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THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*
CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)
Introduced by: Councilmember Kraft
A RESOLUTION ENTITLED
A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
Title
Plug-In Baltimore Campaign
FOR the purpose of working with the local government, education, business and environmental community to develop a program to encourage the future purchase of flexible-fuel plug-in hybrid vehicles, including fleet orders, and making a commitment to support local, state and federal policies that will promote flexible-fuel plug-in hybrid vehicles.
Body
WHEREAS, the over-reliance of America on foreign oil has become a growing and serious threat to the economic vitality and national security interest of the United States; and
WHEREAS, automobile emissions are a major contributing factor to global warming and to smog in our cities, which threaten the health of our citizens and the sustainibility of our planet; and
WHEREAS, the imbalance between gasoline resources and worldwide demand is escalating gasoline prices at an alarming rate and to levels that overburden commerce, hurt economic growth and cause serious hardship on our citizens; and
WHEREAS, the technology exists today to build a flexible-fuel plug-in hybrid-electric automobile that could reduce oil imports, fuel costs to our citizens and our economy and air emissions by dramatic margins; and
WHEREAS, the City of Baltimore is partnering with Austin and other of the nation's largest cities, to urge automakers to mass produce plug-in hybrid vehicles for the substantial economical, environmental and strategic reasons outlined; and
WHEREAS, the City of Baltimore is officially launching "Plug-In Baltimore", a community-wide campaign to promote the mass production of plug-in hybrid vehicles;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE, That this Body will work with local government, education, business and environmental community to develop a program to encourage the future purchase of flexible-fuel plug-in hybrid vehicles, including fleet orders, and making a commitment to support local, state and federal policies that will promote flexible-fuel plug-in hybrid vehicles.
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