HomeMy WebLinkAbout73-151RESOLUTION NO. 73-151
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SANTA ANA OPPOSING THE PROPOSED ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION AGENCY TRANSPORTATION CONTROL PLAN
FOR THE SOUTH COAST AIR BASIN.
WHEREAS, the United States Congress by passage of the
Clean Air Act of 1970 established the Environmental Protec-
tion Agency (EPA), an office in the executive branch of
national government; and
WHEREAS, EPA has developed plans for the elimination
and/or reduction of air pollution in this country, a lau-
dable goal; and
WHEREAS, EPA has issued regulations for the South Coast
Air Basin, which includes Orange County, which were published
in the Federal Register, Volume 38, No. 217, dated November
12, 1973; and
WHEREAS, said regulations will require compliance effec-
tive July 1, 1974, and are known as EPA TRANSPORTATION CON-
TROL PLANS for the State of California; and
WHEREAS, said regulations are proposed as measures to
drastically curtail the use of the motor vehicle for the
transportation of people and thereby reduce the emission of
pollutants into the atmosphere; and
WHEREAS, it is estimated that said regulations would
require the payment by each Santa Ana worker of over $900.00
a year for parking by 1976 for an estimated annual total of
nearly $26,000,000.00; and
WHEREAS, it is estimated that said regulations would
require by 1976 the payment by private enterprise in Santa
Ana of over $23,000,000.00 a year as a penalty for exercising
the right to provide free parking for their customers; and
WHEREAS, it is estimated that said regulations would
require public agencies in Santa Ana, including schools, to
pay over $2,000,000.00 annually by 1976 for furnishing free
parking, not including employee parking; and
WHEREAS, it is estimated that said regulations would
require commercial parking lot operators in Santa Ana to
charge their customers a surcharge of nearly $2,500,000.00
annually by 1976 in addition to normal parking charges;
and
WHEREAS, it is estimated that said payments amounting
to approximately $53,500,000.00 annually by 1976, are puni-
tive and confiscatory and would prove devastating to the
economy and well being of the City of Santa Aha and its
citizens; and
WHEREAS, said regulations do not give consideration to
the fact that there is no adequate alternative transportation
system yet available to the citizens of Santa Ana other than
the motor vehicle; and
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WHEREAS, said regulations go far beyond any possible
air pollution control plan envisioned by the United States
Congress and further constitutes an infringement of the
rights of the citizens of Santa Ana.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED:
1. That the City Council of the City of Santa Ana
register its strong opposition to the said EPA regulations.
2. That President Richard M. Nixon and all members of
the Santa Ana City Council be urged to take all appropriate
steps which will effectively procure the repeal of said
regulations.
3. That both Mr. Russell E. Train, Administrator, and Mr.
Paul de Falco, Regional Administrator of the EPA, be urged
to rescind said regulations.
4. That all other public officials, both at the state
and national level, be urged to oppose said regulations.
5. That the staff of the City of Santa Ana in concert
with the staff of other South Coast Air Basin communities
work to develop an alternative plan to achieve clean air.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City
of Santa Ana at its adjourned regular meeting held on the
10th day of December , 1973.
ATTEST:
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE )
CITY OF SANTA ANA )
I, FLORENCE I. MALONE, do hereby certify that I am the
Clerk of the Council of the City of Santa Ana; that the fore-
going Resolution was introduced to said Council at its adjourned
regular meeting held on the 10th day of December ,
1973, and was at said meeting passed and adopted by the
following vote, to wit:
AYES, COUNCILMEN: Griset, Evans, Ward, Patterson,
Yamamoto, Garthe, Markel
NOES, COUNCILMEN: None
ABSENT, COUNCILMEN: None
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
s AT O EY
By. CHA~ES J. LIBERTO, ASSISTANT
CITY ATTORNEY