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I I I Sponsored by: Janke CITY OF SEWARD, ALASKA RESOLUTION 2001-146 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEWARD, ALASKA, ENCOURAGING THE KENAI PENINSULA BOROUGH ASSEMBLY TO CONSIDER CREATING DISTRICTS FOR SCHOOL BOARD REPRESENTATION RATHER THAN CONTINUING THE PRESENT AT-LARGE ELECTION SYSTEM WHEREAS, the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly seats are elected by district; and WHEREAS, electing assembly seats by district has proved a very successful way to organize the Kenai Peninsula Borough Government; and WHEREAS, the Kenai Peninsula Borough Budget, which is created by and administered by the Assembly, is largely devoted to financing education; and WHEREAS, the School Boards seats, which are elected at-large, may be leaving segments of the Kenai Peninsula at risk of not being well represented; and WHEREAS, although the School Board may have a valid decision making process, no matter how valid the process, without someone from the local community to help explain the process to neighbors, :friends, and the community at large, there is tendency to not give school board decisions the validity they deserve; and WHEREAS, if confidence is lost in the school board within a community, then confidence is lost in the educational programs in our schools and our children will suffer; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEWARD, ALASKA, that: Section 1. The Seward City Council urges the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly to create districts for School Board representation based on current assembly districts, rather than continuing the present at-large election system. Section 2. This resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption. PASSED AND APPROVED by the City Council of the City of Seward, Alaska, this 5lh day of November, 2001.