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MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS (SCAG) AND THE CITY OF COLTON (CITY) REGARDING PARTICIPATION IN THE CLEAN CITIES PROGRAM WHEREAS, the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) is the designated Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for the counties of Riverside, San Bernardino, Imperial, Ventura, Orange, and Los Angeles and 184 cities within these counties; and WHEREAS, the cities and counties within the jurisdiction of SCAG are also located in the South Coast Air Basin, Southeast Desert Air Basin, and the South Central Air Basin (Ventura County); and WHEREAS, the South Coast Air Basin is the only area in the nation in the "extreme" category for non - attainment based on ozone concentration; and WHEREAS, both South Central Air Basin and Southeast Desert Air Basin are in the "severe" category for ozone concentration; and WHEREAS, the respective State Implementation Plan (SIP) submittals for these air basins contain transportation control measures (TCMs) designed to improve the region's air quality and thus bring the region into compliance with state and federal air quality standards; and WHEREAS, the TCMs contained in the SIP submittals for the three air basins promote, inter alia, the development of zero -emission vehicles (ZEVs) and alternate -fuel vehicles (AFVs); and WHEREAS, the California Air Resources Board (GARB) has promulgated regulations pertaining to ZEVs and AFVs; and WHEREAS, the Energy Chapter of the SCAG Regional Comprehensive Plan (RCP) recommends implementing the development of alternative fuels, AFVs, and ZEVs; and WHEREAS, the United States Department of Energy (DOE) is committed to energy use in the transportation sector that is safer, more environmentally sound, efficient, and sustainable, and which is less dependent on foreign energy sources; and WHEREAS, the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments, the Energy Policy Act of 1992, and Executive Order 12844 (concerning Federal use of AFVs) all establish guidelines for effecting a favorable energy and environmental situation in the transportation sector; and WHEREAS, the 1994 SCAG Regional Mobility Plan contains an Advanced Transportation Technology Strategy that includes AFVs and ZEVs and support for the Southern California Economic Partnership, a public/private organization, to develop early deployment plans for these Technologies; and WHEREAS, the DOE Clean Cities program serves as an umbrella to structure and achieve the goals and programs of the Energy Policy Act and to coordinate objectives of government and other federal directives such as Clean Air Act; and WHEREAS, on March 1, 1996, SCAG was designated by the U.S. Department of Energy as a Clean Cities Region; and NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS AGREED, that the City of Colton will participate in the SCAG Clean Cities Program in the interest of: 1. Reducing the national dependence on imported petroleum for transportation uses, as specified in the Energy Policy Act of 1992; 2. Complying with the Alternative Fuel Fleet provisions of the Federal Policy Act of 1992; 3. Assisting the region to comply with the Alternative Fuel Fleet provision of Title H of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, the California Clean Air Act, and local Air Quality Districts regulations as SCAG Region is considered to a non -attainment area; 4. Educating the public on alternative fuels and available vehicles, which encourage their use; 5. Assisting to stimulate the economic vitality of the region and California by encouraging the utilization of emerging advanced transportation technologies; and