A. The Redmond City Council finds that it is in the public interest to form a Transportation Benefit District to provide adequate levels of funding for transportation improvements that are consistent with existing State, regional, and local transportation plans and are necessitated by existing or reasonably foreseeable congestion levels, as provided in Chapter 36.73 RCW.

B. The Redmond City Council further finds that it is in the public interest to provide for transportation improvements that, without limitation, improve modal connectivity and address congestion throughout the City and that protect the City’s long-term investments in its infrastructure, reduce the risk of transportation facility failure, improve safety, continue optimal performance of the infrastructure over time, and avoid more expensive infrastructure replacements in the future.

C. The Redmond City Council further finds that the City’s six-year Transportation Improvement Plan shall be updated every two years to identify projects that constitute transportation improvements that shall be funded by the Transportation Benefit District as funding becomes available or derived from programmatic identification of transportation related needs which support existing transportation infrastructure. (Ord. 3120 § 2, 2023).