FY2007-21 Extension of Plan Revision Deadline for Coastal Management PlansKODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
RESOLUTION NO. FY2007 -21
Introduced by: Manager Gifford
Requested by: Manager Gifford
Drafted by: Manager Gifford
Introduced: 02/15/2007
Adopted: 02/15/2007
A RESOLUTION OF THE KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH ASSEMBLY
SUPPORTING SB46, AN ACT RELATING TO AN EXTENSION OF THE PLAN
REVISION DEADLINE FOR COASTAL MANAGEMENT PLANS
FROM MARCH 1, 2007 TO SEPTEMBER 1, 2007
WHEREAS, Senator Donny Olson has introduced Senate Bill 46 to the Alaska State
Legislature extending the Alaska Coastal Management Plan (ACMP) district plan
revision deadline from March 1, 2007 to September 1, 2007 by amending the effective
date of sec. 45, ch. 24, SLA 2003, as amended by sec 21, ch. 31, SLA 2005; and
WHEREAS, at least ten (10) coastal district plans will expire on March 1, 2007 without
this extension; and
WHEREAS, SB46 requires Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation to
provide a public comment period for Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) projects. Currently
there is no opportunity to comment on air or water quality issues for an OCS project
during the ACMP review; and
WHEREAS, SB46 also extends the deadline for revision of the ABC list from 24 months
(after the Office of Coastal Resource Management (OCRM's) approval of the ACMP
changes) to 30 months (i.e., from December 29, 2007 to August 29, 2008), which will
allow incorporation of the new enforceable policies into the A and B list revisions; and
WHEREAS, the Kodiak Island Borough is one of thirty -five coastal districts with
common interest in monitoring and or regulation of development activities occurring in
the coastal zone boundary; and
WHEREAS, the Kodiak Island Borough has repeatedly elected to participate in the
State of Alaska Coastal Management Program and has entered into a grant agreement
with OPMP to amend the Borough's Coastal Management Plan by the deadline of March
1, 2007; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Natural Resources (DNR), Office of Project Management
and Permitting (OPMP) has approved some of the district coastal management plan
revisions while other district plans are still negotiating the final language. Once
approved by OPMP, the plan must be forwarded to DNR for signature before sending
individual district plans to OCRM for final approval; and
WHEREAS, once a district plan is reviewed and approved by DNR and OCRM, that
district plan will be required to go through a local 60 day public review process before it
can be adopted by local governments; and
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WHEREAS, the Kodiak Island Borough's coastal management plan revision will not
meet the March 1, 2007 approval deadline.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE ASSEMBLY OF THE KODIAK
ISLAND BOROUGH THAT the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly supports passage of
SB46 and strongly encourages House and Administrative approval to extend the Alaska
Coastal Management Plan (ACMP) district plan revision deadline from March 1, 2007 to
September 1, 2007.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly is committed to
completing the Borough's Coastal Management Plan revision to ensure the citizens of
the Kodiak Island Borough have due deference in the public review process in coastal
management decisions affecting the Borough.
ATTEST:
ADOPTED BY THE ASSEMBLY OF THE KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
THIS FIFTEENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY 2007
Nova M. Javier, CM
Borough Clerk
KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
ome M. Selby, Bores
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