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CONTRACT K-2021-102: A MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT (MOA) BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF NORMAN AND THE OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY (OKDEQ); ACCEPTANCE OF FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $450,000 TO PURCHASE A BATTERY ELECTRIC TRANSIT BUS TO BE USED FOR THE CITY'S PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM 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 were 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). However, the project could not proceed until the Volkswagen Settlement Trust approved, a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) was executed, and a Notice to Proceed was issued.
In addition, on November 19, 2020, City Manager Pyle authorized a grant application to be submitted to the Association of Central Oklahoma Governments (ACOG) requesting funds to be utilized to purchase and install two (2) new electric vehicle charging stations. The first charging station is proposed to be installed at the City's new Transit Operations and Maintenance Facility to be used by the City's first battery electric vehicle, a public transportation heavy duty bus, as mentioned above. The second charging station is proposed to be installed at the City's Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) Fueling Facility to be used by the public, future City electric vehi...
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