West Hollywood City Council to Consider Incentives for Hybrid Vehicles

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WHAT:   The West Hollywood City Council will consider approving a
        pilot program to provide incentives for West Hollywood
        residents to purchase or lease hybrid vehicles at tonight's
        City Council meeting. A "certified hybrid vehicle" is "a
        gas/electric hybrid vehicle that has a combined fuel economy
        rating of 45 miles per gallon or greater according to the
        federal highway fuel economy test procedure and meets
        California's ultra-low emission vehicle (ULEV) standard for
        exhaust emissions." If approved, the pilot program would be
        temporary and last through December 31, 2005. The pilot
        program would exempt lessees or owners of hybrid vehicles from
        the cost of purchasing residential parking passes. It would
        also provide lessees or owners of hybrid vehicles with special
        "hybrid" resident passes that would be recognized in all
        Preferential Parking Districts.

WHEN:   Tonight, January 18, 2005
        6 p.m.

WHERE:  West Hollywood Park Auditorium
        647 North San Vicente Boulevard
        West Hollywood