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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1988-05-11 Council Packet - Work SessionKenai City Council Work Session May 11, 1988 Dena'ina Pt S/D - Rezoning Capital Improvement Projects CITY'OF KENAI I „Oil Cap" 4 4"" l moHOMM iaa AauaM ee» rumm"Im-naa I NOTICE OF WORK SESSION The Kenai City Council will be holding a joint work session with the Planning & Zoning Commission on Wednesday, May 11, 1988 at 7:00 PM. To be discussed: 1. Dena'Ina Pt. S/D - Rezoning 2. Capital Improvement Projects The public is invited to attend and participate. a�~ Janet Ruotsala City Clerk DATED: May 9, 1988 BNAI PENINSULA BOROUGH 144 N. BINKLEY • SOLDOTNA, ALASKA 99669 PHONE (907) 262.4441 DON OILMAN MAYOR April 20, 1988,`'' �, CSC• !,� Kenai City Council 210 Fidalgo Street Kenai, AK 99611 RE: Vacation of portions of Delika Drive, Elyin Lane, Chulin Drive, Dujemi Drive and Mesa Loop. Vacate portions of utility easements adjacent to said right-of-ways within and/or adjacent to Tracts D-1 thru D-7, Dena-ina Point Estates. Also vacate screening easements adjacent to Kenai Spur Highway within Tracts D-1 and D-7, Dena ina Point Estates, within City of Kenai. In accordance with AS 29.40.140, no vacation of a city street and/or easement may be made without the consent of the city council. This vacation action has been approved by the Planning Commission, therefore, it is being sent to the Kenai City Council for their consideration and action. The council has 30 days from April 18, 1988 in which to veto the decision of the Planning Commission. If no veto is received by the Commission with the 30-day period, the decision of the Commission will stand. The vacation request has been approved subject to the conditions set out in the attached minutes. Sincerely, cov- Kevin Fenner 7 f L 4J.. r PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING OF APRIL 18, 1988 PACE 2 AGENDA ITEM F. PUBLIC HEARINGS 1. VACATION of portions of Dalika Drive, Elyin Lane, Chulin Drive, Dujemi Drive and Mesa Loop. VACATE portions of utility easements adjacent to said rights -of -way within and/or adjacent to Tracts D-1 thru 6-7, Dena'ina Point Estates. ALSO VACATE screening easements adjacent to Kenai Spur Highway within Tracts D-1 and D-7. Dena'ina Point Estates, within City of Kenai. STAFF REPORT PUBLIC NOTICE APPEARED in the March 31 and April 7. 1988 issues of the Peninsula Clarion. TEN certified mailings were sent to owners of property within 300 feet, end to other interested parties. EIGHT of the receipts have been returned. ONE mailing returned noted "not in box 268". Address was checked and is same as Borough records. PETITIONER to the vacation is ROYCE ROBERTS of Kenai, Alaska. PURPOSE OF THE VACATION AS STATED IN PETITIONS To facilitate replattingo dedication of realigned streetse and granting of alternative easements. STATEMENT OF NON -OBJECTION RECEIVED FRONs (I)Telephone Utilities of the Northland. and (2) Homer Electric Association, subject to granting of similar easements along realigned streets. No statements of objection were received. FINDINGS OF FACTS Sufficient rights -of -way will be dedicated to serve surrounding properties. Sufficient easameate will be granted to serve surrounding properties. No surrounding properties will be denied access or utilities. STAFF RECOMMENDATIONSt Approve vacation of portions of rights -of -way Utility easements and screening easements within Dena'ina Point Estates Subdivision as shown on submitted drawing labeled Dena'ina Point Estatee Addition fl. Provide easements requested by Homer Electric Association. Submittal of roliminary plat in accordance with Chapter 20 of Borough Code of Srdinances. (FINAL PLAT MUST BE SUBMITTED WITHIN ONE YEAR OF VACATION APPROVAL). NOTES The Kenai City Council has thirty (30) days in which they may veto Planning Commission approval of the vacation. END OF STAFF REPORT Dick Troeger read the staff report. Chairperson Denbrock opened the public hearing for testimony. Hearing and seeing no one wishing to give testimony, the public hearing was closed. MOTIONt Commissioner Hickey, seconded by Commissioner Brickey. moved to approve the vacation subject to staff recommendations. Commissioner Bryson asked the surveyor whore the original set -back line was? It was determined that it had not changed. A roll call vote was taken. The motion carried unanimously with all seven commissioners present voting yes. L J r— T34amar TSlectric Al�sociation, Znc. 1 CENTRAL OFFICE: 3977 LAKE STREET • HOMER, ALASKA 99903 • 490712354167 i I March 30, 1988 APc? 1,088 tCn,1704p Per �'ton��pa tr p� . ; Me. Robbie Harris Planning Department Kenai Peninsula Borough 144 North Binkley Soldotna, AK 99669 REFERENCE: ROW and Utility Easement Vacation, DENA'INA Point Estates Dear Robbie: Homer Electric Association, Inc does not object to the subject vacations as proposed, with similar alternative easements dedicated along the realigned streets. Sincerely, James S. Evana Easement Solicitor YounwmA l .ter-u" PACIFIC TELECOM Telephone Utilities of Alaska, Inc. Telephone Utilities of the Northland, Inc. March 25, 19Anohoragepe, Alas ka 88 39eo s 99503 Telephone 907.082.1231 Kenai Peninsula Borough Planning Commission P. 0. Box 850 Soldotna, Alaska 99669 Attentions Kevin Fenner REs Vacation Of Rights -Of -Way Within And/Or Adjacent To Tracts 01 through D7 Dena'ina Point Estates Dear Mr. Fanner After having reviewed the attached publication concerning the vacation of rights -of -way involving the above described properties Telephone Utilities of the Northland has no objection to this vacation at this time. Sincerely, Thomas (Pat) Hutson OSP Field Engineer X 3,. c i PENINSULA CLARION vs ti KENAI PENINSULA BOROUGH PLANNING COMMISt-(COE PUBLIC HEARING Public notice is hereby given that a petition has been received to vacate portions of public rights -of -way; utility easements and screening easements. Area under consideration is described as follows: A. LOCATION AND REQUEST: VACATE portions of Dalika Drive, Elyin Lane, Chulin Drive, Dujemi Drive and Mesa Loop. VACATE portions of utility easements adjacent to said rights Estates. within and/or adjacent to Tracts D-1 thru D-7, Dena'ina Point Estates. ALSO VACATE screening easements adjacent to Kenai Spur Highway within Tracts D-1 and D-79 Dena'ina Point - Estates. Section 36, Township 6 North, Range 12 West, Seward I Meridian, City of Kenai, Alaska. ` B. PURPOSE: To facilitate replatting, dedication of realigned streets, and granting of alternative easements. C. PETITIONER(S): Royce Roberts of Kenai, Alaska. Public Hearing will be held by the Kenai Peninsula Borough Planning Commission on Monday, April 18, 1988 commencing at 7:30 p.m., or as soon thereafter as business permits, to be held in the Borough Administration Building, Soldotna, Alaska. Anyone wishing to present testimony may come to the above{ to give testimony or may submit a written statement to the meeting attention of Richard Troeger or Robbie Harris, Kenai Peninsula Borough Planning Department, 144 N. Binkley Street, Soldotna, Alaska 99669. Written testimony to be received by Planning Department no later than April 13, 1988. .For additional information contact Robbie Harris or Richard Troeger, Resource Planning Department, 262-4441. KEVIN FENNER Planning Director. You are being sent this notice because You are an Party and/or property owner adjacent to or within 300efeet eof the described property. ".