CITY OF SEATTLE
RESOLUTION __________________
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A RESOLUTION relating to the spending plan for the proceeds of the Seattle transportation network company tax; amending Resolution 31914 to continue providing temporary flexibility on the use of tax proceeds.
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WHEREAS, in 2019, The City of Seattle began taxing transportation network companies (TNCs) for rides that took place in Seattle. TNCs provide application dispatch services that allow passengers to directly request the dispatch of drivers via the internet using mobile interfaces such as smartphone application; and
WHEREAS, also in 2019, the City Council passed Resolution 31914, which outlined the uses of TNC tax proceeds, including for a TNC Driver Resource Center, low-income housing, and transportation including transit; and
WHEREAS, in 2022, the Washington state legislature adopted Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2076, which creates a state TNC tax and preempts the City from enforcing the TNC Driver Minimum Compensation and TNC Driver Deactivation Rights Ordinances starting on January 1, 2023; and
WHEREAS, the COVID-19 public health emergency adversely affected the City's revenue collections including transportation revenues such as commercial parking tax; and
WHEREAS, the City's expenditure growth has outpaced revenues and inflation, creating a structural budget gap between projected General Fund revenues and expenditures; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor and City Council wish to address the funding gap by temporarily continuing expanded uses of TNC tax proceeds to include other General Fund activities; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE, THE MAYOR CONCURRING, THAT:
Section 1. Resolution 31914, last amended by Ordinance 126719, is amended as follows:
Section 1. Spending Plan. The City shall use the proceeds of the transportation network company (TNC) tax imposed by Chapter 5.39 of the Seattle Municipal Code to accelerate affordable housing production for low...
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