FY2010-27 Urging The University Of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service To Establish A Cooperative Extension Service District Office With A Full Time Extension Agent In Kodiak1 Introduced by: KIB Assembly
2 Requested by: Assembly Member Jeffrey
3 Drafted by: Assembly Member Jeffrey
Introduced on: 02/18/2010
4 Amended: 02/18/2010
5 Adopted on: 02/18/2010
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9 RESOLUTION NO. FY 2010 -27
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11 A RESOLUTION OF THE ASSEMBLY OF THE KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
12 URGING THE UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS COOPERATIVE EXTENSION
13 SERVICE TO ESTABLISH A COOPERATIVE EXTENSION SERVICE DISTRICT OFFICE WITH
14 A FULL TIME EXTENSION AGENT IN KODIAK
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16 WHEREAS, harvesting marine resources and land mammals for food is a 10,000 - year -old
17 tradition for the people of Kodiak; and
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19 WHEREAS, the Federal government recognizes that Kodiak residents still depend on
20 subsistence fishing and hunting to feed their families and thus grants Kodiak "rural" status to
21 allow subsistence use; and
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23 WHEREAS, food preservation and safety education is vital to Kodiak because most residents
24 process fish and game at home or eat subsistence fish and game processed by friends and
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27 WHEREAS, Kodiak is the largest commercial fishing port in Alaska and home to the largest
28 U.S. Coast Guard base in the nation; and
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30 WHEREAS, an extension agent and a Cooperative Service District Office in Kodiak would
31 serve the Kodiak community of 13,500 residents, making Kodiak one of the top ten largest
32 communities in the state; and
33 WHEREAS, the commercial fishing industry workforce and rotating Coast Guard personnel
34 create a highly transient population in Kodiak that would benefit from Extension Service food
35 preservation and safety and health and safety resources, agent and office in Kodiak; and
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37 WHEREAS, Kodiak is a remote rural community with limited youth activities and has critical
38 youth development needs; and
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40 WHEREAS, the residents of Kodiak are actively seeking ways to adopt energy conservation
41 measures in their homes, have formed a grassroots "Sustainable Kodiak" committee and would
42 utilize Extension Service resources, agent and office in Kodiak.
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Kodiak Island Borough Resolution No. FY2010 -27
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44 NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE ASSEMBLY OF THE KODIAK ISLAND
45 BOROUGH urges the University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service to Establish
46 a Cooperative Extension District Office with a full -time extension agent in Kodiak.
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48 ADOPTED BY THE ASSEMBLY OF THE KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
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55 ATTEST: Jerome M. Selby, Borough�May_
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59 Nova M. Javier, M C, Borough Clerk
THIS EIGHTEENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2010
KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
Kodiak Island Borough Resolution No. FY2010 -27
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