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.dE CITY OF SEWARD, ALAS.__1-
RESOLUTION NO. 778
WHER EAS' Residents of the Seward Area and Kenai Peninsula have phnned and
worked on developing an ACCESS ROAD to follow Resurrection River from the
Seward Highway at Mile Three to the face of the Glacier and the Harding Ice Cap
at approximately eight miles from the highway' and
WHEREAS' Work on this road has progressed on a volunteer basis with the assist-
ance of the State of Alaska in finances, equipment and labor- and
WHEREAS' The construction and completion of this road will benefit the entire
Kenai Peninsula, the greater Anchorage area, the State of Alaska, and the U. S.
Army am Air Corps Recreation Centers located and maintained in Seward, and
will open and make available an attraction which will provide an area suitable for
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camp grounds and recreational facilities and where visitors may drive to the face
of a glacier ~nd may, if they so desire, explore the Harding Ico Cap and also
observe wild animals in their natural habitat' and
WHEREAS: Seward area residents have proposod to match, in kind, funds a11o-
cated to assist in construction and development of this project. The State of
Alaska has allocated certain funds to assist in this joint effort program and to date
local contribution amounts in an excess of $6,525.00.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, ,by the City Council of The City of Seward,
Alaska, that the construction and completion of this project be expedited in every
manner possible so that it will be available for the 1969 Visitor Season.
AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the State Highway Department is re-
quested to forward application forms for the right-of-way through United States
Forest Service Property and that the Forest Service take immediate action in
granting said right-of-way, and that the State Highway Department survey an
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alignment and route immediately before winter weather closes in and that The City
of Seward shall be informed at all times of any action or negotiation pertaining to
this project so that volunteer labor, equipment and other needed items may be
available and on site when required.
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED. that copies of this Resolution be forwarded to the
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Honorable Walter J. Hickel, Governor of the State of Alaska, the Commissioner
of State Highways, the District Highway Engineer and certain department members
of his office, the United States Forest Service District Office, the United States
Army and Air Corps, Representative Irwin Metcalf, Senator Bob Palmer, and/or
their successors, Congressman Howard W. Pollock and his Juneau office represen-
tative.
PASSED AND APPROVED by the City Council of The City of Seward, Alaska, this
23rd day of September, 1968.
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R. W. rkpatrick
Mayor
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leity Clerk-Treasurer