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2001-11-21 Council Packet
Kenai City Council Meeting Packet November 21, 2001 AGENDA KENAI CITY COUNCIL- REG~~ MEETING NOVEMBER 21,2001 7:00 P.M. KENAI CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS http'//www.ci.kenai.ak.us ITEM A: CALL TO ORDER 1. Pledge of Allegiance 2. Roll Call 3. Agenda Approval 4. Consent Agenda *Ail items listed with an asterisk (*) are considered to be routine and non- controversial by the council and will be approved by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a council member so requests, in which case the item will be removed from the consent agenda and considered in its normal sequence on the agenda as part of the General Orders. ITEM B- SCHEDULED PUBLIC COMMENTS (10 minutes) , Representatives from Kenai Boy Scout Troop 357 and Nikiski Boy Scout Troop 660 -- Citizenship in the Community Merit Badge. ITEM C' . e PUBLIC HEARINGS Ordinance No. 1940-2001-- Increasing Estimated Revenues & Appropriations by $45,500 in the General Fund for Ice Maintenance. Remove from table. Consideration of ordinance. Resolution No. 2001-81 -- Awarding the Bid to Dr. Ice for Ice Maintenance and Refrigeration Technician Services - 2001 for the Total A~ount of $15,357.75 Per Month. Remove from table Consideration of resolution. Ordinance No. 1942-2001-- Amending KMC 14.20.280(c) to Remove the Requirement that Notification of Public Hearings be Sent Via Certified Mail. Ordinance No. 1943-2001-- Amending KMc 14.05.020 to Increase the Fee for Applications for Variances, Encroachments, Conditional Use Permits, and Amendments to the Kenai Zoning Code or the Official Map -1- . o o e . 10. 11. 12. from $100 to $200. Various Other Sections of Title 14 are Also Amended to Reflect This Change. Ordinance No. 1944-2001 -- Increasing Estimated Revenues and Appropriations by $20,000 in the General Fund and Kenai Coastal Trail Capital Project Fund for Additional Environmental and Permitting Work. Resolution No. 2001-86 - Donating Certain City-Owned Land Identified as Tract A, Baron Park Kenai Youth Addition, Located at the Marathon Road and HEA Access Road Intersection in Kenai, to the State of Alaska for the Location of a Youth Detention Facility. Resolution No. 2001-87 - Supporting the "Alaska's Children, Alaska's Future" Statewide Campaign to Achieve Proper Funding for Alaska's Schools and Adequate Funding for Every Alaskan Student. Resolution No. 2001-88 - Adopting a Street Name Change from 81 ~t Avenue SE to NOrth Strawberry Road. Resolution No. 2001-89 - Supporting Highway Improvements to the Sterling Highway {MP42-60) to Reduce Safety Hazards that Create Undue Risk of Injury and Road Closures on a Vital Link for the Western Part of the Kenai Peninsula. Resolution No. 2001-90 - Transferring $20,000 in the General Fund for Abatement of Dangerous Buildings. *Liquor License Renewal- Kenai Golf Course Cafe---Restaurant/Eating Place- Seasonal *Liquor License Renewal- Eagles #3525/Club ITEM D: . 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. ITEM E: Xe COMMISSION/COMMITTEE REPORTS Council on Aging Airport Commission Harbor Commission Library Commission Parks & Recreation Commission Planning & Zoning Commission Miscellaneous Commissions and Committees a. Beautification Committee b. Kenai Convention & Visitors Bureau Board c. Alaska Municipal League Report MINi/TES *Work Session of October 25,2001. - *Regular Meeting of November 7, 2001. -2- ITEM F: CORRESPONDENCE ITEM G: OLD BUSINESS o . ITEM H: Discussion- Kenai Coastal Trail/Bluff Restoration Project Approval- Aircraft Tie-Down Fees NEW BUSINESS ,, , Bills to be Paid, Bills to be Ratified e Purchase Orders Exceeding $2,500 . ITEM I: Discussion-- Request for FAA Funding-- Hotel/Convention Center Funding in Conjunction with Economic Development for the City. ADMINISTRATION REPORTS 1. Mayor 2. City Manager 3. Attorney 4. City Clerk 5. Finance Director 6. Public Works Managers 7. Airport Manager ITEM J: DISCUSSION 1. Citizens (five minutes) 2. Council EXECUTIVE SESSION- None Scheduled ITEM K: ADjouRNMENT -3- Z 0 ~L~]n'' vZ(/) (J <1: ~ >_ rr ~ Z(J3 n" Z (j ..j 0 ~.~o< o ~n-' x/Z03 LU 0 <~ ~ >. Z 0 > <1:0 i._ . --v n" Z U _j 0 ~~Oo<~~o > ~ ~ z~ ~0~ ~ ~ zujo ~~o<~o MAYOR'~ REPORT NOVEMBER 21,2001 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING SUBSTITUTE: SUBSTITUTE: CHANGES TO THE AGENDA C-1, Ordinance No. 1940-2001, as amended C-~, Resolution No. 2001-81, as amended REQUESTED BY: Administration Administration CONSENT AGENDA NO CHANGES. MAYOR'S REPORT Suggested by: Administration City of Kenai ORDINANCE NO. 1940-2001 AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA INCREASING ESTIMATED REVENUES AND APPROPRIATIONS BY $45,500 IN THE GENERAL' FUND FOR ICE MAINTENANCE. WHEREAS, the City of Kenai solicited bids for ice maintenance and refrigeration technician services at the Multi-purpose Facility; and WHEREAS, only one bid was received; and WHEREAS, the bid is $45,500 more than the $40,000 budgeted for ice maintenance; and WHEREAS, funds are available in the General Fund fund balance. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA, increase estimated revenues and appropriations in the General Fund as follows: General Fund Increase Estimated Revenues: Appropriation of Fund Balance $45,500 Increase Appropriations: Recreation Dept. - Professional Services $45,500 PASSED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA, this 21 st day of November, 2001. ATTEST: JOHN J. WILLIAMS, MAYOR Sheryl A. Padilla, Acting City Clerk Approved by Finance' (10/12/01} sj Introduced: Adopted: Effective: October 17, 2001 November 21,2001 November 21,2001 CITY OF KENAI KENAI PARKS & RECREATION 227 CAVIAR ST. KENAI, ALASKA 99611-7794 TELEPHONE 907-283-3855 1 907-283-7926 FAX 907-283-4675 'llJJ' MEMORANDUM TO: FROM' Linda Snow, City Manager Robert J. Frates, Parks & Recreation Directo/~ DATE: October 12, 2001 Ice Maintenance & Refrigeration Technician Services Bid , Bids for services for a qualified Ice Maintenance and Refrigeration Technician to perform custodial, ice, zamboni, and refdgeration maintenance at the Kenai Multi-Purpose Facility were solicited from September 14, 2001 until 2:00 p.m. October 9, 2001. A single bid was received. Based on the proposal, staffing would include 126 hours per week, Monday through Sunday and a monthly cost of $15,357.75. At this rate, we would have to sell 6 hours of ice time each day at $85.00 ($510.00/day, $15,810.00/month) to cover our maintenance expense. The overall cost to the City in the proposed bid is in access of our budgeted amount. Currently, we have budgeted $40,000 for ice maintenance. There is a shortfall of $45,000. If we were to proceed with this project, additional money would need to be appropriated. CITY OF KENA! KENAI PARKS & RECREATION 227 CAVIAR ST. KENAI, ALASKA 99611-7794 TELEPHONE 907-283-3855 / 907-283-7926 FAX 907-283-4675 KENAI MEMORANDUM TO: Linda Snow, City Manager FROM' Robert J. Frates, Parks & Recreation Director(~ DATE' November 1, 2001 Ice Maintenance Proposal As you know, DR Ice was the only bidder for the Ice Maintenance and Refrigeration Technician Services bid. Attached is a copy of the proposed scope of maintenance services provided by DR Ice. Additionally, DR Ice has also provided a general breakdown of proposed maintenance expenses. It appears as though the major cost related to the project is wages. Again, maintenance and operation is based on an 18 hour day, seven days per week. The approximate overall hourly rate in the bid proposal breaks down to be approximately $27.00 per hour. If one were to examine the possibility of cutting expenses, this may be a logical place to look. Cutting back to a 14 hour day would save approximately $1,200 in labor costs per month. Other areas outlined on the proposed maintenance expense list may be examined for purposes of cutting costs as well. However, it really boils down to whether DR Ice becomes responsible for making the purchases or the City of Kenai. Either way, it is still a Cost to the City. Attachment Colnparison of past anti possible future responsibilities for Contractor Past scope of maintenance services (1999 lo 2001) Installation ot: ice and lithe kits Zamboni maintena~ce Ice resurfacing, edgi~g, aclditio~al ice mai~te~ance Proposed scope of mainlenance services Staff increase o1: 200% Insurance it~crease of 350% Full time staffing as cotnl~ared I~> stafli~g ot~ly fi~r resurfacing Custodial duties Purchasing custodial supplies at~d tools Purchasing of' most applicable tnaintenance parts l'or Zamboni t-IDB Maintenance of'. boards, glass, surrounds Purchasing of' propane Ice installation and removal Purclmse and installatio~ ot' lithe kit Cost for stmrpening Za~nboni blades Training session tot' selected City of Kenai e~np[oyees Ne{ lacing Refi'igeration System' Staff-ups, Shutdowns, monitoring, logging, routine oiling and greasing~ oil changes Page 2 · .. RECOMMENDED PRESEASON MAINTENANCE FOR ZAMBONI HDB The Ibllowing is a list of maimenance duties that DR Ice recommends addressing for the Zamboni HDB Resurfacer before ice is installed for the 2001/2002 season. We make these recommendations based on our '-. experience as the operators of this specific Zamboni these past two seasons. DR Ice estimates 10-14 days labor to complete the following duties- Down pressure system The ram and yoke assembly need to be thoroughly inspected as well as the hydraulic cylinder. We feel this is the probable cause for the conditioner assembly not properly "bleeding down" when the engine is shut down. (DR Ice to proVide labor) Dump tank The interior of the dump tank needs to be painted to allow the snow to be completely dumped. The cabling system needs to be adjusted and or replaced so that the tank is properly aligned as it sets back onto the chassis. (DR Ice to provide parts and labors) Water tank The rear ice-making tank needs to be removed and patched, as there is a small leak evident. (DR Ice to provide parts and labors) Wash water system The impeller needs to be replaced. It burned out at the end of last season when we were using the system to pull standing water from the ice surface during warm periods. (DR Ice to provide parts and labors) Vertical and horizontal augers The bearings in both auger systems need to be replaced and the tension on the horizontal auger chain needs to' be adjusted. Upon inspection it may' be evident that the chain and sprocket needs to be replaced it also may be evident that the horizontal auger needs to be replaced. When the Zamboni was delivered DR Ice noted that the horizontal auger had bent components and this causes unwanted vibration and can lead to damage of the bearings and shaft. (DR Ice to provide labor) Zamboni blades Page 3 Prior to the installation of a blade, all four blades need to be'sharpened and - then a sharpened blade needs to be installed and adjusted on the unit. (DR Ice to provide parts and labors) Fluids and filters The engine oils and filters need to be changed and the filter, and possibly~' fluid on the hydraulic system needs to be changed. (DR Ice to provide parts and labors) Throttle linkage The throttle linkage needs to be replaced and adjusted so that the assembly comes to a full stop in the recommended rpm range. (DR Ice to provide parts and labors) Squeegee and spreader cloth Both need to be replaced. (DR Ice to provide parts and labors) Snow chute Currently the machine is operating withoUt a snow chute and a new chute must be purchased and installed on the machine. (DR Ice to provide parts and labors) Engine conveners Possibility of propane convener replacement needs to be investigated. Diaphragms and seals dry out from propane and sitting idle for several · months. (DR Ice to provide labor) Tune up Points, distributor cap, and spark plugs need to be replaced. (DR Ice to provide parts and labors) Board brush A new brush needs to be purchased and installed. (DR Ice to provide parts and labors) Inspect u-joints and differential yokes (DR Ice to provide labor) Grease and lubricate entire resurfacer (DR Ice to provide parts and labor) SCOPE OF SERVICES Page 4 ICE RESURFACING AND ICE MAINTENANCE The ice resurfacing and general ice maimenance operations needed at this facility are subjective to many factors normally not considered at many other ice facilities. As the building is not fully enclosed this poses two main areas of consideration for ice maintenance: Weather and non-paying user groups during daytime and evening hours. Weather The weather will still be an area of constant monitoring. If the weather is too warm than the refrigeration will need to be adjusted to keep the ice at a stable but finn temp to allow proper resilience in the ice. In the previous two seasons we were happy to have as much ice as we could make, however, with the refrigeration system the ice needs to be kept at proper thickness so that the system runs efficiently and the surface remains level and lines visible. When the weather is excessively cold the system will shut down, as it may not be necessary for ice stability. However, the surface must be intensely maintained so that fi'acturing or excessive ice buildup does not occur. Non-paying user groups This factor is a positive influence in that the general public has access to the facility when paid user groups are not on the ice. The Kenai Facility is a unique forum in that it provides a large amount of free public ice usage on a professionally maintained and refrigerated surface. The negative aspect of non-paying user groups must also be considered. Non-supervised children on the ice, past vandalism to the ice surface and boards as well as a strong potential for future incidents needs to be considered for staffing. The large mounts of ice that are "skated off' during hours when the facility is not staffed will play a large factor in morning resurfacing requirements and ice temperature set points. These two factors, weather and non-paying user groups, should be strongly considered in the management and maintenance schemes for the facility. Scheduling, security, highly visible and enforced roles, and constant attention to the ice surface and its surrounds should be imperative in the Page 5 operation of the facility. DR Ice believes these issues can be kept in balance and the facility can still function as a positive fixture in providing free ice time to the general public as well as an excellent forum for paying user groups. DR Ice employees would perform all ice resurfacing and ice maintenanc/~:~-' operations. Ice resurfacing and additional ice maintenance would be performed at scheduled intervals based on user group times. One morning each week would be dedicated to intense resurfacing operations for the purpose of leveling the ice. Ice resurfacing would also be performed each morning between 6:00 am and 8'00 am to repair damage to the ice from general public use (i.e. skating during late night and early morning hours). Ice resurfacing would be performed prior to and after outlined designated public skate sessions. DR Ice strongly recommends that the City of Kenai purchase, a powered ice edger. During the previous two seasons ice edging was performed by hand with edgers. As the facility is now refrigerated, a powered professional ice edger will be instrumental in providing safe and economic ice conditions on the perimeter of the sheet. Cost for an edger is approximately $1950.00. Training for City of Kenai key personnel DR Ice agrees to provide a mining program for selected City of Kenai personnel. This training program shall be limited to providing a brief overview of standard resurfacing and ice making operations and provide a brief systems overview of the refrigeration system. DR Ice asks that the City of Kenai understand that training will be limited by parameters allowed by the contractors insurance carrier. Zamboni maintenance DR Ice agrees to perform all regular maintenance to the Zamboni Resurfacer as specified in the manufacturer guidelines. All regular maintenance performed would also be in accordance with the City of Kenai's specificatiom outlined in this request for bid. Fuel Page 6 DR Ice agrees to purchase all propane fuel necessary to mn the Zamboni Resurfacer. DR Ice requests that the City of Kenai provides a bulk propane tank on the property. Maintenance of dasher boards and lexan glass .2.; DR Ice agrees to perform minor repair of rink dasher boards and replacement of lexan. DR Ice requests that the City of Kenai provide necessary replacement materials as needed. DR Ice would provide appropriate cleaning compounds and perform regular cleaning and buffing of lexan as needed. Refrigeration System DR Ice agrees to perform start up and shut down of system on an "as needed" basis. As the system will act as a booster during warmer periods the system will need additional monitoring (i.e. start up and shut down dependent upon outside air temperatures). DR Ice would perform daily monitoring, logging, and any preventative maintenance necessary and recommended by the manufacturer. DR Ice would also provide the City of Kenai with an end of season operatiom overview. DR Ice recommends that the City of Kenai install an auto dialer within the refrigeration system. This feature would allow the refrigeration system to inform the operators of power outages and any problems occurring within the recommended operating parameters, of the system. Approximate cost for an auto dialer is $800.00 plus installation. Custodial operations DR Ice would perform custodial labor and provide supplies adequate to clean the public restrooms, warming homes, resurfacer room, refrigeration room, and players boxes. Heavy custodial operations would be performed prior to public skate and paid user group times. DR Ice understands that City of Kenai would provide supplies (toilet paper, sanitary napkins, and hand soap) to stock public restrooms. DR Ice requests that the City of Kenai provide an on site Dumpster and trash removal service. Staffing as pertaining to scope of services Page7 When traffic is heavy on the ice during open facility hours, resur£acing . operations should be performed at no more than 2-hour intervals to allow the surface to remain in a safe and skateable condition. These varying degrees in usage should also be considered for the economic and operating efficiency of the refi'igeration system. DR Ice proposes the following two options for scheduling and asks that it be understood that the cost of liability insurance is the same for I hour or 24 hours of staffing each day. Maintenance StaWmg Proposal Monday through Sunday 6am- 12 AM Total weekly staffing 126 hours Monthly cost to City of Kenai $15,357.75 This proposal is based upon a season fi'om November 1,2001 through April 20,2002. If the season extends past April 20,2002 then each day would be prorated at $490.00. If the contract were started between November 2,2001 and November 30,2001 then each day would be prorated at $490.00. If the City of Kenai requested a 12-hour day for periods before initial ice installation or aRer final ice removal, then each 12-hour day would be pro- rated at $390.00. Ice revenue vs. Ice and Facility contracted maintenance costs If the City of Kenai sells a minimum of 5 hours of ice time each day at $95.00/hour ($475.00/day, $14,725.00/momh) then the sales of ice time would cover over 96% of monthly contracted ice maintenance and custodial costs. This figure does not take into consideration the sale of advertising in its many different forms. This comparison is based on the low weekly average of ice bookings seen during the past two seasom. *DR Ice recommends that a maintenance contract should commence two · weeks prior to the installation of ice to allow time for maintenance to be completed to the Zamboni resurfacer. DR Ice also recommends that the contract should extend one week past the final shut down of the refrigeration system to allow for end of season maintenance on machinery, facilities, and refrigeration system. Page 8 02Y~gy1900 0 :55 FROM P.91 Gener ti breakdown of proposed maintenance expenses (all c~, t, shown are I~r season with the exception of labor which is noted) Expens s for routine maintenance of Zamboni resurfneer: Blade si arpening Squccg~ ~ Boa~ t x=~hes Spreack · cloths Tune-ul. kits l-l~u i¢ and engi~ fluids l-lydrau ic and engine filters Lubric~ ~ts Propar~ converters Hodzo~ tal and vertical auger ~arings Estima ed parts total: $1500.~ per season Expen., ~ for necessary preseason maintenance of Znmboni resurfncer: Down I rcssum system Dump ~ mk painting and cable replacement Water Itnk patcb~n~ Wash v azer system impeller rcp~ccme~ Throttl, linkage replacement U-joint and diff~rcmJal yoke possible replacement Replao ~ of snow chute Estima :ed parts total: $ 400.00 Expert: es for toob and lubricants for Fefiigcration system: ~ Lflow(rcclaimer) Yacum ~ pump Mnni~ .d Oil FJtlnu ted parts total: 5TJ175.00 Exp~ es for custodial supplies: Floor ~ eaners Toile~ anitizing solutions Urinal ~rodu~s Cleani g tools Perso~ d protection accessories TOTRL P · 91 02/09Y1900 0 :56 FROM Applicm on tools Mark re- ~oval products Lexan c tuners supply total: $1100.00 Expens s for ice m~intenance: Crysmll lex line kit Ice clea s Squee~, es Shoveb Scra~ ~ Hand si ray tank Rollers Scribe Estima ed products torsi: Expen: es for propane: $1800.00 Expen.' c for labor and payroll taxes (this category shown on a monthly basis): 18 hou s/day ~ 7 days/week: 126 hours/week, 540 hota~month (based on 30 day/month avcr~, plus 5% ov~ factor for hourly employees: Partnm ;: 60 hours/week Emplo' 'ee: 30 ho~s/week Emplo 'ce: 30 hours/week Emp~ ~ee: I0 hours/week Total ~ .atT. 5 Total, Xl~m~ for wages per month: $10,400.00 Expem ~e~ for imu~ce: $2700.00 i Avera ;e monthly estimated operational expenses: $12,662.50 M MO: CITY OF KENAI 210 FIDALGO AVE., SUITE 200 KENAI, ALASKA 99611-7794 TELEPHONE 907-283-7535 ~ FAX 907-283-3014 ~ TO' Linda Snow, City Manager FROM' Robert Frates, Parks & Rec. Director~ DATE: November 15, 2001 SUBJECT: Ice Maintenance Alternatives Currently, a total of 607.50 hours of ice are reserved based over a 20-week ice season at the Multi-Purpose Facility. The primary hours booked are from 12:00 p.m. to 1'30 p.m. (public skate) and 2:00 p.m. to ~0:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. The primary hours booked during Saturdays and Sundays are 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., 12:0Op.m. to 1:30 p.m. (public skate), and 1:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. The monthly breakdown is as follows' December 153.50 hours January 162.50 hours February 157.50 hours March 135,00 hours April (1-15)0.0 hours Based on the above ice reservations, $51,637.50 worth of ice is sold (607.50 hrs x $85/hr). Average ice sales per month are currently 151 hours. The average ice sales per week are 37.50 hours. The net worth of sales could be influenced by cancellations and/or additional bookings. Additionally, the weekly revenue is $3,187.50 (37.50 hrs x $85) and the monthly revenue is $12,835.00 (151 hrs x $85). The following spreadsheet outlines some alternatives to consider coupled with an explanation. Attachment i C A, C) 0 !0 0 0 CC) O) 0 C~ 0 0 c'~ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A A A M MO:. CITY OF KENAI 210 FIDALGO AVE., SUITE 200 KENAI, ALASKA 99611-7794 TELEPHONE 907-283-7535 FAX 907'-283-3014 " ~ I~J~Z TO' FROM' Linda Snow, City Manager Robert Frates, Parks & Rec. Director~ DATE' November 15, 2001 SUBJECT: Ice Maintenance Alternatives Currently, a total of 607.50 hours of ice are reserved based over a 20-week ice season at the Multi-Purpose Facility. The primary hours booked are from 12:00 p.m. to 1'30 p.m. (public skate) and 2:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. The primary hours booked during Saturdays and Sundays are 8:00 a.m. to 12'00 p.m., 12:00, p.m. to 1'30 p.m. (public skate), and 1'30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. The monthly breakdown is as follows: December 153.50 hours January 162.50 hours February 157.50 hours March 135.00 hours April (1-15)0.0 hours Based on the above ice reservations, $51,637.50 worth of ice is sold (607.50 hrs x $85/hr). Average ice sales per month are currently 151 hours. The average ice sales per week are 37.50 hours. The net worth of sales could be influenced by cancellations and/or additional bookings. Additionally, the weekly revenue is $3,187.50 (37.50 hrs x $85) and the monthly revenue is $12,835.00 (151 hrs x $85). The following spreadsheet outlines some alternatives to consider coupled with an explanation. Attachment 0 o ~_ -o 'o o o o o o 0 o o o o o o o o o o C~l o c~ co o o o co o o c~ o o o o o o o o c~ o 00 o I'~ o o Suggested by' Administration CITY OF KENAI RF~OLUTION NO. 2001-81 A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASIC~, AWARDING THE BID TO DR. ICE FOR ICE MAINTENANCE & REFRIGERATION TECHNICIAN SERVICES - 2001 FOR THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $15,357.75 PER MONTH. WHEREAS, the following bid was received on October 9,2001: BIDDER Dr. Ice TOTAL $15,357.75 per month WHEREAS, Dr. Ice's bid was the only bid received; and, WHEREAS, Dr. Ice's bid meets the bid specifications; and, WHEREAS, the recommendation from the City Administration is to award the bid to Dr. Ice; and, WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Kenai has determined that Dr. Ice's bid is a responsible bid and award to this bidder would be in the best interest of the City; and, WHEREAS, sufficient monies are appropriated. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA, that the bid for Ice Maintenance & Refrigeration Technician Services- 2001 be awarded to Dr. Ice for the total amount of $15,357.75 per month. PASSED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE November. CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA, this 21 st day of JOHN J. WILLIAMS, MAYOR ATTEST: Sheryl A. Padilla, Acting _City Clerk Approved by Finance: ~~ Suggested by: Administration CITY OF KENAI ORDINANCE NO. 1942-2001 AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA, AMENDING KMC 14.20.280(c) TO REMOVE THE REQUIREMENT THAT NOTIFICATION OF PUBLIC HEARINGS BE SENT VIA CERTIFIED MAIL. WHEREAS, certified mailings are not required by state law; and WHEREAS, other cities on the Kenai Peninsula no longer use certified mailings for public hearing notifications; and WHEREAS, certified mailings require extra expense; and WHEREAS, Planning Department personnel can certify that they mailed the notices as required; and WHEREAS, recipients of certified mailings are often inconvenienced by having to go to the post office to pick up the mailings and sign for them; and WHEREAS, it appears that sending public hearing notices via regular U.S. mail is adequate. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA that KMC 14.20.280(c) if hereby amended to read: 14.20.280 Public hearings and notifications. (c) Property Owner Notification: Notification shall be mailed [SENT BY CERTIFIED MAIL] to real property owners on record on the borough assessor's records within a three hundred-foot (300') periphery of the parcel affected by the proposed action. This notice shall be marled not less than ten (10) days prior to the date of hearing. When a public hearing is to be held about a proposed zoning ordinance amendment involving a change in the text or major district boundary changes, no notification of neighboring property owners shall be required, but notices shall be displayed in at least three {3) public places. PASSED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA, this 21st day of November 2001. ATTEST: JOHN J. WILLIAMS, MAYOR Sheryl A. Padilla, Acting City Clerk Introduced: Adopted: Effective: November 7, 2001 November 21,2001 December 21,2001 CITY OF KENAI PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION PZ01-56 A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA, RECOMMENDING TO THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA, THAT KMC 14.20.280(c) BE AMENDED TO REMO~ THE REQUI~MENT THAT NOTIFICATION OF PUBLIC HEARINGS BE SENT VIA CERTIFIED MAIL. WHEREAS, certified mailings are not required by state law; and WHEREAS, other cities on the Kenai Peninsula no longer use certified mailings for public hearing notifications; and WHEREAS, certified mailings require extra expense; and WHEREAS, Planning Department personnel can certify that they mailed the notices as required; and WHEREAS, recipients of certified mailings are often inconvenienced by having to go to the post office to pick up the mailings and sign for them; and WHEREAS, it appears that sending public hearing notices via regular U.S. mail is adequate. NOW, THEREFORE, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDS THAT THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA AMEND KMC 14.20.280(c) to read: ' 14.20.280 Public hearings and notifications. (c) Property. Owner Notification': Notification shall be marled [SENT BY CERTIFIED MAIL] to real property owners on record on the borough assessor's records within a three hundred-foot (300') periphery of the parcel affected by the proposed action. This notice shall be mailed not less than ten (10) days prior to the date of hearing. When a public hearing is to be held about a proposed zoning ordinance amendment involving a change in the text or major district boundary changes, no notification of neighboring property owners shall be required, but notices shall be displayed in at least three (3) public places. PASSED BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA, this 24~ day of October 2001. ,~ . ~ . . ** . . . . I I I I c~ ~ ~I ~ 0 ee ~ ..... ~ ~ ~ -~ ~ o o, "? "? "" '"F "' '7 "F "?' ~ ~ N N N N N N N N N N N N N ~ o o o o o o o o o o o o o I I I I 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 I ~ N N N N N N N N © I 0 0 0 Suggested by: Administration CITY OF KENAI ORDINANCE NO. 1943-2001 AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA, AMENDING KMC 14.05.020 TO INCREASE THE FEE FOR APPLICATIONS FOR VARIANCES, ENCROACHMENTS, CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS, AND AMENDMENTS TO THE KENAI ZONING CODE OR THE OFFICIAL MAP FROM $100 TO $200. VARIOUS OTHER SECTIONS OF TITLE 14 ARE ALSO AMENDED TO REFLECT THIS CHANGE. WHEREAS, applications for variances, encroachments, conditional use permits and amendments to the zoning code and the official map require public hearings; WHEREAS, the code requires that public hearings be advertised and that property owners within 300' of the affected property be notified by mail; and WHEREAS, the current rate of $100 has not been changed since it was implemented in 1984; and WHEREAS, the cost of processing applications has increased; and WHEREAS, applicants should pay their own processing fees rather than having the general public pay them. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA that KMC 14.05.020 is hereby amended to read as follows: SECTION I , 14.05.020 Fees. In order to defray the expenses connected with the consideration of applications for variances, [AND] encroachment permits, conditional use permits, and amendments to the Kenai Zoning Code or Official Map, the person presenting the application shall pay [TO THE CITY CLERK] a fee in the amount of [ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100.00)] two hundred dollars ($200). [A FEE IN THE AMOUNT OF ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100.00) SHALL ACCOMPANY AN APPLICATION FOR AMENDMENT TO THE KENAI ZONING CODE OR OFFICIAL MAP.] Whether an application is granted or denied by the Commission, the petitioner or applicant shall not be entitled to the return of the fee paid. SECTION II 14.20.150(b)(6) Conditional Use Permits. (b) Applications. Applications for a conditional use permit shall be filed in writing with the Planning Department. The application shall include, but is not limited to, the following: (1} Name and address of the applicant; Ordinance No. 1943-2001 Page 2 of 4 (2) Verification by the owner of the property concerned if other than the applicant; (3) A legal description of the property involved; (4) A description of the proposed use; (5) Dimensioned plot plans showing the location of all existing and proposed buildings or alteration, and such data as may b~ required; and (6) The appropriate fee as set out in 14.05.020. SECTION III 14.20.151 Application for conditional use permit for surface extraction of natural resources. An application for a conditional use permit to engage in the surface extraction of natural resources shall be in writing on a form supplied by the City of Kenai and shall be filed with the administrative official, along with the requisite fees as set out in 14.05.020. All applications shall be accompanied by the following documents and information' SECTION IV 14.20.180 Variance permits. (a) Intent: A variance means the relaxation of the development requirements of this chapter to provide relief when the literal enforcement would deprive a property owner of the reasonable use of his real property. {b} Permit Application' An application for a variance permit shall be fried in writing w/th the administrative official and signed by the owner of the property concerned. (1) The application shall contain the following: (A) A legal description of the property involved; (B) Plans showing the location of all existing and proposed buildings or alterations, elevations of such buildings or alterations, and such data as may be required. (C) IA NON-REFUNDABLE DEPOSIT/ADVERTISING] The a~_~rovriate fee [OF ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100.00)] as set out in 14.05.020. (c) Review Criteria: The Commission shall establish a finding that all of the conditions have been found to exist as a prerequisite to issuance of a variance permit. (1) Special conditions or circumstances are present which are peculiar to the land or structures involved which are not applicable to other lands or structures in the same land use or zoning district. (2) The special conditions or circumstances have not been caused by actions of the applicant and such conditions and circumstances do not merely constitute pecuniary hardship or inconvenience. {3) The granting of the variance shall not authorize a use that Ordinance No. 1943-2001 Page 3 of 4 is not a permitted principal use in the zoning district in which the property is located. · (4) The granting of a variance shall be the minimum variance that will provide for the reasonable use of the land and/or structure. (5) The granting of a variance shall not be based upon othe/-'-, non-conforming land uses or structures within the same land use or zoning district. (d) Public Hearing: The public hearing and notification procedure for a variance application shall be accomplished in accordance with the requirements of this chapter. [THE APPLICANT SHALL BE REQUIRED TO PAY A ONE HUNDRED DOLLAR ($100.00) NONREFUNDABLE FEE TO COVER THE COSTS OF THE PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE.] SECTION V 14.20.185 Encroachment permits. (a) Definitions. "Encroachment" means any object or structure above or below ground and constructed or located in a manner other than set forth in the Development Requirements Table. (b) Intent. An encroachment permit is the relaxation of the development requirements of this chapter to remedy encroachments which do not fall under Section 14.20.050, nonconforming uses and which satisfy the requirements of financial institutions. {c) Permit Application. An application for an encroachment permit shall be filed in writing with the City Planning Department and signed by the owner of the property concerned or representative of the owner. The a_l~¢ropriate IA] fee [OF ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100.00)] as set out in 14.05.020 shall be paid [TO THE CITY OF KENAI] at the time the permit application is fried. SECTION VI 14.20.270 Amendment procedures. (a) Intent: This section shall govern any amendment to the Kenai Zoning Code and Official Map. (b) Initiation of Zoning Code and Official Map Amendments. (1) Amendments to the Kenai Zoning Code and Official Map may be initiated by: (A) Kenai City Council; ~ (B) Kenai Planning and Zoning Commission; (C) Submission of a petition by a majority of the property owners in the area to be rezoned; (D) Submission of a petition bearing the signatures of fifty (50) registered voters within the City of Kenai to amend the ordinance text; (E) Submission of a petition as provided by the Home Rule Charter of the City of Kenai. (2) Amendments to the Official Zoning Map shall be considered only if the area to be rezoned contains a minimum of one (1) Ordinance No. 1943-2001 Page 4 of 4 acre (excluding street or alley rights-of-way) unless the amendment enlarges an adjacent district boundary. (3) A proposed amendment to the zoning ordinance which is substantially the same as any other proposed amendment submitted within the previous nine (9) months and which was not approved shall not be considered. -'; (4) The zoning amendment request shall include the names and addresses of the applicant, a map showing the area involved, the present and proPosed zoning, the appropriate IA NON-REFUNDABLE DEPOSIT/ADVERTISING] fee as set out in 14.05.020 [ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100.00)]~ and any other pertinent information requested by the City. SECTION VII 14.20.280 Public hearings and notifications. (/) Fees: Due to the costs involved in public hearings and notifications, any person filinE an application that requires a public hearing shall pay a non-refundable fee as set out in KMC 14.05.020. PASSED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA, this 21st day of November 2001. ATTEST: JOHN J. WILLIAMS, MAYOR Sheryl A. Padilla, Acting City Clerk Introduced: Adopted: Effective: November 7, 2001 November 21,2001 December 21,2001 CITY OF KENAI PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION PZ01-55 A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF ~NAI, ALASKA, RECOMMENDING TO THE; COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI THAT KMC 14.05.020 BE AMENDED TO INCREASE THE FEE FOR APPLICATIONS FOR VARIANCES, ENCROACHMENTS, CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS, AND AMENDMENTS TO THE KENAI ZONING CODE OR THE OFFICIAL MAP FROM $100 TO $200. VARIOUS OTHER SECTIONS OF TITLE 14 ARE ALSO AMENDED TO REFLECT THIS CHANGE. WHEREAS, applications for variances, encroachments, conditional use permits and amendments to the zoning code and the official map require public hearings; WHEREAS, the code requires that public hearings be advertised and that property owners within 300' of the affected property be notified by mail; and WHEREAS, the current rate of $100 has not been changed since it was implemented in 1984; and WHEREAS, the cost of processing applications has increased; and . WHEREAS, applicants should pay their own processing fees rather than having the general public pay them. NOW, THEREFORE, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDS THAT THE COUNCIL CF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA AMEND KMC 14.05.020 as follows' SECTION I 14.05.020 Fees. In order to defray the expenses connected with the consideration of applications for variances, [AND] ..encroachment permits, conditional use permits, and amendments to the Kenai Zoning Code or Official Map, the person presenting the application shall pay [TO THE CITY CLERK] a fee in the amount of [ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100.00)] two hundred dollars {$2.00). [A FEE IN THE AMOUNT OF ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS {$100.00) SHALL ACCOMPANY AN APPLICATION FOR AMENDMENT TO THE KENAI ZONING CODE OR OFFICIAL MAP.] Whether an application is granted or denied by the Commission, the petitioner or applicant shall not be entitled to the return of the fee paid. SECTION II 14.20.150(b}{6) Conditional Use Permits. Resolution PZ01- 55 Page 2 of 4 (b) Applications. Applications for a conditional use permit shall be filed in writing with the Planning Department. The application shall include, but is not limited to, the following: (1) Name and address of the applicant; (2) Verification by the owner of the property concerned if other than the applicant; (3) A legal description of the property involved; (4) A description of the proposed use; (5) Dimensioned plot plans showing the location of all existing and proposed buildings or alteration, and such data as may be required; and (6) The appropriate fee as set OUt in 14.05.020. SECTION III 14.20.151 Application for conditional use permit for surface extraction of natural resources. An application for a conditional use permit to engage in the surface extraction of natural resources shall be in writing on a form supplied by the City of Kenai and shall be filed with the administrative official, along with the requisite fees as set out in 14.05.020. All applications shall be accompanied by the following documents and information: SECTION IV 14.20.180 Variance permits. (a) Intent: A variance means the relaxation of the development requirements of this chapter to provide relief when the literal enforcement would deprive a property owner of the reasonable use of his real property. (b) Permit Application: An application for a variance permit shall be filed in writing with the administrative official and signed by the owner of the property concerned. (1) The application shall contain the following: (A) A legal description of the property involved; (B) Plans showing the location of all existing and proposed buildings or alterations, elevations of such buildings or alterations, and such data as may be required. (C) [A NON-REFUNDABLE DEPOSIT/ADVERTISING] The avvrovriate fee [OF ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100.00)] as set out in 14.05.020. (c) Review Criteria: The Commission shall establish a finding that all of the conditions have been found to exist as a prerequisite to issuance of a variance permit. (1) Special conditions or circumstances are present which are peculiar to the land or structures involved which are not applicable to other lands or structures in the same land use or zoning district. (2) The special conditions or circumstances have not been caused by actions of the applicant and such conditions and circumstances do not Resolution PZ01- 55 Page 3 of 4 merely constitute pecuniary hardship or inconvenience. (3) The granting of the variance shall not authorize a use that is not a permitted principal use in the zoning district in which the property is located. (4) The granting of a variance shall be the minimum variance that will provide for the reasonable use of the land and/or structure. (5) The granting of a variance shall not be based upon other non- conforming land uses or structures within the same land use or zoning district. (d) Public Hearing: The public hearing and notification procedure for a variance application shall be accomplished in accordance with the requirements of this chapter. [THE APPLICANT SHALL BE REQUIRED TO PAY A ONE HUNDRED DOLLAR ($100.00) NONREFUNDABLE FEE TO COVER THE COSTS OF THE PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE.] SECTION V 14.20.185 Encroachment permits. (a) Definitions. "Encroachment" means any object or structure above or below ground and constructed or located in a manner other than set forth in the Development Requirements Table. (b} Intent. An encroachment permit is the relaxation of the development requirements of this chapter to remedy encroachments which do not fall under Section 14.20.050, nonconforming uses and which satisfy the requirements of financial institutions. (c) Permit Application. An application for an encroachment permit shall be filed in writing with the City Planning Department and signed by the owner of the property concerned or representative of the owner. The aDDropriate IAI fee [OF ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100.00)] as set out in 14.05.020 shall be paid [TO THE CITY OF KENAI] at the time the permit application is filed. SECTION VI 14.20.270 A~endment procedures. (a) Intent: This section shall govern any amendment to the Kenai Zoning Code and Official Map. {b) Initiation of Zoning Code and Official Map Amendments. (1) Amendments to the Kenai Zoning Code and Official Map may be initiated by: {A) Kenai City Council; (B) Kenai Planning and Zoning Commission; (C) Submission of a petition by a majority of the property owners in the area to be rezoned; (D) Submission of a petition bearing the signatures of fifty (50) registered voters within the City of Kenai to amend the ordinance text; (E) Submission of a petition as provided by the Home Rule Charter of the City of Kenai. Resolution PZ01- 55 Page 4 of 4 (2) Amendments to the Official Zoning Map shall be considered only if the area to be rezoned contains a minimum of one (1) acre (excluding street or alley fights-of-way) unless the amendment enlarges an adjacent district boundary. (3) A proposed amendment to the zoning ordinance which is substantially the same as any other proposed amendment, submitted within the previous nine (9) months and which was not approved shall not be considered. (4) The zoning amendment request shall include the names and addresses of the applicant, a map showing the area involved, the present and proposed zoning, the appropriate IA NON-REFUNDABLE DEPOSIT/ADVERTISING] fee as set out in 14.05.020 [ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100.00)]~ and any other pertinent information requested by the City. SECTION VII 14.20.280 Public hearings and notifications. (f) Fees: Due to the costs involved in public hearings and notifications, any person filing an application that requires a public hearing shall pay a non-refundable fee as set out in KMC 14.05.020. PASSED BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA, this 24a day of October 2001. Suggested by: Administratio: City of Kenai ORDINANCE NO. 1944-:2001' AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA INCREASING ESTIMATED REVENUES AND APPROPRIATIONS BY $20,000 IN THE GENERAL FUND AND KENAI COASTAL TRAIL CAPITAL PROJECT FUND FOR ADDITIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND PERMITTING WORK. WHEREAS, $125,000 has been previously appropriated in the Kenai Coastal Trail Capital Project Fund and all funding has come from the General Fund; and WHEREAS, $20,000 additional is needed to continue the environmental and permitting work; and WHEREAS, funds are available for appropriation in the fund balance of the General Fund. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA that estimated revenues and appropriations be increased as follows: General Fund Increase Estimated Revenues: Appropriation of Fund Balance $20:000 Increase Appropriations: Non-departmental - Transfer to Capital Project Fund $20:000 Kenai Coastal Trail Capital Proiect Fund Increase Estimated Revenues: Transfer from General Fund $20.000 , Increase Appropriations: Administration Engineering $ 1,000 19,000 $20:000 PASSED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA, this 2 l't day of November, 2001. ATTEST: JOHN J. WILLIAMS, MAYOR Sheryl A. Padilla, Acting City Clerk Approved by Finance' ~~ (11/01/2001) jl ' Introduced: Adopted: Effective: November 7, 2001 November 21,2001 November 21,2001 1506 West $6th Avenue · Anchorage, Alaska 99503 · gO7.S61-1011 · Fax 907-563-4220 November l, 2001 Keith Komelis Public Works Manager 210 Fidalgo Ave., Suite 200 Kenai, Alaska 99611-7794 PND 99072.03 Subject: Kenai Coastal Trail Engineer/ng Services Dear Mr. Komelis' This letter presents PN&D's proposal to provide continuing engineering services for permi~ng work on the Kenai Coastal Trail. We have expended our approved budget for work on this project and propose that subsequent work, beginning November 1, 2001, be billed on a time and materials basis in accordance with our attached standard ram schedule. PN&~D has an authorized budget of $62,000 under our existing Professional Consulting Services Agreement with City of Kenai for work on the ~nvimnmen~ennitting Phase of the Kenai · Coastal Trail project (City purchase order g41399). ~ budget was to cover Tasks 1-6 in the ~e of work, inehding (1) agency and official eontae~ (2) Kenai Dunes impac~ assessment, ' (3) fiver baflaymetric and shoreline survey, (4) pre-application permitting meeting,' (5) prep~on and submittal of permit applications, and (6) permi~g coordi~on. Each of these tasks has been completed at thi~ time. Our scope of work also included a seventh task to cover additional studie~ required as pan of thc p~rmi~ng process, with costs to be determin~ dep~ng on thc magnimfle of the work involved. Pmding authorization for continued expenditure, we will be working to,respond to pcrmittin§ issues that have been raised, and scoping and estimating costs for continued pemaitting work including adflifion~ studies that may be required. ' Please call Iim Campbell or me if you have any questions. .. Sincerely, ///~/~ Attachment- Standard Rate Schedule · Suggested by: City Administration City of Kenai RESOLUTION NO. 2001-86 A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA DONATING CERTAIN CITY-OWNED LAND IDENTIFIED AS TRACT A, BARON PARK KENAI YOUTH ADDITION, LOCATED AT THE MARATHON ROAD AND HEA ACCESS ROAD INTERSECTION IN KENAI, TO THE STATE OF ALASKA FOR THE LOCATION OF A YOUTH DETENTION FACILITY. WHEREAS, there is a need for a Youth Detention Facility in Kenai; and WHEREAS, Tract A, Baron Park Kenai Youth Addition has been selected as the best site; and WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 1936-2001 dedicated this property for a public purpose for the State of Alaska to construct a Youth Detention Facility; and WHEREAS, the City wishes to transfer ownership of the property to the State of Alaska; and WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 1937-2001 increased revenues and appropriations by $325,000 in the General Fund Land Administration and the General Fund purchased the property from the Airport Land System for this purpose. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA, that certain City-owned land, identified as Tract A, Baron Park Kenai Youth Addition, located at the Marathon Road and HEA Access Road intersection in Kenai, be donated to the State of Alaska for the location of a Youth Detention Facility. PASSED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA, this 21st day of November, 2001. ATTEST' JOHN J. WILLIAMS, MAYOR Sheryl A. Padilla, Acting City Clerk Approved by Finance' (lO/25/o].) kh Suggested by: Councilman Ban~ocl~ CITY OF KENAI RESOLUTION NO. 2001-87 A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA, SUPPORTING THE "ALASKA'S CHILDREN, ALASKA'S FUTURE" STATEWIDE CAMPAIGN TO ACHIEVE PROPER FUNDING FOR ALASKA'S SCHOOLS AND ADEQUATE FUNDING FOR EVERY ALASKAN STUDENT. WHEREAS, our Alaska Constitution mandates the state provide an education system that offers all our children the opportunity to succeed in life; and, WHEREAS, research shows that quality teachers are the'most significant factor in student achievement, and that teachers get the job done better with a qualified team of support staff and administrators; and, WHEREAS, quality educators are linked to competitive compensation and in this time of nationwide shortages, school districts must have the ability to attract and retain quality education professionals; and, WHEREAS, each public school is expected to implement new standards for teaching and learning, however the State of Alaska has failed to fund the total costs associated with successful implementation of new school standards; and, WHEREAS, from fiscal years 1990 to 2000, inflation has eroded the school foundation funding program by 25%; some $200 million; and, WHEREAS, Alaska ranks dead last among the states in K-12 education spending as a percentage of total net spending, and the percentage decline in per pupil spending over the past two decades is the highest in the country; and, WHEREAS, this prolonged decline in school funding has occurred while the state is asking educators to raise student standards and educators are increasingly being expected to solve many of the problems of our larger society; and, WHEREAS, each child is entitled to a first-class opportunity to learn, however in too many schools, instructional materials are inadequate; textbooks are out of date; class sizes are too large; the needs of many special-needs students are unmet; and school districts lack the resources to attract and retain quality teachers, administrators and education support professionals; and, WHEREAS, good schools are essential to a vibrant quality of life in Alaska and the quality of our schools will affect our ability as a state to attract quality business and commerce, as well as the jobs essential to this development. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA, that it supports the "Alaska's Children, Alaska's Future" statewide campaign to achieve proper funding of our schools and adequate funding for every Alaskan student. PASSED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA, this 21st day of November, 2001. ATTEST: JOHN J. WILLIAMS, MAYOR Sheryl A. Padilla, Acting City Clerk clf Suggested by: Administration City of Kenai RESOLUTION NO. 2001-88 A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA, ADOP~.ING A STREET NAME CHANGE FROM 81 sr AVE SE TO NORTH STRAWBERRY ROAD. WHEREAS, Section 14.15.140 of the Kenai Code authorizes the Council of the City of Kenai to name and rename streets; and, WHEREAS, the current Kenai Peninsula Borough (KPB) parcel plat shows the subject street name as 81st Ave. SE; and, WHEREAS, the street name is known and marked as N. Strawberry Road; and, WHEREAS, the property owners located along both sides of the subject road are addressed as N. Strawberry Road; and, WHEREAS, over time the City of Kenai has alleviated the larger street numbers to actual street names; and, WHEREAS, the following stred,.t name change is recommended: CURRENT NAME 81st Ave SE RECOMMENDED OFFICIAL NAME North Strawberry Road LOCATION OF CHANGE Off Strawberry Road WHEREAS, the Planning November 14, 2001. and Zoning Commission held a public hearing on NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, AI~SKA, that the official street name, as noted above, be adopted by the City of Kenai. PASSED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA, this 21st day of November, 2001. ATTEST: JOHN J. WILLIAMS, MAYOR Sheryl A. Padilla, Acting City Clerk CITY OF KENAI PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. PZO 1-61 A RESOLUTION OF THE KENAI PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDING TO THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, TO CHANGE AN EXISTING STREET NAME. WHEREAS, Section 14.1 5.140 of the Kenai Code authorizes the Council of the ~City of Kenai to name and rename streets, and WHEREAS, the current Kenai Peninsula Borough (KPB) subject street name as 81 '~ Ave. SE, and parcel plat shows the WHEREAS, the street name is known and marked as N. Strawberry Road, and' WHEREAS, the property owners located along both sides of the subject road are addressed as N. Strawberry Road, and WHEREAS, over time the City of Kenai has alleviated the larger street numbers to actual street names, and WHEREAS, the following street name change is recommended' CURRENT NAME 81"Ave sE {R coMM ND .D OFFICIAL NAME North Strawberry Road LOCATION OF CHANGE Off Strawberry Road NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA THE OFFICIAL STREET NAME AS NOTED ABOVE BE ADOPTED BY THE CITY OF KENAI. PASSED BY THE PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA this 14th day of November 2001. A~fst: SHELL DR. WOLF E ST. STRAWBERRY RD. Suggested by: Mayor Williams City of Kenai RESOLUTION NO. 2001-89 A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA' SUPPORTING HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENTS TO THE STERLING HIGHWAY (MP42-60) TO REDUCE SAFETY HAZARDS THAT CREATE UNDUE RISK OF INJURY AND ROAD CLOSURES ON A VITAL LINK FOR THE WESTERN PART OF THE KENAi PENINSULA. WHEREAS, the Sterling Highway is a critical transportation link for the residents of Kenai; and WHEREAS, although significant improvements have been made to much of this heavily traveled highway, the portion from Mile 42-60 has yet to receive significant improvements and contains many dangerous sections of curved, narrow road; and WHEREAS, the dangers from the narrow road in this section are compounded by poor sight distances on numerous side roads and driveways; and WHEREAS, some materials transported on this highway are of such a nature that vehicle accidents could result in long closures of the highway; and WHEREAS, a new highway route would solve these problems, but that project is moving more slowly than anticipated. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA: Section 1. The Kenai City Council urges the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities to undertake improvements to Mile 42-60 of the Sterling Highway to reduce safety hazards created by the poor condition of the road, the inadequate road width, tight curves and poor sight distances for side roads and driveways. Improving these conditions will reduce the risk of serious accidents and road closures until a new route for the Sterling Highway through this area can be chosen and constructed. Section 2. The Kenai City Council strongly requests that these improvements be raised to the highest priority since it appears several years will pass before construction of an alternate route. PASSED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA, this 21st day of November, 2001. ATTEST: JOHN J. WILLIAMS, MAYOR Sheryl Padilla, Acting City Clerk (11/15/01) kh Suggested by: Administration City of Kenai RESOLUTION NO. 2001-90 A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA TRANSFERRING $20,000 IN THE GENERAL FUND FOR ABATEMENT OF DANGEROUS BUILDINGS. WHEREAS, inspection has determined that the buildings located at 1207 Second Avenue, 1309 Kaknu Way, 1218 Lilac Lane and 14831 Kenai Spur Highway are dangerous and a public nuisance; and WHEREAS, the KMC 4.10.010 and Section 202 of the Uniform Code for Abatement of Dangerous Buildings allows the City to demolish the buildings; and WHEREAS, the City does not own the property at 1218 Lilac Lane and 14831 Kenai Spur Highway, a special assessment can be made and a lien attached to the property to recover the cost of the demolition; and WHEREAS, money is available in Non-Departmental contingency. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA, that the following budget transfers be made' General Fund From' Non Departmental - Contingency $20,000 To' Buildings - Repair and Demolition $20,000 PASSED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA, this 21st day of November, 2001. JOHN J. WILLIAMS, MAYOR ATTEST: Carol L. Freas, City Clerk Approved by Finance: ~ ~ (11/16/2001) jl STATE OF ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL BOARD Carol Freas City Clerk City of Kenai 210 Fidalgo Ave. Suite 200 Kenai, Alaska 99611 Dear Ms. Freas' TONY KNOWLES, G, 550 W. 7TH AVENUE, STE. 540 Anchorage, Alaska 99501-6698 Phone: 907-269-0350 Fax: 907-272-9412 November 1, 2001 We are in receipt of the following application(s) for renewal of liquor license(s) within the City of Kenai. You are being notified as required by AS 04.11.520. Additional information concerning filing a "protest" by a local governing body under AS 04.11.480 is included on page two. Club Eagles #3525 - License #337 Restaurant/Eating Place- Seasonal Kenai Golf Course Caf6 - License #3146 Cc' Linda S. Murphy ENAI PENINSULA BOROUGH 144 N. BINKLEY · SOLDOTNA, ALASKA · 99669-7599 BUSINESS (907) 262-8608 FAX (907) 262-8615 EMAIL: assemblyclerk@borough.kenai.ak.us LINDA .MURPHY, MMC BOROUGH CLERK November 8, 2001 Ms. Donna Johnson Records & Licensing Supervisor Alcoholic Beverage Control Board 550 W. 7th Avenue Anchorage, AK 99501-6698 Re: Application for Renewal of Liquor License Dear Ms. Johnson: Please be advised that the Kenai Peninsula Borough has no objection to the approval of the application(s) tbr renewal of the liquor license(s) for the following establishment(s), located in the City of Kenai, Alaska: Club Eagles #3525 - License #337 The Kenai Peninsula Borough Finance Department has reviewed its files and has raised no objection based on unpaid or delinquent taxes. Sincerely. 4/ ind/a S. ~/~Murphy, Mi~tC Borough Clerk cc: Applicant City of Kenai KPB Finance Department File S.'xWPW1N",DATAL4,BCBL, kbc-lettersLRENEWALSLRenewal in City.wpd STATE OF ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL BOARD TONY KNOWLES, GO 550 W. 7TH AVENUE, STE. 540 Anchorage, Alaska 99501-6698 Phone: 907-269-0350 Fax: 907-272-9412 November 1, 2001 Carol Freas City Clerk City of Kenai 210 Fidalgo Ave. Suite 200Kenai, Alaska 99611 -' ·-'' .... .'..~' ~ r f, ,~ ~ :~ ~/. ! Dear Ms. Freas: We are in receipt of the following application(s) for renewal of liquor license(s) within the City of Kenai. You are being notified as required by AS 04.11.520. Additional information concerning filing a "protest" by a local governing body under AS 04.11.480 is included on page two. Club Eagles #3525 - License #337 Restaurant/Eating Place- Seasonal Kenai Golf Course Caf6 - License #3146 Cc: Linda S. Murphy ENA! PENINSULA BOROUGH 144 N. BINKLEY · SOLDOTNA, ALASKA - 99669-7599 BUSINESS (907) 262-8608 FAX (907) 262-8615 EMAIL: assemblyclerk@borough.kenai.ak.us LINDA MURPHY, CMC BO'ROUGH CLERK November 9, 2001 ,- .... . Ms. Donna Johnson Records & Licensing Supervisor Alcoholic Beverage Control Board 550 W. 7th Avenue Anchorage, AK 99501-6698 Re: Application for Renewal of Liquor License Dear Ms. Johnson: Please be advised that the Kenai Peninsula Borough has no objection to the approval of the application(s) for renewal of the liquor license(s) for the following establishment(s), located in the City of Kenai~ Alaska: Restaurant / Eating Place- Seasonal Kenai Golf Course Cafe - License//3146 The Kenai Peninsula Borough Finance Department has reviewed its files and has raised no objection based on unpaid or delinquent taxes. Sincerely, .. . :.. , L inda S. Murphy, MMC Borough Clerk cc: Applicant City, of Kenai KPB Finance Department File S :\WPWIN\DATA~-XBCBkAbc-letterskRENEWALSW, enewal in Ciry.wpd KENAI AIRPORT COMMISSION NOVEMBER 8, 2001 KENAI CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS 7:00 P.M. ***AGENDA*** ITEM 1' CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL ITEM 2' AGENDA APPROVAL ITEM 3' APPROVAL OF MINUTES -- October 11,2001 ITEM 4: PERSONS SCHEDULED. TO BE HEARD ITEM 5' OLD BUSINESS ITEM 6' NEW BUSINESS ae Discussion -- Attracting New Business and Improving Services to Existing Businesses at the Kenai Airport. ITEM 7: REPORTS Commission Chair Airport Manager City Council Liaison ITEM 8: COMMISSIONER COMMENTS AND (~UESTIONS ITEM 9: PERSONS NOT SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD ITEM 10: INFORMATION ITEMS Kenai City COuncil Meeting Action Agendas for October 3 and 17, 2001. ITEM 11: ADJOURNMENT KENAI AIRPORT COMMISSION NOVEMBER 8, 2001 KENAI CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS 7:00 P.M. CHAIRMAN HENRY KNACKSTEDT, PRESIDING MINUTES ITEM 1' CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL Chairman Knackstedt called the meeting to order at 7'08 p.m. confirmed as follows: Roll was taken and Present: Absent: Others Present' Staff Present: Public' Knackstedt, Haralson, Kleidon, Elson, Bielefeld, Van Zee Holloway Mayor Williams, Councilman Moore, Councilwoman Swarner, Councilman Bookey, Councilwoman Porter, Councilwoman Jackman, Councilman Bannock (arrived at 7:40 p.m.) Airport Manager Cronkhite, Finance Director Semmens, City Manager Snow, Department Assistant Harris Larry Porter, Mark Carr, Dr. Jim Zirul, Marcus Garner and Jay Barrett ITEM 2' AGENDA APPROVAL MOTION: Commissioner Haralson MOVED to approve the agenda as presented. Commissioner Kleidon SECONDED the motion. There were no objections. SO ORDERED. ITEM 3' APPROVAL OF MINUTES -- October 11,2001 Commissioner Haralson requested a change in the minutes of October 11,2001 to read' Item 5 (John Bartels)" .... as a result of low tie-down tenants." There were no other changes or amendments to the minutes and they were approved as amended. ITEM 4: PERSONS SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD -- None ITEM 5- OLD BUSINESS-- None ITEM 6- NEW BUSINESS Discussion -- Attracting New Business and Improving Services to Existing Businesses at the Kenai Airport. Mayor Williams provided the group with an overall objective to the meeting, adding that the attraction of new businesses and the improvement of existing services at the Kenai Airport is a larger issue than just taxation. After a brief introduction of those present, Williams asked the group to address any concerns and comments regarding the airport. The following concerns were addressed in an open-forum manner: (Items have been grouped and were not necessarily discussed in the following order). * Fuel availability, fuel tank regulations, bulk fuel options, fuel cos~.; · Runway status and extension; · Taxation/Exemption, Tie down fees; Airport facilities: Hangar options, tower issues, availability of mechanical services; and, · Float Plane Basin Slip Locations Fueling: The Float Plane Basin currently has a credit-card system for purchasing fuel that is bought by the city. Due to the lack of vendor interest, the system was purchased by the city. Additionally, it is maintained by the city with all generated revenue collected by the city. The city's price for fuel is set by a competitor's price to ensure fair rates. Commissioner Van Zee commented this system was originally put in place to try to attract tenants and make the area more desirable. Councilwoman Porter, along with Larry Porter (Kenai), stated at one point they had their own fuel tanks at the basin, but were forced to remove them. Porter stated, despite taking many measures to ensure safety, the reasons for requiring the removal included the potential for vandalism and tank failure. Commissioner Elson stated aboveground fuel tanks are not allowed within city limits according to the State Fire Code, though mobile (truck-mounted) fuel tanks are allowed, providing the trucks are indeed mobile. The group also spoke regarding bulk fuel pre-purchasing options (bulk fuel would'require mobile tanks). Direction: Request information from bulk fuel providers for policy on special rates for bulk fuel users (more than 1,500 gallons a month). Runway Status and Extension: The Float Plane Basin runway is currently 3,500 feet. L. Porter, Carr, and Dr. Zirul all stated that taking off from the Float Plane Basin with a fully loaded plane is not possible due to safety restrictions. All agreed an extension of 500 feet would help alleviate take-off hazards. The group discussed runway extension possibilities and Airport Manager Cronkhite explained to the group the main runway is on the Airport Capital Improvement Project list for extension in 2004. Cronkhite stated she hoped to designate the north end of the Float Plane Basin as a materials site and later convert the gravel pit into a runway extension. But, Cronkhite stated, because of recent FAA funding diversions, it was not known when this will be done. Direction: Target a specific time period for the runway extension that will enable the Float Plane Basin runway extension by means of materials site designation. AIRPORT COMMISSION MEETING NOVEMBER 8, 2001 PAGE 2 Taxation/Exemption, Tie-down Fees: The Airport Commission had passed a motion at their last meeting requesting Council to amend the Kenai city tax code to both reflect a $100,000 exemption on aircraft and to amend the Kcnai Peninsula Borough (KPB) aircraft tax code to a fiat tax. Finance Director Semmens provided the group with the economic details of each request. Additionally, the following group topics were addressed: · The tie-down rate at the Kenai Airport is the same as Soldotna. · A complete private property exemption could cost the city $175,000. · If the city adopted a flat tax on aircraft, it would be only for aircraft; boats would not be included. · Exemptions or flat tax rates need to be determined on a rational basis as such exemptions could create requests for many more. · The city will lose $30,000 on tax revenue (as 57 accounts are currently considered). It is not certain the city will make up this revenue with additional tenants paying at an exemption or flat tax rate. · Lost tenants, some of who are registered and paying taxes in other boroughs, may be lured back if comparable rates are given. · Councilman Bannock provided the group with a brief overview and background on the taxation issue beginning with boat owners. Bannock also stated he felt there were inequities in the tax exemption theory. If a flat tax is adopted, it should include motorhomes and be based on gross weight. · Exemptions should be based from (not up to) $100,000. The gain of additional tenants will create a trickle down effect. Revenue could be gained by additional services: sales tax revenue, mechanical services, etc. Direction: Determine the cost of collecting the currently taxed aircraft vs. potential revenue generated by additional tenants paying-a flat-tax or exempted tax. Airport Facilities- The group discussed and commented on the following topics: · Kenai Airport currently has only one mechanical service available. · Some aircraft owners dislike the tower. Several group participants theorized the tower contributed to an aircraft owner's decision to fie-down elsewhere. · A hangar could attract more users. The group discussed several aspects of building a T-hangar including: -- Hangars are very expensive to build. The T-hangar idea has been previously researched, proposed, and declined due to lack of pavement and general enthusiasm in the previous plan. -- Ha. raison stated that if a hangar was built, many industries could profit, i.e. insurance, mechanics, airport growth, etc. -- Tax incentives and subscription-type investment could help the private industry build a hangar. AIRPORT COMMISSION MEETING NOVEMBER 8, 2001 PAGE 3 Float Plane Basin Slip Locations: L. Porter explained to the group commercial operations slip locations are currently at the end of the Basin and create a wake problem, as it is necessary to taxi to the end to pick up passengers. This wake creates a 2-3 foot wave and can cause erosion to planes. To alleviate this problem, the group suggested re-designating slip locations to better serve commercial users. Cronkhite mentioned several terrain problems involved w/th re-designation and added, drawings would be available at the next Airport Commission meeting so the subject can be explored further. Direction: Determine logistics of re-designating commercial slip locations at the Float Plane Basin. Public Comments: Mark Carr (Alaska West Air)--Carr stated he was starting a single pilot operation from the float plane basin. His concerns included: · Available utilities' Carr stated the Kenai Airport has very limited mechanical services available. · Fuel availability at floatplane basin area -- Carr stated he would like his own fueling set-up at the basin. · Runway extensions. Carr stated it was not possible to take-off with a fully loaded plane. He stated an extension of 500 feet would help create a larger safety margin. Carr compared the length of the Float Plane Basin (3,500 feet) to that of Island Lake which is one mile in length. Dr. Jim Zirul {Kenai[---Zirul's concerns included the following: · The airport almost lost his business; no specifics were stated. · The tax issue is not the only reason why people have left and would.not be the only reason to bring people back. Zirul stated an exemption or flat-tax could be made up by additional airport tenants. · Addressing the fuel issue, he requested more information regarding mobile tanks and bulk fuel. Larry Porter {Kenai}---Porter's concerns included the following: · The current location of commercial slips should be re-designated to alleviate wake related aircraft erosion created by taxiing to the far end of the basin. · Addressing the fuel issue, he stated he had a personal fueling system at the Float Plane Basin, however despite taking many measures to ensure safety, Porter was required to dismantle his fuel tank. Item 6 concluded at approximately 9:15 p.m. Chairman Knackstedt requested a 10- minute break to allow the public and council members to depart. AIRPORT COMMISSION MEETING NOVEMBER 8, 2001 PAGE 4 ITEM 7' REPORTS Commission Chair-- No report Airport Manager -- No report City Council Liaison -- No report ITEM 8: COMMISSIONER COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS -- None ITEM 9. PERSONS NOT SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD -- None ITEM 10: INFORMATION ITEMS 10-a. Kenai City Council Meeting Action Agendas for October 3 and 17, 2001. ITEM 11', ADJOURNMENT MOTION: Commissioner Kleidon MOVED to adjourn and Commissioner Van Zee SECONDED the motion. There were no objections. SO ORDERED. The meeting adjourned at approximately 9:25 p.m. Minutes transcribed and prepared by: Sharon Harris, Department Assistant AIRPORT COMMISSION MEETING NOVEMBER 8,2001 PAGE 5 ITEM 1' KENAI HARBOR COMMISSION MEETING NOVEMBER 5, 2001 KENAI COUNCIL CHAMBERS 7:00 P.M. AGENDA ,, CALL TO ORDER/h ROLL CALL ITEM 2: AGENDA APPROVAL ITEM 3: APPROVAL OF MINUTES-- October 8,2001 ITEM 4: PERSONS SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD ITEM 5' OLD BUSINESS Discussion -- Kenai Coastal Trail/Bluff Restoration Project Update ITEM 6' NEW BUSINESS ITEM 7' ITEM 8: REPORTS Director Dock Foreman City Council Liaison COMMISSIONER COMMENTS/QUESTIONS ITEM 9: INFORMATION Kenai City Council Action Agendas of October 3 and 17, 2001. ITEM 10: ADJOURNMENT KENAI HARBOR COMMISSION MEETING NOVEMBER 5, 2001 KENAI COUNCIl, CHAMBERS 7:00 P.M. CHAIRMAN TOM THOMPSON, PRESIDING MINUTES ITEM 1' CALL TO ORDER/h ROLL CALL Chairman Thompson called the meeting to order at 7'00 p.m. MEMBERS PRESENT: OTHERS PRESENT: Eldridge, Rogers, McCollum, Spracher, Thompson, Graves, Foster (arrived at 7:04 p.m.) Councilman Bookey, Komelis, Roper ITEM 2' AGENDA APPROVAL MOTION: Commissioner Eldridge MOVED to approve the agenda and requested UNANIMOUS CONSENT and Commissioner Spracher SECONDED the motion. There were no objections. SO ORDERED. ITEM 3' APPROVAL OF MINUTES -- October 8', 2001 MOTION: Commissioner Rogers MOVED to approve the minutes of October 8,2001 and Commissioner Eldridge SECONDED the motion. There were no objections. SO ORDERED. ITEM 4: ,, , PERSONS SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD -- None ITEM 5: OLD -BUSINESS 5-a. Discussion -- Kenai Coastal Trail/Bluff Restoration Project Update Komelis reported a work session with the Kenai City Council, the Planning & Zoning, Harbor and Parks Commissions and Paul Fuhs and Dennis Nottingham of Peratrovich, Nottingham & Drage (PND) was held on October 25 to discuss the Kenai Coastal Trail. At the work session, it was decided PND would prepare responses to the agency letters that voiced concern or opposition to the project. Komelis noted, because PND had no funds remaining in their original contract, a resolution would be before City Council at its next meeting to appropriate an additional $20,000. Komelis stated he was preparing a presentation for Council and it would be available at the next Harbor meeting for review. A very lengthy discussion ensued regarding the Kenai Coastal Trail and the most appropriate approach to take in the City's attempts to obtain the permits necessary for construction. Councilman Bookey stated PND was preparing the responses to the agencies and the City should wait to review those before going any further. He'~added he was optimistic as the majority of the concerns expressed could be easily addressed and he didn't think approaching this politically at this point was necessary. Commissioner Eldridge asked if there were any studies available that addresses impact to the wildlife. Komelis wasn't aware of any but would research it. Bookey thought that a facilitator would be effective in keeping the lines of communication open between the City and the various agencies in the attempt to obtain the necessary permits and asked if anyone had any further suggestions to let him know as he would take it back to Council at the next meeting. MOTION: Commissioner Eldridge MOVED to recommend approval of the additional $20,000 to PND and Commissioner Rogers ~ECONDED the motion. There were no objections. SO ORDERED. ITEM 6- , NEW BUSINESS -- None ITEM 7: REPORTS 7-a. Director-- No Report 7-b., Dock Foreman-- No Report 7-c. City Council Liaison - Councilman Bookey reported he was reappointed as council liaison to the Harbor Commission for another year. Commissioner Foster asked for some direction in regards to the scrapbook and Commissioners Eldridge and Thompson explained the purpose of the scrapbook and what Foster's responsibility was. ITEM 8: COMMISSIONER COMMENTS/QUF~TIONS -- None. ITEM 9' INFORMATION 9-a. Kenai City Council Action Agendas of October 3 and 17, 2001. ITEM 10: ADJOURNMENT HARBOR COMMISSION MEETING NOVEMBER 5, 2001 PAGE 2 MOTION: Commissioner Eldridge MOVED for adjournment and Commissioner Spracher 8P~ONDED the motion. There were no objections. 80 OItDE~D. The meeting adjourned at 8:10 p.m. Recorded and transcribed by: Barbara Roper, Contract Secretary HARBOR COMMISSION ME~ING NOVEMBER 5,2001 PAGE 3 ITEM 1' KENAI LIBRARY COMMISSION KENAI COMMUNITY LIBRARY ACTIVITY ROOM NOVEMBER 6, 2001 7:30 P.M. AGENDA CALL TO ORDER/h ROLL CALL ITEM 2: AGENDA APPROVAL ITEM 3' APPROVAL OF MINUTES -- October 2,2001 ITEM 4: PERSONS SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD ITEM 5' ae ITEM 6' REPORTS Director Friends of the Library City Council Liaison OLD BUSINESS ITEM 7: a. b. ITEM 8: NEW BUSINESS Discussion -- Change of Time and Location of Library Commission Meetings. Discussion -- Possible Grant Fund Availability COMMISSIONER COMMENTS/QUF~TION~ ITEM 9: ae INFORMATION Kenai City Council Action Agendas of October 3 and 17, 2001. ITEM 10: ADJOURNMENT KENAI LIBRARY COMMISSION KENAI COMMUNITY LIBRARY ACTIVITY ROOM NOVEMBER 6,2001 7:30 P.M. VICE CHAIR HEUS AND CHAIR PETERS, PRESIDING MINUTES ITEM 1' CALL TO ORDER Ih ROLL CALL Vice Chair Heus called the meeting to order at 7'35 p.m. as follows' Roll was taken and confirmed Present: Absent: Others Present: Brenckle, DeForest, Heus, Brown, Peters (arrived at 7'39 p.m.) Amen, Rodes Councilman Moore, Acting Library Director McNair, Department Assistant Hams ITEM 2' AGENDA APPROVAL MOTION: Commissioner Brenckle MOVED to approve the agenda as presented and Commissioner DeForest SECONDED the motion. There were no objections. ORDERED. SO ITEM 3: APPROVAL OF MINUTES -- October 2,2001 Acting Library Director McNair requested the following changes: Item 5-a: Item 5-a: "A new book was purchased and a drawing will take place... "... a grant was awarded by Phillips..." MOTION: Commissioner Brenckle MOVED to approve the minutes with the requested changes and Commissioner DeForest SECONDED the motion. There were no objections. SO ORDERED. ITEM 4: PERSONS SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD -- None ITEM 5: REPORTS ,, 5-a. Director -- Acting Director McNair reported on the following: · A review of new or amended library rules and regulations will be presented at the upcoming City Council meeting. · The first films to be shown for the Library Film Club will be November 16, 2001 at 6'30 p.m. The films are Un Flic and Plucking the Daisy. The library has two new employees. other permanent temporary. One is permanent halftime and the 5-b. Friends of the Library-- Commissioner Heus reported on the following: · The library raffle and dinner held at the Eagles Club was a huge success. Heus stated it is not known with certainty the amount of money raised, but she believed it would be very close to that of last year. 5-c. City Council Liaison -- Councilman Moore reported on the following: · A brief overview of items to be covered at the upcoming City Council meeting. ITEM 6' OLD BUSINESS 6-a. Library Renovation -- Due to arriving after Item 2, Chairman Peters was unable to officially add Library Renovation to Item 6 of the agenda. Peters requested the item be added for discussion. There were no objections. Peters explained to the Commission, Bill Kluge, the hired architect for the library renovation, would be presenting the Commission with draft renovation plans at the next meeting. He noted, the plan included a second story to the library as well as a plan for a daylight basement. Kluge asked Peters to inquire with which plan the Commission would like to be presented. After a discussion involving the plans and ideas brought up by the .Commission at previous meetings, as well as a brief discussion regarding specific items the Commission wished to see in schematic form, the Commission agreed they would like to see both (all) plans. ITEM 7: NEW BUSINESS 7-a. Discussion -- Change of Time and Location of Library Commission Meetings. The Commission read and discussed the memo regarding the suggested Library Commission time and location change. The Commission discussed the fact that when the library doors lock at 8:00 p.m., the meeting is in violation of public meeting policY. Additional thought and discussion was given to the idea of changing the location of the meeting from the library conference room to city hall. Councilman Moore explained, if the meeting time would be moved up from the current 7:30 p.m. starting time, perhaps the public meeting policy issue could be avoided altogether as the Commission would end before the library doors would be locked. Chairman Peters stated he felt a 6'00 p.m. starting time would give the Commission sufficient time to conduct an open meeting. MOTION: Commissioner Brown MOVED t° request the Library Commission meeting begin at 6:00 p.m. on the first Tuesday of each month and Commissioner Brenckle SECONDED the motion. LIBRARY COMMISSION MEETING NOVEMBER 6, 2001 PAGE 2 MOTION TO AMEND: Commissioner Brenckle MOVED to request the Library Commission meeting be held between 6'00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. in the Kenai Library Conference room and Commissioner Brown SECONDED the motion. There were no objections. SO ORDERED. VOTE ON MAIN AMENDED MOTION: There were no objections. $O ORDERED. 7-b. Discussion -- Possible Grant Fund Availability Peters provided the Commission with information regarding resources available for grant funding for the library. He further stated that the Kenai Library has never applied for any type of grant funding and this type of funding should be explored. Commissioner Brenckle volunteered her efforts toward obtaining grant applications and creating a grant proposal. Additionally, Department Assistant Harris volunteered her services during after-work hours. ITEM 8: COMMISSIONER COMMENTS/QUESTIONS Brenckle: Brown: DeForest: Brenckle stated'she felt the raffle fundraiser was outstanding. Brown expressed thanks to those who volunteered to help with grant funding. DeForest stated the fundraising ideas were good and would hopefully be beneficial. Additionally, DeForest wished to thank the Friends of the Library for all their hard work. ITEM 9: INFORMATION 9'[],. Kenai City Council Action Agendas of October 3 and 17, 2001. ITEM 10: ADJOURNMENT MOTION: Commissioner Brown MOVED for adjournment and Commissioner Heus SECONDED the motion. There were no objections. SO ORDERED. The meeting adjoumed at 8:35 p.m. Minutes prepared and transcribed by: Sharon Harris, Department Assistant LIBRARY COMMISSION MEETING NOVEMBER 6,2001 PAGE 3 le CITY OF KENAI PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION AMENDED AGENDA CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS November 14, 2001 - 7:00 p.m. CALL TO ORDER: a. Roll Call b. Agenda Approval c. Consent Agenda *All items listed with an asterisk (*) are considered to be routine and non-controversial by the Commission and will be approved by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a Commission Member so requests, in which case the item will be removed fi'om the Consent Agenda and considered in its normal sequence on the agenda as part of the General Orders. 2. *APPROVAL OF MINUTES: October 24, 2001 3. SCHEDULED PUBLIC COMMENT: 4. CONSIDERATION OF PLATS' a. PZ01-63~Preliminary Plat- VIP Park EStates Mannausa Addition~Application submitted by Whitford Surveying, P.O. Box 4032, Soldoma, Alaska. 5. PUBLIC HEARINGS- a. PZ01-61~ A Resolution of the Kenai Planning & Zoning Commission recommending to the Council of the City of Kenai, to change an existing street name. The current Kenai Peninsula Borough (KPB) parcel plat shows the subject street name as 81st Ave. SE. The street is known and marked as N. Strawberry Road. The Planning Commission recommends 81 st Ave. SE be officially changed to N. Strawberry Road. 6. OLD BUSINESS' ® NEW BUSINESS: *a. PZ01-64---Home Occupation Permit (Day Care)--For the property known as Inlet View Subdivision Third Addition Part Two, Lot 13, Block 8 (226 Susieana Lane). Application submitted by Francine Jones, 226 Susieana Lane, Kenai, Alaska. 8. PENDING ITEMS: 9. CODE ENFORCEMENT' 10. REPORTS: a. City Council b. Borough Planning c. Administration 11. PERSONS PRESENT NOT SCHEDULED' 12. INFO~ATION ITEMS' a. Zoning Bulletin (10/10 & 10/25/01) b. City Council Roster (10/18/01) c. KPB Plat Committee Action (10/22/01) 13. COMMISSION COMMENTS & QUESTIONS: 14. ADJOURNMENT: CITY OF KENAI PLANNING lis ZONING COMMISSION CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS NOVEMBER 14, ~001 - 7:00 P.M. CHAIRMAN lION GOECKE, PRESIDING MINUTES ITEM 1. CALL TO ORDER Chairman Goecke called the meeting to order at 7'00 p.m. 1-a. Roll Call Members Present: Glick, Bryson, Goecke, Nord, Erwin, Morse, Aaronson (arrived at 7'04) Others Present: Public Works Manager La Shot, Contract Secretary Roper 1-b. Agenda Approval MOTION: Commissioner Glick MOVED to approve the agenda and requested UNANIMOUS CONSENT and Commissioner Nord SECONDED the motion. There were no objections. SO ORDERED. 1-c. Consent Agenda MOTION: Commissioner Glick MOVED .to approve the consent agenda and requested UNANIMOUS CONSENT and Commissioner Erwin SECONDED the motion. There were no objections. SO ORDERED. ITEM 2: APPROVAL OF MINUTES -- October 24, 2001 Approved by consent agenda. ITEM 3' SCHEDULED PUBLIC COMMENT -- None ITEM 4: CONSIDERATION OF PLATS PZ01-63--Preliminary Plat- VIP Park Estates Mannausa Addition--Application submitted by Whitford Surveying, P.O. Box 4032, Soldotna, Alaska. MOTION: Commissioner Bryson MOVED to approve PZ01-63 and Commissioner Glick SECONDED the motion. Staff had no additional comments. VOTE: Bryson Nord Go¢ck¢ Yes Erwin Yes Glick Yes Yes Morse Yes Aa_ronson Absent Yes MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. ITEM 5' PUBLIC HEARINGS PZ01-51--- A Resolution of the Kenai Planning & Zoning Commission recommending to the Council of the City of Kenai, to change an existing street name. The current Kenai Peninsula Borough {KPB) parcel plat shows the subject street name as 81st Ave. SE. The street is known and marked as N. Strawberry Road. The Planning Commission recommends 81st Ave. SE be officially changed to N. Strawberry Road. MOTION: Commissioner Nord MOVED to approve PZ01-61 and Commissioner Morse SECONDED the motion. There were no public comments. There were no additional comments from staff. Commissioner Aaronson arrived at 7:04 p.m. and because he was not present during the discussion on the item, he did not vote. VOTE: Erwin Yes Morse Yes Goecke Yes Glick Aaronson Yes Absent Nord Yes Bryson Yes MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. ITEM 5: OLD BUSINESS -- None , ITEM 7: NEW BUSINESS 7-a, PZO 1-64--Home OcCupation Permit (Day Care)---For the property known as Inlet View Subdivision Third Addition Part Two, Lot 13, Block 8 (226 Susieana Lane). Application submitted by Francine Jones, 226 Susieana Lane, Kenai, Alaska. PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION MEETING NOVEMBER 14, 2001 PAGE 2 Approved by consent agenda. ITEM 8 PENDING ITEMS -- None ITEM 9' CODE ENFORCEMENT-- None ITEM 10: REPORTS 10-a. City Council- No report. 10-b. Borough Planning- Commissioner Bryson gave a report on the Borough Planning meeting of November 13th. 10-c. Administration-No report. Discussion took place on the December 26th meeting and whether or not it should be cancelled. It was Commission's consensus the meeting be cancelled if there is no pressing business. La Shot will forward the issue to City Council. ITEM 11' PERSONS PRESENT NOT SCHEDULED -- None ITEM 12' INFORMATION ITEMS 12-a. Zoning Bulletin (10/10 & 10/25/01) 12-b. City Council Membership List ( 10/18/01) 12-c. KPB Plat Committee Action { 10 / 22 / 01) ITEM 13' COMMISSION COMMENTS/h OUESTIONS Commissioner Morse announced he would be resigning his seat on the Planning and Zoning Commission as he is moving to Arizona after the first of the year. I?EM 14: ADJOURNMENT MOTION: Commissioner Morse MOVED for adjournment. There were no objections. ORDERED. SO The meeting adjourned at 7' 12 p.m. Minutes recorded and transcribed by: Barbara Roper, Contract Secretary PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION MEETING NOVEMBER 14, 2001 PAGE 3 CITY OF KENAI 210 FIDALGO AVE., SUITE 200 KENAI, ALASKA 99611-7794 TELEPHONE 907-283-7535 FAX 907-283-3014 ~ MEMORANDUM TO: FROM: DATE: RE: Mayor and Council Members Carol L. Freas, City~~~k~ November 15,2001// v PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION RESIGNATION ~ MORSE At the Planning & Zoning Commission regular meeting of November 14, 2001, Commissioner Mike Morse stated his resignation from the Commission and noted that meeting would be his last. He will be moving out of state the beginning of the new year. Attached are applications for consideration currently on file. DI%TE = CITY OF KENAI 210 FIDALGO AVE.. SUITE 200 KEHAI. 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THIS COMMISSION O.R COMMITTEE? . __ , ~ . . - - I · , - ' ' I - - e , WHAT BACKGROUND, EXPERIENCE, OR' CREDENTIALS DO YOU POSSESS TO BRING TO THE BOARD, COMMISSION OR COMMITTEE / · /.d ' i · - i . - - - ITEM 1' ITEM 2: ITEM 3: ,, ITEM 4: KENAI BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE NOVEMBER 13, 2001 7:00 P.M. KENAI CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS ***AGENDA*** CALL TO ORDER/h ROLL CALL AGENDA APPROVAL APPROVAL OF MINUTES- October 9, 2001 PERSONS SCHEDULED TO BE H~-_~D ITEM 5: OLD BUSINESS , ITEM 6' ae ITEM 7: a. ITEM 8: ITEM 9: ,, a, ITEM 10: Discussion- Banners NEW BUSINESS , Discussion - Spring Flower Bulb Order REPORTS Committee Chair Parks & Recreation Director Kenai City Council Liaison Q~TIONS AND COMMENTS INFORMATION Parks & Recreation Commission Meeting Minutes of October 4, 2001 City Council Action Agendas of October 3 and 17, 2001 ADJOURNMENT KENAI CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION OCTOBER 25, 2001 KENAI CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS 7:00 P.M. MAYOR JOHN J. WILLIAMS, PRESIDING Council Present: Staff Present: Harbor Commission' P&Z Commission' Others: Williams, Bookey, Porter, Bannock, and Moore Freas, La Shot, Graves, Komelis, Snow Rogers, Graves, Foster, McCollum, Thompson Bryson, Glick Molly Graves, Glenda Landua, Helen Donahue, Debbie Sonberg, Ronald B. Hansen and Paul Fuhs and Dennis Nottingham, Petratrovich, Nottingham & Drage, Inc. (PND) The work session began at 7'02 p.m. Williams noted the agency response letters which were distributed to council prior to the work session and available to the rest of the attendees. Paul Fuhs reviewed the steps taken by PND in preparing for submittal of the permit application, noting the process began in May at which t/me they met with all the agencies and asked their specific concerns in order to focus on and address them in the application. Studies were made of the sand dunes, circulations and sedimentation patterns and their effect on dunes, marine mammals and salmon. They then hired Dr. Orson Smith, Coastal Engineering Program to review the agency response letters and answer the questions they posed for an independent analysis. They concluded · the sand dunes were wind-blown sand and not a marine definition of sand; · the sedimentation from the fiver bank was not building the dunes and wouldn't have negative impact on them; · the siltation was coming down the fiver and the eroding bluffs and noted it was a south-to-north migration. · there would not be any major negative impacts to the fiver from stopPing the erosion of the bluff. This information was circulated and he wrote several letters and emails to the' agencies and reqUested them to comment on the study, issues raised, etc. After about two months, no objections had been received from the agencies, and they were instructed to submit the application. The application was submitted and no comments were made until the day before the end of the comment period at which time the letters (distributed to the work session attendees) were received. Fuhs stated his disappointment in the responses and the manner in which they were offered. He noted, among the comments, there were none that specified concerns. The studies the agencies requested, he estimated, would take ten years to do and cost more than the project. Nottingham noted PND included an alternative design with a letter distributed at the beginning of the work session. He explained this design would place a sea wall above CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION October 25, 2001 Page 2 of 3 the mean high tide line and would not require any permits. Though Plan ]3 would not be as attractive, it would accomplish the task and cost a lesser amount than Plan A. Fuhs suggested a letter be written to the agencies and request specific issues; meet with the congressional and state legislative delegations and request their assist~mce as well as continue requesting funding for the overall project; and, hold a public meeting to hear concerns of the community and how united the community is in supporting the project. Discussion followed with the council and information garnered as follows' · With the alternate plan, how would it affect the north side of the river? The alternate plan would place the wall above the water line. Will use of the Plan 13 allow repair? The piles are driven into the ground and wouldn t undercut, therefore there wouldn t be any maintenance. Will Plan I~ affect the buy-back of property needing to be required for grading of the slope? In some cases more land may be needed. · Will Plan 13 be more costly? No. Both plans could be brought forward to final design for either an alternative bid or only one plan. There won't be more cost to the engineering of the project. However, if permitting goes forward, requiring additional studies, costs would increase. · Would loss of sands off the bluff be detrimental to Plan t39 The Corps has no permitting authority on dry land, however there could be other rules and regulations that could come into play. · Is there a difference in the cost of maintenance between Plans A and B? Corrosion above the tide line is not a rapid process in Alaska and it is believed the structure would last 100 years for either of the Plans with very little maintenance. It was suggested a letter be written to Senator Stevens to repudiate comments made in an email to him from K. Tarbox. Williams noted, the Kenai River Management group was commenting on actions that would take place below the bridge and this was out of their jurisdiction. There was general agreement of council and commissioners in their disappointment with the letters of objection received from the agencies and that the city continue with Plan A as it was noted by Bookey, that plan would be better for the city and the project. It was also suggested that because Fish & Game would not prefer the use of sheet piling, it could help in their reassessment of their concerns. Debbie $onberg -- Stated it would be interested to see what projects the agencies did approve of this nature in order for the city to go look at them. It was suggested by Commissioner Graves that litigation could be an avenue to use by researching agency roles, if they overstepped their authority in other cases, in order to develop an inventory of facts to strengthen the city's position. It was noted litigation would slow the project for many years. Graves offered her help in the 'research. CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION October 25,2001 Page 3 of 3 Strategy/Conclusions: · Plan A is preferred, however leave Plan B as an option. · Inform agencies of Plan B and request them to specify their concerns and objections in writing, giving a time line for their response. · None of the concerns are insurmountable, if the agencies act in good faith. Plan A offers protection for the salmon smolt from other fish varieties. · Write a letter to the state and congressional delegations informing them of the progress of the project and concerns related to misinformation sent in letters from agency representatives and others. · Arrange a meeting with the public, agencies, area legislators, and congressional delegations or their staff members (suggested holding the meeting at the Senior Citizens Center or Armory). · Continue the hold on the application until after the letters and meetings are held so that additional comments can be made by the city and the agencies. If the process is resumed at this time, the only comments on the record will be the current agency comments. · Council/staff should make presentations to local clubs and organizations to educate the public about the project. (Develop a Power Point presentation with pictures of the bluff erosion, design drawings, project information, etc.) · Encourage public letters of support of the project be forwarded directly to the Corps of Engineers. The work session ended at approximately 8'22 p.m. Notes prepared by: Carol L. Freas, City Clerk AGENDA KENAI CITY COUNCIL- REGULAR MEETING NOVEMBER 7, 2001 7:00 P.M. KENAI CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS http://www.ci.kenai.ak.us ITEM A: CALL TO ORDER 1. Pledge of Allegiance 2. Roll Call 3. Agenda Approval 4. Consent Agenda *All items listed with an asterisk (*) are considered to be routine and non- controVersial by the council and will be approved by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a council member so requests, in which case the item will be removed from the consent agenda and considered in its normal sequence on the agenda as part of the General Orders. ITEM B: SCHEDULED PUBLIC COMMENTS (10 minutes) , Kathy Gensel -- Alaska's Junior Miss Scholarship Program/Request for Donation. ITEM C: PUBLIC HEARINGS , Ordinance No. 1939-2001-- Finding Certain City-Owned Foreclosed Land, Identified as Lot 2, Block 1, Kaknu Komers, is Needed for a Public Purpose. 2~ Ordinance No. 1940-2001-- Increasing Estimated Revenues & Appropriations by $45,500 in the General Fund for Ice Maintenance. . Ordinance No. 1941-2001 -- Increasing Estimated Revenue and Appropriations by $12,000 in the Water and Sewer Fund for a Water Rate Study. . Resolution No. 2001-79 -- Requesting the State of Alaska Department of Fish & Game to Take Necessary Actions to Provide for Protection of the Environment During the Dip Net Fishery at the South Side of the Mouth of the Kenai River. , Resolution No. 2001-80 -- Recommending the Alaska Historical Commission and the U.S. Board of Geographic Names Officially Name an Unnamed Peak in the Aleutian Range, Mount Saint Florian. , Resolution No. 2001-81 -- Awarding the Bid to Dr. Ice for Ice Maintenance and Refrigeration Technician Services - 2001 for the Total Amount of $15,357.75 Per Month. o o , 10. ITEM D: o 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. ITEM E: le ITEM F: ITEM G: ITEM H: , , , Resolution No. 2001-82 -- Awarding a $14,765 Sole Source Contract to Office Products Services for Laserfiche Software with Training and Installation Support. Resolution No. 2001-83 -- Designating the Kenm Coastal Trail Project as the City of Kenai's Number One Overall STIP Capital Improvement Project. Resolution No. 2001-84 -- Adoptin§ the City of Kenai, Alaska 2002- 2003 Capital Improvement Project (CIP) Priority Li~t for Request of State Grants. Resolution No. 2001-85 -- Supporting the State Department of Natural Resources Purchase of Property Identified as Lots 3-6, Wild Rose Subdivision, Kenai, Alaska for Development of a Boat Launch Access Facility for the Lower Kenai River. COMMISSION/COMMITTEE REPORTS Council on Aging Airport Commission Harbor Commission Library Commission Parks & Recreation CommiSsion Planning & Zoning Commission Miscellaneous Commissions and Committees a. Beautification Committee b. Kenai Convention & Visitors Bureau Board c. Alaska Municipal League Report MINUTES *Regular Meeting of October 17, 2001. CORRESPONDENCE OLD BUSINESS NEW BUSINESS Bills to be Paid, Bills to be Ratified Purchase Orders Exceeding $2,500 *Ordinance No. 1942-2001-- Amending KMC 14.20.280(c) to Remove the Requirement that Notification of Public Hearings be Sent Via Certified Mail. o , o *Ordinance No. 1943-2001-- Amendin§ KMC 14.05.02'0 t° Increase the Fee for Applications for Variances, Encroachments, Conditional Use Permits, and Amendments to the Kenai Zonm§ Code or the Official Map from $100 to $200. Various Other Sections of Title 14 are Also Amended to Reflect This Chan§e. *Ordinance No. 1944-2001 -- Increasin§ Estimated Revenues and Appropriations by $20,000 in the General Fund and Kenai Coastal Trail Capital Project Fund for Additional Environmental and Permittin§ Work. Approval -- Sublease of Pin§o Properties, Inc. and Geoffrey M. Graves, Individually to David and Janey Rin§-- Lot 6A, Block 1, Gusty Subdivision No. 4. , o Approval -- Changes in Kenai Community Library Regulations. Approval -- Leif Hansen Memorial Park/Policy and Procedures Amendments. , Approval-- Kenai Airport ARFF/SRE Facility/Change Order No 2 -- $28,188. ' ' 10. Discussion-- Economic Development District Forum/November 16 & 17, 2001 -- Sponsorship Request. 11. Discussion-- Borough Ordinance 2001-29/Planning Commission Membership. ITEM I: ADMINISTRATION I~g'-PORTS 1. Mayor 2. City Manager 3. Attorney 4. City Clerk 5. Finance Director 6. Public Works Managers 7. Airport Manager ITEM J: DISCUSSION 1. Citizens (five minutes) 2. Council EXECUT~ SF.~SION- None Scheduled ITEM K: ADJOUR//MENT KENAI CITY COUNCIL- REGULAR MEETING NOVEMBER 7, 2001 7:00 P.M. KENAI CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS http://www.ci.kenai.ak..us MAYOR JOHN J. WILLIAMS, PRESIDING ITEM A: CALL TO ORDER Mayor Williams called the meeting to order at approximately 7:04 p.m. in the Council Chambers in the Kenai City Hall Building. A-X. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Mayor Williams led those assembled in the Pledge of Allegiance. A-2. ROLL CALL Roll was taken by the City Clerk. Present were: Bannock, Jackman, and Williams. Bookey, Swarner, Moore, Porter, A-a. AGENDA APPROVAL Mayor Williams requested the following changes to the agenda: MOVE: H-9, Kenai Airport ARFF/SRE Facility/Change Order No. 2 -- $28,188 -- Move to hear before "C" Items. SUBSTITUTE: H- 10, Updated DRAFT Agenda for KPB 2001 Economic Outlook Forum SUBSTITUTE: H-11, KPB Ordinance 2001-29, AS AMENDED and move to be heard prior to C-1. MOTION: Councilwoman Swarner MOVED to approve the agenda as amended and Councilman Moore SECONDED the motion. There were no objections. SO ORDERED. CONSENT AGENDA MOTION: Councilwoman Swamer MOVED to approve the agenda as presented and Councilwoman Porter SECONDED the motion. There were no objections. ORDERED. SO ITEM B: SCHEDULED PUBLIC COMMENTS KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING NOVEMBER 7, 2001 PAGE 2 B-X. Kathy Gensel -- Alaska's Junior Miss ScholarShip Program/Request for Donation. -; .o Gensel explained she was the fundraising chair of the Alaska Jr. Miss Program on the Kenai Peninsula and noted there would be 18 participants in this year's program to be held at the KCHS auditorium. She added, due to some changes in the program schedule, they would be unable to meet the costs for the auditorium rental and requested a donation from council to help offset their production costs. Gensel noted they had not contacted the Borough or the City of Soldotna for donations. MOTION: Councilwoman Porter MOVED to contribute $250 toward the production costs of the Jr. Miss Program and Councilman Bannock SECONDED the motion. MOTION TO AMEND: Councilman Moore MOVED to contribute $500 toward the costs and urged the City of Soldotna to also donate $500. Councilwoman Jackman SECONDED the motion. Swarner stated she sUpported the original motion since the item was not included in the Legislative budget. Bookey urged support of the amendment and suggested Gensel to request funding for next year's program during budget preparation. VOTE ON AMENDMENT: By a show of hands, the amendment passed. VOTE ON MAIN AMENDED MOTION: VOTE: Bookey Porter Williams Yes I Swarner Yes Bannock Yes Yes Yes Moore Yes Jackma_n Yes MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. H-11. Discussion-- Borough Ordinance 2001-29/Planning Commission Membership. Tim Navarre -- President, Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly. Navarre reviewed the amended ordinance which was distributed to council and added to the packet at the beginning of the meeting. He explained, the amendments included changing the membership to no more than 13; the cities will be able to make their appointment KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING NOVEMBER 7,2001 PAGE 3 recommendation; and the areas outside of the cities will be represented by eight seats. The amendments were made due to the cities' willingness to.keep their seat and.was not based on population. Navarre urged council's support of the changes as lx~ believed the other Peninsula cities would support the amendments as well. Navarre noted, the seat now held by John Hammelman, who lives in Kenai but represents properties outside of the Borough, would have to be eliminated according to the amendments. Bannock stated his support of the amendments and suggested a letter be forwarded to the Borough prior to their final public hearing on the matter (November 20), noting the city's support of the amendments, i.e. changing the membership to 13 with five members representing the cities and eight representing areas outside of the cities. There were no objections from council to send a letter of support. Navarre urged the city's continued support of the Alaska Municipal League and National Association of Counties and invited the council members and city staff attending the AML conference to dinner on Wednesday, November 28. H-9. Approval-- Kenai Airport ARFF/SRE Facility/Change Order No. 2 -- $28,188. Marco Za¢caro, RIM Architects -- Zaccaro explained Change Order No. 2 represented the use of different doors than were included in the original specifications used by the contractors to prepare their bids. He noted, during .the bid process, it became evident by the contractor, there were no manufacturers that could provide the doors as specified {steel thickness and wind load requirements). Based on information they received from manufacturers, the requirements were revised to accommodate multiple available products and the FAA approved the change order. It was also noted, the FAA would be paying their standard portion toward the use of these doors. Dan Green, Contractor-- Green verified the problems with the doors and the cost differences. MOTION: Councilwoman Porter MOVED to approve Change Order No. 2 for the Kenai Airport ARFF/SRE Facility in the amount of $28,188. Councilman Moore SECONDED the motion. VOTE: Bookey Porter Williams Yes Yes Yes Swarner Yes Bannock Yes Moore Jackman Yes Yes KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING NOVEMBER 7, 2001 PAGE 4 MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. ITEM C: PUBLIC HEARINGS C-1. Ordinance No. 1939-2001-- Finding Certain City-Owned Foreclosed Land, Identified as Lot 2, Block 1, Kaknu Komers, is Needed for a Public Purpose. MOTION- Councilwoman Swamer MOVED for adoption of Ordinance No. 1939-2001 and Councilwoman Porter SECONDED the motion. Debbie Sonberg-- Requested council to hold the property aside from development until she and others from the neighborhood and the Parks & Recreation Commission have time to design a suitable park for that area. If a park plan cannot be decided, then make the property available for other use. Williams suggested the plan be developed prior to budget preparation in order for cost considerations to be addressed at that time. He also suggested the city be requested to fence the area to better identify the boundaries. Finance Director Semmens noted the city will be paying approximately $1,450 taxes on the property. VOTE: Booker Porter Williams Yes Yes Yes Swarner Bannock Yes Yes Moore Jackm_an Yes Yes MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. C-2. Ordinance No. 1940-2001-- Increasing Estimated Revenues & Appropriations by $45,500 in the General Fund for Ice Maintenance. MOTION: Councilman Bookey MOVED for adoption of Ordinance No. 1940-2001 and Councilman Moore SECONDED the motion. There were no public Comments. During a lengthy discussion, Moore stated his surprise at the cost for the maintenance and the Zamboni repair needs. He added, he believed the cost to be too expensive. Bookey noted he requested Administration to prepare some a_Iterative plans to try to lessen the cost. He stated he would not support the ordinance because the amount budgeted for maintenance was $40,000. Bookey added, he expected the rink would be run at a loss this year, but didn't expect KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING NOVEMBER 7, 2001 PAGE 5 it to be so much. He suggested it may be less expensive to hire another employee to handle the maintenance. .