Resolution 23-011 establishes TBD Hearing FormationCITY OF SPOKANE VALLEY
SPOKANE COUNTY, WASHINGTON
RESOLUTION NO. 23-01 I
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF SPOKANE VALLEY, SPOKANE COUNTY,
WASHINGTON, SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING A PROPOSAL TO
ESTABLISH A TRANSPORTATION BENEFIT DISTRICT UNDER CHAPTER 36.73
OF THE REVISED CODE OF WASHINGTON.
WHEREAS, the City of Spokane Valley, Spokane County, Washington (the "City") has
the responsibility under the Constitution and laws of the State of Washington to maintain the
transportation system for the benefit of the public for the purposes of commerce, public safety, and
transportation throughout the City; and
WHEREAS, the transportation system is the City's largest physical asset and is critical to
the community's day-to-day and long-term economic vitality and livability; and
WHEREAS, the maintenance and operation of the transportation system requires
significant funding to ensure that it does not experience catastrophic failures, which are
exponentially more expensive to construct; and
WHEREAS, the City Council annually reviews and revises a plan for the maintenance,
improvement, and construction of the transportation system; and
WHEREAS, the City, like other cities and counties throughout the State of Washington,
has limited and decreased revenues available for funding the preservation, maintenance and
improvements necessary to provide the public with safe and effective means of motor vehicle
transportation; and
WHEREAS, the legislature of the State of Washington has created a local transportation
toot for cities, by enabling them to form Transportation Benefit Districts ("TBDs"), which are
independent taxing districts created for the sole purpose of acquiring, constructing, improving,
providing, and funding transportation improvements; and
WHEREAS, the City Council may create a TBD by ordinance, following the procedures
set forth in chapter 36.73 RCW, which procedures include a public hearing and require that notice
of such hearing be published at least once, not less than ten days before the hearing, in a newspaper
of general circulation within the proposed TBD; and
WHEREAS, the City Council now desires to establish a time and place for a public hearing
regarding the formation of such TBD as provided herein;
NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved by the City Council of the City of Spokane Valley,
Spokane County, Washington, as follows:
Section 1, Establishment of Public HcarfiiLy Date and Tirne. A public hearing shall be
held in the Great Room of CenterPlace Regional Event Center, located at 2426 North Discovery
Place, Spokane Valley, WA, on the 17th day of October, 2023 at 6.00 p.m. or as soon thereafter
as it may be heard, at which time the Spokane Valley City Council shall hear testimony from any
person affected by the proposed formation of a TBD within the boundaries of the City of Spokane
Valley, for funding the construction, operation, maintenance and preservation of the City
transportation system. Notice of said public hearing shall be published in the: Spokane Valley
News Herald on October 6th and October 13, 2023. The notice shall specify the functions or
activities proposed to be funded by the proposed T131).
Following the public hearing held pursuant to this Section 1, the City Council may consider
an ordinance establishing a TBD, if the City Council finds such formation to be in the public
interest.
Section 2. Effective Date, This Resolution shall be effective immediately upon
passage and signatures hereto.
PASSED by the City Council this 316 day of October, 2023.
CITY OF SPOKANE VALLEY,
WASIJINGTON
Pain Haley, Mayor)
ATTEST.
Mari Patterson, City Clerk
APPROVED ASTO FORM:
45i of the Ci -y - ttorney