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RESOLUTION N0. 6
Series of 1985
A RESOLUTION DECLARING OPPOSITION TO THE STORAGE AND
TRANSPORTATION OF RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES AND OTHER
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS IN THE TOWN OF VAIL AND ALONG
INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 70 AND SETTING FORTH DETAILS IN
REGARD THERETO.
WHEREAS, the Town of Vail, Colorado, is a home rule municipality existing
under and by virtue of the Constitution and the laws of the State of Colorado,
with all the powers conferred thereby; and
WHEREAS, the Town is intent on pursuing every legal and financially
feasible possibility to prevent the transportation of radioactive substances
and other hazardous waste materials through the Town of Vail and along Interstate
Highway 70; and
WHEREAS, Interstate Highway 7O bisects the Town of Vail within the Gore
Valley and Vail Pass at the eastern end of said valley and Dowd Junction at the
western end of said valley, and is extremely hazardous for trucks and other
vehicular traffic because of adverse winter conditions, steep grades, vehicles
being driven at excessive speeds in the summer, and the presence of drivers
unqualified in mountain driving; and
WHEREAS, the Town Council vehemently opposes the transportation of radioactive
and other hazardous substances along Interstate Highway 70 because any accident
involving nuclear or other hazardous wastes along Interstate Highway 70 has the
potential of contaminating Gore Greek, the Eagle River, and the headwaters of
the Southwestern United States water supply; and
WHEREAS, the Town Council is aware that certain court decisions have limited
the ability of local governments to ban and regulate transportation and storage
of radioactive and other hazardous materials an State and Federal highways; and
WHEREAS, the Town Gounci7 desires to declare its strong opposition to the
storage and transportation of radioactive and other hazardous materials within
the Town of Vail and along Interstate Highway 70, and therefore desires that the
Town Manager and Town Attorney recommend a program for prohibiting the storage
and transportation of radioactive and other hazardous materials within the Town
consistent with the Town`s legal authority in such matters; and
WHEREAS, the Town Council wishes to declare its support for the disposal of
nuclear waste by permanent entombment near the sites where it has been used, and
further wishes to recommend the holding of joint congressional hearings on the
matter of the disposal of nuclear waste;
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NOW, THEREFORE, B£ IT RESOLVED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF VAIL,
COLORADO:
Section 1
The Town Council of the Town of Vail, Colorado, hereby declares its strong
opposition to the storage and transportation of radioactive substances and other
hazardous materials in the Town of Vail and along Interstate Highway 70.
Section 2
The Town Council hereby recommends permanent entombment near the sites
where it has been used as an appropriate method for disposing of. radioactive
substances and other hazardous materials,
Section 3
The Town Council hereby supports the holding of a joint congressional hearing
on the issues of the disposal of radioactive substances and other hazardous
materials.
Section ~
The Town Manager and Town Attorney are hereby directed to develop recommendations
acid to determine what positive steps the Town Council can take to prohibit the
storage and transportation of radioactive and other hazardous substances in the
Town of Vail.
Section 5
The Town Clerk shall certify a copy of this resolution to the Governor of
the State of Colorado, and such other local, state and federal officials as the
Town Manager may deem appropriate.
INTRODUCED, READ, PASSED, AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Town
Council of the Town of Vail, Colorado, held on March 5, 1985.
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Pamela A. Srandmeyer, own Clerk