Question 2 - Retailers' Sales Tax

Shall the City of Independence, Kansas, be authorized to impose a one percent (1%) special purpose Citywide retailers' sales tax for a ten-year period, with revenues allocated as follows: (a) 0.25% for mill levy support, fiscal stabilization, debt service, contractual obligations, financing costs, and reserves; (b) 0.25% for streets, sidewalks, stormwater, drainage, floodwater mitigation, transportation, airport infrastructure, and/or public infrastructure supporting infill, neighborhood redevelopment, new development, and the Whiskey Creek floodwater mitigation and community development project; (c) 0.20% for economic development, business and industrial development, certified sites, airport and aviation-related development, housing, neighborhood revitalization, code enforcement, structural nuisance abatement, strategic demolition, blight reduction, and lawful partnerships and coordination with housing and redevelopment entities; (d) 0.15% for Police, Fire-EMS, dispatch (including 911), emergency management, and animal control; and (e) 0.15% for parks, recreation, Riverside Park, Ralph Mitchell Zoo, neighborhood parks, Central Park Sports Complex, Riverside Beach Family Aquatic Center, Memorial Hall, the Independence Public Library, Mount Hope Cemetery, public buildings, community facilities, accessibility improvements, phased facility improvements, equipment, technology, and related quality-of-life improvements; with collection to commence October 1, 2032, or as soon thereafter as permitted by law following expiration of the existing one percent (1%) special purpose Citywide retailers' sales tax, and to expire after ten (10) years of collection; all pursuant to K.S.A. 12-187 et seq., as amended?