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CITY OF SEWARD, ALASKA
RESOLUTION NO. 97-178
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SEWARD, ALASKA, APPROVING A COOPERATIVE
AGREEMENT FOR TEMPORARY SPACE USE BETWEEN
THE CITY AND THE STATE OF ALASKA DEPARTMENT
OF FISH AND GAME, PROVIDING FOR USE OF SPACE IN
THE MARICULTURE TECHNICAL CENTER, AND
AUTHORIZING THE TEMPORARY ASSIGNMENT OF THE
CITY'S INTEREST UNDER THE AGREEMENT TO
SEWARD ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF
MARINE SCIENCE
WHEREAS, on April 28, 1995, the City of Seward (the "City") and Seward Association
for the Advancement of Marine Science ("SAAMS") entered into an Agreement for Financing,
Construction, Operation and Maintenance of the Alaska SeaLife Center to establish the terms on
which SAAMS would design, construct, operate and manage the Alaska SeaLife Center, which
will be owned by the City; and
WHEREAS, SAAMS has negotiated terms of an Agreement (the "Agreement") with the
State of Alaska Department of Fish and Game ("ADF&G") for the use of space in the mariculture
technical center in connection with the start-up of operations of the Alaska SeaLife Center; and
WHEREAS, to facilitate authorization of the Agreement by ADF&G, ADF&G requests
that the City be the other party to the Agreement, with the City then assigning its interest under
the Agreement to SAAMS; and
WHEREAS, the City considers that it is in the best interest of the City and its residents,
and for a public purpose, that the City facilitate the start-up of operations at the Alaska SeaLife
Center by entering into the Agreement and assigning its interest thereunder to SAAMS; and
WHEREAS, there has been presented to the City the form of the Agreement and
Assignment to SAAMS (the "Assignment") of the City's interest under the Agreement; and
WHEREAS, it appears that the Agreement and the Assignment, which are now before the
City, are in appropriate form and are appropriate instruments for the purposes described above;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF SEWARD, ALASKA, that:
Section 1. The form and content of the Agreement and the Assignment hereby are in all
CITY OF SEWARD, ALASKA
RESOLUTION NO. 97-178
respects authorized, approved and confirmed, and the City Manager and Acting City Manager
each hereby is authorized, empowered and directed to execute and deliver said documents to the
counterparties for and on behalf of the City in substantially the form and content now before this
meeting but with such changes, modifications, additions and deletions therein which shall to him
seem necessary, desirable and appropriate, the execution thereof to constitute conclusive evidence
of the approval of any and all changes, modifications, additions or deletions therein from the form
and content of the said documents now before this meeting, and from and after the execution and
delivery of the said documents, the City Manager, Acting City Manager and City Clerk each is
hereby authorized, empowered and directed to do all such acts and things and to execute all
documents as may be necessary to carry out and comply with the provisions of the said document s
as executed.
Section 2. The City Manager, Acting City Manager, City Clerk or any other person
authorized by the City each hereby is authorized to execute and deliver for and on behalf of the
City any and all additional certificates, documents, opinions or other papers and perform all other
acts as they may deem necessary or appropriate in order to implement and carry out the intent and
purposes of this Resolution.
Section 3. This Resolution shall take effect immediately.
PASSED AND APPROVED by the City Council of the City of Seward, Alaska, this 6th
day of November, 1997.
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Lowell R. Satin, Mayor
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
Blatchford, Callahan, Clark, Gage, King, Off, Satin
None
None
None
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