DENALI BOROUGH, ALASKA

RESOLUTION NO. 93-02

A RESOLUTION ENDORSING THE CREATION OF A RAILROAD/UTILITY

CORRIDOR FOR DENALI NATIONAL PARK ACCESS.

WHEREAS, Denali National Park is the top visitor destination in Alaska, and

WHEREAS, Denali National Park is a critical element in the Alaska Visitor Industry throughout the State, and

WHEREAS, the current limits on access into Denali National Park restrict many visitors and residents from entering the Park that would like to, and

WHEREAS, lack of access to Denali creates a bottleneck in the visitor/ tourism delivery system of Alaska, and

WHEREAS, no additional access to the interior of the Park is included in the South Denali Concept Plan now under consideration, and

WHEREAS, the National Park Service "Denali Task Force Report" released in 1992 did not provide for any immediate increase in the capacity on the current north entrance road, and

WHEREAS, the National Park Service "Denali Task Force Report" described the rail access concept as captivating, and

WHEREAS, Kantishna Group Inc. has proposed an environmentally sound, sensible, innovative, and unique tourism railroad between Healy and Kantishna to provide access to the growing numbers of Alaskan visitors, and

AND WHEREAS, the Denali Borough and the communities within it, will benefit from permanent jobs and other economic activity created by the building and operation of the Kantishna Group Inc.'s railroad;

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: that the Denali Borough Assembly and Mayor strongly supports the Kantishna Group Inc.'s plans to construct and operate a general purpose tourism railroad into Denali National Park.

FURTHER BE IT RESOLVED: that the Denali Borough Assembly and Mayor encourages the National Park Service at Denali National Park, the Regional and National levels, the State of Alaska, its Governor, Legislature and National Delegation, to give full support to the creation of a Railroad Utility Corridor as proposed by the Kantishna Group Inc. as an appropriate, environmentally sound and sensible means of access to the Park to better serve the people of the United States and the World.

PASSED and APPROVED by the DENALI BOROUGH ASSEMBLY this 14th day of February, 1993.

SIGNATURE ON FILE

Mayor

ATTEST: SIGNATURE ON FILE

Borough Clerk