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RESOLUTION NO. 2013-098
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
REDDING TO INVOKE COORDINATION WITH THE
CALIFORNIA AIR RESOURCES BOARD (CARB)
WHEREAS, the air quality in the City of Redding, within the County of Shasta, and
demonstrably throughout the entirety of the California North State, has been shown by CARB
and other independent studies to have no significant hydrocarbon particulates or other
atmospheric pollutants levels, produced by diesel emissions, sufficient to warrant initiating the
proposed CARB remedies on January 31,2014; and
WHEREAS, the City of Redding and the County of Shasta are local government
agencies within the legal and administrative jurisdiction of the State of California, yet all three
government agencies including the State of California, and thus CARB, are all subject to the
jurisdiction of the Federal EP A laws set forth in the National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA); and
WHEREAS, much of the original data gathered and utilized by CARB to justify the
scope and necessary remediation for air quality concerns in the State of California are
demonstrably predicated upon false, misleading and sometimes even fraudulent information;
and
WHEREAS, the public health justification for the proposed remedies, the August 31,
2010 CARB Report, "Estimate of Premature Deaths Associated with Fine Particle Pollution
(PM2.5) in California Using a U.S. Environmental Protection Methodology," is being
challenged by the U.S. House of Representatives Science, Space and Technology Committee in
the form of an August 1,2013 subpoena of U.S. EPA "secret science" data; and
WHEREAS, the proposed remedies for diesel hydrocarbon and air'pollutant emissions
by CARB are likely to result in significant economic and "quality of life" harm to the
inhabitants of the City of Redding, Shasta County and to the entire State of California; and
WHEREAS, the CARB has instituted a major new action requiring particulate filters
on all large diesel trucks desiring to operate in California, which will severely impact millions
of trucks, both in and outside of California, and such action was made under the auspices of
the Clean Air Act; and
WHEREAS, almost' everything consumed in California is delivered by diesel trucks,
and a readily available fleet of diesel trucks and equipment is essential for timely and
economical delivery of goods and services; and
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WHEREAS, the availability of retrofit particulate filters is expensive, not available for
many existing trucks, do not function as they must, increase diesel fuel consymption, add to
greenhouse gas emissions and is overall an ill conceived idea; and
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WHEREAS, these regulations 'render millions of well maintained diesel trucks and
equipment legally obsolete and destined to be sold outside of California at less than otherwise
fair market value; and
WHEREAS, these regulation constitute a "take" of private property for public use
without just compensation which is prohibited by the 5th amendment of the U.S. Constitution;
and
WHEREAS, these mandated regulations exceed federal standards thus creating unfair
trucking advantages and disadvantages in California; and
WHEREAS, the City of Redding and the County of Shasta have standing Resolutions
demonstrating both their desire and willingness to invoke "Coordination" under the provisions
of NEP A when other State or Federal government agencies, without the involvement or
consent of local government agencies, seek to do harm to our local economy and quality of life
without coordinating with local elected bodies.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED' that the elected City Council, acting on
behalf of the citizens of the City of Redding, , hereby 'invokes the legal process { of
"Coordination" under the National Environ-mental Policy Act (NEP A) with the State of
California, and, in particular the California Air Resources Board (CARB), compelling CARB
to coordinate with the City of Redding as coequal partners in the matter of unilateral state
required compliance with CARB regulations come January 31, 2014.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was introduced, read and adopted
at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 5th day of November, 2013, by the following
vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
Cadd, Jones, McArthur, Sullivan & Bosetti
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RICK BOSETTI, Mayor
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FORM APPROVAL: