Resolution 13-055 Supporting the Diamond Creek Recreation Area Plan and Adopting the Plan as it Applies to City Owned Lands

CITY OF HOMER
HOMER, ALASKA
City Manager
RESOLUTION 13-055

A RESOLUTION OF THE HOMER CITY COUNCIL SUPPORTING THE DIAMOND CREEK RECREATION AREA PLAN AND ADOPTING THE PLAN AS IT APPLIES TO CITY OWNED LANDS ACQUIRED THROUGH THE FOREST LEGACY PROGRAM.

WHEREAS, The City routinely adopts park plans by resolution for city facilities; and

WHEREAS, The Homer City Council adopted Ordinance 07-03, accepting ownership of two parcels totaling 273 acres in the Diamond Creek area as part of the Forest Legacy Program to keep for public park land in perpetuity; and

WHEREAS, The Forest Legacy Program requires all development on the lands be approved by certain state and federal agencies; and

WHEREAS, The Diamond Creek Recreation (DCRA) Plan is a management and development plan; and

WHEREAS, State and Federal agencies can review the plan and all associated development projects for consistency with the Forest Legacy Program.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Homer City Council hereby adopts the Diamond Creek Recreation Area Plan as it applies to city owned lands.

PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of Homer, Alaska, this 28th day of May, 2013.

        CITY OF HOMER

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        MARY E. WYTHE, MAYOR

ATTEST:

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JO JOHNSON, CMC, CITY CLERK

Fiscal Note: N/A