CITY OF HOMER

HOMER, ALASKA

Yourkowski

RESOLUTION 04-27

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF HOMER, ALASKA SUPPORTING AND RECOGNIZING THE SIGNIFICANCE OF COASTAL PLANNING AND SUPPORTING THE ROLES OF THE KENAI PENINSULA BOROUGH COASTAL DISTRICT AND THE ALASKA COASTAL DISTRICT ASSOCIATION IN THE ALASKA COASTAL MANAGEMENT PROGRAM .

WHEREAS, the Kenai Peninsula Borough elected to participate in the State of Alaska Coastal Management Program and adopted the Kenai Peninsula Borough Coastal Management Program in Ordinance 90-20, which provides representation of local interests in state and federal permitting decisions; and

WHEREAS, the Kenai Peninsula Borough has made a clear statement of support of the Borough's policies, expressed in the borough's coastal management program; and

WHEREAS, the Kenai Peninsula Borough is recognized as one of thirty-five coastal districts with common interest in the regulation of development activities occurring in the coastal zone boundary.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of Homer, Alaska supports and recognizes the significance of coastal planning and supports the roles of the Kenai Peninsula Borough Coastal District and of the Alaska Coastal District Association; and

Section 1. Supports the efforts of the Alaska Coastal District Association by recognizing the Kenai Peninsula Borough Coastal District Coordinator as the Borough's representative in that organization; and

Section 3. Requests that new state statutes and regulations pertaining to the Alaska Coastal Management Program not reduce local government's role in that state program; and

Section 4. Requests legislative relief for meeting the deadlines for borough policy changes as presently required in HB 191 and supporting regulations; and

Section 5. That a copy of this Resolution be provided to Representatives Paul Seaton, Carl Morgan, Mike Hawker, Kelly Wolf, and Mike Chenault, and to Senators Gary Stevens, Georgianna Lincoln, Con Bunde, and Thomas Wagoner.

PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Homer City Council this 8th day of March, 2004.

CITY OF HOMER

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ATTEST: JACK CUSHING, MAYOR

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MARY L. CALHOUN, CMC, CITY CLERK

Fiscal Note: NA