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ATTACllE[J ill AND MADE A PART UF 'IHE MINUTES
CITY OF SEWARD, ALASKA
RESOLUTION NO. 910
A RESOLUTION PROVIDING FOR THE SUBMISSION
TO THE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF THE CITY OF SEWARD,
ALASKA, THE QUESTION OF WHETHER THE CITY
CHARTER SHOULD BE AMENDED TO PROVIDE AUTHORITY
FOR SERVICE AREAS AND DIFFERENTIAL TAXATION.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SEWARD, ALASKA, THAT:
Section 1, The following two propositions shall be
submitted to the qualified voters of the City of Seward, Alaska,
for approval or rejection, at the next regular or special City
Election:
Proposition 1: Shall the City Charter of the City of
Seward be amended by amending Section 7.1 to read
as follows:
Section 7,1, The Council shall provide in
the code for the annual assessment, levy,
and collection of city taxes. Council may
provide for differential taxation based upon
differences in kind or level of services
provided within service areas established
by ordinance.
protosition 2: Shall the City Charter of the City
of eward be amended by enacting a new Chapter VIlA
to read as follows:
Chapter VI lA
SERVICE AREAS
PURPOSE
Section 7A.l. Service areas may be
established to provide services not provided
on an area-wide basis or to provide a different
level of service than that provided on an area-
wide basis,
ESTABLISHMENT
Section 7A,2,
(a) The Council by ordinance may establish,
alter, consolidate, or abolish service areas. The
Council by ordinance may add or eliminate services
to a service area. The ordinance shall contain
the following:
(1) Boundaries and area to be included;
(2) Service to be provided or eliminated;
and,
(3) Other provisions the Council includes.
(b) If a petition of protest is filed with
the Council before the effective date of the
ordinance adopted under this section, the
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ordinance shall be submitted to the qU31,!'t'.;
voters residing in the service area or pJ'O
posed service area and if ratified shall take
effect upon certification of the election,
The petition shall contain signatures of
at least ten percent or 100 of the qualified
voters residing in the service area or pro-
posed service area, whichever is the lesser.
Each new service or each service to be elimin-
ated shall be place separately on the ballot
and shall require ratification by a majority
of the qualified voters voting on the question,
There shall be no election under this sub-sectlon
to eliminate a service to be provided on an
areawide basis.
Section 2. The printing, voting, election and publica-
tion requirements required by Alaska law and the Seward Ordinances
apply to this election, and these requirements are incorporated
herein by this reference,
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CrT) OF
SEI\ARD, ALASKA, this //It: day of November, 1974.
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Approved as to form:
HUGHES, THORSNESS, LOWE,
GANTZ & CLARK
Attorneys for the
City of Seward
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