City Manager's Office

Alaska Gov. Bill Walker has proclaimed this week (May 14-20) as Wildland Fire Prevention and Preparedness Week in Alaska. 

Summer reading and learning are for everyone!

Now that the snow has melted off city streets, the Public Works department is conducting street sweeping operations to remove sand remaining from the winter season. Sweeping up the excess dust and debris on nearly 2o miles of roadway keeps it out of the air and storm drain system and makes the town cleaner, more aesthetically pleasing, and livable.

Homer was the second community in Alaska to be granted the designation of "Tsunami Ready Community", a program conducted by the National Weather Service.

This designation means that Homer can quickly receive tsunami emergency warning information and alert residents living in potential tsunami impact zones within Homer.

Homer’s Volunteer Fire Department responded to the first wildfire of the season earlier this month, when someone welding outside ignited some tall grass nearby. The fire spread to about an acre before being extinguished. Even though there is still snow on the ground in many areas, exposed grass and brush is extremely dry and can burn easily.  

Wildfire potential increases after snow melt and during our typically dry, low-humidity spring weather.

Warm winters over the past couple years have been very good for the spruce aphid, but hard on Homer’s spruce, a defining and important part of our landscape.  Unusual aphid outbreaks in many of Homer’s spruce trees have caused needles to fall off, making trees look like they’re dying or worse, dead.

How do I know if my affected trees are alive?  How do I help my trees survive?  How did this winter affect the population of spruce aphids? 

Attached is the City of Homer's 2017-2022 Capital Improvement Plan, or CIP for short.  

The CIP provides information on capital projects identified as priorities for the Homer community.  The projects included in the City of Homer’s 2107-2022 CIP were compiled with input from the public, area-wide agencies, and City staff, as well as various advisory commissions serving the City of Homer.

Check out the 2016/17 Fall-Winter Activity & Recreation Guide!  Printed copies available at local coffee shops, library, city hall and the recreation office.