HOUSE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT                             
                   April 10, 1997                                              
                      3:02 p.m.                                                
                                                                               
                                                                               
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                             
                                                                               
PRESENTATION: STATUS OF REUSE AND REDEVELOPMENT OF ADAK ISLAND BY              
              ADAK REUSE CORPORATION.                                          
                                                                               
TAPE(S)                                                                        
                                                                               
97-1, SIDE(S) A & B                                                            
                                                                               
CALL TO ORDER                                                                  
                                                                               
Representative Sanders, Chairman, convened the House Special                   
Committee on Economic Development meeting at 3:02 p.m.                         
                                                                               
PRESENT                                                                        
                                                                               
Committee members present at the call to order were Representatives            
Sanders, Kemplen, Berkowitz, Hodgins and Austerman.  Other                     
legislators present were Representative Moses.                                 
                                                                               
SUMMARY OF INFORMATION                                                         
                                                                               
CHRISTOPHER GATES, Executive Director, Adak Reuse Corporation,                 
presented an overview of the Adak Reuse Corporation and answered               
questions.                                                                     
                                                                               
ELARY GROMOFF jr., President and Chief Executive Officer, Aleut                
Corporation; President, Adak Reuse Corporation; and Co-Chair                   
Remediation Advisory Board for the Clean-up of Adak, discussed the             
current situation at Adak, presented a video on what the                       
potentials are at Adak and answered questions.                                 
                                                                               
COMMITTEE ACTION                                                               
                                                                               
The committee took no action.                                                  
                                                                               
ADJOURNMENT                                                                    
                                                                               
The meeting was adjourned at 4:52 p.m.                                         
                                                                               
NOTE:                                                                          
                                                                               
The meeting was recorded and handwritten log notes were taken.  A              
copy of the tape(s) and log notes may be obtained by contacting the            
House Records Office at 130 Seward Street, Suite 211, Juneau,                  
Alaska 99801-1182, (907) 465-2214, and after adjournment of the                
second session of the Twentieth Alaska State Legislature, in the               
Legislative Reference Library.