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Patrick Michael Anderson Attorney at Law
406 West Fireweed Lane, Suite 204
Anchorage, Alaska 99503 J (a Ldbdriclde elope
(907) 277-1953
FAX (907) 277-3883 2) Pyar
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TO: Riley Snell ;
FIRM NAME: State of Alaska
FAX #: (907) 561-8998
DATE: Monday, October 23, 1995
FROM: Patrick M. Anderson
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Following is a resolution passed hy my client, Ahtna, Inc., on Tuesday, October 17,
1995 at a meeting of its board of directors. Ahtna is in full support of continuing
with the planned construction of the Sutton-Glennallen Intertie. If you have any
questions, please contact the undersigned, or Roy S. Ewan, President/CEO of Ahtna, Inc. at (907) 822-3476.
ank you.
Patrick M. Anderson
Attorney for Ahtna, Inc.
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Ahtna, Inc.
'GLENNALLEN OFFICE ASICHON AGE OFFICE:
POnROX 649 ; 1 408 W. FIREWEED LANE, NO, [01 GLENNALLEN, AK 99588 ‘ : ANCHORAGE, AK 90503 PHONE: (907) 822-3476 PHONE: (907) 274-7662 FAX: (907) 822-3495 FAX: (BO7] 274-6614
TOLL FREE 1°800-478-3443
RESOLUTION 95-32
BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF AHTNA, INC.
WHEREAS, Ahtna, Incorporated is the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act Corporation for the Coppcr River Valley; and
WHEREAS, eight of the nine ANCSA Village Corporations within the region have merged into Ahtna, Incorporated: and
WHEREAS, Ahitna, Incorporated is concerned with the economic health and well being of the Copper River Valley and its many shareholders and descendants of shareholders who live in the region; and
WHEREAS, residents of the Copper River Valley pay the highest unsubsidized
rate for electricity in the State of Alaska; and
WHEREAS, these high electrical rates stifle meaningful development
opportunities in the region, and means limited employment opportunities for Ahtna, Incorporated shareholders and their families; and
WHEREAS, state sponsored funding has been provided by the Alaska State
Legislature for the construction of a Sutton to Glennallen electrical Intertie; and
WHEREAS, a dependable, reasonable priced source of electricity for the Copper
River Valley will significantly enhance economic development
options, including tourism development, which were development
options supported by Governor Tony Knowles during his campaign
for governor and in his State of the State address in January of
1995; and
WHEREAS, Governor Knowles has specifically stated his support for expanding
tourism opportunities in the Wrangell-St. Elias Mountain region;
and
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NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the board of directors of Ahtna, Incorporated expresses their full and complete support for immediate construction of the Sutton to Glennallen Intertie.
AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the board of directors of Ahtna,
Incorporated asks Governor Knowles to support and expeditiously and vigorously pursuc construction of the Sutton to Glennallen Intertie.
ADOPTED this 17th day of October 1995, by a unanimous vote of the Ahtna, Incorporated board of directors.
. Jordan, Chairman >
Attest; Pu.
Linda Tyone, Sedfetary
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703 W. Tudor Rd., #200 : sie! D ARECA Anchorage, AK 99503-6650 Cooperative, Indust S Author
(907) 561-6103 *Eyno 7" i FAX (907) 561-5547 Assoéiation, nc.
Electric Service for 357,000 Alaskans
September 14, 1995
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Mr. William R. Snell w.k.S %
Executive Director Ga Alaska Industrial Development A RE
and Export Authority 480 Tudor Road ‘ me Alaska 99503-6690 Vl ites
Dear Mr. Snell:
At our 44th Annual Meeting held on August 24-25, 1995, in Girdwood, the enclosed resolution
95-1, support of the Sutton to Glennallen transmission line project, was adopted unanimously by the
membership. This resolution confirms our long standing commitment to complete this transmission line
project.
We anxiously await to hear a decision.
Sincerely, ae
David Hutchens
Executive Director
DEMOCRACY IN ACTION
ARECA RESOLUTION
95-1
WHEREAS, the Alaska Rural Electric Cooperative Association, Inc. (*ARECA”) is a
trade association representing electric utilities that supply power to over 350,000 Alaskans; and
WHEREAS, ARECA supports the construction of vital transmission lines throughout
the state to provide necessary infrastructure to enhance the basic quality of life, to develop rural areas, and
provide for growth in our great state; and
WHEREAS, for many years ARECA has supported and lobbied the state Legislature for
financial assistance in the construction of the Sutton to Glennallen transmission line project that will
bring lower cost Railbelt power to the Copper River Basin and the City of Valdez: and
WHEREAS, ARECA and many other Alaskans were successful in getting an
appropriation for this project during the Eighteenth Legislative Session; which was signed into law by
Governor Walter Hickel on May 13, 1993; and
WHEREAS, Copper Valley Electric Association, Inc. (“CVEA”) has strived to support
and comply with all of the actions required by the State of Alaska to secure the funding for this vital
project; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Community and Regional Affairs Commissioner Edgar
Blatchford found the feasibility study to be in compliance with Alaska Statutes and ruled on July 5, 1994,
“_...both the study and the plan of finance were satisfactory within the meaning of Section 4(d), Chapter
19, SLA 1993”, and
WHEREAS, Governor Tony Knowles appointed an Inter-Agency Committee in May,
1995, to further review the feasibility of the project: now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED, ARECA is respectfully urging the Governor and the Inter-Agency
Committee to make a timely decision in favor of this vitally needed project, not only for the benefit of the
consumers of CVEA, but for the future economic development of our great state.
Adopted unanimously by the membership on August 24, 1995.