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Section 1. There shall be included on ballot for the City of Louisville regular election to be held on November 5, 2019, the following ballot title WITHOUT CREATING ANY NEW TAX OR INCREASING ANY CURRENT TAX RATE, MAY THE CITY OF LOUISVILLE KEEP REVENUES THAT OTHERWISE WOULD BE REFUNDED FOR EXCEEDING ESTIMATES INCLUDED IN THE ELECTION NOTICE MAILED TO VOTERS FOR THE 2016 VOTER -APPROVED 0 15 PERCENT INCREASE IN SALES AND USE TAX, WHETHER OR NOT SUCH REVENUES HAVE ALREADY BEEN SPENT, AND CONTINUE TO COLLECT THE TAX AT THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED RATE, AND SPEND ALL REVENUES COLLECTED FOR OPERATING AND MAINTAINING THE LOUISVILLE RECREATION/SENIOR CENTER AND POOL FACILITIES AT MEMORY SQUARE PARK? YES NO Section 2. If a majority of the registered electors vote "yes" in response to the ballot title set forth in Section 1 above, the City of Louisville shall keep revenues that otherwise would be refunded for exceeding estimates included in the election notice mailed to voters for the 2016 voter -approved 0 15 percent increase in sales and use tax, whether or not such revenues have been spent, and continue to collect the tax at the previously approved rate, and spend all revenues collected for operating and maintaining the Louisville Recreation/Senior Center and pool facilities at Memory Square Park. Section 3 If a majority of the registered electors vote "no" in response to the ballot title set forth in Section 1 above, the City of Louisville shall refund revenues exceeding estimates included in the election notice mailed to voters for the 2016 voter -approved 0 15 percent increase in sales and use tax in accordance with TABOR Section 3(c), which revenues shall be refunded in a manner to be determined by City Council. In addition, the rate of the tax increase shall be reduced in accordance with TABOR Section 3(c) and the amendments to the Louisville Municipal Code set forth in Ordinance No 1724, Series 2016, shall be repealed in their entirety Section 4. If any portion of this ordinance is held to be invalid for any reason, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance The City Council and the registered voters of the City hereby declare that they would have passed and approved this ordinance and each part hereof irrespective of the fact that any one part be declared invalid. Section 5. The repeal or modification of any provision of the Municipal Code of the City of Louisville by this ordinance shall not release, extinguish, alter, modify, or change in whole or in part any penalty, forfeiture, or liability, either civil or criminal, which shall have been incurred under such provision, and each provision shall be treated and held as still remaining in force for the purpose of sustaining any and all proper actions, suits, proceedings, and prosecutions for the enforcement of the penalty, forfeiture, or liability, as well as for the purpose of sustaining any Ordinance No 1778, Series 2019 Page 2 of 3