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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1993-02-22 93-172 RESOLVECOUNCIL ACTION Item No. 93-02 Date February 22, 1993 Item/Subject: Commending Kevin Mahaney for Achievement in Com- petitive Sailing and for Participation in the 1995 America's Cup Competition Responsible Departmant: Commentary This Resolve was requested by Councilor Shubert. Associated Information: Resolve City Manager Finance Director Legal Approval: ,fin City SollcitorYV Introduced For Consent Agenda K Passage First Reading Referral Page _ of 93-3)2 Assigned to Councilor Shubert, February 22. 1993 CITY OF BANGOR (TITLE) e$II�S1C;-, Commending.. Kevin -Mahaney .-far ...Achievements ...la ................ Competitive Sailing and for participation in the 1995 America's cup"Cbmpetrtfbn _. ._....-.-..... _._ By the City Couw:U ww CWK ofBRnpor: RESOLVED. WHEREAS, Kevin Mahaney of Bangor has been an active participant in international sailing competitions since 1985, when he was named a member of the U.S. sailing team; and WHEREAS, Mr. Mahaney and two teammates participated in the 1992 Olympic Sailing Competition in Barcelona, Spain, capturing a silver medal in the sailing class competition; and WHEREAS, Mr. Mahaney, is currently ranked third in the World in the IYRU match racing rankings; and WHEREAS, Mr. Mahaney was recently named "Rolex Yachtsman of the Year" by a panel of sailing journalists; and WHEREAS, Mr. Mahaney has announced his entry into the 1995 America's Cup Competition; and WHEREAS, these activities by Mr. Mahaney have brought and will continue to bring great credit to his hometown of Bangor, Maine; and WHEREAS, the citizens of Bangor and the Bangor City Council look forward to Mr. Mahaney's future s n the 1995 America's Cup trials, and to his ultimate victorins defending the America's Cup against foreign competition, NOW, THEREFORE, be it RESOLVED, THAT the City Council of the City of Bangor hereby commends Kevin Mahaney for his past achievements in international sailing competitions; congratulates Mr. Mahaney o being named Rolex Yachteman of the Year; and encourages Mr. Mahaney in his pursuit of the 1995 America's Cup. We congratulate Mr. Mahaney on his past successes and express our thanks for his enhancement of the City of Bangor's reputation among sportsmen and women everywhere. WHRRBaS, the presence of a large number of tax- exempt institutions and organisations in Bangor already increases property taxes paid by non-exempt property owners by some 18 percent; and WHEREAS/ as a result in part of the continually increasing local property tax burden, the City of Bangor, over the past five years, has experienced a steady increase in the number and dollar amount of tax delinquencies, in hardship and other abatement requests, and in the number of citizens applying for reimbursement under the State's Maine Residents Property Tax program; WHEREAS, the constitutional policy of this State, as expressed in Article 9, Sec. "21 of the State Constitution, is directly contrary the State's expenditure of municipal tax revenues to advance the State's legislative @ebb" programa; WHEREAS, implementation of the State's legislative programs by State expenditure of municipal tax revenues constitutes a continuing injustice to Maine's municipalities and to the majority of local taxpayers who are not specially benefitted by the programs thus implemented; NOW, THEREFORE, By the Banger City Council, be it RESOLVED, THAT the City Council of the City of Bangor hereby- calls upon the Maine Legislature to end the erosion of municipal assessed values by State -funded instrumentalities as a component of State housing policy, and to this end calls upon the State Legislature to enact a bill .incorporating the following provisions: (1) amendment of 36 MRSA S 652 to eliminate the exemption from municipal taxation of properties owned and leased for ordinary residential purposes by benevolent and charitable organizations and institutions; (2) repeal of subchapter III of the Affordable Housing partnership Act of 1989; in its entirety; and (3) repeal or amendment of collateral provisions 30- 1 MRSA S 4971 at sen, dealing with preservation of federally - assisted low and moderate income housing and 30-A MRSA S 5031 at g , establishing a land acquisition program. 93-172 1N CITY COUNCIL a e s o L r e February 22, 1993 Commending Kevin Nabauey for Achievements In Amended In second line after the Competitive Sailing and for Participation In word international by deleting the the 1995 America's Cup Competition worn "sailing" and Passed the wend word "sa Resolve d P ea as Amended. IFY CLUK