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CITY OF SEWARD
RESOLUTION NO. 891
A RESOLUTION ENDORSING AND SUPPORTING THE RELEASE OF
RESTRICTIONS ON FUNDS FOR A PUBLIC TEIEVISION STATION IN
SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA.
WHEREAS, over eighty-five percent of all Americans can view educational
and pUblic television, but only sixteen percent of Alaskans can be so enriched;
WHEREAS, the Congress of the United States created the Corporation for
Public Broadcasting which has become a significant element in the development
of television as a public service resource and
WHEREAS, the Alaska legislature has demonstrated its support of educational
and public broadcasting by making appropriations which have been expended for
establishment and operation of facilities in Fairbanks, Bethel, Kotzebue and
Juneau and
WHEREAS, the 1972 State Legislature likewise appropriated $556,000 for a
public television station in Southcentral Alaska, but restricted the expenditure
of this lOOney by imposing the requirement that before any of the :funds could be
utilized, Federal matching :funds of at least 35% would have to be obtained and
WHEREAS, this special restriction is discriminatory against Southcentral
Alaska residents as Federal matching :funds are not available at this time for
this purpose
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that this body urges the Legislature of
the State of Alaska to take early action to remove the requirement for matching
Federal :funds so that the $556,000 appropriated, and such additional :funds as are
necessary, can be used to establish pUblic television in the Southcentral area
to serve Kenai, JVE.tanuska/Susitna, and Anchorage Boroughs which are home for
over fifty percent of all Alaskans.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 10th day of December, 1973, by the Comnon Council
of the City of Seward, Alaska,
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Lee McAnerney J
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