HomeMy WebLinkAbout2021-05-06 Parks & Recreation PacketKENAI PARKS & RECREATION COMMISSION
REGULAR MEETING
MAY 6, 2021 – 6:00 P.M.
KENAI CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS
210 FIDALGO AVE., KENAI, AK 99611
*Telephonic/Virtual Information Below*
http://www.kenai.city
1. CALL TO ORDER
a. Pledge of Allegiance
b. Roll Call
c. Agenda Approval
2. SCHEDULED PUBLIC COMMENTS (Public comment limited to ten (10) minutes per
speaker)
a. Marek Grieme – Boot Brushing Stations (Eagle Scout Project)
3. UNSCHEDULED PUBLIC COMMENT (Public comment limited to three (3) minutes
per speaker; thirty (30) minutes aggregated)
4. APPROVAL OF MEETING SUMMARY
a. April 1, 2021…………………………………………………………………………Pg. 2
5. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
6. NEW BUSINESS
a. Discussion/Recommendation – Boot Brushing Stations (Eagle Scout Project)
7. REPORTS
a. Parks & Recreation Director
b. Commission Chair
c. City Council Liaison………………………………………………………………...Pg. 5
8. NEXT MEETING ATTENDANCE NOTIFICATION – June 3, 2021
9. COMMISSION QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS
10. ADDITIONAL PUBLIC COMMENT
11. INFORMATION ITEMS
12. ADJOURNMENT
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KENAI PARKS & RECREATION COMMISSION
APRIL 1, 2021 – 6:00 PM
KENAI CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS
VICE CHAIR T. GRANT WISNIEWSKI, PRESIDING
MEETING SUMMARY
1. CALL TO ORDER
Vice Chair Wisniewski called the meeting to order at 6:18 p.m.
a. Pledge of Allegiance
Vice Chair Wisniewski led those assembled in the Pledge of Allegiance.
b. Roll was confirmed as follows:
Commissioners present: T. Wisniewski, J. Dennis, S. Kisena, D. Rigall, M. Bernard,
Commissioners absent: C. Stephens, J. Joanis, R. Tomrdle
Staff/Council Liaison present: Parks & Rec Director B. Frates, Council Liaison T. Winger
A quorum was present.
c. Agenda Approval
MOTION:
Commissioner Kisena MOVED to approve the agenda as presented and Commissioner Bernard
SECONDED the motion. There were no objections; SO ORDERED.
2. SCHEDULED PUBLIC COMMENTS
a. Former Mayor Pat Porter – Kenai Community Park Presentation
Former Mayor Porter reviewed the project and brought the commission up to date with where the
project stands currently. She continued to report that there are businesses and civic organizations
willing to assist and these groups are being engaged. Salamatof has committed to assisting with
leveling and seeding. Additionally, the Mission Church group coming up at the end of June will
be available to help, a children’s naming contest is being planned for naming of the dog park.
MOTION:
Commissioner Bernard MOVED to approve the conceptual design of the dog park and
Commissioner Kisena SECONDED the motion. There were no objections; SO ORDERED.
3. UNSCHEDULED PUBLIC COMMENT – None
4. APPROVAL OF MEETING SUMMARY
a. March 4, 2021
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MOTION:
Commissioner Rigall MOVED to approve the meeting summary of March 4, 2021 and
Commissioner Kisena SECONDED the motion. There were no objections; SO ORDERED.
5. UNFINISHED BUSINESS – None.
6. NEW BUSINESS
a. Discussion – Dog Park
Questions were raised about the maintenance work required and if there were lessons learned
from the Soldotna dog park. Director Frates stated there would be maintenance that would mostly
involve keeping the turf moved and trimmed and hauling off trash. As for lessons learned, the
entry way needs to be covered so that snow doesn’t collect around the gates, preventing them
from opening and closing properly.
7. REPORTS
a. Parks and Recreation Director – Director Frates reported that summer positions
are open and the Parks and Recreation department is getting geared up for spring
maintenance activities.
b. Commission Chair – Vice Chair Wisniewski thanked everyone for their work.
c. City Council Liaison – Council Member Winger reported on the actions of the March
17th City Council meeting, including the shop local program extension and her interest
in working with the Kenai Peninsula Borough on spruce bark beetle kill issues.
8. NEXT MEETING ATTENDANCE NOTIFICATION – May 6, 2021
Commissioner Rigall noted he will be absent at the next meeting.
