (MSRC) grant funding; 2) Colmac funding associated with mitigating air pollution impacts from a power plant; and 3) AB2766 funds that are provided to cities and the county by the South Coast Air Quality Management District from a $4 per vehicle surcharge on annual DMV registration fees that must be used to reduce air pollution from motor vehicles. In previous years, as MSRC and Colmac funding either increases or decreases or program costs increase or decrease, the percent of AB 2766 funds from the cities/county to make up the shortfall has also been adjusted. The percentage from each city has ranged from 33% to 100% over the past ten...
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