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SERI ES OF 2004
,\ RES OL UT ION SU PP ORT I NG T HE REG IONA L TR ANS PORT AT ION DISTR ICT'S (RT D)
FASTRACK S PL AN AND BA L L OT PROPOSA L .
WHEREAS , the Board of Direc tors of the Regio nal Tra nsportat ion Di stri ct. Nove mb er 18,
20 0\ fonna ll y adopted a major regio nal transit pl an kn own as "FasTra cks", and
\V I-I EREAS, th e Denver Reg ional Counc il of Gov ernm ent s, whi ch is the dc sign nt ed
mctro polimn pl annin g orga ni zati on has agreed to rev iew RTD 's Fa sTra cks plan fo r the
constru c1i on of multi ple fi xe d guid cway corr idors in th e RTD ; and
\V I-I EREAS , th e sa id pl an will require vo ter app ro val in Novem ber, 2004, fo r imp lement ati on
of a sa les tax increa se to !!nabl c th e developm ent of th e pro posed tra nsi t sys h..in; and
WHERE AS, th e reg ion wid e FasTrnc ks prog ram will :
Offer transport ati o I choice to all resident s of th e Denve r metropolit an ~~ion.
Ge nerate Roughl y I 0,000 jobs (8,000 construction jobs and 1,20 0-1,800 opera ti ons jobs).
Cre ate an oppo rtunity fo r Tran sit Ori en1ate d Deve lopm ent and potential increase in
propeny va lue s.
WHERE AS , RTD has a ,-. ell -de mon strated hi story of de ve lopi ng projec ts within th eir
projec ted budge ts and tim es ·, cdul es; and
WH ERE AS, th e RTD tra nsi t proj ec ts ha ve cons istent ly attrac ted riders hip leve ls fa r beyo nd
projec ti ons and indi cati ve of stro ng public apprec iati on and appro va l; and
WHE REAS , th e City of En gle wood, Co lora do has co nsistentl y end orsed and ac ti ve ly
supp orted imp rove d public tran sit such as that of th e FasT rac ks pl an;
NOW, THEREFORE. BE IT RESOL VED B Y T l-I E CITY COUNC I L OF THE C ITY OF
ENGLEWOOD. CO L ORADO. T HAT :
Sec ti on I. Th e City Cou ncil of the Ci ty of Englewood, Co lorad o hereb y fo rm all y endorse s the
FasTrack s pl an and th e pro pose d pub lic vo te (Ball ot Questi on) fo r it s pas sage and shall ac ti vel y
end eavo r to fos ter th e pass age of th e FasTrac ks Plan by publ ic vo te.
Sec ti on 2. Th e Cit y Co un cil of th e Cit )' of Englewo od, Co lorad o shall panicipat c in publi c
edu ca ti on abo ut tra nsit :md FasTra cks, slrn ll pa rti cip ate in advising RTD of any reaso nabl e
co nce rn s 10 as sis t in Fas Tra cks adju stm ent s. and shall ende avo r to ensure hi gh stand ard s of
co mplian ce with matters relating to FasTrnc ks.
ADO PTE D AND APPR OVED thi s 12th da y of July, 2004
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1, Loucri shia A. Ell is, Ci ty Cler~9J the City of Eng le v d, lorad_o, here,by ce rt
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above is a .:-ue copy of Re so lutio n No. :..J.1__, Series of 200 ~
L ucrish ia A. Ellis, City Clerk
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