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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2002-04-03 Council Minutes� AGENDA KENAI CITY COUNCIL - REGULAR MEETING APRIL 3, 2002 7:00 P.M. KENAI CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS http: / /www. ci.kena.i. 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) ITEM C: PUBLIC HEARINGS 1. Liquor License Renewal - PROTEST Eaglechief, Inc., d/ b / a - Katmai Motel Restaurant & Lounge -- Beverage Dispensary 2. Liquor License Removal of Objection to Continued Operation and Renewal Spencer W. Han, d/b/a New Peking Restaurant ITEM D: COMMISSION/COMMITTEE REPORTS 1. Council on Aging 2. Airport Commission 3. Harbor Commission 4. Library Commission 5. Parks 8s Recreation Commission 6. Planning & Zoning Commission 7. Miscellaneous Commissions and Committees a. Beautification Committee b. Kenai Convention & Visitors Bureau Board C. Alaska Municipal League Report ITEM E! MINITTES 1. *Regular Meeting of March 20, 2002. ITEM F: CORRESPONDENCE ITEM G: OLD BUSINESS ITEM H: NEW BUSINESS 1. Bills to be Paid, Bills to be Ratified 2. Purchase Orders Exceeding $2,500 3. *Ordinance No. 1951-2002 -- Increasing Estimated Revenues and Appropriations by $12,200 in the Terminal Enterprise Fund for Roof Repair. ITEM I: REPORT OF THE MAYOR ITEM J: ADMINISTRATION REPORTS 1. City Manager 2. Attorney 3. City Clerk ITEM K: DISCUSSION 1. Citizens (live minutes) 2. Council EXECUTIVE SESSION -None Scheduled ITEM L: ADJOURNMENT KENAI CITY COUNCIL - REGULAR MEETING APRIL 3, 2002 7:00 P.M. KENAI CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS http: / /www.ci.kenai.ak.us VICE MAYOR LINDA SWARNER, PRESIDING ITEM A: CALL TO ORDER Vice Mayor Swarner called the meeting to order at approximately 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers in the Kenai City Hall Building. A-1. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Vice Mayor Swarner led those assembled in the Pledge of Allegiance. A-2. ROLL CALL Roll was taken by the City Clerk. Present were: Porter, Bannock, Jackman, Bookey, Swarner and Moore. Absent was: Williams A-3. AGENDA APPROVAL Vice Mayor Swarner requested the following change to the agenda: SUBSTITUTE: H-2, Purchase Orders Exceeding $2,500 -- Addition of Purchase orders to Westcoast Sales and Big G Electric. MOTION: Councilman Bookey MOVED for approval of the agenda and adding Substitute H-2 and Councilman Moore SECONDED the motion. There were no objections. SO ORDERED. A-4. CONSENT AGENDA MOTION: Councilman Bookey MOVED to approve the consent agenda as presented and Councilman Moore SECONDED the motion. There were no objections. SO ORDERED, ITEM B: SCHEDULED PUBLIC COMMENTS -- None. � KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING APRIL 3, 2002 PAGE 2 ITEM C: PUBLIC HEARINGS C-1. Liquor License Renewal - PROTEST Eaglechief, Inc., d/b/a - Katmai Motel Restaurant 8v Lounge -- Beverage Dispensary City Attorney Graves explained $4,300 of the amount owed had been paid during the afternoon, however an additional $2,500 was still owing. He recommended council protest the renewal of the liquor license if the amount was not brought current by 4:00 p.m. on Friday, April 5. MOTION: Councilman Bookey MOVED to protest the liquor license if the amounts owed were not paid by 4:00 p.m. on Friday, April 5 and Councilman Bannock SECONDED the motion. There were no objections. SO ORDERED. C-2. Liquor License Removal of Objection to Continued Operation and Renewal Spencer W. Han, d/b/a New Peking Restaurant City Attorney Graves explained the amounts owed in January, when the objection to the continued operation and renewal of this liquor license was filed, had been paid. He recommended the objection be withdrawn. . MOTION: Councilwoman Porter MOVED to remove the objection to the continued operation and renewal of the New Peking Restaurant and Councilman Bannock SECONDED the motion. There were no obj ections. SO ORDERED. ITEM D: COMMISSION/ COMMITTEE REPORTS D-1. Council on Aging -- Vice Mayor Swarner reported a meeting would be held on Thursday, April 4 at 10:00 a.m. D-2. Airport Commission -- Councilwoman Jackman reported the minutes of the March 9 meeting were included in the packet. D-3. Harbor Commission -- Councilman Bookey reported the next regular meeting would be held on Monday, April 8, 2002. D-4. Library Commission -- Councilman Moore reported a meeting was held on April 2 at which the main discussion was in regard to grant possibilities for funding the proposed library expansion project. He noted, the Commission felt it would be KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING APRIL 3, 2002 PAGE 3 best for the Friends of the Library to submit a grant on behalf of the city with the city's review and approval. Moore also reported the Commission discussed the inclusion of the council's action agendas in their packets and definitely wanted to continue their inclusion. D-5. Parks & Recreation Commission -- Councilwoman Porter reported the next regular meeting would be held on April 4. D-6. Planning & Zoning Commission -- Councilman Bannock reported the unapproved minutes of the March 27 meeting were included in the packet. He noted, a Conditional Use Permit was approved to allow a dormitory be added to the Challenger Learning Center of Alaska, however the allowance was restricted to students and chaperones only. The Commission also denied a requested sign variance from the Challenger Center and had a debate on what the sign entailed. Bannock noted, the Center director was informed of his right to appeal. D-7. Miscellaneous Commissions and Committees D-7a. Beautification Committee -- Swarner reported the next regularly scheduled meeting would be held on Tuesday, April 9, 2002. D-7b. Kenai Convention & Visitors Bureau Board -- Bookey reported a meeting was held on March 25 at which the following was noted: • The upcoming "Spirit of Alaska" art show was discussed. • An update of the "First Thursday" activities was held. • The "Get to Know Kenai" reception was held and was successful. • The Bureau would have a booth at the Great Alaska Sport Show in Anchorage. • The Board discussed long-term goals and objectives and are arranging a strategic planning program to be held in the near future. • The upcoming council budget work sessions were discussed briefly. D-7c. Alaska Municipal League Report -- Swarner noted she and Mayor Williams met with AML representatives and referred to information on revenue sharing she distributed to council at the beginning of the meeting. ITEM E: MINUTES E-1. Regular Meeting of March 20, 2002 -- Approved by consent agenda. ITEM F: CORRESPONDENCE -- None. ITEM G: OLD BUSINESS -- None. ITEM H: NEW BUSINESS KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING � APRIL 3, 2002 PAGE 4 H-1. Bills to be Paid, Bills to be Ratified MOTION: Councilman Bannock MOVED to pay the bills and Councilman Moore SECONDED the motion. There were no objections. SO ORDERED. H-2. Purchase Orders Exceeding $2,500 MOTION: Councilman Moore MOVED to approve the purchase orders exceeding $2,500 and Councilman Bookey SECONDED the motion. Airport Manager Cronkhite explained the airport lighting circuit board problems recently experienced and noted the purchase orders included on the substitute list were to refurbish supplies and pay the contractor who did the repair work. It was also noted the substitute list was marked incorrectly. In order to correct the error, it was suggested a motion to amend would be appropriate. MOTION TO AMEND: Councilman Moore MOVED to amend the Purchase Orders Exceeding $2,500 list to include the purchase orders to Westcoast Sales and Big G Electric. Councilman Bannock SECONDED the motion. There were no objections. SO ORDERED, VOTE ON MAIN AMENDED MOTION: There were no objections. SO ORDERED. H-3. Ordinance No. 1951-2002 -- Increasing Estimated Revenues and Appropriations by $12,200 in the Terminal Enterprise Fund for Roof Repair. Introduced by consent agenda. ITEM I: REPORT OF THE MAYOR Swarner reported the following: • While she and Mayor Williams were in Juneau, they met with area legislators. She noted, the legislators were continuing their discussion on developing a state sales tax and state budget cuts. • Judging of the "Caring for the Kenai" would be held April 4 at the River Center. She would be judging the bluff erosion entrants. a KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING APRIL 3, 2002 PAGE 5 • Requested council set a date for the annual Volunteer Reception. Council set April 26 as the date, from 6-8 p.m. at the Kenai Senior Center for the event. Councilwoman Porter and Councilman Bannock will help in planning and preparing for the event. ITEM J: ADMINISTRATION REPORTS J-1. City Manager -- City Manager Snow reported the following: • The city received a bond the purchaser provided for the Five Iron Heights property. Administration reviewed the bond and requested an amendment in order for the bond to conform to the installation agreement, i.e. that the project would be completed within two years as required by the installation agreement. The purchaser agreed to do that and informed her he had contacted his bond company and that was in the process of being provided to the city. • Recently she was notified by the Corps of Engineers they are ready to begin writing the RFP and have received the erosion control funding $500,000 from the federal government. They are ready to begin working with the city in developing the RFP for the technical evaluation study of the Kenai River Bank Stabilization Project as it was described in the federal legislation. They will meet with city staff on April 9. • She is preparing letters of request for additional funding from Senator Stevens for the Kenai Coastal Trail and water/sewer projects as directed by council at their March 20 meeting. • As a result of the south side dip net fishery meeting, she prepared letters requesting funding related to assistance for implementation of a management plan for that fishery for this season. • She met with representatives of the Boys 8v Girls Club and members of council, a proposal may be received from them in regard to their operating the city's summer recreation program along with theirs. They will be holding a board meeting and a representative will report to Snow and if a proposal is provided, it would be discussed at budget hearings. Moore asked Fire Chief Walden if he has been able to acquire funding from Senator Stevens program for maintenance of beetle kill spruce. Walden reported the funding would be split between Anchorage and the Kenai Peninsula. The Spruce Bark Beetle Task Force plans to begin on the south peninsula and begin clearing right-of-ways through the summer until they get to the Kenai area. He added, mention had been made of the continuation of the city working with the Department of Forestry. The Fire Department will keep in touch with the Task Force. Moore stated he would like focus on the gullies north of town where there is a lot of beetle killed trees. J-2. Attorney -- City Attorney Graves reported he planned to include a resolution in the next packet to lower the interest rate on the sale of city lands. He explained, a problem had arisen because of the fall in interest rates and Alaska law KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING APRIL 3, 2002 PAGE 6 provides for loans under $25,000, unless exempted by law, the most that can be charged is the discount rate plus five percent. He noted, the city's rate was set in 1981 and is ten percent and the discount rate is now 1.25% and the maximum rate the city can charge is 6.25% on land sales under $25,000. Graves added, there are some people interested in purchase of small lots and unless the interest rate is changed, cash sales will have to be made which is less attractive for the purchaser. Graves stated he checked with the Division of Banking who confirmed, for transactions like this, the maximum interest rate is 6.25%. Graves explained, council would need to decide how they want to handle purchases over $25,000 as there is no interest rate limit for those purchases; it can be the same rate or higher. He added, this change of rate would only apply for new sales. I-3. City Clerk -- Clerk Freas reported April 11, from 12 -1: 00 p.m. was the time and date selected by Mrs. Heath and her class to help hang their quilt at the airport terminal. ITEM K: DISCUSSION K-1. Citizens -- None. K-2. Council Jackman -- No comments. Bannock -- Reported he received a letter from the Chamber of Commerce who noted they would like to make monthly reports of Chamber activities and potential city involvement at council meetings. The first report will be made at the April 17 meeting. Bannock asked if council had any objections to including the Chamber of Commerce on the agenda as Item D-7d on an ongoing basis. Council had no objections. Porter -- • Asked Kornelis if he had an update in regard to the Borough's involvement in a junk vehicle clean-up. Kornelis reported he spoke with a Borough representative recently and they will increase the yearly number of cars they will take from the city from five to 20 and will waive the fee for the car. The city will have to remove all fluids. He will include a letter from the Borough in the next council packet. He noted, individuals can dispose of five vehicles a year. • Asked Snow if she would again meet with Fish 8v Game on the south side issue after they walk the area. Snow stated, charging for use of the area has been implemented. Porter requested council be informed when the plan takes effect. Moore -- • Complimented Airport Manager Cronkhite for the city receiving a thank -you letter from representatives of the FAA for her hosting a meeting in Kenai. • Noted the Projects Report from the Public Works Department stated the final report on the Daubenspeck Environmental Site Assessment had been received. KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING APRIL 3, 2002 PAGE 7 Public Works Manager La Shot stated the report was available in his office. La Shot noted, there were some monitoring wells still there that DEC wants to leave in place and various areas have been delineated where there were dump materials buried and as long as they stay in place, there may not be a problem. However, if digging takes place, some of the materials could be brought to the surface and problems could arise. He added, at this time there were no water table problems. Bookey -- • Noticed there are lighting problems on Forest Drive and asked if the city had accepted the project. Kornelis reported the Forest Drive had been accepted and believed the light outages had been reported to HEA. He added, there are two poles that were knocked down and new poles had been ordered. • Received the Statement of Encumbered Expenses through email and requested it continue being forwarded to him in that manner. He requested the information be placed on the city's website as well. Council's consensus was to include the information on the website. Moore questioned why the website had not been updated with the council meeting agenda. Freas explained, the new server and the website management program were not working together but the problem was being investigated. EXECUTIVE SESSION - None Scheduled ITEM Le ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at approximately 7 : 36 p.m. Minutes transcribed and prepared by: Carol L. Freas, City Clerk AP -PROVED By COUNCIL �'Y L r- �m 1"r