+lr am wl. rr air i� rut�u ►� .y 3; i r 1 L f i r C ,f Mo1.AN0 8 A11160CIATde, INC. PRORESStONAI ENGINEERS, SURVEYORS a PLANNEM MEMORANDUM TO: Ms. Janet Loper City of Kenai �� t FROM: Sam McLane, P.L.S. ...I DATE: April 8, 1981 - RE: Dena' ina Point Estates -- -- s Zoning Amendment Request W.O. 87-2010-01 The subject property was surveyed and platted by the City of Kenai in large tracts. The street layout and tract configuration were based on _ residential lot criteria to be developed with municipal water, sewer, and storm drainage. This concept allows the tract or block owners to gradually develop street and utility networks and then subdivide the blocks into final tot parcels. The applicant desires to rezone a major property to General j portion of the ,. Commercial with the remainder staying Suburban Residential. To accomplish desired buffers for residential areas and to separate commercial traffic from residential areas the property will be replatted following the zoning amendment. This replatting will include vacation of existing R.O.W.'s, utility easements and the screening easement along the Spur Highway. A new preliminary will be submitted to the Planning Commission. This will contain residential and commercial areas which will appropriate screening and buffer areas. J The following procedure is anticipated: 1) Zoning Amendment Request and Action 2) Vacation Request and Action -� 3) Replatting of Property thru Standard Procedures The intended subdivision design will insure continuity of dedicated R.O.W.'s and match with existing utilities engineered for adjoining -=-----,-- -- properties. =-�==-- — The -legal -description of the zoning amendment will -be subject to presented ---------- conceptual maps to be followed by the platting procedures. N I 4 •C Suggested by: Planning & Zoning Commission CITY OF KENAI ORDINRU E NO. 1213-87 AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA AMENDING THE OFFICIAL CITY OF KENAI ZONING MAP FOR TRACTS D-1 THROUGH D-7, DENA'INA POINT ESTATES FROM SUBURBAN RESIDENTIAL (RS) TO GENERAL COMMERCIAL (CG). WHEREAS, KMC 14.20.270 establishes a procedure to amend the Official Zoning Nap of the City of Kenai, and WHEREAS, the Official City of Kenai Zoning Map depicts lands described as Tracts D-1 through D-7, Dena'Ina Point Estates as Suburban Residential (RS), and WHEREAS, the owner of the property has submitted a petition for the rezoning of the described lands to the General Commercial (CG) designation, and WHEREAS, the Land Use Plan of the Comprehensive Plan dated 1980 designates this area to be Medium Density Residential, and WHEREAS, the new commercial designation will not match the legal description at time of filing, therefore the approval or disapproval should bear the outlines as depicted in Exhibit B "Concept Map", and WHEREAS, the Planning & Zoning Commission hold a public hearing on May 13, 1987 and as a result of that public hearing recommend to the Kenai City Council and the Kenai Peninsula Borough the amendment of the Official City of Kenai Zoning Map and the Land Use Plan to the General Commercial (CG) designation. KOK,. THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA, as follows: Sect�ion�1: Subject property consisting of those lands depicted in Exhibits A described as Tracts D-1 through D-7, Dena'Ina Point Estates are hereby rezoned to General Commercial at the time of filing a final -plat which will be outlined as in Exhibit B,- Concept Map. T L 1 PASSED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KEW, ALASKA this 3rd day of June, 1987. ohn J. illiame, Mayor ATTEST: YPetAw"heigan, City Clerk 2 .First Reading: May 20, 1967 Second Reading: June 3, 1987 Effective Date: July 3, 1987 9' 1' d. ' PLANNING & M N0 COMMISSION April 27, 198S Page 4 6. OLD BUSINESS None 7. NEW BUSINESS a. Vacation: Easements & ROW's Within Tracts D-1 - D-7, Dena'Ina Point Estates (Section 36) - Royce Roberts Planning Specialist Loper introduced'the issue with a short background on the first phase. This Commission needs to pass a recommendation on to the Council and the Council in turn will recommend to the Borough. Chairman Smalley: is this the one that came to us when there was concern about the removal of the buffer. Planning Specialist Loper, I believe so. Commissioner Bryson, what was this? Chairman Smalley, they wanted to take the screening from the highway off and there was concern about the screening from this end. The application I think removes it. It makes a portion of it commercial and a portion of it residential. Commissioner Bryson, question, the initial submittal to us as regards the resubdivision, or rezoning of this area indicated that it was going to be a mixed commercial residential use, yet this indicates. that they are proposing to rezone it all commercial. Planning Specialist Loper, I hadn't noticed that. Commissioner Bryson, its in our summery. Planning Specialist Loper, where did you find that? I see. That's the old one, do you notice the date? It is April 17, 1987. That is the backup for when they first came to us. Is that what you are referring to? Chairman Smalley: that piece of property to the south of the, which is here, right? Now this is where the church is, on this one, and in reading through it, I understand that the screening will be removed completely? Planning Specialist Loper, the application speaks of removing screening easements. Commissioner Bryson, same comment, or same subject, the April 8, 1988 indicates that phase I which is the rezoning is from RS to CG. Chairman Smalley, the whole thing to general commercial. Commissioner Bryson, I haven't been able to find a description of phase I yet. Or a portion. (large portion inaudible due to papers shuffling) Planning Specialist Loper, of course the rezoning was based upon the submittal of a final plat. Commissioner Bryson, we're proposing to rezone this but which area are we rezoning. Planning Specialist -Loper, if_ -you -remember back-, we'.ve had two instances- .. where we've had a rezoning based on the submittal of a final plat, one was Parson, and one was this one, with no concrete plat to look at toi say which is going to be residential and which s commercial. The way we did it was say, just the way it says in the description from suburban residential to general commercial based on the submittal of a final plat which we approved. Commissioner Bryson, but we had a schedule before us which showed e m r PLANNING & ZONIN"ISSION April 27, 1988 Page 5 us what they were doing. Planning Specialist Loper, yes. That doesn't mean that's what they are going to final. Commissioner Bryson, well if it varies significantly from that I would reject it. Planning Specialist Loper, right, and we won't have that until after these vacations come through. 1-hey are giving it to us in one package, we're getting it by phases. Chairman Smalley: according to the map here it talks about the easements being vacated, the screening easements being vacated, it looks like the screening easements are only the highway. Commissioner Church, well that's where they want it commercial and naturally you don't want any screening. Chairman Smalley, I know but see my concern is on the south end next to the church there, you know about removing screening there. Its difficult to determine what is a, you know I can see the right-of-way easement... (papers being shuffled - partially inaudible) Chairman Smalley, .... and the map here doesn't show it being taken out. So is this easement going to be taken out or not. Planning Specialist Loper, I would suggest if that's what you want, that you specifically state that on the western end of it you want it retained so you get what you want. Commissioner Nault, it doesn't show a screening easement on the north being taken out either. Chairman Smalley, yea I know .... and depending upon who has this piece that's going to be decided in. I do have a concern about this piece. You know they don't show it going. But then I think, I agree, I think something needs to be said about that. Commissioner Nault: (inaudible) tracts in residential? Chairman Smalley, c-4? That shows it being commercial I think. Commissioner Church, which one is residential then? Commissioner Nault, c-3? Chairman Smalley, thats a d. Commissioner Church, what I want to know is where is the residential part of this. I understand they want all of this commercial, of course its on the highway. Planning Specialist Loper, this is the way it used to look (loud noises - partially inaudible). Chairman Smalley, this is from the original file that shows ... Commissioner Church, so they want all of this to be commercial? And this then to be residential? (loud noises and several persons speaking at once - mostly inaudible) Commissioner Church, ...all of this. Chairman Smalley, it looks like they're rezoning the whole thing. Commissioner Church, to the commercial and this .... Chairman Smalley, I mean if they're vacating these easements .... Commissioner Church, ...all the way to the bluff. Chairman Smalley, I mean this is easement this isn't screening. This is easement I'm assuming. It would be nice if somebody were here to explain their .... so this is the original one submitted. That's D5. Commissioner Nault, so its a tract all by itself. Chairman Smalley, now this is the original one filed, -here it -shows -tract 5 over here is tract 7 and its speaks D1 through 7. And then the - application requests .... from -Rs -to -.