HomeMy WebLinkAboutC2012-186 - 7/10/2012 - ApprovedI q r ,
AMENDMENT No. 2
INTERLOCAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT
BETWEEN
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS
AND
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISM
INTERLOCAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT between University of North Texas ( "UNT ")
and the City of Corpus Christi ( "City "),
WHEREAS, the City entered into a Grant Agreement for Air Quality Planning ( "Grant ") with
the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality ( "TCEQ "), Contract No. 582 -11 -11223 for
air quality planning activities in areas considered to be near non - attainment for the ozone
standard under the Federal Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, which activities may
include without limitation identifying, inventorying, and modification and quantification of
potential pollution reduction through voluntary control, and which activities will be
consistent with TCEQ monitoring, inventory and modeling approaches and infrastructure,
and conduct air quality planning activities in the Coastal Bend;
WHEREAS, an element in the City's proposal for the Grant was UNT's proposed "Corpus
Christi Ozone Near Non - Attainment Area Assessment and Planning Study," which study is
being prepared by UNT, as a continuation of the City's Regional Air Quality Committee's
Air Quality Assessment and Planning Program;
WHEREAS, TCEQ stated that the preferred activity to be funded by the additional would
be additional air quality monitoring effort as set forth by UNT's "Corpus Christi Ozone Near
Non - Attainment Area Assessment and Planning Study ";
WHEREAS, the supplemental funding contract between TCEQ and City provides funding
for UNT's "Corpus Christi Ozone Near Non- Attainment Area Assessment and Planning
Study," in cooperation with its partners which TCEQ has extended into biennium 2012-
2013 and such activities require an amendment to authorize funding and scope
modification for the term of September 1, 2012 through August 31, 2013 subject to
continuation after August 31, 2013 upon approval of the TCEQ.
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties agree to the amendment of Section 5. Price and Payment
as follows:
Section 5. Price and Payment, Paragraph 1 is revised to read:
As compensation for the performance of the agreement, the City agrees to reimburse UNT
on a cost - reimbursement basis an additional amount of One Hundred Eighty Four
Thousand Seven Hundred and nolxx Dollars ($184,75Q.00 in a restated amount up to Five
Hundred Thirteen Thousand Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($513.750 Thee° Hun
Twenty Nine Thousand Dollars ($329 for expenses authorized under the Grant as
approved by TCEQ. UNT agrees to expend the additional funds under the budget detailed
in Exhibit A -2, Amended Work Plan, which is attached to and incorporated into this
agreement by reference.
2012 -186 page 1 of 2
Res. 029550
7/10112 tinSI GENIENVIRONM1 AirQualityGrant2012- 2013Biennium \UNTlnterloca[Amd2- 042512.doc
University of North Texas INDEXED
Section 5. Price and Payment paragraph a is revised to read:
a. This agreement is funded exclusively from funds made available to the City by the
Grant. The City's obligation is limited by the provisions of the Grant. The City is not
liable to make payment to UNT, if funding is not available from TCEQ through the
Grant. Payments may not exceed Five Hundred Thirteen Thousand Seven
Hundred Fifty and nolxx Dollars ($513,750.00) Thr Hundred Twenty Nino
Thousand Dellarc ($329 from the execution of this Agreement through
August 31, 2013 to August 31 2012
All other terms and conditions of the originally authorized December 14, 2010, as
amended, between the City and UNT shall remain in effect.
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
Oscar Martinez Date
City Manager
UNI ITY OF TEXAS
Jean Bush, Senior A.ssociat Date
Vice President for Finance
ATTEST:
Armando Chapa Date
City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM: The ' ' day of 2012
Veronica Ocanas Date
Assistant City Attorney
Pete Anaya, P.E. Date
Director of Planning /Environmental Services
L 0a ( L 8 - E Z- 1 iUXj , LU
wr cww9L
Page 2 of 2
KAEngineering DataExchangel KevinS\ GEN1 ENVIRONM1 AirQualityGrant2012- 2013Biennium \UNTlnterlocalAmd2- 042512.doc
L�N
1VO�
U
Corpus Christi Ozone bear Non - Attainment Area Air Quality Research
Activities (2012 -2413)
Proposed by the
College of Engineering
University of North Texas, Denton
Project Coordinator: Dr. Kuruvilla John
Professor
Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering
and
Associate Dean of Research and Graduate Studies
College of Engineering
University of North Texas, Denton
Project Duration: September 1, 2012 through August 31, 2013
Project Overview:
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) is continuing to support
the Corpus Christi ozone near nonattainment area air quality research and planning
activities through a biennial Rider 8 appropriation to the City of Corpus Christi.
The technical activities on this project have been operated out of the University of
North Texas (UNT) under the supervision of Dr. Kuruvilla John through an interlocal
agreement with the City of Corpus Christi. The project team is comprised of Dr.
John's air resources engineering research group at LINT and Ms. Saritha Karnae at
Texas A &M University - Kingsville (TAMUK). For continuing the technical research
activities under this project for 2012 -2013, a research team led by Dr. Kuruvilla
John and located jointly at the University of North Texas and Texas A &M University
- Kingsville (the team is hereby referred to as the "Performing Parry ") working in
close collaboration with the City of Corpus Christi and the Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality hereby submits the following work plan. The work plan is
broadly categorized into five major tasks with associated casts broken down by
project tasks.
