1995-12 Urging the Alaska State Legislature to Fully Fund the Alaska Regional Development Organization (ARDOR) Program at its FY 96 Budget Request Level to Improve the Overall Economic Development of Alaska.Introduced by:
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KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
RESOLUTION NO. 95 -12
Assemblymember McFarland
Assemblymember McFarland
Mayor Selby
04/06/95
04/06/95
A RESOLUTION URGING THE ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE TO FULLY FUND
THE ALASKA REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION (ARDOR) PROGRAM AT
ITS FISCAL YEAR 1996 BUDGET REQUEST LEVEL TO IMPROVE THE OVERALL
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF ALASKA
WHEREAS, the various governmental bodies, businesses and industries throughout
the state have recognized that the state's most critical problem is the lack of
economic development; and
WHEREAS, one of the surest methods of promoting economies is to develop regional
economic capacity by assisting small businesses who can then participate in the
emerging markets, and who will continue to create and develop more business for
Alaska; and
WHEREAS, the rural areas of Alaska have the majority of natural resource industries,
such as fish, timber and mining; and
WHEREAS, rural Alaskans have been passed over in favor of employees from outside
Alaska in the natural resource industries of fishing, timber and mining because they
do not have, or are perceived as not having, the necessary education and training to
take jobs in the state; and
WHEREAS, the Alaska Regional Development Organization (ARDOR) funding has
resulted in a significant increase in economic development throughout the ARDOR
regions in Alaska and have been especially effective in rural Alaska; and
WHEREAS, funding for the ARDOR program is one of the most significant
investments in Alaska's future that can be made at this time;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE ASSEMBLY OF THE KODIAK ISLAND
BOROUGH THAT the Alaska State Legislature is urged to grant full funding to the
ARDOR program to enable it to carry out its mission to develop the economic base
in Alaska at a time when economic growth is vital for the long -term health of the
state.
Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska Resolution No. 95 -12
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ATTEST:
ADOPTED BY THE ASSEMBLY OF THE KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
THIS SIXTH DAY OF APRIL, 1995
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Donna F. Smith, CMC, Borough Clerk
KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
Jer
e M. Selby, Boroug
Mary A. M nroe, Presiding Officer
Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska Resolution No.
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