Resolution 17-007 MOA Between City and Kachemak Nordic Ski Club for Ski Trail Maintenance

CITY OF HOMER

HOMER, ALASKA

                                                                                                                                       City Manager

RESOLUTION 17-007

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF HOMER, ALASKA, APPROVING A MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF HOMER AND THE KACHEMAK NORDIC SKI CLUB REGARDING THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF NORDIC SKI TRAILS ON CITY OWNED LAND IN THE BAYCREST SKI AREA.

               WHEREAS, The Kachemak Nordic Ski Club (KNSC) is a non-profit corporation which has been constructing, maintaining, and operating nordic ski trails on public and private lands for many years; and

               WHEREAS, KNSC maintains a network of trails on public and private lands in the Diamond Creek Watershed known as the Baycrest Ski Trails; and

               WHEREAS, Some of the trails at the Baycrest complex traverse City owned parcels (KPB Parcel Numbers 173-022-01 and 173-032-29); the title to which the City accepted via Ordinance 07-03; and 

               WHEREAS, The City and KNSC entered into their first MOA regarding these trails in the winter of 2008 and that agreement has expired; and

WHEREAS, The City and KNSC entered into their second MOA regarding these trails in the winter of 2013 and that agreement has expired; and

               WHEREAS, The City and KNSC wish to enter into a new MOA and a draft document was submitted to the City Council for its review at its regular meeting on January 9, 2017; and

               WHEREAS, An MOA between the City and KNSC is in the best interest of the public because it promotes public-private partnerships, saves tax dollars, enhances recreational and economic development opportunities, and provides access to public lands for the use and enjoyment of all.

               NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Homer City Council hereby approves a new Memorandum of Agreement between the City of Homer and the Kachemak Nordic Ski Club, a copy of which is attached and incorporated herein.

               PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Homer City Council this 9th day of January, 2017.

                                                                                          CITY OF HOMER

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                                                                                          BRYAN ZAK, MAYOR
ATTEST:

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JO JOHNSON, MMC, CITY CLERK

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