Resolution 18-008 Requesting ADOT Fix Sterling Highway Drainage Effecting Baycrest Subdivision

CITY OF HOMER
HOMER, ALASKA

Erickson

RESOLUTION 18-008

A RESOLUTION OF THE HOMER CITY COUNCIL REQUESTING THE ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC FACILITIES WORK TO FIX STERLING HIGHWAY DRAINAGE THAT IS ADVERSELY AFFECTING BAYCREST SUBDIVISION.

WHEREAS, Properties in the Baycrest subdivision experience unusually high levels of flooding, runoff and erosion; and

WHEREAS, At least 3 of the properties in the subdivision on Judy Rebecca Court have experienced property damage due to water saturation including cracked windows and shifting foundations; and 

WHEREAS, The property damage suffered along Judy Rebecca Court is related to the amount of water in the soil and every effort needs to be extended to control the amount of water introduced into the soils, including water runoff from the Sterling Highway; and

WHEREAS, The City of Homer has maintained ditches and replaced culverts in the Baycrest subdivision to help with drainage; and

WHEREAS, The Homer City Council passed Resolution 17-082 directing the Homer Advisory Planning Commission to consider a Natural Hazards Overlay District or other appropriate zoning regulation on and around Baycrest Subdivision; and

WHEREAS, Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (ADOT&PF) owns and operates a beehive that collects water off the Sterling Highway at the top of Baycrest Subdivision directing water into the subdivision; and

WHEREAS, Water from the beehive is not directed into an attended ditch or natural drainage but discharges unrestricted over land with water flow recorded at approximately 120,000 gallons in a 24 hour period during heavy rains in December of 2017; and

WHEREAS, In response to concerns expressed by residents in the subdivision, ADOT&PF sent Newton Bingham, PE, to evaluate the situation in November of 2017; and

WHEREAS, Baycrest Subdivision is at risk for further property damage and a potentially catastrophic slope failure.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Homer City Council respectfully requests the Alaska Department of Public Transportation and Public Facilities work to fix drainage issues that are adversely affecting the Baycrest Subdivision including, but not limited to, redirecting the outflow from the Sterling Highway Beehive.

PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Homer City Council this 22 day of January, 2018.

CITY OF HOMER

BRYAN ZAK, MAYOR

ATTEST:

MELISSA JACOBSEN, MMC, CITY CLERK

Fiscal Note: N/A