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City of Kenai
~OLUTION NO. 2003-45
Administration
A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALAStC~
ADOPTING AN ALTERNATIVE ALLOCATION METHOD FOR THE FY04 SHARED
FISHERIES BUSINESS TAX PROGRAM AND CERTIFYING THAT THIS
ALLOCATION METHOD FAIRLY REPRESENTS THE DISTRIBUTION OF
SIGNIFICANT EFFECTS OF FISHERIES BUSINESS ACTIVITY IN COOK INLET.
WHEREAS, AS 29.60.450 requires that for a municipality to participate in the
FY03 Shared Fisheries Business Tax Program, the municipality must
demonstrate to the Department of Community and Economic Development that
the municipality suffered significant effects during calendar year 2002 from
fisheries business activities; and
WHEREAS, 3 AAC 134.060 provides for the allocation of available program
funding to eligible municipalities located within fisheries management areas
specified by the Department of Community and Economic Development; and
WHEREAS, 3 AAC 134.070 provides for the use, at the discretion of the
Department of 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 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 Council of the City of Kenai proposes to use an alternative
allocation method for allocation of FY04 funding available within Cook Inlet in
agreement with all other municipalities in this area participating in the FY04
Shared Fisheries Business Tax Program.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
KENAI, ALASKA, that by this resolution certifies that the following alternative
allocation method fairly represents the distribution of significant effects during
2002 of fisheries business activity in Cook Inlet.
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 No. 2003-45
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ATTEST:
PASSED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA, this 17th day of
September, 2003.
AMS, MAYOR
Carol L. Freas, City Clerk
Approved by Finance:
(9 / 09 / 2003) hl