Funding Request:
Task 1. Ambient air quality monitoring through Aug 2413 $170,000
Task 2. Conceptual model update through 2012 $ 14,750
Total $184,750
February 2012
E x hi bit
10
Task 1. Ambient Monitoring Projects
1.1 The Performing Party will continue to collect and deliver any routine, hourly
ambient monitoring data to the TCEQ in Austin (through the LEADS) collected
in Phase I. In order to provide accurate, quality assured data for modeling
efforts and to track movement of pollutants, the Performing Party will
operate the ambient air monitoring sites as listed in Table 1: Ambient Air
Monitoring Sites to be Operated by the Grant Recipient The geographical
location of the monitoring sites is shown in Figure 1.
The data will be transferred regularly to the TCEQ's Leading Environmental
Analysis and Display System (LEADS) data system as specified in Table 1.
The Performing Party will operate four of these monitoring sites April 1 until
October 31.
Table 1. Ambient air monitoring sites to be operated
LOCATION
EQUIPMENT
START DATE
END DATE
( ADDRESS) ----
INSTRUMENTS
Holly Road site (CAMS
Teledyne API 400E ozone
September 1,
November 1, 2012
660) - Water pumping
analyzer, F460 wind sensors,
2012
station operated by
Coastal environmental
the City of Corpus
Atmospheric
April 1, 2013
August 31, 2013
Christi located in the
Temperature /Relative
growing suburbs of
Humidity (AT /RH) sensor,
the south side of the
Zeno 3200 datalogger, and
City.
Enfora wireless modem.
Aransas Pass site
Teledyne API 400E ozone
September 1,
November 1, 2012
(CAMS 659) -
analyzer, RM young wind
2012
Wastewater treatment
sensors, Coastal
plant operated by City
environmental Atmospheric
of Aransas Pass and in
Temperature/Relative
April 1, 2013
August 31, 2013
cooperation with the
Humidity (AT /RH) sensor,
San Patricio Water
Zeno 3200 datalogger, and
District. A coastal
Enfora wireless modem.
location to the NE of
Corpus Christi.
Violet site (CAMS
Teledyne APT 400E ozone
September 1,
November 1, 2012
664) - Pumping
analyzer, RM young wind
2012
station located west
sensors, Coastal
of Corpus Christi.
environmental Atmospheric
Rural location
Temperature /Relative
April 1, 2013
August 31, 2013
surrounded by open
Humidity (AT /RH) sensor,
field for several miles.
Zeno 3200 datalogger, and
Enfora wireless modem.
Odem site (CAMS
Teledyne API 400E ozone
September 1,
November 1, 2012
686) - Pumping
analyzer, F460 wind sensors,
2012
station operated by
Coastal environmental
San Patricio Water
Atmospheric
District. Rural location
Temperature /Relative
April 1, 2013
August 31, 2013
NW of Corpus Christi.
Humidity (AT /RH) sensor,
Zeno 3200 datalogger, and
Enfora wireless modem.
February 2012
Exhibit A -2
Pa e2 of
Figure 1. Air monitoring sites in the Corpus Christi urban airshed.
This contractor -owned transfer standard will be calibrated according to TCEQ
specifications, policies and procedures in the TCEQ's HAMS /SLAMS Network
and U.S. Mexico Border Support Activities Quality Assurance Project Plan for
Air Monitoring in Texas. These requirements are based on requirements
found in the code of f=ederal Regulations (CFR) 40, Parts 50, 53, and 58. See
URL http://www.e.pa.gov/docs/epacfr4O/chapt-I.Info/
Deliverable: Ambient monitoring data collected at monitoring sites described
in the Phase II work plan delivered to TCEQ's LEADS.
Deliverable Date: Continuously between September 1, 2012, and November 1,
2012 and April 1, 2013, and August 31, 2013, or as soon as
practical.
Cost: $170,000 (cast includes monitoring equipment upgrade and
replacement for one site)
February 2012
Exhibit A -2
Pa e 3 of 4
�N SrrY �TExAs
KINGSVILLE
Task 2: Update Conceptual Model through the 2012 Ozone Season
The Performing Party will identify necessary and sufficient conditions for high or
exceeding ozone measurements in their program area (defined as the
immediate statistical area plus adjacent counties) of the ozone National
Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS). The Performing Party's analyses
will include any seasonal variations and use data through 2012 to the extent
possible. In particular, the Performing Party's conceptual model will include
the following analyses:
Evaluate the wind speeds, directions and time of day associated with high
ozone events to determine the local conditions and source alignments most
frequently associated. with high ozone events.
• Develop 24 hour back trajectories to determine source regions most (and
least) likely to affect local area ozone.
• Conduct a weekday /weekend analysis to evaluate the potential effectiveness
of reduced levels of local Industrial and mobile source activity on their area;
Evaluate the range and average background ozone concentrations
associated with local wind directions;
• Investigate ozone and precursor trends and estimate the annual frequency of
high ozone days at varying standard levels (above); and
+ Address additional relevant questions listed in Section 11.1.1 of EPA's ozone
modeling guidance document, Guidance on the Use of Models and Other
Analyses to Demonstrating Attainment of Air Quality goals for Ozone, PM2.5,
and Regional Haze.
Deliverable: The Performing Party will deliver an updated Conceptual Model
containing analysis of monitoring and other data through 2012. The
conceptual model will be delivered to the TCEQ in a Microsoft Office
Word and Adobe Acrobat Reader (*.pdf) format. Accompanying data
and other supporting material will be provided in a mutually agreeable
electronic format.
Deliverable Date: April 15, 2013
Cost:
February 2012
$14,750.00
exhibit A -2
Pa e 4 of 4