John Ley v. Clark County Public Transportation Benefit Area

Maxa, A.C.J.

¶1 The board of directors of the Clark County Public Transportation Benefit Area (C-TRAN) adopted resolutions in 2005 and 2011 that proposed ballot measures authorizing an increase in sales and use taxes available to C-TRAN to fund public transportation. Voters passed both ballot measures. In 2012, C-TRAN’s board approved a $53 million Fourth Plain Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project, which is designed to provide more efficient bus service along Fourth Plain Boulevard between downtown Vancouver and Westfield Vancouver Mall. Revenues from the 2005 and 2011 tax measures potentially were…