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RESOLUTION NO. 84-21 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA INDICATING ITS INTENT TO IMPLEMENT HEREIN DEFINED "REASONABLY AVAILABLE CONTROL MEASURES" FROM 1982 REVISION OF THE AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR THE SOUTH COAST AIR BASIN. l~ the Federal Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401, et. seq.) seeks to develop a cooperative federal state, regional, and local government program to prevent and control air pollution in order to protect and enhance the quality of the nation's air resources so as to promote the public health and welfare of its population; and, WHEREAS pursuant to Section 172 (a) (1) of the Clean Air Act, as amended, the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) and the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) have prepared an Air Quality Management Plan (AQMP) for the South Coast Air Basin with the assistance of the counties of Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, and San Bernardino; the City of Los Angeles; the San Bernardino Associated Governments; the State of California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) and the State of California Air Resources Board (ARB); and, WHEREAS the 1982 AQMP Revision was adopted by SCAG on October 7, 1982, by the SCAQMD on October 15, 1982, and was conditionally approved by the ARB on October 14, 1982; and, WHEREAS the Clean Air Act of 1977 allows for an extension in the deadline for attaining national air quality standards from 1982 to 1987 if all "reasonably available control measures" (P~ACMs) are implemented, and in the event these measures are not implemented, empowers EPA to impose economic sanctions which could potentially cost the region billions of dollars in federal transportation and sewer construction grants; and, WHEREAS, as part of region-wide effort by the public and private sectors to improve the air quality of the South Coast Air Basin and to comply with the mandates of the 1977 Clean Air Act, the following measures, defined herein in "Exhibit 1," have been specifically identified as "reasonably available control measures" which require some degree of scheduled imple- mentation by cities and counties in the South Coast Air Basin (recognizing that many of these measures were also contained in the 1979 Air Quality Management Plan and are already being implemented by numerous jurisdic- tions in the basin): - Tuneups to Manufacturers Specifications - Low Emission, High Fuel-Economy Vehicles for L(~cal Government (H5) - Bicycling Improvements (I4)