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Home My WebLink About11282011 City Council Laydowns 'ilzg/ i tv-f, Seward Community Foundation An Affiliate of The Alaska Community Foundation The Seward Community Foundation Report Daniel Barth,Advisory Board Member Endowment: The endowment that the Seward Community Foundation is building allows grants to be made that improve the lives of Seward/Moose Pass residents. Currently, our endowment is at$2.1 million dollars and growing. 2011 Grants Awarded: In 2011,the Seward Community Foundation awarded $20,000 in grants to eleven non-profit organizations. Here are a few examples of how different organizations utilized their grants: • The Seward Tsunami Swim Club -new laptop and USA Swimming software. • The Moose Pass Library- books to enhance their non-fiction section. • The Boys & Girls Club -the DaVinci Camp, a four week summer program for youth. • The Save Our Seward(SOS)Pets - spay and neutering costs for stray dogs and cats. Mini-Grants Awarded: The Seward Community Foundation also awards $250 mini-grants throughout the year. • The Seward International Friendship Association—repair the Obihiro Gazebo. • The Moose Pass Volunteer Fire Department-radio batteries. Alaska PFD Pick.Click.Give: The Seward Community Foundation received$4,000 through Alaska PFD Pick.Click.Give program. www.sewardcf.org U(2$/ I Pt November 28, 2011 Mayor, members of the City Council, staff and members of the audience, thank you for the opportunity to address you. I feel it is inappropriate for the Mayor and City Council to indorse the fund raising of any entity, that would compete with the funding requests of the City of Seward. The State of Alaska's Capital Budget is one pie of money. When two are asking for a piece of the pie, it is only common since that the pie WILL be divided. The Jesse Lee home is an admiral project and the Friends of the Jesse Lee Home are our friends and neighbors. Passionately I admire all of us for wanting to assist the Friends of the Jesse Lee home, but passion often must be tempered with responsibility. Would we indorse the fund raising of the Salvation Army to compete for State funds to build a facility in Seward. It would be a hard decision but the answer would be no. You must unfortunately also say no to the request of the Friends of the Jesse Lee home to place them on the State Priority list. If they are not already on it, placing them on a city funding priority lists maybe appropriate and helpful, but without an analysis of any return on investment, no dollar amount should be included. Thank you, I am Mark Kulstad and my wife and I own Hotel Seward. • APO / ("`i f > 4j j n fr.)(Cl/ !,•;,rih .7j4 ,r1• • r ;Lyilj . L1171 „ sit:A bpi; ra4 f* i ; , - - .;;± vi 0:1 ,...4V.1.!rA..?!4' 70) e„.i';'10 C:)111) cp- tji.10,4 ;1(i ; 1110 1 .1.e.,t !Y.) ftn 111;li! t t)C1 10) t,A, ;3:1:11ti 1i/2fu United Fishermen of Alaska s� T c] 211 Fourth St.Suite 110 Seward, Alaska 96.2826.282K A Juneau, 1172 , Phone AK 80 (IV Fax 907.463.2545 �..� ufa@ufa-fish.org to D O—Citiii , a Fishing and www.ufa-fish.org . x116, Seafood Proeessin I Facts eward i.c the #17 ishin; fort in the LS. hry' ['oltrtne 8r #9 b Value o 2010 landin.s. JOBS - FISHING Permit holders, Crew and Vessels (2010) in Seward: CFEC commercial fishing permit holders:62' Total permits owned: 1181 Permitholders who fished:431 Commercial Crew license holders: 1182 Total Skippers who fished plus Crew in 2010: 1611,2 Percentage of residents who fished:6%1'24 Vessels Home Ported:883 Each of these individual small and family businesses represents investment,employment,and income in the Seward community. Income: Estimated 2010 ex-vessel income by Seward—based fishermen:$10,746,4501 Earnings generated from commercial fishing circulated in the local economy through property and sales taxes;purchases of homes, rentals,hotels,electricity,entertainment,fuel,vehicles,food,repair and maintenance parts,transportation,travel,medical,and other services. Virtually every business in Seward benefits from commercial fishing dollars. JOBS - PROCESSING Seafood processing jobs(2009-Kenai Peninsula Borough): 1,8465 Total processing wages:(2009-Kenai Peninsula Borough):$11,590,0495 First wholesale value(2009-Kenai Peninsula Borough):$151 million6 ...AND MORE JOBS In addition to direct harvester and processor workers,fisheries related jobs include fuel,accountants,consultants,air and water travel,hardware and marine repair and supply businesses,advocacy and marketing organizations,air cargo crew,freight agents,and scientists. Government related jobs include Alaska Department of Fish and Game • Fish and Wildlife Protection/Alaska Department of Public Safety • Docks and Harbors • Alaska State Troopers • United States Coast Guard • University of Alaska School of Fisheries,•Alaska Sea Life Center•Alaska Sea Grant Marine Advisory program,and more. TRANSPORTATION JOBS AND BENEFITS In 2010,75.4 million