9. COMMISSION QUESTIONS & COMMENTS
Commissioner Kisena inquired about dugout costs. Director Frates replied it would be
approximately $2k for the concrete slabs and that the league should be able to assist with the
chain-link fencing.
10. ADDITIONAL PUBLIC COMMENT – None.
11. INFORMATION
a. Softball Dugouts
12. ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business before the Commission, the meeting was adjourned at 6:40 p.m.
Meeting summary prepared and submitted by:
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Meghan Thibodeau
Deputy City Clerk
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Kenai City Council - Regular Meeting Page 1 of 4
April 07, 2021
Kenai City Council - Regular Meeting
April 07, 2021 ꟷ 6:00 PM
Kenai City Council Chambers
210 Fidalgo Avenue, Kenai, Alaska
**Telephonic/Virtual Information on Page 4**
www.kenai.city
Action Agenda
A. CALL TO ORDER
1. Pledge of Allegiance
2. Roll Call
3. Agenda Approval
4. Consent Agenda (Public comment limited to three (3) minutes) per speaker;
thirty (30) minutes aggregated)
*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.
B. SCHEDULED PUBLIC COMMENTS
(Public comment limited to ten (10) minutes per speaker)
1. Steven Rouse - Kenai Peninsula Housing Initiatives (KPHI) Report on Senior and
Affordable Rental Housing on City of Kenai Donated Land.
2. Pat Porter - Kenai Dog Park Update.
3. Coy West - Presentation on City of Kenai Marketing.
C. UNSCHEDULED PUBLIC COMMENTS
(Public comment limited to three (3) minutes per speaker;
thirty (30) minutes aggregated)
D. PUBLIC HEARINGS
1. ENACTED UNANIMOUSLY. Ordinance No. 3196-2021 - Accepting and Appropriating
Federal Funds from the Institute of Museum and Library Services Passed Through the
Alaska State Library for Employee Training.
2. ENACTED UNANIMOUSLY. Ordinance No. 3197-2021 - Amending Kenai Municipal
Code Section 23.50.010 - Employee Classification, to Amend the Class, Title, and Range,
to Include a Capital Projects Manager.
3. ENACTED UNANIMOUSLY. Ordinance No. 3198-2021 - Amending Kenai Municipal
Code Section 1.15.130 - Telephonic Participation, to Provide for Remote Electronic
Participation.
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4. ENACTED UNANIMOUSLY. Ordinance No. 3199-2021 - Conditionally Waiving Certain
Provisions of Title 17- Public Utilities and Enterprises, Related to Penalty, Interest and
Shutoff for Nonpayment of Fees for Water and Sewer Utility Customers that Certified to the
City That They Were Impacted by COVID-19 Pursuant to the City Manager’s Executive
Order No. 2 During the Effective Period of the City’s Emergency Disaster Declaration.
5. ENACTED UNANIMOUSLY AS AMENDED. Ordinance No. 3200-2021 - Accepting and
Appropriating an Amendment to a COVID CARES Act for Older Adults and Their Caregivers
2021 Grant Passed through the State of Alaska for Kenai Senior Center Expenditures in
Support of its Response to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency.
6. ENACTED UNANIMOUSLY. Ordinance No. 3201-2021 - Increasing Estimated Revenues
and Appropriations in the Airport Fund and Appropriating Funds in the Airport Snow
Removal Equipment Capital Project Fund for the Purchase of Snow Removal Equipment –
Multi-Purpose Broom/Blower.
7. ENACTED UNANIMOUSLY. Ordinance No. 3204-2021 - Increasing Estimated Revenues
and Appropriations in the General Fund to Provide Funding for Approved Small Businesses
Grants in Excess of Budgeted Amounts for the Grant Disbursement Program for Small
Businesses that Did Not Previously Apply for Full Assistance from the City in 2020.
1. Motion for Introduction
2. Motion for Second Reading (Requires a Unanimous Vote)
3. Motion for Adoption (Requires Five Affirmative Votes)
8. ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY AS AMENDED. Resolution No. 2021-20 - Adopting Policy
No. 2021-01, Procedures for Selecting and Appointing a Qualified Person or Persons to Fill
Vacancies on the City Council.
9. ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY. Resolution No. 2021-21 - Approving Development
Incentives for a Lease of Airport Reserve Lands for Schilling Rentals, LLC., on Lot 5A, Block
1, FBO Subdivision 2018 Replat.
10. ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY. Resolution No. 2021-22 - Authorizing a Budget Transfer in
the Airport Fund, Airfield Department and Authorizing Award of a Contract for Sand
Screening.
11. ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY. Resolution No. 2021-23 - Approving an Administrative
Permit Process for Commercial Removal of Dead or Dying Trees from City Property.
E. MINUTES
1. ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY AS AMENDED. *Regular Meeting of March 17, 2021.
F. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
G. NEW BUSINESS
1. APPROVED BY THE CONSENT AGENDA. *Action/Approval - Bills to be Ratified.
2. APPROVED BY THE CONSENT AGENDA. *Action/Approval - Liquor License Renewals
for Three Bears and Playa Azul.
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3. INTRODUCED BY THE CONSENT AGENDA/PUBLIC HEARING SET FOR 4/21/2021.
*Ordinance No. 3202-2021 - Amending Kenai Municipal Code Sections 1.15.120, Rules
Of Order, and 1.90.050, Proceedings, to Adopt the Most Current Edition of Robert’s Rules
of Order Newly Revised as the Adopted Rules of Parliamentary Procedure for the City
Council and for City Boards, Commissions, and Committees.
4. INTRODUCED BY THE CONSENT AGENDA/PUBLIC HEARING SET FOR 4/21/2021.
*Ordinance No. 3203-2021 - Accepting and Appropriating a Volunteer Fire Assistance
Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service Passed Through the
State of Alaska Division of Forestry for the Purchase of Forestry Firefighting Equipment.
5. APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. Action/Approval - Special Use Permit to Kenai Home
Builder's Association for the Use of the Multipurpose Facility.
6. APPOINTMENT OF JANET PHILLIPS CONFIRMED. Action/Approval - Confirmation of
Mayoral Nomination for Appointment to Beautification Committee.
7. Discussion - Condition of the Kenai Recreation Center.
8. Discussion - Spruce Bark Beetle Mitigation Planning.
9. Discussion - Hazard Pay for City Employees.
10. Discussion - COVID-19 Response.
H. COMMISSION / COMMITTEE REPORTS
1. Council on Aging
2. Airport Commission
3. Harbor Commission
4. Parks and Recreation Commission
5. Planning and Zoning Commission
6. Beautification Committee
7. Mini-Grant Steering Committee
I. REPORT OF THE MAYOR
J. ADMINISTRATION REPORTS
1. City Manager
2. City Attorney
3. City Clerk
K. ADDITIONAL PUBLIC COMMENT
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1. Citizens Comments (Public comment limited to five (5) minutes per speaker)
2. Council Comments
L. EXECUTIVE SESSION
M. PENDING ITEMS
N. ADJOURNMENT
O. INFORMATION ITEMS
1. Purchase Orders Between $2,500 and $15,000
The agenda and supporting documents are posted on the City’s website at www.kenai.city. Copies of
resolutions and ordinances are available at the City Clerk’s Office or outside the Council Chamber prior
to the meeting. For additional information, please contact the City Clerk’s Office at 907-283-8231.
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April 21, 2021
Kenai City Council - Regular Meeting
April 21, 2021 ꟷ 6:00 PM
Kenai City Council Chambers
210 Fidalgo Avenue, Kenai, Alaska
**Telephonic/Virtual Information on Page 4**
www.kenai.city
Action Agenda
A. CALL TO ORDER
1. Pledge of Allegiance
2. Roll Call
3. Agenda Approval
4. Consent Agenda (Public comment limited to three (3) minutes) per speaker;
thirty (30) minutes aggregated)
*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.
