CITY OF HOMER Yourkowski HOMER, ALASKA

RESOLUTION 05-37

A RESOLUTION OF THE HOMER CITY COUNCIL SUPPORTING THE ALASKA COASTAL MANAGEMENT PROGRAM AND ENCOURAGING THE STATE TO MAINTAIN LOCAL CONTROL OVER ITS COASTAL RESOURCES.

WHEREAS, The Alaska Coastal Management Program (ACMP) has played an important role for the past twenty years in promoting balanced development in the coastal zone; and

WHEREAS, The ACMP provides the State of Alaska a unique opportunity to exert states' rights in federal coastal permit decisions; and

WHEREAS, The ACMP historically provided a voice for local communities to promote local control over local coastal resource decisions, thereby avoiding situations such as the coal-bed methane issue; and

WHEREAS, Recent proposed changes to the ACMP have removed local citizens and municipalities from meaningful roles in coastal management planning and permitting; and

WHEREAS, The ACMP will afford Homer and similar coastal communities a meaningful role in resources decisions in offshore waters, including decisions involving offshore fish farming and oil and gas exploration and development; and

NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of Homer does hereby support the extension of the deadline for ACMP plan revisions currently before the Alaska Legislature, and encourages the State to refine the current ACMP proposal to better promote local control over coastal decisions in Cook Inlet.

PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HOMER, ALASKA, this 29th day of March, 2005.

CITY OF HOMER

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ATTEST: JAMES C. HORNADAY, MAYOR

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MARY L. CALHOUN, CMC, CITY CLERK

Fiscal Note: NA.