Chapter 3.74
TRANSPORTATION BENEFIT DISTRICT
Sections:
3.74.030 Transportation benefit district established.
3.74.040 Governing board – Treasurer.
3.74.050 Authority of the district.
3.74.070 Dissolution of district.
3.74.010 Purpose.
The purpose of this chapter is to establish a transportation benefit district pursuant to Chapter 36.73 RCW. (Ord. 3308 § 1, 2024).
3.74.020 Findings.
(1) The Puyallup city council finds that it is in the public interest to form a transportation benefit district to provide adequate levels of funding for transportation improvements that are consistent with existing state, regional, and local transportation plans and are necessitated by existing or reasonably foreseeable congestion levels, as provided in Chapter 36.73 RCW.
(2) The Puyallup city council further finds that it is in the public interest to provide for transportation improvements that, without limitation, improve modal connectivity and address congestion throughout the city and that protect the city’s long-term investments in its infrastructure, reduce the risk of transportation facility failure, improve safety, continue optimal performance of the infrastructure over time, and avoid more expensive infrastructure replacements in the future.
(3) The Puyallup city council further finds that the city’s six-year transportation improvement plan shall be updated every two years to identify projects that constitute transportation improvements that shall be funded by the transportation benefit district as funding becomes available or derived from programmatic identification of transportation-related needs which support existing transportation infrastructure. (Ord. 3308 § 1, 2024).
3.74.030 Transportation benefit district established.
There is hereby established a transportation benefit district to be known as the Puyallup transportation benefit district (“the district”) with geographical boundaries coextensive with the corporate limits of the city of Puyallup as they now exist or may hereafter be altered by future annexation. (Ord. 3308 § 1, 2024).
3.74.040 Governing board – Treasurer.
(1) The governing board (“the board”) of the district shall consist of the members of the Puyallup city council acting ex officio and independently. The board shall have all duties, powers, and authority of the governing board set forth in Chapter 36.73 RCW. The city of Puyallup finance director shall act as the ex officio treasurer of the district.
(2) The board shall develop and adopt a material change policy to address major transportation plan changes that affect project delivery or the ability of the district to finance the transportation plan. The major change policy shall address those matters set forth in RCW 36.73.160(1).
(3) The board shall provide for the issuance of an annual report meeting the requirements of RCW 36.73.160(2). (Ord. 3308 § 1, 2024).
3.74.050 Authority of the district.
(1) The district shall have and may exercise any and all powers and functions provided by Chapter 36.73 RCW to fulfill the purposes for which the district is established as described in this chapter. This chapter shall be liberally construed to permit the accomplishment of the district’s purposes.
(2) The board may, by majority vote, (a) impose a vehicle license fee as provided for in RCW 36.73.065(4) and 82.80.140; (b) impose a fee or charge on building construction or land development as authorized by RCW 36.73.065(4) and 36.73.120; and (c) impose a one-tenth of one percent sales tax as authorized by RCW 36.73.065 and 82.14.0455.
(3) When approved by voters pursuant to Chapter 36.73 RCW, the district may assess other taxes, fees, charges, and tolls and impose increases in the same for the uses and purposes identified in this chapter.
(4) The district may issue general obligation bonds or revenue bonds in accordance with the provisions of RCW 36.73.070. (Ord. 3308 § 1, 2024).
3.74.060 Use of funds.
The funds generated by the district shall be used for any purpose allowed by law, including to operate the district and to make transportation improvements that are consistent with existing state, regional, and local transportation plans and necessitated by existing or reasonably foreseeable congestion levels pursuant to Chapter 36.73 RCW. The transportation improvements funded by the district shall be made in an effort to protect the city’s long-term investments in its infrastructure, to reduce the risk of transportation facility failure, to improve safety, to continue optimal performance of the infrastructure over time, to avoid more expensive infrastructure replacements in the future and to improve multimodal connectivity within the city of Puyallup. (Ord. 3308 § 1, 2024).
3.74.070 Dissolution of district.
The district shall be automatically dissolved, pursuant to the procedures set forth in Chapter 36.73 RCW, when all the indebtedness of the district has been retired and when all the district’s anticipated responsibilities have been satisfied. (Ord. 3308 § 1, 2024).