- I'd feel -more -- - - - comfortable personally having somebody here to speak towards it. Or can you understand it Phil. J _ . L' P c, PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION April 27, 1988 Page 6 Commissioner Bryson, although this isn't a rezoning document it certainly contents ... what's proposed is the rezoning, I think it ought to be clarified before we ..... make a reference to page one being rezoning from RS to CG I would assume that's in part and phase two is the vacation of the rights -of -way, right-of-ways and easements and that's what they're doing now. Chairman Smalley, see, it says also vacate screening easements adjacent to Kenai Spur Highway within Tracts 01 and D7. And D7 ... are just these ... Commissioner Church, he's referring back to this original here. D1 and D7 but does it include this one here on the side? Chairman Smalley, no, nor does it include anything on the .... Commissioner Church, its just on the Spur. Chairman Smalley, that's what I thought, this map shows just this piece here, that's being, the screening removed. Commissioner Bryson, as far as the vacation tool I see no problem with what they're proposing, however, I think we, anything we do should be contingent upon conformance with, general conformance with their original layout as far as rezoning is concerned. Or request to have it modified. Commissioner Church, the original intent of this tract though was residential, is that correct? Answer from several voices, yes. Commissioner Church, and what Impact would that be if this is changed to commercial all the way to the bluff? As far as we're concerned. That's a question I have. Chairman Smalley, I think it has the potential impact on anybody that would want to build a house in there. It would make the property probably a little bit less in value. Commissioner Church, that's true. If they wanted to build over here and they have, whatever, a boat coming up next to them for instance .... Chairman Smalley: what are the wishes of the Commission. NOTION: Commissioner Bryson, I move to recommend approval of the proposed vacation of easements and rights -of -way within Tracts D1 through D7, Dena'Ina Point Estates, as submitted, seconded by Commissioner Church. Chairman Smalley: there has been a motion to approved the vacation of rights -of -way within Tracts D1 through D7, Dena'Ina Point Estates, discussion. Commissioner Bryson: just a, I'd like to underline a point here that, this has been, was initially approved on the concept of a rezoning a portion of this parcel and that, they should either request a modification if their proposals are different of don't -conform to that. That's not a motion, just a ... they should be made aware of. Chairman Smalley: as was stated, I have a concern as far as what, you know, if there isn't clarification and it goes commercial clear to the bluff, even the portion if its fronting the highway, I wonder what kind of impact that's going to have on the property out there as far as its value. Residential. Because I think at ff wool] f PLANNING & ZONIIJ6 COMMISSION } April 27, 1988 Page 7 j one time we, our intent was to keep the commercial within, within I the inner city. And now we're looking at a piece, or an i ordinance, or request to extend it. Councilman Measles: initially, as I recall, it was also the I: intent commercial property would be, if needed, would be across the highway. Chairman Smalley, across the highway! Councilman Measles, the section 36 areas the other side of the highway. The question maybe Phil can answer, if this is approved, will all of ! the water, sewer, engineering have to be redone for the rest of the area out there. Commissioner Bryson, they were proposing to do that as part of their rework of that subdivision, yes. Councilman Measles, it was just for these parcels ... Commissioner Bryson, yes. They may be trying to conform more to the crossings ---- - that exist out there, but all their interior design work is lost. " That just .... Councilman Measles, that's just in these areas, - i' what about the other sections .... Commissioner Bryson, that'1 .. " as far as the trunk line that will utilize that to the same degree I think. Commissioner Bryson, I assume they're trying to get these roads closer to what exist out there, I don't know. Chairman Smalley, I can appreciate someone trying to do something with the property out there, but again, if there's a potential for it to have a severe impact on the other remaining properties I think its something the city really needs to take a look at. 4. Before they say go. Commissioner Church, and that would come in - through phase three here right? Chairman Smalley, yes. Commissioner Nault, when did phase one go on was that a year ago? Commissioner Church, yes, about then. Chairman Smalley, to a degree that's probably what would be dcne tonight if memory serves - me right. That's what we're being asked to do, actually one and ' two. Commissioner Church, we're being asked to rezone it? Chairman Smalley, it has been rezoned. Planning Specialist Loper, - - a copy of the ordinance is in your packet. Commissioner Nault, this has been rezoned completely? Planning Specialist Loper, yes, .. based upon the filing of a final plat that you approve. Commissioner Church, yes we did that last year. Commissioner Bryson, ok, its basically in conformance with that large layout you passed out. Planning Specialist Loper, yes, this is what you based your approval on. Commissioner Nault, in their initial request a year ago, did that show rezoning a part of it and leaving a part of it residential? Commissioner Church, yes. Chairman Smalley, rezoning tracts D1 through D7, the whole thing. That's what this says. Planning Specialist Loper, it was done that way because there is no other legal description. It had to be based on what exists not on what is proposed because there is no final plat. Commissioner Bryson, based on the concept. Its a strange way ... at what point do they identify which zone is which. Planning Specialist Loper., that's what - this _Commission decided on a year ago, to go ahead and do the rezoning based on ._". exhibit B a concept map. Commissioner Church, right, that's what's on page one of this ordinance. Chairman Smalley; I don't remember us doing that but obviously we did. Commissioner Church, I remember doing it. Commissioner Bryson, so it was contingent A." - i• i F; ' r r g i PLANNING & ZONINts COMMISSION April 27, 1988 Page 8 upon the submittal of the plat and the platting has never been done. So the rezoning hasn't taken place. Planning Specialist Loper, right, and they told us that the platting would not be done until phase three after all the vacations and everything else has been done. Commissioner Church, what if this all goes through and all this has been approved and then Council feels its not the best benefit for everybody, then can we turn it all down and they would have to start all over again. I mean all three things have to be approved in order, right? Planning Specialist Loper, everything is going to hinge on that final plat, making sure that it matches everything they've submitted all along. Commissioner Church, I don't remember then wanting it commercial all the way to the bluff, I really don't. I remember this part here still being residential. Planning Specialist Loper, what you are looking at is the original and only copy of what they submitted at the first meeting. Commissioner Church, I guess I didn't study it well enough. Chairman Smalley, according to this letter the vacation request has been approved subject to the conditions in the attached memos, has this been done too? Planning Specialist Loper, those are Borough minutes, yes. Chairman Smalley, oh, ok. Well at this point in time what can be done to, or can anything be done I guess, to ensure that the whole piece is going to go commercial. Commissioner Church, it says Tract i through and whatever. Chairman Smalley, the wording says D1 through D7 on the ordinance. Planning Specialist Loper, it was done that way originally because there was no way to define..... Chairman Smalley, I have a question, do, I'm not trying to postpone this but can we get access to our minutes where we discussed this? Planning Specialist Loper, sure. Chairman Smalley, and see what the discussion was. 10 Minute Recess NOTION: Commissioner Bryson, I would move to postpone action on this item until our next regularly scheduled meeting, at which time the staff gather information and minutes applicable to this subject, seconded by Commissioner Nault. Planning Specialist Loper, to clarify, you are requesting Council and Borough to postpone action? Councilman Measles, the motion you need is to recommend to Council and the Borough to postpone action. MOTION WITHDRAWAL: - Comissioner-Bryson; ok, with coneent of second I would withdraw my motion and resubmit, second approved. MOTION: Commissioner Bryson, I move to recommend to the City Council and Borough to withhold action on this item until we gather additional information, A M C C PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION April 27, 1988 Page 9 Councilman Measles, the Borough has already acted so its effective in 30 days so perhaps you should ask for an extension of time for it to be effective at the Borough. You need to ask for an additional 30 days or whatever. Commissioner Bryson, they