HomeMy WebLinkAbout1239RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION of the City Council of the
City of Kent, Washington, regarding
transportation improvements, approving an
interlocal agreement with King County and the
cities of Auburn, Renton, and Tukwila to form
the Valley Transportation Benefit District.
WHEREAS, the cities of Kent, Auburn, Renton, Tukwila,
King County, the Puget Sound Council of Governments, METRO,
Washington State Department of Transportation, and the Valley Area
Transportation Alliance have formed the South County Area
Transportation Benefit District (SCATBD) Steering Committee for
the purpose of providing policy guidance in developing
recommendations to establish a transportation benefit district in
the Green River Valley area of King County; and
WHEREAS, SCATBD representatives are committed to a joint
process for securing funding for regional transportation
improvement needs within the Green River Valley area of King
County; and
WHEREAS, the SCATBD Steering Committee has considered
alternative means for mutually addressing transportation problems
in the South King County area and has concluded that formation of
a transportation benefit district (TBD) pursuant to Chapter 36.37
RCW is the most effective means of accomplishing this objective;
and
WHEREAS, the SCATBD Steering Committee has recommended
boundaries for a transportation benefit district and identified a
prioritized list of transportation improvements within the
proposed boundaries; and
WHEREAS, the formation process for a multi-jurisdictional
TBD requires that an interlocal agreement among the participating
jurisdictions to form a TBD be adopted pursuant to Chapter 39.34
RCW; NOW, THEREFORE,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENT, WASHINGTON DOES
HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The above recitals are hereby adopted.
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Section 2. The boundaries of the City of Kent east of
Interstate 5 to the easterly boundary from the north to the south
boundaries as of January 1, 1990 are to be included in the TBD.
Section 3. The Mayor is hereby authorized to sign an
interlocal agreement in substantially the same form as the
attached agreement for the purposes of establishing the South King
County Area Transportation Benefit District.
Section 4. The City Council requests that the King
County Council promptly initiate action to establish a
transportation benefit district for the area identified in the
interlocal agreement through the published notice process of
notification of the Council's proposed action.
Passed at a regular meeting of the City Council of the
City of Kent, Washington this ~ day of ~ 1990.
~red in by the
day of C\.. , 1990.
of the City of Kent, this~/
DAN KELLEHER, MAYOR
ATTEST:
BRENDA JACOBER,/ DE TY CITY CLERK
I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of
Resolution No. ~~3~ , passed by the City Council of the City of
Kent, Washington, the d..O day of ~ , 1990.
BRENDA
8260-290
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DEPUTY CITY CLERK