Legislature(2007 - 2008)BUTROVICH 205
04/20/2007 03:30 PM Senate RESOURCES
| Audio | Topic |
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| Start | |
| HB186 | |
| SB80 | |
| SB111 | |
| Adjourn |
* first hearing in first committee of referral
+ teleconferenced
= bill was previously heard/scheduled
+ teleconferenced
= bill was previously heard/scheduled
| *+ | SB 111 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| + | HB 186 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| + | SJR 4 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| + | TELECONFERENCED | ||
| = | SB 80 | ||
SB 111-KODIAK NARROW CAPE PUBLIC USE AREA
5:26:53 PM
CHAIR HUGGINS announced SB 111 to be up for consideration.
SENATOR STEVENS, sponsor of SB 111, said this establishes a new
46,000-acre public use area on Narrow Cape. It is used for a
wide range of activities and is one of the few surfing areas in
Alaska. It is subject to grazing leases as well as use by the
Kodiak Launch Complex. It recognizes the special and multiple
use activities within this area and increases the protection to
insure that the public can continue to use this area and
acknowledges the very valid rights for the rocket launch and the
grazing.
DOUG LETCH, staff to Senator Stevens, said there are currently
five public use areas recognized in the state. Narrow Cape is
the only place in Kodiak that you can drive to for all these
different activities and it's a very popular recreation spot. SB
111 allows the department to have the management plan that they
have already. Resolutions in support of SB 111 from Kodiak
Island Borough and from the City of Kodiak are in their packets.
He noted a proposed CS that comports with the House version.
5:31:29 PM
SENATOR MCGUIRE moved to adopt CSSB 111(RES), version K. There
were no objections and it was so ordered.
MR. LETCH said the CS adds grazing to the top uses listed on
page 1, line 12, at the request of the buffalo ranchers in the
Narrow Cape area. On page 2, line 3, "shall" is deleted and
"may" is inserted. This eliminates any need for a fiscal plan
since the management plan has already been accomplished. The
legal description was changed on page 3, line 30, to delete a
section of the ocean because they just wanted to focus on the
land.
5:33:58 PM
CHAIR HUGGINS asked if the Knik Public Use area would be managed
as a park is in this bill.
MR. LETCH replied that this bill has no reference to park
language. SB 111 doesn't change anything that's in place; it
just guarantees things will continue. Another provision says if
the state decides to dispose of the land, that it would require
legislative approval. On page 2, line 26, section (e) language
says "The commissioner may not manage the Kodiak Narrow Cape
Public Use Area as a unit of the state park system."
5:35:21 PM
MAYOR JEROME SELBY, Kodiak Island Borough, said there is no
other public recreation area on the Kodiak road system that is
available. Other land on the road system is privately owned. He
emphasized they are not trying to lock the land up forever, but
they want to raise the bar so that it can't be disposed or used
in some other manner without the community knowing about it. The
impetus for this bill came from the attempt to transfer this
land to the University of Alaska in a bill they had never heard
of and no one said anything to them about a number of years ago.
He said there is unanimous support for SB 111 from all the users
including the rocket launch folks, the grazing folks, the public
recreation folks, the hunters and the fishers. No one is being
excluded.
CHAIR HUGGINS said CSSB 111(RES) would be held. There being no
further business to come before the committee, he adjourned the
meeting at 5:37:40 PM.
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