B. SCHEDULED PUBLIC COMMENTS
(Public comment limited to ten (10) minutes per speaker)
1. Dr. Keith Hamilton - Update on Alaska Christian College's Program, Goals, and Future
Hopes
C. UNSCHEDULED PUBLIC COMMENTS
(Public comment limited to three (3) minutes per speaker;
thirty (30) minutes aggregated)
D. PUBLIC HEARINGS
1. ENACTED UNANIMOUSLY. Ordinance No. 3202-2021 - Amending Kenai Municipal
Code Sections 1.15.120, Rules Of Order, and 1.90.050, Proceedings, to Adopt the Most
Current Edition of Robert’s Rules of Order Newly Revised as the Adopted Rules of
Parliamentary Procedure for the City Council and for City Boards, Commissions, and
Committees. (City Clerk)
2. ENACTED UNANIMOUSLY. Ordinance No. 3203-2021 - Accepting and Appropriating a
Volunteer Fire Assistance Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture Forest
Service Passed Through the State of Alaska Division of Forestry for the Purchase of
Forestry Firefighting Equipment. (Administration)
3. ENACTED. Ordinance No. 3208-2021 - Accepting and Appropriating a Grant from the
State of Alaska – Department of Health and Social Services – Division of Public Health –
COVID-19 Emergency Operations Center, for Community Funding to Support Efforts to
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Increase Access to Testing and Vaccinations and Decrease Health Inequities for All
Alaskans. (Administration)
1. Motion for Introduction
2. Motion for Second Reading (Requires a Unanimous Vote)
3. Motion for Adoption (Requires Five Affirmative Votes)
4. ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY. Resolution No. 2021-24 - Authorizing the City Manager to
Enter an Airline Operating Agreement and Terminal Area Lease with Hageland Aviation,
D/B/A Rambler Air, LLC. (Administration)
5. ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY. Resolution No. 2021-25 - Awarding a Contract for External
Audit Services to BDO USA, LLP. (Administration)
6. ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY. Resolution No. 2021-26 - Allocating Previously
Appropriated Funds For The Wildwood Drive Rehabilitation Project. (Administration)
7. ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY. Resolution No. 2021-27 - Authorizing a Budget Transfer in
the General Fund, Fire Department. (Administration)
E. MINUTES
1. ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY. *Regular Meeting of April 7, 2021. (City Clerk)
F. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
G. NEW BUSINESS
1. APPROVED BY THE CONSENT AGENDA. *Action/Approval - Bills to be Ratified.
(Administration)
2. APPROVED BY THE CONSENT AGENDA. *Action/Approval - Non-Objection to the
Renewal of the Liquor License for Don Jose's. (City Clerk)
3. APPROVED BY THE CONSENT AGENDA. *Action/Approval - Special Use Permit to
State of Alaska Department of Natural Resources, Division of Forestry for Aircraft Loading
and Parking. (Administration)
4. APPROVED BY THE CONSENT AGENDA. *Action/Approval - Special Use Permit to
Pacific Star Seafoods for Aircraft Loading and Off-Loading. (Administration)
5. APPROVED BY THE CONSENT AGENDA. *Action/Approval - Special Use Permit to
Everts Air Fuel for Aircraft Parking. (Administration)
6. APPROVED BY THE CONSENT AGENDA. *Act ion/Approval - Special Use Permit to
United Parcel Service Company, Inc. for Aircraft Loading and Parking. (Administration)
7. APPROVED BY THE CONSENT AGENDA. *Action/Approval - Special Use Permit to
Empire Airlines, Inc. for Aircraft Parking. (Administration)
8. APPROVED BY THE CONSENT AGENDA. *Action/Approval - First Amendment to
Janitorial Agreement to Reborn Again Janitorial. (Administration)
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9. INTRODUCED BY THE CONSENT AGENDA/PUBLIC HEARING SET FOR 5/5/2021.
*Ordinance No. 3205-2021 - Authorizing a Budget Transfer in the General Fund, Fire and
Non-Departmental Departments and Increasing Estimated Revenues and Appropriations in
the Public Safety Improvement Capital Project Fund to Provide Supplemental Funding to
the Fire Station #2 Station Alerting Project and the Dispatch Base Station Radio
Replacement Project. (Administration)
10. INTRODUCED BY THE CONSENT AGENDA/PUBLIC HEARING SET FOR 5/5/2021.
*Ordinance No. 3206-2021 - Accepting and Appropriating Private Donations to the Kenai
Animal Shelter for the Care of Animals. (Administration)
11. INTRODUCED BY THE CONSENT AGENDA/PUBLIC HEARING SET FOR 5/5/2021.
*Ordinance No. 3207-2021 - Increasing Estimated Revenues and Appropriations in the
General Fund – Police Department and Accepting Funds from Both the Department of
Justice and Alaska Municipal League Joint Insurance Association for the Purchase of
Ballistic Vests. (Administration)
12. INTRODUCED BY THE CONSENT AGENDA/PUBLIC HEARING SET FOR 5/5/2021.
*Ordinance No. 3209-2021 - Accepting and Appropriating a Grant from Derek Kaufman
Fund through the Alaska Community Foundation for the Purchase of Library
Materials. (Administration)
13. INTRODUCED BY THE CONSENT AGENDA/PUBLIC HEARING SET FOR 5/5/2021.
*Ordinance No. 3210-2021 - Amending Kenai Municipal Code Chapter 23.55 - Pay Plan,
Chapter 23.25.020-Pay Plan and Adoption, and 23.35.030 – Pay Plan Amendment to
Amend the Salary Schedule, Provide for a Temporary Employee Salary Schedule, and
Require that Changes to the Salary Schedule be Proposed by the City Manager and be
Effective After Approval of the City Council. (Administration)
14. APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. Action/Approval - Purchase Orders Over
$15,000. (Administration)
15. Discussion - COVID-19 Response. (Administration)
H. COMMISSION / COMMITTEE REPORTS
1. Council on Aging
2. Airport Commission
3. Harbor Commission
4. Parks and Recreation Commission
5. Planning and Zoning Commission
6. Beautification Committee
7. Mini-Grant Steering Committee
I. REPORT OF THE MAYOR
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J. ADMINISTRATION REPORTS
1. City Manager
2. City Attorney
3. City Clerk
K. ADDITIONAL PUBLIC COMMENT
1. Citizens Comments (Public comment limited to five (5) minutes per speaker)
2. Council Comments
L. EXECUTIVE SESSION
M. PENDING ITEMS
N. ADJOURNMENT
O. INFORMATION ITEMS
1. Purchase Orders Between $2,500 and $15,000
2. Updated Kenai Municipal Airport Land Brochure
The agenda and supporting documents are posted on the City’s website at www.kenai.city. Copies of
resolutions and ordinances are available at the City Clerk’s Office or outside the Council Chamber prior
to the meeting. For additional information, please contact the City Clerk’s Office at 907-283-8231.
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Boot cleaners and invasive
species on the kenai
peninsula
By Marek Grieme
My Proposal
●My Eagle Scout project proposal is to install four boot cleaners at various
trailheads within the Kenai Parks and Rec’s jurisdiction, as to slow or maybe
even prevent the spread of invasive species.
Why boot cleaners?
●I am installing these boot cleaners to slow the spread of invasive species
brought to the Kenai.
What are invasive species?
●An invasive species is an introduced organism that negatively alters its new environment. Although
their spread can have beneficial aspects, invasive species adversely affect the invaded habitats and
bioregions, causing ecological, environmental, and/or economic damage.
The installation.
●I plan to install these boot cleaning stations using two 4x4 posts, a 2x4, a boot
cleaner, and a sign painted with my logo, my name, and my sponsors. I will
secure these stations into the ground using cement, as to keep them secure
in place and prevent vandalism.
●Some of the locations (Shqui Tsatnu, Meek’s Trail) will not require the 4x4s or
cementing, as I can install the 2x4 holding the boot cleaner onto the already
existing sign post at the trailhead.
●These stations would be placed at the beginning of each of the four trails,
adorned with the previously mentioned sign.
An example of my
station in the wild.
Location, Location, Location.
●I plan to install these boot cleaners at four key locations in the city of Kenai.
These locations being; Ryan’s Creek, located off Granite Point, Shqui Tsatnu
Creek, located down 5th Avenue, Meek’s Trail, located in Old Town Kenai,
and Cunningham Park, located off Beaver Loop.
●I chose these locations because they see heavy foot traffic from out-of-staters
during fishing season, meaning the chances of invasive species being
introduced to our environment are much higher.
Ryan’s Creek Trail
Value to me
●Protecting the environment is very important to me as I have always been an
avid enjoyer of the outdoors and very into preserving nature in general.
Maintaining nature is key to maintaining life as we know it, and without nature
and all of its gifts, we would not be where we are today.
Both images
are of me at
the summit of
Carter Lake in
September
2020
Value to the community
●Keeping our environment and native species safe from invasive species is
vital, especially in a community like ours where we are so dependent on
agrotourism. If an invasive plant species appeared that was detrimental to the
fish population of the peninsula, an industry worth billions could go up in a
matter of months. That is why it is so important to prevent the spread of
invasive species in anyway possible.
Supplies & donations
●I hope to get the supplies for my project donated to me by our Local Home
Depot, and Spenard Builders.
●Since lumber prices have recently skyrocketed, having the lumber donated
specifically would greatly lessen the financial aspect of this project.
Results and benefits
●Due to the nature (no pun intended) of my project, the results will likely not be
immediately obvious. However, I believe that if you compare data of the
spread of invasive species from a year before my projects completion to a
year after, there will be a noticeable difference.
And remember...
Stop the spread,
Clean your tread!