HomeMy WebLinkAbout18332 - RESOLUTIONS - 2/16/1994 RESOLUTION NO. 18332
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, SUPPORTING THE
RIVERSIDE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION'S
CHALLENGE TO CALEXICO EAST BORDER CROSSING
' AND NEW STATE ROUTE 7 PROJECT.
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WHEREAS, on November 12, 1993, the Riverside County Transportation Commission
("RCTC") filed a complaint against the United States General Services Administration ("the
GSA"), the California Department of Transportation ("Caltrans"), and the California
Transportation Commission ("the CTC") challenging the approval of a project known as the
"Calexico East Border Station and State Route 7 between the New Port of Entry and State Route
98" ("the Project") and the certification or approval of a final Environmental Impact
Statement/Environmental Impact Report ("EIS/EIR") for the project; and
WHEREAS, RCTC has alleged that approval of the Project by the GSA, Caltrans, and the CTC
violated the National Environmental Policy Act and the California Environmental Quality Act
because the EIS/EIR does not adequately consider the environmental impacts of the Project; and
WHEREAS, RCTC has alleged that the EIS/EIR for the Project failed to consider a variety of
Project impacts, including: 1) the impacts increased traffic, particularly commercial trucks, will
have on an already unsafe and overtaxed State Route 86 within Riverside County; 2) the impacts
increased mobile sources of pollutants (i.e., the increased number of vehicles) generated by the
' Project will have within Riverside and Imperial Counties; 3) the impacts increased traffic will
have on Highway 111 within Riverside County; and 4) the impacts the extension of State Route
7 to Interstate 8 will have on the environment.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Palm Springs,
California, as follows:
Section 1. The City of Palm Springs supports the actions taken by RCTC in filing
the complaint against the GSA, Caltrans, and the CTC to ensure that full
and adequate environmental analysis of the Project and its impacts is
conducted; and
Section 2. The City of Palm Springs shares RCTC's concerns about the
environmental impact of the Project and its impacts upon the citizens of
Riverside County in general and the Coachella Valley in particular; and
Section 3. The City of Palm Springs agrees with and supports RCTC's allegation
regarding the effects of the Project upon the citizens of Riverside County
in general and the Coachella Valley in particular; and
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Section 4. The City of Palm Springs encourages all cities within the Coachella Valley '
to adopt similar resolutions in support of the following: 1) the actions
taken by RCTC in filing the complaint against the GSA, Caltrans,and the
CTC regarding the Project; and 2) the allegations made by RCTC
concerning the environmental impacts of the Project upon the citizens of
Riverside County in general and the Coachella Valley in particular.
ADOPTED this 16th day of_ February 1994.
AYES: Members Hodges, Lyons, Feller-Spurgin, Schlendorf and Mayor Maryanov
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ATTEST: CIT OF PALM SP 94 S LIFORNIA
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