Vote — approved

Clint Hickman	yes
Jack Sellers	yes
Steve Chucri	yes
Bill Gates	yes
Steve Gallardo	yes

17.AQ-2019-005-P-7 (MARICOPA COUNTY TRIP REDUCTION ORDINANCE) Convene a public hearing, as required by Arizona Revised Statutes (A.R.S.) § 49-479(b), to solicit comments on the proposed revisions of Maricopa County Air Pollution Control Regulations, Ordinance P-7 (Maricopa County Trip Reduction Ordinance). Following the public hearing, the Board is requested to adopt the proposed revisions to the ordinance. The MCAQD first adopted Ordinance P-7 on November 24, 1992 to reduce traffic impacts on a

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17. AQ-2019-005-P-7 (MARICOPA COUNTY TRIP REDUCTION ORDINANCE) Convene a public hearing, as required by Arizona Revised Statutes (A.R.S.) § 49-479(b), to solicit comments on the proposed revisions of Maricopa County Air Pollution Control Regulations, Ordinance P-7 (Maricopa County Trip Reduction Ordinance). Following the public hearing, the Board is requested to adopt the proposed revisions to the ordinance. The MCAQD first adopted Ordinance P-7 on November 24, 1992 to reduce traffic impacts on air pollution and emissions within Maricopa County. Ordinance P-7 applies to major employers and schools with 50 or more employees or students at any single work or school site and requires them to develop, implement, and maintain a travel reduction program. Employers and schools subject to Ordinance P-7 are required to maintain a reduction of single occupant vehicle (SOV) trips and/or miles traveled to either their school or work site by 10 percent each year for a total of five years, and then five percent for three additional years, or until a 60 percent rate of SOV travel is reached. Progress is tracked through an annual commuter survey of employer/school sites. The results of the survey are used to develop an annual travel reduction plan that commits the employer/school to implementing and documenting various strategies to reduce SOV trips or miles traveled. The MCAQD is proposing to revise Ordinance P-7 to update and clarify the ordinance by removing language repeated from state statute, condensing information in the Equivalent Emissions Reductions and Plan Development sections, identifying new technologies for the implementation of the Maricopa County Travel Reduction Program (TRP) by both program staff and employers, and by incorporating six (6) existing Substantive Policy Statements into the ordinance. In addition, the ordinance will be restructured for consistency with MCAQD’s other adopted ordinances. Permit fees are not changing due to this action. (C-85-21-009-X-00) (C-85-21-025-X-00)

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