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HomeMy WebLinkAbout21-83 RESOLUTION NO. J! - gJ e A RESOLUTION of the City of Port Angeles, Washington, provid1ng for the submission to the qualified electors of the City at the general election to be held therein on November 8, 1983, of a proposition as to whether or not the City should issue its unlimited tax levy general obligation bonds in the principal sum of $1.3 million in order to provide funds to renovate and remodel the Vern Burton Gymnasium as a convention center. WHEREAS, in order to provide the people of the City of Port Angeles with modern convention center facilities and to turther the public health and welfare of such people, it is deemed necessary and advisable that the City renovate and remodel the Vern Burton Gymnasium as a convention center, and to provide the money therefor that it issue and sell its unlimited tax levy general obligation bonds in the principal sum of $1.3 million; and WHEREAS, the Constitution and Laws of the State of Washington provide that the question of whether such bonds may be issued for such purposes must be submitted to the qualified electors of the City for their ratification or rejection; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT ANGELES, WASHINGTON, as follows: - Section 1. It is hereby found and declared that the public health and welfare of the people of the City of Port Angeles require that the City develop a convention center on property now owned by the City at the Vern Burton Gymnasium site. That for the purpose of provid1ng the money necessary to acquire such capital improvements the City shall issue and sell its unlimited tax levy general obligation bonds in the principal sum of $1.3 million. -1- e - Said bonds shall mature in from two to twenty years from the date of issue. Both principal and interest shall be paid out of annual levies of taxes to be made upon all the taxable property with1n the City with a maximum excess levy of $.35 per one thousand dollars of assessed valuation. The exact date, form, terms of maturity of said bonds shall be as hereafter fixed by ordinance of the City. Section 2. It is hereby found and declared that the to1lowing ballot title is appropriate for the purposes of placing the bond issue proposition on the ballot: PROPOSITION Convention Center Development, General Obligat1on Bonds, $1.3 million Shall the C1ty of Port Angeles, Washlngton, for the purpose of providing funds to develop a convention center within the City at the Vern Burton Gymnasium site, issue its general obligation bonds in the principal sum of $1.3 million, to mature in from two to twenty years from date of issue, and to be paid, both principal and interest, out of annual tax levies to be made upon all of the taxable property within the City with a maximum excess levy of $.35 per one thousand dollars of assessed valuation? The Cla1lam County Auditor as ex officio superviso. of elections is hereby requested to place said proposition on the November 8, 1983, election ballot and to submit to the qualified electors of the City the proposition hereinabove set forth. PASSED by the City Council of the City of Port Angeles, Washington, at a regular meeting of said Council held this 20th day of September, 1983. J rr:ft ~ M A 0 R ATTEST: ... ...... ~. ....; '~.a.~~ Mer i A. Lannoye, City lerk -2- 'tr... ... e PUBLISHED: Q~ (t') f~3 I e -3-