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1995-23 Urging the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council to Acquire Certain Small Parcels of Land.KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH RESOLUTION NO. 95 -23 Introduced by: Mayor Selby Requested by: Mayor Selby Drafted: Mayor Selby Introduced: 05/04/95 Adopted: 05/04/95 A RESOLUTION URGING THE EXXON VALDEZ OIL SPILL TRUSTEE COUNCIL TO ACQUIRE CERTAIN SMALL PARCELS WITHIN THE KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH AS PART OF THE SMALL PARCEL ACQUISITION PROGRAM WHEREAS, the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council has determined that acquisition of certain high value and special merit small parcels of land should be acquired as part of the overall restoration process resulting from the Exxon Valdez oil spill; and WHEREAS, many more parcels have been nominated and identified for consideration than can possibly be bought with the available funds by the Trustee Council; and WHEREAS, the Kodiak Island Borough has worked with the area's federal, state and local agencies that have an interest in restoration of the fish, marine mammal, bird, and wildlife species that were impacted by the oil spill, and in that process has been able to define and identify critical habitat areas of property which have special merit value for the injured resources or services; and WHEREAS, many of the parcels that have been identified in this process of the Kodiak Island Borough working with the various agencies include outstanding wilderness areas, outstanding subsistence and recreational value areas, necessity for commercial fisheries habitat or management, outstanding critical habitat areas for the various species of birds and animals, and outstanding estuary areas for species protection for the future health of the ecosystem; and WHEREAS, many of these outstanding parcels have the multiple feature of being critical access areas for the larger parcels which have been acquired by the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council through the large parcel acquisition process; and WHEREAS, it is extremely difficult to identify the most important parcels meriting acquisition without having first hand knowledge of these areas, having lived in the Kodiak Island Borough area, and understanding the inter - relationships of the parcels and the importance of their multiple features which are deserving of special merit for consideration of purchase; and Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska Resolution No. 95 -23 Page 1 of 5 PARCEL LOCATION KAP 145 Termination Point KAP 150 Karluk Weir Site KAP 130 Uyak Bay KAP 226 Karluk Lagoon KAP 220 Ayakulik River KAP 151 Ayakulik Weir Site 5 Acres (parcel# unknown) Pauls Bay Weir Site 5 Acres (parcel# unknown) Litnik (Afognak River) Weir Site 5 Acres (parcel# unknown) Perenosa Weir Site 5 Acres (parcel# unknown) Malina Weir Site 5 Acres (parcel# unknown) Upper Station Weir Site WHEREAS, the Kodiak Island Borough has completed a very careful and thorough process with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, the Kodiak Regional Aquaculture Association, the Alaska State Parks system, and other agencies to identify the parcels which have multiple special merit value for inclusion in the restoration program. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE ASSEMBLY OF THE KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH that the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council is urged to give careful and thoughtful consideration to the list of parcels which have been selected as a result of a great deal of research by the multiple agencies and are recommended for acquisition to the Trustee Council by the Kodiak Island Borough on the basis of the multiple special merit value for resources and services injured by the Exxon Valdez oil spill. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED BY THE ASSEMBLY OF THE KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH that the outstanding wilderness, subsistence, commercial fisheries resource, critical habitat, recreational value, and access to larger parcel acquisitions concerns have been included in this recommendation and should be carefully considered by the Trustee Council in making a decision to acquire these parcels. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED BY THE ASSEMBLY OF THE KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH that the parcels which should be acquired in the Kodiak Island Borough in the following order of priority are: Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska Resolution No. 95 -23 Page 2 of 5 5 Acres (parcel# unknown) Akalura Weir Site 15 Acres (parcel# unknown) Dog Salmon Flats Weir Site 5 Acres (parcel# unknown) Red River Weir Site 5 Acres (parcel# unknown) Waterfall Weir Site 36 Acres (parcel# unknown) Kitoi Bay Hatchery Weir Site 5 Acres (parcel# unknown) Thorsheim Weir Site 5 Acres (parcel# unknown) Horse Marine Weir Site 5 Acres (parcel# unknown) Karluk Lake Weir Site KAP 116 Sulua Bay KAP 140 Uganik Bay KAP 109 Sulua Bay KAP 262 Halibut Bay KAP 106 Brown's Lagoon KAP 139 Uganik Bay KAP 245 Gurney Bay KAP 246 Bumble Bay KAP 247 Halibut Bay KAP 252 Deadman Bay KAP 96 Sitkalidak Strait KAP 101 Sitkalidak Strait KAP 104 Kiliuda Bay KAP 131 Kiliuda Bay KAP 132 Sitkalidak Strait KAP 133 Kiliuda Bay KAP 137 Kiliuda Bay KAP 105 Three Saints Bay KAP 100 Kiliuda Bay Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska Resolution No. 95 -23 Page 3 of 5 KAP 107 Shelikof Strait KAP 125 Shelikof Strait KAP 138 Kiliuda Bay KAP 142 Three Saints Bay KAP 143 Kiliuda Bay KAP 115 Uyak Bay KAP 98 Shelikof Strait KAP 99 Kiliuda Bay KAP 102 Sitkalidak Strait KAP 103 Sitkalidak Strait KAP 108 Uyak Bay KAP 110 Kaiugnak Bay KAP 114 Uyak Bay KAP 123 Kaiugnak Bay KAP 126 Three Saints Bay KAP 134 Three Saints Bay KAP 135 Kiliuda Bay KAP 136 Kiliuda Bay KAP 144 Three Saints Bay KAP 91 Sitkalidak Strait KAP 93 Sitkalidak Strait KAP 127 Sitkalidak Strait KAP 270 Three Saints Bay KAP 271 Three Saints Bay KAP 272 Three Saints Bay KAP 244 Halibut Cove KAP 263 Kiavak Bay Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska Resolution No. 95 -23 Page 4 of 5 KAP 128 I Kaguyak Bay ATTEST: ADOPTED BY THE ASSEMBLY OF THE KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH THIS FOURTH DAY OF MAY, 1995. Donna F. Smith, CMC, Borough Clerk KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH Jero M. Selby, Borough Mi ael R. Milligan puty Presiding Officer or Mary A. Monroe, Presiding Officer Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska Resolution No. 95 -23 Page 5 of 5