DENALI BOROUGH, ALASKA

RESOLUTION NO. 95-05

A RESOLUTION TO SEEK 71,000 ACRES IN THE MUNICIPAL LAND ENTITLEMENT ACT FOR THE DENALI BOROUGH.

WHEREAS, the Municipal Land Entitlement Act was put in place by the Alaska State legislation to insure the resources are available for a Borough to be successfully independent; and

WHEREAS, the Denali Borough deems the Municipal Land Entitlement expected acreage to be certified as insufficient for future growth and development of the Borough; and

WHEREAS, Borough residents have stated in public testimony that they desire more land be made available for various reasons identified as essential to the Borough; and

AND WHEREAS, the Borough has through the Comprehensive Land Use Plan process identified 71,000 acres as the minimum necessary for autonomy.

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: The Denali Borough Assembly authorizes the Mayor to seek State Legislative intervention to acquire the 71,000 acres as the Denali Borough's Municipal Land Entitlement.

PASSED and APPROVED by the DENALI BOROUGH ASSEMBLY this 12th

day of February, 1995.

SIGNATURE ON FILE

Mayor

ATTEST: SIGNATURE ON FILE

Borough Clerk