HomeMy WebLinkAbout5512_CCv0001.pdf RESOLUTION NO. 5512
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDLANDS
SUPPORTING AB 2194 (WASHINGTON) TO CONTINUE THE CLEAN
FUELS PROGRAM UNTIL 2010
WHEREAS, in 1988 the State Legislature authorized the adoption of a $1.00 surcharge
on vehicle registrations within the South Coat Air Quality Management District to fund a clean
fuels program to find and nurture new technologies to reduce air pollution; and
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; and
WHEREAS, the existence of this program has resulted in a vibrant public/private
partnership negated in developing new technologies to combat air pollution with 87 of these
projects currently underway; and
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; and
WHEREAS, the local Southern California economy has benefited from tens of millions
of dollars in public/private investments in clean fuel technologies since 1989; and
WHEREAS, 40 percent 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; and
WHEREAS, 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
fueled public transit buses; and
WHEREAS, the existing program has provided necessary research and development
resources to technologies that might not have become commercially available without such
investment; and
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; and
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 1T RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Redlands
supports AB 2194 by Assembly Member Washington, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this resolution and/or letter communicating the
City of Redlands' support for AB 2194 be sent to Barry Wallerstein, Acting Executive Officer
of the South Coast Air Quality Management District.
Mayor, ity of kehm4 C rnia
ATTEST:
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I, Lorrie Poyzer, City Clerk of the City of Redlands, California, do hereby certify that the
foregoing resolution was duly adopted by the City Council at a regular meeting thereof held on
the 5th day of May, 1998, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Banda, Gilbreath, George, Freedman;
Mayor Cunningham
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
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