Iowa Clean Air Attainment Program Funding RequestTHE CITY OF Dubuqu''e
AN-Am~lca City
DUB E
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Masterpiece on the Mississippi
2007
TO: The Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager
SUBJECT: Funding Request for ICAP (Iowa Clean Air Attainment Program)
DATE: September 17, 2009
Transit Manager Jon Rodocker is recommending that the City submit a $500,000
Department of Transportation ICAP grant application for the purchase of one Medium
Duty Hybrid bus and the creation of a bus route that serves the area around the
hospitals and medical centers.
I concur with the recommendation and respectfully request Mayor and City Council
approval.
Mic ael C. Van Milligen
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Attachment
cc: Barry Lindahl, City Attorney
Cindy Steinhauser, Assistant City Manager
Jon Rodocker, Transit Manager
Dave Heiar, Economic Development Director
THE CITY OF C',
DUB E
Masterpiece on the Mississippi
Dubuque
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2007
September 21, 2009
TO: Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager
FROM: Jon Rodocker, Transit Manager
SUBJECT: Funding Request for ICAP (Iowa Clean Air Attainment Program)
INTRODUCTION
The purpose of this memo is to request authorization to submit a $500,000 ICAP grant
for the purchase of one Medium Duty Hybrid bus and to create a bus route that serves
the area around the hospitals and medical centers.
DISCUSSION
In an effort to meet the Sustainability Goals for Dubuque, LSC recommends the
purchase of alternative fueled vehicles, more specifically, smaller medium-duty buses.
Currently the smaller Hybrid buses cost approximately $250,000 and offer alternative
fuels such as LNG (Liquid Natural Gas) or CNG (Compressed Natural Gas). The LSC
Transit Study also outlines the need of a medical loop that serves Mercy Hospital and
Finely Hospital as well as the medical centers surrounding the hospitals. The
operational cost for the proposed route would cost approximately $250,000.
Operating a Medium Duty Hybrid bus and the creation of the medical loop would
promote clean air standards in Dubuque and provided a new form of public transit
service for the citizens of Dubuque.
The ICAP program is an 80/20 match, 80% State Funds ($400,000), 20% local match
funds ($100,000). The operational cost associated with the current Orangeline can be
redirected into the proposed service and used as the 20% local match.
RECOMMENDATION
I recommend that the attached Authorization be sent to the City Council for their
Consideration and approval.
ACTION STEP
For the City Council to adopt the attached resolution.
ICAP cover memo 9-09
Preparers Barry A. Lindahl, Esq. Suite 330, Harb®r View Place, 300 Main Street,
®ubuque, IA 52001 (563) 533®4113
RESOLUTION NO. 352-09
AUTHORIZING AN APPLICATION FOR FUNDINGS FROM THE IOWA CLEAN AIR
ATTAINMENT PROGRAM FOR THE PURCHASE OF ONE MEDIAUM DUTY HYBRID
BUS AND TO CREATE A BUS ROUTE THAT SERVES THE AREA AROUND THE
HOSPITALS AND MEDICAL CENTERS
Whereas, the Iowa Clean Air Attainment Program (ICAP) provides funding for
reducing congestion, reducing travel or single-occupant vehicle usage, and improving
air quality; and
Whereas the ICAP program is an 80/20 match, 80% state funds ($400,000), 20%
local match funds ($100,000); and
Whereas, the city council finds that the purchase of alternative fueled vehicles,
more specifically, smaller medium-duty buses, which operate on alternative fuels such
as Liquid Natural Gasor Compressed Natural Gas, would contribute to ICAP goals; and
Whereas, the city council further finds that a medical loop that serves Mercy
Hospital and Finely Hospital as well as the medical centers surrounding the hospitals
would promote clean air standards in Dubuque and provided a new form of public transit
service for the citizens of Dubuque.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF DUBUQUE, IOWA:
Section 1. That the City Council of the City of Dubuque, Iowa hereby endorses
the attached application to the Iowa Clean Air Attainment Program for funding for the
purchase of a Medium Duty Hybrid bus and the operational costs for the proposed
medical loop.
Section 2. That the City Manager is authorized to sign, on behalf of the City
Council, the application for ICAP.
Passed, approved and adopted this 21St day of September, 2009.
Attest:
Jeanne F. Schneider, City Clerk
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Jo ce .Connors, Mayor Pro-Tem
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