AGENDA CAPTION:
Title
Consider the appointment of the Mayor or City Council Member to the Capital Area Council of Governments (CAPCOG) Clean Air Coalition and provide direction to Staff.
Body
Meeting date: December 7, 2021
Department: City Clerk's Office
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Background Information:
Mayor Jane Hughson currently serves on this body as the City's general member appointee. Her term expires on December 31, 2021.
The Central Texas Clean Air Coalition, or the Clean Air Coalition, is a voluntary, unincorporated association that became affiliated with CAPCOG by a resolution adopted on Nov. 13, 2002. Its purpose:
*?Facilitate the development, adoption, and implementation of clean air plans to maintain compliance with the federal eight-hour ozone standard for the Bastrop, Caldwell, Hays, Travis, and Williamson counties.
*?Establish and monitor a regional effort toward the improvement of air quality.
*?Develop policies and strategies that will provide guidance for each of its independent governing bodies about actions that will achieve clean air in Central Texas.
*?Work cooperatively to achieve clean air standards that will protect public health and yet allow local ...
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