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CITY OF KENAI
RESOLUTION NO. 2005-47
A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA ADOPTING AN
ALTERNATIVE ALLOCATION METHOD FOR THE FY06 SHARED FISHERIES
BUSINESS TAX PROGRAM AND CERTIFYING THAT THIS ALLOCATION METHOD
FAIRLY REPRESENTS THE DISTRIBUTION OF SIGNIFICANT EFFECTS OF
FISHERIES BUSINESS ACTIVITY IN COOK INLET.
WHEREAS, AS 29.60.450 requires that for a municipality to participate in the FY06
Shared Fisheries Business Tax Program, the municipality must demonstrate to the
Department of Community and Economic Development that the municipality suffered
significant effects during calendar year 2004 from fisheries business activities; and
WHEREAS, 3 AAC 134.060 provides for the allocation of available program funding to
eligible municipalities located within fisheries management areas specified by the
Department of Community and Economic Development; and
WHEREAS, 3 AAC 134.070 provides for the use, at the discretion of the Department of
Community and Economic Development, of alternative allocation methods which may
be used within fisheries management areas if all eligible municipalities within the area
agree to use the method, and the method incorporates some measure of the relative
significant effect of fisheries business activity on the respective municipalities in the
area; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Kenai proposes to use an alternative
allocation method for allocation of FY06 funding available within Cook Inlet in
agreement with all other municipalities in this area participating in the FY06 Shared
Fisheries Business Tax Program.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI,
ALASKA, that by this resolution certifies that the following alternative allocation
method fairly represents the distribution of significant effects during 2004 of fisheries
business activity in Cook Inlet.
Alternative Allocation Method:
The program total allocation shall be divided in two parts. One part shall be allocated
to the eligible municipalities equally and the other part according to population.
PASSED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA, this 19th day of
October, 2005.
ATTEST:
Car°l L. Freas', ~ityClerk
Approved by Finance'
(10/03/2005) hl
PAT PORTER, MAYOR
Convention &
Visitors Bureau,, c.
October 14, 2005
Honorable Pat Porter, Mayor
Members of the Kenai City Council
CITY OF KENA!
210 Fidalgo Avenue
Kenai, AK 99611
Dear Mayor Porter and Members of the Council:
The Kenai Visitors & Cultural Center (KVCC) was invited to apply for funds to acquire
current Alaska artwork through the Art Acquisition Initiative supported by the Rasmuson
Foundation and administered by Museums Alaska. The Art Acquisition Initiative was
established to encourage museums and cultural centors in Alaska to purchase the
original, recent work of accomplished Alaska artists for their collections and to support
living, practicing Alaska artists through those purchases.
It has been the practice of the Kenai Convention and Visitors Bureau to select one piece
of art for acquisition for the Kenai Visitors and Cultural Center's permanent collection
from each year's summer art show. This year the Art Acquisition Initiative allowed the
Board of Directors to acquire two piecos from the show, sinco the funding is intonded to
enhance existing acquisition practices, not replace them.
The piece selected for acquisition through use of Rasmuson funds is
Kathleen Carlo's Ts'aa edenee (The Only People) for $2,043.75. It
was selected because it meets the general mission and specific
goals and criteria of the Kenai Visitors & Cultural Center. Kathleen is
an Athabascan artist from Fairbanks. Her work shares a similar
material and spiritual culture as our local Dena'ina Athabascan
tdbes. KVCC currently does not have any contemporary art in the
permanent collection from an Athabascan artist. In light of the
museum renovation project to be completed this winter, her work
would fit in well with the new display. Kathleen was one of the first Alaska Native
women to ever get involved with wood carving, a tradition usually reserved for men.
She explains that in the Athabascan culture (which has lost much of its traditional
masks and other material artifacts) there are few remaining pieces to follow, so she is
not limited by tradition. Because of this, her pieces are very contemporary and unique.
Kathleen had four (4) pieces in our exhibit; however, only one was recommended for
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consideration because the other three (3) were either indicative of other areas of Alaska
(i.e. Kodiakand Western Interior Alaska), or above the amount we were allotted through
this funding opportunity.
Once the piece is purchased, the city of Kenai becomes the owner of the artwork. The
only special condition placed upon the use of these funds is a requirement to lend the
mask to the Rasmuson Foundation for up to one year after the purchase. The loan
must be made between the Kenai Visitors & Cultural Center and the Rasmuson
Foundation. The Rasmuson Foundation recognizes the need for greatest flexibility in
negotiating loans (regarding timing, security, exhibit conditions, etc.)
To learn more about the Rasmuson Foundation's Art Acquisition Initiative, visit the
Museums Alaska website at http://www, museumsalaska.0re/content/art news/.
Thank you,
KENAI CONVENTION & VISITORS BUREAU
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Executive Director