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Anacortes council presses pause on pool district ballot language as legal questions remain
Summary
Council members and the Fidalgo Pool commissioners discussed whether a proposed Metropolitan Park District for Fidalgo Pool should be limited-purpose (allowing a capped levy) or broad-purpose (no statutory cap in ballot language); staff will return with clarified legal advice before placing language on the ballot.
City councilors, pool commissioners and public speakers spent more than an hour on July 21 discussing draft ballot language for a proposed Fidalgo Metropolitan Park District that would provide permanent property tax funding for operations and maintenance of the Fidalgo Pool and Fitness Center.
City staff told council the choice is consequential: a limited-purpose metropolitan park district formed for a specifically identified facility allows the city to include a maximum levy rate in the ballot proposition; a broad-purpose district, which the pool’s attorneys prefer, would not allow the city to insert a…
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