CITY OF HOMER

HOMER, ALASKA

                                                                                                                                    Mayor

RESOLUTION 06-124(A)

 

 

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF HOMER, ALASKA IN SUPPORT OF KEEPING THE USCGC HICKORY AND USCGC ROANOKE ISLAND BASED IN HOMER.

 

WHEREAS, The United States Coast Guard has a very significant presence in Homer; a fact that is acknowledged and very much appreciated by the Mayor and the Homer City Council, and

 

WHEREAS, the USCGC Hickory and USCGC Roanoke Island provide support in areas including Navigational Safety, Search and Rescue, Maritime Law Enforcement, Marine Environmental Protection and Homeland Security, and

 

WHEREAS, The USCGC Hickory has ice breaking capabilities and is prepared to assist in the event of oil spills, and

 

WHEREAS, The presence of the USCGC Hickory in Homer is essential to our area as Kachemak Bay is also the de facto Port of Refuge for stricken or disabled vessels in Cook Inlet and the Gulf of Alaska because it provides ample shelter and support services found nowhere else in the region; and,

 

WHEREAS’ in the past local boaters' wakes have caused discomfort to Hickory crew but in the past 6 months Homer has taken aggressive action to enforce the Code prohibition against wake speeds, and

 

WHEREAS, The officers and crew of the Hickory and Roanoke Island live in Homer, are integrated into the community, and make very significant contributions to the local economy and to the social and cultural fabric of the community, and

 

WHEREAS, The United States Coast Guard and the City of Homer have worked cooperatively to achieve a number of common goals in the past and have enjoyed a mutually beneficial relationship, and

 

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, That the City Council of Homer, Alaska support keeping the USCGC Hickory and USCGC Roanoke Island based in Homer.

 

 

 

 

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Resolution 06-124

City of Homer

 

 

PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Homer City Council this 11th day of September, 2006.

 

 

                                                                                    CITY OF HOMER

 

                                                                                                                                               

                                                                           JAMES C. HORNADAY, MAYOR

 

ATTEST:

 

                                                                                   

MARY CALHOUN, CMC, CITY CLERK

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fiscal Note: N/A