CITY OF HOMER

HOMER, ALASKA

                                                                                                       City Manager/Roberts

RESOLUTION 08-70(A)

 

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF HOMER, ALASKA, EXPRESSING ITS SUPPORT FOR A COMPREHENSIVE BELUGA WETLAND HYDROLOGIC STUDY.

 

            WHEREAS, Private property owners along Kachemak Drive are experiencing serious problems with bluff erosion and flooding which threaten their properties and the overall public health and safety in the neighborhood; and

           

            WHEREAS, The Council has adopted Resolution 08-36(A) which authorized the City Administration to work cooperatively with the Alaska Department of Transportation to attempt to identify problems and propose solutions; and

 

            WHEREAS, The Comprehensive Beluga Wetland Hydrologic Study may assist in the development of viable solutions; and

 

            WHEREAS, There are a number of agencies and organizations with experience and expertise in this area who can contribute resources to a coordinated, multi-agency effort to address the problem; and

 

            WHEREAS, Agencies and organizations with the resources to assist include, but are not limited to, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Army Corps of Engineers, the Soil and Water Conservation Service, the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, and the Kenai Peninsula Borough Coastal Management Program; and

 

            WHEREAS, The Kachemak Bay Research Reserve and Coble Geophysical Services are familiar with this area and have performed related studies that might contribute to or form the foundation for a comprehensive wetland study; and

 

            WHEREAS, A coordinated effort is needed to bring these resources together and identify possible funding sources for the study.

 

            NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Homer City Council hereby expresses its support for funding and completion of a Comprehensive Beluga Wetland Hydrologic Study; and

 

            BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Council authorizes the City Administration to work cooperatively with all of the organizations listed above and to help identify possible funding sources for the study.

 

            PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Homer City Council this 23rd day of June, 2008.

 

                                                                        CITY OF HOMER

 

                                                                        _____________________________

                                                                        JAMES C. HORNADAY, MAYOR

 

ATTEST:

 

______________________________

JO JOHNSON, CMC, CITY CLERK

 

Fiscal Note: N/A