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CITY OF SEWARD, ALASKA
RESOLUTION 2011 -100
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEWARD,
ALASKA, ADOPTING AN ALTERNATIVE ALLOCATION METHOD
FOR THE FY2012 SHARED FISHERIES BUSINESS TAX PROGRAM,
AND CERTIFYING THAT THIS ALLOCATION METHOD FAIRLY
REPRESENTS THE DISTRIBUTION OF SIGNIFICANT EFFECTS OF
FISHERIES BUSINESS ACTIVITY IN THE COOK INLET FISHERIES
MANAGEMENT AREA
WHEREAS, the State of Alaska requires that for a municipality to participate in the
FY2012 Shared Fisheries Business Tax Program ( "Program "), the municipality must demonstrate
to the Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development that the municipality
experienced significant effects during calendar year 2010 from fisheries business activities; and
WHEREAS, the Program 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, the Program 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 $83,537.37 in FY2012 funding
available within the Cook Inlet Fisheries Management Area, in agreement with all other
municipalities in the area participating in the FY2012 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 calendar year 2010 from fisheries business activities that occurred
within the Cook Inlet fisheries management area, and seeks to apply for funding under the
FY2012 Shared Fisheries Business Tax Program.
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.
CITY OF SEWARD, ALASKA
RESOLUTION 2011 -100
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 14
day of November, 2011.
THE CITY OF SEWARD, ALASKA
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AYES: Valdatta, Bardarson, Shafer, Casagranda, Terry, Seaward
NOES: None
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