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C-TRAN BOARD UNANIMOUSLY APPROVES TRANSIT PLAN ALTERNATIVE

For immediate release: Wednesday, February 11, 2004

Vancouver, WA: At its regular board meeting last evening, the C-TRAN Board of Directors unanimously approved Alternative Two, a new transit plan that would restore county-wide service and provide additional improvements throughout the C-TRAN service area. The plan calls for a 0.3% increase in the local sales tax and must be approved by a simple majority of Clark County voters.
The action adopted by the Board includes:

Authorize staff to develop an implementation plan for Alternative #1 (no new revenue option/reduction scenario);
Adopt Alternative #2 as the preferred alternative;
Instruct staff to develop a final service and implementation plan for Alternative #2;
Direct staff to submit a staff report and Board Resolution at the March Board meeting setting a September election for an increase of 0.3 percent sales tax.

For the past year, C-TRAN has worked collaboratively with the community in developing five service alternatives ranging from no new revenue up to a 0.6% sales tax increase (C-TRAN’s full taxing authority is 0.9% and currently collects 0.3%). Approximately 100 citizens attended the Board meeting and about 25 of them testified in favor of the Board taking action and moving forward on a revenue increase for C-TRAN.
“I would like to extend my appreciation to the Board of Directors for their clear and decisive leadership on this critical issue for our community” said Lynne Griffith, C-TRAN Executive Director/CEO.
In 1980, the citizens of Clark County approved a county-wide transit system, C-TRAN, to be funded with a 0.3% local sales tax. In 1999, when Initiative 695 passed, C-TRAN lost 40% of its revenue. Since that time, C-TRAN has maintained service levels by drawing on reserve funds. At the current rate of spending, C-TRAN will exhaust its available reserves in 2005.
The 2004 C-TRAN Board of Directors is comprised of:

Jeanne Harris, Chair (Council Member, City of Vancouver)
Bill Ganley, Vice-Chair (Council Member, City of Battle Ground)
Judie Stanton (Commissioner, Clark County)
Betty Sue Morris (Commissioner, Clark County)
Craig Pridemore (Commissioner, Clark County)
Tim Leavitt (Council Member, City of Vancouver)
Jeanne Stewart (Council Member, City of Vancouver)
Stacee Sellars (Council Member, City of Washougal)
Jim Irish (Mayor, City of LaCenter)

Contact:
Scott Patterson, PIO/Director of Public Affairs
Phone: (360) 696-4494
Pager: (360) 408-0891

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