~..:. Porter noted there were other finks of this type operating in'Alaska and asked what they paid an hour for maintenance. Parks & Recreation Director Frates indicated from $30 to $50 an hour and the amount included for this proposal was $27.88 an hour. Frates suggested hiring the-contractor would better ensure quality ice and identification of refrigeration problems. He added, the LLC had paid $50 an hour for ice maintenance. Russ Milstein, DR Ice -- Milstein reviewed maintenance costs and his proposal. He noted his proposal was based on the fact there was no timeline of hours of operation 'included in the Request for Proposals. Milstein added, lessening the amount of hours of operation could lower the cost of the maintenance. Swamer requested the Zamboni be inspected by the city's shop personnel to verify repairs needing to be made. Bookey agreed with other comments made, but requested alternatives be investigated, i.e. additional employee(s), hours of operation, etc. He suggested tabling the ordinance until November 21. Moore suggested investigating a time and material basis. Milstem noted the city's insurance coverage requirements are a fixed cost and continues no matter how many hours a day he is working. He added, council needed to remember the ice now would be an efficient ice surface and without maintenance on an hourly basis, there could be problems, i.e. damage to the lines, unsafe surface, etc. He recommended council consider those concerns and suggested the amount of hours could be changed to 12 to 13-hours a day. Snow asked if council wanted to direct administration to negotiate a contract or terms of the contract to allow the city to have more control over the hours of ice and discuss ways to phase in a more city-run, independent and economical maintenance program. She added, administration did run some scenarios about city employee involvement, but found they did not have enOugh time, knowledge and experience to be able to recommend other methods to council and felt through negotiation of the contract, the city could control some of the time, custodial responsibilities, etc. MOTION TO TABLE: Councilwoman Swarner MOVED to table Ordinance no. 1940-2001 until the next council meeting and Councilman Bookey SECONDED the motion. There were no objections. SO ORDERED. Williams noted, when putting the budget together and discussing the ice fink, he stated the city would have to investigating hiring a full-time employee to run the rink. KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING NOVEMBER 7,2001 PAGE 6 Council chose not to address the matter at that time, but would when it became an issue. He added, he agreed the issue needed additional review, but also felt tl~e, city would be operating the facility in the near future. VOTE: There were no objections. SO ORDERED. C-3. Ordinance No. 1941-2001 -- Increasing Estimated Revenue and Appropriations by $12,000 in the Water and Sewer Fund for a Water Rate Study. MOTION: Councilwoman Swarner MOVED for adoption of Ordinance No. 1941-2001 and Councilman Bookey SECONDED the motion. There were no public comments. Public Works Manager Komelis explained, DEC recommends a water rate study done every five years and one had not been done since 1978. DEC pays for preparation of sewer studies but the city has not been eligible for the water study. He noted, the completed study can be used to show the state the city's need for more funding in the future. VOTE: Bookey Porter Williem~s Yes Swarner Yes Bannock Yes Yes Yes Moore dackmau Yes Yes MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. C-4. Resolution No. 2001-79 -- Requesting the State of Alaska Department of Fish & Game to Take Necessary Actions to Provide for Protection of the Environment During the Dip Net Fishery at the South Side of the Mouth of the Kenai River. MOTION: Councilwoman Porter MOVED for adoption of Resolution No. 2001-79 and Councilman Moore SECONDED the motion. There were no public comments. Porter explained it was her intent to forward a copy of the resolution to the Borough for their review in order for them to consider a similar resolution for passage. KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING NOVEMBER 7,2001 PAGE 7 C-5o Resolution No. 2001-80 -- Recommending the Alaska Historical Commission and the U.S. Board of Geographic Names Officially Nme an Unnamed Peak in the Aleutian Range, Mount Saint Florian. MOTION' Councilwoman Swarner MOVED for adoption of Resolution No. 2001-80 and Councilman Bannock SECONDED the motion. There were no public comments. Fire Marshal Baisden explained Saint Florian is the patron saint of all firefighters and they were submitting the necessary paperwork to name the mountain in memory of those who lost their lives from the events of September 11,2001 and firefighters who had lost their lives over the years. He added, City of Kenai's Firefighter John Harris had agreed to summit the mountain in the summer. VOTE: There were no objections. SO ORDERED. Resolution No. 2001-81 -- Awarding the Bid to Dr. Ice for Ice Maintenance and Refrigeration Technician Services - 2001 for the Total Amount of $15,357.75 Per Month. MOTION: Councilwoman Swamer MOVED to approve Resolution No. 2001-81 and Councilman Moore SECONDED the motion. MOTION TO TABLE: Councilman Bookey MOVED to table Resolution No. 2001-81 until the next council meeting and Councilwoman Swarner SECONDED the motion. There were no objections. SO ORDERED. C-7o Resolution No. 2001-82 -- Awarding a $14,765 Sole Source Contract to Office Products Services for Laserfiche Software with Training and Installation Support. MOTION: Councilwoman Swamer MOVED for approval of Resolution No. 2001-82 and requested U~ANIMOU$ CONSENT. Councilwoman Porter SECONDED the motion. There were no public or council comments. KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING NOVEMBER 7,2001 PAGE 8 VOTE: There were no objections. SO ORDERED. C-8 · Resolution No. 2001-83 -- Designating the Kenai Coastal Trail Project as the City of Kenai's Number One Overall STIP Capital Improvement Project. MOTION: Councilman Bookey MOVED for approval of Resolution No. 2001-83 and Councilwoman Swarner SECONDED the motion. There were no public or council comments. VOTE: There were no objections. SO ORDERED. Resolution No. 2001-84 -- Adopting the City of Kenai, Alaska 2002- 2003 Capital Improvement Project (CIP) Priority List for Request of State Grants. MOTION: Councilwoman Swarner MOVED for approval of Resolution No. 2001-84 and requested UNANIMOUS CONSENT. Councilwoman Porter SECONDED the motion. There were no public or council comments. VOTE: There were no objections. SO ORDERED. C-10. Resolution No. 2001-85 -- Supporting the State Department of Natural Resources Purchase of Property Identified as Lots 3-6, Wild Rose Subdivision, Kenai, Alaska for Development of a Boat Launch Access Facility for the Lower Kena/River. MOTION: Councilwoman Porter MOVED for approval of Resolution No. 2001-85 and Councilman Bookey SECONDED the motion. KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING NOVEMBER 7,2001 PAGE 9 Chris Garcia, 2528 Beaver Loop Road -- Stated adjoining a boat launch to Cunningham Park would be travesty to the Park, as well as increasing traffic on... Beaver Loop Road; increase dip net traffic; would become a stopping point for guides who live out of state; and generally would create problems for those who live in the neighborhood. Garcia suggested placing playground equipment in Cunningham Park instead and pressure the State to place a boat launch at another site {upper or lower riverl. Gm'cia added, the people who live in that area should be the council's primary concern. Williams explained the city had already suggested the launch be placed either on land above the Park or at the bridge and the State objected to bOth. He added, if another launch is to be built in the city, it would have to be built with State approval and, since funds for the purchase of the property for the launch will come from the State, and this is the property they are offering, reference to the Wild Rose property was included in the resolution. Porter asked if, after development, the park would become a hardship on the community, could it be closed and Williams stated there was no clear answer at this time as there could be perpetual use restrictions involved. Mike Ashwell, P.O. Box 3491, Kenai -- Ashwell noted he lives across the road from Cunningham Park and stated his concerns as: · Whether or not there is actual need for another launch other than during the dip net season. · The neighborhood is primarily residential and a boat launch wouldn't maintain or improve the quality of life. · Traffic problems. · Current problem of speeding motorists along Beaver Loop Road. · Sight distance. · Parking space and tumarounds for trailers, etc. · Beaver Loop Road would need a turn lane. · Consideration should be given to bank erosion which will happen from boat traffic on the fiver. · Whether there is sufficient space. · Maintenance and Operations costs. · Impact on bank fishers at Cunningham Park. · Impact to migration of fish. Jim Krein, 365 Dolchok Lane, Kenai -- Stated his opposition to the project, noting the following: · There are already two public boat launches within the city. · The gain with another boat launch may only be for drift f~shers using it as another haul out site. · This it would be a great disservice to bank fishers. · Guides will be using it primarily and would push out other users. · Economic benefit would be minimal. KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING NOVEMBER 7, 2001 PAGE 10 The purpose of the launch should be to serve the people. This launch would serve mostly people from out of the area. Pollution and access problems. Road traffic. Larry Roscoe -- Stated his objections to the boat launch stating: · He agreed with the other comments made. · The valuation of property in the area would be impacted. · This site for a boat launch could impact the ability for property owners to sell their properties. · Adding a launch would bring more people in who would mostly be from out of the area. Ted Knight, 1506 Rose Lane, Kenai -- Stated he objected to adding the launch stating: The city would have to compensate him for it being there. · A boat launch would be a danger. · Adding a boat launch would impact fishing. It was noted that although the city would collect fees for use of the launch, no funding, fee schedule or employee assignments had yet been made, and it could be three years before the launch would be developed. Swarner stated she would not support the resolution as there was no assurance from the State that funding would be available to develop and maintain the launch. She added, she would prefer the boat launch be placed upstream from the Park as council had previously discussed. Bannock noted, when the upgrade of Cunningham Park was discussed, there were many comments of those who wanted a boat launch because the unapproved launch had been removed. He stated he would support the resolution in order for a launch to be built, but wanted to continue to work with the State in order to insure the design of the park would protect other users from being impacted by the launch. Moore stated he preferred placing the launch by the bridge, but that alternative had been asked and answered. Bookey stated he personally was against a boat launch, but as a representative of 7,000 people, he believed there is definitely a use for a launch, dackman stated she didn't want the city to be giving in, wa~ted to compromise, and didn't think a launch would be in the best interest of the city. Williams stated he wasn't looking at the project from a financial standpoint, but what it would offer as a recreational facility for the people of the community. After reviewing the history of the boat launch and alternatives the city had offered, Williams added council could either proceed and support the purchase of the property or say no, KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING NOVEMBER 7,2001 PAGE 11 although saying no would probably end any hope of adding a boat launch on the lower river. Mike Ashwell -- Suggested expanding the current city dock and stated he was concerned-the effect the launch would have on the neighborhood was not being considered. Delores Gar¢ia -- Stated Carrol Martin had expressed interest in developing .a boat launch from his property on the other side of the river in the past. She added, many guide boats use Cunningham Park to pick up and drop clients which is a problem for the bank fishers. Garcia added, she would really like playground equipment be placed at the Park. Chris Garcia -- Garcia stated, if an attempt is made to place a launch in that area, it would be a nightmare to maintain. VOTE: Bookey Yes Swarner No Moore No Porter Yes Bannock Yes Jackman No Williams Yes MOTION PASSED. Williams requested administration to continue to work with the State in developing the design and examining the use of property for the launch across the river. BREAK TAKEN: 9:15 P.M. BACK TO ORDER: 9:40 P.M. ITEM D: COMMISSION/COMMITTEE REPORTS D-lo Council on Aging -- No report. D-2. Airport Commission -- Jackman reported the next meeting was scheduled for November 8 at which there would be only one item for discussion. D-3. Harbor Commission -- Bookey reported the Commission met on November 5 at which he reported on the work session in regard to the coastal trail project. Bookey also reported he had a long discussion with Phil North regarding the negative comments received in regard to the permit. North explained he believed the project to be very viable, but felt a dialog should have been started prior to the permitting process and believed it would take from six to eight months before a permit could be approved. Bookey stated he wanted to continue to work with the agencies. KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING NOVEMBER 7,2001 PAGE 12 Williams requested administration contact the engineers and direct them to send a copy of the letter they are preparing to the agencies to council for review at November 21 meeting or before the letter is forwarded on to the agencies. City Manager Snow reported the Borough had offered their help in processing the permit. D-4. Library Commission -- Moore reported a meeting was held November 6 at which the Friends reported a very successful raffle. Chairman Peters also reported he was investigating the availability of possible grants for the library expansion and a committee was formed to help in the review. Moore added, the Commission discussed the concern of changing the meeting time to be more uniform with other meeting starts and to insure the meeting is available to the public. The Commission decided they did not want to chan§e the site of the meeting to City Hall and wanted to begin their meetings at 6'00 p.m. Council had no objections to changing the meeting time to 6'00 p.m. D-5. Parks & Recreation Commission -- Porter reported there was no quorum available. It was noted manufacturing of ice should begin around December 6. D-6. Planning/h Zoning Commission -- Bannock reported on the October 24 meeting and noted the minutes of the meeting were included in the packet. He noted there was a lengthy discussion about their Resolution No. PZ01-59 having to do with no parking of motor vehicles (including snow machines, boats all-terrain vehicles, trailers, etc.) in front yards or unimproved surfaces. He noted the Commission requested some revision to the resolution prior to their having a public hearing on the matter. A general discussion followed regarding the ability to enforce this or other ordinances. Porter stated her desire to have people know that when the city establishes an ordinance, it is put in place to protect their fights. She added, she believed the city should follow through with processing complaints and if administration requires another tool to complete the process, it was the council's responsibility make sure it is available. D-7. Miscellaneous Commissions and Committees D-7a. Beautification Committee -- Swamer reported the next meetin§ would be held on November 13. D-7b. Kenai Convention/h Visitors Bureau Board -- Bookey reported there was a meeting held on November 1:2. Speaking for the Board, Executive Director Kathy Tarr discussed issues facing tourism and advertising, the Center's next art show and their hopes to tie it into their tenth anniversary, etc. D-Tc. Alaska Municipal League Report -- No report. KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING NOVEMBER 7,2001 PAGE 13 ITEM E: MINUTES E-X. Regular Meeting of October 17, 2001. Approved by consent agenda. ITEM F: ,, CORRF~PONDENCE-- None. ITEM G: OLD BUSINESS-- None. _ ITEM H: NEW BUSINESS H-X. Bills to be Paid, Bills to be Ratified MOTION: Councilwoman Swarner MOVED to pay the bills and Councilman Bookey SECONDED the motion. There were no objections. SO ORDERED. Purchase Orders Exceeding $2,500 MOTION: Councilwoman Swarner MOVED to approve the purchase orders exceeding $2,500 and Councilman Bookey SECONDED the motion. Porter questioned the purchase orders to Alaska New Home Builders and Public Works Manager La Shot reported the company is located out of the city, however they have done work for the city in the past and done very good work. Porter stated she would not support the purchase orders to Alaska New Home Builders. MOTION: Councilwoman Porter MOVED to amend the list by removing the two purchase orders to Alaska New Home Builders from the list and Councilman Bookey SECONDED the motion. VOTE: Bookey Porter Williams Yes Swarner I No MOore Yes Bannock ] Yes Jackman No No Yes MOTION PASSED. KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING NOVEMBER 7, 2001 PAGE 14 VOTE ON MAIN AMENDED MOTION: Bookey Porter Williams Yes Yes Yes Bannock Yes Yes Moore Jackman Yes Yes MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. Discussion on the Alaska New Home Builders purchase orders followed. Swarner stated her support of the purchase orders as the company had done work for the city before and the work was acceptable. MOTION: Councilwoman Swamer MOVED to approve the purchase orders to Alaska New Home- Builders for the amounts of $6,213 for office remodeling and the Senior Center carpentry repairs for $3,310. Councilwoman Porter SECONDED the motion. Jackman asked if the previous work had gone to bid and La Shot answered yes, some of it and this was a negotiated contract. Bannock stated he would support the motion but because added together, the two purchase orders were very close to $10,000, he was concerned of the appearance of wrongdoing. It was noted they were two different jobs and buildings. Porter stated she wanted to be sure people who live in Kenai be given an equal ability to do good work. VOTE: Bookey Porter Williams Yes Swarner Yes Moore [Yes No Bannock Yes Jackman [ Yes Yes MOTION PASSED. Ordinance No. 1942-2001-- Amending KMC 14.20.280(c) to Remove the Requirement that Notification of Public Hearings be Sent Via Certified Mail. Introduced by consent agenda. Ordinance No. 1943-2001-- Amending KMC 14.05.020 to Increase the Fee for Applications for Variances, Encroachments, Conditional Use Permits, and Amendments to the Kenai Zoning Code or the Official Map from $100 to $200. Various Other Sections of Title 14 are Also Amended to Reflect This Change. KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING NOVEMBER 7,2001 PAGE 15 Introduced by consent agenda. H-5o Ordinance No. 1944-2001 -- Increasing Estimated Revenues and Appropriations by $20,000 in the General Fund and Kenai Coa~al Trail Capital Project Fund for Additional Environmental and Permitting Work. Introduced by consent agenda. Approval -- Sublease of Pingo Properties, Inc. and Geoffrey M. Graves, Individually to David and Janey Ring -- Lot 6A, Block 1, Gusty Subdivision No. 4. MOTION: Councilwoman Swarner MOVED to approve the sublease of Pingo Properties, Inc. and Geoffrey M. Graves, Individually to David and Janey Ring and Councilman Bookey SECONDED the motion. There were no objections. 80 ORDERED. i-7o Approval-- Changes in Kenai Community Library Regulations. Acting Library Director McNair explained the changes to the regulations, noted the service charges were outlined more clearly and the use of the conference room was designated so there is no question for What it can or cannot be used. MOTION' Councilman Moore MOVED to approve the changes in the Kenai Community Library Regulations and Councilwoman Swarner SECONDED the motion. There were no objections. SO ORDERED. I'I-8 o Approval-- Leif Hansen Memorial Park/Policy and Procedures Amendments. Porter explained council had requested the Commission to develop a plan for the amount of rocks to be allowed to place in the Park, as well as designated areas for placement. The Commission addressed the request and the plan was what was before council. Clerk Freas requested council's motion to include approval of the policies and Procedures as a whole, since it had not been done in the past. Discussion followed in which No. 5 of the Planting/Plaque Placement issues was questioned as it directed any one purchase exceeding $5,400 to go to competitive bid. Since the code states anything above $10,000 must go to bid, it was suggested that rule be removed. , KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING NOVEMBER 7, 2001 PAGE 16 MOTION: % Councilman Bannock MOVED to approve the Policies and Future Planning Procedures for Leif Hansen Memorial Park as revised (marked H-8), and excluding No. 5. Councilwoman Porter SECONDED the motion. There were no objections. SO ORDERED. Approval-- Kenai Airport ARFF/SRE Facility/Change Order No. 2 -- $28,188. Heard after H-11 at beginning of meeting. H-10. Discussion -- Economic Development District Forum/November 16 & 17, 2001 -- Sponsorship Request. Williams requested council to consider donating $550 to sponsor half the cost of work materials, brochures, etc. for the 2001 Economic Outlook Forum to be held November 16-17, 2001. MOTION: Councilwoman Porter MOVED to approve the donation of $550 for the 2001 Economic Outlook Forum as a sponsor of one-half the materials and Councilman Bookey S~2OI~ED the motion. There were no objections. 80 ORDERED. H-11. Discussion-- Borough Ordinance 2001-29/Planning Commission Membership. Heard after Item B-1 at the beginning of the meeting. ITEM I: ADMINISTRATION REPORTS _ I-1. Mayor-- Mayor Williams discussed the following items' · The Oil & Gas Commission was meeting in Kenai and discussing development with in the Cook Inlet. · The Challenger Center was moving ahead with the design of their sign and asked if the city wanted to incorporate a sign for the ice rink. Swamer stated she had requested a green sign which are placed by the State on the fight-of-way and City manager Snow reported the application for the sign had been submitted. · -- A computerized program was being prepared in regard to the Coastal Trail Project to be presented at the Economic Forum. · He had been called by several citizens regarding citations and stops made by the Police Department in regard to snow machine use. He requested a list of rules to distribute, a.map prepared indicating where snow machines may be used in KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING NOVEMBER 7,2001 PAGE 17 the city and where they may not be, distribute the map in the schools, and offer instruction to users. Police Chief Morris reported the Police Department cover, s, the subject at the schools, information is included in the school newsletters, and a~rticles have been included in the Clarion in regard to snow machine use in the city. Fire Marshal Baisden added, the Fire Department gives instruction on snow machine safety. Bookey suggested the map be included in the next city newsletter as well as published in the Clarion. 1-2. City Manager-- City Manager Snow discussed the following: · The proposed concept drawing for the downstairs remodel was included in the packet along with a draft list of equipment and furnishings. She noted money was in the current budget. Swarner requested the restrooms in the hall be upgraded, include paint, new fixtures and partitions, etc. It was also noted the heat and ventilation systems upgrade was not included in this project and was intended to be addressed with the upstairs remodel project as that would be a larger and more costly project. Referring to a memorandum included in the packet from Fire Chief Walden, Snow reported the Emergency Operations Center {the upstairs of the ARFF building) were built to FEMA guidelines and were designed for disaster management, training disaster management teams and dispatchers, as a backup communication center, etc. To date, no funding has been available from FEMA to complete the Center. Snow reported, it was suggested the city request an appropriation for January 2002 consideration through Senator Stevens. She added, there would be no city match. Council directed Snow to write the letter and bring it to council for approval at the November 21 meeting. · Amended Tie-Down Fees were included in the packet and Snow reported code directs the city manager to set the fee with council's review. She noted fees were added for electrical service incentives were created for annual use. Williams requested approval of the fee amendments be held. until after the Airport Commission scheduled for November 8. · A copy of the Foreclosure Sale Results were included in the packet for council's review. Administration was requested to get additional space heaters for use in the council chambers. I-3. Attorney-- Attorney Graves reported: · He received the judgment on the Mellish case and he was now requesting attorneys fees. · He is working on the abatement of three buildings, two of which were on city properties and the third would require a more formal proceeding. Abatements will cost approximately $5,000 per building. KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING NOVEMBER 7, 2001 PAGE 18 I-4. City Clerk -- Clerk Freas reported the following: %._ · A request for donation from the KCHS Hockey Booster Club was included in the packet. Council included $200 in their FY2001/2001 budget. Council had no objections to approving the donation. · She noted a list of election records requiring disposal in accordance with the Kenai Municipal Code. · The first meeting of the appreciation dinner planning group would be held on Friday, November 9. Finance Director-- No report. 1-6. Public Works Managers -- Komelis · Distributed a summer of the new arsenic standards. · Reported the contractor on the Spur Highway project will be replacing some of the street signs, etc. that were removed during the project work. A minor list of items will need to be completed by next May. · Reported the Kenai Spur Unity Trail contractor would be doing some cleaning and grubbing during the winter and warned there could be some smoke in the area. Because there is approximately 1,000 feet of the trail that is not included in the project, he would be writing to the DOT to find out what they plan for the 1,000 feet and that the city would like to have that portion completed. · He was able to locate the Senate bill containing the $500,000 for the coastal trail project and would continue following its progress. Komelis was requested to report the problem with the light at Willow and Spur to the project engineer of the Spur Highway project. He was also asked to express the council's concern of the condition in which the project was left for the winter. La Shot -- No report. ITEM J: Airport Manager-- No report. DISCUSSION J-1. Citizens Bob Peters -- Peters discussed the following: Has watched the multipurpose facility evolve and now additional funding is needed. He suggested volunteers do the janitorial work. · ~. Suggested fees be charged to break even with costs to produce ice, tie- downs, etc. KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING NOVEMBER 7,2001 PAGE 19 · Suggested care be considered when deciding on what should be allowed in yards. .~. · Suggested the ice rink be named and the concession area be rented out. · Stated he was one of the citizens who spoke in support of placing a boat ramp at Cunningham Park prior to its upgrade. J-2. Council Bookey-- No comments. Swarner -- Reported she attended the Arts Summit held recently and noted there were many who attended and there was lots of enthusiasm for an art facility and it was felt one would be an economic benefit to the community. Moore -- No comments. Porter -- Reported she would not be in attendance at the November 21,2001 meeting. She will want to discuss snow removal in December. BannoCk-- No comments. Jackman -- Reported she would not be in attendance for the November 21 meeting. She will be attending the Newly Elected Officials seminar at the Alaska Municipal League Conference. EXECUTIVE SESSION- None Scheduled ITEM K: ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at approximately 12'05 p.m. Minutes transcribed and prepared by: Carol L. Freas, City Clerk CITY OF KENA[ 210 FIDALGO AVE., SUITE 200 KENAI, ALASKA 99611-T/'94 TELEPHONE 907-283-7535 FAX 907-283-3014 ~ Memorandum From: Date: Re: Linda Snow, City Manager Komelis, Public Works Manager ~ Keith 11/16/2001 Kenai Coastal Trail I have asked for and received Nottingham & Drage, PND: the following from Peratrovich, · Suggestions from PND on how to proceed on this project · Consolidated List of Agency Permitting Concems The City Council requested this information for their next council meeting. They wanted to go over this information before the city made any requests of the agencies. I have stamped these two documents DRAFT until the city council reviews them and makes whatever changes they may want. Keith Kornelis From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Keith Kornelis [kornelis@ci.kenai.ak. us] Friday, November 09, 2001 2:29 PM Jim Campbell Jack LaShot; Linda Snow Kenai Coastal Trail Jim Campbell, PND Kenai Coastal Trail Email Correspondence November 9, 2001 As I mentioned in our phone conversation, the city is anxious to receive: * A list of items that consolidates all of the concerns expressed by the various agencies that commented on the permit that was submitted. Each item should be numbered so that it can be located easily for discussion. * Another letter or memo that addresses how PND thinks we should proceed on this project. It should explain how or whom you think we should answer each of the numbered items listed in the document above. Should we hire a biologist for some of the items or oceanographer or whoever? The city administration and the Kenai City Council would like to review these documents before they are sent to the agencies. We may want to meet with PND again after we receive these documents to discuss how to proceed. After we are in agreement on how to proceed, I think a .meeting with the agencies would be the next step. We can go over the list of items that they are requesting to make sure they are in agreement. We may want to discuss what experts are needed and which ones the agencies approve of. Please send me these two documents before noon on Thursday, November 15, 2001 so that the council can discuss this at their November 21, 2001 meeting. Than ks, Keith Korneli$, 11/09/2001 kornelis@ci, kenai, ak. us November 15, 2001 DRAF'T Keith Komelis Public Works Manager 210 Fidalgo Avenue, SuRe 200 Kenai, Alaska 99611-7794 Fax: 907-283-3014 Subject: Kenai Coastal Trail Permitting Process Dear Keith: This letter presents PN&D's proposed approach for proceeding with permitting for the Kenai Coastal Trail project. The permitting process is presently stopped, with agencies awaiting additional information to address numerous concerns and commems. For reference, we are attaching a consolidated list of the agency permitting concerns. 1. Discuss Concerns with Agencies To obtain necessary permits for the project, we must satisfy the agency reviewers by working with them to address their concerns. As a first step, we should discuss the list of concerns with the agency reviewers to make sure that we understand the concerns, and go over ways to address the concerns. These discussions should result in a narrowing or focusing of the concerns expressed by the agencies. For example, many of the agency concerns regard the Kenai River Flats, on the other side of the fiver. If it is shown that this area will not be physically effected by the project, is it necessary to conduct biological studies there? A joint meeting organized and led by the DGC as soon as possible will formalize this step. 2. Prepare Formal Response Letters After discussing the concerns with the agency reviewers and documenting the DGC meeting outcome, we would prepare formal response letters answering the various agencies' concerns. We do not expect these response letters to fully satisfy the agencies. The responses should, however, eliminate some of the concerns and will prcsem our arguments regarding other In these responses, we should be able to directly address concerns regarding the cause of the bluff' erosion (Item 1 on attached list), concerns regarding water-quality protection of stormwater runoff(Item 11), suggestions regarding selection of plant species for slope stabilization (Item 12), and questions regarding the threat to the Senior Center (Item 13). With respect to other concerns, we would argue that the proposed project is located very high on the tidelands, where it eomacts the river only during high tide, and that this minimizes many of the Keith Komelis November 15, 2001 Page 2 potential impacts that agencies are concerned about. We do not believe that the reviewers' fully appreciated or considered this point. In addition, we would provide responses to many of the concerns regarding sediment transport, which was the subject of a UAA study. 