R-2019-0178 - 4/25/2019 RESOLUTION NO. R-2019-0178
WHEREAS, compliance with federal air quality standards is critical to protecting public
health,the environment, economic growth, and flexibility in transportation planning in Texas; and
WHEREAS, the Capital Area Council of Governments (CAPCOG) has estimated that
violating federal air quality standards could cause Central Texas to lose $24 - $42 billion in economic
growth over the next three decades; and
WHEREAS, the Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown metro area continues to face challenges
with compliance with federal air quality standards, particularly for ground-level ozone (03); and
WHEREAS, the City of Round Rock (the "City") is a member of the Central Texas Clean Air
Coalition of CAPCOG, an association of local governments and other organizations dedicated to
maintaining compliance with federal air quality standards and improving air quality in Bastrop,
Caldwell, Hays, Travis, and Williamson Counties; and
WHEREAS, the Clean Air Coalition has adopted a voluntary regional air quality plan for
2019-2023 to help keep the region in compliance with federal air quality standards and otherwise help
minimize public health and environmental impacts of regional air pollution; and
WHEREAS, the jurisdictions participating in the Clean Air Coalition have provided financial
support for CAPCOG's regional air quality program for fiscal years 2018 and 2019, as a result in the
loss of state funding for the program; and
WHEREAS, financial support from the City for CAPCOG's air quality program in fiscal year
2020 is necessary for CAPCOG to implement the scope of work approved by the Clean Air Coalition
to support the 2019-2023 regional air quality plan,Now Therefore
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROUND ROCK, TEXAS,
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That the City expresses its intent to include up to $20,275.00 in its FY 2020 budget to support
CAPCOG's Air Quality Program, subject to final approval of City of Round Rock's fiscal year 2020
budget later this year.
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 25th day of April, 2019.
CRAIG ORG , Mayor
City of Round R ck, Texas
ATTEST:
cjw ,
SARA L. WHITE, City Clerk
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