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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTION 1986-84Suggeeted byl Administration RESOLUTION NO. 66-84 . RE UESTXNG THAT TH[ UNITED STATES GOVERN#ENT GRANT AREA#ZDE CU~TOHS PORT Or ENTRY STATUS TO THE PORTS ON THE KENAi PENZNSULA, ALASKA. NHEREAS, the Kenei Pentn,ule ia rapidly eeeuming e position or internatione! importance in proeeeein6 end ehippinq Fleh produete ee we~! ee prooeeeing nature! gee and etude el! end mining end chipping eoe! to the Pacific Rlmt end N#EREAS~ the por~ of Seward bee previoue~y been deeigneted eee port-of-eel! for the Polleh Flehing ~eett end NHEREAS, fo~ many yeere, porte on the Kenei Penineule hove been · regular port of eel! for euppl~eet crew ehengeet reprise end recreation For the 3epeneeet Koreen end Tewieneee ~lehing veeeele plying the north prairie wetere, end #HEREASt e 1mego portion oF the Kenei Penineule ie economically dependant upon the Fiehing~ oil end treneportetion lnduetriee eentered In Sewerdt Homer end Keneit retying the lnternetione! markets! and NHEREAS, the Kenai Penineula le deeiroue oF lnoreeeing tourAem by reeking ~orelgn fourier ehipe to vieit the Kenei PenAneulet end NHEREAS eubetantia~ eerie ere inou~red in having United Starer ouetome~end lmm~gretAon pereonne! trove! to penAneu~e porte time · fore~gn veeeei ea~e on the porter end NHEREAS~ the eetebilehment of · ~uetome end immigration offAoe ~n eervin the Kene~ Pen~neuJe wou~d be · Flnenele! eevinge ko the .-~).ag~)~ee aovernment end better eerve the ne~d~.o~ there NON~ THEREFOR[~ BE iT R£SOLVED BY THE COUNC&L O~ TH[ CiTY 0£ KENAi~ ALASKA~ theft Seo~/ofi_~18 The United Skater government be requeoted to --fast e~owide po~t of entry etetue to the porto of the g eatab~ioh · permanent U.S. · Kenei Penineu&e~ Aleeke end ........ Cuetomo end immig~etion 6teflon on the Kenli peninlula #&Tn peroonne~ authorized to fu&ft&) the funotione of both ogeneleo. © © I'- SeokLon 21 ThLo ~eeolut~on ehat] toke effect Lmmedtote~y upon ~te adoption. PASSi~D BY THE COUNCZL OF THE: CZTY 0£ KENAZt ALASKA thio }rd day of' Septembel.'t 1966. ATTEST CITY OF SEWARD SEWARD, ALASKA 99664 _ .' .:'."/..' .::?' ~.~ ':,~:. August 21, 1986 HR. BXLL 9RTGHTON C~TY HANAGER CTTY OF KENA! 210 FIda19o Street Kenal, AK 99611 · Main Office (907) 22&3331 · Police (907) ZS&3338 · HaFoor (907) Zi~3138 · ~i~ (907) Z2~344S % · Telecopler (907) 22~3248 AI~A IfZDE CUSTOHS PORT OF ENTRY All of us on the Kenat Pentnsela are tnvolved tn ehtpptno, and we all know that coot8 to a shtpper can make one port more dentreble than another. Xn our case any foretgn shtpptn9 requtree the presence of a customs offfcer. That generally moans the expense of brtngtng offtcere from Anchorage vta commercial or charter afrcraft~ depending on scheduling. Stnce federal att safety regulations requtre that officers fly a twtn englne aircraft, the cost to the shtpper for the presence of · customs offtcer can be tn excess of S2~000. Thte cont~ alan9 wtth others, tends to make our port less desirable than Anchorage, for 1fist&nco. Last, year, Seward submitted an application to become a Cueton~ Port of Entry vlth the hopes of being able to reduce nome of these costs. Unfortunately, federal 9utdellse$ relattn9 to popul&tton end total number of vtstts made Sevard Ineligible for such a claestftcetten. Tie ere now tn the process of applytn9 for the orentton of an Area-vide Customs Port of Entry to tnclude the Kenat Peninsula es a whole. Tie have htred Hr. Vern Grosnvald, recently rettred Alaska Dtntrtct Dtrector of the U.S. Custom Servtce, to research shipping statistics for Keno1 Peninsula porte and to prepare a new Customs Port of Entry appltontton. Our agreement ,tth Hr. Groen~ald ts $S~000 for the &ppllcetton package, reimbursable expenses not to exceed $S~000 end a S2,S00 bonus tf the Custom Port of Entry statue te approved. Our tote1 potential tnventmont ts eX2,000. © OZl~ ~ ~EIIARI)~ ALASKA AI~A-IIZDE (XIST~S PORT Page 2 The area Custom Port of Entry appears to have a good chuce of being ~ccepl~ tn that tt would Include the entire peetnaula popul&tton and Incorporate a21 the ihtpplng for our vartOUl ports. Almost SO Po.