3. Determine Studies Required After the agencies have reviewed the response letters, we expect that they will have a reduced list of concerns that will require additional studies or work to address. In addition, we hope that the scope of these remaining concerns will be reduced. We expect that Items 2-9 may require studies to: · Define and assess alternatives to the proposed project (Item 2) Collect data regarding fish and wildlife use of the project site (Item 3) Perform additional sediment transport analysis (Item 4) Perform a river hydraulic analysis (Item 5) · Pertbrm an economic analysis of proposed project and altematives (Items 2 and 6) Assess project effects on habitat and biota (Item 7) · Assess project effects on recreational and commercial use (Item 8) Identify potential mitigation measures (Item 9) 4. Select Experts to Perform Studies Input from several specialties, including biology, oceanography, river engineering and economics, will be required to develop cost estimates and work plans for the above studies. It is important that experts selected to conduct studies are agreeable to both the City and the reviewing agencies (Item 15). 5. Prepare Study Plans and Cost Estimate The next step would be to prepare plans to complete the required studies, and obtain concurrence from the agencies that the proposed studies will address their concerns. These study plans would need to be fairly detailed regarding proposed areas of study, methods, etc. Even with agency input and review, concurrence may consist of non-objection rather than positive approval of proposed study plans, and supplememary studies may be requested at a later date. A moderate budget would be required for the project team to complete this work. 6. Fund Additional Studies Detailed cost estimates for performing required studies will be used to allocate funding. Additional funding would also be required to prepare an environmemal document based on study results regarding impacts of the project. 7. Provide Information to Agencies & Complete Permitting When the required studies are completed, they will be submitted to the permitting agencies to address remaining concerns and complete the permitting process. Pem~ch, Nottingham & Drage, Inc. Engineering Consultants Keith Komelis November 15, 2001 Page 3 To date, we have attempted to accomplish permitting for the Kenai Coastal Trail project with a relatively low-cost approach involving minimal studies, direct contact with the agencies, and sound project design. Continuation of the permitting process will require additional expenditures by the City. PN&D proposes to continue work on Steps 1-4 as outlined above on a time and materials basis, not to exceed $20,000. Funding for Steps 5-7 cannot be estimated at thfs time. If the costs for permitting of the proposed or similar project become too high, or the process too drawn out, the City has another option that could minimize permitting requirements. This option would keep the trail completely above the high tide line using a sheetpile wall along the entire length of the trail. This option has significantly higher construction costs than the armor stone option proposed on the permit application. Please call Jim Campbell or me if you have any questions. Sincerely, PERATROVICH, NOTTINGHAM & DRAGE, INC. Dennis Nottingham, P.E. Presidem Attachmem Engineering Consultants November 14. 2001 Keith Komelis Public Works Manager DRAFT' 210 Fidalgo Avenue, SuRe 200 Kenai, Alaska 99611-7794 Fax: 907-283-3014 PI~ 99072 Subject: Kenai Coastal Trail- Consolidated List of Agency Permitting Concerns Dear Keith: As requested by the City, this letter presents a consolidated list of concerns expressed by the various agencies and citizens that commented on the permit that was submitted. Each item has been numbered for easy reference. There is no particular significance to the order in which items are listed, and the numbering should not be misconstrued as a ranking of any sort. The comment lettei's used to compile this list of concerns are referenced at the end of this letter. We have grouped concerns and comments into the following categories: 1. Establish cause ofblufferosion 2. Consider alternatives 2a. Purchase bluff Properties, remove structures, and curtail further development 2b. Place trail along top of bluff 2c. Implement land use controls to limit bluff development 2d. Use bioengineering 3. Conduct ecosystem analysis / baseline surveys 4. Conduct additional sediment transport analysis 4a. Assess effects on Kenai Dunes and sand bars 4b. Address specific criticisms of UAA sediment budget analysis 4e. Conduct site-specific sediment transport sampling and analysis 5.' Conduct fiver hydraulic analysis 5a. Conduct scour analysis 5b. Assess effect of hydraulic changes on sediment transport 5c. Assess effect of hydraulic changes on adjacent areas Sd. Assess effects on sewage treatment plant and outfall conditions Se. Assess effects on Kenai River Flats 5f. Evaluate long-term changes to fiver channel 5g. Analyze project function during flood event at high tide 5h. Calculate post-project near shore velocities 6. Conduct economic evaluation Keith Komelis November 14, 2001 Page 2 DEAFT 7. Assess effects on habitat and biota ge 9. Consider mitigation 10. Prepare environmemal document 11. Address storm water concerns .~ 11 a. Identify any wood preservatives to be used 11 b. Direct storm water discharges to bioswale ., 7a. Assess effects on physical and chemical productivity of river mouth 7al. Assess effects on acclimating and outmigrating salmon smolt 7a2. Assess effects on marine mammals 7b. Assess effects, on unnamed stream at confluence with Kenai River .. 7c. Assess effects on food supply for juveniles and estuarine fish 7d. Assess effects on fish predation Assess effects on recreational and commercial use 11 c. Provide inlbrmation on construction methods for fill placemem in tidelands 12. Consult experts in selection of plant species for slope stabilization 13. Reassess threat to senior center 14. Engage facilitator for city-agency interaction 15. Utilize impartial experts for analyses A detailed listing, providing direct quotes stating the reviewers' concerns or commems and a reference list of the comment letters is attached. Sincerely, PERATROVICH, NOTTINGHAM & DRAGE, INC. Jim Campbell, P.E. Senior Engineer Attachment .Peratrovich, Nottingham & Drage, Inc. Engineering Cormultants KENAI COASTAL TRAIL & EROSION CONTROL PROJECT CONSOLIDATED LIST OF AGENCY CONCERNS AND COMMENTS 1. ESTABLISH CAUSE OF BLUFF EROSION "There is some question as to the cause of erosion in the lowest mile of the River... J~ 1982 report commissioned by the City states that 'the major cause of erosion of the slope arises from the large volume of water draining through the upper 35 feet of material '... It would also appear...that the thalweg of the River is moving to the north.., suggesting that the River is meandering north, eroding that bank... The cause of slope failure along the bluff may be a combination of these influences..." (USEPA 2001 a) 2. CONSIDER ALTERNATIVES "Please provide an evaluation of alternatives including an analysis of costs/benefits and impacts to fish and wildlife resources." (ADF&G 2001) 2a. Purchase bluff properties, remove structures, and curtail further development "Evaluation of alternatives should include, but are not limited to consideration of: 1) purchasing properties or bluff easements and removing existing structures and curtailing further development to reduce need for stabilization..." (ADF&G 2001) "Alternatively it may be less expensive for the City to simply purchase threatened property, moving people out of harms way and avoiding tideland fill. We suggest that the applicant consider these alternatives" (USEPA 2001 a) 2b. Place trail along top of bluff "...and 2) placing the trail along the top of the bluff to minimize the size and intrusion into the river of the erosion control structure at the toe of the slope." (ADF&G 2001) "Placement of the trail at the top of the bluff on lands purchased for construction of this project would eliminate up to 5 acres of tideland fill." (USEPA 2001 a) "The City of Kenai with federal funds could purchase the property along the bluff and form a greenbelt/coastal trail along the top of the bluff." (Tarbox 2001) 2c. Implement land use controls to limit bluff development "As lands further back from the bluff become available the City could look at zoning and construction regulation (for example, lot set backs) that would allow the City to function for 50 to 100 years without threat of bluff erosion to structures." (Tarbox 2001) 2d. Use bioengineering "...explore alternatives to providing a trail and stabili~.ing the failing banks, such as to incorporate bioengineering techniques." (NMFS 2001) P~.rntrnvi~.h l~nttinohnm ~r FIrno~. ln~. 1 Nlt~v~.mh~r 11 ')tiff 1 3. CONDUCT ECOSYSTEM ANALYSIS / BASELINE SURVEYS "...please provide.., a complete ecosystem analysis of the structure and fimction of the estuary including an inventory of fish and wildlife species use by season (including winter), age class, depth and tide cycle." (ADF&G) "a baseline survey of current bird and fish use of the...site of the proposed project...t6' better understand the extent of habitat loss which would occur..." (USEPA 200la) "...we request.., quantitative analysis of fish surveys..." (KPB) 4. CONDUCT ADDITIONAL SEDIMENT TRANSPORT ANALYSIS 4a. Assess effects on Kenai Dunes and sand bars "...potemial for changes in the existing sand dunes that provide erosion protection for the wetlands through which this stream meanders." (ADF&G 2000) "Sediment Dynamics Related to Dune Nourishmem... concern that the dunes on the north side of the river will be starved of sand... Loss of these dunes will expose the bluff behind them to direct wave action at high tide" (USEPA 2001 a) "...the sediment transport patterns at the mouth of the fiver will be altered significantly. This may impact downstream sand dune and sand bar areas..." (Tarbox 2001) 4b. Address specific criticisms of UAA sediment budget analysis "...the following information should be provided and reviewed by the Corps of Engineers and the resource agencies: sediment transport study concerns, mentioned above, answered including completion of additional work to reduce uncertainty and verify conclusions..." (USEPA 2001 a) 4bl. "Uncertainty associated with the model used to estimate wave induced and longshore transport should be explicitly discussed." 462. "The analysis also fails to consider the effect of the Kenai River's current through the momh carrying northward moving sand into deeper water where it would be unavailable to wave induced transport." 463. "...the estimate of <bedload transport> sediment movement needs to be more accurately predicted to be useful." 464. "In the City's analysis suspended sediment is included... We do not think suspended sediment is relevant to the questions being asked here, since it moves much farther before settling out and does not provide material to the Dunes." 465. "...the report assumes that additional sediment is transported from 'shoals and banks downstream of Soldotna' bm makes no attempt to quantify this contribution." 466. "<The analysis> also fails to take into account tidal influence in spite of stating that it 'will generally attenuate the eroding influence of the hydrological flow in fiver channels.'" Pe~trr~io.h Mnttinohnm ,gr Drnoo. lno. 9 NInve~nh~r ! & 9fl(}l D AFT 4c. Conduct site-specific sediment transport sampling and analysis "...we request.., site specific quantitative sediment transport sampling and analysis..." (KPB 2001) 5. CONDUCT RIVER HYDRAULIC ANALYSIS 5a. Conduct scour analysis "<The thalweg> elevation must be thoroughly analyzed and documented to avoid the potential for catastrophic failure of the project. The depth of scour, estimated to be-5 feet for this project, is also questionable and warrants more detailed analysis to establish a scour depth at which this project should be designed to protect against." (ADF&G 2000) "...please provide... Information on the design life of the project and potential impacts to the river if the channel undercuts and destabilizes the toe of the rock fill." (ADF&G 2001) "We are also concerned about how the channel would react during flood stages, and we fear that it may be more erosive with the riprapped bank than under current cOnditions.'' (USFWS 2001) 5b. Assess effect of hydraulic changes on sediment transport "...potential to cause hydraulic changes in the Kenai River that could change the natural bed load transport conditions and deposition rates in the lower river." (ADF&G 2000) 5c. Assess effect of hydraulic changes on adjacent areas "We are concerned that changes to the existing hydraulic conditions, no matter how large or small, may result in the potential for alteration of the bank conditions above or below the .mouth of the Ken~ River. Such changes could necessitate further bank erosion protection and increased costs attributable to this project." (ADF&G 2000) "We question if this project will alter the currem erosion and deposition rates of brig shore currents in Cook Inlet near the mouth of the Kenai River." (ADF&G 2000) "We are concerned that the proposed design of the armored deflection dike located at the upstream end of No-Name Creek may create a current gym. This could result in increased erosive forces attacking the bank ftmher up the beach dune area towards the existing beach access road and dip-net fishing turn-around area." (ADF&G 2000) ',Additional uncertainty that needs to be addressed includes the effect of hardening the outside bend of the fiver on the inside bend and on areas upstream and downstream of the project site .... documentation should be provided..." (USEPA 2001 a) P~,r,atrnvio. h Mnttinohnm ,~ l~rno~, lno. Mnv~.mhm' 1 ~ 9tiff 1 DRAF? "...may result in the unintended consequence of shif~Mg the erosion problem to another portion of the bluff, and endangering structures there that are not curremly in harms' way." (USEPA 2001 a) "a hydrologic analysis of the impacts of the structure with particular emphasis on assessing the potential for induced erosion upstream and downstream of the street.ute, and channel changes adjacem to it." (USEPA 2001 a) < Sd. Assess effects on sewage treatment plant and outfall conditions "These changes could affect the existing sewage treatment plant site and sewer outfall conditions" (ADF&G 2000) 5e. Assess effects on Kenai River Flats "...please provide.., an analysis of how the project will change the hydrologic patterns in and upstream of the project area, including impacts to the wetlands on the south shore..." (ADF&6 200 ) "Changes in flow patterns caused by the proposed project could degrade <the Kenai River Flats> wetlands." (USEPA 2001 a) "Hardening the bank may deflect the energy and direction of the fiver currem downstream and toward the opposite bank. Should this occur, it would likely result in the erosion and loss of a number of acres of tidal marsh..." (USFWS 2001) 5f. Evaluate long-term changes to river channel' "...please provide.., an analysis of how the project will change the hydrologic patterns in and upstream of the project area, including.., anticipated successional changes to the fiver channel that will occur through time (25, 50, 100, 150 years, etc)." (ADF&G 2001) 5g. Analyze project function during flood event at high tide "Please provide an analysis of project function during a 100-year flood event coupled with a maximum high tide." (ADF&G 2001) 5h. Calculate post-project near shore velocities "...we request calculations of projected post-project near shore velocities..." (I~B 2001) 6. CONDUCT ECONOMIC EVALUATION "Please provide an evaluation of alternatives including an analysis of costs/benefits..." (ADF&G 2001) "...this project does not appear to be economically sound." (Tarbox 2001) Pm'ntrnvie. h Nlr~ttinohnm ~ l'lrno~. Int. A M~v~ml~ 1A 9flfll 7. ASSESS EFFECTS ON HABITAT AND BIOTA "Additional analysis of the biological resources using the project area is also needed to ensure the biological productivity of the estuarine habitat is not adversely affected by the proposed project through physical and chemical alteration of the existing habitat." (ADF&G 2000) 7a. Assess effects on ph; al and chemical productivi~ of river mouth "...potential for this proje~ ~o cause adverse effects to fisheries resources whie{~' utili~e the mouth and lower reaches (tidally influenced areas) of the Kenai River." (ADF&G 2000) "...please provide.., an evaluation of how the physical and chemical productivity of the fiver mouth (number and type of organisms, use and value of the area) will change through time as the natural erosive process that is slowly causing the fiver mouth to become wider, shallower and more productive is altered." (ADF&G 2001) "Our concerns regarding this project involve the likely effects on fish and wildlife habitat, and changes to hydrologic and sediment movement patterns that will adversely affect the functioning of the Kenai River estuarine ecosystem... Erosiom transport and deposition of sediment in the fiver and the mouth renew terrestrial and aquatic habitat in the project area. The variety of shallow and deep areas, wetlands and the seaside dune system provide the physical habitat that supports this complex ecosystem... The proposed project should be analyzed for effects on the estuary and its biota." (USEPA 2001 a) "...the following information should be provided.., analysis of the impact of physical changes to biota of this system." (USEPA 200la) "We are concerned that armoring 1.2 miles of the lower Kenai River would substantially alter the structure and fimction of this estuarine habitat area and may impact populations of fish and wildlife that are critically dependent upon the river and the Kenai Flats..." (USFWS 200 ) 7al. Assess effeCts on acclimating and outmigrating salmon smoit. "...please provide.., a specific analysis of how changes in water depth, velocity, and predation patterns will affect acclimating and outmigrating salmon smolt." (ADF&G 2001) 7a2. Assess effects on marine mammals. "...please provide... A specific analysis of marine wildlife (including but not limited to species of concern such as beluga whales, harbor seals, and Stellar sealions) use of the area, including where and what they feed on, and how the project will impact their food resources and use of the area." (ADF&G 2001) 7b. Assess effects on unnamed stream at confluence with Kenai River "...potential impacts to the unnamed anadromous fish stream (No Name Creek, Anadromous Stream No. 244-30-10010-2001) which include the potemial for this project to alter access availability for fish at the confluence of this stream and the Kenai River..." (ADF&G 2000) Pm~ntrr~vioh l~Jt~ttinohnm ~r FIrnop. lno. q Mt~vp. mhpr lA 9flfll 7c. Assess effects on food supply for juveniles and estuarine fish "Placing riprap...could lead to a reduction in food supply and consequently a reduction in the number of juveniles and cstuarine fish that could be supported in the area." (USFWS 200~) 7d. Assess effects on fish predation "...placing riprap in the fiver channel could increase predation on juvenile fish'~as they may be forced to reside in or migrate through deeper water than normaL, waters more suitable to supporting predators." (USFWS 2001) · 8. ASSESS EFFECTS ON REC~ATIONAL AND COMMERCIAL USE "Also, the construction of a large rock faced jetty on both sides of the mouth of No-Name Creek could reduce shoreline fisherman access to the existing dip-net fishery during certain tide levels or in total." (ADF&G 2000) "Given the importance of the Kenai River fisheries, it is essemial that we have a clearer understanding of the potential positive and negative effects..." (ADF&G 2001) "...the tourist and commercial fishing industries are multi-million dollar businesses that are extremely important to the local economy. In addition, personal use fisherpersons and subsistence users are dependent on this resource." (Tarbox 2001) 9. CONSIDER MITIGATION "...no mitigation for potential negative effects to fish hydrological functions have been proposed." (USFWS 2001) and wildlife habitat and wetland "We...feel that the proposed mitigation is inadequate for a project of this size." (NMFS 2001) 10. PREPARE ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENT "In order to address the secondary and cumulative effects that this proposed project may produce, an environmental impact or assessmem document will need to be prepared for the project." (ADF&G 2000) "We believe that an Environmental Impact Statemem is warranted for this project." (USEPA 200la) Pp~atrr~vinh Nlc~ttinohnm ~ 13r~oo. Inc. ti NIr~vp, nFu~ 1 & 9flfll 11. ADDRESS STORM WATER CONCERNS l la. Identify any wood preservatives to be used "Trade name(s) and Material Safety Data Sheet(s) for the wood preservative(s) being used on this project." (ADEC 2001) l lb. Direct storm water discharges to bioswale "A determination whether the storm water collected from thc top of the bluff will discharge to the bioswale located between the multiple use trail and the bluff or directly to the Kenai River... The NPS program is requesting the surface of the coastal trail including paved and non-paved areas be designed to direct surface runoff towards the bioswale and away from the Kenai River." (ADEC 2001) 1 lc. Provide information on construction methods for fill placement in tidelands "Information on how the contractor will prevent fill material being placed during the construction phase below mean high water from eroding during high tides or high water events?" (ADEC 2001) 12. CONSULT EXPERTS IN SELECTION OF PLANT SPECIES FOR SLOPE STABILIZATION "...the species of plants to be used for slope stability must be carefully considered based upon the type of soils, the erosion forces at work and the availability of the seed or plug plant materials source. We recommend the City of Kenai coordinate this concept with staff at the Plant Materials Center in Palmer who have trained staff that can assist in evaluating the feasibility of the use of these techniques and materials at this location." (ADF&G 2000) 13. REASSESS THREAT TO SENIOR CENTER "The City of Kenai has not been honest in the evaluation process and this should be considered in your evaluation of information. Statemems have been made that the Senior Cemer is threatened. The Cemer sits over 100 feet from the bluff. At present erosion rates the Center would not be threatened until 50 years from now." (Tarbox 2001) 14. ENGAGE FACILITATOR FOR CITY-AGENCY INTE~CTION "We suggest that the City re-engage the agencies and any other interested parties in a discussion to resolve the concerns associated with this project. A facilitator skilled in collaborative problem solving might be engaged to make most efficient use of such a dialogue... We encourage the City to work with the resource agencies and the U.S. Geological Survey to develop and implement a study plan." (USEPA 2001a) Pm-ntrtavio. h Nlc~ttinohnrn ~ l~r~o~, lno 7 Nlt~v~.mla~.r I ~t 9flfll 15. UTILIZE IMPARTIAL EXPERTS FOR ANALYSES "I think the first step is to get impartial expertise that's really mutually agreed upon... I don't think it's appropriate for the City's contractor to go out and select someone." (P. North as quoted by ADN 10/21/01). REFERENCES ADEC, 2001. State of Alaska, Departmem of Environmental Conservation (Timothy Stevens, Environmental Specialist). Subject: Corps Permit waterway # Kenai River 327, State ID # AK O108-06AA. September 17, 2001 ADF&G, 2000. State of Alaska, Departmem of Fish and Game (Gary S. Liepitz, Habitat Biologist). Re: Kenai Coastal Trail and Erosion Control Project Design Concept Report Review. January 31, 2000. ADF&G. 2001. State of Alaska, Departmem of Fish and Game (Glenda Landua, Habitat Biologist). Re: Request for Additional Information, Kenai River 327, City of Kenai Coastal Trail/Erosion Control Project. September 7, 2001. ADN, 2001. Anchorage Daily News. Kenai erosion buffer hits snag. October 21,2001. KPB, 2001. Kenai Peninsula Borough (Daniel Bevington, Coastal District Coordinator). Re: Kenai River 327, #AK O108-06AA Request for Additional Information Deadline. September 6, 2001 NMFS, 2001. U.S. Departmem of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service (James W. Balsiger, Administrator). Re: Kenai River 327. September 6, 2001 Tarbox, K., 2001. Letter to Senator Stevens and Represemative Young. Subject: Kenai River coastal project. September 27, 2001. Smith, O., Lee, W. and Merkel, H., 2001. Erosion at the Mouth of the Kenai River, Alaska: Analysis of Sediment Budget with regard to the proposed Kenai Coastal Trail & Erosion Control Project. University of Alaska Anchorage, School of Engineering. April 5, 2001. USEPA, 200la. United States Environmemal Protection Agency, Region 10 (Marcia Combes, Director). Re: Public Notice 2-2001-0868, Kenai River 327. September 10, 2001. USEPA, 200lb. United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region 10 (Charles E. Findley, Acting Regional Administrator). Re: Public Notice 2-2001-0868, Kenai River 327. September 24, 2001. USFWS, 2001. United States Departmem of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service (Ann G. Rappoport, Field Supervisor). Re: Kenai River 327, 2-2001-0868. September 10, 2001. P~.~trr~vit, h Nlr~ttinc~hnm ,~ 13rna~. lno R Xlr~v~rn~ 1A 9(lfll nal Municipal Airport Memo To: From: Linda L. Snow- City Manager Rebecca Cronkhite - Airport Managerial./ Date: November 2, 2001 Subject: Aircraft Tie-Down Fees Altached you will find the proposed fee schedule for Aircraft Tie-Downs at the Kenai Municipal Airport. As we discussed, the fees are structured to be competitive with other ai~o~ and encourage y~ar round eomm~ent. The Airport Commission reviewed this fee schedule at their October 11, 2001 m~ting and unanimously ag~ that the mt~ were fair. '~.ci.kenai.ak. us. Municipal Airport Airport Bulletin 02-2001 To: From: Date- Subject: Light Aircraft Tie-down Tenants Airport Manager November 1, 2001 Aircraft Tie-down Fees Daily Monthly Yearly Paved ~heel 2.00 40.00 360.00 Electrical Paved Wheel 5.00 Gravel Wheel/Ski 2.00 6O. OO 420.O0 40.00 360.00 Flont Plane Slip- Private 3.00 42.00 250.00 (6 month season- closed in winter) Float Plane/Ski/Paved Wlneei n/a n/a 360.00 Float PInne/Eleetrieni Wh~l n/a n/a 420.00 Commercini Float Plane 5.00 50.00 300.00 (6 month season- closed in winter) Commercinl Floats/Ski/V~eel n/a n/a 450.00 Commercial Eleetricni 5.00 75.00 550.00 Z Z i. LI r~ I- W uJ r~ I- 0 W 0 I-- 0 u.I W 0 z 0 z 0 z o o n,' LLI W Z Z W 0 0 Z w ~lJ Z I. IJ Z Z IJJ n Z n Z 0 Z KA'S CONVENTIONS ARE UTGROWIN THEIR HA.L BY MELISSA CAMPBELL Sales people working for the. John Mazor, president of the,Juneau state's convention centers have Convention and Visitors Bureau. learned to get a little more cre- Presidents of several of the state's ative in doing their jobs these days. There's only so much space in the state's convention centers, and space is generally booked years in ad- vance. The larger hotels often have some meeting space. But sometimes it just isn't enough. That's where creative space-hunting comes in. In Juneau, for example, the fish hatchery and the facilities atop the Mount Roberts Tramway have been used for gatherings. How does a meeting in the Sitka raptor center sound? Or an event at the Alaska State Fairgrounds in Palmer? ~We can use these when people are looking for a special place, and they .can pull a theme into an event,~ said' convention centers say their cities have outgrown their convention meet- ing spaces and if their towns, and the state, want to compete in this fast- growing market, they have to expand. While those in the industry say it's impossible to know exactly how much money is generated internationally through various conventions and meetings, they say it's easily a multi- billion-dollar market. In one of the nation's largest convention-holding cities, for example, Chicago last year hosted nearly 7.6 million delegates who spent about $6.3 billion, ac- cording to the Chicago Convention and Tourism Bureau. Those in Alaska's convention industry have no dreams of bring- ing in those kind of numbers, but many say adding square footage to local convention space would help their towns and the state grow. As the state's largest convention site, Anchorage hosted nearly 102,000 delegates last year who generated an estimated $70 million in local spending on such things as travel, ho- tels, dinner and souvenirs, according to the Anchorage Convention and Visitors Bureau. Delegates last year spent about $12.5 million in Fairbanks and $8.1 million in Juneau, accord- ing to those convention bureaus. With added hall space, and the ser- vice facilities to support it, the state could draw thousands more delegates who will spend millions more in lo- cal cities, bureau presidents say. www. akbizmag, com* Alaska Business Monthly · November 2001 GROWING PAINS Julie Dodds got some great news this summer: The American Fisheries So- ciety will hold its 2005 convention in Anchorage. Up to 2,000 fisheries sci- entists and educators will spend several days in the middle of the world's ideal fishing haven. Dodds, sales manager for the Anchorage Convention and Vis- itors Bureau, spent four years working to get the national conservation and re- search group to choose Alaska over the countless other sites available. Unfortunately, that means little else can be booked for that time frame, Dodds said. And when the larger nar tional and international groups book their dates, the smaller, mostly statewide, groups have to settle for the less desirable time slots and locations because there just isn't enough space for them. Anchorage's 90,000-square-foot Egan Civic and Convention Center has long since outgrown its potential, said Bruce Bustamante, Anchorage's con- vention bureau president Conventions in Anchorage are limited to about 2,000 people, fewer if delegates want a sit- down dinner or an extensive trade show. Trade shows often are set up across the street at the Alaska Center. for the Performing Arts. While the arts facility is connected to the Egan Center by a skybridge, it's still a nega- tive point for convention organizers. "The (arts center) is not a conven- tion facility," Dodds said. "It's helped a lot, but groups like to have everything under one roof." And the Geo~ S~vm Spore Arena isn't a good option either, Bustamame said. The sprawling 32,0(X)-square-foot chamber is great for large concerts or a basketball game, but it does not pro- vide the best setting for a meeting. Ha. ns have been drawn up for a new civic and convention center in An- chorage that would allow just that. Two studies in the last three years have looked into a new civic and convention center, the most recent released in June. The latest study, prepared by RIM Ar- chitects and LMN Architects, suggests two sites for the new center' one on Ship Creek west of the railroad head- quarters building and the other on a va- cant lot just east of the Simon Fifth The proposed center would span 280,000 square feet and will include a 40,000-square-foot lobby area and up to 50,000 feet of exhibit space. The new faciliw also could include retail outlets, daycare facilities and more parking, said Rod Pfleiger, executive di- rector of the Anchorage Downtown Part- nership. This would bring more people and businesses to the downtown area, helping to strengthen the commumty. The proposed center would cost an estimated $100 million. The study rec- ommended an increase in the city's bed tax from 8 percent to 12 percent, putting the money raised toward paying off bonds used to fund the project. Selling or leasing the Egan Center and seek- ing state and federal money also was sUggested. A nonprofit task' force was set up to work toward getting taxpayer approval for the new center. "If you have the facility, the citi- zens will use it. They're knocking on the door for more facilities," Pfleiger said. "It has to be market-driven or we can't support it. If it will create and strengthen activities in downtown and The locations you need, l~e quality you desire and the service you expect. £ve~/Westmark Hotel offers a delectable range of dining and banquet services, meeting facilities, comfortable rooms, convenient downtown locations and warm northern hospitality. Call us today so we may start planning your next business meeting, event or that executive getaway looking to land the big one. A L A $'11; A I YU iON Know How To Take Care of Business. Central Reservations 1-800-544-0970 Avenue Mall. www. akbizmag, com* Alaska Business Monthly · November2001 I1 will promote diversity,, we support it. And if it can hold more functions here instead of having them go Outside, then -~) it will benefit the state." Sound like putting a baseball dia- mond in the middle of a corn field, with the hope of-"If you build it, they will come"? Some believe so. The main concern is the operating costs, the latest study found. Costs to run the center will be nearly triple that of the Egan Center. The Munici- pality of Anchorage provides an annual subsidy from the general fund to op- erate the center. Last year, the Egan Center used about $270,000 of that, ac- cording to the study. The operating deficit for the new center was estimated to cost $857,000 the first year, decreasing to about $667,000 after five years, according to the 1998 study by Deloitte and Touche. Property taxpayers would foot that bill. And that's relying on researchers ac- cttrately estimating the number of con- ventions that would come. But supporters say they can meet the challenge of making the center · beneficial to the taxpayers and to busi- ~) ness owners. "Ifwe build it then we've got to work ,hard to go out and sell it, ~ Bustamante said. "Building a bigger convention cen- ter doesn't mean that more people will automatically call. We have to sell it." STUNTINE~ C~RoI~rH juneau also is beginning to seriously look into expansions, said Bureau Pres- ident Mazor. The Juneau Assembly last summer approved $150,000 for a sur- .vey asking residents if they would like .to see convention space grow and how. Mazor said most residents don't deny the need to expand the 40,000-square- foot Centennial Hall Convention Cen- ter, they just don't know exactly what they want yet. Seating at the facility is · limited to about 700, or about 1,100 for a stand-up reception. If groups want more than a handfifl of breakout rooms for, say, educational workshops, they have to trek over to one of the local ho- Stels for a conference room. Not an ideal situation, Mazor said. "Over the last five years we've seen a trend of groups demanding more space," he said. "As conventions have more impact economically, we've had to get more creative in how to accom- modate groups." The study will review such options as adding a second floor to the exist- ing Centennial Hall or building a new facility to combine civic, culture, con- vention and visitor use, Mazor said. When communities want to expand convention space to get more visitors, they also must consider where to put them for the night, convention leaders say. They may want to shop for sou- vemrs, or get their shirts pressed and shoes shined. Convention speakers will likely need presentation and other equipment for workshops. A lack of these services holds back many of the state's smaller conven- tion sites. Sitka, for example, can ac- commodate about 700 people in its 8,700-square-foot Harrigan Centen-' nial Hall, and about 240 people in the local tribal community house Shee'Ka Kwaan Naa Kahidi. But this small Southeast town only has about 250 rooms available during the summer months and about 50 fewer during the winter, said Amy Kramer Johnson, Why Not An , ~.:... ~'. ,... ' '5:t'Worl~f~o'u~'bear viewing "~~.'~ ~' .... - ~-~z, -. e Ilpm~de eve~h~ng for your -' ! _ ,, . - ~ .eetln ~~murs~~o ,. · . !