TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Air Quality Management District
MEETING DATE: August 6, 2019
DEPARTMENT CONTACT:
Barbara Moed
PHONE:
463-4354
DEPARTMENT CONTACT:
Donna Roberts
PHONE:
463-4354
ITEM TYPE: Consent Agenda
TIME ALLOCATED FOR ITEM: N/A
AGENDA TITLE:
title
Adoption of Resolution Approving Retroactive Grant Agreement with the State Air Resources Board (ARB) Authorizing the Air Quality Management District to Accept the State Air Resources Board AB 617 Community Air Protection Program Grant in the Amount of $22,659 and Commit to Complying with the Requirements of the Grant Agreement for the Term of February 1, 2019 through April 1, 2021 and Authorizing the Air Pollution Control Officer, as Agent, to Sign the Retroactive Grant Agreement with the State Air Resources Board
End
RECOMMENDED ACTION/MOTION:
recommendation
Adopt Resolution approving a retroactive Grant Agreement with the State Air Resources Board for the Air Quality Management District to accept the AB 617 Community Air Protection Program Grant in the amount of $22,659 and commit to complying with the requirements of the Grant Agreement for the term of February 1, 2019 through April 1, 2021; authorize the Air Pollution Control Officer, as agent, to sign the retroactive Grant Agreement between the District and the State Air Resources Board; and authorize Chair to sign same.
End
PREVIOUS BOARD/BOARD COMMITTEE ACTIONS:
None
SUMMARY OF REQUEST:
In 2017, the Governor signed legislation aimed at improving neighborhood-level air quality as part of the state's Cap-and-Trade Program. AB 398 extended and improved the Cap-and-Trade Program which will provide billions of dollars in auction proceeds towards communities in California.
AB 617 establishes a new program, Community Air Protection Program (CAPP), to measure and reduce air pollution from mobile and stationary sources at the neighborhood level in the communities most impacted by air pollutants. AB 617 requires th...
Click here for full text