To The it rs
of the
East Addition & Leite Addition
THINGS YOU CAN EXPECT TO GAIN
By Annexation to the City of Kodiak
1 You will become a part of the com
munity in which everything that hap
pens is of vital importance to those living
both inside and outside the incorporated
limits.
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2 Lower insurance rates.
3 City water aad sewage.
4 City fire protection and police pro
tection.
5 Improvement in our schools.
6 A vofe in city affairs.
*7 Ah opportunity to acquire represent
ation for the annexed district.
Q Access roads in both the East and
Leite additions under city supervision
on which taxes collected in this area
will be used to great advantage. ,
THINGS YOU CAN EXPECT TO LOSE
By Not Being Annexed to the City of Kodiak
If the school housing becomes
more acute or if money for teachers’
salaries is not more plentiful the child
ren of the East and I.eite additions
may have to be excluded from the Ko
diak school system.
2 Insurance rates will remain at
their present higher level while we re
main out of the city limits.
3 Access roads to the East addition
will have to be financed by private
road funds, or by what we can beg
from the Alaska ltoad Commission,
which has received no funds from the
1947 Session of the Legislature, and
under the present set-up they will re
ceive no funds until after the 1949
Session convenes.
4 Insurance companies will not in
sure your home to the full value or at
least not to as great a value as if you
were within the corpoiate limits.
5 Id the event of a water shortage
the East addition undoubtedly will be
the first to have its water service dis
continued.
6 If we do not enter the city it
will be some time before we can again
petition the District Court for an
election.
*7 Our health problem can become
acute if more modern sewage facilities
are Dot made available.
8 While our fire protectioD cannot
greatly increase until we have tele
phones these are soon to he here and
will help provide real fire protection.
9 We cannot have a voice in muni
cipal legislation which might greatly
affect our area
TO At present 1800 people of the
South Fairbanks area, who voted down
annexation last spring are trying des
perately to re-petition the district court
for another election through which they
seek relief from intolerable conditions
brought about by their own action in
voting down the annexation.
to me people of me east and tene additions:
You are not to interpret this page as necessarily being the views of the City Council. This list of advantages
and disadvantages was drawn up by residents interested in seeing that the people in the areas involved be advised
of, and consider, each item before cisting their votes
(This statement paid for by residents of the East and Leite additions)