are incapable of extending it. Planning Specialist Loper, why would they be incapable of extending it? Commissioner Bryson, that may be a statutory thing. Councilman Measles, well if it is you just need to veto it. And then they can start over. Commissioner Nault, Council has 30 days to act on it within 30 days from April 18th. Commissioner Bryson, they'd have, your right, they'd have to request, or they'd have to veto it is what they'd have to do. Chairman Smalley, yea, it would be Council, should be Council's action. Commissioner Bryson, both we and the Council will meet before that period. Councilman Measles, yes Council meets on the 18th but your recommendation (inaudible) but that's the same night and the deadline. MOTION WITHDRAWAL: Commissioner Bryson withdrew his motion MOTION: Commissioner Bryson, I move to request a two week extension to the May 18th deadline Chairman Smalley, now this is in addition to your original? You could just put an and in it and add it to the original motion, and to request a two week extension on the May 18th date. Commissioner Bryson, all right. Chairman Smalley, is there a second. Commissioner Church, would you read it again please. Commissioner Nault, we lost it. Planning Specialist Loper, it now reads; "move to recommend to the City Council and the Borough to withhold action on this item and to request a two week extension on the May 18th deadline." Councilman Measles, the next Borough Assembly meeting will be on the first of June. Do you want to specify a date. Commissioner Bryson, is it the Borough Assembly that has to reject it within 30 days. Unknown. Chairman Smalley, is there a second, Commissioner Nault, I'll second it. Chairman Smalley, discussion. This does not pertain to the motion, but I'm looking at the names of the streets that were so carefully chosen. When they redo the street alignment, when and if they do are they still going to be maintaining these names? Planning Specialist Loper, I guess we'll know that when the plat comes through. Commissioner Bryson, the City can establish the -names. -of -the -tracts._ Planning Specialist Loper,. anything in plat form needs to come back through you. Chairman _Smalley, further -discussion. Commissioner Bryson, I got a question, is this completely jumbled up, what do you think's needed Ray. Councilman Measles, we just need to get some objection in before the 18th in some fashion, either a request for an extension or a veto. Commissioner Bryson, probably correct L - --- — ----- ----- -- ----- --- --- �t;y PLANNING & ZON dG COMMISSION April 27, 1988 Page 10 that if you do something the night of the 18th you can't submit it :.,. in to the Borough the day of the 18th. Councilman Measles, I would assume that since the Borough set that 18th that it was because the Borough's having their meeting that night so we (inaudible) Borough Assembly then could retract their actions or ... Commissioner Nault, it just says no vetos received within the 30 day period. Chairman Smalley, question on the motion. VOTE: Motion passed unanimously Chairman Smalley, I have a, I don't know I guess its more of a statement, I think it is probably appropriate at this time, when, I think when a Commission or when people see that a mistake perhaps has been done, I'm not to sure if its going to reflect badly on our record to go back and say whoa, wait a minute, we made a mistake and to correct that mistake rather than to allow it to continue on and cause, potentially cause some severe ramifications economically in that area. Now I really think we <.- - made a mistake in approving of a rezone, I really do. Commissioner Church, well it was contingent upon the filing of a final plat. Councilman Measles, I think the basic mistake was in approving the rezoning of the plan period because of what the plat looked like to rezone that area to commercial, in my opinion is a mistake. Chairman Smalley, and when is it appropriate that we set back and say whoa, wait a minute. You know if we have a body, as a body tl� do, I mean, so we look like fools, my God, I mean you know if we made the terrible mistake. Planning Specialist Loper, perhaps rather then retract a rezoning the time to start looking at it is when you get a full package. And thus far you've had a part of a package. What you could do is turn down the vacation and say you want to see the entire package at one time, would that be a better option Ray? Chairman Smalley, we did that somewhere else and look what we ended up with. Commissioner Church, I believe that's what confused us, its because of the phases. Chairman Smalley, bits and pieces. Commissioner Church, you know we're sitting back here and we want to see the whole picture, we just saw the first picture. Councilman Measles, one problem with that approach would be, if the intent is at some point to retract everything that's been done to this point, if you approach it in that manner then you're telling them go ahead, spend the money, do a final plat, do all this work, bring it back to us, and if the intent now is to undo all of that then there's no need in them going any further with their expenditures. Planning Specialist Loper, yes, that is looking at it in a negative manner. Councilman Measles, right, gather everything, if the rezoning was approved pending approval of a final plat; ok-, there's no stipulations there as to what that final plat really needs to look like, so essentially, if they — -- bring in a final plat -that -meets -the requirements -of -the -general commercial zone, I think you have a hard time then rezoning it back to residential based on that final plat. Chairman Smalley, i I 1 1 1 4 7 c, .11 L 4 3 � _ PLANNING & ZONI�G COMMISSION April 27, 1988 Page it after they've gone through all that Councilman Measles, that would really be hard to do and would make both the Commission and the Council look a lot more foolish than if everybody agrees now, hey a mistake was made, lets undo it, stop what you're doing out there. Chairman Smalley, and that can happen between now and our dead- lines that we've set up basically. Is there any way that we can bounce this off the feelings of Council and get some feedback from them. 'Cause if we're going to stop it it needs to be done or if there's going to be some change and zone back... Planning Specialist Loper, if I may make a suggestion, the Council is about done with the budget sessione, Ray do you think the Council would ,'-- •' - be open to a work session with the Commission and perhaps the developer? Councilman Measles, I agree, the last session will be Monday. Councilman Measles and the Commission agreed on Thursday, May Sth for a date for a joint work session. Material will be gathered and presented to Council. S. PLANNING None 9. REPORTS a. City Council b. Borough Planning c. City Administration 10. PERSONS PRESENT NOT SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD 11. INFORMATION ITEMS a. Council Agenda b. Borough Agenda 12. COMMISSION COMMENTS & QUESTIONS Chairman Smalley, we need to get ready for the summer sessions. Anyone planning on vacationing needs to let Janet know. Chairman Smalley asked for details on the activities at the Foster site including Mr. Brown's property. Planning Specialist Loper answered that the city engineer had looked at the site and are monitoring activity. Chairman Smalley stated that he had been told that there was some construction going on into the evening____ own there and it stopped about 9 that evening. By the time I got home the hole was dug and nothing was moving but it did appear to be a stripof land - - - - - - - - - - going down to the river and that is on the same F• 3- (Portions of the following minutes are verbatim) PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION MAY 13, 1987 Page 22 of this state to rebuild another hotel, pawn shop, liquor store or club on this same premises. This would be you know, almost (inaudible) after 35 year of contributing to the economy of this area, you know, property taxes, sales taxes, and so forth. All she wants to do is get this zoned commercial. This will also enhance the sale that she is, so to speak forced to sell her business. Its only for that one lot, the other lots will remain light industrial. Lot 3 has a repair garage which falls into either zone. The other late are vacant and the trailers which are illegal there are advertised for sale. There is no attempt to make a trailer park out of the other lots." - Chairman Lewis called for comments from the public, there were none. Chairman Lewis brought discussion back to the Commission. MOTION; Commissioner Smalley moved for approval of PZ87-4, Lot 1, RM Thompson S/D Henderson Replat, seconded by Commissioner O'Reilly. Chairman Lewis stated that,looking at the Comp Plan