HomeMy WebLinkAbout1987 Resolution No. 031I
REWI.l.lria-1 NO. 31 ,
SER IES OF 198 "/.
A RESO!J.!!'100 rnDORSING THE ~ffiOPOLl'f, 1' AREA "BE:l'l'ER. AI!l" CJ\1-U'AIGN AND URGING
11-lGLE.\',(XJ(J RESIDENI'S TO S1JPPOR'r '1111S CAflJ'AIGN BY LIMI'rING '111 EIR DRIVING AND
1-i-:01 nur<N I NG .
WI lEJll::.\S , Enq kwcxxl r esident s are inc r eas ingly co11ccr 11cd about air
qu,1 li 1·y in th0ir city .,nd s urrounding .:1 r c.1s; .,nd
'.'111EHl :"-S , dur ing rc:ak ,,i r (X'H ution season, NovcniJ:x·r through January,
En<::1t,-.., .. ~ onrl th0. surround i.nCJ 1:eq i on e xceed c l ean a ir hc ,1.lth s tandards f or
r;,1 rhon rrn rv1:-:i de [X)ll uti o n; and
t·.1tEHF:l\!';, 1-:n<1 1C\~r:xxl 's altitude .=md winter trnper.aturcs cat~::;~ r,,.,~,
vehi r l f's t ('I f')f'V"r,,t P. l ess 0ffic.iPnt l y 1 t o emi t rrorc carbon rronc.x ide, thus
e,)nt ri1J11 ti n'1 up t o 75% of the car bo n rnnnoxiclc in t he ,1ir.1 which adve r ~e l.y
.,f f r rt s the health of anyonP. breathing it ; and
~11 U·Jlf:/\.S , wrX'rl-hurn.in<J 8tovefi unn f ire places ctccrn mt for 15l of the
(:,.1rbon :mnoxidP po l lut.io n probl em ; and
l'il lF.Rl'AS, \:hr, hea l th of the pub.lie and the econany :o f the rretropolitan
;\rc a ,,re nt s tak,~ un l ess the sevP.re air po llution problem.5 can be reduced and
rontro ll c-<1 ;
NO,·I, THEREFORE , BE IT RESOLVED BY 'll!E Ct'l'Y COONCtl, OF UIE Cl'l'Y OF
ENGLE\',(XJ(J, COLORADO:
Section 1. 1'he Mayor and rrent>ers o f. City Council o fficially support the
"Pe t ter fur 11 c anpc1ign and e ncourage nll Englewood residents, on a voluntary
basi:>, to l eave their cars at hare o ne \.,,zekday per week during the rronths of
Novrnlbc r throuqh ,January.
Sect i o n 2 . 'l'h e Mayor a nd m,mbers of Ci ty rouncil a s k that all drivers
r ,mcr l o r rostpone no nessenti a l trips on hi<Jh [JOllu t i on days .
section 3 . '!'he Mayor illld rrembers uf City Council ask that all r es idents
r e str:lr.t a ll nonessentia l burnin9 o n high pollutio n days .
Section 4. 'Ille Clerk of the City of Engle...xxl att.est and affix the seal
o f the City t o this Re solutio n and trans mit copi es he r eof to the Colorado
t"lcpnrtrrent of Health Better Air Ci\JT\xl i9n a nd t o the Denver Regional Council of
Gove nurcnt s .
J\DQP'J'El) AND APPROVJ1) the 19th day of OcLul:.er, 1987.
Patricia H. Cro,,, City Clerk
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I, Pa tric ia 11. Cro.,, City Clerk of the City of l·liglewood, Co l oraoo ,
he re by r.crt ify the foregoing j s a true cqJy o f Resolution No • ..U,, Series of
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