MEMORANDUM

TO: Pete Sprague, Assembly President

Members, Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly

THRU: Dale Bagley, Mayor

FROM: Colette Thompson, Borough Attorney

DATE: September 4, 2003

SUBJECT: Resolution 2003-104, authorizing the borough to enter into an agreement with the Kenai Peninsula Arctic Winter Games 2006 Host Society

This resolution authorizes the mayor to enter into the accompanying proposed agreement with the Arctic Winter Games Host Society to stage the Arctic Winter Games in 2006. The vast majority of this contract is adopted from the contract between the borough and the Arctic Winter Games International Committee ("International Committee") approved by the assembly in Resolution 2003-044. In that agreement, the borough agrees to perform certain specific functions in order to stage the games. In this contract, the Host Society agrees to perform many of those functions on behalf of the borough and to ensure compliance with the International Committee contract.

It should be noted that this contract will be presented to the Host Society board for approval at its meeting scheduled for September 11, 2003. If any changes are recommended by the Host Society board, those will be presented to the assembly by the September 16, 2003, assembly meeting.