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(a) The City Administrator, in consultation with the Director of the Department of the Environment, shall implement and administer the Healthy Air and Clean Transportation Program, and, except as provided elsewhere in this Ordinance, the City Administrator may from time to time promulgate appropriate rules, regulations and guidelines for such purposes.
(b) The City Administrator shall issue, and update at least annually, a Vehicle Selector List listing emission scores for vehicles that may be purchased by City departments, and which shall govern the purchase of such vehicles in accordance with Section 404.
(c) The Department of the Environment shall assist the City Administrator and all Departments in developing programs and implementing policies to achieve the Transit-First, municipal fleet retirement and reduction, and purchasing requirements of this Ordinance.
(d) Subject to the budget, fiscal and Civil Service provisions of the Charter, the City Administrator may appoint an individual who, under the direction of the City Administrator, shall be responsible for the day-today operations of the Healthy Air and Clean Transportation Program, including but not limited to managing the day-to-day operations of the program, supervising staff and managing the budget.
(e) City Administrator Regulations. The City Administrator shall, in consultation with the Department of the Environment, and other City officials with authority to purchase motor vehicles, promulgate regulations for approval of all purchases of passenger vehicles and light duty trucks which shall include, but not be limited to, a requirement that each request be accompanied by a written explanation of how the requested purchase complies with the City's Transit-First Policy and the Department's own policies as set forth in its reporting under Section 403(a)(3).
(f) The Controller shall not certify any City expenditure for the purchase of a motor vehicle, or for registration with the California Department of Motor Vehicles of any motor vehicle, unless the purchase complies with all of the requirements of this Ordinance.
(Ord. 278-10, File No. 101009, App. 11/18/2010; amended by Ord. 116-15
, File No. 140950, App. 7/15/2015, Eff. 8/14/2015)
(a) Alternative Fuel Infrastructure. The Department of the Environment, in consultation with other interested City departments, shall facilitate the development of fueling facilities for alternative fuels with low carbon intensity for municipal and privately owned vehicles, including, but not limited to, infrastructure for electric transportation, including recommending necessary legislation to the Board of Supervisors.
(b) The Department of Environment shall seek funding sources for developing public and private alternative fueling facilities and other products and services to support the operation of alternative fuel vehicles with low carbon intensity.
(Ord. 278-10, File No. 101009, App. 11/18/ 2010)
(a) The Department of Environment shall seek funding for the City to participate in demonstration and other pilot programs designed to test promising clean vehicle or related technologies where the Director of the Department of the Environment concludes that the City's participation in such programs may establish the viability of the technologies and/or advance their commercial availability.
(b) Contracts and grants or awards in furtherance of such demonstration or other pilot programs with a duration of no more than two years are not subject to the contracting requirements of the Administrative Code or Environment Code, but shall be subject to the requirements of the San Francisco Sunshine Ordinance, Administrative Code Chapter 67.
(Ord. 278-10, File No. 101009, App. 11/18/2010)
The Department of Environment shall coordinate all grant applications on behalf of the City and County of San Francisco for grants to support clean vehicle and alternative fuel programs, except that it may assist the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, San Francisco Airport, Port of San Francisco, and San Francisco Municipal Transportation Authority with grant applications only upon request.
(Ord. 278-10, File No. 101009, App. 11/18/2010)
The Department of the Environment shall implement programs to encourage City residents and private fleet operators to purchase and operate vehicles that have zero emissions, supper ultra low emissions, high-energy efficiency and/or use alternative fuels with low carbon intensity, including recommending legislation to the Board of Supervisors necessary to achieve these objectives.
(Ord. 278-10, File No. 101009, App. 11/18/ 2010)
Upon request, the Department of the Environment may assist the San Francisco Unified School District with developing bid specifications and other contract documents for more energy efficient, alternative fuel or best available emission control technology school bus services and with identifying possible grants for clean school buses.
(Ord. 278-10, File No. 101009, App. 11/18/ 2010)
Consistent with the Charter and other applicable State and Federal law, this Healthy Air And Clean Transportation Ordinance shall not apply to the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, San Francisco Airport, Port of San Francisco, or San Francisco Municipal Transportation Authority to the extent its requirements would conflict with those laws or otherwise interfere with the discharge of those functions placed under the direct jurisdiction of the department.
(Ord. 278-10, File No. 101009, App. 11/18/ 2010)
(a) The City Administrator, or the Purchaser or Director of the City Fleet if so designated by the City Administrator, is authorized to enter into master agreements with vendors for the procurement of car sharing services to be used by authorized officers and employees of the City.
(b) Agreements for the use of shared vehicles shall contain a provision authorizing priority and potentially exclusive use of all available vehicles within the City and County of San Francisco by authorized officers and employees of the City.
(c) Designated agreements entered into pursuant to this Section 412 are not subject to the contracting requirements of the Administrative or Environment Codes other than the competitive solicitation requirement of Administrative Code Section 21.1, but shall be subject to the requirements established by Chapter 67 of the Administrative Code. It is, however, the policy of the City to make every effort to comply where practicable with the contracting requirements of the Administrative and Environment Codes when entering into such agreements.
(Ord. 278-10, File No. 101009, App. 11/18/2010; amended by Ord. 116-15
, File No. 140950, App. 7/15/2015, Eff. 8/14/2015)
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