Alaska Association of Harbormasters and Port Administrators

Each year, the membership of AAHPA adopts resolutions supporting various legislative actions that we believe will help to improve Alaska's port and harbor infrastructure and operations statewide. On this page you can find our resolutions by year, as well as additional updates and action alerts on these items. Stay tuned, and please contact us with any suggestions or questions!

Please consider taking action by working with your community to pass similar resolutions of support. If you have signed resolutions, letters or other information please send them to us!

For more information on the Municipal Harbor Grant Program

For more information on derelict vessels

2024 Resolutions

2024-1 In support of full funding ($5,740,408) for the State of Alaska Municipal Harbor Facility Grant Program in the FY2026 State Capital Budget

If you would like to pass a similar resolution in your community or with your organization, please feel free to use this editable version! 2024 (State Fiscal Year 2026) Harbor Grant Resolution template (.doc)

We would love to collect all passed resolutions of support around the state. Please email info@alaskaharbors.org to let us know!

UPDATES: Similar resolutions have been passed in Peterburg, Seldovia, and Unalaska.

2024-2 In support of raising the maximum available Alaska Department of Transportation Harbor Facility Grant to $7,500,000 for eligible projects on an annual basis.

If you would like to pass a similar resolution in your community or with your organization, please feel free to use this editable version! 2024 (State Fiscal Year 2026) Full Funding template (.doc)

We would love to collect all passed resolutions of support around the state. Please email info@alaskaharbors.org to let us know!

UPDATES: Similar resolutions have been passed in Peterburg, Seldovia, Unalaska, and Wrangell.

2023 Resolutions

2023-1 In support of full funding ($7,644,677) for the State of Alaska Municipal Harbor Facility Grant Program in the FY2025 State Capital Budget

UPDATES: Similar resolutions have been passed in Aleutians East Borough, Haines, Juneau, Ketchikan, Pelican, Seldovia, Seward, Unalaska, Valdez, and Whittier.

2023-2 In support of raising the maximum available Alaska Department of Transportation Harbor Facility Grant to $7,500,000 for eligible projects on an annual basis.

UPDATES: Similar resolutions have been passed in Aleutians East Borough, Haines, Juneau, Petersburg, Sitka and Wrangell.

2022 Resolutions

2022-1 In support of full funding ($8,236,815) for the State of Alaska Municipal Harbor Facility Grant Program in the FY2024 State Capital Budget

UPDATES: Similar resolutions have been passed in Cordova, Haines, Homer, Juneau, Kwethluk, Petersburg, Seldovia, Seward, Skagway, Sitka, Whittier, Wrangell, Unalaska, Valdez and by the Alaska Municipal League.

2021 Resolutions

2021-1 In support of full funding ($20,160,062) for the State of Alaska Municipal Harbor Facility Grant Program in the FY2023 State Capital Budget.

UPDATES: Similar resolutions have been passed in Haines, Valdez, Port of Alaska, Seldovia, Aleutians East Borough, Cordova, Homer, Seward, Juneau and by the Alaska Municipal League.

2020 Resolutions

2020-1 In support of full funding ($14,049,988) for the State of Alaska Municipal Harbor Facility Grant Program in the FY 2022 State Capital Budget

UPDATES: Similar resolutions were passed in Cordova, Haines, Homer, Juneau, Kake, Seward, Whittier and by the Alaska Municipal League.

2019 Resolutions

2019-1 In support of full funding ($12,145,312) for the State of Alaska Municipal Harbor Facility Grant Program in the FY 2021 State Capital Budget

UPDATES: Similar resolutions have been passed in Ketchikan, Seward, Homer, Seldovia, Dillingham, Cordova, Juneau, Petersburg, and the Alaska Municipal League.

2019-2 Encouraging automatic registration for vessels active in the Alaska Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission Database

UPDATES: Similar resolutions have been passed in Ketchikan, Seward, Seldovia, Petersburg, and Juneau.

Has your community or organization passed a resolution in support of these issues? Let us know! info@alaskaharbors.org

2018 Resolutions

2018-1 In support of full funding ($7,409,439) for the State of Alaska Municipal Harbor Facility Grant Program in the FY 2020 State Capital Budget.

UPDATES: Similar resolutions have been passed in Ketchikan, Sitka, Wrangell, Juneau, Cordova, Seward, Homer, Dillingham, Seldovia, Unalaska, and by the Alaska Municipal League at their 2018 fall conference.

Final Update for 2018: The Governor did not include any funding for the Municipal Harbor Matching Grant in his original budget. The Legislature put in $1.6M, funded through unexpended and unencumbered funds leftover from other harbor capital projects around the state. The Governor then vetoed those funds, and the AAHPA sent a letter objecting to that veto. In the final Capital Budget, the legislature reversed the Governor's veto and did secure the funds for the Harbor Grant program. Projects funded include the Angoon Harbor, and zinc anodes for Juneau and Sitka. Learn more about the program here.

2017 Resolutions

2017-1 In support of full funding ($9,820,141) for the State of Alaska Municipal Harbor Facility Grant Program in the FY 2019 State Capital Budget.

UPDATES: Similar resolutions have been passed in Cordova, Juneau, Ketchikan, Homer, Seward, Dillingham and by the Alaska Municipal League at their 2017 fall conference.

Final Update for 2017: The Municipal Harbor Matching Grant was partially funded.

2017-2 In support of Senate Bill 92: An act relating to abandoned and derelict vessels.

UPDATES: Similar resolutions have been passed in Sitka, Cordova, Juneau, Ketchikan, Homer, Seward, Dillingham, and Unalaska and by the Alaska Municipal League at their 2017 fall conference and the Cook Inlet Harbor Safety Commission.

Final Update for 2017: SB92 was passed by the Alaska Legislature in May, and the bill was signed by Governor Walker in October at the AAHPA annual meeting. Thanks to everyone for your fantastic efforts. This is only a first step, but it's a big and important one!

2016 Resolutions

2016-1 In support of full funding ($18,160,055) for the State of Alaska Municipal Harbor Facility Grant Program in the FY 2018 State Capital Budget.

UPDATES: Similar resolutions were passed in Ketchikan, Seward, Skagway, Valdez, Seldovia, Haines, Homer, Unalaska, Juneau, Nome, Cordova, Petersburg and by the Alaska Municipal League.

December 2016: The Governor released his proposed budget, which includes $5M for the Harbor Facility Grant program in FY18.

2016-2 In support of the addition of port and harbor employees to the list of employees covered by AS 12.55.135.

UPDATES: Similar resolutions were passed in Ketchikan, Unalaska, Seward, and Petersburg.

2016-3 In support of proposed changes to Alaska statutes chapter 30.30 and 05.25 improving the management and prevention of derelict vessels.

UPDATES: Similar resolutions were passed in Ketchikan and Seward, and by the Alaska Municipal League.

2016-4 In support of the State of Alaska adopting the following Fine Print Note to the 2017 National Electrical Code Article 555.3: "FPN: The 30mA requirement can be applied to all feeder circuits or all branch circuits in lieu of the main overcurrent protection device."

UPDATES: A similar resolution was passed in Ketchikan.

April 21, 2017 Letter from the State of Alaska Dept. Labor & Workforce Development agreeing on the interpretation of NEC 555.3 as expressed in AAHPA's Resolution 2016-4.

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