~ent, of the customs actfvtttee tn the Anchorage dtKrIct com. from. Ke~a~ Pont,~I~ port,. Zf approve, tt voul.d al.low for. t~ custoes port officer here ee the penlnlUla. TI~ locl~lon proonoiy would be etther Seward or Kens1, depending on whtch would be the ceet effective to &11 the porte based on values of traffic or sentra1 We need your support through reloluttons to be tncluded In the appltfltlee picket. Zf you feel so Inclined, we would also appreciate your ftnuclal ~upport tn ~ccanpltshIno thio project. Should you feel you would l tko to contrtbete a portion of the consulter fee, perhaps · e could pro-rate the cost on the same basis as tonnage G~ttetlcs fncluded In the appltfltton for each com~ntty. For ~me camunttt,, this letter ts · folloPup to personal ceevermP tlons, for others tt lB a first Introduction to our propoual, be wtll be arranging & personal vtatt with you tn the n~r future to have Hr. ereenvald pment these stcttsttcs and our proposed oppltflttee pKkage. If you have any queett~.qs, er would 1tko addttteeol tnfor~tton, do not hesitate to contact me or my Administrative heolstent, Kerry Hsrttn. We look forward to working with you on thts concept which we fe~l wtll benefit businesses not only tn Seward, but on the enttre Kenat peninsula. TY~ SEWARD/ ALAKA C~ HANAGER Kl~talm F- T~ff DUty Ret. ~ ImpOrt ' //[%\ P.O. Box ~umm //~--G\\ Anehm'ege, AK August ~2, 1986 Cuatome Law & Regulations u.s. cus!oK.PO~oF ENTRY APPLZCATION - KENA! PEN, I,N~ The followtng ~s a_s.un~.ry of the commer~ta~'e~ttvtty ?f veegpls. . engaged tn International trade which have arrlvee at seaports of Tee renal Peninsula durtn9 1964, 1986, and January through 3ulv of 1966. Thts data has been comptled for Inclusion tn an app11catto9 for Customs port o~ entry status for the Kens1 Peninsula Area. As presently envisioned, this Are~ would Include the seaports of Seward, Kens1, Ntk~skt, and Homer, es well as t e ctty of Soldotna. The data gathered shows that a stgnt¢tcant, tf not major, proportion of such vessel ecttvtty presently accredited to the Customs port of Ancho_ra. ge actually occurs tn the seaports of the Kens1 Peninsula. Import Consulting _ Servtces has been retetned by the Ctty of Seward to prepare a ;later application belteve that for U.S. ,Customs Port of Entry status for the enttre area. Tie e :iotnt application stands an excellent chance of approval, As you can see from the following statistics, vessel trafftc for Individual locations do not support port of entry status on a port by port basts. The vessel arrtval statistics for each locatton are as follows: Jan-July PORT 1984 1985 1986 TOTAL,S, SETiARD 67 46 46 148 KENA! 48 61 22 121 NIKISKI 48 66 35 139 flOHER 22 32 26 60 AREA TOTALS 176 186 128 486 *PORT OF ANCHORAGE TOTALS 327 499 244 1070 S OF P[NINSULA ARRZVALS 64~ 37~ 62~ 46S *Iflcludee ell locations presently covered by Anchorege peraonnel except Dutch Harbor. ~ Impmt En~ Dooumenmllon Cum Mar#line Regu~Uons Promm & Of the Penlnsul& locations 115ted, 77~ of tl~_ce~)dtecherge oper&ttoneoecur et Se~&rd, 74~ of export cargo losdtng &cttvtt~occurs et Kenat. ond'NtkIskt, The m~orlt~of Ho.mat's nctt~tty t~ ~oteeTgo~re~pted~ but centers around vessels &rrtvlng to texe on ptloTs, eno ~o ow&IT earth space et Keno1 end Ntktskt, This analysts has been prepared to provtde you wtth an 1dee aC the scope of activity tn the area of International vessel trafftc tn the KeneJ PenJnsuie area, The'AREA PORT OF ENTRY APPLICATION wtll Include thts date~ end other factors warranting port of entry status such as: I.) 2.) 3.) 4.) 6.) 6.) Outbound foretgn clearance vessel statistics. Cmmerctal Import entry activity. Cos~ s&vtngs to carriers, Importers, and exporters, of the Area communities tn the Current and projected programs developmnt Of International trafftc, Projected tncresse tn. tntern&ttonal trade that wtll be gatned through Area port of entry status. Increased efficiency of utilization of U.S, Customs Servtce personnel. Vern Grone~ald F I- I._