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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRes1968-725 "..,..--=--- !.. . " ,<..<..~.~ . INFORMATION FURNISHED IN SUPPORT OF RESOLUTION NO. 725 The City of Seward, Alaska, enthusiastically encourages the Consideration of the City as a Port Terminal for transportation and pipe line facilities for petroleum development in the North Slope and the immediate area of the State. Facilities available in the Seward area are many which in our opinion would be desirable when engineering and considering a deep water port location for any and all such development. SEWARD PORT AND HARBOR: Comfortable, safe harbor and port without seasonal restrictions. Harbor and Resurrection Bay is Ice Free, protected, and the bay area offers numerous desirable and available sites for short installations. Considerable acreage is available within the protected waters and is now under control of the Bureau of Land Management and can be made available when needed. Seward is Port Terminal for Alaska Railroad. Seward is served via Alaska Steamship Lines direct from Seattle. Home port for Motor Vessel TUSTEMINA (Alaska State Ferry System) with weekly trips into Valdez, Cordova, Homer, Seldovia and Kodiak. Resurrection Bay is large and therefore provides for maneuverability of large ocean going vessels of any class, water depth is adequate for all size ships. AVAILABILITY FROM OlliER AREAS: The Seward Airport allows for air service from Interior Alaska regions. Float planes may land on protected lake within four miles of city. Seward is connected to Anchorage, Fairbanks and the Lower 48 States via the State Highway System and the Alaska Highway. Highways are maintained the year around and is therefore open to passenger car and truck traffic at all times. Seward offers a modern community with all conveniences, professional ser- vices and is also readily accessible to Anchorage for services of specialists, and also for the benefit of higher education, culture and scientific events, not possible t to the same extent in smaller communities. - In engineering and economic studies of construction of a pipe line or other transportation from the North Slope petroleum discovery, we feel that the Alaska Railroad transportation facilities will, or could, result in considerable less over- all costs to the pipe line installation anu future operational costs. It is our feeling that with a pipe line installed adjctcenr to or on the Railroad right-of-way trans- portation and operational costs would be a great deal less. Also by using the same grade as the Railroad it appears that a saving on costs would be realized and the grade would probably result in less pumping stations being installed and maintained. We believe that our central location and availability of facilities will be an important factor to be considered and engineered for locating industry in Seward. Seward is located in the Kenai Peninsula Borough which has a 3% Borough-wide Sales Tax. There is no addition<11 sales tax within the City. It is the City Adminis- tration's feeling that an agreeable tax base can be resolved for new industry locating in the area. 1l1e City stands ready to furnish further information and requests that the Seward site be given thorough engineering and economic feasibility consideration and look forward to the opportunity of discussing our area with representatives of those involved in the Project. \ Respectfully submitted, The City of Seward Kester L. Dotts City Manager ~, .~-'"