HomeMy WebLinkAbout98-036 CC ResolutionRESOLUTION NO. 98-36
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF TEMECULA SUPPORTING AB 2194 TO PROMOTE
CLEAN FUEL TECHNOLOGIES IN AN EFFORT TO
REDUCE AIR POLLUTION
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TF_34ECULA DOES RESOLVE, DETERMINE
AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS:
WHEREAS, in 1988 the State Legislature authorized the adoption of a $1 surcharge on
vehicle registrations within the South Coast Air Quality management District to fund a clean fuels
program to find and nurture new technologies to reduce air pollution;
WHEREAS, since 1988, every dollar invested from this vehicle surcharge has been
matched by another four dollars invested by private industry, universities and other public
agencies, effectively leveraging the program's $60 million investment to obtain $250 million in
public-private matching funds to finance research and development projects valued at more than
$310 million;
WHEREAS, the existence of this program has resulted in a vibrant public/private
partnership engaged in developing new technologies to combat air pollution, with 87 of these
projects currently underway;
WHEREAS, this program has been instrumental in the development and deployment of
low and zero emission technologies in critical transportation applications, including but not limited
to: advanced electric cars; the world's first fuel cell buses; hybrid-electric delivery trucks; and
locomotive engines running on liquefied natural gas;
WI-IEREAS, the local Southern California economy has benefited from tens of millions
of dollars in public/private investments in clean fuel technologies since 1989;
WHEREAS, 40% of the emission reductions needed in the South Coast District to meet
the federal clean air standard for ozone by 2010 rely upon advanced technologies which do not
exist today;
WttEREAS, a variety of projects funded by this program have resulted in real emission
reductions through the introduction of zero-emitting vehicles powered by fuel cells and clean fuel
public transit buses;
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WHEREAS, the existing program has provided necessary research and development
resources to technologies that might not have become commercially available without such
investment;
WHEREAS, the successful commercialization of technologies essential to achieving
acceptable air quality in the South Coast is dependent on the continuation of the advanced
technology program;
WHEREAS, Assembly Bill 2194, authored by Assembly Member Carl Washington, and
introduced in the 1998 session of the California Legislature, would continue the clean fuels
program until 2010, assuring that it will be an integral program to the regional efforts to achieve
the federal air quality health standard for ozone by 2010;
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, the City of Temecula supports AB 2194 by
Assembly Member Washington.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED, by the City Council of the City of Temecula
at a regular meeting held on the 28th day of April, 1998. . ,,\
Ron Roberts, Mayor
ATTEST:
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE )
CITY OF TEMECULA )
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I, Susan W. Jones, Acting City Clerk of the City of Temecula, California, do hereby certify that
Resolution No. 98-36 was duly and regularly adopted by the City Council of the City of Temecula
at a regular meeting thereof held on the 28th day of April, 1998, by the following vote:
AYES: 5
COUNCILMEMBERS:
Comerchero, Ford, Lindemans, Stone,
Roberts
NOES: 0
COUNCILMEMBERS: None
ABSENT: 0
COUNCILMEMBERS: None
Susa~ W. Jones, CMC
~.~ City Clerk
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