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RESOLUTION NO. 2007-74
A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA, AUTHORIZING
CITY OF KENAI MAYOR PORTER TO SIGN CITY OF KENAI, CITY OF SOLDOTNA, AND
KENAI PENINSULA BOROUGH JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 2007-02, REQUESTING THE
BOARD OF FISHERIES TO ADOPT REGULATIONS TO REDUCE HYDROCARBON
DISCHARGE AT THE MOUTH OF THE KENAI RIVER.
WHEREAS, on February 27, 2007, members of the Kenai City Council, Soldotna City
Council, Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly and representatives of various state
agencies met in a work session in an effort to work together to craft solutions for
improving water quality in the Kenai River and to remove and keep the Kenai River off
of the impaired waterbody list; and,
WHEREAS, subsequent to that first meeting, a Kenai River Working Group was formed
with members of the Soldotna City Council, Kenai City Council, and Kenai Peninsula
Borough Assembly represented to continue efforts in addressing the improvement of
water quality in the Kenai River by submitting to the Alaska Board of Fisheries a
Regulation Proposal Form as a placeholder for the Working Group to address reduction
of hydrocarbons in the river through changes of means and methods limiting motorized
run time and phasing out the use of two-stroke boat motors used on the river; and,
WHEREAS, the Kenai River Working Group, at its meeting of November 15, 2007
revised, and received consensus approval of its Joint Resolution No. 2007-02,
requesting the Board of Fisheries to adopt regulations to reduce hydrocarbon discharge
at the mouth of the Kenai River; and,
WHEREAS, Joint Resolution No. 2007-02 will be forwarded to the Kenai City Council,
Soldotna City Council and the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly for formal
consideration.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI,
ALASKA, hereby authorizes Mayor Pat Porter to sign Joint Resolution No. 2007-02 on
behalf of the Kenai City Council.
PASSED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA, this 21st day of
November, 2007. ,t°~
PAT PORTER, MAYOR
ATTEST: ,,--~~----~~''
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Carol L. Freas, City Clerk
KENAI RIVER WORKING GROUP
C%TY OF KENAI
CYTY OF SOLI30TNA
KENAY PENINSULA BOROUGH
JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 200?-02
A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCILS OF THE CITY OF KENAI AND CITY OF
SOLDOTNA AND ASSEMBLY OF THE KENAI PENINSULA BOROUGH REQUESTING
THE BOARD OF FISHERIES TO ADOPT REGULATIONS TO REDUCE HYDROCARBON
DISCHARGE AT THE MOUTH OF THE KENAI RIVER.
WHEREAS, the Kenai River is a world-class commercial, sport and personal-use
fisheries resources supporting sustainable economic development and a spectacular
natural wonder; and,
WHEREAS, the local governments recognize the importance of the Kenai River for the
preservation of the quality of life, tax revenue and the local economy; and,
WHEREAS, for a number of years, the Kenai River has been documented to exceed
State of Alaska water quality standards in the month of July as defined by 18 AAC 70
for Total Aromatic Hydrocarbons (TAH collectively known as Benzene, Toluene,
Ethyllbenzene and Xylene-BTEX); and,
WHEREAS, the State of Alaska has recommended to the United States Environmental
Protection Agency for designation as an impaired river under the Clean Water Act and,
WHEREAS, the Kenai River is the first water body on the Kenai Peninsula to be listed
as impaired under the Clean Water Act; and,
WHEREAS, the Kenai River from the Warren Ames Bridge to the mouth of the Kenai
River is outside of the KRSMA boundary and therefore not subject to the DNR
regulations; and,
WHEREAS, the area from the Warren Ames Bridge to the mouth of the Kenai River has
a similar hydrocarbon discharge problem as the rest of the Kenai River; and,
WHEREAS, the Board of Fisheries has the authority to regulate fishing means and
methods at the mouth of the Kenai River in order to protect the fisheries that rely on
the health of the river.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCILS OF THE CITIES OF
SOLDOTNA AND KENAI AND THE KENAI PENINSULA BOROUGH, that in order to
protect the fisheries reliant upon the health of the Kenai River, the Alaska Board of
Fisheries should enact regulations applicable from the mouth of the Kenai River to the
KRSMA boundary on the Kenai River that as of January 1, 2008 personal use dip
netting and sportfishing during the month of July on the Kenai River from a vessel
that has on board a motor that is not afour-stroke, direct fuel injection two-stroke,
electric, or diesel is prohibited.
KENAI RIVER WORKING GROUP
JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 2007-02
DATED this _ day of December, 2007.
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PAT PORTER, MAYOR
ATTEST:
Carol L. Freas, City Clerk
CITY OF SOLDOTNA
DAVID R. CAREY, MAYOR
ATTEST:
Teresa Fahning, City Clerk
KENAI PENINSULA BOROUGH
GRACE MERKES, ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT
ATTEST:
Sherry Biggs, Borough Clerk