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RESOLUTION NO. 94-14
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
LA QUINTA, CALIFORNIA, SUPPORTING THE RIVERSIDE
COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION'S CHALLENGE TO
CALEXICO EAST BORDER CROSSING AND NEW STATE
ROUTE 7 PROJECT
WHEREAS, on November 12, 1993, the Riverside County
Transportation Commission RCTC") filed a complaint against the
United States Gener*1 Services Administration the GSA"), the
California Departfl1?*flt of Transportation Caltrans"), and the
California Transpo2*L*tion Commission the CTC") challenging the
approval of a proj*ct *nown as the Calexico East Border Station
and State Route 7B*tw**n the New Port of Entry and State Route 98"
the Project") an* che certification or approval of a Final
Environmental Irnp*ct Statement/Environmental Impact Report
EIS/EIR") for the Pr*:ject; and
WHEREAS, R(,'.T** has alleged that approval of the Project by
the GSA, Caltrans, ar*d the CTC violated the National Environmental
Policy Act and the Ca;L*fornia 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/EIR for the
Project failed to conscier a variety of Project impacts, including:
1) the impacts increa&ed 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, THEREFORE, the city Council of the City of La
Quinta, California, does hereby resolve as follows:
1. The City of La Quinta 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 Project and
its impacts is conducted; and
2. The City of La Quinta 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
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3. The City of La Quinta agrees with and supports RCTC's
allegations regarding the effects of the Project
upon the citizens of Riverside County in general and
the Coachella valley in particular; and
4. The City of La Quinta encourages all cities within
the Coachella valley to adopt sirtLilar resolutions in
support of the following: 1) the actions taken by
RCTC in filing the complaint against the GSA,
Caltrans, and the CTC regarding 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.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED by the City Council of*the
City of La Quinta, California, this 1st day of F*ar, 1994
by the following vote:
AYES: Council Members Bangerter, Mccartney, perk**As*
Sniff, Mayor pena
NOES: None
ABSTAIN: None
ABSENT: None ThI**:j
PEN
City of La Quinta
City of La Quinta, California
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Dawn Honeywell, City
City of La Quinta, California
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