TBD Ordinance 20006.90000
WSS/gjz
7/21/10
ORDINANCE NO.2
A ORDINANCE OF THE EDMONDS TRANSPORTATION
BENEFIT DISTRICT, PROVIDING FOR THE SUBMISSION
OF A PROPOSITION TO THE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF THE
EDMONDS TRANSPORTATION BENEFIT DISTRICT AT
THE NOVEMBER ELECTION FOR THEIR APPROVAL OR
REJECTION OF A PROPOSED INCREASE IN VEHICLE FEES
OF FORTY DOLLARS ($40) FOR THE PURPOSE OF
FUNDING TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN
THE EDMONDS TRANSPORTATION BENEFIT DISTRICT,
DESCRIBING SAID IMPROVEMENTS, SETTING FORTH
THE BALLOT PROPOSITION, DIRECTING THE CITY
CLERK TO PROVIDE A CERTIFIED COPY OF THIS
RESOLUTION TO THE SNOHOMISH COUNTY AUDITORS;
AND REQUESTING THAT THE SNOHOMISH COUNTY
AUDITOR PLACE THE PROPOSITION ON THE BALLOT.
WHEREAS, the City of Edmonds has established the Edmonds Transportation
Benefit District (TBD) under the provisions of Chapter 36.73 RCW in order to acquire,
construct, improve, provide and fund transportation improvements within the District, whose
boundaries are contemporaneous with those of the City, and,
WHEREAS, the Board of the Edmonds Transportation Benefit District has
previously approved a Twenty Dollar ($20) vehicle fee to provide for the ongoing maintenance
of City streets in accordance with state, regional and legal transportation plans; and
WHEREAS, the Board has identified an additional 37 projects which it finds
should be planned and built in order to:
1. Reduce the risk of transportation facility failure and to improve the safety
to the traveling public;
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2. Improve travel time;
3. Improve air quality;
4. Address increases in daily and peak period trip capacity;
5. Improve modal connectivity;
6. Improve the optimal performance of the system through time; and
7. Achieve or maintain concurrency in accordance with the Growth
Management Act, the City's Comprehensive Plan and the City's Transportation Improvement
Plan; and
WHEREAS, RCW 36.73.065 and 82.80.140 authorize the TBD to impose vehicle
fees in excess of Twenty Dollars ($20) and up to One Hundred Dollars ($100) per vehicle in
order to fund certain specified improvements by submitting such additional vehicle fees to the
voters for their approval; and
WHEREAS, the Board deems it to be in the public interest to submit a funding
measure to the voters at the November election requesting approval of the additional Forty
Dollars ($40) vehicle license fee to fund the improvements listed herein; now, therefore,
THE BOARD OF THE EDMONDS TRANSPORTATION BENEFIT DISTRICT
HEREBY RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. A special election is hereby requested to be conducted within the
Edmonds Transportation Benefit District (TBD), whose boundaries are contemporaneous with
the City of Edmonds, Washington, on Tuesday, November 2, 2010, for the purpose of submitting
to the qualified voters of TBD for their approval or rejection a proposition to raise vehicle tax
fees within TBD by Forty Dollars ($40) per vehicle to a total of Sixty Dollars ($60) for the
purpose of funding public transportation improvements within the TBD. A list of the specific
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projects to be improved with the proceeds of the vehicle tax are shown on the attached Exhibit A,
incorporated by this reference as fully as if herein set forth. The improvements shall be
addressed in the priority shown on said exhibit, provided, however, that the Board may, at its
discretion and in conjunction with its annual report and its material change policy:
1. Adjust the ranking of any project on the list based on the availability of
grant or other funding;
2. Defer any project whose cost, scope or schedule has materially changed in
a way which lowers it's utility to the City;
3. Adjust its priorities based upon material changes in the cost, scope or
schedule of any project in accordance with its material change policy and the requirements of
Chapter 36.73 RCW; and
4. Utilize general obligation revenue bonds as provided in RCW 36.73.070 to
construct all or any part of the improvements and to adjust the priority of any individual project
based upon the use of such bond proceeds.
5. Other lawful considerations permitted pursuant to Chapter 36.73 RCW.
Section 2. The proposition to be submitted to the voters of the Edmonds
Transportation Benefit District shall read substantially as follows:
Edmonds Transportation Benefit District
The Board of Directors of the Edmonds Transportation Benefit
District adopted Ordinance No. 2 concerning a proposition to
finance specified transportation improvements by an increase in
vehicle fee. This proposition would authorize an additional vehicle
fee under RCW 82.80,140 of $40, for a total of $60 per vehicle, in
order to fund transportation improvements specifically described
and prioritized in the ordinance. The improvements include
walkways, bicycle loop signage, signalization, intersection
improvements, lighting, corridor enhancements, and roadway
improvements all as provided in Ordinance No. 2.
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Should this proposition be approved?
Approved []
Rejected 0
Section 3. The City Clerk shall provide a certified copy of this resolution to the
Snohomish County Auditor.
Section 4. Consistent with statutory requirements, the Snohomish County
Auditor shall cause the proposition identified to be submitted on the November ballot, shall
conduct the election, canvas the vote and certify the results.
Section 5. In the event of voter approval, the Transportation Benefit District
shall take measures to levy the additional $40 license fee in accordance with the provisions of
RCW 36.73.065 and RCW 82.80.140 and expend such funds for the improvements listed on
Exhibit A in accordance with its charter, annual plan, material change policy and this ordinance
as necessary to reflect such voter approval.
RESOLVED this 3rd day of August, 2010.
EDMONDS TRANSPORTATION BENEFIT
DISTRICT
By:
Steve Bernheim, President
APPROVED AS TO ORM:
By
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W. Scott Snyder,
Attorney for the Edmonds
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