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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution-1979-0632 INTRODUCED BY COUNCILMEMBER LEWMAN RESOLUTION NO. 632 Series of 1979 TITLE: IN SUPPORT OF THE DENVER REGION ELEMENT OF THE STATE IMPLEMENT- ATION PLAN THROUGH COMMITMENT TO IMPLEMENT SPECIFIC AIR POLLUTION CONTROL MEASURES AND TO CONSIDER FOR IMPLEMENTATION THOSE ADDITIONAL MEASURES RECOMMENDED AS THE RESULT OF FURTHER EVALUATIONS TO BE CONDUCTED UNDER THE CONTINUING AIR QUALITY PLANNING PROCESS. WHEREAS, the City of Wheat Ridge is located within the six county Denver Region (Denver, Jefferson, Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder and Douglas Counties) which has been designated by the State and EPA as an air quality non-attainment area, and WHEREAS, the Denver Regional Council of Governments (DRCOG), as the designated lead agency for air quality planning in the Denver Region has prepared the Denver Region Element of the State Implementation Plan, and WHEREAS, the State Air Pollution Control Commission has adopted and transmitted to the Environmental Protection Agency the Denver Region Element prepared by the Denver Regional Council of Governments with some substantive changes, and WHEREAS, the Denver Region Element of the State Implementation Plan proposes that local governments have a smoking vehicle ordinance, purchase fleet replacement vehicles which are modified for high altitude, if avail- able, and require in subdivision ordinances the provision of adequate bicycle facilities which facilitate movement between residential and activity areas and also require the provision of adequate and secure bicycle storage facilities at new commercial and public buildings, and WHEREAS, the Denver Regional Council of Governments has prepared a work program for the evaluation, leading to recommendations, of additional air pollution control measures identified in the Denver Region Element of the State Implementation Plan, including the evaluation of variable work hours, vanpooling, high occupancy vehicle lanes, traffic controls, and particulate controls and the preparation of a Regional Bicycle Plan, a Regional Parking Management Plan and an Air Quality/Land Use Assessment Handbook, and Introduced by Councilmember Resolution No. 632 Series of 1979 LEWMAN Page 2 WHEREAS, the continuing Air Quality Work Program will be performed in accordance with the Schedule contained in the Program Prospectus for Air Quality Implementation Planning. NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved by the Cjty of Wheat Ridge that the City supports the specific measures and programs identified in the Denver Region Element of the State Implementation Plan prepared by the Denver Regional Council of Governments. The City shall, by July 1, 1979, consider the development, implementation and enforcement of the necessary ordinances, policies and programs as identified above and as proposed for local governments by the Denver Region Element of the State Implementation Plan prepared by the Denver Regional Council of Governments. The City shall participate in the continuing Air Quality Program to be carried out by the Denver Regional Council of Governments for the evaluation of additional air pollution control measures as identified in the Denver Region Element of the State Implementation Plan prepared by the Denver Regional Council of Governments. The City shall actively consider development, implementation, enforcement of such ordinances, policies and programs which may be required to effectively implement the recommendations which result from the evaluation of additional measures identified in the Denver Region Element of the State Implementation Plan prepard by the Denver Regional Council of Governments. DONE AND RESOLVED this 5th day of Februarv , 1979 by a vote of 4 to 2 ~~~~4~ , OLIVER V. PHILLIPS, MAYOR ATTEST: -~-' ~-:.ZL -(:.:C; .>--'>-\{>;;J'/' CAROL F. HAt-IPF, CITY CLERK ./ ) ;