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AUTHORIZATION FOR THE PURCHASE OF EQUIPMENT AND LABOR FROM CP INDUSTRIES IN THE AMOUNT OF $106,760 FOR INSTALLATION OF A STORAGE VESSEL FOR THE COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS (CNG) FUELING FACILITY STORAGE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.
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BACKGROUND: On February 17, 2009, City Council formally adopted the City's first Alternative Fuel Program. The program was designed to address both financial and environmental challenges facing the City at that time. Unleaded fuel prices were approaching $4.00 per gallon and the City's fuel costs were over budget by $1 million. The City envisioned a future Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) Slow Fill Facility, a CNG Fast Fill Facility with public access, and enlarging the number of CNG vehicles owned by the city. At the time of inception, the City had a fleet comprised of only seven (7) CNG vehicles. Other alternative fuel opportunities were also identified including vehicle right sizing, flex fuel vehicles, bio-diesel, electric and where alternative fuel was not an option, purchasing vehicles identified as top three in their fuel efficiency class.
Since that time, the City of Norman has been awarded seven (7) ACOG Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) grants in the total amount of $963,980. The City also received federal/state funding from the American Recovery and Reimbursement Act (ARRA) administered by the Oklahoma Department of Commerce (ODOC) in the amount of $1,429,365. The City's CNG fleet now totals 84 vehicles/equipment including refuse trucks, street sweepers, pickup trucks, sedans, generators, and mowers along with a CNG Slow Fill Facility (for private use) and a CNG Fast Fill Facility with public access.
On January 9, 2012, the City of Norman opened its first municipal CNG Fueling Facility located at 2351 Goddard Avenue, available to the general public 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The total cost of the station was $2,136,399 with a city share of $507,033. After the second year of service, the station was compressin...
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