Homer Comprehensive Plan Update
Project Date: 2006-Present
Lead: Chris Beck & Tanya Iden
Client: City of Homer
Location: Homer
Project Updates
Project Status:
The Draft Comprehensive Plan is progressing through a final review for edits and formatting revisions. It will be posted online shortly. The formal review process will likely begin in February. The Comprehensive Plan must first be reviewed and approved by the Homer Advisory Planning Commission. The Homer City Council will then review and approve the plan. Lastly, the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly must approve the Comprehensive Plan in order for it to become a formally adopted policy document. The public is invited to participate and offer comments at upcoming meetings. Contact the Homer Planning Office for more information about those meetings: (907) 235-3106.
Final CAC Meeting Conducted
Thursday, December 13, 2007
Final edits to the Comprehensive Plan were suggested during the tenth and final CAC meeting.
A Citizen Advisory Committee Meeting Conducted
Thursday, November 29, 2007
Second Public Workshop Conducted
Thursday, October 18, 2007
The second public workshop for the Homer Comprehensive Plan Update was held Thursday, October 18th from 5-8:30pm in the Homer High School Commons. The purpose of the workshop was for the community to review and provide feedback on the Draft Homer Comprehensive Plan, now available for review (below). The Draft Comp Plan is also available at the Homer Public Library and City Clerk kiosks around Town.
Public Workshop - Wednesday April 25, 2007
The first workshop was a great success. Meeting notes are now available: Workshop Synopsis (70 KB)
Project Description
The City of Homer has hired a team of consultants to produce an update to the Homer Comprehensive Plan. The project team is led by Agnew::Beck, and includes HDR Alaska, Koonce Pfeffer Bettis, and Steven Colt, PhD. The Homer Comprehensive Plan Update will guide future development and growth for the City for the next 10-20 years, and will address issues and concerns related to the following components (and others that may emerge):
- Land Use and Community Design
- Transportation
- Public Facilities and Services (e.g., water/sewer, schools, libraries, fire stations, parks)
- Housing
- Natural Resources
- Parks and Recreation
- Economic Development/Opportunities
- Implementation, including recommendations for priority capital improvements
The planning process will also develop and consider projections about future population and economic growth.
Frequently Asked Questions about the Homer Comprehensive Plan Update from the City of Homer.
Public Participation
The public will play a major role in the update of the comprehensive plan, including individual residents, businesses and property owners, as well as a wide range of community organizations. Major elements of the public participation process will include:
- Three public workshops.
- Wide distribution of draft documents as they are prepared.
- A series of Citizen Advisory Committee (CAC) meetings. The CAC will be selected by the City from a wide array of residents who volunteer their time to participate in the process and advise the project team and City representatives on the Plan. The public is welcome to attend CAC meetings.
- Web-based access to project information, including resource data, schedules, workshop dates and results, and draft documents.
CAC Members
CAC members have been selected and include the following individuals:
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Hannah Bradley
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Tina Day
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Bob Howard
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Ethan Martin
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Throughout the summer and early fall the CAC worked with the project consultants to review and edit draft chapters of the Comprehensive Plan.
Citizen Advisory Committee (CAC) Meeting 8
Thursday September 27, 2007
Meeting Agenda (27 KB)
Citizen Advisory Committee (CAC) Meeting 7
Tuesday August 28, 2007
Meeting Notes (21 KB)
Meeting Agenda (27 KB)
Citizen Advisory Committee (CAC) Meeting 6
Monday August 6, 2007
CAC Meeting 6 Agenda (23 KB)
CAC Meeting 6 Notes (21 KB)
Citizen Advisory Committee (CAC) Meeting 5
Monday July 30, 2007
CAC Meeting 5 Agenda (23 KB)
CAC Meeting 5 Notes (21 KB)
Citizen Advisory Committee (CAC) Meeting 4
Tuesday June 26, 2007
CAC Meeting 4 Agenda (23 KB)
CAC Meeting 4 Notes (20 KB)
Citizen Advisory Committee (CAC) Meeting 3
Thursday April 26, 2007
CAC Meeting 3 Notes (26 KB)
Public Workshop 1
Wednesday April 25, 2007
The first public workshop for the Homer Comprehensive Plan Update was held on Wednesday April 25 from 5-8:30pm in the Homer High School Commons.
Workshop flyer (177 KB)
Workshop Synopsis (70 KB)
Citizen Advisory Committee (CAC) Meeting 2
Thursday March 22, 2007
CAC Meeting 2 Agenda (27 KB)
CAC Meeting 2 Notes (38 KB)
Citizen Advisory Committee (CAC) Meeting 1
This first Citizen Advisory Committee (CAC) meeting introduced the CAC members to the Homer Comprehensive Plan Update process.
CAC Member Packet (1,058 KB)
CAC Meeting 1 Agenda (23 KB)
CAC Meeting 1 Notes (65 KB)
Schedule and Major Products
The Homer Comprehensive Plan Update Issues and Goals Report summarizes preliminary ideas about Homer’s planning issues and goals. The intent of the report was to frame these issues and goals so that they could be considered by the community at the Public Workshop held on April 25, 2007.
Homer Comprehensive Plan Update Issues and Goals Report
(5,098 KB)
A generalized schedule (from the project scope of services) is shown below. Specific times for public workshops and completion of specific products will be developed as the project unfolds. The overall target for completion of the project team’s work is the end of December 2007.
Homer Comprehensive Plan Update Preliminary Schedule (20 KB)
Contact Information
For more information or questions contact Agnew::Beck (222-5424).
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