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City of Kenai
RESOLUTION NO. 2004-22
A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA IN
SUPPORT OF THE IMMEDIATE CONSTRUCTION OFA FIBER OPTIC CABLE
LINKING ANCHORAGE, KENAI, HOMER AND KODIAK.
WHEREAS, the City of Kenai recognizes the importance of utilizing the latest in
technological advances including high speed communications; and
WHEREAS, a fiber optic cable will promote sustainable economic development,
and enhance access to public services such as education, telemedicine,
research, and broadcasting throughout the community; and
WHEREAS, the addition of a fiber optic cable will improve homeland security
and emergency response services for rural Alaska; and
WHEREAS, the addition of a fiber optic line would greatly improve the City of
Kenai's communication capabilities with the rest of the State, the Lower 48 and
the world.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
KENAI, ALASKA, that the City of Kenai supports the immediate development
and construction of a fiber optic cable connecting Anchorage, Kenai, Homer
and Kodiak.
ATTEST:
Carol L. Freak, City Clerk
PASSED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA, this 5th day of
May, 2004.
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Attachments
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Kodiak-Kenai Cable Company
1007 W. 3rd Avenue, Suite 201
Anchorage, Alaska 99501
907.278.6100
April 26, 2004
Linda L. Snow, City Manager
City of Kenai
210 Fidalgo Avenue
Kenai, AK 99611-7794
Re'
Anchorage-Kenai-Homer-Kodiak Marine Fiber Optic Cable Link
Dear Ms. Snow:
We are writing to update you on the status of the Anchorage-Kenai-Homer-Kodiak Fiber
Optic Cable Link project and to request a renewed expression of your community's interest and
support for this project.
As you know, the Kodiak-Kenai Cable Company has been engaged for several years in a
project to extend fiber optic backbone infrastructure from Anchorage directly to the Kenai
Peninsula and to Kodiak Island. This will be accomplished through the installation of a robust
and reliable marine fiber optic cable down Cook Inlet with landing points at the cities of Kenai
and Homer on the Peninsula, and at Mill Bay in the City of Kodiak. We are also hopeful that the
cable can be extended to the Kodiak Missile Launch Facility and thereby help enhance our
nation's defense.
The offshore marine hydrographic survey of the cable route was completed this past
October; we are very Pleased with the apparent seabed conditions of the intended rome.
Additional nearshore survey work at each of the landing sites is scheduled for early this summer
in order to complete the route engineering. We have secured a letter of intent from a well-
established Alaska private bank to issue the full amoUnt of project debt, with appropriate third
party loan guarantees.
The City of Kenai has been very encouraging and helpful to our efforts on this project.
Your continuing support in the form of a resolution would be very helpful now as we work
toward project implementation.
It is clear that, for something of this magnitude to be achieved, it takes a team approach.
Your participation is therefore critical to the success of this effort. Once you have been able to
produce a resolution for your City, we request that a copy of it be faxed to us as soon as possible
so that it can be included in our work to advance this project.
Linda L. Snow
April 26, 2004
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We are very excited about the long-term positive effects that this fiber optic cable project
will have on the region and the state. It will help to grow Alaska's economy, to create distance
education opportunities and telemedicine programs, to improve homeland security missile
defense, and to enhance emergency response and search and rescue capabilities, and numerous
other facets of life in the affected communities, including opportunities for jobs that otherwise
would not be available.
We look forward to receiving your resolution. It will be a great help in seeing that this
project becomes a reality. You can contact Ik Icard at (360) 297-4889 or icard~centuryt_ el.net
or myself if you have any questions or concerns.
Best regards.
Very truly yours,
KODIAK-KENAI CABLE COMPANY, LLC
cc: Carol Freas
Emil Christiansen
President
September 23, 2003
C ClTY..COF KENAI
210 FIDALGO AVE., SUITE 200 KENAI, ALASKA 99611-7794
TELEPHONE 907-283-7535
FAX 907-283-3014 ~
Emil Christiansen, Sr., President
Kodiak Kenai Cable Company, LLC
1007 West Third Avenue, Suite 201
Anchorage, AK 99501
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Dear Mr. Christiansen:
This letter is written in support of the development and construction of a fiber optic
communication cable project proposed to place a fiber optic link from Anchorage to the
Kenai Peninsula.
The development of an information infrastructure would provide our communities with
access to broadband connectivity and provide enhanced telecommunications, health
care, education, homeland security, and economic development opportunities. As we
work to diversify and strengthen our economy, the need for secure, high speed,
broadband telecommunication capacity becomes ever more urgent. A project of this
nature would dramatically expand our communications and intemet capabilities.
Again, the City of Kenai supports efforts in developing and constructing a fiber-optic
infrastructure to the Kenai Peninsula.
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