1999-18 CIRCAC Oil Spills Cook InletA RESOLUTION OF THE ASSEMBLY OF THE KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
SUPPORTING THE COOK INLET REGIONAL CITIZENS ADVISORY
COUNCIL'S (CIRCAC) ENDEAVORS TO ENCOURAGE THOSE WITH THE
ULTIMATE AUTHORITY AND RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE THAT
"PREVENTION" OF OIL SPILLS IN COOK INLET BECOME ONE OF THEIR
HIGHEST PRIORITIES
WHEREAS, the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly encourages those with the authority
and responsibility to exercise due process expeditiously in generating, if not
guaranteeing, ultimate "prevention" rules pertaining to any kind of oil spill in Cook
Inlet; and
WHEREAS, engaging in such "prevention" rules by those with the authority and
responsibility to do so will contribute to the continual safe and timely passage of goods
and freight through the Port of Anchorage to a number of communities of Alaska and
to over sixty percent of all Alaskans; and
WHEREAS, the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly suggests to those with the authority
and responsibility that "prevention" should not be a reactionary tool but should be
done through the immediate sense of planning and employing best available technology
prior to an oil spill occurring;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE ASSEMBLY OF THE KODIAK ISLAND
BOROUGH that CIRCAC may present this Resolution at their Forum "Safety of
NavirGtion in. Cook Inlet" in Homer, Alaska, September 10, 1999, and for any other
purpose it may deem appropriate.
ADOPTED BY THE ASSEMBLY OF THE KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
THIS NINETEENTH DAY OF AUGUST, 1999
ATTEST:
,
ith A. Nielsen, C , Borough Clerk
Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska
KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
RESOLUTION NO. 99 -18
Introduced by: Mayor Stevens
Requested by: Cook Inlet RCAC
Drafted by: Cook Inlet RCAC
Introduced: 08/19/99
Adopted: 08/19/99
KODIAK IStAN OROUGH
ry L. Stevens, Borough Mayor
Resolution No. 99 -18
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