Published on February 4th, 2010

Request for Sunday drinks nixed

By BRISTOL BAY TIMES STAFF

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The Dillingham City Council on Jan. 27 did not pass an ordinance that would have amended the Dillingham city code, which prohibits alcohol sales between 2 a.m. Sundays and 10 a.m. Mondays.

Willow Tree bar had requested the ordinance to allow it to stay open from noon to 9 p.m. during Super Bowl Sunday.

Ordinance No. 2010-04 was on the agenda to be introduced during last week's City Council special meeting. However when it came time for a vote, the council was tied with 3 yes and 3 no votes, the mayor was the tiebreaker with a no vote, according to a clerk at City Hall.

The City Council passed Resolution No. 2010-06 with authorizes the retention of consulting services to assist the city to evaluate a possible location of fisheries processing facilities in and on the city dock property.

The resolution explains that in 2003 a resolution was passed in which the City of Dillingham committed to cooperating with the Curyung Tribal Council and the Ekuk Village Council to evaluate the use of uplands associated with the All Tide Dock facility for the development of a project to be pursued by the village councils for a fish processing plant that benefits the Bristol Bay fisheries.

In December, the resolution stated, representatives of the Curyung Tribal Council and the Ekuk Village Council notified the City of Dillingham that they are proceeding with development of a business plan. The resolution says that determination of the optimum site for the possible development of a processing facility is a critical part of its plan development; and the tribal entities asked that work to determine the possibility of a site be concluded by April because of their funding deadlines; and tribal entities consider the material associated with the business plan to be proprietary and do not wish to generally share the information; and because the city dock is a critical part of the infrastructure provided for the community by the city and it is important to maintain all aspects of the current and future dock operations; and the City of Dillingham supports added economic opportunities for the community and expansion of processing capacity in the region; it was determined to be in the best interest of the community to identify a method to work with the tribal entities to evaluate the dock property in a way that will allow the preservation of their confidentiality and maintain the city's responsibility for the dock property.

City Council approved the Resolution No. 2009-50 accepting the firm of Agnew Beck to provide consulting services for updating the Dillingham Comprehensive Plan and Waterfront Study; and the city requested Agnew Beck to prepare a fee proposal to assist the city in evaluating the possible location of a fisheries processing facility in and on the city dock property (Task Order No.1), since this project fit in with their current work developing the waterfront study.

The resolution sets a fee not to exceed $22,513.28 on evaluating the possible location of a fisheries processing facility in and on the city dock property and its potential impact on all waterfront properties; council authorized spending $15,000 from the FY2010 City Council department budget category, contract labor, and appropriating an additional $7,513.28 from general funds; and the council authorizes the city manager to issue and sign a task order to Agnew Beck to assist the city (departments and department managers) to cooperatively evaluate the lands and operations associated with the city's all-tide dock in terms of cooperatively identifying a suitable optimum site and identify the issues as it impacts other waterfront properties.

For more information call City Hall 842-5212.

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