Picture Point, parks to be addressed in borough code

The Haines Borough would establish a public park at Picture Point and increase regulation of parks borough-wide under two ordinances the assembly introduced last week.

Borough manager Mark Earnest said the Picture Point park ordinance was required as compensatory mitigation for aquatic resources lost through recent expansion of the Port Chilkoot Dock project, which included new restrooms and a parking lot.

A September memo from PND Engineers of Juneau said the mitigation “includes restoration and…