Haines Port Development Council

October 15, 2012

Mayor Stephanie Scott

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Haines borough Assembly

Wanted to let you know how pleasantly overwhelmed we are with the great success of our “Summit” September 27. It was wonderful to see and experience the interaction and cooperation between high level Alaska & Yukon government and industry officials. The Summit Started with video’s of support from Senator Mark Begich and Congressman Don Young. There is also a letter of support from Senator Lisa Murkowsi.

The afternoon of the 27^th we took the Captain’s Choice Bus full of Summit guests out to the port. Surprisingly many of the out of town guests had no idea how big and how much there is to our port. Having knowledge of the full port had a very positive effect on our guests. Those who had been very skeptical of our port became very positive.

In the evening during the Summit, Haines Borough Manager Mark Ernest commented publicly that he has been meeting with our guests for about two years. That being the case raises concerns as to why our guests did not know about all the port facilities. Till just lately the Northern Economics report about our port and it’s future seemed to be centered on only the borough’s Lutak Dock.

Do take note Haines Port Development Council’s web site has included all the port facilities since day one. In all correspondence with interested parties all the port facilities have been and will be included.

Our port has a wonderful future if we work together. We do have to understand the differences between the publicly owned and operated facilities and those facilities that are privately owned. The borough owned facilities belong to ALL of us and need to be operated in the interest of ALL of us.



Thank you;

Haines Port Development Council Board