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RESOLUTION NO. 2004 -05
Introduced by: Manager Carlson
Requested by: Deputy Mayor Bonney
Drafted by: KIB Staff
Introduced: 01/22/2004
Adopted: 01/22/2004
A RESOLUTION OF THE ASSEMBLY OF THE KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
REQUESTING THE STATE OF ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES ALLOW
FOR ADDITIONAL TIME FOR COMMUNITY COMMENT ON THE DRAFT KODIAK AREA
PLAN FOR STATE LANDS AND PROVIDE FOR A FUTURE SUB -UNIT PLANNING PROCESS
FOR AREAS K -73, K -74, AND K -75
WHEREAS, the State of Alaska Department of Natural Resources submitted for public review
a Kodiak Area Draft Plan for State lands within the Kodiak Island Borough with a comment
deadline of January 30, 2004; and
WHEREAS, the Kodiak Island Borough's staff has submitted extensive and comprehensive
comments in September of 2003 delineating numerous potential user conflicts in the Saltery
Cove, Portage Lake, Pasagshak, and Narrow Cape areas along with a need for agency review
and comments for those areas to guide the local public review process pursuant to AS 38.04
and AS 38.05 due to confusion and the intense competing interests in this area; and
WHEREAS, the Kodiak Island Borough has one of the most robust and mature
Comprehensive Plans in the State and has also adopted an area plan for the Pasagshak /Narrow
Cape area in 1999; and
WHEREAS, Borough staff has submitted the Kodiak Area Draft Plan for review by the
Planning & Zoning Commission and they have requested a sub -unit planning process pursuant
to their Resolution No. 2004 -01; and
WHEREAS, the Parks & Recreation Committee has recommended to the Planning and Zoning
Commission that a request be made to DNR to extend the public comment period on the Draft
Kodiak Area Plan until the Kodiak Comprehensive Trails Plan is completed and can be included
into the Kodiak Area Plan; and
WHEREAS, it has become quite clear from public comment and Borough review that there
exists a significant amount of public confusion over any proposed grazing, recreation, or
general use classification in the Saltery Cove, Portage Lake, Pasagshak, and Narrow Cape
areas; and
WHEREAS, this plan will affect the Borough for many years to come and the need to
minimize future conflicts in such a large and dynamic area begs for full and adequate review
that achieves to the maximum extent possible the minimization of existing and future conflicts
along with maximizing the benefit to the citizens;
Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska Resolution No. 2004 -05
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH ASSEMBLY THAT:
Section 1: The Commissioner of DNR is hereby respectfully requested to allow an additional
90 days to the public comment period after full agency review and response on the Draft
Kodiak Area Plan is publicly disclosed to adequately address and incorporate public and agency
concerns.
Section 2: The Commissioner of DNR is hereby respectfully requested to insure that areas
K -73, K -74, and K -75 as described in the Draft Kodiak Area Plan are not classified until a joint
DNR /Borough sub -unit planning process is completed that adequately addresses the future
management of State lands in these areas.
ATTEST:
ADOPTED BY THE ASSEMBLY OF THE KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
THIS TWENTY - SECOND DAY OF JANUARY 2004
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Judith A. Nielsen, Mc, Borough Clerk
KODI K ISLAND BOROUGH
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Gabrielle LeDoux, Borough Mayor
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