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CITY OF SEWARD, ALASKA
RESOLUTION NO. 94-141
A RESOLUTION OF TIm CITY COUNcaOF TIm CITY
OF SEWARD, ALASKA, PROVIDING FOR TIm SUBMISSION TO TIm
QUALIFIED VOTERS OF TIm CITY OF SEWARD TIm QUESTION OF
APPROVING AN INITIATIVE ORDINANCE TO F.STABLISlI AND LEVY
A FIVE PERCENT HOTEL/MOTEL ROOM TAX AT AJli ELECTION
IN AND FOR TIm CITY OF SEWARD ON OCTOJlER 4, 1994
WHEREAS, on June 23, 1994, Margaret Anderson/fIled with the City Clerk and
application for an initiative petition to place before the voters .,6f the City of Seward the question
of enacting an ordinance providing for a hotel/motel roo~tax; and
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WHEREAS, the application was in proper foi' and contained the required number of
sponsor signatures; and /
WHEREAS, on June 27, 1994, the C;!Clerk issued initiative petition forms to
Anderson for distribution to the petition spons,ifJ ~d
WHEREAS, on August 1, 1994, ~rson fIled the signed petition with the City Clerk;
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WHEREAS, the petition con~ed the signatures of 202 qualified voters of the City of
Seward, which number is more than,the number required under Title 4 of the Seward City Code;
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WHEREAS, on August' 2, 1994, the City Clerk certified the petition as sufficient; and
WHEREAS, in ~cordance with Section 4.15.045 of the Seward City Code, a
proposition on the quesq6n of enacting an ordinance providing for a hotel/motel room tax. will
be placed on the Octo!*r 4, 1994, regular election ballot;
NOW, ~RE, BE IT RESOLVED BY TIm CITY COUNCa OF TIm
CITY OF SEW;, ALASKA, that:
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ecti 1 At the regular city election to be held on October 4, 1994, in and for the City
of Seward, proposition substantially in the following form will be submitted to the qualified
voters of e City of Seward:
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CITY OF SEWARD, ALASKA
RESOLUTION NO. 94-141
PROPosmON NO.
PROVIDING FOR A HOTRT }MOTEL ROOM TAX
Shall Initiative Ordinance No.1, providing for a five percent hotel/motel
room tax and dedicating fifty percent of the revenues collected under the
ordinance to the enhancement and maintenance of the visitor industry in Seward,
be enacted?
Section 2. The ordinance proposed by the initiative petition shall be published in full
in the Notice of Regular City Election, with the ftrst such publication to be made at least 30 days
prior to the election.
Section 3. This resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption. The
ordinance shall become effective on January 1, 1995, if approved by a majority of the qualified
voters voting on the question at the election of October 4, 1994.
PASSED AND APPROVED by the City Council of the city of Seward, Alaska, this 8th
day of August, 1994.
THE CITY OF SEWARD, ALASKA
Dave W. Crane, Mayor
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
ATTEST:
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Wohlforth, Argetsinger, Johnson & Brecht,
Attorneys for the city of Seward, Alaska
Linda S. MUIphy, CMC/AAE
City Clerk
City Attorney
(City Seal)