FY2009-21 Restoring Certain Checks And Balances To The Alaska Coastal Management Program (ACMP) That Favor The Meaningful Participation Of Local Communities And Coastal Districts In The Project Review Process1 Introduced by: Rick Gifford, Manager
2 Requested by: Assembly
3 Drafted by: Community
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Development 03/05/2009
5 Adopted on: 03/05/2009
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8 KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
9 RESOLUTION NO. FY2009 -21
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11 A RESOLUTION OF THE ASSEMBLY OF THE KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
12 SUPPORTING THE LEGISLATIVE AMENDMENTS PROPOSED IN HB -74 AND SB -4
13 TO RESTORE CERTAIN CHECKS AND BALANCES TO THE ALASKA COASTAL
14 MANAGEMENT PROGRAM (ACMP) THAT FAVOR THE MEANINGFUL PARTICIPATION OF
15 LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND COASTAL DISTRICTS IN THE PROJECT REVIEW PROCESS
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17 WHEREAS, the Alaska Coastal Management Act of 1977 created a sixteen member Alaska
18 Coastal Policy Council (CPC) comprised of seven State - agency heads and nine local elected
19 officials whom the governor appointed from a list of names submitted by local officials in each of
20 nine coastal regions defined in the Act; and
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22 WHEREAS, the CPC, with support of the former Division of Governmental Coordination in the
23 Alaska Governor's Office, was responsible for approving coastal district policies, approving
24 coastal district management plans and hearing appeals from decisions on coastal development
25 projects; and
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27 WHEREAS, the CPC was omitted from the legislative revision of the Alaska Coastal
28 Management Program in 2003 and the statutory and regulatory changes required the Kodiak
29 Island Borough to rewrite its coastal management plan and enforceable policies; and
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31 WHEREAS, the resulting KIB Coastal Management Plan cannot have enforceable policies
32 addressing a resource or subject matter that is regulated by another state or federal agency,
33 leaving very little for the Borough to comment on as project comments are likewise restricted to
34 only those matters for which the KIB has enforceable policies; and
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36 WHEREAS, the Kodiak Island Borough does not regulate environmental factors such as air,
37 water and habitat; however, it would still benefit the KIB to have meaningful and reasonable
38 coastal policies addressing these and other areas of concern as a basis for inter - agency
39 coordination with those state and federal agencies which exercise these authorities; and
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41 NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE ASSEMBLY OF THE KODIAK ISLAND
42 BOROUGH that the Kodiak Island Borough, concurrently acting as the Kodiak Island Coastal
43 District in this matter, supports the legislative changes proposed in FIB-74 and SB -4, which would
44 restore a Coastal Policy Board (CPB), in lieu of the former CPC, which would provide a more
45 streamlined planning and policy review process than the former CPC and which would provide
46 balance and intellectual independence from the centralized policy, planning and permitting
47 program administered by the Division of Coastal Ocean Management (DCOM) within the Alaska
48 Department of Natural Resources (ADNR); and
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the proposed legislation would: 1) create a CPB consisting of
five public members appointed by the governor including one at -large and one member from
each of four coastal district regions which are Northwest, Southeast, Upper Cook Inlet and
Southwest; and, four commissioners from the departments of environmental conservation, fish
and game, natural resources and commerce, community and economic development, which
would be responsible for approving coastal grant allocations, coastal district policies, and
approving coastal district plans; 2) would restore the ability of coastal districts to adopt
meaningful plan policies even if they involve technical environmental issues or resources
regulated solely by a state or federal agency as a basis for local dialogue during project reviews
and coordination with those same state and federal agencies which are responsible for
regulating said environmental factors and resources; and 3) would restore subsistence use of
animal and vegetative resources as a use of state concern in the coastal zone; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that these bills would promote economic development by bringing
local, state, and federal agencies closer together to ensure early resolution of issues related to a
development project. Although the Kodiak Coastal District still has a "seat at the table" with state
and federal agencies, the currently approved plan policies do not allow any overlap with the
regulations or jurisdiction of said agencies, leave very little for the Kodiak Coastal District to
comment on because comments can only flow from the districts adopted policies, thereby
discouraging local input into the project review process and the minimizing the agency
coordination which is intended to be the hallmark of the coastal project review process.
A EST:
ADOPTED BY THE ASSEMBLY OF THE KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
THIS FIFTH DAY OF MARCH, 2009
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No a M. Javier, CMC, borough Clerk
KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
me M. Selby, Borou
Kodiak Island Borough Resolution No. FY2009 -21
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