Cost: Annual property tax to pay for the debt and cover operations and maintenance
• $13.38 to the owner of a $300,000 home.
• $12.49 to the owner of a $300,000 property who claims the city's $20,000 residential property tax exemption.
• $5.80 to the owner of a $300,000 home who claims both the city's residential property tax exemption and the maximum $150,000 exemption for senior citizens/disabled veterans.
Who: Only voters within the city's Fire Service Area would repay the debt but it must be approved by voters in the service area and citywide. The service area covers the Anchorage Bowl and Eagle River but does not include Girdwood, Peters Creek, Birchwood and parts of the Hillside.
What would it do: Pay to replace and expand the city's fire training center and to replace air packs.
History: A $3 million fire protection bond passed last year.
City debt: Total tax-supported city bonds (not counting school bonds) issued and authorized as of Dec. 31 -- $437.5 million
Bonds paid off in 2007: $26.5 million
Sources: Anchorage Daily News research; Municipality of Anchorage
--Information compiled by Elizabeth Bluemink
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