Rapides Parish

Shall the City of Alexandria, State of Louisiana (the "City"), be authorized to continue to levy a special tax of 11.25 mills on the dollar on all the property subject to taxation in the City (an estimated $3,390,000 reasonably expected at this time to be collected from the levy of the tax for an entire year) for a period of ten (10) years, beginning with the year 2008 and ending with the year 2017, for the purpose of constructing, acquiring, and improving capital improvement projects, including but not limited to: Culpepper Drive, 6th and 7th/Cotton to Monroe, Sugarhouse Road, Extension of Versailles, Residential Drainage Ditch Closures, Street Improvements & Repairs, and Parks & Recreation Improvements?

Shall the City of Alexandria, State of Louisiana (the "City"), be authorized to continue to levy and collect a tax of one percent (1%) (the "Tax"), upon the sale at retail, the use, the lease or rental, the consumption, and storage for use or consumption, of tangible personal property and on sales of services in the City, all as defined by law (an estimated $12,500,000 reasonably expected at this time to be collected from the levy of the Tax for an entire year), from the scheduled expiration date of the current sales and use tax approved by the voters on July 19, 1997, with the net proceeds of the Tax heretofore or hereafter collected (after paying the reasonable and necessary costs and expenses of collecting and administering the Tax), to be rededicated and used to fund capital improvements and general operations of the City, including salaries and benefits for fire, police and General Fund classified employees (no less than 1/3 of the tax collected to continue to be dedicated to the fire, police and General Fund classified employees' salaries), replacing cut-backs in Federal and State funding, street repair, street cleaning, maintenance of City drainage systems, grass cutting, maintenance of parks and recreational facilities, police and fire services and programs, general building maintenance, demolition of condemned structures and city planning; and shall the City be further authorized to fund the proceeds of the Tax into bonds from time to time for any of said capital improvement purposes, to the extent and in the manner permitted by the laws of Louisiana?