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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2016-01 RESOLUTION NO. 2016-01 A RESOLUTION OF THE. AUBURN TRANSPORTATION BENEFIT DISTRICT APPROVING A $20.00 VEHICLE LICENSE FEE PURSUANT TO RCW 36.73.065 WHEREAS, the City of Auburn established a transportation benefit district pursuant to adoption of Ordinance No. 6377 on September 19, 2011 as authorized by RCW 35.21.225 and subject to the provisions of RCW 36.73; and WHEREAS, RCW 36.73.065 authorizes a transportation benefit district to impose by majority vote of the district's governing board, up to a $20.00 vehicle license fee authorized in RCW 82.80.140; and, WHEREAS, in accordance with RCW 82.80.140, the new vehicle license fee may not be collected until six (6) months after approval of this action by the governing board; and, WHEREAS, the Board of the Auburn Transportation Benefit District finds it to be in the best interest of the District to establish an annual vehicle license fee in the amount of $20.00 for the purpose of preserving, maintaining, operating, constructing or reconstructing the transportation infrastructure of the City of Auburn and funding transportation improvements that are consistent with existing state, regional or local transportation plans necessitated by existing or reasonably foreseeable congestion levels. NOW, THEREFORE, THE BOARD OF THE AUBURN TRANSPORTATION BENEFIT DISTRICT DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. An annual vehicle license fee in the amount of $20.00 is hereby established consistent with RCW 36.73.065(4)(a)(i) to be collected by the Washington State Department of Licensing on qualifying vehicles as set forth in RCW 82.80.140 and Chapters 36.73 and 46.16 RCW. Section 2. The annual vehicle license fee shall take effect for notices mailed in 2017 for vehicle license renewals due as soon thereafter as the Washington State Department of Licensing is reasonably able to incorporate collection of the $20.00 fee. Vehicle license fees shall not be collected sooner than six (6) months after approval as provided in RCW 82.80.140(4). Resolution No. 2016-01 December 13, 2016 Page 1 Section 3. The revenues received from the $20.00 vehicle license fee shall only be expended on transportation projects approved by the Board for the District. The transportation projects to be funded with the revenues from the vehicle license fee shall be established by separate resolution of the Board of District. Section 4. The Board of the District may by separate Resolution terminate the collection of the $20.00 vehicle license fee if an alternate funding source authorized by Washington State statute is approved by the Board or by the City Council of the City of Auburn. Section 5. This Resolution shall be in full force and effect upon passage and signatures hereon. SIGNED and DATED this /3' day of , 2016 AUBURN TRANSPORTATION BENEFIT DISTRICT (NIX! NANCY B Serson ATTEST: Danielle E. Daskam, Clerk of the District APPROVED AS TO FORM: 2e, dip Daid, District Legal •tinsel Resolution No. 2016-01 December 13, 2016 Page 2 AUBURN TRANSPORTATION BENEFIT DISTRICT STATE OF WASHINGTON ) )ss. COUNTIES OF KING AND PIERCE ) I, Danielle Daskam, the duly appointed, qualified Clerk of the Board of the Auburn Transportation Benefit District, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of Resolution No. 2016-01 of the resolutions of the Auburn Transportation Benefit District, entitled "RESOLUTION NO. 2016-01." I certify that said Resolution No. 2016-01 was duly passed by the Board and approved by the Chair of the said Board on the 13th day of December, 2016. Witness my hand this 20th day of December, 2016. i'LUICrale)41 Danielle Daskam, Clerk of the Board Auburn Transportation Benefit District