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.
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' PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Temecula this 12th day of August, 2008.
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Michael aggar,
ATTEST:
Susan Jones,
City CI
[SEAL]
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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
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