HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTION 1999-01Suggested by:
Administration
City of Kenai
RESOLUTION NO. 99-1
A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALAS~
REQUESTING THE ALASIC~ BOARD OF FISHERIES TAKE NECESSARY
ACTIONS TO PROVIDE FOR PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT DURING
THE DIP NET FISHERY AT THE MOUTH OF THE KENAI RIVER.
WHEREAS, in 1996 the Alaska Board of Fisheries adopted regulations for a
more liberal dip net fishery at the mouth of the Kenai River; and
WHEREAS, this fishery has resulted in problems to the City of Kenai which
were not foreseen by the Board of Fisheries including parking, beach litter and
human waste, trespass and destruction of public and private property; and
WHEREAS, this includes acceleration of erosion of bluff property on the north
shore of the Kenai River, as described in Proposal 223 in the 1998/1999 Cook
Inlet Board of Fishery proposals; and
WHEREAS, enactment of Proposal 223 would protect the environment as well
as public and private property from further loss by erosion without limiting dip
net fishery access for the vast majority of the public presently participating in
the fishery; and
WHEREAS, another area of critical habitat of concern to the City of Kenai is the
wetlands on the south shore of the Kenai River which are being impacted by
uncontrolled littering and from human waste during the dip net fishery; and
WHEREAS, there is presently no access to the south shore of the Kenai River
that enables the City of Kenai to provide for proper litter and human waste
disposal; and
WHEREAS, the City of Kenai has taken actions to address these problems with
the support of the Division of Sport Fish, but needs the assistance of the Board
of Fisheries and the State of Alaska in addressing the problems of bluff erosion
and trespass on the north shore of the Kenai River, and litter and human waste
control on the south shore of the Kenai River.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
KENAI, ALASKA, that the City of Kenai requests that Alaska Board of Fisheries
adopt Proposal 223 which will provide protection from acceleration of erosion
on the Kenai River bluffs; and
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FURTHER BE IT RESOLVED, that the City of Kenai requests that the Board of
Fisheries recommend that the State of Alaska work with the City of Kenai to
develop access and parking facilities to the south Kenai River shore to enable
proper litter and human waste disposal.
PASSED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA, this 6t~ day of
January 1999.
ATTEST:
Carol L. Freas, City Clerk
./-WILLIAM S MAYOR
(12/21/98) kh