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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRes1967-662 I THE CITY OF SEWARD RESOLUTION NO. 662 WHEREAS, The Mayor and city Council of The City of Seward have enthusi- astically encouraged establishment of a Marine Sciences and Research Institute at Seward as the immediate, very best next development under the National Sea Grant Colleges and Program Act of Public Law 89-688: and WHEREAS, this conviction grew out of understanding of basic needs of any marine-based operation, such as: Comfortable, safe harbor, without seasonal restrictions. Seward can provide such facilities right now for the vessel or vessels which will operate under this Program. Sites for the shore-based activities related to any marine activity. Seward has over 900 feet of shoreline inside the Municipal Small Boat Harbor, with utility lines and streets, ready for construction of the shore-based facilities. Equipment and facilities to deliver the products of marine work or study to the shore, and to deliver supplies and equipment from shore to ship. Seward has two fine, large general purpose docks in the Municipal Small Boat Harbor, one of which is equipped with an 80,000 pound capacity mobile boat lift, suitable for lifting and transporting boats or other heavy items. WHEREAS, a marine scientific and educational enterprise deserves to retain maximum flexibility, and location in Seward would provide opportunity for the most flexible scientific program: and WHEREAS, excellent highway, rail, ocean carrier, air and marine highway transportation serves Seward: and WHEREAS, Seward offers a modern community with all conveniences, profess- ional services and some marine service trades, it is also readily access- ible to Anchorage for the services of specialists, and also for the benefit of educational, cultural and scientific events, not possible to the same extent in smaller communities, but essential to maximum develop- ment of such a Marine Sciences and Research Institute: and WHEREAS, we offer our central location within the area of study as an important reason for locating this Institute in Seward, and would call attention to the fact that each of the major areas of study in South Central Alaskan waters requires some travel on the open ocean to reach any of the other areas: and WHEREAS, a citizens Committee For Progress to promote Seward as the site for this Marine Sciences and Research Institute was selected by the large number of Seward citizens who gathered on November 2nd, 1967 to organize such a campaign: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that said citizens Committee For Progress, of which Kester L. Dotts, city Manager of The City of Seward is Chairman, be and is hereby encouraged and offered all support possible in the attain- ment of its goal of securing the South central Alaska Marine Sciences and Research Institute under the National Sea Grant Colleges and Program in Seward for immediate Program work~ and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that all Federal and State officials, including the Regents of the university of Alaska, involved in the establishment of this Institute, be and are hereby respectfully petitioned to carefully evaluate all of the facts pertinent to this Program and to take the action best for the Program, which we are confident will be to locate said Institute in Seward for immediate operation. Passed ~proved / 3 day of by the City Council of The City of Seward, this November, 1967. fftv~ ' R. W. Ki patrick Mayor Attest: ~~~ydL~ Beatrice E. Watts city Clerk-Treasurer