[1961 Code, § 20.47; Ord. 1091]
(A)
The city hereby finds and declares that:
(1)
The city is committed to improving the public health, safety and welfare, including air quality;
(2)
Mobile sources are a major contributor to air pollution in the south coast air basin;
(3)
Air quality goals for the region established by state law cannot be met without reducing air pollution from mobile sources;
(4)
The South Coast Air Quality Management Plan (SCAQMP) calls upon cities and counties to reduce emissions from motor vehicles consistent with the requirements of the California Clean Air Act of 1988 by developing and implementing mobile source air pollution reduction programs.
(5)
These programs place demands upon the city's funds; those programs should be financed by shifting the responsibility for financing from the General Fund to the motor vehicles fund creating the demand, to the greatest extent possible;
(6)
Cal. Health & Safety Code § 44223, added to the by action of the California legislature on September 30, 1990 (Chapter 90-1705), authorized the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) to impose an additional motor vehicle registration fee of $2, commencing April 1, 1991, increasing to $4 commencing April 1, 1992, to finance the implementation of transportation measures embodied in the [SC]AQMP and provisions of the California Clean Air Act;
(7)
$.40 of every $1 collected under Cal. Health & Safety Code § 44223 shall be distributed to cities and counties located in the South Coast Air Quality Management District that comply with Cal. Health & Safety Code § 44223, based on the jurisdictions' pro-rated share of population as defined by the state Department of Finance;
(8)
The city is located within the South Coast Air Quality Management District and is eligible to receive a portion of the revenues from the additional motor vehicle registration fees contingent upon adoption of the ordinance codified in this subchapter;
(9)
The pro-rated share of the fee revenues for cities that fail to adopt an ordinance pursuant to Cal. Health & Safety Code § 44243(b)(3) shall be distributed instead to the jurisdictions within the district that have adopted an ordinance;
(B)
The city, after careful consideration, hereby finds and declares the imposition of the additional motor vehicle registration by the SCAQMD to finance mobile source air pollution reduction programs is in the best interest of the city and promotes the general welfare of its residents.