HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution and Verification of Match from AGSD Regional Board,A'.AsxA GA. V 1vAy ScHooL DISTRICT
P.O. BOX 226 TOK, AK 99780
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TODD POAGE, SUPERINTENDENT
ALASKA GATEWAY SCHOOL DISTRICT
RESOLUTION #13-02
AUTHORIZATION TO REQUEST FUNDS FOR "AGSD BIOMASS HEAT LOOP PROJECT"
WHEREAS, the Alaska Gateway School District has a shared commitment to the families of its students and to the
community of Tok and surrounding region; and
WHEREAS, the average price of fuel has risen 12% per year over the past ten years; and
WHEREAS, fuel savings could be transferred into the instructional program to directly impact and provide
additional opportunities for student learning; and
WHEREAS, an extension of the Tok School Biomass Heating Project is needed to serve several community
buildings: the Senior Center, Clinic, Volunteer Fire Department, Alaska Department of Forestry, Alaska
Department of Transportation, and AGSD School Multi -Purpose Facility, Zamboni Garage; and,
WHEREAS, these buildings collectively use the equivalent of 47,300 gallons of fuel oil #1; and
WHEREAS, Tok is located in the middle of the Tanana Valley Forest which has available a vast quantity wood
fuel for energy usage; and;
WHEREAS, the Alaska Gateway School District currently has approximately a two year supply of wood available
to use as fuel on location at the Tok School Biomass Facility and is committed to operating and maintaining the
wood boiler; and
WHEREAS, the Alaska Gateway School District has committed to the matching resources for the project at the
match amounts indicated in the grant application; and
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of the Alaska Gateway School District is authorizing the grant
application to Alaska Energy Authority's Renewable Energy Fund Round 6 Grant Application for the Alaska
Gateway School District (AGSD) Biomass Heat Loop project;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Alaska Gateway School District will collaborate and align efforts with the
local utility and others to accommodate the future integration of potential heat loops.
ADOPTED by the Board of the Alaska Gateway School District this 201` day of August 2012.
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Todd Poage, Superintendent
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