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KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
RESOLUTION NO. 83 -98 -R
A RESOLUTION OF THE KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH ASSEMBLY REQUESTING
SUPPORT AND FUNDING FOR THE FISHERY INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY CENTER.
WHEREAS, the seafood industry employes one out of ten Alaskans
.throughout the State and is the largest private employer within the State, and
WHEREAS, the Alaska fishing industry has yet to take full advantage
of the rich resources available, and
WHEREAS, there is a need to enhance the competence of Alaskans to
derive maximum benefit from Alaska's fishery resources, and
WHEREAS, the first session of the Twelfth Alaskan Legislature passed
a bill establishing a Fishery Industrial Technology Center (FITC) as an
,integral part of the University of Alaska, and
WHEREAS, the Center was created to respond to a need expressed by
the Alaska fishing industry to institute an aggressive training program
coupled with strong research and development activities to assist Alaskans, and
WHEREAS, the Center's primary charge is to create employment
opportunities in the Alaska fishing industry by providing training, adapting
existing technologies and creating new technologies which will enhance the
competitiveness of the industry, and
WHEREAS, funds approved by the First Session of the Thirteenth
Legislature intended to pay for "bid ready architectural designs" were vetoed
by Governor Sheffield from the Center's budget due to the fact the Governor
did not have sufficient information on the project.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Kodiak Island Borough
Assembly strongly urges the University of Alaska Board of Regents and the
Governor of the State of Alaska to support and fund the Fishery Industrial
Technology Center in order for the Center to initiate research and developmental
accompanying correspondence be forwarded to the following persons:
activities which will benefit the entire State.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this resolution and appropriate
The Honorable Ted Stevens, U. S. Senate
The Honorable Frank H. Murkowski, U. S. Senate
The Honorable Donald E. Young, U. S. House of Representatives
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The Honorable Bill Sheffield, Governor, State of Alaska
The Honorable Bob Mulcahy, Alaska State Senate
The Honorable Fred F. Zharoff, Alaska House of Representatives
Don Abel, Jr., President, Board of Regents, University of Alaska
Ruth Burnett, Board of Regents, University of Alaska
Gordon Evans, Board of Regents, University of Alaska
Dr. Hugh B. Fate, Jr., Board of Regents, University of Alaska
Sara Hannan, Board of Regents, University of Alaska
Roy Huhndorf, Board of Regents, University of Alaska
Herbert Lang, Board of Regents, University of Alaska
Thomas Miklautsch, Board of Regents, University of Alaska
Anne Parrish, Board of Regents, University of Alaska
Edward Rasmuson, Board of Regents, University of Alaska
John Shively, Board of Regents, University of Alaska
Jay Barton, President, University of Alaska
Elmer Rasmuson, Chairman of the Board, National Bank of Alaska
Robert Blake, United Fishermen of Alaska
Alan Beardsley, Chairman, FITC Policy Council
George Krusz, President, Alaska State Chamber of Commerce
Chris Mitchell, Executive Director, Alaska Fisheries Development
Foundation
Pacific Seafood Processors Association
Bob Hoodson, Executive Director, Alaska Seafood Marketing
Institute
Al Burch, Manager, Alaska Draggers Association
Carlos Santos, Manager, Alaska Fish Cannery Workers Union of
the Pacific
Walter Smith, Secretary- Treasurer, Alaska Fishermen's Union
Gordon Gravel, Manager, Alaska's Favorite Reef Whitefish Co -op
Karl Hellberg, President, Alaska Independent Fishermen's Marketing
Association
Greg Baker, President, Alaska Longline Fishermen's Association
Robert D. Alverson, Manager, Alaska Marketing Association
Robert Willard, Executive Vice President, Alaska Native Brotherhood
Edward J. Wojeck, Executive Director, Alaska Trollers Associationj
Annette Island Packing Company
Henry Mitchell, Bering Sea Fishermen's Association
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Lynn Domingo, Secretary- Treasurer, Cannery Workers Union
Jan Van Dort, Chignik Boat Owners Association
Paul F. Peyton, Manager, Commercial Fisherman's Cooperative
Association
Lawrence Rorrison, Commercial Fishermen of Cooks' Inlet
Doug Blossom, Cook Inlet Fisherman Fund
Jack Sprague, Cook Inlet Fishermen's Association
James Mykland, President, Copper River Fishermen's Cooperative
Bob Blake, President, Cordova Aquatic Marketing Association
Cordova District Fisheries Union
Jay C. Brevik, Deep Sea Fisherman's Union of the Pacific
John R. Jemewouk, Ellm Fish Processing Co -op
Robert D. Alverson, Manager, Fishing Vessel Owners' Association
Thomas Pungink, Secretary- Treasurer, Golovin Fish Processing
Co -op, Inc.
Goodnews Bay Fisheries Co -op
Jim Burris, Manager, Gulf of Alaska Co -op
Donald E. Reinhardt, Manager, Halibut Producers Co- operative
Karluk Village Co -op Inc.
Robert Ducker, Kenai Peninsula Fishermen's Co -op Association
Michael Chase, Manager, Kuskokwim Fishermen's Cooperative Inc.
Art Bolton, Business Representative, Machinists Union
Mekoryuk Alaska Co -op
Herman Reich, General Manager, NANA Seafoods (NANA Taglugmitat)
Lucy Sloan, Executive Director, National Federation of Fishermen
Dan Flynn, North Pacific Fisheries Association, Inc.
Executive Director, North Pacific Fishing Vessel Owners
Association
John Eckles, Manager, Norton Sound Fishermen's Cooperative
David Osterback, Peninsula Marketing Association
Petersburg Vessel Owners Association
Prince William Sound Aquaculture Corporation
Bruce Wallace, Executive Director, Southeast Alaska Seine Boat
D n e
Ron Jolin, President, United Fishermen's Marketing Association
Cass Parsons, Executive Director, United Fishermen of Alaska
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ATTEST:
United Southeast Alaska Gillnetters
Manager, Western Alaska Cooperative Marketing Association
Yakutat Fishermen's Cooperative Inc.
Jabac Johnson, Manager, Yukon Delta Fish Marketing Cooperative
PASSED AND APPROVED this 1st day of September
KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
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Borough Clef'(
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