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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.

Covered Operators are defined as an employee or any authorized person under a Commercial User/Permit Holder Agreement.  Commercial entities are responsible for ensuring that all of their employees who will operate the cranes complete this form and follow the steps below to be an authorized crane operator under their permit.

Commercial User is defined as a corporate entity or business owner who authorizes individuals to operate the cranes on their behalf.  For example:  a vessel owner that authorizes crew members to operate a City-owned crane on vessel owner’s behalf.  Commercial entities must complete this form and follow the steps below to be authorized to operate the City cranes.

Crane User Agreements & Instructions:

Only one crane operator? Please complete the Individual Crane User Agreement & Indemnification

Are you a business with multiple employees operating the cranes? You will need to complete the Commercial Permit Holder Agreement and your employees will fill out the Covered Operator Agreement & Indemnification.

If you are the sole operator of the crane, you can apply for a crane card or renew your existing card by following the steps outlined below. Individual means only one person has been trained and that same person is billed for crane use.  No one else is authorized to use their plastic crane access card to operate the cranes.on their behalf. For a business with multiple crane operators, you will need to complete the Commercial Crane Agreement instead.

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? 

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Addendum #1 Issued - 03/29/17
Addendum #2 Issued - 03/30/17