the area is being designated as Medium Density Residential. The Commission concurred. Commissioner Bryson asked to have the existing zoning clarified through the Comp Plan now in use, answer still the 1980 as the new one has not been approved. It was noted that the lot in question is just under the one acre limitation, while if the petitioner would consider zoning the lot which includes the shop, the inclusion would bring the acreage well over the one acre. The petitioner stated that ideally, she would like to rezone the entire area which would include the club, the garage, and the lots with the trailers. The Commission concurred. MOTION AMENDMENT: Commissioner Smalley moved to amend the motion to include the entire property outlined, with approval of second. VOTE: Motion passed unanimously. C. Resolution PZ87-3- Rezone Tracte-D-1 through 0-7, Dena'Ina Point Estates. from RS to CG - Roberts and McLane Sam McLane, representative for Royce Roberts came forward to present the• proposal. Mr. McLane stated that since this is a continuation, he would briefly recap the plan. "I have added some acreages on these tracts shown on this land use concept map. Once again, we are making residential to -the -northwest, the -First Baptist Church is located here, all the property across the highway is City of Kenai and presently all this property -is undeveloped, there is one old dozer trail with a small - clearing in here, but all the areas shown where the screening easements are shown here have natural vegetation, the intent of the screening easements is to leave the natural vegetation intact. " '4� r- PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION MAY 13, 1987 Page 23 "These tracts range from 1.3 acres to 7.1 acres, so the intent is to go through the rezoning process, and get a conceptual or conditional approval, then vacate the existing ROWS, replat with this modified ROW alignment and return to the tract status as the property exists now, only with the general commercial zoning. And as we discussed at the last meeting, that is going to take some vacation hearings and so forth for the existing ROW's, easements and so forth. I took the liberty of drawing this in on the zoning map so you could see how it fit in with the existing residential zones and this west Kenai neighborhood, some limited commercial along the highway here and this commercial area we just discussed adjacent to that last rezoning request." "in reviewing the existing Comp Plan some of my remarks, the existing Comp Plan is a little out of date, I know you have a new one that's under consideration. I looked at some of the items in each Comp Plan and the newer one - relating to the growth factors, there's expectations of the City growing from a 1984 population of approximately 6200 to 9350 in the year 2000 with the Kenai/Soldotna central region going from approximately just under 25,000 to 36,500. This would have an increase in housing units in the Kenai area from 2446 to 3591, an increase of it or 1200 housing units. On the commercial space in Kenai, -using the new Plan figures, a little over a million square feet of commercial space, and that's all categories, in 1985 to an expected amount of over 1.6 million square feet in the year 2000. Now these figures out of the new Plan did not assume the start up of Diamond Shamrock or Beluga Coal coming or any new petrochemical or that type of industrial growth in the central peninsula area. The Plan addresses economic development strategies, these are suggesting promoting a positive climate for new business development, preparation of an economic development strategy, maintenance of the city's policy of putting city -owned land into productive use by the private sector when there is a demonstrated public benefit and an enhancement of the contribution of recreational visitor industry to the city's economy and encouragement of tourism. Those are the majors items addressed in those documents." "Regarding the land use, the Comp Plans encourage infilling of the central area. Strip development is along the highways and major arterials is discouraged. In 1980, the Plan said there was about 340 acres of commercially zoned property of which around 120 acres were developed at that time. What I'va done here is shown, as we all know this, this in -filling is going on in a rather orderly fashion, in this area east of the older downtown area, I've highlighted these areas that have filled in. In other words, assuming these properties that were available in the 1980's (inaudible) you've got this development along the Spur and out here to the pizza place, HEA using this tract, King Oscar using this large tract here, under option for large (inaudible) type development. I'm using this to illustrate the fact that these larger tracts have basically, well they were originally the airport leased lands, they've gone into private hands, we've had orderly development here, starting, we've -had, its -been back and forth a little - bit regarding landscaping and so forth, but we started out with J C-: F C PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION MAY 13, 1987 Page 24 development here, the uptown Motel and essentially this has filled up to the end of General Commercial zone in this portion of town. There are scattered tracts through the central area that haven't filled up and as Commissioner Michou mentioned, at the last public hearing and in Commission discussion he would get a land inventory and I don't know if You've all seen it, I've got a copy of it here". "There isn't that much commercial property on the market right now, these were highlighted by Leighton, just to show, and these are not all the properties available but this is off the multiple listing service and in the commercial designation and a lot of these are not in the central area, these highlighted here, there are some tracts in the Wildwood area, they are a quarter of an acre and on 61/4 acre parcel in the Radar S/D area, then these listings here are all in the Thompson Park area and they are the small 1/3 acre size lots. I know there is commercially zoned property out there, but you know that you've had a lot of resident comment from that area whenever commercial development has gone on, Mr. Michou looked around and there are various tracts available that aren't colored in here that you can see, there's this corner here next to Beaver Loop and so forth". "The point of this is to show that, and also the zoning map, I took the liberty of adding this line here because the zoning map indicated these larger tracts downtown and they are more than downtown they are over the bank. That really reduces the size on those when compared to a parcel here. The request we're making and you can see the acreages we're talking about. The Comp Plans have always encouraged, the earlier Comp Plan said confine your commercial area between these wooded ravines and that was a good plan at that time, it still is good for in -filling, that's very desirable, but as you can see this is a small scale map, we don't have any parcels left in this area of any size, particularly there's no bluff parcels available of any size to allow commercial development or a planned commercial development where yoi would have numerous segments, an orderly development that would fit in together, allow room for adequate parking, snow storage and drainage, and your landscaping easement". "The, just some statistics on this, it was called the west Kenai neighborhood, when fully developed the 1980 Comp Plan estimated it 26 and a half thousand people could live in this west Kenai area and that's this side of the ravine. And that would be housing approximately 8,000 housing units. Now thats full development of all residential land. By 1990 that particular plan projected 4270 people in this area. Now we all know we have a slump, a slump, these Comp.Plans are supposed to get us through, now the new one's addressing it to 2000 calendar year, somewhere in that area where we look ahead. I've looked at Comp Plans for the area around.here,..I!m_not, I haven't.developed any of them but -- I've always had a, I'll just admit this right up front, a little bone to pick with the pomp Plan that the consultants come down and give to the local area, I don't know it seems to me they're based -on a small-town that doesn't go through the growth cycles like we've experienced here in the Central Peninsula. For instance, this plan that says keep all your nZT! 1, F. r i; 'i PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION NAY 13, 1987 Page 25 commercial development here, well that's good to in -fill there, and I, as you can see, this is about 4 years worth right here if I can remember correctly, thi3 development shown in pink, well when you have