HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTION 1987-15Suggested by: &d~inistrstion
~ESO~UTZON NO. 87-~5
A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI,
OPPOSING THE TRaNSFER OF STATE ROADS TO LOCAL
WHEREAS, the State of Alaska, Department of Transportation
and Public Facilities has proposed the transEer of state
o~ned and maintained roads to local municipalities, and
WHERE&S, a nu~er of these roads have been inadequately
maintained and need substantial capital improvement to make
them safe and economically maintainable, and
~HER~S, the State of Alaska has not funded much needed
improvements on their roads in the boundaries oE local
municipal government, and
WHEREAS, the transfer plan does not provide any funding to
local government to repair and maintain the State's roads,
and
WHEREAS, the State of Alaska is in the process of cutting
their budgets and transferring the costs for providing of
those services to local government, and
WHEREAS, the City of Kenai does not have the financial
resources necessarF to properly reconstruct or maintain the
State's roads in our municipality.
NOW, T~EREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OFT HE CITY OF
KENAI0 ALASKA, that the City of Kenai is adamantly opposed
to the trans£er of main roads and highways to the City of
Kenai without the financial means to maintain and/or
reconstruct those roadways. Be it further resolved that
~overnor Co,per and me~bers of the Alaska Legislature are
respect£ully urged to give no serious consideration to any
plan which transfers such a huge financial burden to local
municipalities without the funds necessary to accomplish the
work.
ATTEST:
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PASSED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA, this
daf of April· 1987.
· City Clerk
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