~~~~ Catton~6ur Conferen~ ~eas' Today~ www. akbizmag, com· Alaska Business Monthly · November 2001 director of convention sales in Sitka. Until recently, Fairbanks also was limited on the number of delegates it could host. The Carlson Center could squeeze in about 3,500 people for a stand-up event, said Conventions Man- ager Emma Wilson. But hotel accom- modations couldn't support nearly that many. In the last couple of years, four new hotels have opened, giving the Fair- banks area more than 3,100 rooms. With those hotels came more meeting ar- eas, Wilson said, giving Fairbanks a bet- ter oppornmity to compete for larger national and international conventions. MEET IN ALASKA Convention delegates can sit through workshops and peruse trade shows in any meeting hall anywhere in the world. Anchorage One big selling point for events is what's available outside the hall doors. "We can have 200 to 300 people on a boat and within 20 minutes, they are watching the whales,"Juneau's Mazor said. "There are not many other areas that offer that.' And that's what convention bureau officials sell-Alaska's uniqueness and the local activities. "We've got beaudf~ countryside that offers some incredible opportunities," said Wilson, of Fairbanks. "I helped one group that wanted ice-carving lessons. We've got berry picking in the fall, ski- ing and snowmac~g in the winter, and we're close to Denali. Just tell me what you want to do and I'll do what I can to make it happen." Other big draws for convention-goers, according to convention mmagers: whale watching, glacier cruises, Alaska Native culture and, along the coastal regions, a lesson in the Rmsian influences. And don't forget the vast oppommities for hik and fishing, or the museums and concex ~. These things bring milliom of tourists to Alaska every year, and they are of- ten what turn delegates into tourists after the meeting ad, urns, said Julie Saupe, executive director cf the Matanuska-Susitna Convention and Vis- itors Bureau. The Mat-Su bureau real- izes it can't compete for the larger conventions, but can benefit from those held in Anchorage. "People generally find one or two days for fun," Saupe said. "Our next plan is to work on how to reach them, before they come up, so they can plan to come here for a few days." Anchorage's Dodds said people of- ten tack on a few days to their trip, or they go home and come back as inde- pendent travelers, bringing their fami- lies along. And ff they have a good time, then they'll tell their friends and co- workers, who may come north as well- with open wallets. ~ Complete Web Applications · Custom Business Applications · Database Design & Development · ~ Intemet/Intranet Solutions · e-Commerce · Knowledge Management NETWORK BUSINESS SYSTEMS The Network People www. nbsys.com Providing Technical, Development, and Training technology solutions to Alaskan businesses since 1987 1577 C Street, Suite 205 .............. 272-2888 Toll-Free .............................. (800) 516-5164 www. akbizmag, com* Alaska Business Monthly · November 2001 Statement of Qualifications Integrity. Dedication. 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During this period we had the oppommity to assist many of our clients in their due diligence research and in positioning their properties, for sale. In launching the brokerage division of JK&M in 1998, we brought the lodging indust~ a unique and highly specialized set of skills and talents. Our clients benefit from the firm's in-depth knowledge of Northwest markets, our advanced financial and investment analysis capabilities, our hands-on experience in hotel operations and management, and the foresight and vision that can only come from years of experience and extensive contacts throughout the lodging industry. In our brokerage division, we combine these skills with a highly focused marketing program for the sole purpose of optimizing value for our clients. Our brokerage division operates with the same level of direct parmer involvement and professional commitment that has built our consulting practice over the last decade. While this type of structure means our brokerage practice will remain comparatively small, it also ensures our commitment to provide only the highest level of quality and service to our clients. We personally serve our client's needs throughout the Pacific Northwest either through direct licensing or through alignment with cooperating licensees in other states. Whether you're looking to buy or sell, JK&M's brokerage and transaction advisory services division provides an unbeatable combination and a very refreshing approach. Let us show you. JK&M Provided Transaction Advisory Services to: SUNSTONE HO TEL INVES TOPS INC. (seller) And CA VANA UGH'S HOSPITALITY CORPORA TION (buyer) Relative to CHC's purchase from Sunstone of the: .. Best Western Canyon SPrings Inn, Twin Falls, Idaho Best Western Colonial Inn, Helena, Montana Boise Park Suite Hotel, Boise, Idaho Quality Inn, Pocatello, Idaho BROKERAGE AND TRANSACTION ADVISORY SERVICES (CONTINUED) JK&M Provided Transaction Advisory Services to: FIRST EQUITY PROPER TIES, INC. (seller) Relative to their sale of the: Comfort Inn- North, Spokane, Washington Comfort Inn- Valley, Spokane, Washington JK&M represented LAKEWOOD MOTOR INN L.P. an affiliate of the Mathew G. Norton Company and Northwest Building Corporation Relative to the sale of the: Best Western Lakewood Motor Inn, Tacoma, Washington INVESTMENT AND PROPERTY MANAGEMENT SERVICES JK&M provides propexty and asset management services consistent with our corporate mission statement of "Serving every client as if we were the client". The interests of all stakeholders- the guests, employees, owner(s), and lender- are fully served. JK&M brings to:. each assigm~em its many years of experience and exposure to a wide variety of property management practices. Complete property management services are provided to a select group of hotels. JK&M typically has an ownership imerest in these hotels, and they are usually located in resort areas where conflicts with our independent advisory services division can be minimized. JK&M currently provides complete property management services for the Best Western Icicle Inn in Leavenworth, Washington; the Palace Hotel in Port Townsend, Washington; and the Seashore Resort Motel in Seaside, Oregon. Asset management services are also available to a wide variety of owners. In these cases, property owners may either desire to take a more active role in the day-to-day management of the hotel, or may have engaged the services of another hotel management company. However, they need a very educated set of "eyes and ears" to oversee their activities or those of the management company. Our asset management services typically include monthly reviews of financial statements, guest comments, franchisor activity, and other matters; quarterly visits to the hotel to inspect the property and interview management; and annual reviews of property tax assessment, and business and marketing plans. The Best Western Icicle Inn, a Leavenworth Resort, is located in the Bavarian Village of Leavenworth, Washington. The resort hotel currently offers 93 guestrooms, almost 4,000 square feet of meeting space, restaurant, lounge, and family fun center including a video arcade, Bavarian miniature golf course, bumper boats, replica train ride, and other attractions. Paul M. Jinneman has been a partner/member of this hotel since it opened in August 1992. An affiliate of JK&M has provided property management services since the hotel's opening. lcict Znn.. www.icicleinn.com INVESTMENT AND PROPERTY MANAGEMENT SERVICES (CONTINUED) The Palace Hotel is a beautifully restoredtl Victorian hotel located in the heart oftl downtown Port Townsend, Washington. Il The hotel has 17 guestrooms, many of[I which are fumished with period|! I1 antiques, and over 5,000 square feet of il leased retail space. Paul M. Jinneman]! and Michael J. Mohn purchased the hotel[I in May 1994, and then commenced ail program of significant renovations and ll management improvements. An affiliate i! of JK&M has managed the hotel since its I! purchase in 1994. / I ' II/ III I II I II ~-I I I I IIIIll I '11 I www. olympus, net/palace The Seashore Resort Motel is a beachfront resort motel with 54 guestrooms located on the Promenade in Seaside, Oregon. JK&M began managing this hotel in March 1998 on behalf of an Oregon general partnership. Extensive renovations were undertaken and management practices were improved significantly. JK&M has provided oversight for a significant renovation program at this hotel. www.seashoreresortmotel.c0rn VALUATION SERVICES APPRAISALS JK&M appraisers have appraised over $500,000,000 of hospitality related property and businesses. At JK&M we are better equipped to evaluate the complexities associated with hotel operations than are standard appraisers because of our in-depth market knowledge, financial analysis skills, and operational expertise. We are on the approved appraiser list of most major banks. Appraisals have also been completed for estate tax. condemnatiom and litigation support purposes. Projects appraised range from small rural motels to large urban hotels and conference centers and destination resorts. , , , Principals of JK&M appraised the Coeur d'Alene Resort in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho for initial development, planning, financing, and property tax appeal purposes. PROPERTY TAX APPEALS Property owners in the United States pay over $100 billion in real estate taxes each year. We compute our own income' tax bills, often with the assistance of a professional. In contrast, real estate taxes are computed for us by govemment officials, and very few people challenge these bills with the assistance of a professional. JK&M has had outstanding success in reducing real estate taxes for many hospitality clients. I II II Ill II I I II II II II Illll I Principals of JK&M appraised the AnchorageI Hilton Hotel in Anchorage, Alaska for expansion] planning, financing, and property tax appeal1 purposes. { JK&M has appraised over 300 limited-service hotels for development planning,' financing, estate tax, property tax, and other purposes. FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS SERVED Anchor Savings Bank Bank of America Bank of Astoria (OR) Bank of Grays Harbor Bank of Sumner (WA) Cashmere Valley Bank City Commerce Bank (AK) City National Bank Clackamas County Bank Columbia Bank Community First National Bank Cowlitz Bank Far West Federal Savings Bank First Community Bank First Independent Bank First Interstate Bank First Savings Bank of Washington Frontier Bank Idaho Banking Company Intcrvest Mortgage Investment Co. 'Interwest Bank Key Bank Nations Bank National Bank of Canada National Cooperative Bank North Cascades Bank Pacific First Bank Puget Sound Bank Seafirst Bank Security Pacific Bank Sierra West Bank State Bond Companies Sterling Savings Bank The Money Store U.S. Bancorp Washington First International Bank Washington Mutual Wells Fargo Bank West One Bank WestCoast Bank Zions First National Bank PROPERTY TAX ASSESSMENTS HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFULLY APPEALED FOR: Alaska: Anchorage Westward Hilton- Anchorage Idaho: Coeur d'Alene Resort - Coeur d' Alene Red Lion Downtowner- Boise Montana: Best Western Grant Creek Inn- Missoula Fairmont Hot Springs Resort- Anaconda Hampton Inn- Missoula Oregon: Best Western Bard's Inn- Ashland Ebb Tide Motel- Seaside Hallmark Resort- Canon Beach Oregon: (continued) Hi Tide Motel- Seaside Red Lion Inn- Astoria Red Lion Hotel- Coos Bay Red Lion Hotel- Medford Seashore Resort Motel- Seaside Stratford Inn- Ashland Washington' Best Western Icicle Inn- Leavenworth Marriott Hotel- SeaTac Red Lion Hotel- Bellevue Red Lion Hotel- Seattle Sheraton- Spokane Travelodge- Everett Warwick Hotel- Seattle CONSULTING SERVICES economy of an area. JK&M has assisted a II ~wid. e .. van.'e, ty. of go. vemmental entities, ii i~n¢lu,ding Native A.meri.'can tribes, economic [I _dev~el.o, pment' .o. rganizations, .port. authorities, II and other public sector agencies, in analyzing il _p~o_t~_n~al t~ouri, st and .c. on.v.enn.'on late {i projects. Services provided include market II and financial feasibility analysis, including il potential methods of project financing an~t II JK&M has assisted Sonmar Development with market analyses and appraisals of many of their successful, Pacific Northwest hotels. JK&M principals have assisted the Kootenai Tribe of Idaho since 1983 with the successful development and operation of their Kootenai River Inn in Bonner~ F~3t, Idaho. JK&M principals have assisted the Campbell famili~ since the mid-1980s in planning for the successful re-development of their resort and conference center on Lake Chelan. CONSULTING SERVICES (CONTINUED) JK&M has provided litigation support services for a number of law firms on issues regarding management contracts, market value, lost profits, market potential, and other issues involving the hospitality industry. Our in-depth experience, along with the principals' MAI, ISHC, CHA, and CPA professional designations, allow us to pr°vide h~g, hly cre,d, ible, l,e~timonY. , ,, ,, ACQUISITIONS DUE DILIGENCE Due diligence service for acquisition typically involves evaluating the operating performance and potential of an existing hotet. This evaluation may include review of operating methods and expenses, marketing strategies, facility renovation requirements, and competitive market conditions. Based on this review, we then identify strategic opportunities to increase the value of the hotel or minimize risk. GENERAL CONSULTING SERVICES Clients often call upon JK&M for specialized services requiting an independent analysis and specific knowledge of the hospitality industry. Services such as assistance in negotiation of management contracts, personnel recruitment and ~development of incentive compensation :i':Plans, market positioning studies, review of annual budgets, and preparation and review of marketing plans have been provided to various hospitality clients. JK&M provided litigation support services relative to the condemnation of a portion of the Holiday Inn in Wilsonville, Oregon. JK&M assisted Goldbelt Corporation with due diligence related.to their acquisition of the Goldbelt Hotel (formerly the Westmark Hotel) in Juneau, Alaska. JK&M has assisted the owners of the Gallatin Gateway Inn in Bozeman, Montana for many years ... in improving the operat, ion of.their hotel. OUR PEOPLE Our people are by far our most important asset. We devote ourselves to selecting and caring for individuals who can bring the highest level of professionalism, experience, and expertise to our team. RECOGNIZED EXPERTISE The principals of JK&M are often asked to speak before and write articles for trade and professional organizations. We are also frequently called upon by reporters to offer opinions on hospitality related topics. <~ SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians Alaska Visitors Association Bureau of Indian Affairs Commercial Real Estate Women's Association U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development East King County Convention and Visitors Bureau Highline Community College Hospitality Accountants Association Montana Innkeepers Association Idaho Lodging and Restaurant Association Institute of Building Designers National Center For American Indian Enterprise Development Oregon Lodging Association Portland's Commercial Brokers Association Portland Oregon Visitors Association (POVA) Seattle University-WSU Hotel Program Washington Federation of Clubs Washington State Hotel and Motel Association Washington State Lodging Association Washington State Tourism Conference ARTICLES/QUOTED IN Anchorage Daily News Big Sky Business Journal Bozeman Daily Chronicle Coeur d'Alene Press Comell Quarterly Everett Herald Forbes Hotel & Motel Management Meeting News Oregon Economic Indicators Portland Business Journal Puget Sound Business Journal Reno Air Magazine Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce Seattle Post Intelligencer Seattle Times' Spokane Business Journal Spokane Chronicle Spokane Spokesman Review Tacoma News Tribune WSH&MA Newsletter Qualifications Of PAUL M. JINNEMAN, MAI, ISHC, PRINCIPAL 10629 Titus Road , Leavenworth, WA 98826 Tel: ('206) 295-8560 , Fax: (509) 548-9655 E-mail: pjinneman~jk-a.com Paul is the founding shareholder of JK&M. He brings excellent visionary skills, as well as a combination of financial, marketing, and operational expertise to each assignment. PROFESSIONAL HISTORY · Jinneman, Kennedy, & Mohn, P.S. - jUly 1988 to Present General Partner, Port Townsend Hotel Investors I (owner of The Palace Hotel in Port Townsend, WA)- May 1994 to Present · Member, Icicle Inn Associates, LLC (owner of the Best Western Inn, a Leavenworth Resort, in Leavenworth. WA) - December 1991 to Present · Pannell Kerr Forster- April 1978 to June 1988 AREAS OF EXPERTISE · Twenty-Three Years of Hospitality Consulting and Appraisal Experience Combined with the Practical Experience of Owning and Operating Two Hotels · Market and Economic Feasibility Analyses and Forecasts , Appraisals and Valuations · Business and Market Planning · Litigation Support Services for Hospitality Related Projects PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS · American Institute of Certified Public Accountants · Appraisal Institute · Best Western International , Idaho Lodging and Restaurant Association · International Society of Hospitality Consultants, Charter Member · Montana Innkeepers Association · Washington State Hotel and Motel Association STATE CERTIFIED GENERAL REAL ESTATE APPRAISER · Idaho Certificate CGA-54 · Washington Certificate M458DA EDUCATION · University of Washington, Bachelor of Arts - Business Administration Graduated Cum Laudc Qualifications of THOMAS P. KENNEDY, CHA, PRINCIPAL 14108 SE 182~d St. * Renton, WA 98058 Tel: (425) 277,5755 * Fax: (425) 277-5759 E-mail' tkennedy~jk-a.com Tom brings many years of hospitality sales and marketing, operations, and consulting experience to JK&M. He serves as the designated broker for the firm and maintains an extensive network of hospitality contacts. Tom's industry experience and market and economic feasibility analysis skills have served hundreds of clients throughout the Pacific Northwest. PROFESSIONAL HISTORY Jinneman, Kennedy.& .Mohn. P.S.- January 1991 to Present , Pannell Kerr Forster - September 1983 to January 1991 · Sr. Manager Responsible for Management Advisory Services Hotel Operations, Sales? and Marketing - 1974 to 1983 Holiday Inns Westwater Hotels · Super 8 Motels AREAS OF EXPERTISE Market and Economic Feasibility Analyses and Forecasts for the Hospitality Industry Market Research and Analysis Hotel Op?rational Reviews Sales and Marketing Planning , Hotel Brokerage, Due Diligence, and Acquisition PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS Washington State Hotel and Motel Association Oregon Lodging Association Commercial Brokers Association Idaho Lodging and Restaurant Association EDUCATION/LICENSES/CERTIFICATIONS Licensed Real Estate Broker, State of Washington American Hotel and Motel Association - Certified Hotel Administrator University of Washington, Bachelor of Arts- Communications/Advertising Holiday Inn University- Professional Selling in the Hospitality Industry Standards of Professional Practice, Parts A and B, Appraisal Institute Qualifications Of MICHAEL J. MOHN, MAI, PRINCIP~ 847 Main Street , Edmonds, WA 98020 Tel: (425) 672.7257 . Fax: (425) 672.8927 E-mail: mmohn~jk-a.com Michael brings to the firm many years of experience in a variety of commercial real estate disciplines, augmented by an educational background in architecture and construction. Over the last decade, he has focused his efforts solely on hospitality industry projects, including consulting, valuation, brokerage, and management. PROFESSIONAL HISTORY · Jinneman, Kennedy, & Mohn, P.S.- January 1992 to Present General Partner, Port Townsend Hotel Investors I (owner of The Palace Hotel in Port Townsend, WA)- May 1994 to Present , Pannell Kerr Forster- January 1990 to January 1992 · Senior Consultant, Appraisal Services · Yates Wood and MacDonald, Inc.- April 1987 to December 1989 · Property Manager/Investment Sales/Appraisal Services AREAS OF EXPERTISE · Market and Economic Feasibility Analysis · Appraisals of Hotel, Resort, and Casino Properties · Litigation Support and Tax Appeal Services for Hospitality Projects · Due Diligence Studies · Market Positioning Studies · Hotel Brokerage, Acquisition, and Disposition Counseling STATE LICENSES AND CERTIFICATES · Alaska State Certified General Real Estate Appraiser; Certificate #221 · Oregon State Certified General Real Estate Appraiser; Certificate C-000520 · Washington State Certified General Real Estate Appraiser; Certificate M-J420K2 · Washington State Real Estate Broker's License- Associate Broker PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS · Appraisal Institute EDUCATION · University of Washington, Bachelor of Arts- Architecture · University of Colorado, Boulder- College of Design and Planning · Numerous Courses and Seminars in Real Estate Law, Finance, and Hotel Analysis HOSPITALITY MARKETS ANALYZED by the Principals of JK&M ALASKA IDAHO Miles City Silverton Anchorage Ashton Missoula Springfield Denali State Park Blackfoot Poison Tualatin Fairbanks Boise St. Mary Vale Healy Bonnet's Ferry West Yellowstone Wilsonville Juneau Burley White fish Woodbum Ketchikan Caldwell Zig Zag Nome Cascade NEVADA Seward Coeur d' Alene Jackpot WASHINGTON Sitka Coolin Las Vegas Aberdeen Wasilla Idaho Falls Reno Ana¢ortes Jerome Arlington ARIZONA Kellogg OREGON Auburn Phoenix Ketchum Albany Bellevue Tucson Lewiston Ashland Bellingham Scottsdale McCall Astoria Blaine Meridian Beaverton Bothell CALIFORNIA Nampa Bend Bremerton Bakersfield Orofino Claekamas Buckley Barstow Poeateilo Coos Bay Burlington Buena Park Post Falls Dallas Centralia Costa Mesa Priest River Eugene Chehalis Davis Reedsport Florence Chelan Elk Grove Rcxburg Forest Grove Clarkston Fresno Sandpoint Glenden Dupont Kop¢o St. Anthony Grants Pass Edmonds Mammoth Lakes St. Maries Gresham Ellensburg Marysville Stanley Hillsboro Ephrata Modesto Twin Falls Hood River Everett Monterey Wallace Klamath Falls Federal Way Pasadena Worley LaGrande Fife Paso Robles Lake Oswego Gig Harbor Rancho Cordova MONTANA Lincoln City Grand Coulee Redding Anaconda Medford Issaquah Sacramento Billings Mt. Bachelor Kelso San Francisco Butte Newport Kennewick San Jose Conrad Ontario Kent Santa Maria Ft. Benton Oregon City . Kirkland St. Helena Gallatin Gateway Pendleton Lacey Stockton Glacier Nat. Park Portland LaCormer Tmey Glendive Redmond Lakewood Vacaville Helena Roseburg Lake Pateros Kalispell Seaside Leavenworth Longview Lynnwood Manson Marysville ' Mazama Moses Lake Mt. Vernon Mukilteo North Bend Ocean Shores Okanogan Olympia Orondo Port Angeles Port Orchard Port Townsend Prosser Pullman Redmond Renton Richland San Juan Islands SeaTac Seattle' Sequim Silverdale Snoqualmie Falls Spokane Sunnyside Tacoma Tukwila Tumwater Vancouver Walla Walla Wenatchee Winthrop Woodinville Yakima Jackson Pinedale PARTIAL LiST OF CLIENTS OR PROPERTIES SERVED ALASKA Anchorage Sheraton Anchorage Westward Hilton Best Western Lake Lu¢ille Lodge Captain Cook Hotel Hampton [ma- Anchorage Holiday Inn- Anchorage Holiday Inn Express- Anchorage Ramada Inn Regal Alaskan Hotel Royal Executive Suites Voyager Hotel WestCoast International Inn Westmark Hotel- Anchorage Goldbelt Hotel - Juneau ARIZONA Best Western Executive Park Hotel Comfort Suites Francisco Grande Hotel Plaza Hotel CAL, IFORNIA Barstow EconoLodg¢ Best Western Stockton Inn Blackstone Plaza Inn Casa Munras Garden Hotel Davis Best Western Davis EconoLodge El Bonita Holiday Inn- BUena Park Ramada Inn- Bakersfield Ramada Inn- Fresno Ramada Inn - Sacramento Red Lion Inn- San Jose Red Lion Inn - Costa Mesa Rodeway Inn- San Francisco University Lodge Vagabond Motel - Redding Wildwood Inn_ - Mammoth Lakes IDAHO Best Western Airport Inn Best Western AmeriTel Inn Best Western Canyon Springs Inn Best Western Connie's Motor Inn Best Western Kentwood Lodge Best Western Kootenai River Inn Best Western McCall Inn Best Western Vista Inn Boise Holiday Inn Boise Park Suites Coeur d'Alene Resort Comfort Inn Doubletree Club Hotel Fairfield Inn Hampton Inn Holiday Inn - Coeur d'Alene Holiday Inn- Westbank Idanha Hotel Inn America Pocat¢llo Super 8 Quality Inn Airport Suit~s Red Lion- Downtown Residence Inn- Boise Shilo- Airport Shore Lodge Tapadera Motor Inn Templin's Resort & Marina MONTANA Best Western Colonial Inn Billings Sheraton Hotel Chalet Motel Days Inn- Glendive Fairmont Hot Springs Resort Gallatin Gateway Inn Grand Union Hotel Rocky Mountain Lodge St. Mary Resort PARTIAL LIST OF CLIENTS OR PROPERTIES SERVED (continued) OREGON,, Best Western Oceanview Resort Comfort Inn- Medford Courtyard by Marriott- Springfield Delta Inn Ebb-Tide Resort Motel- Seaside Embarcadero Embassy Suites Hotel Eugene Hilton Hotel Greenwood Inn- Beaverton Hi-Tide Resort Motel- Seaside Holiday Inn- Lloyd Center Holiday Inn Express- Medford Holiday Inn Express - Roseburg Hood River Inn Hotel Newport Imperial Hotel- Portland Kah-Nee-Ta Mallory Hotel- Portland Portland Motor Inn Red Lion Inn - Columbia River Red Lion Inn - Jantzen Beach Resort at the Mountain Riverside Motor Inn Shilo Inn- Tualatin Valley River Inn Village Green Motor Hotel W, ASH~GTON Alderbrook Inn Bellevue Athletic Club Bellevue Inn Best Western Baron Inn Best Western Bay View Inn Best Western Executive Inn Best Western Lakeway Inn Best Western Park Center Hotel Best Western Redmond Motor Inn Best Western Tulalip Inn Campbell's at Lake Chelan Cavanaugh's Inn at the Park Cavanaugh's River Inn Channel Lodge Comtbrt Inn- Buckley -:- Comfort Inn- Kelso Comfort Inn- Lacey Comfort Inn- SeaTac Crowne Plaza Hotel Days Inn- Spokane Days Inn Town Center Four Seasons Olympic Hotel Hampton Inn- Tukwila Hampton Inn at Sea Tac Holiday Inn- Everett Holiday Inn- Spokane West Holiday Inn at SeaTac Holiday Inn Express- Vancouver Holiday Inn Richland (now Richland Tower Inn) Holiday Inn- Renton Howard Johnson Lodge Hyatt Regency Bellevue Inn at Semiahmoo La R6sidence Hotel LaConner Country Inn LaQuinta Motor Inn- Kirkland LaQuinta Motor Inn- SeaTac LaQuinta Motor Inn- Tacoma Meany Tower Hotel Nendels Inn- Everett Nendels Inn- Renton Plaza Pacific Hotel - Seattle Pony Soldier Inn - Chehalis Red Lion Inn - Bellevue (2) Red Lion Inn - SeaTac Red Lion Inn - Yakima Residence Inn- Bellevue Residence Inn- Lyrmwood Residence Inn- Tuk~la Residence Inn- Vancouver Rosario Resort Sheraton Tacoma Hotel Shilo Inn- Tacoma Sixth Avenue Motor Inn Sorrento Hotel PARTIAL LIST OF CLIENTS OR PROPERTIES SERVED (continued) WASHINGTO~ (cont.) Stouffer Madison Hotel University Motor Inn University Plaza Hotel Warwick Hotel WestCoast Bellevue Hotel WestCoast Camlin Hotel WestCoast Everett Pacific Hotel WestCoast Gateway Hotel WestCoast Roosevelt Hotel WestCoast SeaTac Hotel WestCoast Silverdale on the Bay Resort Hotel NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES Blackfeet Nation Coeur d'Alene Tribe of Idaho Colville Confederated Tribes Confederated Salish Kootenai Tribes Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Jamestown Klallam Tribe Kootenai Tribe of Idaho Muckleshoot Tribe Quinalt Indian Nation Puyallup Tribe Reservation Sitka Tribe of Alaska Skokomish Tribe Swinomish Tribal Community Tulalip Tribe Yakima Indian Nation GOVERNMENTAL ,ORGANIZATIONS Albany (Oregon) Chamber of Commerce Chehalis-Centralia Airport Board '~.. City of Astoria (Oregon) City of Clarkston (Washington) City of Dallas (Oregon) City of Kellogg (Idaho) City of Nampa (Idaho) City of Ocean Shores (Washington) City of Oregon City (Oregon) City of St. Anthony (Idaho) City of Tacoma (Washington) Conrad (Montana) Development Agency Greater St. Joe Development Corporation Miles City (Montana) Chamber of Commerce Port of Grays Harbor Port of Whitman County Portland Development Commission (PDC) Priest River (Idaho) Development Council Seafood Consumer Center Astoria (Oregon) Twin Falls (Idaho) Chamber of Commerce Salmon Harbor/Winchester Bay (Oregon) ALASKAN N,A, TIVE cORpORATIONS Bristol Bay Native Corporation Cape Fox Corporation Doyon Limited Goldbelt, Incorporated NANA Sitnasuak Native Corporation TDX Corporation Koniag Incorporated CITY OF KENA! 210 FIDALGO AVE., SUITE 200 KENAI, ALASKA 99611-7794 TELEPHONE 907-283-7535 FAX 907-283-3014 ~ 1992 November 16, 2001 Senator Ted Stevens 222 West 7th Avenue,//2 Anchorage, AK 99513-7569 Dear Senator Stevens: As you know, the City of Kenai and the Federal Aviation Administration cooperatively funded the Kenai Fire Training Center, which is now operated by a private sector company as the Pacific Rim Institute of Safety and Management (PRISM). However, the City independently funded 100% of the second-floor Emergency Operations Center (EOC) located in the building. The EOC was designed per FEMA guidelines, with advice fi'om the Alaska Department of Administration Communications Engineer and the FAA Programming Branch Manager fi'om Washington, D.C. The EOC was designed entirely for disaster management, for training disaster management teams and dispatchers, for distance learning, and for use as a backup communications and EOC for the Alaska Department of Emergency Services (ADES) and the Kenai Peninsula Borough Office of Emergency Management. Former FEMA Director James Lee Witt visited Kenai in July 1999, and I had the opportunity to show him the newly built facility. Director Witt was very interested in fully equipping and implementing the EOC, because he saw its potential value, not only for the City of Kenai, but also for the Kenai Peninsula Borough Office of Emergency Management, the ADES, and to FEMA in the event of regional, state, or national disasters. In addition, Director Witt believed it could be a western regional site for Emergency Management Institute (EMI) training, similar to that provided at the EMI campus in Maryland. He also suggested the possibility of providing distance-learning programs similar to the Disaster Management degree program at Arkansas State University. After fully researching the requirements to make the EOC functional, as well as operable as a training site, the City submitted a funding request to FEMA in November 1999 to fully equip the facility. Ms. Kay C. Goss, Associate Director Preparedness, Training and Exercises, responded on behalf of FEMA to advise that while she and her staff found the idea most interesting, FEMA had no funds budgeted at that time to offer federal support. Senator Ted Stevens November 16, 2001 Page Two In March of this year, Vice Mayor Linda Swamer and I visited Washington, D.C. and were able to meet again with FEMA officials regarding this matter. And once again, FEMA officials regretted that no funds had yet been budgeted for establishing Emergency Operations Centers, but offered substantial support and agreement that the Kenai EOC could be an integral and instrumental part of disaster mitigation for the regional, state, and federal governments. The change in the Presidency and Cabiiaet, as well as the events of September 11 th, have given rise to a renewed sense of urgency and to understanding the critical need for strengthening emergency preparedness across the nation. With that in mind, we are requesting appropriations consideration for January 2002 in the amount of $500,000 to fully equip and implement the Emergency Operations Center in Kenai. Should you or your staff'have any questions or need more detailed information, please do not hesitate to contact City Manager Linda L. Snow or Fire Chief Scott Walden. Sincerely, CITY OF KENAI John J. Williams Mayor nal Municipal Airport · ,( . Dear Prospective Bidder: Re: Airport Restaurant Bid Some questions have been posed regarding the bid process and the rent calculation. Concern has also been expressed about the "percentage of gross" calculation and how that might affect the restaurant and pricing. In an attempt to conduct a bid process attractive to a wide range of businesses and after careful consideration, we believe it is in the best interest of the City to eliminate all language pertaining to the "percentage of gross" and, instead, to base the rent on the highest monthly bid. The prospective concessionaire will bid the amount they are willing to pay for rent of the restaurant space and the exclusive right to operate a restaurant business in the Airport. All premises and equipment will be leased "as is." New bid packets will be available November 15, 2001. If you wish to have, a new bid packet mailed please contact Mary Bondurant at 283- 7951, ext.22. If requested by prospective bidders, the bid opening may be set back to allow this new information to be incorporated into the bid. If no such request is received, the bid opening will remain November 20, 2001. It is our sincere hope that this change will make the bid process more understandable and attractive to our local businesses. If you have any questions or we may be of any assistance please call our office 283-7951. Sincerely, Rebecca Cronkhite Airport Manager www.ci.kenai.ak.us / ERA. 6,334 i 2001 Monthly Enplanements Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Totals (~1) ERA 8,300 7,137 8,216 7,058 8,143 9,044 12,093 10,807 6,334 (2) XXX 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1996-2000 Total 5 yr. Average 8,300 8,069 7,137 7,478 8,216 8,288 7,058 7,294 8,143 8,076 9,044 9,8t4 12,093 13,249 10,807 11,412 6,334 8,869 8,692 8,229 8,174 77,132 0 77,132 INFORMATION ITEMS KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING NOVEMBER 21,2001 o , Fraternal Order of Eagles Auxiliary- 2002 Gaming Permit Application. Fraternal Order of Eagles Auxiliary- 2002 Pull-Tab Vendor Registration. , Kenai Peninsula Builders Assoc. - 2002 Gaming Permit Application. , Kenai River Special Management Area Advisory Board - Minutes of October 18, 2001 meeting. - Agenda for November 15, 2001 meeting. Election News, October 2001 edition. Department of Revenue Tax Division PO Box 110420 Juneau, AK 99811-0420 Telephone 907.465.2320 State of 2002 Gaming Permit A AS 05.15.020 · ;.'~...':. · :Ion NOV - 5 2 01 ;heck ( r~ New r~ Renewal This form is also available on the [nternet at ORGANIZATION INFORMATION Federal EIN ~6 M~' Permit Number Telephone Number TYPE OF ORGANIZATION (check one' box. For definition see AS 05.15.690) Civic or Service ~ Fratemal r'! Outboard Motor Association r'l vet;rahs Dog Mushers ,~sociation F1 labor r'] Police or Fire [~partment I"'] IR~Native Village ORGANIZED AS PERSONS IN CHARGE OF GAMES. Persons must be active members of the organization, or an employee of the municipality, and designated by the organization. Members may not be licensed as an operator, vendor, or employee of a vendor. ~Pdmap/Member Name ,I ' ', .., , ,,~)..-,J'..-- IMailing Address , -- -;~ ........ I ,___. . .' .! .: ,, /. -) . , THESE QUESTIONS MUST BE ANSWERED. (see instructions) Yes ~No Has any member of management Or any person who is responsible for gaming activities ever been convicted of a felony, extortion, or a violation of a law or ordinance of this state or another jurisdiction that is a crime involving theft or dishonesty Or a violation of gambling law~? ri Yes o Do~s any, member of management or any ~ who is responsibl® ~m' gaming a~vitie$ have a prohibited §nandal interest as defined by 15 AAC 160.954 - 959. ' We declare under penalty of unswom falsification, that we have examined this application, including any attachments, and that to the best of our knowledge and belief, it is true and complete. We understand that any false statement made on this application or any attachments is punishable by law. Priman/Member Sigl Primed Name Date Signature (see instructions) t Primed Name Date Address of President or Vice President DaylJme Telephone o · oxand enclose the correct amount. The permit fee is based on 2001 estimated gross receipts. I,~1~,- _ Make, checks payable to the State of Alaska . , ............. ..S50 r-I $100,001 or more .................. $100 see instructions for mandatory attachments. Form 04-826 (Rev 08/01) Front A copy of this application must be sent to all applicable municipalities and boroughs. Depa~ent of Revenue State of Alaska Tax Division Po sox ~0420 2002 Puli-Tab Vendor Registration Juneau, Alaska 99811-0420 AS 05.15.060 · Telephone 907.465.2320 A registration is required for each vendor location. A permittee may not contract with This form is also available on the [ntemet at www.tax.state.ak.u: ORGANIZATION INFORMATION .Federal EIN . Permit Number ~nization Name - Member in Charge lanization Telephone Number in Charge Telephone Number VENDOR Federal EIN or Social Security Number* , . Beverage Dispensary License Package .Store License ~, Business License Number Number Fax Number Address ~ical Location Address - Zip Code *if your business has not been issued a federal EIN, you are required to Social Number. THESE QUEb'FIONS MUST BE ANSWERED BY THE VENDOR. (If you answer yes to either question, please submit the person's name, date of birth, soclai security number, and position of responsibility.) ~ Yes ~ No Has any member of management or any person who is responsible for gaming activities ever been convicted of a felony, extort,on or a violation of a law or ordinance of this state or another jurisdiction that is a crime involving theft or dishonesty or a violatior, of g~,mbling laws? ~ Yes ~L No Do you em01oy a member ~ officer of the al~ organization? VENDOR CONTRACT TO SELL PULL-TABS Pursuant to the provisions of AS 05.15.188, I~e vendor listed above hereby agrees to sell pull-tabs as a vendor on behalf of the permittee listed above. The vendor further agrees that, as COmpensation for expenses incurred in selling pull-tabs on behalf of the permittee, % of the ideal net of each game may be retained by the vendor as COmpensation. Permittee must receive at least 70% of the ideal net from each game (AS 05.188(h)). The vendor further agrees that an amount equal to the ideal neL less the compensation owed to the vendor, vendor to the permittee upon delivery of a pull-tab series. AS 05.15.188(0. shall be paid by check by the It is further agreed that the vendor will ensure pull-tab winners of $50 or more will COmplete the prize receipt forms; that the prize winner summar~ form will be COmpleted for each pull-tab game and retained with those winning pull-tabs (AS 05.15.187(i)); and that these records of pull-tab winners will be given to the permittee to retain for the required two years..~s,S 05.15.187(f) It is further agreed that it is the vendor's responsibility to ensure gaming activity at this vendor location is COnducted in accordance with all applicable state statutes and regulations. It is further agreed that, if the vendor is no longer eligible to sell pull-tabs, t~c-q all unopened and opened pull-tab games shall be retumed to We permittee within 10 days. If the permittee loses the privilege to conduct gaming activities, then all unopened and opened pull-tab games must be treated in accordance with 15 AAC 160.490. We declare under penalty of unswom falsificabon that we have examined this form, including attachments, and that to me best of our knowledge and befief ,r is true and complete. Vt~e understand that any false statement made on this document or attachments is punishable by law. , , ISignature of~..V,~or L, ~ Printed Name i Date ' $50 Make checks payable to the State of Alaska Department of Revenue Tax Division PO Box 110420 Juneau, AK 99811-0420 Telephone 907.465.2320 State of A 2002 Gaming Permit AS 05.15. This form is also available on the ]:ntemet at ORGANIZATION INFORMATION Federal EIN anization Name ;' IS Mailing Address . T~PE OF ORGANIZATION {check one box. For d~fin~i~ ~ AS 05.~5.~00) ~ CMc or So~ ~ Fratemal ~ D~ Mushem ~iafion ~ ~bor ~ Edu~fional ~ Munidpali~ IZip Code / Number ~ '.~ ~'J'- ~'~-7 / iFax Number E-mail Address . I--1 Religious r'l Veterans I-i IRA/Native Village ,, [~oonorofit Trade Association r-i Outboard Motor Association r"l Police or Fire Department r"i Political ORGANIZED AS r"l Corporation I"i Partnership [~sociation PERSONS IN CHARGE OF GAMES. Persons must be active members of the organization, or an employee of the municipality, and designated by the organization. Members may not be licensed as an operator, vendor, or employee of a vendor. I AItematft Member Name Social Security Number IDaytime Telephone Number IMailing Address C~, S~te and ZiR ~e Has ~e a~emate member taken and passed ~e te~? ~ ~ No Pe~ numar under ~ich the test was taken. ~ ~ J - I Pdmary ~lember Name Social S~curity Number ,,_~Daytime Telephone Number City, State and Zip Of:~ie IHas the pdmary member taken and passed l~]~es test? No 'lPermit number under which the test was taken. Z.~ / THESE QUESTIONS .MUST BE ANSWERED. (see instructions) r'l Yes [~o Has any member of management or any person who is responsible for gaming activities ever been convicted of a felony, extortion, or a violation of a law or ordinance of this state or another jurisdiction that is a crime involving theft or dishonesty or a violation of gambling laws? I'1 Yes [~o Does any member of management or any person who is responsible for gaming activities have a prohibited financial interest as defined by 15 AAC 160.954 - 959. We declare under penalty of unswom falsification, that we have examined this application, including any attachments, and that to the best of our knowledge and belief, it is true and complete. We understand that any false statement made on this application or any attachments is punishable by law. P~ima~ mber ignature . Print~:l Name Date Mailing Address of Pr~ ,s~ent or Vi~ President Da~me Tele~ne I Permit Fee: Check the appropriate box and enclose the correct amount. The permit fee is based on 2001 estimated gross receipts. Make.~ecks payable to the State of Alaska See instructions for mandatory attachments. Front ~A copy of this application must be sent to ali applicable municipalities and boroughs. Form04-826 (,Rev ~ t.,'. D" 2002 Gaming Permit Application · ~ep. Freeze. Classics Goose Classics Race Classics g Mushers Contest Ice Classics Rain Classics ~ DOg Mushing Sweepstakes King Salmon Classics Salmon Classics Contests of Skill Fish Derbies Mercury Classics Snow Machine Classics ACTIVlTES CONDUCTED BY ORGANIZATION Facility Name Physical Address Game Type(s) is Fadlity ~'~eased r"! Donated [] Donated r"l Owned r-I Leased !-! Donated r-! Owned [~ Leased r=! Donated [~ Owned [~ Leased I-1 Donated i"1 Owned r"l Leased [~ Donated ACTIVITIES CONDUCTED BY VENDOR (pull-tabs are the only games a vendor can conduct) Vendor registration and fee must be attached. Name of Vendor Physical Address ACTIVITIES CONDUCTED BY OPERATOR ACTIVITIES CONDUCTED BY MULTIPLE-BENEFICIARY PERMITTEE DEDICATION OF NET PROCEEDS. The organization must plan to use the net proceeds from gaming activities for political, educational, civic, public, charitable, patriotic or religious uses in Alaska. (See statutes and regulations for specific rules.) In the space provided, tell how your organization intends to use the net Form 04-826 (Rev 08/01) Back Company * Denotes Builder Member ;s reless Kenai Peninsula Builders Association Spa Headquarters IMember Diana Spann I 3'erry Richie 09/01 Address ICity 4224 I Sterling Highway i Sok:kXna 10102O 5801 Arctic Blvd. i Anchorage I Istatelz~P IPhone Construction, inc. :lectdc Unlimited ' Alaska Engineering Co. )avis Block & Coatings .... Sam Beach,' '. Bruce Gabriel''' Jim Brenton trown jerry P. 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Cooper Lake Dam Relicensing - Process Introduction, Tom Baxter, Longview Associates B. Kenai River Recreation Use Monitoring, Dr. Greg Brown, APU OLD BUSINESS V® A. Board Vacancies B. Lower Kenai River Boat Launch Proposal, Chris Degemes C. MP 45-60 Sterling Highway Project Report i. Stakeholder Sounding Board Report, Janette Cadieux, ii. Agency Consultation Committee Report, Chris Degemes D. Committee Reports: i. Commercial Operators Committee ii. Water Quality Committee iii. Legislative Committee E. Kenai River Center Update, Suzanne Fisler PUBLIC COMMENT VI. ADJOURNMENT A. Board Comments B. Date/Agenda of Next Meeting Committee Meetings' 11/18 at the KRC: Commercial Operators Committee (talk to Suzanne Fisler, 260-4896, for committee meeting time), Water Quality Committee, 5:30 p.m. Kenai Ama Office, Box 1247, Soldotna, AK 99669, Soldotna 262-5581 Kenai Peninsula Borough, Box 850, Soldotna, AK 99669, Soldotna 262-4441 Alaska Division of Parks and Outdoor Recreation, Department of Natural Resources, in cooperation with the Kenai Peninsula Borough. KENAI RIVER SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREA ADVISORY BOARD Thursday, October 18, 2001 7:00 p.m. Kenai River Center I® II. III. CALL TO ORDER A. Roll Call Present: Jeff King, Ann Whitmore-Painter, Paul Shadura, Jim Golden, Brett Huber, Janette Cadieux, Charles Quarre, Tim Navarre, Rick Wood, Robin West, Bill Shuster, Lance Trasky, Chris Degemes, Deric Marcorelle Absent: Linda Snow, Ted Wellman B. Approval of 9/20/01 minutes Approved as written. C. Agenda Changes and Approval No changes. PUBLIC COMMENT NEW BUSINESS A. HB 165, KRSMA Lands Additions, Rep. Ken Lancaster Rep. Lancaster stated that the big challenge this coming Legislative session will be to get HB 165 introduced and heard in the Senate. He wanted to make sure the board is still in support of the bill. Brett H. said the board is on record as being in support of HB 165. Chris D. gave a brief history of the board's involvement in HB 165. Brett H. suggested the board send a letter to request the bill be put on the schedule for a committee hearing. Tim made a motion for the chair to send the letter. Ann W-P. seconded the motion. Rep. Lancaster suggested it be copied to the committee members for more weight towards a committee hearing. The motion passed with unanimous consent. B. Russian River- CIRI Land Selection, Robin West Robin gave a Power Point presentation to the board regarding a recent agreement struck between the federal government and Cook Inlet Region Kenai River Special Management Area Advisory Board October 18, 2001 Meeting Minutes Page 1 Inc. CIRI and various federal agencies have been negotiating how to resolve CIRI's land claims in the Russian River area for many years. It is well known that Native use of the Russian River area has been extensive for thousands of years, and it is believed that Natives used the area for the last 8,000- 10,000 years. The Bureau of Indian Affairs certified 1000 eligible acres around the most popular fishing areas, and BLM has been charged with settling all of the proposals. ~ Terms of the agreement include 2 parcels containing 42 and 20 acres respectively, which will be conveyed by title to CIRI by the USFS. Archaeological and cultural resources on 502 acres in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge will be conveyed to CIRI by the USFWS with the remaining interests to be retained by the USFWS. This agreement authorizes, but does not require an equal value land exchange if needed. CIRI will also be authorized first fight of refusal for revenue producino= visitor services located on USFWS land. A provision in the agreement also allows CIRI to have one of the 18 scenic float permits on the upper Kenai River. The agreement includes the establishment of the Sqilantnu Archaeological Research Center and a joint CIRI, USFS, USFWS visitor interpretive center. Legislation will be needed to enact the settlement agreement. The funding will include approximately $13.8 million for these proposed projects. The proposed settlement will resolve longstanding land claims at the Russian River while allowing for the continued use and enjoyment of the area, and long-term protection of the area's unique cultural resources. Brett H. asked if the agreement is on the table in the legislative process or if is a "done deal". Robin said it is not on the table but the legislation will probably be a 2- 3 sentence bill or language to ratify the agreement as written, with authorization for the Secretary to move forward on it. C. Kenai River Watershed Nutrient Study, Brett Huber Brett H. reviewed the information that was included in the mailout packets, starting with a short history of the study. Phase one of the nutrient study consists of a literature review, gap analysis and structuring the mechanism of a study plan. The contractor is the University of Victoria with Jim Edmondson (ADF&G) who is doing Ph.D. work at the university. The working group represents a number of agencies, non- profits and interested people. The next meeting of the working group, the steering committee and the contractor will be during the EVOS workshop this winter. The timeline for completion of Phase One is September 2002. Chris D. asked when a draft study plan might be available for the board to review, with Brett replying that it might be ready in January 2002. Kenai River Special Management Area Advisory Board Page '2' October 18, 2001 Meeting Minutes Jim G. asked if this has major national ramifications for other rivers. Brett said the Kenai River will be a good fiver to study as it is still functionino with its natural processes, unlike many salmon rivers in the Pacific Northwest. Brett H, also added that the $44,600 will complete Phase One only. D. Kenai River Field Report, 2001 Season, Ranger Bill Berkhahn Bill started his report by talking about the large number of volunteers from all over the country who contributed thousands of hours performing visitor information services and facility maintenance for the Kenai River park units. There were three park rangers and two Alaska Conservation Corps employees working in the River District this year. Ranger Don Barber, who was thc Upper River Ranger, was reassigned to concentrate on the middle fiver this year to help fill the gap left by the Middle River Ranger who left for a 12-month ranger job in Mat-Su area. Ranger Joe McCullough started this year on the lower fiver, having transferred to the fiver from a Park Ranger position in Anchor Point. Joe filled the vacancy created by Rick Conover resigning to leave the state. Joe is one of the Division's Boating Safety Instructors, and has been a leader in the Kenai River District in visitor contacts on the fiver this year. ACC'er Maryanne Rogers has assumed a role of coordinating all of the volunteers and taking charge of all of the facility maintenance in the District. Another ACC' er was hired this year to assist Maryanne Rogers with maintenance projects. Bill B. said the Rangers try to balance the jobs they do which include boating safety enforcement and education, interpretive programs, patrolling 100+ miles of the Kenai River, educating the public about angler etiquette and habitat protection, ensuring the parks are clean and well maintained and performing a variety of law enforcement contacts. Other programs promoted by the Park Rangers include the "Kids Don't Float" program, the Rental Boat Business Owner Orientation and rental boat inspection and the yearly Guide Orientation programs. Bill B. said law enforcement patrols and maintaining an effective Park Ranger presence on the fiver is a priority. Thousands of visitor contacts were made this year, resulting in about 140 citations being issued and hundreds of verbal warnings. Bill B. said the violation list includes a couple of citations to guides, various horsepower violations and an assortment of boating safety and boat registration problems. The conflicts between user groups continue to be a problem, usually with property owners and bank fisherman, and back trollers and drifters. Anchoring in channels and lower fiver complaints have diminished this year due to previous work in the areas. Kenai River Special Management Area Advisory Board October 18, 2001 Meeting Minutes Page 3 This has also been a safe year for Rangers and visitors in the parks. A couple of boats capsized this year, but there were no fatalities, and no reported injuries, which is an improvement over past years. This winter the Boating Safety eduCation program will be expanded to additional schools with Rangers providing this training during months they would normally be on seasonal leave. ~ Areas like Izaak Walton State Recreation Site have been improved with new latrines, asphalt pavement repairs and hazard tree removal. The trees being removed are infested with the spruce bark beetle. Small spruce trees have been transplanted each year in all parks where hazard trees are being removed to replace the many spruce trees being infected by the spruce bark beetle. Next season, the River staff plan to complete phase three of the Slikok Creek project by restoring an additional section of fiver bank, plus construct a second new latrine for Izaak Walton campground. Staff also constructed new walkway lifting systems for the docks at the Ciechanski and Big Eddy access units to make the annual placement and removal of the access ramps safer and easier for staff. Bill B. mentioned a proposition that was brought up earlier this year regarding the Pipeline Crossing. He would like to add to the park's visibility from the fiver, work on the trails and bank maintenance and change the name of the site to something more appropriate. He asked the Board to think about a name change for this park land unit. Paul S. asked about night patrols and the number of hours spent on the fiver in JulY. Bill said all three River Rangers spend nearly all of their time on the fiver during July, in particular, and spend time from early morning hours to late at night, in various sections of the fiver. However, with over 100 miles of fiver to patrol, it is hard to be everywhere at all times and invariably, there are complaints about not enough law enforcement coverage. Ann W-P. asked if the high water that we experienced this past summer affected the numbers of visitors on the fiver. Bill B. said that it did not seem to change use patterns. Chris D. said them were far more requests from land owners to close the fiver during the high water times. State Parks worked on educating boaters about responsible poWer boat use and being aware of floating hazards in the fiver. D. Board Member Nominations Brett said there is one vacancy now in addition to three seats up for renewal. Ted W. and Paul S. said they want to be re-nominated and Jeff K. does not. Two applications have been received so far, from Joe "kenai Rive~ SPecial Management Area Advisory Board October 18, 2001 Meeting Minutes Page 4 Conners and Pat Carter. Dave Westerman, who is in the audience tonight, has also expressed interest. The applications will be passed on to the Commissioner. Brett H. asked how board member replacements were recruited. Chris D. said a number of groups in the local area and Cooper Landing were contacted to suggest potential applicants. Chris D. also said she will sen~l out a Media Release requesting applications from interested parties in case there are persons who may not have heard about the vacancies. Bill S. made a motion to submit these three applications, send out a Media Release and then forward any additional applications to the Commissioners Office. Ann W-P. seconded the motion. Brett asked if there was any oppoSition to the motion? No opposition, so the motion passes with unanimous consent. IV. OLD BUSINESS A. Lower Kenai River Boat Launch Proposal, Chris Degernes In the last meeting Ted W. felt there needed to be more information on the topic before a decision is made. Chris D. prepared a briefing paper for the Board that addresses some of the history and issues related to this proposal. Chris said the fiver front of the 10.4-acre parcel proposed for purchase by the Legislature is primarily wetlands. Consequently, permits for a boat ramp will be impossible or nearly impossible to acquire. Four lots within the Wildrose Subdivision that are immediately downstream from Cunningham Park are undeveloped and available, and might be a better site for a boat ramp. These parcels do not have permit problems as significant as with the upstream lot as there are no wetlands, plus being adjacent to a park will reduce the management challenges. Cunningham . Park had a semblance of a boat ramp until a couple years ago and the City of Kenai has said they would take on management of this new park if constructed next to their Cunningham Park. Some concerns raised during various discussions over the summer include conflicts with user groups in the area, including bank anglers and nearby neighbors, if the ramp is built. The Kenai City Council requested that State Parks develop a conceptual site plan to show how the parcels might be developed, as there were council members who felt the parcels available would be too small. The site could include the ramp toward the downstream end of the parcels where there is good gravel and no evidence of peat. A parking area able to accommodate up to 40 vehicles with trailers could be constructed. This would be the same size as the existing Bings Landing Boat Launch parking area. Kenai River Special Management Area Advisory Board Page 5 October 18, 2001 Meeting Minutes Discussion about drift only or multi-purpose continued with a lot of questions regarding whether there is a real need for another boat ramp in the area. Designing a facility to best suit the area while minimizing impacts on neighbors was also a concern raised. Brett H. said he sees 4 decision points: support the original legislative parcel of land, support the Wildrose Sub. Parcels, consider another area. for a boat ramp, or recommend no new boat ramp be constructed. He asked what the Board wanted to do about this. Tim said he was at a recent Kenai City Council meeting; they are going to approve this new idea and support this location now by resolution. He hopes the board will support this. Board members further discussed whether they should make any decision at this moment, if a new boat ramp is needed for either drift or powerboat uses and if a Private party bought the land would they be able to get the permits for a boat launch. A suggestion was made that it would be important to consult the Kenai River Comprehensive Management Plan thoroughly to see how it addresses these types of issues. Ann asked if there is a timeline for this proposal. Brett said the Legislature would need to approve any proposed changes if our decision is to pursue another piece of land. And, since the Legislature won't be meeting until January, we could take some time to make sure we're comfortable with our position before we make any recommendations to the Legislature. Janette C. would like to talk about this item again and wants Parks to provide a synopsis of the KRSMA Plan concerning another boat ramp. Brett H. asked if the board would like to reschedule this item to a later date with additional information added then. Janette said we should be specific about the information we ask for in the future. She said we need to hear more about the other parcels proposed also. Tim N. said the Legislature has directed DNR to construct a new boat ramp on the fiver and we should decide on the area to put one and look at the alternatives, not say no. Brett H. said we will wait for more information and reschedule this item for the next board meeting. Kenai River Special Management Area Advisory Board Page 6 October 18, 2001 Meeting Minutes B. Boat Wake Study-Update/Status, Lance Trasky Lance T. does not have a firm date from the Corps on when he will have the Boat Wake Study Final Report. He expects to have it by the next meeting and needs to know how many copies the board wants made. 100 copies was the consensus. Lance also said he will try to put it on the Web. Lance talked to the USGS and they are looking at doing phase two of the study next summer. He will meet with the USGS before the next board meeting to discuss what we want them to do and identify funding sources. Lance also said the board needs to form a new committee to work with USGS on phase two of the study. Interested board members are Chris D., Paul S., Brett H., Lance T. and Janette C. said Monday's or Tuesday's would work best for her. C. Committee Reports: a. Recreation Study Committee Chris gave a brief overview of the committee's Recreation Study options, with three potential directions to consider: · To do nothing · Pursue the Capital funding request to the Alaska Legislature that has been submitted, which would mean a study done in 2003 · To conduct a low cost, efficient study consisting of a GPS monitoring program, onsite survey of anglers and a video monitoring of key places and times. The Committee recommended pursuing the third option so that it would be more likely to be accomplished. A lower cost study would take advantage of volunteer labor and contributions by the Alaska Pacific University, with minimal state funding to purchase some equipment and pay a university student. The objective of this focused study would be to monitor the recreational use of the fiver and develop a sense of how the user groups are utilizing the fiver, and survey them about their opinions about their experience. Professor Greg Brown, of the Alaska Pacific University has expressed considerable interest in assisting with this work, as it could be incorporated into his course work. Chris said a committee recommendation was to invite Greg Brown to the next meeting to discuss this study. Chris also stated the board needs to decide whether this committee should keep working on this study. "Kenai River Special Management Area Advisory Board Page 7 October 18, 2001 Meeting Minutes Paul S. made a motion to pursue both capital funding from the Legislature as well as pursue a simple monitoring effort, as outlined above. Ann W-P. seconded this motion. Janette C. suggested inviting Dr. Brown to the next board meeting to give his insight on this study. Motion is passed. be Commercial Operators Committee Jeff K. said there was a great turnout at the meeting today. They reviewed this season and identified some problems to deal with in the stipulations for next year such as registering and un-registering boats and guide behavior. The Guide Orientation sessions are working great and the new stipulations will be done by the first of the year. Legislative Committee Brett H. said the committee did not meet yet. de Borough Committee Tim N. said he would introduce an ordinance to the Borough Assembly to adopt the KRCMP as a working tool for the Borough, if preliminary discussions work out with the assembly. He will introduce it in December to the assembly and it could be enacted in January. Tim said he would need as many people to support the introduction as possible when that time comes. Water Quality Committee Charles Q. said at the last meeting that Robert Ruffner gave a presentation on the water quality of the Kenai River. The Committee has not met again yet as Robert Ruffner has been on vacation, but the committee will meet before the next board meeting. D. Kenai River Center Update, Suzanne Fisler Suzanne said the City of Soldotna's bank restoration project at Centennial Park needs more discussion on the appropriate restoration techniques to be used before the permits can be made final. The City of Kenai's Erosion Project has been temporarily suspended by DGC. The USFWS and the National Marine Fisheries commented negatively on the Federal portion of the coastal review to the Corps of Engineers. Them has been no action on the Unity Trail since last month. Next month we should have a report on the Cooper Landing/DOT road project. Kenai River Special Management Area Advisory Board October 18, 2001 Meeting Minutes. Page 8 V® VI. PUBLIC COMMENT The new ADF&G- Sportfish Area Management Biologist Mark Gamblin introduced himself and stated that the Board would be seeing a lot more of him in the future, and is looking forward to working with the Board. ADJOURNMENT A. Board Comments Paul said that at the last meeting he requested the Kenai River Habitat Review report and that has not been presented yet. B. Date/Agenda of Next Meeting November 15, 2001 - 7'00 p.m., Kenai River Center Meeting Room Agenda should include a discussion with Dr. Greg Brown, APU, regarding a recreation use monitoring study, additional discussion on the Lower River Boat Launch, and a status update on the Sterling Highway MP 45-60 project. Kenai River Special Management Area Advisory Board October 18, 2001 Meeting Minutes Page 9 Volume 5 No. 3 October 2001 A PUBLICATION OF THE STATE OF ALASKA DIVISION OF ELECT]0NS o A Message from Lt. Governor Ulmer The primary election will be closed for all official political parties in Alaska in 2002. That means Alaskan voters will see six separate ballots next.August under new primary roles passed by the legislature last spring. Because the new roles may cause some confiasion at the polls, the Division of Elections is working to educate Alaskan voters well in advance of the August 27 primary election voting date. As you may recall, the 2000 primary was held under temporary emergency regulation because of a Supreme Court ruling that ruled blanket primaries like those held in Califomia, Alaska and Washington state were unconstitutional if a political party requested that its primary be closed. In January of 2001 I appointed a Primary Elec- tion Task Force to make recommendations to the Legislature about how Alaska should mn its primary election and be in compliance with the Supreme Court ruling. The nonpartisan task force recommended to the Legislature that primaries should be kept open unless a party asked for its primary to be closed. But the statute passed by the Legislature last spring did the opposite of our recommendation, closing all ballots unless a party requests that its ballot be opened. This newsletter contains an excellent article about how the new primary roles will impact you, the voter. If you are at all confused about what ballot you will be able to choose, or want more information, please/:all the Division of Elections or visit our website at Six ballots at polls next August; primary election to present voters with strict options There will be six ballots at the polls when voters check in at their precincts next August 27. And voters must make an important decision. They will choose and vote the ballot of one political party. Each of the state's six recognized political parties will field candidates in the primary. They are: Alaskan Independence Party Democratic Party Green Party Libertarian Party Republican Moderate Party Republican Party At the polls, voters will follow this process' Those who belong to one of the six parties will receive their party's ballot. They will vote for candidates belonging (continued on page Inside This Issue 2 Local election results 3 6 8 Reapportionment ten years ago Youth voter corps Update on initiative petitions Division of Elections prefer to ~y able M~ ~e req ' ~~fio~ wor~ too, o~ more ~~ 2000 enco~age fol~ to In addition to ' ~ .7...:"~'~.. .... soon will be reassi ' ":the'.Director '" " ...... -::.~ ........ -: ............ ,.~,;~.~ ............. . ...,~..::~ ............. ' :~ .... ' ..... ":~:"':~:.5""' '~i":'~ - . ., .~,.. . '.~;...}....::.,',.. ~ -. .... ' on"p~~'ele~on ~y.. Will vot~.~e 'M~g"'m ~fi~ p~? Prob~ly not ~ffi o~ election workers.feel comfo~- .. · e process, ~ffibu~g on election ~~t. C~ we .~ .... Wffi we.~.~ eve~g we p~a~'.~undaries~~ and ..o the job until we know the"0ut¢ome of a lawsuit challenging ~., .... ... Redistricting B°ard. That decision may not be made until next spring. If the decision ~3mes then will we be ........... able.to complete our election-preparation responsibilities for an August 27th pnmary?..Understandi~g't~~ _constrmnts related to an'electron, the court will make sure that appropriate tim~~eet::~es as allowed whether the elect~on as he_d Whenit~s scheduled st~~°ry"of the 1992 primary electi0n-_and...reappomonment or held sometime later; (See" .................. ..... ~'"~' "' ~'"'"'~" process beginning on page 3.) .~::.~,.~.~.~:... '~.. · .--. . o ..... %- "~ . . 'V~'~i, . . As we face these uncertamties,.:there ~s still stability. Changing t~m~. ~regulre adjustments m democratic -..~,~y_stems, bm the nde of I~W offers. stabihty. The process of change m ourc,~ountry ~s inheren, fiy orderly ...m~job b~: cStm~~~l~~nth's.sad,a9, d terrifying events it will acc~,qjob ~we face · .:~as.~,s 61eetion.6t~~,m ~'..eo~gmon~'..we wall accomplish. Thejob o~ee.,-with .~ ~~'~'.~t~. .... x::,., ,,~....~.'.~'~-~ '~:'~?~.. ~:...,;:;,;i'i"?.~ ....'" '.. ......... . -' .'. ';a~emenl~:r°~~~:~-i.~pliSk We will alldo our..job!..: · · ~¢i:.:.,:~-:~i~*?'27'.: .... .'"':-:-.:r.: .... '-,. '.,..:,,;.~ ~: :.,: . .;.:: .: _, · ::'~:: ........ ~' ' ~"'"?'"'"~l'~:~''~'~ ......... "': '.~:~!':."~:':""':"~':': ' ' ' ' ..... ~:"i. 'i':.i'" '::'"". . ~-- ...... ~: ;. "'-;'.,.. -.i.:;::'~, ?,:,.