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RESOLUTION NO. 07-33
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF TEMECULA EXPRESSING THE CITY COUNCIL'S
SUPPORT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SOUTH
COAST AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT'S
DRAFT 2007 AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT PLAN
(AQMP) FOCUSING ON MOBILE SOURCE CONTROLS.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TEMECUlA DOES HEREBY RESOLVE
AS FOllOWS:
WHEREAS, the over 16.5 million individuals residents within the jurisdictional
boundaries of the South Coast Air Quality Management District are impacted by the
poorest air quality in the nation, despite some of the most advanced pollution control
requirements in the world yielding dramatic improvements in recent decades; and
WHEREAS, health studies conducted in this region repeatedly show that
residents are suffering significant heath effects from today's air pollution, including
cancer and chronic conditions such as asthma, emphysema, and heart and pulmonary
diseases, among others; and
WHEREAS, the California Air Resource Board recently estimated that
approximately 8,200 Californians die prematurely each year as a result of air pollution,
and that residents who live, work, or go to school in close proximity to marine port and
goods-movement activities are subjected to unhealthful levels of air pollution, resulting
in numerous health problems; and
WHEREAS, a landmark study noted that the lungs of children born in Southern
California today are not likely to fully develop and may never recover from smog's
damage, and that children are especially susceptible to the harmful effects of air
pollution; and
WHEREAS, this region has exceeded the health-based federal 8-hour ozone
standard on 86 days in 2006; and
WHEREAS, the recently revised 24-hour PM2.5 standard is more stringent and
more health-protective than the prior clean air standards; and
WHEREAS, There is a fast-approaching PM2.5 attainment deadline of 2015, and
an even more challenging 8-hour ozone attainment deadline of 2021 or 2024,
necessitating additional emissions reductions; and
WHEREAS, failure to meet these deadlines will prolong the adverse health
impacts to residents and could trigger significant federal economic and administrative
sanctions in this region; and
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WHEREAS, the South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD) has the
responsibility to draft and implement a plan to bring this region into compliance with
clean air standards, and is about to issue the Draft 2007 Air Quality Management Plan
(AQMP); and
WHEREAS, AQMD's primary regulatory authority to reduce air pollution is limited
to reducing emissions from stationary sources, such as power plants, refineries,
chemical plants, gas stations, industrial facilities as well as operational requirements for
mobile sources - and the AQMP addresses the need to further reduce emissions from
all sources to help reach clean air goals; and
WHEREAS, stationary sources have already have reduced emissions upwards
of 90% and mobile sources are the primary source of emissions in the basin and remain
comparatively under-regulated; and
WHEREAS, the AQMP has identified that a majority of the emission reductions
must be achieved through further control of mobile sources - including, but not limited
to cars, trucks, ships, trains, and planes; and
WHEREAS, the California Air Resources Board and the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency have most of the authority over mobile source emissions, and the
Southern California Association of Governments is responsible for developing the plan's
transportation control measures; and
WHEREAS, The Draft AQMP focuses on additional measures that the California
Air Resources Board and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency can implement to
reduce mobile source emissions, especially from locomotives and ocean-going ships;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that that the City Council of the City of
Temecula by adoption of this resolution, declares that there is an urgent need for all
responsible authorities to expeditiously adopt and aggressively implement effective
control strategies to reduce emissions as quickly as possible; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Temecula
hereby supports the development of the South Coast Air Quality Management District's
Draft 2007 Air Quality Management Plan (AQMP) focusing on mobile source controls;
and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Temecula calls
upon the California Air Resource Board and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
to substantially accelerate their emission reduction programs in our region by
implementing the AQMP measures within their respective authorities.
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PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Temecula this 24th day of April, 2007.
ATTEST:
[SEAL]
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) ss
CITY OF TEMECULA )
I, Susan W. Jones, MMC, City Clerk of the City of Temecula, do hereby certify that
the foregoing Resolution No. 07-33 was duly and regularly adopted by the City Council of
the City of Temecula at a meeting thereof held on the 24th day of April, 2007, by the
following vote:
AYES: 5
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
NOES: 0
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
ABSENT: 0
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
ABSTAIN: 0
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Comerchero, Edwards, Naggar, Roberts,
Washington
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