HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC RES 93-105EESOLUTION NO. 93-105
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM
DESERT, CALIFORNIA, SUPPORTING THE $IVERSIDE COUNTY
TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION'S CNAt.T.F'rTGE TO CALEXICO EAST
BORDER CROSSING AND NEW STATE 80UTE 7 P80JECT
WHEREAS, on November 12, 1993, the Riverside County Transportation
Commission ("RCTC") filed a complaint against the United States General Services
Adtninistration ("the GSA" ), the California Department of Transportation
("Caltrans" ), and the California Transportation Commission ("the CTC" ) challenging
the approval of a project known as the "Calexico East Border Station and State Route
7 Between the New Port of Entry and State Route 98" ("the Project" ) and the
certification or approval of a Final Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental
Impact Report ("EIS/EIR") for the Project; and
WHEAEAS, ftCTC has alleged that approval of the Project by the GSA,
Caltrans, and the CTC violated the National Environmental Policy Act and the
California Environmental Quality Act because the EIS/EIR does not adequately
consider the environmental impacts of the Project; and
WHEREAS, RCTC has alleged that the EIS/EIft for the Project failed to
consider a variety of Project impacts, including: 1) the impacts increased traffic,
particularly commercial trucks, will have on an already unsafe and overtaxed State
Route 86 within Riverside County; 2) the impacts increased mobile sources of
pollutants (i . e., the increased number of vehicles ) generated by the Project will
have within Riverside and Imperial Counties; 3) the impacts increased traffic will
have on Highway 111 within Riverside County; and 4) the impacts the extension of
State Route 7 to Interstate 8 will have on the environment .
NOW, THER.EFORE, the City Council of the City of Palm Desert, California,
DOES HEREBY RESOLVE as follows :
1. The City of Palm Desert supports the actions taken by RCTC in
filing the complaint against the GSA, Caltrans, and the CTC to
ensure that full and adequate environmental analysis of the
Projeet and its impacts is conducted; and
2. The City of Palm Desert shares RCTC's concerns about the
environmental impact of the Project and its impacts upon the
citizens of Riverside County in general and the Coachella Valley
in particular; and
3. The City of Palm Desert agrees with and supports RCTC's
allegations regarding the effects of the Project upon the citizens
of ftiverside County in general and the Coachella Valley in
particular; and
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4. The City of Palm Desert encourages all cities withi.n the Coachella Valley
to adopt similar resolutions in support of the following: 1) the actions
taken by RCTC in filing the complai.nt against the GSA, Caltrans, and
the CTC regardi.ng the Project; and 2) the allegations made by RCTC
concerning the environmental impacts of the Project upon the citizens
of Riverside County in general and the Coachella Valley in particular.
PASSID, APPROVID, and ADOPTID by the City Council of the City of Palm
Desert, California, this 9th day of December, 1993, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES :
NOES :
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
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