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/I1 RESOLUTION NO. 5509 A RESOLUTION of the Everett City Council providing for the submission to the qualified electors of the city of Everett, at the primary election to be held on September 14, 2004 of a proposition authorizing the city of Everett to impose an additional 0.3 percent sales and use tax for the purpose of providing funds to meet current and future public transit service levels and other matters properly related thereto. WHEREAS, public transit service has been provided in the city of Everett for more than 111 years; and WHEREAS, in 1969 the city of Everett assumed responsibility for the provision of public transit service from the existing private bus operator; and WHEREAS, since 1969, the city of Everett through Everett Transit, a division of the city's Transportation Services Department, has developed and maintained an independent public transit service, a period of more than 35 years; and WHEREAS, in 1978, under the provisions of RCW 82.14.045, the qualified voters of the City of Everett approved the city of Everett's fixing and imposing a three-tenths of one percent (0.3%) sales and use tax to continue to fund public transportation; and WHEREAS, the city of Everett's general fund does not fund public transit operations provided by Everett Transit; and WHEREAS, in 1995 and 1996, the Washington State Legislature enacted manufacturing sales tax exemptions that reduced sales tax revenue to Everett Transit in an amount that provided approximately 4% of the operating budget for Everett transit; and WHEREAS, a citizen initiative in 1999 and subsequent legislative action by the Washington State Legislature in 2000 repealed the Motor Vehicle Excise Tax ("MVET") that provided funding in an amount equal to approximately 15% of the operating budget for Everett Transit; and WHEREAS, between 1994 and 2003, total annual fixed route service hours provided by Everett Transit has decreased 5.4%; and WHEREAS, between 1994 and 2003, total annual paratransit service hours for people with disabilities provided by Everett Transit increased 172%; and