HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 2007-64Suggested by: Administration
CITY OF KENAI
RESOLUTION NO. 2007-64
A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA ADOPTING AN
ALTERNATIVE ALLOCATION METHOD FOR THE FY08 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 FY08
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 2006 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 FY08 funding available within Cook Inlet in
agreement with all other municipalities in this area participating in the FY08 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 2006 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,
PASSED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA, this seventh day of
November, 2007.
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PAT PORTER, MAYOR
A EST:
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Carol L. Freas, City Clerk 9
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