00HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 32                                                                                    
01 Supporting the development of a light rail system to serve the corridor between                                         
02 the Matanuska-Susitna Valley and Anchorage.                                                                             
03 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                              
04  WHEREAS a large volume of commuter vehicles travel each day between the                                              
05 Matanuska-Susitna Valley and Anchorage; and                                                                             
06  WHEREAS it is necessary to develop transportation alternatives to the automobile to                                  
07 serve the corridor between the Matanuska-Susitna Valley and Anchorage; and                                              
08  WHEREAS the development of a light rail system between the Matanuska-Susitna                                         
09 Valley and Anchorage would decrease the volume of automobile traffic between these points,                              
10 reduce the number of automobile accidents and collisions with moose on the roads between                                
11 these points, and lessen the burden on the road system between these points; and                                        
12  WHEREAS the development of a light rail system to serve the corridor between the                                     
13 Matanuska-Susitna Valley and Anchorage would contribute to the improvement of air quality                               
14 in the Anchorage Bowl;                                                                                                  

01  BE IT RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature expresses its support for the                                       
02 development of a light rail system to serve the corridor between the Matanuska-Susitna Valley                           
03 and Anchorage.                                                                                                          
04  COPIES of this resolution shall be sent to the Honorable Kenneth R. Wykle,                                           
05 Administrator, Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation; the                                   
06 commissioner of transportation and public facilities; the mayor of the Municipality of                                  
07 Anchorage; the mayor of the Matanuska-Susitna Borough, the president of the Wasilla-Palmer                              
08 Chamber of Commerce; and the president of the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce.