Legislature(1999 - 2000)
04/19/2000 01:44 PM Senate TRA
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SENATE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
April 19, 2000
1:44 p.m.
MEMBERS PRESENT
Senator Jerry Ward, Chairman
Senator Drue Pearce, Vice Chair
Senator Mike Miller
Senator Georgianna Lincoln
MEMBERS ABSENT
Senator Rick Halford
COMMITTEE CALENDAR
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 205(TRA)
"An Act relating to the use of snow machines to travel across the
Dalton Highway corridor."
MOVED CSHB 205(TRA) OUT OF COMMITTEE
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 320(FIN) am
"An Act approving the application for and acceptance of a grant of
certain federal land by the Alaska Railroad Corporation; approving
the conveyance of the entire interest in land appurtenant to the
Whittier DeLong Dock by the Alaska Railroad Corporation; relating
to use and disposition of the Whittier DeLong Dock and associated
land; prohibiting the Alaska Railroad Corporation and the City of
Whittier from granting any special right, privilege, or preference
to a third party to provide management services for the DeLong
Dock; providing that contracts for management of the DeLong Dock by
a third party shall be awarded only under competitive procurement
procedures established by the Alaska Railroad Corporation and the
City of Whittier; and providing for an effective date."
MOVED CSHB 320(FIN)am OUT OF COMMITTEE
PREVIOUS SENATE ACTION
HB 205 - No previous Senate action.
HB 320 - No previous Senate action.
WITNESS REGISTER
Representative Reggie Joule
Alaska State Capitol
Juneau, AK 99801
POSITION STATEMENT: Sponsor of HB 205
John Manley
Legislative Staff to Representative Harris
Alaska State Capitol
Juneau, AK 99801
POSITION STATEMENT: Testified for the sponsor of HB 320
ACTION NARRATIVE
TAPE 00-5, SIDE A
CHAIRMAN WARD called the Senate Transportation Committee meeting to
order at 1:44 p.m. Present were Senators Pearce, Miller and Ward.
The first order of business to come before the committee was HB
205.
HB 205-SNOWMACHINES CROSSING DALTON HIGHWAY
REPRESENTATIVE REGGIE JOULE, sponsor of HB 205, said the bill is
quite simple. Under current statute, people are not allowed to
cross the Dalton Highway or the five mile corridor on each side on
snow machines. HB 205 allows people to cross the corridor and will
apply to people in Anaktuvuk Pass and Kaktovik. The bill does not
change anything in the hunting regulations and it only allows
people to cross the Dalton Highway, not to travel on it.
SENATOR MILLER moved CSHB 205(TRA) from committee with individual
recommendations. There being no objection, the motion carried.
HB 320-APPROVE AK RAILROAD GETTING WHITTIER DOCK
MR. JOHN MANLEY, legislative aide to Representative Harris, sponsor
of the measure, made the following comments. Last year the
legislature passed a bill that required the Alaska Railroad
Corporation (ARRC) to receive legislative approval before it can
accept land from the federal government. Congress has passed a law
transferring the DeLong dock in Whittier to the ARRC. HB 320
approves that transfer and it incorporates the provisions of a
memorandum of understanding that the land underneath would be
transferred to the City of Whittier. The City of Whittier would
lease back the North half of the land to ARRC and ARRC would lease
back the South half of the dock to the City of Whittier. The bill
has been in the making for about one year while agreements were
negotiated. The bill is beneficial to both the ARRC and the City
of Whittier.
SENATOR PEARCE stated that she was one of the people who worked
last year to get language put in statute that disallows the ARRC
from accepting land conveyances without approval of the
legislature. She remains convinced that ARRC should not own the
entire interest in the tidelands in Whittier, which it will, once
this transfer occurs. No one else will have access to a deep water
port except the ARRC which gives ARRC an unfair advantage. She
believes that ARRC has said it would do something during the making
of this bill and then turned around and worked legislatively to
unravel its commitment. Senator Pearce said she will not object to
moving the bill from committee because the City of Whittier will be
receiving a 20 year attachment which provides access but she
remains very concerned about allowing ARRC to own all of the
waterfront in Whittier.
There being no further testimony or questions, SENATOR MILLER moved
CSHB 320(FIN)am from committee with individual recommendations.
There being no objection, the motion carried.
There being no further business to come before the committee,
CHAIRMAN WARD adjourned the meeting.
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