Resolution 12160E
CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. 12160
URGING FEDERAL AND STATE AGENCIES TO TAKE ACTIONS TO
ENCOURAGE AND PERMIT DEVELOPMENT, PROMOTION, AND USE OF
NATURAL GAS AND ELECTRIC VEHICLES
WHEREAS, the Clean Air Act requires that states and
municipalities develop implementation plans to comply with the
anti-pollution requires of that act; and
WHEREAS, the City of Alameda is committed to a cleaner,
healthier environment and that the quality of the air is a major
concern for a healthy environment ; and
WHEREAS, natural gas is the cleanest, most economical
fossil fuel and is readily available in the United States and that
the significant benefit of natural gas-fueled vehicles is the
reduction in vehicle emissions compared to conventional fuel
alternatives; test results showing that natural gas vehicle emit
51% less reactive hydrocarbons, 33% less nitrogen oxides, and 47%
less carbon monoxide compared to gasoline, and
0 WHEREAS, electric vehicles show great promise for
improving air quality because they produce no emissions while
0 '-'4,:E operating; research shows that electric vehicles cut reactive
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as ,,,_.) 1-- monoxide emissions by 97% compared to gasoline powered vehicles;
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WHEREAS, the use of abundant domestic supplies of natural
gas and electricity will not only help clean the environment, but
would also reduce this nation to dependence on foreign oil imports,
help to balance the trade deficit, and improve national security;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, the City of Alameda
believes that the widespread development and promotion of natural
gas and electric fueled vehicles will have important environmental
and national security benefits and further believes that federal
and state agencies should take necessary actions to remove existing
barriers and encourage and permit development, promotion, and use
of natural gas and electric vehicles.
I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution
was duly and regularly adopted and passed by the Council of the
City of Alameda in regular meeting assembled on the fifteenth of
October, 1991, by the following vote to wit:
AYES: Councilmembers Arnerich, Camicia, Lucas, Roth
and President Withrow - 5.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
ABSTENTIONS: None.
IN WITNESS, WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the
official seal of said City this sixteenth day of October, 1991.
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Diane B. Felsch, City Clerk
City of Alameda