I live in Homer and in early 2000 I worked with the city on some wildlife issues. However, I did learn a lot about Homer's  future plans of development and the money that was dedicated to the project of re-building the facilities  on the Homer Spit. Many residents just ignored that those plans included increasing the Homer Spit boat docking facilities to be capable of taking care of the ships needed to ferry goods ad people back and forth to the future site of Pebble Mine. The city got the money and did the work of building a deep water docks needed for this venture. Most people I would say it was to encourage the passenger liners to come to Homer ( we only get a few a year) and surveys on the cruise line passengers show a strong dislike of Homer since it is so far from town center. Homer is the perfect spot for tending to Pebble Mine since it is on the road system n plenty of space to build new homes for the potential workers to live.  Almost, can say "told" you so!