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RESOLUTION NO. 36-91
A RESOLUTION of the city council of the City of
Port Angeles, Washington recognizing the adverse
impacts and inequities of Initiative 559 and
therefore opposing it.
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WHEREAS, Initiative 559 will be on the State-wide ballot in
November, 1991; and
WHEREAS, the Washington Finance Officers Association and
the Association of Washington cities have determined that
Initiative 559 will not provide general tax relief as represented
but will result in substantial tax inequities and generally
increase the tax burden for lesser value homes and homes not
experiencing high rates of appreciation,
while providing
substantial tax reductions for higher priced homes, thus penalizing
first time and similar home buyers; and
WHEREAS, the Washington Finance Officers Association and
the Association of Washington cities have also determined that
Initiative 559 will have the effect of forcing local levies to
statutory maximums and thereby eventually reducing and potentially
eliminating hospital, library, and fire district levies and
otherwise threatening the integrity of the property tax system in
Washington State; and
WHEREAS, the Association of Washington cities has
determined that Initiative 559 will cause confusion in the
assessment of property and in the collection of tax revenue and
force counties to spend millions of dollars to implement it; and
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WHEREAS, the Association of Washington cities has also
determined that Initiative 559 will impair local governments I
ability to provide police, fire and other services by decreasing
revenues; and
WHEREAS, the Association of Washington cities has further
determined that Initiative 559 could be overturned by the courts on
the grounds that it violates the State constitutional requirement
that "all taxes shall be uniform upon the same class of property
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All real estate shall constitute one class.1I
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the city council of the
city of Port Angeles, Washington, that the city council recognizes
the inequities and adverse impacts of Initiative 559 and therefore
opposes and encourages the voters to reject Initiative 559 during
the November, 1991 general election.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Port Angeles at
a regular meeting of said Council held on the 15th day of
October
, 1991.
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ATTEST:
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Becky J. pt ,cit Clerk
Knutson, c~ty Attorney
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