12/11/2012 16 TBD Vehicle License Registration Fee for Road Infrastructure Funding; Ballot Measure Submission for Election April 23, 2013BUSINESS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
YAKIMA, WASHINGTON
AGENDA STATEMENT
Item No. ) p
For Meeting of: December 11, 2012
ITEM TITLE:
SUBMITTED BY:
Resolution of the Transportation Benefit District Board
submitting a ballot proposition implementing a ten year
$40.00 annual vehicle license registration fee to the vote of
the people on the April 23, 2013 special election.
Jeff Cutter, City Attorney
CONTACT Jeff Cutter, City Attorney
PERSON/TELEPHONE:
SUMMARY EXPLANATION:
The Revised Code of Washington authorizes Transportation Benefit District's (TBD) to levy
and impose taxes and fees to support road improvements. On February 7, 2012, the City
Council passed Ordinance 2012-08 establishing the City of Yakima TBD to support road
infrastructure improvements. The election expense is estimated at approximately $70,000,
which includes election fees, advertising costs and staff time.
Currently, the TBD has no source of funding. The staff recommends the City Council
consider a ballot measure for April 23, 2013 that would authorize an annual $40 vehicle
license registration or car tab fee for road infrastructure improvements If approved, the $40
fee would generate approximately $2 million annually for the TBD. The City Council could
either use the $2 million annually for "pay-as-you-go" road improvements or issue a $25
million bond for road improvements, with the $2 million dollar vehicle license fee used for
annual debt service payments.
In addition, staff recommends the $40 annual vehicle license fee would expire or "sunset"
after ten years Any further collection of the fee would require another public authorization
vote.
The question of a vehicle registration fee or "$20 car tab" fee was asked in the 2012 written
Citizen Survey. The 837 survey respondents were split 50/50 in support of a $20 car tab fee.
An online -based version of the Citizen Survey, with 588 respondents, demonstrated a
higher 60% support for a $20 car tab "fee".
The proposed road improvements that could be funded by a car tab fee are attached.
Resolution X Ordinance
Other
(specify)
Contract: Mail to:
Contract Term: Amount: Expiration Date:
Insurance Required? No
Fees collected as a result of a voter
Funding approved ballot measure imposing a $40 phone:
Source: vehicle license registration fee for a period
of ten years
APPROVED FOR
SUBMITTAL: City Manager
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
BOARD/COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION:
ATTACHMENTS:
Click to download
❑ TBD resolution
❑ additional street rehab projects
❑ additional street rehab project map
RESOLUTION NO. TBD -R-1
A RESOLUTION of the City of Yakima Transportation Benefit District concerning a voter -
approved vehicle license registration fee to pay for road infrastructure
needs; submitting a ballot measure regarding road infrastructure funding to
the qualified electors of the City of Yakima Transportation Benefit District at
an election to be held on April 23, 2013; requesting that the Yakima County
Prosecutor prepare a ballot title; and requesting that the Yakima City
Attorney prepare an explanatory statement for Yakima County's local
voter's pamphlet.
WHEREAS, on February 7, 2012, the City of Yakima passed Ordinance No. 2012-08
establishing the City of Yakima Transportation Benefit District (TBD); and
WHEREAS, the Revised Code of Washington (RCW) authorizes the TBD to levy and
impose various taxes and fees to generate revenues to support road infrastructure
improvements that are defined in the TBD project list; and
WHEREAS, the TBD may authorize an annual forty -dollar vehicle license registration
fee, pursuant to RCW 82.80.140 and RCW 36.73.065, to be imposed with approval of a majority
of voters in the district voting on the proposition at a general or special election, and
WHEREAS, currently the TBD is unfunded and an annual forty -dollar vehicle license
registration fee will provide funding necessary to complete elements of the TBD five year
amended project list #1, as it now appears or as it may be amended in the future; and
WHEREAS, the TBD finds and determines that the best approach for ensuring
accountability and oversight of the vehicle license fee is to establish a term of fee collection that
will expire in the year 2023, on the tenth anniversary of its initiation, Now, Therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF YAKIMA TRANSPORTATION BENEFIT
DISTRICT:
Section 1. The City Clerk is directed to certify to the Director of Records and
Elections of Yakima County, Washington a copy of this resolution and the proposition to be
submitted at the April 23, 2013 special election in the form of a ballot title as follows, or as
modified by the Yakima County Prosecuting Attorney pursuant to his duties _under RCW
29A.36.071.
