City of Homer
Comprehensive Plan Rewrite
New!
- Homer Comprehensive Plan Community Survey and Interactive Comment Map Results (September 2024)
- Homer Comprehensive Plan Community Survey and Interactive Comment Map Results – Executive Summary (September 2024)
- September and October 2024 Comp Plan Events Flyer – Activities begin the week of September 9th
Coming Soon
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
- What is a comprehensive plan? What is zoning? How are they related?
- What is the relationship between the Homer Comprehensive Plan and the 2019 Kenai Peninsula Borough Comprehensive Plan?
Purpose
We’re Revising the 2018 Comprehensive Plan!
The City of Homer is updating the 2018 Comprehensive Plan to recognize and celebrate what we have accomplished, to address new challenges and opportunities for our community, and to coordinate efforts to achieve our shared vision for a future Homer.
The Comprehensive Plan will serve as a community resource and guide for community leaders, residents, and other partners to protect what residents value most about Homer while enhancing the quality of life for current and future residents.
The updated Homer Comprehensive Plan will be a combination of long-term vision, goals, and practical strategies that will: guide decisions about land use, housing, public services and infrastructure, transportation, economic development, health and wellness, sustainability, resilience and climate change, quality of life, and more. It will provide a roadmap for implementation, with clear priorities and actions.
The current comprehensive plan can be viewed here; it was last updated in 2018.
Project Team
Steering Committee
The Steering Committee aids in the development of the comprehensive plan. The five-member committing is made up of two city council members, two city commission members, and one city resident nominated by the mayor and approved by the City Council. The roles and responsibilities of the Steering Committee as outlined in City of Homer Resolution 23-129(A) include:
- Assist in the refinement and execution of the public outreach process, outreach program, and schedule.
- Participate in public outreach activities and events including work with each of the member’s represented organizations to keep them informed on the project and encourage their participation, solicit participation from a wide range of people and organizations in the community, participate in event exercises and provide feedback.
- Provide feedback and recommendations on Comprehensive Plan draft documents.
Steering Committee Members
- Kathryn Carssow, City Resident Member (Chair)
- Nicole Arevalo, Economic Development Advisory Commission Member
- Charles Barnwell, Planning Commission Member
- Shelly Erickson, City Council Member
- Jason Davis, City Council Member
Consulting Team
The City of Homer has hired a team led by Agnew::Beck Consulting to assists the City with a update to the Comprehensive Plan. Agnew::Beck is partnering with Stantec, Northern Economics, RESPEC, Kinney Engineering, and Corvus Design to ensure the planning process, and ultimately the final plan, meets community needs.
Get Involved
Contact the Project Team
Contact the project team. See details in the Contact Us section below.
Submit a Comment
Submit a comment using the comment form in the Contact Us section below.
Schedule
FEBRUARY 2024
- Project kick-off
- Steering Committee kick-off and initial meetings to map out public participation plan
- Background research and data collection
MARCH 2024
- Resident, community leader, and partner interviews and small group discussions
- COMMUNITY VISIT #1 and Open House: Introduce planning process, gather initial input on community vision
APRIL-MAY 2024
- Community survey launch
- COMMUNITY VISIT #2 and Open House: Share a “Community Snapshot” that includes an initial summary of community input and data
- Community survey and Interactive comment map launch
JUNE-OCTOBER 2024
- Ongoing community, visitor, and partner outreach
- Community survey and comment map close; survey analysis released
- Potential growth scenarios development begins
- COMMUNITY VISIT #3 : Share and get feedback on Growth/Development Scenarios and Public Review Draft
NOVEMBER - DECEMBER 2024
- Preferred growth scenario finalized
- Plan drafting, staff review (accounting for holidays)
JANUARY-MARCH 2025
- Preliminary Phase 2 work begins
- Public review draft released; Public comment period starts
- COMMUNITY VISIT #4 : TBD
- Comment period deadline; consider revisions based on feedback
- Final plan and adoption process