1992-51 Urging the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council to Fund the Fisheries Industrial Technology Center Project Design in FY 1993.KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
RESOLUTION NO. 92 -51
Introduced by: Mayor Selby
Requested by: Mayor Selby
Drafted by: Mayor Selby
Introduced: 12/17/92
Adopted: 12/17/92
A RESOLUTION URGING THE EXXON VAL DEZ OIL SPILL TRUSTEE COUNCIL TO
FUND THE FISHERIES INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY CENTER PROJECT DESIGN IN
KODIAK IN FISCAL YEAR 1993
WHEREAS, the Exxon Valdez oil spill resulted in serious impacts to many species of
fish and to the production cycle of the food chain in the subsistence of
the people on Kodiak Island in areas of not only fish but also shellfish,
and other ocean -based food sources; and
WHEREAS, the complete inability of any location in the State of Alaska to provide
the analysis necessary to determine if food is safe to eat; and
WHEREAS, the continued study and analysis of many fish and shellfish species is
now being conducted in the aftermath of the Exxon Valdez oil spill; and
WHEREAS, the vast majority of the scientific work involved in these studies is being
contracted outside the State of Alaska; and
WHEREAS, the opportunity to do this contract work inside the State of Alaska exists
and could be conducted with an enhanced capability by the Fisheries
Industrial Technology Center in Kodiak; and
WHEREAS, the people on Kodiak Island were some of the most severely impacted
people by the Exxon Valdez oil spill, losing their entire fishery during the
summer of 1989, and the impact continues on the fisheries as well as
people who never recovered from the devastation that occurred in 1989;
and
WHEREAS, continued development of the Fisheries Industrial Technology Center is
a co- location effort of the University of Alaska and the National Marine
Fisheries Service; and
WHEREAS, the National Marine Fisheries Service has authorized funding of
$100,000 towards the design of a new facility; and
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WHEREAS, the federal government has authorized the expenditure of up to
$1,000,000 per year for leasing space from the University of Alaska in
the new facility; and
WHEREAS, the University of Alaska is interested in and committed to the continued
growth of the Fisheries Industrial Technology Center; and
WHEREAS, it is the charge and responsibility of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee
Council to seek projects which will restore the communities and the
species that were damaged by the Exxon Valdez oil spill; and
WHEREAS, the proposed expansion of the Fisheries Industrial Technology Center will
provide multiple restoration impacts to a number of fisheries and
shellfish, including subsistence foods for the Native villages on Kodiak
Island, and the project is in full accordance with the restoration plan from
the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE ASSEMBLY OF THE KODIAK ISLAND
BOROUGH THAT:
Section 1:
ATTEST:
the Public Advisory Group and the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council
is urged to fund the design of the Fisheries Industrial Technology Center
in the amount of $1,000,000 in the fiscal year 1993 work plan.
ADOPTED BY THE KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH ASSEMBLY
THIS 17TH DAY OF DECEMBER, 1992
Donna F. Smith, Borough Clerk
Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska
KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
Jer. M. Selby, Boroug
Jack L. McFafland, Presid
ng Officer
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