HomeMy WebLinkAbout1725 ResolutionRESOLUTION NO. 1725
A RESOLUTION calling for the BFTBA to provide adequate bus
service to all Pasco residential
neighborhoods.
WHEREAS, RCW 36.578.040 provides that, "At the time of its
formation, no public transportation benefit area may include only
a part of any City, and every City shall be wholly included or
wholly excluded from the boundaries of such areas"; and
WHEREAS, all Pasco citizens, no matter where they reside
in the City, contribute to the economic support of the BFTBA by
the payment of the sales tax on their purchases of goods and
services; and
WHEREAS, the public need for public transportation
services is not limited to any specific areas of the City of
Pasco , but exists in all neighborhoods of the City; and
WHEREAS, each neighborhood of the City by the contribution
of its residents to the economic support of the BFTBA is entitled
to the benefit of its services; and
WHEREAS, the residential neighborhood north of Argent
Street on the east and west sides of Road 44 is wholly excluded
and isolated from the BFTBA service area; and
WHEREAS, the residents of the Boat Basin neighborhood,
east of Fourth Avenue, are also excluded from the BFTBA service
area; and
WHEREAS, the residents of these areas have expressed
their need and desire for public transportation servies to their
neighborhoods to meet the needs of the residents therein, both
young and old; and
WHEREAS, the Pasco City Council strongly believes that all
the citizens of the City of Pasco and all of the neighborhoods of
the City of Pasco are entitled to the services of the BFTBA
without discrimination and most certainly without total exclusion
from the BFTBA service area,
NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE PASCO CITY COUNCIL AS FOLLOWS:
1. All Pasco residential neighborhoods are entitled to
receive public transportation services from the BFTBA and the
exclusion of the above-referenced neighborhoods from BFTBA's
service route is unjustified and requires immediate remedy.
PASSED this 21st day of April
N W LLS, City Clerk
VED A TO 0
2. The Pasco City Council's representative on the
governing body of the BFTBA shall present this resolution to the
governing body at its next regular meeting and voice the strong
concern of the Pasco City Council that the residential
neighborhoods referenced above be included within the service
routes of the BFTBA at the earliest possible date.
GR . RUB TELLO,
Ci ttorney