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CITY OF SEWARD, ALASKA
RESOLUTION 2001-063
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEWARD,
ALASKA, SUPPORTING THE MODERNIZATION OF THE SEWARD
MARINE CENTER USING THE $1.6 MILLION GENERATED FROM THE
SALE OF THE K. M. RAE BUILDING
WHEREAS, the Seward Marine Center (SMC) is a major coastal marine experimental
facility operated by the Institute of Marine Sciences (IMS); and,
WHEREAS, IMS is part of the University of Alaska Fairbanks' School of Fisheries and
Ocean Sciences (SFOS); and,
WHEREAS, the Center is the northernmost University marine laboratory in the U.S. and
is ideally situated for fjord-related investigations, open ocean work in the Gulf of Alaska, and studies
of subarctic and arctic organisms; and,
WHEREAS, the SMC has received no physical plant maintenance support since 199J
despite providing over $400K (from ship and shore side research grants) per year in overhead to the
main campus; and,
WHEREAS, the SMC is the base of operation for the 132 ft. oceangoing research vessel
Alpha Helix that is scheduled to be replaced in 2006 with a vessel of approximately 220-ft. length
that will be capable of operating in ice but cannot be operated at the SMC without upgrading the
dock to accommodate a larger vessel; and,
WHEREAS, should this dock upgrade fail to occur, SFOS will no longer operate Alaska's
deep sea research vessel and if the shore facility is not modernized then the SMC cannot become a
major oceanographic research center that combines its shore research capability with that of the
Mariculture Center and the SeaLife Center; and,
WHEREAS, this lost opportunity will result in the University's decline in standing to that
of a third rate oceanographic research center and would be a failure of the University system to serve
the State's scientific needs; and,
WHEREAS, the K. M. Rae Building plus 2.6 acres of uplands will be sold to the US Park
Service and Forest Service in 2001 for approximately $1.6 million.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF SEWARD, ALASKA, that:
CITY OF SEWARD, ALASKA
RESOLUTION 2001-063
Section 1. The City of Seward supports the growth of the Seward Marine Center by
modernization of the facility with the $1.6 million generated from the sale of the K M. Rae
Building.
Section 2. The City of Seward supports the University fulfilling its promises to expand and
fully utilize the property the City provided the University for the Seward Marine Center operations.
Section 3. This resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption.
PASSED AND APPROVED by the City Council of the City of Seward, Alaska, this 14th
day of May, 2001.
THE CITY OF SEWARD, ALASKA
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Edgar Blatchford, Mayor
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
Blatchford, Brossow, Calhoon, Shafer
None
Clark, King, Orr
None
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