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HomeMy WebLinkAboutR00-019 amendments to rural transportation authority lawC r Commissio moved adoption of the following Resolution: BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COUNTY OF EAGLE, STATE OF COLORADO RESOLUTION NO. 2000 - QZ �?_ RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF AMENDMENTS TO RURAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY LAW WHEREAS, the Rural Transportation Authority Law enables counties and municipalities to create, through public vote, rural transportation authorities and to provide for the joint exercise of transportation systems and facilities; and WHEREAS, cities, towns, and counties in the Roaring Fork and Colorado River Valleys (Highway 82 and I -70 corridors) of western Colorado are currently discussing the intergovernmental agreement necessary to put the creation of a Rural Transportation Authority (hereinafter "RTA ") to a vote of the people in the year 2000 for the purpose of financing, constructing, operating and maintaining rural transit systems within the region; and WHEREAS, several amendments to the existing Rural Transportation Authority Law would provide more clarity and flexibility to local governments as they work toward the creation of a RTA; NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF THE COUNTY OF EAGLE, STATE OF COLORADO: THAT Eagle County supports the following amendments to the Rural transportation Authority Law Amendment #1: Include in the revenue raising Dowers of a rural transportation authori the ability to implement the following: • Visitor benefit fee (an assessment on overnight visitors to enhance the visitor experience by helping to mitigate the impacts of tourist recreation on traffic patterns, employment, and transit. The fee will support transit service and provide incentives to visitors to use transit more often - e.g., free transit passes, discounts to local amenities.) • Growth impact fee (an assessment on new development to help mitigate its impacts on transit and traffic patterns. Fees must correlate to the incremental cost of specific improvements required to support the development.) • Raise the sales and/or use tax limit from 4/10 to 3/4 of 1% in all or any designated portion of the members of the authority. ( C Amendment #2 : Revise requirement that communities interested in joining the RTA after it is formed be contiguous to the RTA boundaries. Communities in the mountains are generally not contiguous, which makes it difficult for neighboring communities to join an established RTA unless their county has also joined. Amendment #3 : Add language specifically permitting differential sales tax rates in different areas that can be approved in a single ballot issue. This amendment would facilitate more equitable taxing arrangements given that some communities already have transit sales taxes. Amendment #4 : State that the TABOR spending base for a newly created authority is spending during the first full fiscal year. For example, if a region forms a RTA during a mid -year election, spending will be much less during the fist partial year than during the following full year. These circumstances could cause the first full year spending to grow too fast compared to the. previous partial year and require a rebate or a revenue retention vote. Amendment #5 : Add language making it clear that the intergovernmental agreement can be amended after the formation election so long as the amendment provisions in the agreement are followed. MOVED, READ AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of the County of Eagle, State of Colorado, at its regular meeting held the day of January, 2000. t _ : COUNTY OF EAGLE, STATE OF COLORADO, By and Through Its BOARD OF ATTEST: COUNTY COMMISSIONERS c z K F ` r By: Clerk to the Board of County Commissioners N - 4 T om C. Sto Chairman — � / J Phillips a ( 4 Commissioner seconded adoption of the foregoing resolution. The roll having been called, the vote was as follows: Commissioner Stone Commissioner Phillips Commissioner Johnson This Resolution passed by )1 AaJZZ1na ote of the Board of county Commissioners of the County of Eagle, State of Colorado.