HomeMy WebLinkAbout82-022 PORT ANGELES RESOLUTION NO.
FORKS RESOLUTION NO.
SEQUIM RESOLUTION NO.
PORT TOWNSEND RESOLUTION NO. ~
CLALLAM COUNTY RESOLUTION NO.
JEFFERSON COUNTY RESOLUTION NO.
PORT OF PORT TOWNSEND RESOLUTION NO.
PORT OF PORT ANGELES RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION of the City Councils of the
Cities of Sequim, Port Angeles, and Port
Townsend, the Town Council of the City of
Forks, the Boards of County Commissioners
of Clallam and Jefferson Counties, and the
Boards of Commissioners of the Ports of
Port Townsend and Port Angeles, supporting
the efforts of the Fair Toll Coalition to
have the Washington State Transportation
Commission establish a fair and reasonable
toll for the Hood Canal Bridge.
WHEREAS, , the Cities of
Port Angeles, Port Townsend, and Sequim, the To. wn of Forks,
Clallam and Jefferson Counties, and the Ports of Port Angeles and
Port Townsend urged the State Transportation Commission to adopt
a reasonable toll rate for the Hood Canal Bridge, in the amount
of $1.50 per passenger vehicle, with such toll being used only
for the purpose of paying off the indebtedness on the Bridge, and
the use of the Bridge being free after such indebtedness was
fully satisfied; and
WHEREAS, on September 15, 1982, the Washington State
Transportation Commission established a fee of $2.50 per
passenger vehicle, with a portion of such toll to be used for
subsidization of the Washington.State Ferries; and
WHEREAS, an ad hoc group of North Olympic Peninsula
citizens have organized under the name of the "Fair Toll
Coalition", to continue the effort for establishment of a
reasonable toll for the Hood Canal Bridge which does not
subs~dIz~ the Ferry system; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the undersigned
legislative bodies:
Section 1. That the Cities of Port Angeles, Sequim and
Port Townsend, the Town of Forks, Clallam and Jefferson Counties,
and the Ports of Port Angeles and Port Townsend continue to urge
the Washington State Transportation Commission to establish a
toll schedule of $1.50 per passenger vehicle for use of the Hood
Canal Bridge, and a toll for other vehicles related to that base
figure, with such tolls to be used solely for the purpose of
paying off the Bridge indebtedness, and the use of the Bridge to
be free thereafter;
Section 2. That the Cities of Port Angeles, Sequim,
and Port Townsend, the Town of Forks, the Counties of Clallam and
Jefferson, and the Ports of Port Angeles and Port Townsend
support the efforts of the Fair Toll Coalition to achieve this
goal.
DATED this /~day of ~7~~. , 1982.
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS,
CLALLAM COUNTY
MAYOR, CITY OF PORT ANGELES
Harry C. Lydiard, Chairman
Don Feeley
Dorothy Duncan
MAYOR, CITY OF SEQUIM
Dick Lotzgesell
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS,
JEFFERSON COUNTY
James Dinan
MAYOR, TOWN OF FORKS
~aroll~cer Warren Paul
PORT OF PORT ANGELES
PORT OF PORT TOWNSEND
Robert McCrorie
Stacey Thompson
James B. Dick
Robert Porter
Newsom Baker
Herbert Beck