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/4O%b /wra:Aa RESOLUTION NO. 5202 A RESOLUTION OF THE EVERETT CITY COUNCIL listing key projects and principles for the City in any regional transportation measure considered by Snohomish County,King County, and Pierce County on the 2002 or 2003 ballot. WHEREAS, the 2002 Washington State Legislature passed enabling legislation, Second Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 6140 (E2SSB 6140) that authorized a regional transportation financing, governance and investment proposal to be put before voters in Snohomish,King,and Pierce counties;and WHEREAS, the regional transportation measure, E2SSB 6140, calls for County Councils in the Tri- County area to compile a list of projects and financing sources for any regional transportation package;and WHEREAS, in Snohomish County, county officials have made a good-faith effort to communicate with the City of Everett and to solicit from the City what it considers to be Everett's most critical projects for inclusion in any regional transportation package;and WHEREAS, Snohomish County officials have further stated that, with upcoming meetings of the Snohomish County Council on June 17 and of County Council members from the entire Tri-county area on June 19,they prefer to have the City's list of projects and priorities in hand before those sessions;and WHEREAS,in compiling a potential list of projects for a regional transportation package,county officials have determined that there shall be equity in each county; meaning, that taxes generated in Snohomish County from a regional transportation financing measure would be spent on transportation investments in Snohomish County;and WHEREAS, City of Everett officials further believe that equity for Everett taxpayers is of critical importance, and that taxpayers in Everett should receive proportionately the same level of regional transportation investments as the level of tax revenues they generate from any regional measure;and WHEREAS, the level of transportation investment made in the City of Everett, as part of any regional transportation package, should reflect the following facts: (1)Everett's segment of Interstate 5 is the most traffic-congested area in all of Snohomish County; (2)Everett is the County's largest city and county seat; (3) Everett is the "metropolitan center" for Snohomish County as designated by the Countywide Planning Policies and the Vision 2020 regional growth strategy; (4)Everett is one of the major employment centers in the Puget Sound Region and the State of Washington; and (5) Everett is a hub for regional vehicle and freight traffic by virtue of its place as the production headquarters for Boeing Co. 747, 767, and 777 jet airliners,which is located in the City's regionally recognized manufacturing and industrial center;and WHEREAS,in formulating its transportation investment priorities,the City of Everett has focused on the areas of emphasis in the enabling legislation for regional transportation measure,E2SSB 6140,particularly in terms of highways of statewide significance, and limited investment in state highway "approaches," transit capital investments,freight mobility,and local arterials;and WHEREAS,focusing on the emphases of E2SSB 6140 and the major traffic problems along Interstate 5 in Everett,City of Everett officials determined that the highest priority projects for any regional measure are a series of investments along I-5,particularly at the freeway's interchange with 40 Street, U.S. Highway 2, and a future connection at 100th Street;and