Req.#13385
O"INANCE NO- 2 8 0 9 9
AN ORDINANCE relating to transportation funding; establishing a
1 Transportation Benefit District within the limits of the City of Tacoma,
2 specifying the maintenance and preservation of existing transportation
improvements, providing for additional transportation improvements;
3 creating a new Chapter 10.28 in the Tacoma Municipal Code ("TIVIC")
entitled "Transportation Benefit District"- and declaring an emergency
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under Tacoma City Charter Section 2.13.
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WHEREAS RCW 35.21.225 and RCW 36.73.020 provide that the City
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7 Council may establish a quasi-municipal, independent taxing district, in the form of
8 a Transportation Benefit District ("TBU), for the purposes of acquiring,
9 constructing, improving, providing, and funding transportation improvements within
10 the TBD consistent with any state, regional, or local transportation plans, and
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necessitated by existing or reasonably foreseeable congestion levels, and
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1 3 WHEREAS the TBD, once established, may impose taxes, fees, charges,
14 and tolls, including vehicle registration fees as authorized by RCW 82.80.140, to
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16 WHEREAS the increased funding afforded by the imposition of such taxes,
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fees, charges, or tolls will allow the TBD to identify and make transportation
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19 improvements that include increasing transit capacity and connectivity, and
20 improving accessibility for persons with special transportation needs; freight
21 mobility; and the overall performance, cost-effectiveness, and efficiency of the
22 TBD's transportation system as a whole, and
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WHEREAS the City wishes to establish a TBD within its boundaries in an
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