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Resolution to Accept Grant Funds from the American Lung Association and Appropriate to the Major Grant Funds to reimburse some of the costs to purchase an Electric Refuse Truck ($270,000) (8 Votes Required)
Memorandum
Attached for your review and consideration is a resolution to accept and appropriate $270,000 in federal pass-through grant funding from the American Lung Association to support heavy fleet electrification in Ann Arbor via the purchase of an Electric Refuse Truck. The City of Ann Arbor has had a Green Fleets policy for over 2 decades, to continually lessen the environmental impact of the City fleet. Recently, with updates to this policy and the adoption of A2ZERO, increased focus has been placed on the electrification the City fleet. Significant progress has been made in the electrification of the light fleet, and the electrification of refuse trucks represent the first major electrification step of the heavy fleet.
The grant received by the City of Ann Arbor is through the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA), distributed by the US EPA. The grant partially funds the replacement of certain diesel equipment to reduce harmful emissions these vehicles create. This Federal DERA funding covers 45% ($270,000) of the total cost to acquire an electric refuse truck.
The City had the option to submit an application individually, or with the American Lung Association as lead applicant. As lead applicant, the ALA bundles applications throughout the region to increase their chance of receiving funding and takes on the primary duties for grant reporting. Due to their strong history with this grant, OSI chose to group Ann Arbor's grant with others from EPA Region 5 through ALA. This approach proved successful and in early fall of 2021 staff were notified of the awards granting.
On June 7, 2021, City Council unanimously approved R-21-193 which authorized the purchase of the City's first all-electric refuse truck. Proceeds from this grant will be used to...
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