Declaration of Emergency

CITY OF UNALASKA

DECLARATION OF EMERGENCY

A DECLARATION OF A LOCAL EMERGENCY AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO TAKE ANY AND ALL ACTION NECESSARY TO ALLEVIATE THE IMPACT OF THE ABSENCE OF REGULARLY SCHEDULED COMMERCIAL AIR SERVICE TO AND FROM UNALASKA ON CITY RESIDENTS

 

WHEREAS, the City of Unalaska has been without regularly scheduled commercial air service since October 17, 2019 because of the crash of PenAir Flight 3296 (“the Crash”); and

WHEREAS, there is no fixed, known date for resumption of regularly scheduled commercial air service and it is reasonably likely Unalaska will be without regularly scheduled commercial air service through November 8, 2019; and

WHEREAS, locally available private resources available to mitigate and alleviate the effects of the Crash are not sufficient to meet the immediate needs of residents and business owners for travel to and from Unalaska including travel critical for medical needs of city residents;

AN EMERGENCY IS HEREBY DECLARED BY THE MAYOR OF UNALASKA