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Resolution to Approve Amendment to 4-Party Public Transportation Agreement for Creation of Public Transportation System
Memorandum
On March 5, 2012, City Council was the first to approve a 4-Party Public Transportation Agreement between Ann Arbor Transportation Authority, Washtenaw County, and the Cities of Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti.
On May 15, 2012, the City of Ypsilanti considered the 4-Party Public Transportation Agreement as adopted by the City of Ann Arbor. The Ypsilanti City Council made three amendments to the Ann Arbor approved Agreement: (1) deleting the language in Article 3(a) and (b) which deducted a municipal service charge of 1% from the annual millages of both municipalities, (2) deleted the language in Article 8(d) which deducted the additional municipal service charge of 1% of the annual millage at the time of collection of taxes payable to the City of Ann Arbor which had been carried over from the current City/AATA Agreement to cover the administrative review costs associated with the submissions and reviews required under Article 8(d); and (3) added language to Article 8(f) specifically authorizing in and by Ypsilanti the continued collection and transfer of the full Charter Transportation millage to the new Act 196 TA.
In addition, Exhibit A, Articles of Incorporation, were amended. As indicated in the attachment several of the amendments to the Articles, as passed by City Council on March 5, 2012, addressed phrasing (for example: “The New Transportation Authority” is now listed simply as “Authority”, the Washtenaw County Clerk/Register is now listed as Clerk; membership on the Board is referred to as directors); restructuring (for example the purpose of the Articles has been moved from Section 3.03 to Section 3.01; membership has been added to the existing jurisdictional boundaries text in Section 3.02); and clarifying the publication (use of the Washtenaw Legal News).
Substantive changes to the Articles include:
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