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HomeMy WebLinkAbout08-078 CC ResolutionRESOLUTION NO.08-78 ' A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TEMECULA EXPRESSING THE CITY COUNCIL'S SUPPORT FOR SB 1646 (PADILLA) WHICH WOULD CONTINUE TO FIND AND NURTURE CLEAN FUELS TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION AND STATIONARY SOURCES OF AIR POLLUTION. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TEMECULA DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS: WHEREAS, SB 1646 has been a successful public-private partnership which finds and nurtures clean fuels technologies related to transportation and stationary sources of air pollution; and WHEREAS, program funding is derived from $1 on the registration fee for vehicles within the Air Quality Management District and generates approximately $10 million annually; and WHEREAS, the Air Quality Management District (AQMD) has leveraged, since 1988, $140 million in Clean Fuels funds to obtain $448 million in matching funds from ' private sector and other partners to fund clean fuels projects valued at over $588 million; and WHEREAS, the current Air Quality Management Plan calls for further reductions and new technologies in order for California to meet the 2014 national air quality standards; and WHEREAS, achieving the Environmental Protection Agency's health standards for clean air in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, and San Bernardino counties will require reducing emissions from today's by up to 70%; and WHEREAS, the $1 registration fee authority will expire at the end of 2009; and WHEREAS, this legislation would remove the sunset on AQMD's $1 registration fee authority under the vehicle code and allow up to 5% of the funds to be used for administrative costs; and NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Ciry of Temecula supports SB 1646 (Padilla), the Clean Fuels Program Reauthorization, and will provide a formal letter of support to Senator Padilla. R:IResos 2008/Resos 08-78 ' PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Temecula this 12th day of August, 2008. ~ ~` Michael aggar, ATTEST: Susan Jones, City CI [SEAL] R:/Resos 2008/Resos OB-78 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. 08-78 was duly and regularly adopted by the City Council of the City of Temecula at a meeting thereof held on the 12th day of August, 2008, by the following vote: AYES: 4 COUNCIL MEMBERS: Comerchero, Edwards, Washington, Naggar NOES: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None ABSENT: 1 COUNCIL MEMBERS: Roberts ABSTAIN: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None R:/Resos 2008/Resos 08-78 3