AI Summary

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-Wage Workers And Their Families At Locations That Are Within The Frequent Transit Network, Make Investments In Transportation, Including Transit, And Provide For Workplace Protections. Eligible Expenditures Include A. Funding Of The Administration Of The Tnc Tax And Regulations Related To Tnc Drivers Up To $2,000,000 In The First Year And Up To $1,500,000 In The Second, Third, And Fourth Years. Beginning In Year Five, This Amount May Increase Each Year, Subject To Appropriations, To Reflect The Cost Of Administrating The Tnc Tax And Regulations. * * * Section 4. Notwithstanding Contrary Provisions In This Resolution, In The ((2023 And)) 2024, 2025, And 2026 Budget For The City Of Seattle, Tnc Tax Revenues May Be Used As Follows A. Funding Of The Administration Of The Tnc Tax And Regulations Related To Tncs Up To Five Percent Of The Annual Anticipated Revenues From The Tnc Tax. B. After Administrative Costs Related To The Tax And Regulations Related To Tncs As Described In Subsection 4.A Of This Resolution, The Remainder Of Revenue Collected Shall Be Used To Make Investments In Transportation, Including Transit, And To Support Other City General Fund Activities. C. Consistent With Washington Chapter 281, Laws Of 2022, Which Creates A State Level Transportation Network Company Tax And Preempts The City From Enforcing The Tnc Driver Minimum Compensation And Tnc Driver Deactivation Rights Ordinances Starting On January 1, 2023, No City Funds Shall Be Used For Enforcing The Tnc Driver Minimum Compensation And Tnc Driver Deactivation Rights Ordinances. * * * Adopted By The City Council The ________ Day Of _________________________, 2024, And Signed By Me In Open Session In Authentication Of Its Adoption This ________ Day Of _________________________, 2024. ____________________________________President ____________ Of The City Council The Mayor Concurred The ________ Day Of _________________________, 2024. ____________________________________Bruce A. Harrell, Mayor Filed By Me This ________ Day Of _________________________, 2024. ____________________________________Scheereen Dedman, City Clerk (Seal)

• 10/29/2024: City Council

• 10/23/2024: Council President's Office

• 10/23/2024: City Clerk

• 9/24/2024: Mayor