a growth spurt it doesn't take too long to fill up this area, particularly when you're talking little lots". "So these incongruities become apparent. The Plans, desires to encourage economic development, enhance the contribution of the tourism, visitor industry, thats a real buzz word these days because that's the thing thats projected to hold now that the Borough tourism report is anticipating a decline this year, but not a drastic decline, but a temporary one that's based on a slower economy in Anchorage and a lot of our visitors are out of Anchorage. Those planners that did that project for the Borough Resource Development also pointed out that the Peninsula is really lacking as a visitor destination point, we do get some people down here but we're not really living up to our potential". "Another thing they say, lets in -fill these areas, well as I pointed out, that's going on. When you look at the basic property inventory we're filling up the commercial. Now we do have, I don't have the whole area here but of course we go out to Thompson Park and the area by Morgan Steel and the old Heaver Creek S/D that the state did years ago, there's commercially zoned property there, but you can't really associate that with the central area. And that's why this, this doesn't fit the Comp Plan, I went through it, you can't make it fit and you can quote some things out of the new Comp Plan that Janet put together regarding land use and the things we want to do regarding commercial development and that's cited on page 28 of the draft, "establishing commercial districts due to the highway neighborhood and central district settings, concentrate commercial development on strategic locations along the Spur Highway where you can control the traffic movement, require that the access to commercial sites be restricted to arterials or collector streets, and not have commercial sites accessed through residential areas, and enact some neighborhood commercial zone and designate selected neighborhoods within the general commercial land use category." "These are suggestions in the new Comp Plan. Well I would submit that this sort of plan, to do here, we can accomplish this sort of thing although the Comp Plan says specifically to encourage growth in the central area, but general if we're going to say that, you know, looking to the year 200o or perhaps a little further into the future, it would be nice to have some bluff property that takes advantage of the city sitting here at the mouth of the river and Cook Inlet. All the property when you're talking about trying to develop tourism and visitor potential, and you don't have a hotel or a restaurant site anywhere where you can virtually even see the inlet or the mountains across and so forth, we're certainly not utilizing the city's potential to the fullest-. The city was probably established here. because. of the -inlet_ _ and the mouth of the river and has grown significantly because of that". "The Air Force added a bunch, we've got this property available out here and where some new hotel sites have gone in here and hotels that needed PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION MAY 13, 1987 Page 26 to be downtown which are convenient transportation wise and road wise and airport wise, but they certainly don't have the visitor appeal or the esthetics that would be available to a bluff location in this area". "Another thing here, we have the opportunity now, if, you can see all the is in here, this is either rural residential or suburban residential, but this whole area, as I stated earlier, can hold something on the order of 25,000 people, that's a long way off, we have a lot of room for residential, we certainly don't want to put (inaudible) back in here. The fact of the matter is the traffic particularly from the development out north as people come in to town from Nikiski area or Salamatof area, this is the part of the town that they are going to encounter first. And I think we could use some more commercially zoned property, not for development tomorrow or next year perhaps but to have some tracts of this size available, this particular tract here or block has about 1100' of bluff front. There's a lot of things that can go on there, we're not deciding any specific thing, I've heard there are some rumors going around but this rezone is not intended for a specific use at this time, what it is is to get some commercially available property, commercially developable property available within the city limits so when we come out of this -slump which, hopefully won't last too much longer there will be some areas. That people can look at". "The Plan says that there's a lot of businesses and so forth that have been established outside the city. Certainly some of those are more suited to be outside the city, but probably some of them, it might be desirable to have within the city for the taxes. We have an opportunity now to take a look at this are, this largely undeveloped, this is a photo taken last year so it's pretty current. As you can see Inlet Woods streets are in and so forth. So you can see this is undeveloped and the city owns this, I don't know if its just a planning commission yet I would assume there are some proposed ball park going in in this area and of course the close out of the landfill there will be some sort of contoured and drains site that's seeded there will be no developed there, but across the street from this there's going to be a lot of green areas so while this could be categorized as strip zoning or spot zoning. I think there are some reasons for it, we have this, all this residential development starting here at Woodland and coming clear through, along Forest Drive and out to the bluff and Redoubt Terrace that is not going to be supplanted any time in the near future. Its not going to be forced out". "But we have a natural break here with the city property and this dog leg and the bluff where it comes in right behind the First Baptist Church which has a sizable parcel here. There is room to continue a road through here but certainly for the area here, this is one inch equal 600 feet so for a sizable area in here there isn't room for bluff lots and have -an adequate -bluff -setback. So -we do have -a natural necking down, more or less a tapering down of the residential zone and then its beginning further on down the road so what we're requesting is that residential begin a little further down. And if we, if this rezone goes L_ J 1� r-- PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION MAY 13, 1987 Page 27 through now before this is developed, and residences are built in here we won't have the situation that occurred earlier here tonight, we can, I believe we can adequately address the buffer zones, the traffic flow, and those sort of items now and look ahead. Like I said we're not expecting development on this next year or the year after, but looking ahead to the future. So while it isn't, right in with the Comp Plan I believe these Comp Plans are perhaps a little lacking in this commercial area. Although when we're talking about development of commercial districts this type of development does, in my opinion fit with the goals laid out in the Comp Plan. Regarding the buffer areas, the street, access, and so forth. So, that's all I have on that. I wish I could pull out the land use map where it says lets have some commercial zoned property with -some bluff front and beautiful view available but there isn't any in the Comp Plan. I certainly think the city could use some." Chairman Lewis opened the issue to the public for comment. t John Cooke: "In listening to Mr. McLane, I'm wondering and in sitting in = 4. on some of the comprehensive planning reviews that took place years ago I think the comprehensive planning review basically tried to keep the development of the city into a core area to avoid, remember discussion was to avoid the spreading out of our commercial endeavors to make it look more like a cohesive city. And this is, I don't know if anybody _. has ever taken an opportunity to walk or to drive through this area, I f guess you'd have to walk through most of it, but it does afford a beautiful view, esp. if you had a large home (inaudible, papers rustling) structures of the inlet. It seems like it would be more compatible to keep it residential over spreading out the commercial " center of the city. And I think the city has done a tremendous job with its Comprehensive Plan to this point, I would hate to see you start spreading the city farther away from the core." Chairman Lewis closed the public hearing and brought the issue back to the Commission. MOTION: Commissioner Bryson moved approval of Resolution PZ87-3, seconded by } Commissioner Osborne. Commissioner