HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso - CC - 069-1997RESOLUTION 69-97
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BURLINGAME
TO PARTICIPATE IN THE "1997 SPARE THE AIR CITY" CAMPAIGN
WHEREAS, the Bay Area Air Quality Management District is conducting its voluntary
Spare the Air program through October 15, 1997 in the nine counties that comprise the San
Francisco Bay Area; and
WHEREAS, Spare the Air is now in its seventh year and has 630 public and private
employers and organizations who pledge to participate in the Spare the AirProgram; and
WHEREAS, the San Francisco Bay Area has some of the cleanest air of any
metropolitan area in the nation, as evidenced by the region's designation as an attainment area
for the national ozone standard in 1995, but recently began experiencing its highest air pollution
levels in almost ten years and is now in jeopardy of losing its attainment status; and
WHEREAS, the Bay Area Clean Air Partnership (BayCap) is a public-private
partnership that supports the voluntary effort to improve the Bay Area's air including the Spare
the Air Program; and
WHEREAS, BayCAP will recognize cities that participate in the "Spare the Air City"
Campaign by carrying the clean -air theme citywide; and
WHEREAS, the City of Burlingame wishes to obtain the designation of "Spare the Air
City;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of
Burlingame pledges that the City will do the following:
Educate and encourage participation in Spare the Air.
2. Establish a commute alternative information center on site for employees.
I, JUDITH MALFATTI, City Clerk of the City of Burlingame, do hereby certify that the
foregoing Resolution was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the
4th day of AUGUST 1997, and adopted thereafter by the following vote:
AYES: HARRISON, JANNEY, KNIGHT, O'MAHONY, SPINELLI
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: NONE