R-2018-5930 - 9/27/2018 RESOLUTION NO. R-2018-5930
WHEREAS, the Austin-Round Rock Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), which consists of
Bastrop, Caldwell, Hays, Travis, and Williamson Counties, has air pollution levels that are close to
violating the federal standards for ground-level ozone (03); and
WHEREAS, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) sets federal air quality
standards at levels it considers necessary to protect human health and public welfare from harm; and
WHEREAS, the Austin-Round Rock MSA's continued compliance with federal air quality
standards is important to ensure public health, protect economic growth, and address the region's
transportation needs;
WHEREAS, the Austin-Round Rock MSA's air pollution regularly reaches levels that the
EPA considers "moderate" or "unhealthy for sensitive groups" based on its air quality index (AQI);
and
WHEREAS, the Central Texas Clean Air Coalition (CAC), of which the City of Round Rock
(the "City") is a member, is charged with the development and implementation of a clean air plan to
maintain compliance with federal air quality standards and the development of policies and strategies
to guide CAC members about actions that will achieve clean air in Texas; and
WHEREAS,the region's current air quality plan is set to expire at the end of 2018; and
WHEREAS, the CAC has requested that the City take action to formally participate in a new
regional air quality plan for 2019-2023; and
WHEREAS, the goals of the new regional air quality plan are to: 1) maximize the probability
of compliance with federal air quality standards, and 2) minimize health and environmental impacts
associated with regional air pollution; and
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WHEREAS, controlling and reducing emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx) and improving
public awareness about air quality are critical to supporting the goals of the new regional air quality
plan,Now Therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROUND ROCK, TEXAS,
The City endorses the goals of the new regional air quality plan and agrees to participate in the
plan and report on any implementation of these measures annually to CAPCOG and this governing
body.
The City Council hereby finds and declares that written notice of the date, hour, place and
subject of the meeting at which this Resolution was adopted was posted and that such meeting was
open to the public as required by law at all times during which this Resolution and the subject matter
hereof were discussed, considered and formally acted upon, all as required by the Open Meetings Act,
Chapter 551, Texas Government Code, as amended.
RESOLVED this 27t" day of September, 2018.
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City of Round Rock,
ATTEST:
SARA L. WHITE, City Clerk