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Sponsored by: Oates CITY OF SEWARD, ALASKA RESOLUTION 2009 -130 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEWARD, ALASKA, ADOPTING AN ALTERNATIVE ALLOCATION METHOD FOR THE FY2010 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 FY2010 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 2008 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 $57,946 in FY2010 funding available within the Cook Inlet Fisheries Management Area, in agreement with all other municipalities in the area participating in the FY2010 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 2008 from fisheries business activities that occurred within the Cook Inlet fisheries management area, and seeks to apply for funding under the FY2010 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.