HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTION 1998-62Suggested by: Finance
City of Kenai
RF~OLUTION NO. 98-62
A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA,
ADOPTING AN ALTERNATIVE ALLOCATION METHOD FOR THE FY99 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, AS 29.60.450 requires that for a municipality to participate in the
FY99 Shared Fisheries Business Tax Program, the municipality must
demonstrate to the Department of Community and Regional Affairs that the
municipality suffered significant effects during calendar year 1997 from
fisheries business activities; and
WHEREAS, 19 AAC 34.060 provides for the allocation of available program
funding to eligible municipalities located within fisheries management areas
specified by the Department of Community and Regional Affairs; and
WHEREAS, 19 AAC 34.070 provides for the use, at the discretion of the
Department of Community and Regional Affairs, of alternative allocation
methods which may be used within fisheries management areas if all eligible
municipalities within the area agree to use the 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 of Kenai proposes to use an alternative allocation method
for allocation of FY99 funding available within the Cook Inlet Fisheries
Management Area in agreement with all other municipalities in this area
participating in the FY99 Shared Fisheries Business Tax Program;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
KENAI, ALASKA, by this resolution certifies that the following alternative
allocation method fairly represents the distribution of significant effects during
1997 of fisheries business activity in the Cook Inlet Fisheries Management
Area.
Alternative Allocation Method:
The program total allocation shall be divided in two parts. One part shall be
allocated to the eligible municipalities equally and the other part according to
population.
Resolution 98~62
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PASSED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA, this 16t~ day of
September, 1998.
ATTEST:
Carol L. Fre~Is, City Clerk
Approved by Finance:
(9/2/98) jc