STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Environmental & Sustainability
AGENDA DATE: August 14, 2024
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S): All
DEPARTMENT: Office of Environmental Quality & Sustainability
EXECUTIVE: Dev Rastogi
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SUBJECT
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Authorize (1) Amendment No. 5 to the contract with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) for the Whole Air Monitoring Program (Contract No. 582-21-22370, Assistance Listing No. 97.091) to accept additional grant funds in the amount of $352,058.88 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency passed through the TCEQ to continue the Whole Air Monitoring Program for the period September 1, 2024 through May 31, 2025; (2) an increase of appropriations in an amount not to exceed $352,058.88 in the TCEQ FY 23-24 Whole Air Monitoring Program Fund; (3) the receipt and deposit of additional grant funds in an amount not to exceed $352,058.88 in the TCEQ 23-24 Whole Air Monitoring Program Fund; and (4) execution of the contract with TCEQ and all terms, conditions, and documents required by the contract - Not to exceed $352,058.88, from $440,760.88 to $792,819.76 - Financing: TCEQ FY 23-24 Whole Air Monitoring Program Fund
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BACKGROUND
Since 1967, the City of Dallas has worked with the TCEQ and its predecessor agencies, to support clean air monitoring and enforce air quality regulations through a set of renewing contracts for services. There are currently three contracts under which TCEQ funds the City's Ambient Air Monitoring Group to monitor local air quality and also purchase and maintain necessary equipment.
This action addresses Contract No. 582-21-22370 which ensures the monitoring of biological contaminates that could be associated with a bioterrorist attack on Dallas County. The TCEQ supports the Department of Homeland Security National Whole Air Monitoring Network which began in February 2003 in Texas. The TCEQ in turn, contracts with the City to operate the Whole Air Moni...
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