00HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 18                                                                                           
01 Relating to establishment of a fishing community at Adak.                                                               
02 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
03  WHEREAS the tensions of the "Cold War" have subsided and numerous military                                             
04 installations are being totally or partially closed by the Department of Defense; and                                   
05  WHEREAS the Adak Naval Base has all of the facilities and infrastructure of a small                                    
06 city; and                                                                                                               
07  WHEREAS, with the reductions currently in progress at the Adak Naval Base, many                                        
08 of the facilities on the base will be excess to the needs of the military; and                                          
09  WHEREAS Adak Island has a number of natural harbors in close proximity to major                                        
10 fishery resources; and                                                                                                  
11  WHEREAS the opportunity exists to develop a "state of the art" model fishing                                           
12 community on Adak Island; and                                                                                           
13  WHEREAS history has shown that military bases and civilian communities can co-exist with benefits to both;             
14  BE IT RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature respectfully requests the                                             

01 Department of Defense and the Department of the Navy to release a portion of the Adak                                   
02 Island Naval Reserve to the State of Alaska for the development of a model fishing                                      
03 community on Adak Island.                                                                                               
04  COPIES of this resolution shall be sent to the Honorable Bill Clinton, President of the                                
05 United States; the Honorable Al Gore, Vice-President of the United States and President of                              
06 the U.S. Senate; the Honorable Les Aspin, Secretary of the Department of Defense; and to the                            
07 Honorable Ted Stevens and the Honorable Frank Murkowski, U.S. Senators, and the                                         
08 Honorable Don Young, U.S. Representative, members of the Alaska delegation in Congress.