FY2014-13 Requesting the Governor to Budget Ferry Vessel Replacement in the FY2015 Budget 1 Introduced by: Manager Cassidy
2 Requested by: Borough Assembly
3 Assembly
Drafted by: Special Projects Support
4 Christiansen
5 Introduced on: 09/19/2013
6 Adopted on: 09/19/2013
7 KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
8 RESOLUTION NO. FY2014-13
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10 A RESOLUTION OF THE KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
11 ASSEMBLY REQUESTING THE GOVERNOR TO INCLUDE IN
12 HIS FY2015 CAPITAL BUDGET A DEPOSIT OF $100 MILLION
13 INTO THE VESSEL REPLACEMENT FUND FOR THE PURPOSE
14 OF CONTRUCTING A NEW OCEAN-GOING VESSEL TO
15 REPLACE THE MN TUSTUMENA
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17 WHEREAS, the MN Tustumena was built in 1964, is approaching its 50'" year of
18 service, and has had a hard life servicing the Kodiak and Aleutian communities for the
19 past several decades; and
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21 WHEREAS, the MN Tustumena provides year-round service to the Kodiak area, and
22 journeys out the Aleutian chain ten times each year, providing a critical transportation
23 and tourism link that affects the economies of each community served by this vessel;
24 and
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26 WHEREAS, the rough and exposed waters of the Aleutians can accelerate the
27 deterioration of any vessel servicing the region; and
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29 WHEREAS, recent vessel aging problems and repair delays are well documented
30 and have created significant, recurring service disruptions and outages in the region;
31 and
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33 WHEREAS, the MN Tustumena is at the top of the queue in the AMHS Vessel
34 Replacement Fund, and the legislature appropriated $10 million from this fund in 2013
35 for the design of a new ocean-going vessel to replace the MN Tustumena; and
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37 WHEREAS, the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities has begun
38 the design process and estimates that it will take 18 months to complete; and
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40 WHEREAS, the department estimates construction of the new vessel could cost as
41 much as $210 million; and
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43 WHEREAS, since it will take another two to three years to construct the new vessel
44 and ready it for service, it is imperative to develop and implement a strategy to ensure
45 construction funding is in place by 2015 to allow an immediate start of vessel
46 construction.
Kodiak Island Borough Resolution No. P12014-13
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48 NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, BY THE ASSEMBLY OF THE KODIAK
49 ISLAND BOROUGH, that the Kodiak Island Borough hereby requests that Governor
50 Parnell include in his FY2015 capital budget a deposit of $100 million into the Vessel
51 Replacement Fund for the purpose of constructing a new ocean-going vessel to replace
52 the MN Tustumena; and
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54 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Kodiak Island Borough requests Governor
55 Parnell plan to include in his FY2016 capital budget another deposit into the Vessel
56 Replacement Fund to provide the remaining amount of funding needed to construct a
57 new ocean going-vessel to replace the MN Tustumena.
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60 ADOPTED BY THE ASSEMBLY OF THE KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
61 THIS NINETEENTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2013
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63 KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
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67 ATTEST: Ja time M. Selby, :brou h Mayo
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71 Nova M. Javier, MC, Bv'ough Clerk
Kodiak Island Borough Resolution No. FY2014-13
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