1981-64 Supporting The Monashka Dam Project.1 .'1 1 1 2 1
KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
RESOLUTION NO. 81 -64 -R
A RESOLUTION OF THE KODI.AK ISLAND BOROUGH ASSEMBLY SUPPORTING THE
MONASHKA DAM PROJECT.
WHEREAS, the Kodiak community has experienced sevexewater shortages
in the past due to an inadequate water supply to meet the growing needs for
domestic and industrial water consumption, and
WHEREAS, the quantities of water used by fish processors has increased
substantially in the past decade, currently requiring approximately 10 million
gallons of water per day, and
WHEREAS, the 1981 Alaska Legislature has appropriated funds to the
City of Kodiak for the construction of the Monashka Creek Dam and related dikes,
and the State of Alaska, Department of Environmental Conservation has extended
a grant offer to the City of Kodiak to assist in financing the same and
WHEREAS, the proposed water supply development will be a staged
project consisting of a dam and system of dikes to create a reservoir with the
ultimate capacity of approximately 6,000 acre -feet, of which the first phase
will provide for an impoundment of approximately 1,500 acre -feet at the normal
water service elevation of 135.0 feet, and
WHEREAS, the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly desires to be supportive
of a project to furnish an adequate supply of fresh water in order to hold and
encourage enlargement and diversification of the area seafood processors and
related residential development which in turn enlarges and stabilizes the Kodiak
area long -term employment opportunity, and
WHEREAS, the Kodiak Island Borough is to receive title to certain
land in the Monashka watershed located in Township 27S, Range 20W, Seward
Meridian as provided in Section 1427 of PL 96 -487, and
WHEREAS, 6,645 acres of Monashka Creek watershed was zoned from
;Conservation to Watershed by Kodiak Island Borough Ordinance 77 -26 -0 on
November 8, 1977.
ATTEST:
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NOW, THEREFORE, the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly resolves to
support the Monashka Dam project and will cooperate by allowing use of lands
upon receipt of title under the above cited act for the construction of the
Monashka Dam and related appurtenances.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 3rd day of September , 1981
by the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly.
KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
By
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