Smalley, "I question that Councilman wise brought up last time this came up, has the petitioner, what are the petitioners thoughts on having to completely pay for the parcel or is it completely paid for, if its resubdivided under current ordinances, I think it has to be paid for prior to ... correct?" cl o Sam McLane: "I really didn't go over that totally, there's, as I said what we're requesting here is a conditional rezoning approval at this time, because we don't have an accurate legal description. The intent is to request the, once the conceptual approval or the conditional approval is granted is to request the necessary waivers -to do the - - - — - -- replatting and end up with the large blocks available that would I. �tF'4 f - - PLANNING-& ZONING COMMISSION MAY 13, 1987 y„ Page 28 i' essentially return the site to the way it exists now only with a different zoning category so its the intent of the owner to ask for those waivers. In other words, right now for instance, on a - rededication of the ROWS in a slightly shifted position there isn't that �- much difference really other than this new one here keeps access into "i the residential from having to go through all the commercial so the city would have to be signatory to the plat as the city was the one that dedicated all these ROW's to the public. So additional waivers to the various platting authorities would be requested at that time. The idea was rather than to request a conditional approval on the rezone, rather ' than coming in here with the vacation, well it was just a lot of paper work associated ..... Commissioner Smalley, "In other words no". Mr. McLane, "yea. But we know all those steps have to be gone through". Commissioner Bryson, "Question. He's asking for a conceptual approval, fi which .... I'm not sure we have that vehicle, ..... that a conceptual zoning .... could be approved. Correct?" Chairman Lewis, "As I understand it its either a conceptual .... " Commissioner Smalley, "it either is or it isn't". Chairman Lewis, "Yes. There's nothing conceptual about it at all. If we vote for it." Commissioner Michou, l -'. "Either we have it or we don't, its either commercial or it ain't". Commissioner Smalley, "In other words the vehicle we would have to approve of this or not, not of the conceptual basis." Chairman Lewis, j . "we're not approving the concept, we're approving the actual rezoning". ` - Mr. McLane, "I hate to interrupt again but I used the term conceptual and conditional because at this time, this parcel is in tract, legal configurations that are different from what's shown here. So the reason - I said, say we use the term conditional rezone, there isn't a legal - description for this tract right now, that's why, even though this part is the remaining residential, we asked for rezoning or advertisement of all the tracts because the ... this is, this is what the tracts look like now. You see they're slightly different but in other words this is Tract D-9 of Dena'Ina Point Estates as recorded on plat 84-107, so ... this is a concept we're asking for approval for, but when you grant the rezone you have to have the legal description and we don't have a legal description until we go through all that platting process." Commissioner Michou, "so all we got to do is get it platted and since we've already approved it as commercial, then we wind up with 13 quick stops or video rental stores and we've had it". Mr. McLane,- "in the I _. planning process, we have public hearings on the .... on the Row vacations and so forth, that have to go through that standard procedure and so forth but yes, once, if you approve a conditional rezone on this map, it is a rezone". Commissioner Michou, "I can't see the lines but 1 „ I'm saying if I can count 13 lots along the highway we could conceivable wind up with 13 small businesses". Mr. McLane, "the intent at this - - - - - --.-- time- these -were shown; --these interior -lines -were -shown at the time just - to show, just to give you an idea of some size that could be available, - =- - ---- - -- the intent now is to plat the ROW's so -the original intent of this �- - s i r „ ice.. r oy+ PLANNING & ZONING COMISSION k MAY 13, 198 7 Page 29 section 36 dispersal would be there. In other words, the access and the corridor for water lines to get to this street and to this street would be there. But essentially what we're asking for at this time is to have -, these blocks just the way they are, shown here. No further platting of+. small lots at this time. The platting would come some time in the future". Commissioner Smalley, "Is that not in a sense a replat then." Mr. McLane, "yes this is a replat. But what I'm saying is the replatting it . • ' # into the blocks as the city did with the entire Dena'Ina Point." Y Commissioner Church, "When you get to the final platting, say we do this and you _get to _the_ final platting doesn't it _come rack to us for ;} approval?" Mr. McLane, "yes, the platting for this and then when j; further subdivision is done with, when we get into the commercial you'll have your site plan review and your landscaping and all those reviews will be done, but if say, if there is a planned commercial development for this tract here, where someone doesn't want to development and I'm ' speculating into the future, to explain the process, doesn't want the - - full 7.1 acres, but wants this portion here, then that plat would come ' through the city." Planning Specialist Loper, "If I may help the Commission a little bit, we had a similar situation, and I think it was yours also, for Parsons S/D? On that the Commission gave approval of the rezoning and it was to . be contingent upon the filing of a final plat which would be coming before this Commission." Commissioner Smalley, "but right now the power lies with the city as far as the sale of that property of the conditions of the sale is that before it be resubdivided it would be paid for in - -_;- full. i think that's an agreement on the purchase contract. CHANGE To SIDE 2 OF TAPE. Councilman Wise, "...Really the administration and Council and the buyer, but is a material thing. The only comment I would make here is that I, as I understand what is being requested is conceptually do you agree with this. I would point out, a little bit in contrary to Mrs. Loper is that the, not in my mind, be necessarily be binding in the future. Is that, I think, you get a little play on words and though I don't claim to be an attorney, I think that you approve of developing, what they're asking, as I understand it, to approve further development of the concept. Which does mean that you cannot in the future turn down the concept. Its a little fine things that your not committing, as I would envisage it, you're not committing yourself to approving this as presented in final form, even the rezoning or anything. All you're doing is, maybe I've got Mr. McLane wrong but this is not an action which precludes you from reversing yourself in a future date. When you get the final plat and the deliberate delineation of the plats be discussed.- He is -very correct in that -he can't final approval because YOU don't know......" Planning Specialist Loper, "you don't have a ----- --' • - - legal description". Councilman -Wise, "you-don'-t -have a correct- legal -- description. You can't define some of these imaginary lines. On that S. - r - i PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION MAY 13, 1987 a� Page 30 i, basis I would say and I think it has to be arrived at between the applicant and the Commission is an understanding, are you committing to _ yourself to another step of approving a replat, vacations and so forth. If that's the request then I think you should be very careful about ... they are simply saying that as of this moment you have no problem with never continuing developing, finalizing this concept, that's something ;4 else again. Its a fine line of difference and I think its got to be ! .. _. ,. clarified, what you are doing and what you are being asked to do." 4� " Mr. McLane, "May I clarify that, I know that this is resulting in confusion here, but what we're requesting is a conditional approval contingent upon the filing of a final plat, recorded in the Kenai recording district that looks just like this that would overlay right -- - - -- here, it would actually -have a tract designation on this bearing and L distances and exact acreage and a recording stamp down here just like the original. Because like I said we have to go through the ROW vacation t process, the resurvey, the resubmittal of the plat and so forth into 1 the commercial configuration, that's a lot of work to go through its a lot more time on the Commission's part, we felt it would be better to get the conditional zoning request in, if you approved of the zoning and -, the land use then we would do the platting. If we went right now and .