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A Commitment to Alaskans 



Urban Strategy 



ACTION STRATEGY: 



Stabilize funding for sanitation 



infrastructure . 



A stable and predictable funding commitment for the construction of sanitation 

 facilities is necessary to achieve the goal of adequate sanitation services in every 

 Alaskan cooununity. 



As shown in the graph below. State funding of community sanitation facilities has 

 been sporadic at best When State revenues were high, it was relatively easy for local 

 governments to obtain grants. However, as oil revenues declined so did the State's 

 investment in these projects. The unpredictable nature of this "boom and bust" 

 funding cycle has made planning for long term capital improvements virtually 

 impossible for local governments. In fact, there have been instances where commu- 

 nities were successful in receiving State funding for the planning, design and the first 

 construction phase of a project, but have not received financial assistance for the 

 phases necessary to complete the project 



SUIc Funding History of Sanitation Projects* 



S160.000.000 

 $140,000,000 

 S120.000.000 

 $100,000,000 



S80.000.000 



StiO.000.000 



$40,000,000 



$20,000.0004^ 

 $0J 



[jnj Direct Grants 



I 50% Municipal Grants 



86 87 



Fiscal Year 



* Mhidiag piojB cu Auided through 

 ViU^a SA Witt 



By committing to a stable Municipal Matching Grants budget, the State and local 

 governments would be able to plan for and finance public sanitation projects in a more 

 effective and efficient manner. 



Likewise, by capitalizing the Alaska Clean Water Fund loan programs, the State 

 would provide Alaska's urban communities with a predictable, perpetual and, even- 

 tually, self-sustaining flnancial resource (as describe in objective 2 of the next Action 

 Strategy. 



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