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RESOLUTION NO. 92-8
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA, OPPOSING INCLUSION OF
ESSENTIAL PUBLIC SERVICES IN THE PROPOSED MARKET
INCENTIVES PROGRAM (RECLAIM) OF THE SOUTH COAST
AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS
FOLLOYT :
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 South 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 Southern California Association of Governments has devel-
oped regional housing needs assessments, the attainment of which would
cause additional population and growth; and
WHEREAS, certain policies of the South Coast Air Quality Management
District would encourage, if not mandate, additional growth in some loca-
tions; and
WHEREAS, the South Coast Air Quality Management District is consider-
ing entering into the rulemaking phase of a market incentives program for
emission reductions that would require sane essential public services to
fully offset the impacts of continuing population growth in addition to
complying with annual emissions reductions; and
WHEREAS, some essential public services would be placed in the posi-
tion of needing to provide additional services without certainty regarding
the availability and cost of emissions credits;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Costa Mesa 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 pro -
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vides emission reduction offsets for population growth to such services,
following the installation of best available control technology.
PASSED AND ADOPTED THIS 2nd day of March, 1992.
ATTEST:
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ity Clerk of the City of Costa sa Mayor oV the City of Costa Mesa
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
I, EILEEN P. PHINNEY, City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the City
Council of the City of Costa Mesa, hereby certify that the above and fore-
going Resolution No. 92-8 was duly and regularly passed and adopted by
the said City Council at a regular meeting thereof held on the 2nd day of
March, 1992.
L IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal
of the City of Costa Mesa this 3rd day of March, 1992.
city cierk and ex -officio Clerk the
City Council of the City of Cost Mesa
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