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CITY OF SEWARD, ALASKA
RESOLUTION 2005-105
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SEWARD, ALASKA, ADOPTING AN ALTERNATIVE
ALLOCATION METHOD FOR THE FY2006 SHARED FISHERIES
BUSINESS TAX PROGRAM, AND CERTIFYING THAT THIS
ALLOCATION METHOD FAIRLY REPRESENTS THE
DISTROBUTION OF SIGNIFICANT EFFECTS OF FISHERIES
BUSINESS ACTIVITY IN THE COOK INLET FISHERIES
MANAGEMENT AREA
WHEREAS, AS 29.60.450 requires that for a municipality to participate in the
FY2006 Shared Fisheries Business Tax Program, the municipality must demonstrate to
the Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development that the
municipality experienced significant effects during calendar year 2004 from fisheries
business activities; and
WHEREAS, 3 AAC 134.060 provides for the allocation of available program
funding to eligible municipalities located within fisheries management areas specified by
the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development; and
.... WHEREAS, 3AAC 134.070 provides for the use, at the discretion of the
Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development, of alternative
allocation methods which may be used within fisheries management areas if all eligible
municipalities within the area agree to use this method, and the method incorporates
some measure of the relative significant effect of fisheries business activity on the
respective municipalities in the area; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Seward, Alaska proposes to use an
alternative allocation method for allocating the approximately $52,632.02 in FY2006
funding available within the Cook Inlet Fisheries Management Area, in agreement with
all other municipalities in the area participating in the FY2006 Shared Fisheries Business
Tax Program.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF SEWARD, ALASKA that:
Section 1. By this resolution the Council certifies that the City of Seward did
experience significant effects during the calendar year 2004 from fisheries business
activities that occurred within the Cook Inlet fisheries management area, and seeks to
apply for funding under the FY2006 Shared Fisheries Business Tax Program.
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CITY OF SEWARD, ALASKA
RESOLUTION 2005-105
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Section 2. All eligible communities in the Cook Inlet fisheries management area
will receive fifty percent (50%) divided equally and fifty percent (50%) divided on a per
capita basis.
Section 3. This resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption.
PASSED AND APPROVED by the City Council of the City of Seward, Alaska, this
24th day of October 2005.
THE CITY OF SEWARD, ALASKA
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Vanta Shafer, Mayor
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
Dunham, Branson, Valdatta, Lorenz, Schafer, Shafer
None
Thomas
None
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ATTEST:
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