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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRes2001-046 I I I Sponsored by: Janke CITY OF SEWARD, ALASKA RESOLUTION 2001-046 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEWARD, ALASKA, REQUESTING THAT ALYESKA/SERVS AND PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND OIL SHIPPERS PLACE AN APPROPRIATE CACHE OF SPILL RESPONSE EQUIPMENT, TOGETHER WITH APPROPRIATE TRAINING, IN SEWARD FOR THE PROTECTION OF OUR LOCAL AREA WHEREAS, it is now 12 years since the Exxon Valdez oil spill disaster; and WHEREAS, the City of Seward and the Kenai Fjords National Park were among the many communities severely impacted by that disaster; and WHEREAS, the history of the spill shows us that the movement of any future spills will most likely carry oil toward the downstream communities ofChenega, Seward, Kenai Fjords National Park, Seldovia, Homer, Cook Inlet and Kodiak; and WHEREAS, the Kenai Fjords tourism industry, the commercial fishing industry, the charter fishing industry, the cruise ship industry, the coal exporting industry, the Alaska SeaLife Center, the Institute of Marine Science, the Qutekcak Shellfish Hatchery, the A VTEC maritime training department, and the Seward shipyard would all be devastated or closed by a future major oil spill in our waters; and WHEREAS, a majority of the 3,000 inhabitants in this community depend upon these various industries for their livelihoods; and WHEREAS, no meaningful amount of oil spill response equipment, or persons trained in the use of that equipment, has ever been stationed in Seward or in any other downstream community; and WHEREAS, Seward has a group offishing vessel volunteers who are ready to respond to an oil spill, these same volunteers have no response equipment on hand with which to drill or respond to a spill; and WHEREAS, an oil spill is most likely to happen in stormy winter weather when the rapid deployment of response equipment to downstream communities from Valdez may be impossible for some days; and WHEREAS, it would be easier in an oil spill emergency to transport personnel from Valdez to Seward by air rather than to transport heavy equipment by road or sea. Then a store of equipment already in Seward would be an advantage. CITY OF SEWARD, ALASKA RESOLUTION 2001-046 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEWARD, ALASKA, that: Section 1. The Seward City Council urges the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation and Alyeska/SER VS to place oil spill response equipment, together with appropriate personnel training, into this first downstream community from Prince William Sound. Section 2. This resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption. PASSED AND APPROVED by the City Council of the City of Seward, Alaska, this 27th day of March, 2001. THE CITY OF SEWARD, ALASKA EJ9-, /1~~ t' Edgar Blatchford, Mayor AYES: NOES: ABSENT: ABSTAIN: Brossow, Calhoon, Clark, King, Shafer None Blatchford, Orr None ATTEST: Patrick Reilly City Clerk ..... ~". "" ,.." OF S~I1l."" (City Se~'~..c.~ .......... '4A',.. ~ "~~"'" ~POR~.!.:'>'.A -:;. ~ "'.. ~~~..'V t;'. ... . ". :: : ...... e. ~: - . . .. e.i SEAL !.~ - . . - ..\ - j:: \ \. ~.. ~ '\ d'):;~"'f 1 ..~,,:..,il'.$ . lGo.-'''fX'.....l..: e..t::J ~~- ~~ ~- OF ~~~"" . ",.....,,"'~