HomeMy WebLinkAboutresolution.council.089-00 RESOLUTION No.~
SER,ES Of 2000
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY Of ASPEN, COLORADO, ESTABLISHING A FUNDING
COMMITMENT BY THE ELECTED OFFICIALS TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
REGARDING THE COUNTYVVlDE ONE-HALF (1/2) PERCENT TRANSIT SALES AND
USE TAX.
wHEREAS, in 1993, the Aspen City Council, the Pitkin County Board of County
Commissioners and the Snowmass Village Town Council (the Governing Boards) adopted
an Intergovernmental Agreement stating, the transit needs of the Roaring Fork Valley and
establishing a comprehensive plan to meet those needs; and
WHEREAS, in November of 1993, the voters of Pitkin County approved a
countywide one-half (1/2) percent Sales and Use Tax to fund mass transportation
improvements in the Roaring Fork Valley; and
WHEREAS, the ballot language for the one-half (1/2) percent Sales and Use Tax
specified that the funds shall be used for improved bus service, park-and-ride facilities,
acquisition of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad right-of-way for transportation and
related trails and open space uses, and other public mass transportation improvements
within the Roaring Fork Valley; and
WHEREAS, the Governing Boards have continued to work cooperatively to
implement valley-wide transportation solutions; and
WHEREAS, the Roaring Fork Valley governments have initiated an effort to
establish a Rural Transportation Authority (RTA); and
WHEREAS, the RTA Policy Committee has recently proposed an overall funding
package; and
WHEREAS, a portion of the RTA funding package is dependant upon a portion of
the countywide one-half (1/2) percent Transit Sales And Use Tax; and
WHEREAS, the Governing Boards seek to preserve the maximum amount of
bonding capacity in order to meet the mass transit needs of the upper Roaring Fork Valley;
and
WHEREAS, it is essential that a portion of the countywide one-half (1/2) percent
Transit Sales and Use Tax be preserved for Pitkin County purposes as identified in the
1993 Intergovernmental Agreement and in the Sales and Use Tax ballot language.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Elected Officials Transportation
Committee, as follOws:
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1. The Governing Boards agree to preserve and commit a minimum of three-
tenths cent (60%) of the countywide one-half (1/2) percent Transit Sales and
Use Tax to fund major capital transit requirements in Pitkin County.
2. The Governing Boards agree to commit the remaining two-tenths cent (40%)
of the countywide one-half (1/2) Cent Transit Sales and Use Tax to maintain
and enhance part of the trunk line system under the proposed RTA, such
services being currently provided by the Roaring Fork Transit Agency
(RFTA).
3. The Governing Boards agree to preserve as much bonding capacity as
possible from the countywide one-half (1/2) percent Transit Sales and Use
Tax, to leverage against other funding sources to receive the greatest return
on the dollars.
INTRODUCED, READ, AND ADOPTED by the Elected Officials Transportation
Committee, on June 1, 2000 upon the motion of Dorothea Farris and by a vote of 10 in
favor to 0 opposed.
Dated:~~~ ,2000 RaVel ~Rich~~,~,a,.~ .
' ards, M~yor ~
I, Kathryn S. Koch, duly appointed and acting City Clerk do certify that the
foregoing is a true and accurate copy of that respl~tion adopted by the City Council of
the City of Aspen, Colorado, at a meeting held ~ ~ ,2000.
Kathryn S. t,~c'h~(~ity Clerk