Adequate Water Supply Essential
For Planned Industrial Expansion
By William Poland
Kodiak City Manager
(Ed. note: This is the second of
a (wo part article clarifying is
sues to be voted on at the Spe
cial Election to be held next Tues
day. The first dealt with the road
problem in Kodiak and the need
for more funds to carry out the
present program.)
It has been fairly well estab
lished that no further local funds
are needed for boat harbor facil
ities. With over $100,000 remain
ing in the existing fund, and con
siderable money available from
the State Marine Fuel Tax fund,
sufficient funds are available for
improvement of the existing har
bor facilities plus the construc
tion of additional facilities in a
future boat harbor.
The present water supply is not
adequate to supply present in
dustrial and domestic demands
without danger of shutdown of
industrial plants during the win
ter months, and most certainly
will not supply future planned in
dustrial plants, such as the cold
storage plant and several shrimp
plants. These industries are pres
ently wanting to operate in Ko
diak, and in order for them to do
so, an adequate water supply must
first be made available at a rea
sonable cost per thousand gallons.
In addition, transmission lines of
adequate size must be installed to
supply the water in the volume
and at the pressures these plants
demand for operational purposes.
An engineering study has shown
Pillar Creek in Monashka Bay to
be the logical source of this ad
ditional water supply. A pump
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ing plant at Pillar Creek with
6500 feet of pipe leading to the
upper reservoir would provide
adequate water for industrial and
domestic growth for years to
come. In addition, an eight inch
pipeline from the corner near
City Hall to Kraft’s Super Market
corner should be replaced with a
sixteen-inch pipe, and a twelve
inch pipe installed from Kraft’s
Super Market corner to the City
Dock area to supplement the pres
ent four inch pipe serving the City
Dock area. An eight inch section
of pipe should be installed from
the area of the High School lo
Mill Bay Road, replacing a four
inch and a two inch line anu
strengthening the water system to
the point that adequate water can
be directed to both the industrial
or the downtown areas through
either a high pressure system or
through a low pressure system, ar
both.
This all costs money, and it is
the opinion of the City Council,
that, if the needed water supply
and improvements are supported
wholly from revenues derived
through the sale of water, the
water rates must be increased to
both industrial and household con
sumer to the point that industrial
plants particularly, would hesitate
to locate in Kodiak, and the
plants presently located here
would be handicapped. Therefor,
the City Council has decided to
ask the voters of this community
for authority to levy a one-percent
sales tax for the purpose of fin
ancing this facility which means
so much to the future of Kodiak
in industrial growth.
If the Street Construction and
Improvement and the Pillar Creek
Water Supply and pipeline im
provement Sales Tax propositior
is approved, which is called Propo
sition 1N0. 1 on the ballot at th<
March 27th election, the tota
sales tax levy will remain at thre<
(3%) percent.
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People who pay as they go todaj
travel at a snail’s pace.
May 19 Date Of
Armed Ferces Day
May 19 has been set as the
date for the observance of Armed
Forces Day in 1962 here and else
where on military installations
throughout Alaska.
In making the announcement
this week, Lt. Gen. George W.
Monday, USAF, Commander in
Chief, Alaska, designated Alaska
Area Armed Forces Day Com
mander by the Secretary of De
fense, named Commander Richard
K. Stacer, USL\, Alaska Sea Fron
tier Public Information Officer,
to monitor Armed Forces Day ac
tivities on Kodiak Island and the
Aleutian Chain.
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