1994-08 Requesting the State of Alaska Department of Transportation Name the Bridge Connecting Kodiak Island and Near Island the R. David Herrnsteen Bridge.KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
RESOLUTION NO. 94 -08
Introduced by: Mayor Se
Requested by: Asse .ly
Drafted by: Mayor :elby
Withdrawn: 0 17/94
A RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF T ANSPORTATION
NAME THE BRIDGE CONNECTING KODIAK ISLAND AND EAR ISLAND
THE R. DAVID HERRNSTEEN BRIDGE
WHEREAS, R. David Herrnsteen lived in Kodiak for twe y -six years and worked
tirelessly during that time for the benefit of . oth the Kodiak community
and the Alaskan fishing industry; and
WHEREAS, R. David Herrnsteen was a leader in tr - Kodiak community serving on
the Kodiak Island Borough Assembl from 1979 to 1981, as Kodiak
Island Borough Mayor from 1981 o 1983, and on the Kodiak Island
School Board from 1987 to 199 , and
WHEREAS, R. David Herrnsteen was a vi force in the Alaskan fishing community,
serving as a member of the . sheries Industrial Technology Center Policy
Committee from 1982 to 992, as an officer of the United Fishermen's
Marketing Association f . m 1979 to 1992, as a member of the Alaska
Coastal Policy Council ' 1983, as vice - president of United Fishermen of
Alaska in 1973, as .mmissioner of the Alaska Commission on the Law
of the Sea from 1 • 2 to 1974, and as a member of the Kodiak College
Fisheries Institut Steering Committee for many years; and
WHEREAS, R. David Herr - steen created consensus and built bridges between people
of diverse ' terests and outlook in the many committees on which he
served, a r . particularly as president of the Oil /Fisheries Group of Alaska
from 1 ' :5 to 1986, as co- chairman of the Alaska Department of Fish
and :me Kodiak Shrimp Study Group from 1974 to 1976, and as a
me '.er of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game Kodiak Groundfish
C. mittee from 1987 to 1992; and
WHERFAS_ R. David Herrnsteen devoted hic life to the betterment of the comm
and the fishing industry by his participation on numerous other
committees that influenced state and federal policy and legislation; and
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WHEREAS, long term public recognition of an individual who gave so much to the
Kodiak Island community is appropriate and a fitting tribute to the spirit
of public participation; and
WHEREAS, the bridge linking Kodiak Island and Near Island has never been officially
named and would be an appropriate symbolic memorial to a man who
bridged fishing concerns and community concerns so well;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE ASSEMBLY OF THE KODIAK
ISLAND BOROUGH:
Section 1:
ATTEST:
Respectfully request that the Alaska Department of Transportation name
the bridge which connects Kodiak Island and Near Island the R. David
Herrnsteen Bridge.
ADOPTED BY THE ASSEMBLY OF THE KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
THIS DAY OF , 1994
Donna F. Smith, Borough Clerk
KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
Jerome M. Selby, Borough Mayor
Jack L. McFarland, Presiding Officer
Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska Resolution No.94 -08
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