HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 6513 N.C.S. 01/28/1974 •
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RESOLUTION NO 6513:
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� i SUPPO'RTING THE ENACTMENT � FE�DERAL� LE�GI � � �
, , ,CATION WHICH WILL NULLIFY THE PARKING SURCHARGE; MAN •�
.AGEMENT OF PARKING SUPPLY AND THE. PREFERENTIAL BUS/ .gR •
CARPOOL LANES PROVISIONS OF THE CALIFORNIA TRANSPOR
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ON CONTROL PLAN PROMULGATED BY THE FEDERAL ENVIRON-
MEN;TAL PROTECTION AGENCY ON NOVEMBER 12,, 1973, AND
POSTPONE FURTHER SUCH REGULATIONS UNTIL CONGRESS REVIEWS
AND APPROVES•A•S,TUDY INCLUDING THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF
,SUCH REGULATIONS AND ALTERNATIVE METHODS OF VEHICLE MILE
REDUCTION. ..•
INTRODUCED BY COUNCILMAN '� ►, "' and
SECONDED BY' COUNCILMAN at a
Adjourned Meeting of the City Counci of the City of Petaluma, on
the 28th day of January , 1974.
WHEREAS, the Council °of the City of Petaluma vigorously supports 1
the objectives of the 1970 Clean Air Act and all efforts to implement
such objectives towards cleaning up the environment;' and •
WHEREAS, the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
promulgated certain regulations on November 12, 1973, entitled the Cali-
fornia Transportation Control Plan; and
WHEREAS, the California Transportation Control Plan contains
within its provisions regulations which would impose an intolerable
economic burden upon this City and its business.community as well as
create total administrative chaos for this City and all other cities and
governmental agencies of the State of California; and
WHEREAS, the City of Petaluma, along with 180 other petitioners
in the State of California,, including 8 counties and 67 other cities, has
filed with the federal Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circu.t :Pe - t tions
for Review, which petitions challenge both the constitu onal - as well' as
• statutory authority for said,,EPA regulations; and
WHEREAS, EPA claims and purports to be acting pursuant to authority
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it claims to have been granted by the provisions of the federal "Clean Air
Act" (42 USCA §§ 1857 et seq.) ; and
WHEREAS, the „l;egal issues, raised said Petitions for Review
monhs and be extremely costly to litigate and finally
could take several t
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teso in the courts, and
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WHEREAS, as a matter of constitutional law, economic necessity
and practical expediency, said legal issues can and should be resolved
quickly by the immediate nullification of the parking surcharge, the manage-
ment of parking supply and the preferential bus /carpool lanes provisions
of EPA's California Transportation Control Plan; and
WHEREAS, the City of Petaluma is seeking ways:and means of improv-
ing the quality of its total environment, the enhancement of 'fife style
and a thorough examination of the social-and ;economic impact of its
policies upon its residents, the business community, industry and of the
agricultural industry upon which this City is greatly dependant for its
economic viability,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Council of the`City•of
Petaluma hereby urges the, immediate enactment of federal legislation in
the language and form as that contained in §202(c) of the former. Senate
Bill S2589 of the 1973 session of Congress at the earliest date practic-
able.
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2 hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was duly
and regularly introduced and adopted by the Council of the
City of Petaluma on the 28th day of January ,
1974, by the following votes:
AYES: Councilmen Brunner, =Daly, Harberson, Mattei, Perry, Jr.,
and Mayor Putnam.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Councilman Cavanagh, Jr.
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