~ ..., .... : ..... ,...,. , Division conducts consolidation, rural school board, other elections The Division of Elections has certified Ketchikan's July 17~ and Fairbanks's August 28~ consolidation elections. Both governments voted no to the question of consolidating their municipalities and boroughs. The elections were conducted by mail. The division will shortly release results of surveys asking voters whether they liked by-mail voting. Akiachak voted August 7~ (also in a by-mail election) to prohibit the sale, importation and possession of alcoholic beverages. And on October 2, 19 Regional Educational Attendance Areas (R.EAAs) and four Coastal Resource Service Areas (CRSAs) elected members to their school boards and members to management boards, respectively. Those elections were certified October 22, 2001. Election News 3 Reapportionment ten years ago: a lengthy, contentious, struggle by Virginia Breeze In 1992 Alaska's primary electio.n was held two weeks late. Voters went to the polls on September 8 rather than August 25 to cast their ballots. The reason for the delay was reapportionment, the redrawing of election districts based on the 10-year census to conform to the one person, one vote role of the U. S. Supreme Court. District redrawing is designed to ensure that each elected official represents roughly the same number of people. the Tanana Chiefs (a coalition of Native groups) Arctic Slope Regional. Corporation the Alaska Democratic Party The Fish and Game Fund, a Yupik organization, inter- vened to defend the original plan's Southwest Alaska districts. The redistricting within the Municipality of Anchorage was not challenged except by the Democrats, ultimately unsuccessfully, and only on procedural grounds. Reapportionment stirs emotions. Those who disagree with recommendations for election district realignment made by a state's reapportionment officials often sue the state. Such is the case now in Alaska where a lawsuit (consolidated from nine lawsuits to one) will be heard in January 2002 in an Anchorage The Alaska Constitution, Article VI, Section 6, outlines requirements for the size and area of House districts. It says they shall be forrqed of contiguous and compact temtory containing as nearly as possible a relatively integrated socio-economic area. It also says each district shall contain a population as close Superior Court, and such was 'the case in 1991. In fact, since :-statehood in 1959, every reapportionment plan has been are contiguous and compact territory, rejected or revised by state courts, usually after the federal Department of Justice (DO J) has given its approval of the plan. The Alaska Constitution outlines re- as possible to the quotient obtained quirements for the size and area of by dividing the population of the House districts. Important considerations state by the number of election districts. integrated socioeconomic areas, and populations within districts that are as equal in number as possible. "We're 95 percent home," Gov. Walter J. Hickel an- nounced at a press conference following a DOJ an- nouncement in early 1992 that stated the plan adopted by the governor September 5, 1991 did not discriminate against minority voters. But reapportionment was more complicated than that, and difficulties lay ahead. Seven lawsuits were filed challenging the plan written by the governor's Reapportionment Board, whose five members were gubernatorial appointees. The lawsuits were consolidated into five cases for trial. The Attorney General's Office defended the lawsuit. Challenges came from: · the Matanuska-Susitna Borough · th~ Southeast Conference (a coalition of Southeast Alaska local governments) It is a formidable task to put together a redistricting plan in Alaska that adheres to the state's constitutional guidelines, adheres to the equal protection clause of the federal Constitution (one person, one vote) and to the requirements of the federal Voting Rights Act (protection and enhancement of minority political voting strength). For instance, because mostly non-Native urban areas have grown so much faster than mostly Native rural areas in the state, it has become harder to preserve appropriate representation from various rural ethnic groups so these guidelines would be satisfied. Now, in order to satisfy the requirements, rural districts must cover vast stretches of Alaska's land mass and there are fewer of them. And one person, one vote makes it harder for all minority groups to preserve past patterns where they were the majority in a district. In 1992, a major contention by the suing parties in the lawsuit was that the Reapportionment Board had created districts that combined extremely diverse communities, (continued on page 4) 4 DiVision of Elections Reapportionment, con't... ignoring the cultural differences between Native groups, and that it violated the s~a~e's open-meetings and records laws in the process of writing the plan. In mid April 1992 the lawsuit went to thai in Juneau before Superior Court Judge Larry Weeks. Juneau attorney Myra Munson, representing the Southeast Conference, contended that one Southeast district combined several rural island communities with the downtowns of Ketchikan and Sitka. In her argument she noted the Article VI, Section 6 constitutional require- ment that a new district must be compact and contiguous and have similar social and economic characteristics. "Every plan since statehood has recognized the funda- mental injustice of combining the Inupiat and Athabascan cultures," argued Juneau attorney David Crosby, who represented a number of Inupiat voters. According to the Anchorage Daily News, he also stated that proposed House District 35 "pitted the Athabaskans (then represented by G¢orgianna Lincoln) against the Inupiats (then represented by Eilcen McLean) into a single Texas-sized district coveting two-thirds of Alaska where there were different cultures and different languages and people separated by the Brooks Range." the first time non-resident military persons. Three weeks after the trial began, attorneys presented closing arguments. On May 11 Judge Weeks declared pans of the reapportionment plan unconstitutional, starting the timer on a race to have it rewritten in time for the August 25 primary. His decision allowed 40 days for the Hickel-appointed Reapportionment Board, and the Democratic, Native, and local governfi{ent plaintiffs, to create a new document. The state immediately appealed the ruling to the Su- preme Court, which remanded the case to the Superior Court with instructions for it to adopt an interim plan for the 1992 elections. The Supreme Court authorized the Superior Court to appoint special masters to assist it in formulating the plan. The high court also directed the Superior Court to remand the plan to the Reapportion- ment Board to formulate a permanent reapportionment plan. In its decision the Supreme Court affirmed the Superior Court's conclusion that the plan's formulation of Dis- tricts 1, 2, and 3 in Southeast Alaska violated Article VI, Section 6 of the state Constitution The plan created districts that because the districts were not combined extremely diverse communities, ignoring cultural "socio-economically integrated and differences between Native groups, they easily could have been." It also affirmed the lower court's conclu- The Daily News, in addition, re' ported that Anchorage attorney Don Clocksin, representing the Demo- cratic Party, argued "against violations of the state's open meetings and public records laws that took place while the board drew up its plan." and violating the state's open- meetings and records laws. .the Plaintiffs The state defended the Reapportionment Board's deci- sions by arguing that the 1990 plan was within the board's discretion, that certain districts were indeed integrated by socio-eeonomic standards, and that in other cases the requirements of the Voting Rights Act had been met. A significant change made by the plan had increased the number of election districts from 27 to 40 by replacing all multi-representative House districts with single representative districts. This, however, was not an area of contention raised by the plaintiffs. One of the major issues was the fact that the 1991 Reapportionment Board included in the population for sion that the configuration that divided the Mat-Su Borough among five districts was invalid since it "unfairly diluted the proportional representation guaranteed to the Mat-Su Borough's residents." The court also affirmed the Superior Court's conclusion that District 35, which joined the North Slope Inupiat and the Interior Athabaskan areas, violated Article VI, Section 6 because it "did not encompass a relatively integrated socio-economic area." Independently, the high court concluded that the separa- tion in the plan of the Aleutian Islands into two districts violated the contiguous territory requirement, and it affirmed the lower court's conclusion that the Open Meetings Act and Public Records Act applied to the Reapportionment Board. The court reversed the Superior Court's conclusion that the board failed to make a reliable determination regarding the inclusion or exclu- sion of non-resident military personnel, saying, "The Board's consideration of various alternatives and expert advice was a sufficient 'hard look' at that issue." Election News Reapportionment, con't... In addition, the high court authorized the Superior Court to extend filing and related deadlines for the August 1992 primary election and ordered the lieutenant gover- nor to conduct the 1992 primary and general elections pursuant to the interim reapportionment and redistricting plan adopted by the Superior Court. Through court directives, the Division of Elections was thus on schedule to conduct two major statewide elec- tions. The court extended the June 1 candidate filing deadline first to June 26, then moved it again to July 8, 1992. It rescheduled the August 25 primary election to September 8. The primary was to be different for an- other reason unconnected to the lawsuit in that for constitutional reasons the ballot was to have a different configuration than in past years: a Republican and an open ballot, the same configuration it would have eight years later in the 2000 primary election. (See Election News, Vol. 3 No. 2, July 1999, and Vol. 4 No. 2, Sep- tember 2000.) A lawsuit that year resulting in an agree- ment between the state and the Repub- lican Party of Alaska was the reason · for this change. After receiving the masters' interim plan, the Superior Court changed it substantially. The state again peti- tioned, the Supreme Court for review. The Alaska Supreme Court ordered the state to present a map depicting House districts and Senate aligmnents that would exist if the court granted certain arguments in the state's petition. In an Order dated June 25, 1992, the court granted the state's petition for review, and directed that the election districts reflected on the map be imple- mented as the interim plan for the 1992 elections. The Court agreed to reinstate the plan drawn by the special masters instead of the plan proposed by the plaintiffs and the Superior Court. (Ultimately, the case went to the high court on three "Petitions for Review," and the state prevailed on two of them.) In November 1992, immediately after the general election, Governor Hiekel urged the Reapportionment Board to use the interim plan as a model for writing the permanent plan, and to focus its attention on the rural areas of the state. 5 The board received hundreds of written comments on the interim plan and heard testimony at two statewide teleconferences and additional public heatings. Since its choice of single-member election districts had withstood court challenge, and the Division of Elections had conducted successful elections using the single-member districts outlined in the 1992 interim plan, there was no public testimony favoring a remm to multi:member districts. On April 20, 1993 the Reapportionment Board delivered to Governor Hickel a recommended permanent reappor- tionment plan, which the governor accepted on May 27 with relatively minor exceptions. The governor also accepted the recommendations of the board for permanent reapportionment and redistricting of the Alaska Senate except that he returned the districts in South Anchorage (Senate District I, comprised of interim House Districts, 17 and 18) and the Kenai Penin- sula Borough (Senate District D, comprised of interim House Districts 7 and 8 and Senate District E, comprised of interim House Districts 9 and 10) Governor Hickel accepted a to the pairings and numerical dcsigna- permanent reapportionment plan in the spring of 1993, but a tions. . in the original plan and in thc interim plan. final amended plan was not accepted until March 25, 1994. Again, however, the state's plan was challenged. On September 23, 1993, the DOJ lodged an objection under Section 5 of the federal Voting Rights Act to the May 27 plan, and on February 10, 1994, denied recon- sideration of the objection. In a March 25, 1994 execu- tive proclamation amending his permanent plan, Gover- nor Hickel noted that the objection was based on changes largely in the Copper River and Nenana areas made to the interim plan, but that minor adjustments could be made to satisfy DOJ concerns. The proclamation concluded with a statement that the mended reapportionment and redistricting plan should be implemented for th.e 1994 elections and until procla- mation of a new plan after the year 2000. Finally, after almost three years of straggle, reapportion- ment for the decade of the 1990s was complete. DIVISIOn O! l lectlons Lt. Governor Ulmer to propose Youth Voter Corps Lt. Governor Fran Ulmer has asked Governor Knowles to introduce legislation for a Youth Voter Corps--high school students, age 16 and older, who would assist at the polls as part of election boards. They would be trained for their responsibilities. Increasing the pool of election workers has been a major goal of the Division of Elections, said the lieutenant governor, who oversees the division. The Youth Voter Corps would also heighten young people's awareness of the election process and involve them in it in a meaningful way, she said. It would, in addition, demon- strate the importance and responsi- bilities of voting. Growing gOod citizens with Lto Govemor Ulmer Reform report stated: "Youth Voter Corps is a prom- ising idea for how to encourage and train school and election administrators to recruit and energize high school students as poll workers and poll watchers." The Youth Voter Corps is part of the electoral reform bill currently before Congress. ~' "We know that participation in the democratic process is the most effective way to teach young people about government. The oppommity for hands-on learning and mentoring by experienced poll workers will enrich these young persons' lives and produce useful assis- tance to the Division of Elections," the lieutenant govemor noted. Lt. Govemor Ulmer announced the plan to create the Corps during an Alaska Democracy Week press conference held on October 12 at the University of Alaska Anchorage. The proposal is part of the Alaska Democracy Project effort to enhance and strengthen civics education in grades K-12 and to increase youth participation in programs and experiences that will deepen their interest in and understanding of citizenship. Governor Knowles proclaimed Alaska Democracy Week as a way of calling attention to the goals of the project. It is hoped that the event will become an annual opportunity, organized around Alaska Day, to celebrate our role as citizens in Alaska by actively participating in schools, communities and the state. The division recently contacted members of the National Association of State Election Directors (NASED) for information about high-school age election workers. Of the twenty-one responding states, fifteen states and the District of Columbia have stare- tory provisions allowing student workers at the polls. There is wide variation among the states in student selection criteria and process, poll duties, and training requirements. In Maryland, a pilot program in one county was so successful that the program was ex- panded statewide in 2001. In Alaska, legislation is necessary to create the Corps since current law re- quires that members of the election board be qualified voters, which means they must be 18 years of age. The National Association of Secretaries of State has endOrsed a proposal by Youth-e-Vote for a national Youth Voter Corps that would be funded by Congress. The Ford-Carter Commission on Federal Election This year's week was a collaborative event. The Alaska Democracy Project joined the Alaska Munici- pal League, Alaska Legislative Affairs Agency, and student leaders to provide a variety of activities. The Municipal League sponsored Local Government Day on October 16 and invited students to participate in an "If I Were Mayor..." essay contest. Legislators and municipal officials visited classrooms and students conducted registration drives on university campuses. The Alaska Democracy Project, initiated by the lieutenant govemor, has established a web site to serve as a portal for civics education in the state: www.gov.state.ak.us/ltgov/adp. The site includes tips developed by the League of Women Voters for grow- ing a good citizen, as well as civic education links, resources, and opportunities for students and adults. Suggestions on the topic can be sent to the lieutenant governor at civicseducation~gov.state.ak.us. Election News Meet Michael Matthews, the division's election technician A former university instructor with a master's degree in theatrical design is playing an important new role at the Division of Elec- tions. He wears several hats, but Michael Matthews' evolving responsibilities focus on technology. Whether it's the optical scan voting system, the new mapping program or designing enhancements for VREMS (the state's voter registration and election management.sys- tem), Mike is finding himself increasingly involved in the developing applied science side vs. the administrative side of the division that conducts elections. Thus, the new elec- tion technician title he was given in August. As the Division of Elections begins to create precincts based on the 2001 reapportionment. ..... plan, the regional elections offices will send .:~ precinct boundary lines to Mike. Using a ~ . plotter (see photo) he will then be able to print the precincts together, creating one large statewide map. "We can select anyplace in the state, click on it, and see all the precincts show up. We've never before been able to do that electronically," he says. Mike Matthews at the Division of Elections' Plotter with them collect signatures. He is responsible for their ac- countability reports. Hc will soon bc hiring a tempo~ staff to review signatures to be sure all who sign are registered voters. "The busy time in the petition process is between December and March," he says. "Sponsors who want their initiatives placed on the November 2002 general election ballot will submit them for signature verification in Decemb~ and Janu- ary. The law allows 60 days to verify the signers as registered voters." (Ed Note: See report, beginning page 8.) In his work with the division's mainframe programmer and the election coordinator, Mike is taking on more responsibilities with VREMS. "VREMS is the heart and backbone of our entire voter records operation," he says. "It can do many things. For example, we anticipate receiving more than 200,000 petition signatures this year. Every single one will have to be checked and documented. VREMS allows us to do this quickly." Mike's VREMS work with petitions dovetails with his general supervision of the initiative petition process, another aspect of his job. He creates petition files and records systems and stays in touch with sponsors to be sure they follow the roles as they and those working Mike Matthews grew up in Nebraska, one of six brothers reared on a farm. He milked cows, baled hay and worked in the fields. After graduating from the University of Nebraska with an undergraduate degree in theater, history and sociology, and the master's in theatrical design, he moved to New York State to be' near "real theater." For two years he taught theater design at Niagara University in Lewiston on the northern boundary of Niagara Falls. · Then a friend called, inviting him to come to Juneau to work at Perseverance Theater. The idea appealed to him and he arrived on the state ferry in July 1995. While he found his theater work satisfying he also found he needed to make additional money to support himself so he accepted a temporary job at the Division of Elections in the absentee voting section. One thing led to another and division work is now permanent. He tends to theater pursuits at night. "I really like the direction my elections job is taking, "he says. 2001 Division of Elections Initiative Petition Activity Petitions in circulation' Six initiative petit'~' "~ are being actively circulated around the state this fall. I£28,783 signatures are from registered voters living in 27 ,'., Alaska's 40 election districts, and the petitions will have been submitted by January 14, 2002 (the day the legislature convenes), the initiatives will appear on the November 5, 2002 general election ballot. Peti- tions in circulation are: o 1. An Act to increase Alaska's minimum wage to $7.15 per hour effective January 1, 2003 and thereafter, adjusted annually for inflation (01MNWG) Lt. Governor Ulmer certified the application for this initiative petition March 12, 200 I. The final deadline for the petition to be filed is April 5, 2002. Primary Sponsors: Jim Sampson, Mano Frey and Bruce Ludwig. , oilowing is the petition booklet summary language: Bill Increasing Alaska's Minimum Hourly Wage This bill would raise Alaska's minimum wage to $7.15 per hour. This increase would start January l, 2003. Each year after that, the minimum wage would be adjusted by the State. The annual change would be based on inflation using the Consumer Price Index for AnchOrage. If after the annual adjustment for inflation the minimum wage is less than one dollar over the federal minimum wage, Alaska's wage w~o. u!db_.eset at on6 dollar over the fe~deral wage. 2. An initiative allowing citizens to vote by registering up to and,in,cludin~ on the day of elections (same day registration) (01SDRG) Lt. Governor Ulmcr certified the application for this initiative petition June 8, 2001. The petition must be filed by June 22, 2002. Primary sponsors' Al Anders, Len Karpinski and Soren Wuerth. Following is the petition booklet summary language: Initiative Allowing Same-Day Voter Registration This bill would remove the requirement that persons be registered to vote 30 days before an election in order to vote in, that election. The bill would allow people who are otherwise qualified to vote to register to vote at any time before an election. The bill would also allow these persons to register to vote at the polls on election day. The bill applies to state and municipal elections. 3. An initiative providin~ for local control of property assessment and taxation (01PRTX) Lt. Governor Ulmcr certified the application for this initiative June 8, 2001. The petition must be filed by July 2, 2002. Primary sponsors: Uwe Kalenka, Kristie Wise and James P. Jacobson. Following is the petition booklet summary language: Municipal Property Assessment and Taxation This bill sets the value of'property at the price that it would bring in an open market between a willing buyer and seller who know the property and current price levels. It allows local governments to set up classes of property based on use. Tax standards and mill rates may differ between classes of property. The bill allows local governments to limit both assessments and taxes. It also allows for property to be exempt in whole or in part from taxes. It allows voters to classify property based on use, and limit assessment and taxation, by local initiative. (continued on next page) Election News 9 ~ 4. An initiative chanc;in_cl the location of lec~islative sessions (01CHGS) Lt. Governor Fran Ulmcr certified thc appJication for this initiative petition July :23,200]. Thc petition must bc filed by July 3 l? 2002. On August 20, 2001, sponsors filed a lawsuit challenging thc summary language. Primary sponsors: Robert Monson, Mark Chryson and James ^. Nelson. Following is the petition booklet summary language' Initiative Moving Location of Legislative Sessions This bill would move all sessions of the state legislature to the Matanuska-Susitna (Mat-Su) Borough. If facilities fit for these sessions cannot be found in that borough, sessions would be held in Anchorage until facilities are available inthe Mat-Su Borough. This bill would repeal the requirements that before the state can spend money to move the legislature, the voters must know the total costs as determined by a commission, and approve a bond issue for all bondable costs of the move. 5. The Ali-Alaskan Gasline Initiative: An Act establishin~ the Alaska Natural Gas Development Authority, to maximize revenues for Alaska and |obs and _clas for Alaska (01GSLN) Lt. Governor Ulmer certified the application for this initiative petition Septembert 4, 2001. The final deadline for the petition to be filed is September 12, 2002. Primary sponsors' Scott Heyworth, Michael Macy and Tyrone Neel Following is the petition booklet summary language: Initiative on Gas Pipeline Development Authority This bill would create the Alaska Natural Gas Development Authority (Authority) as a public corporation of the State. The Authority would acquire and condition North Slope natural gas, and construct a pipeline to transport the gas. The Authority's powers would include buying property or taking it by eminent domain, and to issue state tax-exempt revenue bonds. The gasline route would be from Prudhoe Bay to tidewater on Prince William Sound and the spur line from Glennallen to the Southcentral gas distribution grid. The Authority would operate and maintain the gas pipeline, ship the gas, and market the gas. 6. An Act. relating to the sale of alcoholic beverages, to alcoholic beverage licenses, and to limits on holdinc~ multiple alcoholic licenses (01BREW) Lt. Governor Ulmcr certified thc application for this initiative potion October 8, 2001. Thc final deadline for thc pcitition to be filed is October 12, 2002. Primary sponsors' Roderick Hancock, Jason Wood, Matt Jones. Following is the petition booklet summary language: Initiative to Amend Alcoholic Beverage Licensing This bill would eliminate the brewpub license with its 75,000 gallon annual production cap. Current brewpub license holders would be issued brewery licenses. This bill lifts the restriction that holders of a brewery license or winery license may not also hold a beverage dispensary license or a restaurant or eating place license. A holder of a brewery license, in addition to selling beer to licensees, would be able to sell its beer directly at no more than two beverage dispensary or restaurant or eating places licensed to that brewery. Up to eight gallons of beer could be sold to individuals on the premises. (continued on next page ) Division of Elections actment of an Initiative Constitution of the State of Alaska e Xl Referendum. and Recall Enactment ' jority of the votes cast on the proposition (initiative, referendUm) is adoption, the initiated measure is enacted. If a majority of the votes proposition favor the rejection of an act referred, it is rejected. eutenant governor shall certify the election returns. An initiated law becomes effective ninety days after certification, is not subject to veto, and may not be repealed by the legislature within two years of its effective date. It may be amended at any time. An act rejected by referendum is void thirty days after certification. Additional procedures for the initiative and referendum may be prescribed by law. (Amendment approved August 25, 1970-Effective October 10. 1970, changing the name of secreta~ of state to lieutenant governoU Activity related to other recent petitions and petition applications, con't... An Act to decriminalize and regulate cannabis (01MRNA, sponsor lan.quake) Lt. Governor Ulmcr received the application September 7, 2001. The Division of Elections determined there were a sufficient number of sponsor signatures October 4, 2001. The Department of Law is reviewing the content. Primary sponsors' Tim Hinterberger, Randall Patterson and Georgia Marlo. An Act increasin.q the alcoholic beverage tax (99ATAX) Lt. Governor UImcr certified the application for this initiative July 16, 1999. Subsequently, a lawsuit was filed. On February 28, 2000 the Superior Court granted summary judgment to the lieutenant governor on the plaintiffs' claim that the application dealt with a subject that could not be enacted through the initiative. The Department of Law filed an appeal to the Supreme Court from that portion of the Superior Court's decision dealing with the ballot summary. The case is currently pending. Primary sponsors: James A. Crary, Matt Felix and Joan Diamond. An Act relating to allowable absences from the state for purposes of eli.qibilitv for permanent fund dividends (01PCOR} The Department of Law review stated the application did not comply with the constitutional and statutory provisions governing the use of the initiative. Lt. Governor Ulmer denied the application for this initiative July 23,2001. A lawsuit was filed in Superior Court by the petitioners August 22,2001. Primary sponsors' Brian Brubaker, Lisa A. Villano and lan Olson. An Act to decriminalize and regulate cannabis (hemp, includin_~ mariiuana) (01CANB) The Department of Law review stated the application was not in the proper form, as the initiative conflicts with a provi- sion of the state Constitution. Lt. Governor Ulmer denied the application for this initiative July 24, 2001. Primary spon- sors: Randall Patterson, Timothy Hinterbcrgcr and Jerry Rohacek. · An initiative amending the election process for election to Alaska state and federal electi.v.,.e office~ except .qovernor, by adopting preferential or inst;nt run-off voting; authorizinfl local option to adoPt preferential or ins?_=_nt run-off voting: rei)ealin.cl conflictin_~ statutes, and providin_~ for severabili~ (99PRVT) The petition was filed October 26, 2000 and certified on December 21, 2000. It will appear on the 2002 primarg election ballot unless similar legislation is passed before the date of the election. Election 'News 11 Six ballots at polls next August, con't... time in the state's history an entirely closed primary only to their party, election with six ballots at the polls. Voters registered nonpartisan or undeclared will choose one of the six parties' ballots. They will vote for candidates belonging to that party only: These guidelines are law---requirements in the state's Other requirements of the law that become significant in the months ahead: · Candidates without a party affiliation wh~o nm for office through the nominating petition prodess must new primary election law passed by the legislature last notify the division of their candidacies with supporting spring, information by June l, 2002. The petition containing Recognized political parties had a September 1 dead- line to notify the Division of Elections whether their bylaws would limit or expand who could participate in their party's primary. The outcome, following that deadline, is that all six parties will hold closed primaries. The Republican Party already had its bylaws in place. The bylaws allow Republicans and those registered undeclared and nonpartisan to vote in the Republican required signatures for these candidates is not due until the date of the primary election, however-- August 27. · These candidates will appear only on the November general election ballot rather than on both the primary and general election ballots. · Voters will be required to determine their party affiliation by the 30~ day before the primary election (July 28, 2002), the same day they must be registered to vote in the primary if they are not already regis- tered. Three parties---the Green Party, Libertarian Party and Last year's primary election was conducted under Republican Moderate Party---sent letters to the divi- temporary emergency regulations following the sion objecting to the new law but none asked that its California Democratic Party v. Jones decision by the primary be open to members of other political parties. U.S. Supreme Court. It allowed parties to request that Thus, party members, and voters registered undeclared their primary be closed. The only party to do so was and nonpartisan, under the default provision of the new law (AS 15.25.010), will vote in the primaries of these parties. · While the Alaskan Independence Party, in correspon- dence to the division, did not object to the new law, its bylaws had not yet been approved by the Department of Justice (a requirement by law). Access to its ballot, defined under the default provision of the law, is therefore also limited to registered party members and undeclared and nonpartisan voters. The Democratic Party did not send written communi- cation to the division by the September 1 deadline. As a result, its ballot, too, will be limited to Democrats and those registered as undeclared and nonpartisan. This is the reason Alaska's voters will see for the first the Republican Party. There were, as a result, two ballots at the polls: the Republican ballot and an open ballot that included on it candidates from all other parties. Implementing the new law will triple the number of ballots as well as requiring voters to choose candidates from one party only. ~l~a~he deadline for candidates who are members of recognized political parties to file for office is June 1-- the traditional filing deadline. The state's new primary election law did not change that date. June 1, 2002, is a Saturday, and elections offices will be open until 5 p.m. that day to receive candidate filings. STATE DIVISION OF ELECTIONS Please contact the following Division of Elections personnel for information and assistance regarding elections. All telephone numbers are (907) prefixes. The FAX number for the director's office is (907) 465-3203. E-mail ad- dresses are firstname_lastname@gov.state.ak, us Director's Office Janet Kowaiski, Director Lauri AIIred, Administrative Officer Barb Whiting, Election Coordinator Gail Fenumiai, Election Programs Specialist Virginia Breeze, Election Projects Coordinator Mike Matthews, Election Technician 465-4611 465-4611 465-5347 465-3049 465-3935 465-3051 465-2057 Regional Supervisors Pam J. Crowe, Region I, Juneau Carol Thompson, Region II, Anchorage Shelly Growden, Region i11, Fairbanks Monica Giang, Region IV, Nome 465-3021 522-8683 451-2835 443-5285 http:liwww.elections.state,ak.us E/ection News editor: Virginia Breeze virgin ia_breeze@gov, state, ak. us FAX . 465-2289 522-2341 451-2832 443-2973 Division of Elections P.O. Box 110017 Juneau AK 99811-0017 FIRST CLASS MAIL US POSTAGE PAID JUNEAU AK PERMIT NO. 24 CITY CLERK CITY OF KENAI 210 FIDALGO AVE, SUITE 200 KENAI AK 99611 MAKE 22 PACKET,S ¢OUN¢1L PACKET DTSTR]:BUT[ON COUNC:[L MEE'KJ:N6 bATE: Mayor/Council ~' Attorney ~ ~ToyIorlSprin~ler/Kebschull Clerk ~ City Mana~e~ ~'P_ublic Works Police bepa~tment ~ Finance ~'En~inee~ Senior Cente~ ~, Airport ~ ~im Lib~a~7 ~ Pa~ks 6 ~ec~eation ~ ~Cla~ion Fire Department ~ A6ENDA DISTRIBUT]:ON .Sewer Treatment Plant / Streets Shop .,,'bock Buildin~ Maintenance /' Animal Control Water/Sewer ~ Counter Fax by computer to (see Microsoft Fax from printe~,Address Book; Contacts; Agenda List: - ~ Assembly Members KSRM HEA Kenai Chamber of Commerce ,Ton Little (Daily News/$oldotne) KVCC KDLL Ebb DELZVER Council Packets to Police Department Dispatch desk. The Clarion will pick their pocket up at City Hall. The portion of the agenda published by the Clarion should be foxed as soon as possible after Noon on packet day. The camera-ready agenda (c'/myfiles/documents/minute$/~genda form for ~s emailed to the Peninsula ~larion (at ~ntacts) and a copy is foxed to isa at the 67arian also. Home Page documents (agenda, resolutions and ordinances for public hearing) are placed in the Clerk°s HTML file. Place them onto the city's website with Front Page from there os soon os possible. ITEM B: AGENDA KENAI CITY COUNCIL- REGULAR MEETING NOVEMBER 21, 2001 7:00 P.M. KENAI CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS http://www, ci. ken ai.ak, us SCHEDULED PUBLIC COMMENTS (10 minutes) 1. Representatives from Kenai Boy Scout Troop 357 and Nikiski Boy Scout Troop 669 -- Citizenship in the Community Merit Badge. ITEM C: PUBLIC HEARINGS 1. Ordinance No. 1940-2001--Increasing Estimated Revenues & Appropriations by $45,500 in the General Fund for Ice Maintenance. 2. Resolution No. 2001-81 -- Awarding the Bid to Dr. Ice for Ice Maintenance and Refrigeration Technician Services - 2001 for the Total Amount of $15,357.75 Per Month. 3. Ordinance No. 1942-2001--Amending KMC 14.20.280(c) to Remove the Requirement that Notification of Public Hearings be Sent Via Certified Mail. 4. Ordinance No. 1943-2001-- Amending KMC 14.05.020 to Increase the Fee for Applications for Variances, Encroachments, Conditional Use Permits, and Amendments to the Kenai Zoning Code or the Official Map from $100 to $200. Various Other Sections of Title 14 are Also Amended to Reflect This Change. 5. Ordinance No. 1944-2001 --Increasing Estimated Revenues and Appropriations by $20,000 in the General Fund and Kenai Coastal Trail Capital Project Fund for Additional Environmental and. Permitting Work. 6. Resolution No. 2001-86- Donating Certain City-Owned Land Identified as Tract A, Baron Park Kenai Youth Addition, Located at the Marathon Road and HEA Access Road Intersection in Kenai, to the State of Alaska for the Location of a Youth Detention Facility. 7. Resolution No. 2001-87 - Supporting the "Alaska's Children, Alaska's Future" Statewide Campaign to Achieve Proper Funding for Alaska's Schools and Adequate Funding for Every Alaskan Student. 8. Resolution No. 2001-88 - Adopting a Street Name Change from 81st Avenue SE to North Strawberry Road. 9. Resolution No. 2001-89- Supporting Highway Improvements to the Sterling Highway (MP42-60) to Reduce Safety Hazards that Create Undue Risk of Injury and Road Closures on a Vital Link for the Western Part of the Kenai Peninsula. 10.Resolution No. 2001-90- Transferring $20,000 in the General Fund for Abatement of Dangerous Buildings. 11 .*Liquor License Renewal - Kenai Golf Course Cafb--Restaurant/Eating Place - Seasonal 12.*Liquor License Renewal- Eagles #3525/Club ITEM G: OLD BUSINESS 1. Discussion - Kenai Coastal Trail/Bluff Restoration Project 2. Approval- Aircraft Tie-Down Fees ITEM H: NEW BUSINESS 1. Bills to be Paid, Bills to be Ratified 2. Purchase Orders Exceeding $2,500 3. Discussion -- Request for FAA Funding -- Hotel/Convention Center Funding in Conjunction with Economic Development for the City. EXECUTIVE SESSION - No Scheduled. ITEM K: ADJOURNMENT The public is invited to attend and participate. Additional information is available through the City Clerk's office at 210 Fidalgo Avenue, Suite 200 or visit our website at http://www.ci.kenai.ak.us Carol 'L. Freas, City Clerk D144/211