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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC RES 92-37 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 1(; 17 18 19 20 22 23 9.5 27 28 RESOLUTION NO. 92-37 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUSTIN, CALIFORNIA, OPPOSING INCLUSION OF ESSENTIAL PUBLIC SERVICES IN THE PROPOSED MARKET INCENTIVES PROGRAM (RECLAIM) OF THE SOUTH COAST AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT WHEREAS, on March 5, 1992, the governing board of the South Coast Air quality Management District will consider a proposal to proceed with the development of rules to implement a market incentives program to allow trading of emissions for permitted stationary sources; and, WHEREAS, the 1991 Air Quality Management Plan anticipates population growth' which will result in increased demands on all essential public services, defined in the Air Quality Management District's New Source Review as publicly owned wastewater treatment and water delivery operations, schools, hospitals, fire fighting, police, prisons, landfill gas control and processing operations, and public transit in the South Coast Air Basin; and, WHEREAS, the existing New Source Review regulations provide necessary emissions offsets for population growth for essential public services; and WHEREAS, essential public services are needed to protect the public health and safety of the current population as well as the approved future growth in the South coast Air Basin; and WHEREAS, essential public services will continue to install best available air pollution control technology at their facilities to reduce emissions to lowest practicable levels; and WHEREAS, the South Coast Air Quality Management District is considering entering into the rulemaking phase of a market incentives program for emission reductions that would require some essential public services to fully offset the impacts of continuing population growth in addition to complying with annual emissions reductions; and, WHEREAS, some agencies would be placed in the position of needing to provide additional services without certainty regarding the availability and cost of emissions credits; 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Resolution No. 92-37 Page 2 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Tustin supports the clean air goals of the state and federal Clean Air Acts but is opposed to including essential public services in the RECLAIM program, and believes that the public interest is better served if essential public services remain under the current command and control regulatory program that provides emission reduction offsets for population growth to such services, following the installation of best available control technology. PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting Df the city Council of the City of Tustin, California held~on the 2nd day of March, 1992. /' ' Charles E. Puckett, ~ayor ~ary , Cit~ Clerk STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF ORANGE CITY OF TUSTIN CERTIFICATION FOR RESOLUTION NO. 92-37 MARY E. WYNN, City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Tustin, California, does hereby certify that the whole number of the members of the City Council of the City of Tustin is five; that the above and foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 2nd day of March, 1992, by the following vote: COUNCILPERSONS AYES: COUNCILPERSONS NOES: COUNCILPERSONS ABSTAINED: COUNCILPERSONS ABSENT: I.'uekett, Pontious, Edgar, Ports, Prescott None None None MARY E. ~'Y, NN, City Clerk