Municipal Harbor Facility Grants Program

NOTICE OF FY2025 PROJECT EVALUATION COMMITTEE

The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DOT&PF) will hold a Harbor PEC meeting to score and rank applications for the Harbor Facility Grant program. Monday, December 11, 2023, starting at 3:00 PM and ending at 4:00 PM. For more information, please visit the Online Public Notice at: https://aws.state.ak.us/OnlinePublicNotices/Notices/View.aspx?id=213361

• Memorandum from Commissioner Anderson re: Creation of FY25 Harbor Project Evaluation Committee

NOTICE OF FY2024 GRANT AWARDS

The Governor's Budget for 2023-2024 has passed! Under the Governor's enacted budget for SFY2024, $5,500,000 has been allocated to the Municipal Harbor Facility Grants Program and $4,000,000 of the SFY2024 program budget request was vetoed. The Department has identified additional funding for total award amount of $5,989,138. The DOT Municipal Harbor Facility Grants Program is able to award both highest ranked Tier I and II grants and partially award the other Tier II project submitted. Congratulations to all the Awardees this year, and thanks to all the Applicants who applied!

Municipal Harbor Facility Grants Program
Notice of Grant Awards

Rank	Score	Tier	Project Name (Listed by Tier and Score)	Grant Funds Requested	Project Awarded Yes/No	Grant Funds Approved
1	187.8	I	City of Wrangell Meyer's Chuck	$1,092,138.06	Yes	$1,092,138.06
1	117.7	II	City of Whittier Boat Harbor	$4,500,000.00	Yes	$4,500,000.00
2	85.3	II	City & Borough of Sitka Fisherman's Float	$2,644,677.00	Partially	$397,000.00
			Total Budget Requested	$9,500,000
			Governor's Veto, SFY2023 Budget	$4,000,000
			Governors Enacted Budget, SFY2023 - Approved Funds	$5,500,000	Total Budget with Approved Additional Funding from Department	$5,989,138

Municipal Harbor Facility Grants Program

The State of Alaska is blessed with one of the finest public harbors systems in the country. Our magnificent coastline and bountiful marine resources make our harbors vitally important to Alaskans and our communities.

Purpose

To provide financial assistance to municipal or regional housing authority owned harbor facilities, the Alaska Legislature passed landmark legislation in 2006 establishing a new 50/50 matching grant program called the Harbor Facility Grants Program. This grant program will go a long way towards recapitalizing local government’s harbor infrastructure and furthering the sustainability of Alaska’s public harbor system.

Details

This grant program is funded on an annual basis at the discretion of the Alaska Legislature and consists of two tiers, Tier I and II. The first tier has priority and consists of major maintenance and repair of a harbor facility that was previously owned by the state and now is locally owned. The second tier consists of all other harbor facilities and those harbor facilities which have already received a Tier I grant. A harbor facility may only receive one Tier I grant but is eligible for multiple Tier II grants.

Reference Alaska Statute AS 29.60.800

Contact

dot.harborgrants@alaska.gov