City Council voted to adopt a resolution at its Nov. 12 meeting to support the Clean Air Coalition and the Ozone Advance Program by participating in efforts to voluntarily reduce emissions.
The city is a member of the Central Texas Clean Air Coalition, an association of local jurisdictions associated with the Capital Area Council of Governments, whose purpose is to develop, adopt and implement clean-air initiatives.
Georgetown Conservation Services Manager Kathy Ragsdale told the council that the Environmental Protection Agency is expected to change its active standards to lower the acceptable amount of ozone in the atmosphere, which would mean the city would be considered in nonattainment at current emission levels and could affect future development.
The resolution sets up standards to help control the amount of ozone in the Georgetown area by encouraging and participating in emission-reducing activities.
