HomeMy WebLinkAbout13-03 RESOLUTION NO. 1.3-03
A RESOLUTION of the City Council of the City of Port Angeles,
Washington, authorizing two separate applications for funding
from the Community Economic Revitalization Board to conduct
feasibility studies for an aquaculture project and a cold storage
facility.
WHEREAS, the City of Port Angeles and the Clallam County Economic Development
Council have been leading an economic development initiative called Clallam NetWorks for the
past three years and have identified agriculture and marine services industries as two of the most
significant economic sectors in our region; and
WHEREAS, the Clallam NetWorks Agriculture and Marine Services Industry Cluster
Teams have assessed and inventoried their respective industries and have identified needs and
strategies; and
WHEREAS, a primary strategy for rural communities to improve their economic condition
is to develop linkages between key regional industries and to support value-added product
opportunities; and
WHEREAS, the potential development of an industrial cold storage facility, as determined
and defined through an appropriate feasibility analysis, could significantly assist in the expansion
of both the Marine and Agricultural Industry sectors; and
WHEREAS, the Marine Services Industry Cluster Team additionally identified that the
development of an aquaculture industry, as determined and defined through an appropriate
feasibility analysis, could significantly support the growth of the Marine Services Industry;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Port Angeles
as follows:
Section 1. Two separate grant applications to the Washington State Community
Economic Revitalization Board to conduct feasibility analyses for (1) a cold storage facility in the
amount of $25,000 and (2) an aquaculture project in the amount of $50,000.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Port Angeles at a regular meeting of said
Council held on the 16th day of December, 2003.
~ MAYOR
ATTEST:
B~cky J. U~, ~t~' ~l~rk[ .....
APPRO,V)ED AS TO FORM:
Craig D.t~u(.8~onS!y A//~o~m ~///
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