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139. RESOLUTION 2005 - gg R A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY SAN MARCOS, TEXAS TO IMPLEMENT AND ENFORCE THE STATE RULE FOR LOCALLY ENFORCED MOTOR VEHICLE IDLING LIMITATIONS AS PART OF THE AUSTIN/ROUND ROCK MSA CLEAN AIR ACTION PLAN FOR THE EARLY ACTION COMPACT. RECITALS: 1. The City entered into an Early Action Compact (EAC) with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) and other local governments in the Austin/Round Rock Metropolitan Statistical Area (the Region) in order to pro actively and effectively address the Region's air quality issues. 2. The City has, with other communities in the Region, developed and approved an EAC Clean Air Action Plan that consists of numerous state and locally-implemented measures to improve the area's air quality. 3. The City committed to implement measures in the Clean Air Action Plan per EAC requirements. 4. The TCEQ has incorporated the Clean Air Action Plan into the State Implementation Plan (SIP), making the measures in the Clean Air Action Plan state and federally enforceable. 5. One of the measures included in the Clean Air Action Plan and SIP is the state rule for locally enforced motor vehicle idling limitations. 6. Implementation of the state rule for locally enforced motor vehicle idling limitations requires local governments to enter into a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with TCEQ for local implementation and enforcement ofthe rule. 7. Implementation of the state rule for locally enforced motor vehicle idling limitations also requires local governments to submit a detailed implementation plan to TCEQ. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS: PART 1. The City of San Marcos approves the MOA and Implementation Plan for the locally enforced motor vehicle idling limitation rules for submission to TCEQ.