Number
081306
Version
ORIGINAL
Reference
Sponsor
THE CHAIR
Title
Resolution relating to application for, acceptance and funding of, a Wisconsin Department of Transportation grant to fund the City of Milwaukee Clean Fleet Emission Reductions Project with a total cost of $330,595, grantor share $264,476 and City share of $66,119.
Analysis
This resolution authorizes the Department of Public Works-Operations Division to apply for, and accept and fund, a CMAQ grant from Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) to fund the City of Milwaukee Clean Fleet Emission Reductions Project. The total project cost is $330,595, of which $264,476 (80%) will be provided by the grantor and $66,119 (20%) will be provided by the City. Grant funds will be used to fund the installation of EPA-certified diesel oxidation catalysts on City refuse trucks and dump trucks, reprogram trucks for idle-reduction, and fund the marginal cost of biodiesel fuel for City-owned trucks.
Body
Whereas, The City of Milwaukee’s waste haulers (“garbage trucks”), and dump trucks, because they operate in a stop-and-go pattern in residential areas, with long periods of idling, have a significant air pollution impact on the city and its residents; and
Whereas, The emissions impacts of the City’s waste haulers and dump trucks are magnified by the fact that they operate in a densely-populated, ozone non-attainment area with a large population that suffers from or is susceptible to respiratory ailments; and
Whereas, The City of Milwaukee appears to be eligible for grant funds from Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) Clean Fleet Emission Reductions, Project Agreement 1693-47-71; and
Whereas, The Department of Public Works-Operations Division would use these grant funds to retrofit City waste haulers and dump trucks with EPA-certified diesel oxidation catalysts intended to reduce vehicle emissions, reprogram city trucks for idle reduction, and fund the marginal cost of biodiesel fuel; and
Whereas, The City’s participation in this grant program would result in the following benefits to the City:
1. Reduction of emissions from retrofitted waste haulers in the range of 20-30% for particulate matter and 40-90% for carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons. These emissions reductions will increase with both the additional use of biodiesel fuel, and reduced idling.
2. Improvement of air quality in an area with a dense population, among which respiratory ailments and asthma are serious health risks. The American Lung Association’s 2004 “State of the Air” report indicates that, in Milwaukee County alone, there are approximately 20,500 children and 59,000 adults suffering from asthma, as well as over 30,000 cases of chronic bronchitis.
; now, therefore, be it
Resolved, By the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee, that application to WisDOT is authorized and the Department of Public Works-Operations Division shall accept this grant in the amount of $330,595 without further approval unless the terms of the grant change as indicated in Milwaukee Code of Ordinances section 304-81; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the City Comptroller is authorized to:
1. Encumber in the parent accounts of the 2009 Special Revenue Accounts-Grant & Aid Projects, the following amounts for the project titled Clean Fleet Emission Reductions:
Project/Grant GR0000900000
Fund 0150
Organization 9990
Program 0001
Budget Year (BY) 0000
Subclass R999
Account 000600
Project Grantor Share
Project/Grant Total $264,476
2. Create a Special Revenue Fund-Grant and Aid Projects and the necessary expenditure and revenue accounts, appropriate to these accounts the amounts required under the Grant Agreement;
3. Establish the necessary city share project values;
; and, be it
Further Resolved, That these funds are budgeted to the Department of Public Works-Operations Division (Fleet Services Section) which is authorized to:
1. Expend from the amount budgeted sums for specified purposes as indicated in the grant budget and incur costs consistent with the award date;
2. Enter into subcontracts and leases to the extent detailed in the project budget.
Requester
Department of Public Works-Operations Division
Drafter
Bldgs & Fleet
cw/jt
12/08/08
Clerical correction -- 01/27/09 -- jro