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Hybrids grace Calabasas parking lot
The city leased nine hybrid vehicles to be used by inspectors and code enforcement officers while they're on duty. Leasing the 2009 Honda Civic hybrids will rerportedly save the city $7,500 a year. The vehicles will replace the monthly vehicle allowances previously paid to the employees. "The procurement of our new fleet of hybrid vehicles is an exciting step forward in the ongoing process of 'greening' our city," Mayor Jonathon Wolfson said. Wolfson attended a conference on green issues in 2007 and brought back the idea of launching a green task force, which was established in January 2008. The group includes Wolfson, Councilmember Mary Sue Maurer, Community Development Director Maureen Tamuri, Public Works Director Robert Yalda, Environmental Services Supervisor Alex Farassati and environmental commissioner Lisa Brackelmanns-Wilder. Since its creation, the task force has adopted a green building ordinance for remodeling and development, as well as a program to green existing facilities. "We've developed different programs for the city," Wolfson said. "One I was really interested in was green city vehicles. We talked about having hybrids for city inspectors, we all worked on it together, and we were able to do it." The vehicles were funded from South Coast Air Quality Management District AB 2766 funds, which are raised from vehicle licensing fees. California Assembly bill 2766 went into affect in 1990. The extra $4 in licensing fees is used to fund various air pollution efforts. No general fund money is being used. The vehicles, leased from Honda of Thousand Oaks, have a fuel efficiency of 40 miles per gallon for city driving and 45 miles per gallon for highway driving, according to federal government estimates. |
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