1991-45 Supporting Adequate Funding for the Alaska Regional Development Organization Program.Introduced by:
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KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
RESOLUTION NO. 91-45
Mayor Selby
SWAMC
SWAMC
09/19/91
09/19/91
A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING ADEQUATE FUNDING FOR THE ALASKA REGIONAL
DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION PROGRAM
WHEREAS, the Southwest Alaska Municipal Conference endorses programs and
policies that promote the creation and implementation of community
based economic development programs; and
WHEREAS, in 1988 the Alaska Regional Development Organization (ARDOR)
program was established within the Alaska Department of Commerce
and Economic Development; and
WHEREAS, the purpose of the ARDOR program is to facilitate economic
development at regional and local levels by establishing a network of
regional development organizations designed to advance local control of
economic development efforts and increase the flow and retention of
dollars in local economies; and
WHEREAS, the ARDORs are designed to play a critical role in the formulation of
state economic development policy and in the delivery of economic and
business development services within the regions; and
WHEREAS, the ARDOR program provides matching grants of up to $50,000 per year
for financial assistance to each designated regional development
organization; and
WHEREAS, the authorizing legislation allows for a maximum of fifteen regional
development organizations to be funded in any year; and
WHEREAS, there are ten designated and funded regional development organizations
now in operation throughout Alaska; and
WHEREAS, the Division of Economic Development within the Department of
Commerce and Economic Development, which administers the ARDOR
program, estimates that at least fourteen regional development
organizations will be operational within the next year.
Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska Resolution No. 91-45
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE ASSEMBLY OF THE KODIAK
ISLAND BOROUGH:
Urges the Governor and the Alaska State Legislature to appropriate
$700,000 in fiscal year 1993 for matching grants to eligible regional development
organizations to be administered through the ARDOR program.
PASSED AND APPROVED THIS 19th DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1991.
KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
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Borough Mayor
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Borough Clerk
Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska Resolution No. 91-45
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