PROPOSITION NO. 1
City of Yakima Transportation Benefit District Proposition No. 1 concerns establishment
and imposition of a $40 Annual Vehicle License Registration Fee to fund road
infrastructure improvements.
If approved, the vehicle license registration fees collected will fund road infrastructure
projects benefiting the City of Yakima, identified in the Transportation Benefit District's
Amended Project List #1. Approval will authorize collection of an annual $40 vehicle
license registration fee beginning in 2013, excepting vehicles exempted pursuant to
1
RCW 82.80.140, and will provide approximately $2 million annually. The $40 annual fee
will expire in the year 2023, ten years after its date of initiation.
Should this Vehicle License Fee be approved?
Yes LJ
No.......... L_1
Section 2. The City Attorney's Office is directed to draft an explanatory statement for
the Yakima County local voters' pamphlet.
ADOPTED BY THE CITY OF YAKIMA TRANSPORTATION BENEFIT DISTRICT this
11th day of December, 2012.
ATTEST.
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM.
Jeff Cutter, City Attorney
2
Micah Cawley, Chair
City Of Yakima
Additional Street Rehabilitation Projects
Name
Section ID
From
To
Rank
Surface
Area,SF
Zone
PCI
Cost
Year
1st Street
1stSt2415S
2415 (Miners)
1800 (Mead)
P
AC
270000
11
38
$1,314,900.00
2016
16th Avenue
16thA1100N
1100 (Madison)
CL (SR 12)
P
AC
130000
17
31
$956,993 53
2015
24th Avenue
24tAv1820S
1820 (Washington)
1420 (Mead)
C
AC
122500
12
27
$1,027,775 00
2015
24th Avenue
24tAv1420S
1420 (Mead)
1100 (Nob Hill)
C
AC
127400
12
28
$1,069,166.13
2015
25th Avenue
25thAv650N
650 (Jerome)
850 (Castlevale)
C
AC
31050
17
32
$219,830.92
2015
3rd Avenue
3rdAv1100S
1100 (Nob Hill)
200 (Walnut)
M
AC
217580
8
64
$376,359 54
2013
3rd Street
3rdSt300S
300 (Arlington)
600 (Beech)
C
AC
95000
6
39
$505,550.74
2014
3rd Street
3rdSt10N
10 (Yakima)
300 (Lincoln)
C
AC
98000
4
50
$365,233.83
2016
3rd Street
3rdSt200S
200 (Walnut)
10 (Yakima)
C
AC
63000
4
50
$221,141 46
2014
3rd Street
3rdSt600S
600 (Beech)
200 (Walnut)
C
AC
92000
4
52
$311,127.74
2014
48th Avenue
48thAv600N
600 (Englewood)
836 (Fechter)
C
AC
42000
20
39
$229,112.32
2014
48th Avenue
48tAv1400S
1400 (Randall
Park)
1100 (Nob Hill)
C
'AC
44000
13
50
$150,768.71
2013
48th Avenue
48tAv1100S
1100 (Nob Hill)
600 (Tieton)
C
AC
67600
19
57
$201,480.33
2013
48th Avenue
48tAv1500S
1500 (Washington)
1400 (Randall
Park)
C
AC
50600
13
64
$90,030.58
2013
53rd Avenue
53rdAv600N
600 (Englewood)
720 (Scenic Dr)
C
AC
48875
20
42
$242,260.17
2014
56th Avenue
56thAv200N
200 (Chestnut)
600 (Englewood)
M
AC
174680
22
59
$490,787.71
2013
5th Avenue
5thAv300N
300 (Lincoln)
950 (I St)
P
AC
217280
-2
64
$384,205.68
2013
66th Avenue
66thAv200N
200 (Summitview)
600 (Englewood)
C
AC
57926
20
40
$304,642.01
2014
66th Avenue
66thAv600N
600 (Englewood)
720 (Scenic Dr)
C
AC
27632
20
41
$141,025.18
2014
72nd Avenue
72dAv2103S
