Resolution 13-043 Accepting and Approving the Baycrest Overlook Interpretive Master Plan

CITY OF HOMER
HOMER, ALASKA
City Clerk/
Public Arts Committee
  RESOLUTION 13-043

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF HOMER, ALASKA, ACCEPTING AND APPROVING THE BAYCREST OVERLOOK INTERPRETIVE MASTER PLAN SUBMITTED BY THE PUBLIC ARTS COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPROVEMENT AND RENOVATION OF THE BAYCREST HILL SCENIC OVERLOOK AND REST AREA.

WHEREAS, The Baycrest Hill Scenic Overlook and Rest Area is one of the Primary Gateways into Homer and the view is often the first of Homer and Kachemak Bay that visitors see and it provides the first feeling that one has arrived home for residents; and

WHEREAS, This gateway into Homer is the primary entrance to the community and is part of a larger project to improve the Gateways through which visitors and residents enter Homer; and

WHEREAS, The Baycrest Overlook Interpretive Master Plan provides guidelines to enhance the Overlook through Interpretation and Site Amenities; and

WHEREAS, The Baycrest Overlook Interpretive Master Plan will ensure that the City of Homer appropriately welcomes, orients, and inspires visitors and residents who visit the site and the Public Arts Committee would like the City of Homer’s support in securing funding to fulfill the plan’s recommendations.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of Homer, Alaska, accepts and approves the Baycrest Overlook Master Interpretive Plan submitted by the Public Arts Committee for the Improvement and Renovation of the Baycrest Hill Scenic Overlook and Rest Area; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council of Homer, Alaska, supports the efforts of the Public Arts Committee to secure funding to implement the plan.

PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Homer City Council this 13th day of May, 2013.

                 CITY OF HOMER

     
       
       FRANCIE ROBERTS, MAYOR PRO TEMPORE

ATTEST:

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JO JOHNSON, CMC, CITY CLERK

Fiscal information: Unbudgeted.