HCR  2-RONALD REAGAN LANDMARK                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
1:06:13 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR FEIGE announced  that the first order  of business would                                                               
be  HOUSE   CONCURRENT  RESOLUTION  NO.  2,   Urging  the  Alaska                                                               
Historical Commission  to prepare recommendations for  the naming                                                               
of a geographical  feature in the state as a  permanent legacy in                                                               
recognition of  President Ronald  Reagan's service to  the United                                                               
States of America.                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
1:07:03 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
JOE  MICHEL, Staff,  Representative  Bill  Stoltze, Alaska  State                                                               
Legislature,  speaking  on   behalf  of  Representative  Stoltze,                                                               
sponsor, explained that  HCR 2 is a resolution  urging the Alaska                                                               
Historical Commission  to prepare recommendations for  the naming                                                               
of a  geographical feature in  the state after the  nation's 40th                                                               
president, Ronald Reagan.  The  Alaska Historical Commission is a                                                               
nine-member  commission that  advises  the  governor on  programs                                                               
concerning   history  and   pre-history,  historical   sites  and                                                               
buildings, and geographic  names.  The members  of the commission                                                               
also  serve as  state representatives  for the  Alaska geographic                                                               
names  program;  in  that capacity  the  commission  reviews  and                                                               
provides  recommendations regarding  names proposed  for physical                                                               
features in the state.   Currently, there are 17 geographic sites                                                               
in Alaska  that have  been named after  former presidents  of the                                                               
U.S.    Mr.  Michel  noted  that  the  timing  of  HCR  2  is  to                                                               
commemorate the  centennial of President Reagan's  birth.  Alaska                                                               
has  recognized  President  Reagan  several  times  by  declaring                                                               
February 6th Ronald Reagan Day,  but has no permanent memorial to                                                               
honor him.                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
1:08:21 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE P. WILSON  inquired as to whether  the sponsor had                                                               
any ideas  regarding possible geographical  features or  would it                                                               
be left up to the commission.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
MR.  MICHEL  answered  that  the   sponsor  has  no  geographical                                                               
features in  mind and is leaving  it up to the  Alaska Historical                                                               
Commission to  make a  decision with  regard to  the geographical                                                               
feature.                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
1:09:02 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR  FEIGE,  upon  determining  no one  wished  to  testify,                                                               
closed public testimony.                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
1:09:43 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE MUNOZ moved to report  HCR 2 out of committee with                                                               
individual  recommendations and  the  accompanying fiscal  notes.                                                               
There  being no  objection, HCR  2  was reported  from the  House                                                               
Resources Standing Committee.