2103 (Coolridge)
1900 (Washington)
C
AC
25200
25
32
$181,654.28'
2015
72nd Avenue
72dAv1100S
1100 (Nob Hill)
600 (Tieton)
P
AC
132600
24
61
$326,726.71
2013
7th Avenue
7thAv200S
200 (Walnut)
10 (Yakima)
M
AC
29440
5
48
$115,268.16
2015
80th Avenue
80tAv1620S
1620 (Zier Rd)
1220 (Wide
Hollow)
C
AC
55230
25
52
$196,697.34
2016
88th Avenue
88thAv420S
420 (Tieton Dr)
115 (Summitview)
C
AC
54180
24
53
$172,735.67
2013
8th Street
8thSt216S
216 (Walnut)
10 (Yakima)
C
AC
56000
4
30
$419,693.46
2015
96th Avenue
96thAv600S
600 (Tieton)
120 (Summitview)
C
AC
96200
26
44
$433,775.48
2014
Castlevale
Road
CastIRd42W
4200
3950
C
AC
53900
20
40
$282,424.72
2014
Chestnut
Avenue
Chesnt800E
800 (8th St)
1050 (Fair Ave)
C
AC
53760
4
54
$185,479.45
2016
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Coolidge Road
CooIi8000W
8000 (80th Ave)
7200 (72nd Ave)
C
AC
58300
25
56
$176,652 52
2013
Division Street
Divson600W
600 (6th Ave)
300 (3rd Ave)
C
AC
47500
5
33
$316,683.85
2014
Englewood
Avenue
EngIe7400W
7400
6600
C
AC
58080
23
19
$666,388.89
2016
Englewood
Avenue
EngIe4000W
4000
2900
C
AC
127800
18
28
$1,063,893.48
2015
Englewood
Avenue
EngIe2900W
2900
2200
C
AC
52910
16
29
$414,132.41
2015
Englewood
Avenue
EngIe2200W
2200
1600
C
AC
57275
16
51
$190,738.40
2013
Englewood
Avenue
EngIe6600W
6600
5600
C
AC
67980
23
51
$246,683 73
2016
Fechter Road
FctrR4000W
4000 (40th Ave)
4708 (Address)
C
AC
94050
20
53
$301,109.31
2013
G Street
GSt600E
600 (6th St)
800 (8th St)
C
AC
25600
1
23
$253,417.10
2015
G Street
GSt100E
100 (1st St)
300 (3rd St)
C
AC
22400
1
41
$112,052.32
2014
Lincoln Avenue
Linc5600W
5600
4600
C
AC
95680
21
22
$1,010,585 62
2016
Lincoln Avenue
Linc7013W
7013
6600
C
AC
34314
26
52
$112,066.24
2013
Pacific Avenue
Pacif1000E
1000 (Fair Ave)
1800 (18th St)
C
AC
79800
6
52
$270,365.07
2014
Pecks Canyon
Road
PCany5300N
5300 (Scenic Dr)
City Limits
C
AC
4620
20
21
$48,387.15
2014
Powerhouse
Road
PowRd2900
W
2900
2400
C
AC
57680
16
42
$285,124.83
2014
Powerhouse
Road
PowRd3200
W
3200
2900
C
AC
33600
17
59
$95,687.13
2013
Rudkin Road
Rudkn1800S
1800 (Mead)
1600 (Viola)
C
AC
40200
7
31
$286,879.73
2014
Rudkin Road
Rudkn2120S
2120 (Mead)
2100 (Viola)
C
AC
34580
7
36
$209,776.78
2014
Scenic Drive
Scnic5800W
5800 (58th Ave)
5300 (53rd Ave
C
AC
38940
20
21
$436,517.00
2016
Scenic Drive
Scnic6600W
6600 (66th Ave)
5800 (58th Ave)
C
AC
68250
20
22
$722,614 90
2016
Tieton Drive
Tiet4800W
4800
4000
M
AC
120750
19
64
$211,856 09
2013
Viola Avenue
Viola1800E
1800 (18th St)
2100 (Rudkin Rd)
C
AC
31200
7
32
$225,666.08
2015
Walnut Street
Walnut600E
600 (6th St)
800 (8th St)
C
AC
23040
4
37
$135,604.30
2014
Washington
Avenue
Wash300W
300
100
M
AC
259200
11
60
$719,052.39
2013
WPowerhouse
WPowrhRdW
4600
4000
C
AC
107200
20
51
$396,224.70
2016
Zier Road
Zier8000W
8000 (80th Ave)
7200 (72nd Ave)
C
AC
56100
25
55
$173,895.80
2013
$19,998,902.67
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