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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 2008-38Suggested by: Mayor and Council Members CITY OF KENAI RESOLUTION NO. 20®8-38 A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA, RECOGNIZING HAROLD AND RITA DAUBENSPECK FOR THEIR SUPPORT AND DEDICATION TO THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF CITY OF KENAI PARKS AND RECREATION OPPORTUNITIES. WHEREAS, Harold A. Daubenspeck, for many years, owned and operated the Kenai Salmon Packing Company and was a positive force in the development and stabilization of the economy of the City of Kenai, including summer employment opportunities for the City's youth; and, WHEREAS, in December, 1980, the Kenai City Council unanimously passed Resolution No. 80-1'78 accepting the donation of valuable riverside and road frontage properties within the City of Kenai, including all oil, gas, and mineral rights from Harold and Rita Daubenspeck; and, WHEREAS, the donation of the land, oil, gas, and mineral rights, including sales proceeds, royalties, revenue, or rental income from Tracts C, D, and E of the Daubsenspeck Property Subdivision and Alaska Tidelands Survey No. 98 were dedicated to athletic programs sponsored by the City of Kenai; and, WHEREAS, over the years, Daubenspeck dedicated funds have been used for the purchase of lawn mowers, tractors, sprinklers, equipment and games for the Kenai Teen Center, installation of chain link fence at the Bernie Huss Trail, park trail system stations, installation of handicap accessible paths to Kenai parks, playground equipment, relocation of Skateboard Park, the development of Kenai Soccer Park, as well as property dedicated as the site of Millennium Square, all devoted to the growth and development of Kenai parks and recreation opportunities. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA, through this resolution, expresses the appreciation and gratitude of its past and future councils, administration and citizens for the immeasurable generosity demonstrated by Harold and Rita Daubenspeck to support and enhance park and recreation opportunities to the citizens of the City of Kenai by the unanimous passage of this resolution and the placement of a tree and marker in the Leif Hansen Memorial Park in their honor. PASSED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY 008 a.~ ~~.~~ Pat Porter, Mayor OF I, ALASKA, this th day of June, ~~ L' da Swarner, Vice Mayor Resolution No. 2008-38 Page 2 of 2 ATTEST: ,~ Carol L. Freas, ity Cierk Hal Smalley, Council M ber CITY OF RENAI RESOLUTION IdCi. 80°I78 A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OP THE C%TY OF RENAI® ALASKA, ACCEPTING THE DONATION OF LANDS AND OIL AND GAS RIGHTS IN ADJACENT LANDS FROM HAROLD A, DAUBENSFECR AND RYTA DAUBENSFECR. WHEREAS, Harold A. ~• •- <- has for many years owned and operated the .Kenai Salmon Packing Company in the City of Renal and has always been a positive force in the development and stabilization of the economy of said City, and WHEREAS, the summer employment furnished by the Kenai Salmon Packing Company has not only contributed to the financial well being of the community, but has in many cases furnished the opportunity fos youth of this City to earn high wages with which they have been able to continue their pursuit of higher education, which has resulted not only in the advancement and enrichment of said youth but has worked to the benefit of every community in which said youth have later settled, including the City of Kenai, and WHEREAS, the said Harold A, naubensgeck has always followed the policy of landing funds to local inhabitants for purposes of the put.:hase of fishing sites, fisYiing vessels, and fishing gear, which has contributed not only to the well being of the individuals involved but to the development of the Cook Inlet fishery and the community as a whole, and WHEREAS, Harold A. & Rita Daube*_+apeck have executed a Deed by which they have offered to donate to the City of Kenai very valuable riverside and road frontage properties within the City of Kenai, including all 011., gas, and mineral rights therein, which property is not only very valuable property in itself, but is even more so to the City of Renal because it is adjacent to land already owned by the City of Kenai, and WHEREAS, Mr. & Mrs. Daubenspeck have also executed a Deed .and offered to donate to the City of Kenai all oil and gas rights previously reserved by them in adjacent tracts to those conveyed and donated to the City at this time, and _ WHEREAS, it is understood that significant quantities of gas have been discovered in a well drilled just across the Kenai cciver from the land in question and the pool of gas may well extend under said lands, .-. NOW, TdEREFORE, BE IT FcESOLVED by the Council of the City of Kenai, Alaska that the City of Kenai hereby accepts from HAROLD A, a RITA DAOBENSPECR the gift of land, together with the oil, gas, and mineral rights therein and the gift of oil and gas rights in adjacent lands referred to in the deeds of December 12, 1980, to be used exclusively for public purposes. We further recognize that the value of this gift may exceed THREE MILLION DOLLARS ($3,000,000.00). BE IT Pt1RTHER RESOLVED that the City honor the request of Mr. & Mrs. Daubenspeck that the oil, gas, and mineral rights, including sales proceeds, royalties, revenue, or rentai income therefrom, from Tracts C, D, and E of the Daubenspeck Property Subdivision as well as ftom Alaska TSdelands Survey No, 98, are to be dedicated to athletic programs spansored by the City of Renaf. The distributions of such funds will be at the full and sole discretion of the City Council of the City of Kenai, Alaska, to the Parks a Recreation Commission or such other City agency or city official as the City Council may from time to time authorize to use such distributions. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that as a gesture of our appreciation we hereby recommend that in the event a marina or park or ether public facility be developed on any of the donated groperty that such facility be named after the Daubenepecks, PASSED SY THE CODNCIL OP TEE of December, 1980. ^,tTY . A~'rES°Pi ~~"~ e ~ ~ 7Y~~ ~~ yJ et Whelan; City Clerk l' i 1 9, '^i .~ ~ . ,~ _.:;:.,, ~~ i .} J CITY OF RE , ALASKA, this I7th day vrsgCENT O'REILLY, MAL/L~