HomeMy WebLinkAbout2000-11-07 - AGENDA REPORTS - AIR QUALITY COST (2)CITY OF SANTA CLARITA
INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM
TO: =Da. and Members of the City Council
FROM: ava oyy Manager
DATE: November 7, 2000
SUBJECT: THE REAL COST OF AIR QUALITY IN THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA
City Council accept report for information only.
Air pollution directly affects the quality of life in Santa Clarita and the rest of the
South Coast Air Basin. Air Quality affects our health, our ability to walk through
our parks and paseos, and can even affect our emotional health. Air pollution is
associated with several different kinds of costs: costs to our health, costs to our
children and costs to the economy.
The Federal Clean Air Act was created in 1972. Twenty-eight years later, the South
Coast Air Basin is still the worst non-compliance region in the Country.
Nearly $10 billion is spent each year in health related costs associated with air
pollution in the South Coast region alone. Approximately 1,600 people die each year
in the South Coast region due to air pollution. Children are at the highest risk of
respiratory illness. Business and industry pay an estimated $85 million per year in
fees and programs related to air quality compliance. Consumers have been affected
by higher gasoline prices. Although the City has implemented several programs to
address the costs of air pollution, we still have a considerable amount of work left to
do.
The South Coast Air Quality Management District is the agency, which regulates air
quality in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino Counties. The City of
Santa Clarita has enjoyed a good working relationship with the AQMD since
incorporation in 1987. The AQMD supports the City's opinion that the Transit
Mixed Mining Facility is detrimental to the air quality of the Santa Clarita Valley.
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Agenda Item:
THE REAL COST
OF AIR QUALITY
November 7, 2000
City Council Study Session
BACKGROUND
• City Council and AQMD request for a
Presentation regarding Air Quality
• Outline of Presentation
—The Real Cort of Air Quality
—Air Quality In Santa Clarlta
—AQMD Presentation • Partnerships
BACKGROUND
• Alr Quality . Quality of Life
• Federal Clean Alr Act of 1972
0 Not compliant after 28 years
THE REAL COST OF AIR QUALITY:
HEALTH ISSUES
• Health Costs Include:
— $9.4 BBBon Dollars in annual health related cost, In the
South Coast Region
— 1,600 deaths annually In the South Coast Realon
— Reducdon of He expectancy by on to 3 veers
— Most Southern eaBromlans arc affected
— Unked to lung cancer. bmmhkk and mth,na
THE REAL COST OF AIR QUALITY:
HEALTH ISSUES
• Cosa to our Children Include:
—Children are at the highest risk
—20%.of the Dopuladon, but 40% of all
health cases related to air auaihv
— More likely to suffer from decreased lung
functions than other locations
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THE REAL COST OF AIR QUALITY:
THE ECONOMY
• Costs to Business Include:
— $85 to $90 Million per year on Permits.
and fees In the South Coast Basin
—Lost time due to trafflc / commudna
• Costs to the Consumer•.
—High gasoline prices
THE REAL COST OF AIR QUALITY:
THE ECONOMY
• Business has responded by:
— Overcoming early •doomsday' forecasts
—Technological Innovation / Marketlna
• Consumers have responded by:
—Supported gas tvJlncreased fees
AIR QUALITY IN
SANTA CLARITA
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AIR QUALITY IN SANTA CLARITA:
CONTRIBUTING FACTORS
• Over 125,000 vehicles within the ON
• 50,000 households and 6,000 businesses
• Rapid Growth Rate
• Industrial Center
• Valley location with hot summers
LITY IN SANTA CLARITA:
STING PROGRAMS
FExisdng
grams:lan
Air
— Public Transit
ment
— Dust Control
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Ordinance
Program
— Urban Forestry
— 9/80 Program
—Green Buildings
— Project Pollution
— like Trails
Premmdon
— Tra18c Flow
— Jobs/Homing Balance
— Good AQMD
— Metrolink
Relationship
AIR QUALITY IN SANTA CLARITA:
HIGHLIGHTS
• 1993 • City receives "Clean Air" award
from the AQMD
• Alternative Fuel Vehicle Program:
—2 Electric Vehicles
— 3 CNG Vehicles
—2 Fueling Stations
—1 Vehicle Under Order
—Grant funds for Fueling Stadon/Vehicles
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STAGE ONE EPISODES
South Coast Air Basin
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AIR QUALITY
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AIR QUALITY IN SANTA CLARITA:
CONTRIBUTING FACTORS
• TRANSIT MIX CONCRETE FACILITY
— Dust from over 83 million tons of blasting
—Increased emisslom from heave vehicles and
equipment
—Downwind health affects to surroundinit
homes, schools and businesses
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MOVING FORWARD
• Discussion of Toplcs
• Direcdon from City Council
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