Committing to implementation of the transportation measures necessary to attain and maintain National Ambient Air Quality standards

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RESOLUTION NO. % !� A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND COMMITTING TO IMPLEMENTATION OF THE TRANSPORTATION MEASURES NECESSARY TO ATTAIN AND MAINTAIN NATIONAL AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARDS. WHEREAS, Elkhart and St. Joseph Counties have been designated as non- attain- ment areas for photochemical oxidents (03) based on the national primary ambient air quality standards set forth in the 1977 Clean Air Act Amendments; and WHEREAS, MACOG has been designated as the Lead Local Agency for air quality planning, as it relates to transportation planning, to work with the Indiana State Board of Health's Air Pollution Control Division (IAPCD) in completing an acceptable revised State Implementation Plan (SIP) for submittal to the U.S.E.P.A.; and WHEREAS, the State of Indiana has granted such designation to MACOG in order to allow appropriate transportation related measures for improving this area's air quality to be planned and implemented at the local level; and WHEREAS, those measures and associated measures for planning and implementing them must be clearly incorporated into the State Implementation Plan; and WHEREAS, the City of South Bend, Indiana, as a member of MACOG and as part of the urbanized area, is a participant in the urban transportation plan- ning process; and WHEREAS, certain commitments are required of the transportation planning process which are to be included in the SIP; and WHEREAS, various sections of the 1977 Clean Air Act Amendments require provisions for commitments, implementation of transportation measures, and alloca- tion of resources necessary to meet commitments in all urban areas which do not comply with transportation- related pollutant standards; and WHEREAS, current information and data appear to indicate that Elkhart and St. Joseph Counties will comply with the above mentioned standards by 1982. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, that it endorses the following commitments in response to the provisions of the 1977 Clean Air Act Amendments: SECTION I. That the City of South Bend, Indiana, will take into consideration the attainment and maintenance of air quality standards in the planning and implementation of local programs and projects. SECTION II. That the City of South Bend, Indiana, will support the implementation of measures found to be locally reasonable and effective in improving air quality, dependent on available funding.