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Last night the Kodiak Island
Borough Assembly met for a work session and discussed waste management within
the borough. Nick Szabo is the chair of the Solid Waste Advisory Board and
spoke about the need for more reuse and recycling within the community. He said
those will be the borough’s best defense against growing quantities of solid
waste, but more education and outreach is needed within the community. Szabo
said Threshold Recycling Services has an outreach program in place, and a good
option for the borough would be to jump on board with those efforts. He
suggested contributing about $6,000 to Threshold to help with their current
outreach efforts, and implement new ones. Borough Mayor Jerome Selby said
borough staff will definitely look into the financial contribution, but they
would need to know exactly what the money would be used for before it was
allocated.
Another
topic Szabo touched on was the idea of solid waste collection stations in
Kodiak. He said the borough has discussed these before, but nothing has been
done.
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It’s time now for the final
installment of KMXT’s five-part series: Business on the Move. Each day this
week KMXT featured a local business that is changing things up in 2013.
Alutiiq Museum has been operating at the same
location on Mission Road
for 17 years. Jill Lipka is the exhibits coordinator for the museum and said
the idea to create a repository actually came after the Exxon Valdez oil spill.
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A recent survey details what some
residents may already know: affordable housing is hard to find in Kodiak. The
Kodiak Chamber of Commerce conducted an economic development and housing survey
last month to capture the opinions and concerns of community members on all
aspects of living on Alaska’s
emerald isle.
Joe
Bailor is an economic development specialist and said the survey was posted on
various social media websites and emailed to more than 300 community members.
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After almost two months, the
Unified Command for the Kulluk response decided to stand down Wednesday
afternoon. The Royal Dutch Shell drilling rig had been under tow across the Gulf
of Alaska when it broke free during a storm and ran hard aground on Sitkalidak Island,
near Old Harbor, on New Year’s Eve. Since then,
Unified Command worked to ensure the safety of all responders, protect the
environment and provide updates on the Kulluk’s condition.
In
an email, the UC said the vessel will be towed to Dutch Harbor.
The Coast Guard will continue to monitor the Kulluk until that move. During the
transport to Dutch
Harbor, the rig will be
accompanied by three ocean-going tugs and an additional response vessel. Once
there, the rig will be prepared for a dry-tow to Asia
for repairs. The email said the decision to move the Kulluk from its current
location in Kiliuda
Bay came after the
completed damage assessment revealed no damage to the rig’s inner hull and fuel
tanks were intact. Any damage to the vessel has been repaired in the last few
weeks and the vessel has been sealed for water and weather tightness. The
journey to Dutch Harbor is expected to take up to 10 days
and the exact date for departure is unknown.
The
UC said clean-up of the remaining debris on Sitkalidak Island
will continue. The email said Shell will work with the Old Harbor Native
corporation to carry out the removal safely.
In
general, the UC said more than 750 individuals from around the world responded
to the Kulluk’s grounding.
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Tonight the Kodiak Island Borough
Assembly will meet for a work session and hear from the solid waste advisory
board. Waste management is a growing concern in Kodiak. This fall city
residents spoke out against the current curbside roll cart service in city
limits because of bear encounters, and the idea to expand the service into the
borough isn’t very popular. At the same time, the advisory board isn’t pleased
with the current system of randomly placed dumpsters throughout the borough.
The board will meet with the assembly tonight and brainstorm options for future
waste management to meet the needs of borough residents.
Also
on the list for discussion is a possible renaming of the Kodiak
State Airport
to the Benny Benson Kodiak
State Airport.
Benny Benson designed the Alaska
state flag when he was 13 and this year marks the centenary of his birth. The
assembly will discuss drafting a letter to the Alaska State Legislature to
support the renaming of the airport.
Lastly,
the assembly will take a look at its new and improved funding process for
non-profits in Kodiak. In past work sessions assembly members have hinted that
a clear, unified process for funding non-profits needs to be implemented, and
tonight they will review a potential new system.
Tonight’s
meeting starts at 7:30 p.m. and will be held in the borough conference
room.
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