2000/08/30 Council Minutes - Laserfiche WebLink

August 30,2000 WHEREAS,elected officials in the Central Puget Sound region have stated that k is unfair and intolerable to end up with a funding policy where taxpayers in Everett and throughout the region only see a 50 percent return on their transportation tax dollar;and WHEREAS,the nation of incorporating tax equity provisions into legislation in not new;and WHEREAS,the concept of transportation investment equity is noted in several places within the"Options"report of a guberndtorially-appointed Blue Ribbon Commission on Transporsadoa;and WHEREAS,in the recently enacted"TEA-21r measure adopted by Congress two years ago,a fortmla for a least 91 cents on the dollar equity was incorporated into that legislation;and WHEREAS,the Sound Transit system within the Cenral Puget Sound includes subarea equity provisions to strive toward tax paid/tax investments returned for residents of the Snohomish.North King,Seattle,South King,and Pierce County subareas. NOW,THEREFORE,the City Council of the City of Everett does hereby resolve: t.That a transportation investment equity principle,as advanced by the Blue •Ribbon Commission,should be included in legislation enacted by the 2001 Legislature,.that the taxpayers of the Central Puget Sound receive a more reasonable and equitable rem.for their trasuportatioo tax dollar. 2.That local government,the business sector,and others in the region,in partnership their legislative delegations,work to advance this concept in 2001 and work to ensure it in included as a component of any Transportation Funding package. 3.That the City share this resolution with other cities and towns in the region, the Puget Sound Regional Council,the Blue Ribbon Commission,area legislators,the Snohomish County Committee for Improved Transportation, 382 L — �