( went through that platting procedure, came in and just did a replat, assuming that the City administration and the Council would be agreeing to shifting the location of the ROWS and so forth and then got this done F and then came in and said ok, we want to rezone these areas I've outlined in brown to a general commercial designation and it was turned _ down, we would be left with a bunch of ROWS that weren't really in the best configuration for residential. And then we would have to go back through, vacate those and go back to the original. Thats why the intent was to come in and request a conditional rezone for these and the rezoning would be contingent upon a final plat that would have this configuration to show the new ROW locations, the screening easements would be platted and dedicated on the final plat. I call this concept, '.a call it a preliminary plat, but its really not a preliminary plat because it has not been submitted to any commission. That's why this i plat is in this configuration and when that was done it would relieve the contingency in the zoning, would become finalized". VOTE: r Motion passes it Church - yes - ` Michou - yes M, O'Reilly - no t. Osborne - no Smalley - no 'i Lewis - yes Bryson - yes - 5. APFROVAL OF MINUTES OF April 22, -1987 --- Minutes_ were approved as submitted 6. OLD BUSINESS " None r "I �­ a CITY OF KENAI '\_1 rod edjadal 4 41644a„ 210 FIDALGO KBNAb ALASKA 99611 TEWHON22U. 5 May 11, 1986 {' " TO: Council l `.� FROM: John J. William4c, Mayor i It is obvious by cur rent events that the Mayor overguessed probably know by now we do not the Legislature and as you the additional an$4of,the.se:�sion,Reasonsatr5s00iAM have obvious. In the last 1-12 were made and feelings were in the morning, some changes bill Assistance MthecFinanceCommittee -,M hurts and thesharing Chairman stalled by ,i was in my opinion we will now need to put heavy emphasis on the on the waste disposal request to the Boroug h for a surcharge facility. I would like to discuss the overall capital improvement By then we should know ideas further at the June 1meeting. further vetos will take place. if any { CITY OF KENAI "Od ed#W o1 4"„ 010 FIMMM MAI, ALA U W1 Is"N"1263 fbl8 .Commission Irighton 1yor TRIP REPORT 10 5/5 - 5/7/88 that shorter than previous reports due to ant with legislators and staff as we ae process. Your review of this report a will see if I am correct in my 1 will be funded at $500,000.00 will meet no resistance and will pass at al inson Loop Road money to City of Kenai 67,000.00 e and Revenue Sharing will be funded at ,nails share right at $400,000.00 arism bill and Kenai will lose our share 10 i are dead this year but Hugh Malone .th me to write a better bill next session Revenue Sharing portion at $400,000.00 is [ am proposing. -to -the, -Council the following In looking at the proposal, keep in mind tble funds to supplement these: Located to fund military task force to i and Air Rescue groups for Air Guard. I t . fi ,,0 J ' f _ �. I4 2. $50,000.00 - to begin funding of Bicentennial group and to absorb start up coats of flags, publicity, etc. 3. $100,000.00 - to be used for dock staging area - needed , t .i,_ because of denial of grant request. If we can get the proposed $BS,000.00 from the Borough, this money can revert = back. 4. $155,000.00 - to be used for construction of ballpark f facilities and picnic areas. In the even the present grant -� requesting $151,000.00 is approved, this money can revert } "J back. F -- -------;I 5. $70,000.00 - all remaining monies to go to road construction ., program, plus any monies from items 3 & 4 that may be .."- ..:..- available. A profile of our road construction fund looks like this: Remaining Balance $ 750,000.00 - - F Legislative Allocation 700,000.00 Robinson Loop Reallocation 67,000.00 Remaining HAWS monies 70,000.00 -• a Subtotal $1,587,000.00 s, In addition, there is the $300,000.00 plus for the Coral Street upgrade already out for proposals and funded from Airport Funds. There may _.,:::•: also be some roads and trails money available although not much. Council, I ask each of you to give strong consideration to my proposal ... for distribution of these funds. Remember, our projected General Fund balance for the end of the fiscal year is $7 million - our reserves are strong, our one year economic projection is good, and our debt services is not uncontrollable. The monies for dock staging area and ballpark development are both }.. strong economic boosters and will pay themselves back many times over ;;. as service fees and user spending rolls through the local economy. These items are strong economic corner stones and deserve funding. ti The items associated with military affairs is to put a major push on and to fund a task force I propose to pull together in June after my return from McGee Tyson Air Base. I will be meeting with Lt. Col. Doug - :,.. Clinton, Commander of the 168th Fuel Group, "Air National Guard" at 8ilson this week while in Fairbanks. He will be with us on the trip to Tennessee. His group is the first new Air Guard group to be formed in over 20 years. I am hoping that with his expertise I will have some new directions. One thing about this project is that the deeper I get into -it the .more . logical it -becomes - the. more people associated with it the closer to reality it becomes. 2 r L J - I The Bicentennial Project is also worthy of seed money - with this ,.;., beginning they have the where -with -all to really get moving and promote the project. I believe they deserve every consideration from Council and urge you to join me in this promotion. i Thank you Council for your time and consideration. I believe we have a r very successful year unrolling ahead of us. With these projects we 4 will also be continuing our Economic Development program. I hope to discuss these matters further with you at a work session I am now scheduling for 6:00 P.N., June 1, 1988 prior to the Council meeting. Lit • h John J. Williams - . - - Mayor • k W H o� WW.pZ o,�ti 004 a �Q00 �N W��cc 0cCD ono 0 Y Ncc h� i - O LL a 0 w 3 � O �i a cRS P,i r z_ 0 z 0 IL z a4c a Na F Ll P C c z z� aa.1�� 'w V Y. a a LL S US g= G A w Y = o a� C a ILL rt d 8 b > t9 �qq m L I11 CITY OF KENAI 1988.89 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS REQUEST FOR STATE GRANTS 1. VIP Subdivision - VIP/Lora DriveMatergate/$1,000,000 Ketch St. - Loop (Strip Paving) Z. Trading Bay( Drainage - Curbs & Gutters) 250,000 3. Swires - Spur to School (Strip Paving) and 330,000 School to Lawton (loop) (gravel) 4. Old Town - Upland, Highland, and Cook 650,000 (Paving & Includes some water and sewer) S. Linwood, Candlelight, Kaknu, Lawton, 850,000 Baker, Kiana (Paving) 8. East Allak and Highbush (Paving) 375,000 T. Kiana, Colonial, Steelhead & Kulila 450,000 (Gravel & Includes some water and sewer) 8. 1st, 2nd, and 3rd (East of Forest) (Gravel) 300,000 9. N. Spruce, Second, and Third 900,000 (Paving and includes some water and sewer) 10. HEM - Haller, Evergreen, McKinley, N. Gill, 1,100,000 2nd, 3rd, and 4th (Paving) Prior to initiating paving projects In residential areas through the use of State funds the City shall hold public hearings towards the formation of special assessment districts to partially fund projects listed under the Capital Improvements Project priority list. " y < i - - a..; The following projects are to be considered of health and safety importance: CITY 1. Street Lights $100,000 2. Fire Truck 240,000 STATE 1. Traffic Signal - Spur & Airport Way 2. Traffic Signal - Spur & Forest Dr. 3. Traffic Signal - Spur & Main St. 4. Wildwood ( Spur to State Prison) - Paving & Waterline 1. Data Bank, Economic Development Committee $ 50,000 2. City of Kenai Bicentennial Project 1791.1991 4,000,000 3. Recreation Facility Development 500,000 Uttle League $175,000 RN Park 200,000 Softball Fields (Parking, etc.) 125,000 4. Enlarge the Kenai Harbor Facility $1,250,000 This pamphlet was produced under the direction and approval of the Mayor and Council of the City of Kenai. Public meetings were held on this 1988.89 Capital improvement Projects Priority List. The Mayor and the Council of the City of Kenai pledge their affirmative vote for maintenance and operational costs of e Capital improvements Project lit stby Ress listed. The Council of the ( Resolution No. 87-64 on October 21, 1198ty of Kenai adopted t 1 &Resolutihis on No. 87.73 on December 2,1987. Council Mayor John J. Williams City Manager: Wm. J. Brigh Tom Ackerly Raymond Measles Bally Balile/Niar) O'Reilly Chris Monfor Public Works: Keith Kornai 1 Ron MalstoNLinda Swarner Finance: Charles Bros Art McComsey A I