R116 RESOLUTION NO. 116
RESOLUTION URGING THE 77 TEXAS LEGISLATURE TO TAKE
CERTAIN ACTIONS TO IMPROVE TEXAS' AIR QUALITY.
WHEREAS, air quality impacts the public health and economic vitality of the state of
Texas as well as the Dallas/Fort Worth metropolitan area; and
WHEREAS, the major centers of population, employment and economic growth of
Texas are not in compliance with the federal clean air act standards for the pollutant ozone; and
WHEREAS, Dallas/Fort Worth -area elected officials and business leaders participate in
the Texas Clean Air Working Group along with leaders from other Texas nonattainment and
near - nonattainment areas in a collaborative effort to improve Texas air quality; and
WHEREAS, the Texas Clean Air Working Group has formulated recommendations to
the 77 Texas Legislature to help Texas regions achieve compliance with the federal clean air act
and to improve Texas air quality.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the North Texas Commission Board of
Directors that the 77 Texas Legislature be and hereby is urged to:
Section 1. Maintain the integrity of the State Implementation Plan (SIP), taking no
action to achieve an equivalent emissions reduction; and
Section 2. Provide the Texas natural Resources Conservation Commission (TNRCC)
with authority and resources adequate to ensure SIP implementation, including funding for state -
of -the -art air quality research modeling tools and monitoring equipment; and
Section 3. Establish incentives to reduce mobile source emissions, such as a competitive
program offering grants to applicants that achieve the most cost - effective emissions reductions
through vehicle retrofit, re -power or purchase; and
Section 4. Encourage the purchase of alternative fuel vehicles and other low emission
vehicles with tax credits rebates or exemptions or other incentives; and
Section 5. Authorize local governments to exercise the option to employ programs to
reduce mobile source emissions, such as vehicle inspection and maintenance, low income vehicle
repair assistance and accelerated vehicle retirement; and
Section 6. Establish and fund a public information program to increase public awareness
of the importance of cleaning up Texas' air and to identify ways individual citizens can help
improve air quality.
This resolution shall be forwarded to members of the Texas Legislature, the Governor
and the Lieutenant Governor of the State of Texas and the Texas Transportation Commission.
,, AND APPROVED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of
So* KE ,, �� cle, Texas on this the 9 day of November, 2000.
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