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2001-06-28 Strategic Planning SessionSCANNED Date Z;1°Sign . Minutes of the Kodiak Island Region Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy Committee Meeting Date of meeting: June 281h, 2001 Time: 12:00 noon Place: Kodiak Chamber of Commerce Conference Room Members present: Mike Machulsky, Alicia Reft, Murphy Forner, Jim Nestic (via teleconference), Arum Kone, Jeff Derrickson, Pat Carlson, Linda Freed, Zach Chichenoff, Carolyn Floyd, Matt Moir Members absent: Jeff Stephan, Diana Simeonoff, Lacey Berns, Rick Lindholm, Tracy Jilge, Lacey Berns, Darron Scott, Tony Drabek, Gabrielle Ledoux, Ed Randolph, Allan Panamaroff, Kevin Adkins Other people present: Debora King Approval of Minutes: - Moved by Carolyn, seconded by Pam to approve minutes of the April 19th CEDS Committee meeting with amendments. Carried. Sub -committee Reports: 1) Transportation - Murphy Forner - Tony Lara's plans have been delayed for approximately 2 months. He should be in operation by late July. - The Collings Foundation will have a B24 and a B 17 WWII bomber in Kodiak from July 1 - 3`a. 2) Communications - Jeff Derrickson - Presented the Bandwidth survey that will be sent to various organizations/entities on Kodiak Island to determine bandwidth requirements over the next 10 years. - Pirelli Jacobson has been hired by scntel to do a feasibility study on a terrestrial cable. - Statewide communications system is up for bid. Economic Development Report: - Written report as presented Old Business: None New Business: - The Board reviewed the following sections of the CEDS Document: Assets and Opportunities, Liabilities and Constraints, and Goals, Objectives and Strategies. The following comments were made: - Make sere our plan is in line with the State Plan. - Consider including the Alaska Host Plan under the Visitor Industry section. - Use "Kodiak Region" whenever referring to Kodiak - More input required from outlying communities on their goals and objectives - The City of Kodiak and the Kodiak Island Borough will review the document at their July 171h joint work session. Board Comments: - Mike Machulsky - he has heard only great comments about Kodiak from all the visitors to the island that he has encountered. Next Meeting: TBA Adjournment: 1:25 p.m. -----DRAFT---- r June 26, 2001 Dear As part of our efforts to improve the telecommunications capabilities on Kodiak Island, the Communications sub -committee of the Economic Development committee of the Kodiak Chamber of Commerce has been working with Kodiak Electric Association and Kodiak Wireless to investigate the possibility of accessing a reliable high bandwidth route. This includes assessing the telecommunication needs of local business, government, and medical entities and education organizations. One of the mandates of the Kodiak Chamber of Commerce is to attract new businesses and to improve the existing environment for those businesses currently operating on Kodiak Island. We feel that our ability to attract new ventures to Kodiak Island is substantially limited by our present satellite -based communications system. _ Having terrestrial connectivity will allow business, government, medical and education entities greater access to bandwidth intensive applications such as PC -video conferencing from home and office, enhanced video services, distance education and telemedicine. Residential users will notice the absence of delay commonly found in satellite -based telephone calls, and should experience faster throughput speeds on Internet and data applications. In order to determine if in fact there is a need for more bandwidth on Kodiak Island, we ask that you complete the attached survey and return it to the Kodiak Chamber of Commerce via mail or fax (486-7605) by July 16a'. We need to know your present requirements, as well as your 5-year and 10-year forecasted requirements. Once the input is collected, a report will be prepared for distribution to all telecommunications providers and should furnish the basis for future analysis by the telecommunications industry. Thank you for your participation. Debora King, Economic Development Specialist ----- DRAFT ----- BANDWIDTH NEEDS SURVEY Contact 1. If a reliable high bandwidth terrestrial (fiber optic, copper cable or microwave radio) route were available off Kodiak Island, would you be interested in utilizing that expanded bandwidth? Yes — _ No Unsure Bandwidths are currently tariffed by the Regulatory Commission of Alaska and are not likely to change. Current tariff prices for terrestrial (not satellite) bandwidth are as follows: -> 56 kbs circuit $1,637.80 per month (satellite) 4 1.544 DS 1 $43.75 x 271 miles ($11,856.25 per month) a DS3 $456.75 x 271 miles ($123,799.25 per month) 2. Assuming that bandwidth costs remain the same, but capacity is increased beyond what is available on the satellite routes, what would your initial requirement be? • In 56kbs circuits • In 1.544mbs T-1's • In DS3 circuits 3. In 5 years will you require more bandwidth? • In 56kbs circuits • In 1.544mbs T-Is • In DS3 circuits 4. In 10 years? • In 56kbs circuits • In 1.544mbs T-Is • In DS3 circuits Return to: Kodiak Chamber of Commerce PO Box 1485 100 Marine Way, Suite #300 Kodiak, AK 99615 Fax: 486-7605 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST REPORT CEDS Committee Meeting June 28, 2001 l Port Lions Proiect The grant application for funding to cover a feasibility study for the project that was submitted to First Alaskans Foundation was not selected for funding. I was advised of funding that may be available under the USDA Rural Development Community Facilities Program. There is funding set aside to cover professional services for a specific community project. Deadline for application is August 15. Southwest Alaska Municipal Conference I attended the SWAMC Spring Conference in Unalaska from May 9 - 12. A major portion of the conference was dedicated to the process of how to distribute the disaster relief funding. Two public meetings were held in June during the North Pacific Management Council meetings in Kodiak. Approximately 500 people attended the meetings, representing the cannery workers, seafood processors, catcher vessels and local businesses. At each of these meetings, there was universal support for the concept of creating committees representing the Central Gulf of Alaska, Western Gulf of Alaska, and Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands fishery areas to work out individual distribution plans. These negotiated plans would then be submitted to the SWAMC board for approval. Under this concept, the committees would consist of various industry sector and community representatives. Additionally, a CDQ representative would be selected from the Aleutian Islands/Bering Sea sub -region. It is important to note that although the SWAMC board intends to distribute the Steller sea lion mitigation funds by September of this year, the Board has not made any decisions regarding the distribution methodology. MainStreet Kodiak The database to be used to inventory the downtown businesses has been developed and data entry is progressing at the MainStreet Kodiak office. The data will be used, in part, to identify "business holes" and will assist in the determination of what products/services are needed in the downtown core. CEDS Document I have been working on the revision of the Kodiak Island Region Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy document. EDA requested a revision of the document that was last submitted in July 1995. Threshold Services, Inc. This organization was developed to provide employment training, supported job placement and skills enhancement for disabled community members. Recently two positions were added to the organization: Support Specialist and Job Coach. Kodiak Launch ComDlex Advisory Group The mission of this group is "to facilitate communications between the AADC Board of Directors and the communities of Kodiak Island Borough, to keep the AADC Board of Directors appraised of community concerns and impacts of the launch site on the community." We meet regularly to discuss issues of concern and to meet with representatives from the aerospace industry and military personnel. Most recently, we have met to discuss the draft Environmental ` Assessment for the U.S. Army and Missile Defense Command Proposal for the North Pacific Targets Program.