PILLAR: Vibrant
AGENDA DATE: November 12, 2025
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S): Citywide
DEPARTMENT: Office of Environmental Quality & Sustainability
PRIORITY: N/A
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SUBJECT
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Authorize the (1) Amendment No. 7 to the contract agreement with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) for the Whole Air Monitoring Program (Contract No. 582-21-22370, CFDA No. 97.091) to accept additional grant funds in an amount not to exceed $457,333.14 from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security passed through the TCEQ, to continue the Whole Air Monitoring Program for the period September 1, 2025 through July 31, 2026; (2) increase of appropriations in an amount not to exceed $457,333.14 in the TCEQ 23-24 Whole Air Monitoring Program Fund; (3) receipt and deposit of funds in an amount not to exceed $457,333.14 in the TCEQ 23-24 Whole Air Monitoring Program Fund; and (4) execution of the contract agreement with TCEQ and all terms, conditions, and documents required by the agreement - Not to exceed $457,333.14, from $1,799,771.04 to $2,257,104.18 - Financing: TCEQ FY 23-24 Whole Air Monitoring Program Fund
*In alignment with CECAP.
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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 enforcement of 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 to purchase and maintain necessary equipment.
This action addresses Contract No. 582-21-22370 which ensures the monitoring of biological contamination that could be associated with a bioterrorist attack on Dallas County. TCEQ supports the Department of Homeland Security National Whole Air Monitoring Network which began in February 2003 in Texas. TCEQ in turn, contracts with the City to operate the Whole Air Monitoring Network o...
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