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?