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PELICAN. ALASKA »9S32 



PHONE 73S-2202 



FAX 735-22Sa 



- CITY OF PELICAN, ALASKA 



RESOLUTION 1996-31 



A RESOLUTION FOR THE CITY OF PELICAN, ALASKA, 



OPPOSING EXTENSION OF THE LOUISIANA PACIFIC'S 



KETCHIKAN PULP COMPANY 50 YEAR CONTRACT WITH 



THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT 



WHEREAS; the 50 year contract currently enjoyed by Louisiana 



Pacific's Ketchikan Pulp Company (KPC) gives that company 

 an unfair advantage over competitors and exclusive rights 

 to timber resources, and, 



WHEREAS; the terms of that contract were negotiated in the 1950 's 

 and are wholly inappropriate today, and, 



WHEREAS; the City of Pelican is opposed to federal subsidy of the 



timber industry in the Tongass National Forest, (Resolution 

 1995-22), and, 



WHEREAS; genuine multiple use of the Tongass National Forest that 

 provides for subsistence, tourism, independent timber 

 operators, and adequate fish and wildlife habitat protection 

 is incompatible with allowing KPC timber operations a con- 

 tinued priority, and, 



WHEREAS; areas of Norther>JChichagof , including the Eight Fathom 



Timber Sales, which were not in KPC's original contract 



area, have already been identified to supply KPC under the 

 original contract, and, 



WHEREAS; extension of the KPC contract would vastly increase pressure. 

 for immediate large-scale clearcutting on Chichagof Island, 

 and, 



WHEREAS; in 1995 KPC was convicted of a felony and 13 other charges 

 related to violations of clean air and water laws, and, 



WHEREAS; the possibility of long term economic diversity and stability 

 for our community and the region would be harmed by extension 

 of KPC's contract; 



NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of Pelican, Alaska 

 hereby opposes extension of Louisiana Pacific's Ketchikan 

 .", Pulp Company's 50 Year Contract with the USDJV Forest Service. 



PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED THIS 17TH 



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Signed: 



Glen WT Woods 

 Mayor Pro-Tempore 



Sherd Paddock, City Clerk/Treasurer 



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