AMHSReform

SoutheastConferenceMid-SessionSummit

February13,2019

• Multidisciplinaryresearchandconsultingsince1972

• 19professionalstaff:Anchorage,Juneau,andWAState• Economicandsocioeconomicanalysis

• Marketresearch

• Programevaluations

• Feasibilitystudies• Businessdevelopmentandplanning

•  StatewideSteeringCommitteeworkingtocreatemoreefficient,sustainableorganization

• PursuingPublicCorporation•  Incorporateprivatesectorexpertise•  Longerplanninghorizonandstabilityinkeyleadershippositions•  Alignmanagementandlaborinterests•  Strategicallyreduceoperatingcosts•  Growrevenuesandpublic-privatepartnerships•  Preserveaccesstofederalcapitalfunds

• amhsreform.com

AlaskanRidership

AMHScarriedresidentsfrom175communities

AnchorageandMat-Suresidentsaccountedfor20,000bookingsand15%ofrevenuefromAlaskans

Source:AMHSdata:

VisitorsandAMHS

MorethanhalfvisitAnchorage,36%visitDenali,and25%visitFairbanks

Non-residentsaccountfor30%oftrafficand40%ofrevenues

Source:AVSP7,AMHSdata:$103.7million

• AMHSdata(2014)•  Traffic:passengers,vehicles,porttraffic,freight,residency,etc.•  Employment/payrollbycommunity• Capital/operatingexpendituresbycommunity

• IMPLANforimpactanalysis

• AlaskaVisitorStatisticsProgram

• Executiveinterviewsincasestudycommunities

•  1951:TerritoryoperatesferryinLynnCanal•  1963:AMHSbeginswithfourvessels

•  1970s/80s:vesselsandservicesexpand•  1980:9ships;30ports•  1992:peaktraffic(420Kpax)•  Late90s-late00s:trafficdecline•  2014:33ports;319Kpax

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2014PassengersbyResidence

TotalPassengers:319,000

TotalVehicles:108,500

282,236307,220 321,609

340,412317,891 326,313

334,778 337,774313,311 319,004

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2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015Passengers Vehicles

EmbarkingPassengerandVehicleVolume,2005-2015

• In2014AMHStransported…• 13,110vehiclesw/odrivers• 4,320RVs• 3,862containervans• 2,269non-motorizedvehicles• 115ATVs• 18,016pets/livestock

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WrangellAnchorage

HomerPetersburg

SitkaCordovaKodiak

AMHS Employment by Community of Residence, Top 10, 2014

•  95%ofAMHSemployeesareAlaskaresidents

•  1,017totalAlaskaemployees•  44Alaskacommunities•  TotalAlaskapayroll/benefits:$100.7million

•  TotalAlaskaoperationsspending,2014:$45.7million

•  Spendingoccurredwithroughly500Alaskabusinesses

•  Spendinglevelsnotnecessarilyreflectiveoftrafficlevels•  Anchoragereceivedthird-highestspending

Southeast$29.5m

Southcentral$12.1m

Other$0.4m

Southwest$3.8m

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•  TotalAlaskacapitalspending,2014:$38.2million

•  37capitalprojects•  81%toKetchikan(shipyard)• Biggestprojects:

•  Columbianewengine,$15.8m•  AlaskaClassFerryconstruction,$6.2m

•  Kennicottrefurbishment/upgrades,$6.2m

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•  TotaldirectspendinginAlaska,2014:$184.7million

Directemployment1,017

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TotalWages:$103.7million TotalJobs:1,700

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Total Spending: $273 million

• Totalspendingimpact:$273million

• MorethandoubletheStateofAlaska’sGeneralFundinvestmentof$117million

• JobsandlaborincomeforAMHSemployees

• AMHSspendingwithAlaskabusinesses

• Indirectimpacts:spendingbyAlaskabusinessesthatserveAMHS

• Inducedimpacts:spendingbythesebusinesses’employees

• SpendingbyvisitorswhorelyonAMHS

•  Importantseafoodports:Kodiak,Cordova,Petersburg,Wrangell,andJuneau

• Connectsresidentswithjetservice• Providesessentialaccesstohealthcareservices

•  Specialevents:GoldMedal,HainesFair,Celebration,CopperRiverWildSalmonFestival,etc.

• Affordableschool-relatedtravel

•  Theferryisthreadedintoeverythingwedo…Youbookyourwholelifearoundtheferryschedule.

• Wehavebeenbuildingoureconomyaroundthemarinehighway,especiallythefastferry,forover10years.

•  Thiscommunitywillnotsurvivewithouttheferry.

•  Ifwelostferryserviceourbusinesswouldlikelygobankrupt.•  Ifferryserviceswerelimited,thiswouldhaveahugeimpactonourlocalworkforce.•  IfAMHSstoppedservice,thepopulationwoulddropsubstantially.

•  AMHSisabsolutelycriticaltorecruitmentandretentionofemployees.

•  Theferryisacriticalpartofoursuccessorfailure…Thisisourroadsystem.Itjusthappenstobeonthewater.

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