pounds of seafood were landed in Seward for an estimated value of$69.2 million',and most of this was shipped or flown out,providing many more jobs. REVENUE to the State and Community through Fishery Taxes ... FY 2010 Shared taxes—The City of Seward received$298,3168,the Kenai Peninsula Borough received$622,2688,and the State of Alaska received$1,149,7468 in fishery business and landing taxes through the municipal tax-sharing program from Seward and Kenai Peninsula Borough fisheries landings and businesses. Footnotes-Sources: 1.Commercial fishing permit activity,estimated harvest and earnings by permit holders are from AK Commercial Fishery Entry Commission(CFEC)at: httu://www.cfec.state.ak.us/gpbvcen/2010/mnu.htm 2.Crew numbers are from Alaska Department of Fish and Game 2010 Crew license list,and is the number of individuals who list their address in a given city. 3.Vessel home port numbers are from AK CFEC—online at http://www.cfec.state.ak.us/vlook/ 4.2010 Population figures used to calculate percentage of resident skippers who fished plus crew is from DCCED AK Community Information Database online at: http://www,deed.state.ak.us-'dcaicommdb./CF COMDB.htm 5.Processor Employment and Wages Data is from Alaska Department of Labor at http:iilabor.alaska.0ov,"researchiseafoodistatewide/AKSFPBorca.pdf 6.Processor 1st wholesale value by Census Area 2009 provided by Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute 7.National rank and NOAA total landings and value for selected ports is from NOAA Fisheries-Office of Science&Technology: http://www.st.nmfs.noaa.irov/stl/commercial/index.html 8.Revenue figures from 2010 AK Dept of Revenue Shared Taxes report:httn://www.tax.alaska.gov,programs/sourcebook/index.asnx 6. ivri ewa corn Gas10, 31 ri$ 1tre Chamber Report to City Council 11/28/11 Promoting the Port of Seward and the Cindy Clock, Chamber ED AVTEC Maritime Academy in the booth this _ year at the three day PME are Harbormaster • � Mack Funk, brand new Assistant City to Manager Ron Long and Seward Chamber of ' Commerce Director Cindy Clock. kf . `® . a _ The Port of Seward booth is prominently located in row 500, otherwise known as the Alaskan Pavilion. ewardC°t'ra,rs Pacific Marine Expo is the largest commercial lGasi`' S i' marine tradeshow on the West Coast. Serving all aspects of the market, including commercial vessels owners, commercial fishermen, boat builders and seafood processors, this annual event covers it all. "If you make a living on the water, or provide services to those who do, this is your show". Approximately 6000 attendees. "I think that this may be just one small step .;,k -. = into getting winter activities that will help sustain and hopefully promote our local t •�'_,,,,� lodging and business base here in Seward. This new machine will also be one more step in our effort to provide snow activity here, • we already rent snow shoes and backcountry gear. We hope the Sno Cat will enhance our efforts to provide more winter snow activity 4-4 .400 in Seward." RB Brown readily admits It's a big experiment and he is hopeful that support and input will oltri be forthcoming from the community with this ongoing adventure into winter sports in Seward. Look for the Sno Cat Tours to begin operations in January 2012. 2012 Seward Destination Guide is being Also in January we'll be updating and proofed this week, will go to print at A.D.N. reprinting the three brochures: on Dec 15' — 125,000 copies. • A Brief Overview City, Region & State Sewarg Get your FREE • The Beauty of Living In a Three Time All-American City Destination Guide • TODAY! cnlrr A Safe Harbor Sewa� For Your Business Investment And finally — it's all over the news, we hear about it almost daily at this time of year: the The new seward.com website is currently importance of shopping local! Seward under construction and will most likely debut Merchants are offering a 7% discount on mid-December or early next year. goods during the Holiday Weekend to show their customer appreciation. Each purchase gets you a raffle ticket to win a Sleigh Full of Conversations have begun concerning Presents possible contractual agreements with CIAA for Silver smolt rearing programs. Tom Prochaska is willing to give of his time and Join us for the membership meeting this expertise to help the Chamber investigate the Friday at the Breeze Inn at noon when we'll process of the Net Pen permitting process. hear from the Assistant City Manager/Community Development Director Ron Long. Christi Bell at the Center for Economic Development at UAA is in the process of writing up a proposal for the Chamber concerning how best the community of Seward can proceed with our goal of developing a vibrant economy. This is timely considering the SMIC expansion and the intended move of the CVRF fleet. Chamber member services will offer training after the first of the year in Social Media. Jhasmine Lamb from KPTMC will be the workshop instructor.