Resolution 18-092 Supporting City of Kenai Represent KPB Municipalities on Municipal Advisory Gas Project Review (MAG) Board

CITY OF HOMER
HOMER, ALASKA

Stroozas

RESOLUTION 18-092

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF HOMER, ALASKA, SUPPORTING THE CITY MANAGER OF THE CITY OF KENAI, OR THEIR DESIGNEE, BE APPOINTED TO THE MUNICIPAL ADVISORY GAS PROJECT REVIEW BOARD, AS THE MEMBER OF AN ORGANIZATION REPRESENTING THE INTEREST OF KENAI PENINSULA BOROUGH MUNICIPALITIES.

WHEREAS, the Municipal Advisory Gas Project Review Board (MAG) was created on March 25, 2014 by the Governor's Administrative Order No. 269 to evaluate the effects and issues that will arise in the future concerning development of the State’s abundant North Slope natural gas resources and the newly created infrastructure to make those resources available to customers throughout the state and markets worldwide; and

WHEREAS, the MAG Board consists of twelve members who are appointed by the Governor and serve at the pleasure of the Governor. Each member of the Board serves a term of one year and may be reappointed to the Board; and

WHEREAS, Article 8, sections 1 and 2 of the Alaska State Constitution declare that it is the policy of the State to encourage the development of its resources by making them available for maximum use consistent with the public interest and for the maximum benefit of its people; and

WHEREAS, in 2009, declining Cook Inlet gas supplies were facing a reduction in capacity and rising interior energy costs caused concern in communities throughout Alaska; and

WHEREAS, the Alaska Gasline Development Corporation (AGDC) was created by the Alaska Legislature in 2010 and was established as an independent, public corporation of the State in 2013. In 2014, the Legislature expanded the AGDC’s authority to include responsibility for developing an Alaska liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) project ; and

WHEREAS, Alaska LNG is an Alaska effort that requires several federal authorizations and a National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) review. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is the lead federal agency responsible for conducting the environmental review of the project; and

WHEREAS, AGDC submitted a formal application to construct and operate the Alaska LNG project, and the FERC identified Nikiski, Alaska, as the preferred location for the LNG plant and marine terminal; and

WHEREAS, the City of Kenai is the closest incorporated City and will be the most directly impacted by the proposed LNG Project; and

WHEREAS, City Managers from all cities within the Kenai Peninsula Borough met to discuss the LNG Project and support the City of Kenai representing the multiple and unique interests of municipalities on the MAG Board with recognition that this representation would not overlap with representation by the Kenai Peninsula Borough.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of Homer, Alaska, supports the City of Kenai’s request for appointment to the Municipal Advisory Gas Project Review Board.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City of Kenai will represent the City of Homer’s best interest on the Municipal Advisory Gas Project Review Board.

PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Homer City Council on this 26th day of November, 2018.

CITY OF HOMER

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KEN CASTNER, MAYOR

ATTEST:

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MELISSA JACOBSEN, MMC, CITY CLERK

Fiscal Note: N/A