Sound Transit will hold a virtual public hearing on Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020, starting at 11 a.m. to receive public comment on Sound Transit’s proposed 2021 Budget and a proposed action on the 2021 property tax levy of a statutory increase up to 1%.

Each year, Sound Transit’s Finance Department prepares a budget for the coming year. The proposed 2021 budget documents are available for review on our website at http://www.soundtransit.org/About-Sound-Transit/Accountability/Financial-documents.

Information on the proposed action regarding the 2021 property tax levy increase can be found at https://www.soundtransit.org/sites/default/files/documents/2021-budget-property-tax-hearing.pdf

Information about how to sign up for comment and how to join the meeting is available at https://www.soundtransit.org/get-to-know-us/news-events/calendar/public-hearing-2021-property-tax-levy-proposed-2021-budget-2020.

In order to comment at the virtual public hearing, you will need to sign up in advance. The sign up window will be open from 8 a.m. on the day of the hearing until five minutes before the hearing’s scheduled start time. Sign up requires your name and email address. Commenters will be called on by name in the order they signed up.

For more information on the public hearing or to request ADA accommodation, please call Sound Transit at (800) 201-4900 or (888) 713-6030 (TTY) or email [email protected].

Sound Transit is also accepting comments about the proposed 2021 budget via email at [email protected]

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