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ORDINANCE NO. 3171-10 AN ORDINANCE providing for the submission of a proposition, at an April 27, 2010, special election, allowing the City to set the emergency medical services property tax levy up to the previously approved rate of fifty cents ($0.50) per one thousand ($1,000) assessed valuation in 2011 and increasing the levy thereafter as allowed under Chapter 84.55 RCW. WHEREAS, pursuant to RCW 84.52.069, the qualified electors of the City of Everett, on February 29, 2000, authorized a permanent emergency medical services property tax levy of fifty cents ($0.50) per one thousand dollars ($1,000) assessed valuation to provide emergency medical care and services; and WHEREAS, because Chapter 84.55 RCW limits the yearly growth of regular property tax levies to no more than 101% (excluding new construction), the City, in 2009, was only allowed to collect an amount equal to an approximate levy rate of thirty-two cents ($0.32) per one thousand ($1,000) assessed valuation; and WHEREAS, current funding is insufficient to allow the City to continue providing emergency medical care and services at the level residents expect and the City may, pursuant to RCW 84.55.050, ask the voters to approve a levy exceeding the one percent (1%) limit factor; and WHEREAS, in the best interest of the public health, safety, and general welfare it is deemed necessary and advisable to restore the City's emergency medical services property tax levy capacity to its previously approved rate of fifty cents ($0.50)per one thousand ($1,000) assessed valuation in order to maintain and improve emergency medical services; NOW, THEREFORE,THE CITY OF EVERETT DOES ORDAIN: Section I. Levy Lid Lift Election Called For. The City of Everett City Council, pursuant to RCW 84.55.050, hereby calls for 1