DENALI BOROUGH, ALASKA

RESOLUTION NO. 94-03

A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING BOROUGH INVOLVEMENT

IN STATE LEASE NEGOTIATIONS.

WHEREAS, the State prepares Area Management Plans to guide the Department of Natural Resources management of State lands; and

WHEREAS, the Tanana Basin Area (Management) Plan is in effect within the Denali Borough; and

WHEREAS, the Tanana Basin Area Plan recommends setting side sub units 4R2, 4R3, 4R4, and 4R5 within the Nenana River Corridor for legislative designation as a State Recreation River; and

WHEREAS, the Tanana Basin Area Plan states: that to accommodate future needs of the Municipal Government certain uplands within these subunits are expected to be considered for conveyance to the Denali Borough;

AND WHEREAS, the Denali Borough residents and their elected representatives live closer to the economic trends and social needs of local communities within the Borough than do representatives of the State Department of Natural Resources.

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: that the Denali Borough government be actively involved in the process determining the fee and duration of the leases being negotiated by the State Department of Natural Resources on lands the Tanana Basin Area Plan identifies as suitable for Borough selection.

PASSED and APPROVED by the DENALI BOROUGH ASSEMBLY this 13th day of March, 1994.

SIGNATURE ON FILE

Mayor

ATTEST: SIGNATURE ON FILE

Borough Clerk