HomeMy WebLinkAbout19018 - RESOLUTIONS - 4/16/1997 RESOLUTION NO. 1.9018
OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM
SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, SUPPORTING SB 191
(AYALA): SPEED LIMITS ON UNPAVED ROADS.
WHEREAS one of the most persistent air pollution problems in the region is that of particulate ,
matter (PM-10), and
WHEREAS PM-10, which because of its small size reaches the deepest parts of the lungs,
thereby representing a significant health risk, and
WHEREAS residents of our community are exposed to unhealthful levels of PM-10 more
frequently than to any other .air pollutant, and
WHEREAS the Federal Clean Air Act: requires a regional plan to achieve attainment with PM-10
standards, and
WHEREAS the South Coast Air Quality Management District has identified a number of
measures to control PM-10 throughout the region, and
WHEREAS fugitive dust accounts for almost 90% of all PM-10 emissions, with unpaved roads
being a major source of fugitive dust; and
WHEREAS control of dust emissions frorn public roads, including unpaved roads, is the
responsibility of local governments; and
WHEREAS the most cost-effective means of controlling dust from unpaved roads is to set '
lower speed limits on those roads; and
WHEREAS Senate Bill 191, authored by State Senator Ruben Ayala, and introduced in the
1997 Session of the Californiai Legislature, would place in state law the authority for local
governments to set lower speed limits on unpaved roads, and
WHEREAS Senate Bill 191 provides greater flexibility to local governments in addressing the
problem of fugitive dust emissions from unpaved roads in their jurisdictions,
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Pahn Springs that the
City of Palm Springs supports SB 191 by Senator Ayala, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution communicating the City's support
for SB 191 be sent to Senator Ayala.
ADOPTED this 16th day of _Agri 1 1997.
AYES: Members Barnes, Hodges, Oden, Spurgin & Mayor Kleindienst
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ATTEST: Cl Y PALM SP kLIFORNIA
By
City Clerk City I\A er
REVIEWED & APPROVED AS TO FORM