HomeMy WebLinkAboutR-2224 - Relating to the Sound Transit (A Regional Transit Authority) and RTID (A Regional Transportation Investment District) proposition # 1 for Regional RoaCITY OF MARYSVILLE
Marysville, Washington
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A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE RELATING TO THE
SOUND TRANSIT (A REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY) AND RTID (A
REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION INVESTMENT DISTRICT) PROPOSITION
#1 FOR REGIONAL ROADS AND TRANSIT SYSTEM, AND URGING VOTER
TURNOUT AND EDUCATION CONCERNTI\lG SAID PROPOSITION WHICH
IS ON THE BALLOT NOVEMBER 6, 2007.
WHEREAS, it has come to the City Council's attention that the Snohomish County
Council has placed PROPOSITION #1 REGIONAL ROADS AND TRANSIT SYSTEM before
the voters on November 6, 2007 relating Snohomish County's participation in a Regional
Transportation Investment District to authorize creation of the Regional Transportation
Investment Plan including Sources of Revenue and a Financial Plan; and
WHEREAS, Snohomish County through a lengthy hearing and review process made a
finding in Snohomish County Ordinance 07-058 that "it is in the best interest of the residents of
the County that the County shall participate and submit the Recommended Plan, including the
proposed revenue sources and R TID boundaries recommended in the Recommended Plan, to the
voters at the November 2007 election"; and
WHEREAS, the Snohomish County Council found, " ...The Recommended
Plan and Sound Transit's ST2 Package together identifY transportation improvements consisting
of road and transit projects that form integral parts of, and are naturally and necessarily related to,
a single regional transportation system, as part of a comprehensive approach to transportation
investments to help reduce transportation congestion, increase road and transit capacity, promote
safety, t:tcilitate mobility of freight and people and improve the health, safety, and welfare."
WHEREAS, as required by RCW 36.120.070, the electorate that will consider the
proposition shall be the voters voting within the boundaries of the proposed RTID. A simple
majority of the total persons voting on the ballot proposition is required for approval. The
proposition shall not be considered approved unless both a majority of the persons voting on the
proposition residing in the proposed RTID vote in favor of the proposition and a majority of the
persons voting on the proposition residing within the Sound Transit regional transit authority
vote in favor of the proposition.
WHEREAS, the economic vitality of the City of Marysville and the greater Marysville
area is dependent upon or affected by the regional transit systems; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor and Marysville City Council wish to urge voters to educate
themselves and vote on the SOU1\JD TRANSIT (A REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY) AND
RTID (A REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION INVESTMENT DISTRICT) Proposition No.1 at
the upcoming November 6, 2007 election; and
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WHEREAS, the RTID package includes a number of projects that will improve traffic
and transportation in the City of Marysville; and
WHEREAS, following the opportunity for public input and equal opportunity for
members of the City Council and the public to express opposing views as required by RCW
42.17.130(1);
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
MARYSVILLE, WASHINGTON AS FOLLOWS:
The Mayor and City Council of the City of Marysville do hereby urge all registered voters
to participate in the November 6,2007 election, to carefully consider the measure, to educate
themselves on said measure and to vote on the Ballot Measure which reads as follows or as it
may hereafter be amended:
SOUND TRANSIT (A REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY)
AND
RTID (A REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION
INVESTMENT DISTRICT)
PROPOSITION #1
REGIONAL ROADS AND TRANSIT SYSTEM
To reduce transportation congestion, increase road and transit capacity,
promote safety, facilitate mobility, provide for an integrated regional
transportation system, and improve the health, welfare, and safety of
the citizens of Washington, shall Sound Transit (a regional transit
authority) implement a regional rail and transit system linking
Lynnwood, Shoreline, Northgate, Seattle, Bellevue, Redmond, SeaTac
airport, Kent, Federal Way and Tacoma as described in the Sound
Transit 2 plan, financed by the existing taxes approved by the voters in
1996 and an additional sales and use tax of up to five-tenths of one
percent imposed by Sound Transit, all as provided in Resolution No.
___; and shall a regional transportation investment district (RTID)
be formed and authorized to implement and invest in improving the
regional transportation system by replacing vulnerable bridges,
improving safety, and increasing capacity on state and local roads to
further link major education, employment, and retail centers as
described in Moving Forward Together: A Blueprint for Progress
King Pierce Snohomish Counties, financed by a sales and use tax of up
to one-tenth of one percent and a local motor vehicle excise tax of up
to eight-tenths of one percent imposed by RTID, all as provided in
Resolution No. PC-2007-02; further provided that the Sound Transit
taxes shall be imposed only within the boundaries of Sound Transit,
and the RTID taxes shall be imposed only within the boundaries of the
RTID?
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PASSED by the City Council and APPROVED by the Mayor this ~ day ofOctober,
2007.
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D NNIS KENDALL, Mayor
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Approved as to form:
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d'RAT~T K. WEED, City Attorney
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