HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 890 RESOLUTION NO. 890
I A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN
JACINTO, CALIFORNIA, URGING ANNUAL INSPECTION OF EVERY
2 MOTOR VEHICLE FOR EFFICIENT EMISSION CONTROL DEVICES
3 WHEREAS it is recognized by all who are concerned that the State of Californ-
lia cannot continue to prosper nor its citizens live in health and safety unless thd I
4- ! Legislature of the State of California creates sound and equitable legislation pro-,
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5 jviding for such health and safety, and
WHEREAS pollution of the air is the most critical and immediate problem in
- !Southern California in that, according to the United States Department of Health ,
' Education and Welfare; industrial plants , electrical power 'plants , space heating
7 Idevices , refuse disposal operations and motor vehicles are generating sulfur ox-
lides , carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons , nitrogen oxides and particulate matter, and
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WHEREAS there are approximately eleven million motor vehicles in the State of'
9 California whose exhaust and other emissions cannot begin to be controlled under
atresent procedures -, and despite the state and federal regulations which require
lio lismoqless cars" by'1975, there is lacking a positive control after the car leaves
Ithe dealer's showroom,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of the State of Californ-
12 is be urged to immediately implement legislation requiring -the annual inspection of
each and every motor vehicle which has installed an emissions control device prior
1.3 to -the renewal of that vehicle's license, and
14 FURTHER BE IT RESOLVED that the proposed legislation require the afloremen-
tioned inspection and certification be conducted at any California Highway Patrol
15' licensed service facility recognizing that it is impossible for such inspection to
be conducted with any effectiveness by random CHP roadblocks and that the proposed
16 procedure will not add greatly to the tax burdens of the California resident", and
17 FURTHER BE IT RESOLVED that the proposed legislation could include provisions
for a vehicle safety inspection or, the same basis , which legislation would have
18 California 'join the thirty-one forward-thinking states which already require safe-
ty inspection as a prerequisite to licensing and operation on Late Highways .
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this resolution be forwarded to As-
20 semblyman W. Craig Biddle, State Senator Gordon Cologne and to the League of
21 California Cities urging their support of said resolution.
MOVED, PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular adjourned meeting of the City Council
22 of the City of San Jacinto, California, held on the 19th day of January 1971 .
23 ATTEST:
24 LUCY MAY A LEN, CITY CLERK
Mayor
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26 Deputy
27 CERTIFICATE
The foregoing is certified to be a true copy of a Resolution duly ado'pted
28 iby the said City Council of the City of San Jacinto on the date therein set for h t
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ILUCY MAY ALLEN , CITY CLERK
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By
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� Deputy
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