There is created a transportation benefit district to be known as the Sumner transportation benefit district or "district" with geographical boundaries comprised of the corporate limits of the city as they currently exist or as they may exist following future annexations.
(Ord. 2931 § 2, 2025)
A. 
The governing board or "Board" of the transportation benefit district shall be the Sumner City Council, which shall have the authority to exercise the statutory powers set forth in Chapter 36.73 RCW.
B. 
The treasurer of the transportation benefit district shall be the City's Chief Financial Officer or Finance Director.
C. 
The Board shall develop a material change policy to address major plan changes that affect project delivery or the ability to finance the plan, pursuant to the requirements set forth in RCW 36.73.160(1).
D. 
The Board shall issue an annual report, pursuant to the requirements of RCW 36.73.160(2).
(Ord. 2931 § 2, 2025; Ord. 2935, 8/18/2025)
A. 
The district board may authorize a one-tenth of one percent sales tax as authorized by RCW 36.73.065 and 82.14.0455. Any expansion of the authorized purposes of the district shall be undertaken only after notice, hearing, and adoption of an ordinance in accordance with RCW 36.73.050(2)(b) or a vote of the people pursuant to RCW 36.73.065(3).
B. 
When authorized by the voters pursuant to the requirements of chapter 36.73 RCW, other taxes, fees, charges and tolls, or increases in these revenue services may be assessed for the preservation, maintenance, and operations of city streets. Additional transportation improvements may be added to the functions of the district upon compliance with the requirements of said chapter.
(Ord. 2931 § 2, 2025)
The funds generated by the sales and use tax authorized in Chapter 3.23 SMC and by other revenue sources of the district shall be used for any purpose allowed by law, including to operate the district and to make transportation improvements that are consistent with existing state, regional, and local transportation plans and necessitated by existing or reasonably foreseeable congestion levels pursuant to Chapter 36.73 RCW. The transportation improvements funded by the district shall be made in an effort to protect the city’s long-term investments in its infrastructure, to reduce the risk of transportation facility failure, to improve safety, to continue optimal performance of the infrastructure over time, to avoid more expensive infrastructure replacements in the future and to improve multi-modal connectivity within the city of Sumner.
(Ord. 2931 § 2, 2025; Ord. 2937, 9/15/2025)
The transportation benefit district shall be automatically dissolved when all indebtedness of the district has been retired and when all of the district's anticipated responsibilities have been satisfied. Street preservation, maintenance, and operation are ongoing, long-term obligations of the city.
(Ord. 2931 § 2, 2025)