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CONSIDERATION OF ACCEPTANCE OF A CONGESTION MITIGATION AND AIR QUALITY (CMAQ) GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $89,600 FROM THE ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA GOVERNMENTS (ACOG) TO BE USED TO BUILD TWO (2) ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS LOCATED AT THE NORTH BASE COMPLEX, APPROVAL OF CONTRACT K-2021-92; AND BUDGET APPROPRIATION.
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BACKGROUND: On February 24, 2009, the City Council adopted the Norman Alternative Fuel Program (AFP), one of very few such municipal programs in Oklahoma. Since that time, the City has become a leader in alternative fuel technology in Oklahoma and the Midwest region.
On September 22, 2020 City Council approved Resolution R-2021-43 authorizing the City Manager or his designee to submit a grant application on behalf of the City of Norman to the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality's On-Road Program of the Volkswagen Settlement Trust for a 35-foot battery Electric Bus. On November 6, 2020 City staff was notified that the City's application was successful and the City should expect to be awarded $450,000 for the $900,000 electric bus project (50% was the maximum that could be awarded for this type of project). This is pending final approval from the Volkswagen Settlement Trust, issuance of a Notice to Proceed, and execution of a Memorandum of Understanding. City staff anticipates those three steps to take place in the near future.
On October 1, 2020, the Association of Central Oklahoma Governments (ACOG) announced round one of the ACOG-administered Public Fleet Conversion Grant Program using Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2021 Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) funds up to $350,000. CMAQ funds support transportation projects that reduce mobile source emissions. This grant program allows public sector fleets to access CMAQ funds to convert fleet equipment to clean fuel technologies, the acquisition of alternative fuel or hybrid vehicles, and/or the purchase and installation of alternative fuel vehicle refueling or recha...
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