HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTION 1988-25Suggested by: 8ayor #illiams
~ESOLU~ZOW HO. 88-25
A RESOL~TZOH OF ~HRCOUHCZL aP THE CZTY O~ KENAZ, ALASKA,
ENDORSZNG ~ URGING THE ALASKA STATE LEGZSLA~B TO SUPPORT
AND PASS SENATE BXLL 480 WHXCH XS DESIGNED TO PROI~O~E
RKGXONAL ECONOMXC DEVELOPMENT,
WHEREAS, dependency upon oil revenues to support the State
of Alsek& over the past two years has become extremely
volatile, and
WHEREAS, the State of Alaska needs to design a program that
will create stability in the economic picture in the state
of Alaska, and
#HERSA8, Senate Rill 480 provides £or gran~s of up to
850,000 per year to each region in the sta~e of Alaska that
qualifies under the terms o£ Senate Bill 480, and
WHEREAS, ~hese regional programs will be charged with the
responsibility o~ d~verei~ying and adding to the economic
structure within ~he state o~ Alaska to create a more stable
business climate to the bene~i~ of all Alaskans, and
WHEREAS, Senate Sill 480 appears to be one of the £ew
positive steps in creating economic development ~nitia~ivee
at the local level, and
WHEREAS, the regional assistance program is designed to be a
partnership between local regions and the Department of
Con~erce and Economic Development by providing in£ormation
~hat will flow to the DCED end ~rom the DCED back to the
local regions in an effort for the Sta~e and local areas to
participate in this etabtliz~ng economio program.
NOg, THRRE~OR~, BB Z~ .RESOLVED BY ~HE CO~CZL O~
KBNAX, AbA~, ~ha~ said Council urges the Alaska B~ate
Legislature to pass Senate Sill 480.
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PASSED BY THB COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KBNAI, ALASKA, this 6th
d&Y o£ A}F~I, 1988.
ATTEST~
net #helen, C:Lty Clerk
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