BOARD MEETING DATE: May 1, 2009
AGENDA NO. 32

REPORT:

Mobile Source Air Pollution Reduction Review Committee

SYNOPSIS:

Below is a summary of key issues addressed at the MSRC’s special meeting on April 16, 2009. The MSRC’s next meeting will be its annual offsite retreat, which will be conducted at the City of Temecula, on Thursday, May 21, 2009, in lieu of the regularly scheduled meeting here at the AQMD.

RECOMMENDED ACTION:

Receive and file.
 

Michael D. Antonovich
AQMD Representative on MSRC

Special Offsite April 16, 2009 Meeting

The MSRC’s April 16, 2009, meeting was conducted offsite at Rossmoor Pastries in Signal Hill. The MSRC partially funded a CNG slow-fill station at Rossmoor Pastries, the final report for which was approved last fall. The meeting included a tour of the station and the pastry facility. Rossmoor’s delivery fleet consists of seven CNG vans as well as two CNG vehicles used by the owner and manager. As part of their green movement, Rossmoor also recycles and uses energy efficient equipment at their facility, and plan an expansion of their CNG station in the future. The MSRC recognized their contribution to a greener tomorrow.

Issue RFP for Technical Advisor Services

The MSRC retains a Technical Advisor, an independent contractor who provides programmatic and technical assistance in support of the AB 2766 Discretionary Fund Program. The current Technical Advisor contract expires June 30, 2009. To ensure continuation of these services, the MSRC’s Technical Advisory Committee (MSRC-TAC) developed a Request for Proposals (RFP) to solicit Technical Advisor services for FYs 2009-10 and 2010-11, including a two-year option to extend. At their April 16, 2009 meeting, the MSRC unanimously approved release of an RFP to solicit Technical Advisor services for FYs 2009-10 and 2010-11, including a two-year option to extend. The MSRC also approved a three-month no-cost term extension of the current Technical Advisor contract to ensure services would be continued until a new contract could be executed. The AQMD Board will consider release of the RFP at its May 1, 2009 meeting.

Exercise Second Two-Year Option with HiP Design

Several years ago the MSRC created a website as a marketing and outreach too; as well as a source of information for its contractors and other interested entities. HiP Design was the contractor chosen through an RFP process to design and host the website. HiP Design has continued to provide hosting and maintenance services for the website. HiP Design’s current contract includes a second two-year option to extend. At their April 16, 2009 meeting, the MSRC unanimously approved executing the second two-year option to extend HiP Design’s contract and augmented the contract with an additional $7,200, which provides a modest $300 per month for hosting and maintenance. The AQMD Board will consider this contract augmentation at its May 1, 2009 meeting.
 

Received and Approved Final Reports

The MSRC received and approved two final reports at its April 16, 2009 meeting, as follows:

1. Rainbow Disposal Company Contract #MS07013, which provided $350,000 for construction of a new high volume CNG station; and
2. City of Claremont Contract #MS07053, which provided $96,000 towards the purchase of natural gas refuse trucks.

All final reports are filed in the AQMD's library and a two-page summary of each closed project can be viewed in the electronic library on the MSRC's website at http://www.cleantransportationfunding.org.
 

Contract Modification Requests

At its April 16, 2009 meeting, the MSRC considered three contract modification requests and took unanimous action, as follows:

1. For City of Cathedral City Contract #MS03069, which provides $22,953 for wind fencing, approval of a three-month no-cost contract term extension;
2. For City of Rancho Cucamonga Contract #MS06057, which provides $100,000 towards the purchase of four heavy-duty CNG vehicles, approval of a 14-month no-cost contract term extension; and
3. For Raymond Gorski Contract #MS050751, which provides $650,120 for technical advisor services for a four-year period, approval of a three-month no-cost contract term extension.
    

Contracts Administrator’s Report

The MSRC's AB 2766 Contracts Administrator provides a written status report on all open contracts from FY 2002-03 through the present. The Contracts Administrator’s Report for April 2009 is attached for your information.
 

Attachment (PDF, 215k)

Contracts Administrator’s Report