HomeMy WebLinkAboutbocc.res.008.2000 A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF PITKIN COUNTY,COLORADO,
RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT OF AMENDMENTS TO
RURAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY LAW
RESOLUTION# -7 - 2000
RECITALS
1. 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
2. Cites, towns and counties in the Roaring Fork and Colorado Rivers 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, construction,
operating and maintaining rural transit systems within the region; and
3. 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
Pitkin County, Colorado that:
Amendment#1 - Include in the revenue raising powers of a rural transportation authority the ability
to implement the following:
■ Visitor benefit fee (an assignment 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.
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
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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 taxes, visitor benefit fees
or growth impact fees in different areas that an be approved in a single ballot
issue. This amendment would facilitate more equitable taxing arrangements
given that some communities already have transit sales taxes, visitor benefit fees
or growth impact fees.
Amendment #4 - State that the TABOR spending base or 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 first 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.
APP VED, ADOPTED AND READ AT THE REGULAR MEETING ON THE
—' DAY OF ,2000.
A T ST: , BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
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OF PITKIN COUNTY,COLORADO. �
Je to Jones,De "ty lerk&Recorder Shel ie Roy HarIfet, Chairperson
Date: /, 2-6 $D
A PROVED AS TO FORM: RECCOMENDED APPROVAL:
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John Ely, county Attorney Su a e S. Konchkn, County Manager
APPROVED AS TO CONTENT:
Stan Berryman,D�ttoor of Public Works
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