Ordinance 154-71 - Laserfiche WebLink

•' • ' Section 6: Revenues derived from the tax imposed under Section 1 hereof shall not be utilized to acquire any new internal combustion powered equipment or funds derived from general obligaticn bonds secured in part or in whole by the tax levied and collected under this ordinance shall not be used to acquire internal combustion powered equipment unless such equipment shall meet the standards for control of pollutants emitted by internal combustion engines as determined by the Washington State Air Pollution Control Board, which standards shall not be less than those required by similar federal standards. Section 7: The construction of parking facilities wholly or partially financed with funds derived from the taxes levied and collected under this ordinance or with funds derived from general obligation bonds wholly or partially secured by taxes levied and collected under this ordinance shall be in conjunction with and adjacent to public transportation stations or transfer facilities. Section 8: Before utilization of any excise tax money collected under this ordinance for acquisition of right-of-way or construction of a mass transit facility on a separate right-of-way, the City Council of the City of Everett shall adopt rules affording the public an opportunity for "corridor public hearings" and "design public hearings" as defined herebelow, which rule shall provide in detail the procedures necessary for public participation in the following instances: (a) prior to adoption of location and design plans having a substantial social or economic or environmental effect upon the locality upon which they are to be constructed, or (b) on such mass rapid transit systems operating on a separate right-of-way whenever a substantial change is proposed relating to location or design in the adopted plan. In adopting rules the City of Everett shall adhere to the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act of the State of Washington. A "corridor public hearing" is defined as a public hearing that: (a) is held before the City of Everett is committed to a specific mass transit route proposal and before a route location is established by the City of Everett, and (b) is held to afford an opportunity for participation by those interested in the determination of the need for and the location of the mass rapid transit system, (c) provides a public forum for its full opportunity for presenting views on the mass rapid transit system route location, and the social, economic and environmental effects on that location and alternate locations provided that such hearings shall not be deemed to be necessary before adoption of an overall mass rapid transit system plan by a vote of the electorate of the City of Everett and such hearings shall not be necessary except in the event that the City of Everett does not have operating control over the establishment of a specific mass transit route proposal and route location. A "design public hearing" is a public hearing that (a) is held before the location is established but before the design is adopted, and (b) is held to afford an opportunity for participation by those interested in the determination of major design features of the mass rapid transit system, and (c) provides a public forum to afford a full opportunity for presenting views on a mass rapid transit design