Req.#8344
O"INANCE NO. 26749
AN ORDINANCE granting a non-exclusive right of use to the Central Puget
2 Sound Regional Transit Authority ("SOUND TRANSIT"), a regional
transit authority organized under the laws of the state of Washington, to
3 construct, operate, own and maintain a passenger rail system within the
4 City, and setting forth provisions, terms, and conditions of the grant of
right of use, pursuant to the Tacoma Municipal Code and the City
5 Charter.
6 WHEREAS SOUND TRANSIT is a governmental entity vested with all
7 powers necessary to implement a high capacity transportation system within its
8 boundaries in King, Pierce, and Snohomish counties, and the state legislature,
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through the Growth Management Act (RCW 36.70A), requires the City to plan
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for and encourage regional high-capacity transportation facilities such as the
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1 2 Central Link Light Rail Project and, pursuant to RCW 81.104 and 81.1 12, has
13 declared that a single regional agency such as SOUND TRANSIT is more
14 effective than several local jurisdictions working collectively at planning,
15 developing, operating, and funding a high-capacity public transportation street
16 improvement, and
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WHEREAS, on November 5, 1996, central Puget Sound area voters
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19 approved local funding for Sound Move, the ten-year plan for regional
20 high-capacity transit, and
21 WHEREAS Sound Move is comprised of three new transportation
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