BACKGROUND/DISCUSSION:
Approval of this item would revise the City Personnel Polices with the addition of the RTC recommended Clean Fleet Policy. NCTCOG has announced the first of several grants available to cities in Tarrant County. Adoption of the RTC Clean Fleet Policy is a prerequisite to application for a series of future grants that would provide funding to augment the City fleet, and provide enhancements to vehicular transportation available to our citizens.
This resolution was first adopted by RTC in 1996. Over 42 cities and counties, numerous school districts and private companies in DFW adopted the policy. An attached exhibit "2019 Data" illustrates the annual impact of the clean fleet coalition.
The North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG) has been designated as the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) Metropolitan Area by the Governor of Texas.
The Regional Transportation Council (RTC), comprised primarily of local elected officials, is the regional transportation policy body associated with NCTCOG and has been and continues to be the regional forum for cooperative decisions on transportation.
NCTCOG has been designated as a Clean Cities Coalition for the DFW region by the US Department of Energy in accordance with federal law and the NCTCOG Executive Board authorized NCTCOG to serve as the host organization for the DFW Clean Cities (DFWCC) Coalition and its efforts.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has designated the DFW area as a nonattainment area for the pollutant ozone, and air quality impacts the public health of the entire region.
Emissions inventories from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) indicate that in 2012, approximately 76 percent of the nitrogen oxides (NOX) emissions and 25 percent of the volatile organic compounds (VOC) emissions in the DFW ozone nonattainment area are attributable to mobile sources.
The RTC is responsible for transportation conformity; and the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 require that transportation plans and improvement programs in air quality nonattainment areas conform to the adopted State Implementation Plan (SIP).
The RTC has adopted a resolution supporting the adoption and implementation of a Clean Fleet Policy by organizations with fleet operations in the DFW area; and reserves all future vehicle funding for entities that adopt and comply with a policy consistent with the provisions of this policy.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
There is no financial impact to adopting the resolution or revising the personnel policies.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends approval.