HomeMy WebLinkAbout01-009 CC ResolutionRESOLUTION NO. 01- 09
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
TEMECULA URGING STATE SUPPORT TO PRESERVE AND
EXTEND ZERO-EMISSION VEHICLE (ZEV) PROGRAMS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TEMECULA DOES RESOLVE, DETERMINE AND
REQUEST AS FOLLOWS:
WHEREAS, Zero-Emission Vehicles and the ZEV program are important to the State of
California; and
WHEREAS, more than 2/3 of our air pollution comes from mobile sources, such as cars,
trucks, and buses; and
WHEREAS, traditional gasoline powered cars, even the newest cleanest cars, degrade with
use and become serous sources of pollution; and
WHEREAS, as our population grows, the gains we have made in cleaning our air with
cleaner new cars and trucks will inevitably erode-and quickly; and
WHEREAS, "upstream emissions" from gasoline, including those from refineries and from
diesel trucks delivering the fuel, and from evaporating and spilled fuel are significant contributors to
unhealthy air; and
WHEREAS, increasingly we understand that the petroleum-based fuel system we now rely
upon poisons not only our air but also our water supplies and our oceans; and
WHEREAS, if the future price of gasoline and other petroleum-based fuels is to be
reasonable and within reach of working families, it is imperative that we develop alternative
technologies to compete with gasoline-powered vehicles; and
WHEREAS, we now know that electric vehicles, the only ZEV yet made available, provide a
successful and practical alternative to gasoline-powered cars
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Temecula urges
continued support of the Governor and State Legislature to move forward, preserving and extending
the ZEV program.
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PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED, by the City Council of the City of Temecula at a
regular meeting held on the 23rd day of January 2001.
Jeff Comerchero, Mayor
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) ss
CITY OF TEMECULA )
I, Susan W. Jones, City Clerk of the City of Temecula, California, do hereby certify that
Resolution No. 01-09 was duly and regularly adopted by the City Council of the City of Temecula at a
regular meeting thereof held on the 23rd day of January, 2001, by the following vote:
AYES: 5
NOES: 0
ABSENT: 0
COUNCILMEMBERS:
COUNCILMEMBERS:
COUNCILMEMBERS:
Naggar, Pratt, Roberts, Stone, Comerchero
None
None
SuSan W. ~Jbnes, CMC
L.._.~,/ City Clerk
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