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About Chignik Bay
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Critical Issues The community would like to see at
least two emergency tsunami shelters one for each
side of the bay. At the present time there is no
shelter, the one that was built is now being used as
a city office.
The community would like to see some of the current
facilities updated to meet future demands. They
stress how important it is to get the city dock
completed. The need for a new post office - current
facility is not adequate for present needs. The
landfill is no longer environmental friendly.
Airport has always needed runway lights. There is no
public facility at the airport-- people must run to
the bushes. Erosion control must be addressed soon.
20 year needs:
• New Sub-Regional Clinic
• City Dock
• Small Boat Harbor
• Two Tsunami Shelters with supplies
• New Solid Waste Dump/Incinerator
• New Post Office
• Grocery Store
• Improved Airport Needs i.e runway lights/bldg for
passengers, restroom facilities
• Improved Roads & more street lights
• Water Truck for Dust Control
• Power - Electric Improvements
• Public Safety - update bldg
• FireHall - update bldg
• Library
• Subsistence Bldg - finish
• Cemetery
• Multi Purpose Bldg
• New Church & Housing
• New Russian Church & Housing
• City & Tribal Offices Improved
• Day Care Facility
• Repair Foot Bridge
• Road Intertie
• Erosion Control
• New landfill
During the planning session there were discussions
and varied responses to the following topics:
• Boat harbor and benefit or non-benefit to the city
• Lack of work causing the population decline
• Lack of activities for the kids
• Transportation issues such as; the dock and ferry
service road intertie
• High energy costs concerned many
• Completion of projects
• Solid waste management
• Erosion of outside beach
• Larger runway with lights
• Outdated power utility
• Outdated cable televison
• Year round store
• Protecting and preserving the subsistence
harvesting grounds
• Roads maintenance
Other issues and goals discussed were jobs, city
finances, balancing growth, subsistence
resources/lands, the fisheries co-op, diversifying
the fisheries - tanner crab - king crab - limited
entry, sub-regional hub and oil development. When it
came to the newly formed CO-OP Fisheries most felt
that it divided the community and attribute the
decline in the population to the co-op. Many feel it
has hurt Chignik rather than help it as the number
of participants in the fishery has decreased and
with less people in the community it has caused a
decline in revenue for the city. People feel things
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