2005/06/29 Council Agenda Packet

AG'.s EMENT SETWEEN THE CITY OF EVERETT AND THE PUGET SOUND CLEAN AIR AGENCY FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF COSTS FOR USING ULTRA LOW SULFUR DIESEL FUEL AND COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH FUEL FILTER REPLACEMENT This agreement is entered into between the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency (hereinafter referred to as the "Agency"), a municipal corporation of the laws of the State of Washington, and the City of Everett, City Hall, 2930 Wetmore Ave., Everett, WA 98201-4073, (hereinafter referred to as the "City of Everett"), for the purposes and terms set forth in this agreement. Ie RECITALS W EDEAS, the Agency implements the Diesel Solutions program to reduce harmful emissions from diesel vehicles in order to improve air quality, public health, and the environment; and W! EREAS, the City of Everett operates and maintains the City of Everett's fleet of diesel vehicles and equipment; and WHEREAS, the City of Everett has committed to operate the City of Everett's vehicles and equipment on cleaner burning ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel (ULSD); and WHE',' AS, it is in the interest of the City of Everett and the Agency to reduce air quality impacts associated with vehicle and equipment operations; and WHEREAS,the Agency has discretionary grant money available from the Statewide Pollution Abatement Program which may be applied to non-school bus air pollution reduction projects; and WHEREAS,the Agency and the City of Everett agree that this grant money shall be used to pay the additional cost of purchasing ULSD and to pay additional costs caused by possible incompatibility of ULSD with the diesel vehicles or fleet fueling system through June 2006; and WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency deems it desirable to enter into this Agreement with the City of Everett to provide funding for the City of Everett to purchase ULSD and to pay additional costs associated with potential fuel filter failures. IL AGREEMENT NOW, THEREFORE, the City of Everett and the Agency agree as follows: