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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2000-06-21 Council MinutesAGENDA KENAI CITY COUNCIL - REGULAR MEETING JUNE 21, 2000 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) ITEM C: PUBLIC HEARINGS 1. Ordinance No. 1862-2000 -- Amending Various Sections of Title 4 and Title 14 of the Kenai Municipal Code to Clarify and Correct Inconsistencies. 2. Ordinance No. 1864-2000 -- Prohibiting the Keeping of Livestock on Certain Lots Within the City of Kenai. 3. Ordinance No. 1865-2000 -- Increasing Estimated Revenues and Appropriations by $4,790 for a Library Grant. 4. Ordinance No. 1866-2000 -- Creating the Kenai Historic Commission 5. Ordinance No. 1867-2000 -- Amending KMC 14.20.105 to Eliminate the Townsite Historic District Board (TSH) and Transfer Some of Its Duties to the Planning 8v Zoning Commission. 6. Ordinance No. 1868-2000 -- Closing the Crow Court Capital Project Fund and Increasing Estimated Revenues and Appropriations in the Street Improvement Capital Project Fund by $21,092.35. -1- 7. Ordinance No. 1869-2000 Increasing Estimated Revenues and Appropriations by $5,000 in the Council on Aging Title III Fund. 8. Resolution No. 2000-28 -- Awarding a Contract for Professional Services for the Congregate Housing Facility. 9. Resolution No. 2000-29 -- Authorizing Budget Transfers in the General Fund and Airport Land System Special Revenue Fund. 10. Resolution No. 2000-30 -- Approving the Sale of the Property Consisting of 420 Square Feet Situated Within and Along the Northeast Boundary of Existing Lot 6, Block 5, Inlet Woods Subdivision, Part One, at Appraised Value, to the Owner of the Adjacent Land. 11. Resolution No. 2000-31 -- Transferring $6,019.71 in the Airport Land System Special Revenue Fund for Office Furniture. 12. Resolution No. 2000-32 -- Authorizing Use of the Equipment Replacement Fund to Rebuild a Caterpillar 966 Loader. 13. Resolution No. 2000-33 -- Transferring $14,000 in the General Fund Streets Department for Concrete Repairs and Small Tools. 14. Resolution No. 2000-34 -- Awarding the Bid to Tri-City's Construction, Inc. for Concrete Repairs-2000 for the Total Amount of $40,894. 15. Resolution No. 2000-35 -- Transferring $12,000 in the '99 Street Improvement Capital Proj ect Fund for Street Improvement Engineering. 16. Resolution No. 2000-36 -- Transferring $9,000 in the Water and Sewer Special Revenue Fund for Engineering Design of Mission Street Bluff Sewer Line Relocation. 17. 2000 Liquor License Renewal -- WITHDRAWAL OF PROTEST Alaskalanes, Inc. -- Recreational Site 18. *2000 Liquor License Renewal -- One Stop Liquors/Package Store ITEM D: COMMISSION/COMMITTEE REPORTS 1. Council on Aging 2. Airport Commission 3. Harbor Commission 4. Library Commission 5. Parks & Recreation Commission 6. Planning & Zoning Commission 7. Miscellaneous Commissions and Committees a. Beautification Committee -2- b. Historic District Board C. Kenai Visitors 8v Convention Bureau Board d. Alaska Municipal League Report l . *Regular Meeting of June 7, 2000. 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. 1870-2000 -- Amending Various Parts of Title 23 (Personnel) of the Kenai Municipal Code. ITEM I: 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- KENAI CITY COUNCIL - REGULAR MEETING JUNE 21, 2000 7:00 P.M. KENAI CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS http://www.cl*.kenai.ak.us ITEM A: CALL TO ORDER Mayor Williams called the meeting to order at approximately 7:02 p.m. in the Council Chambers in the Kenai City Hall Building. A-1, 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: Swarner, Moore, Porter, Bannock, Frazer, Williams and Bookey. A-3, AGENDA APPROVAL Mayor Williams requested the following changes to the agenda: ADD TO: C-1, Ordinance No. 1862-2000 -- Nelson Amen letter concerning construction of a building across the lot line of two lots owned by the same person. ADD TO: C-11, Resolution No. 2000-31 -- A schematic of office furniture to be purchased for Airport Administration Office. MOTION: Councilwoman Swarner MOVED to approve the agenda as amended and Councilman Moore SECONDED the motion. There were no objections. SO ORDERED, A-4. CONSENT AGENDA Mayor Williams noted he had no changes for the consent agenda. MOTION: Councilwoman Swarner MOVED for approval of the consent as presented and Councilman Frazer SECONDED the motion. There were no objections. SO ORDERED. ITEM B: SCHEDULED PUBLIC COMMENTS -- None. ITEM C: PUBLIC HEARINGS KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES JUNE 212 2000 PAGE 2 C-1. Ordinance No. 1862-2000 -- Amending Various Sections of Title 4 and Title 14 of the Kenai Municipal Code to Clarify and Correct Inconsistencies. MOTION: Councilwoman Porter MOVED to approve Ordinance No. 1862-2000 and Councilman Frazer SECONDED the motion. There were no public comments. Councilwoman Swarner stated her concern in regard to removing the requirement to submit an as -built survey prior to final inspection and noted the many variance requests in past years was the reason why the requirement was instituted. Building Official Springer explained, the biggest issue with the requirement is that many people, not wanting to have the as -built survey done, will move into the home/building without the final inspection. He added, an as -built survey is not necessarily needed for a commercial building because there are no setback requirements (other than the building code) for a commercial project. Springer, referring to the letter from Amen, noted the current building code did not allow for a building to be placed across a lot line. Bookey and Williams agreed the language "as it's deemed necessary" was adequate and that, in most instances, the building official would be able to visually see when a survey would be needed. Amending the language would eliminate an extra cost of approximately $1,500 for the owner. Bannock noted the Planning & Zoning Commission approved the amendments as they were presented in the ordinance and added, he agreed with Williams and Bookey. Ross stated, the current code requirement had not been enforced to the letter and requiring citizens to have the as -built survey unnecessarily raised the cost of building. MOTION TO AMEND: Councilwoman Porter MOVED to amend Ordinance No. 1862-2000 at Section 14.20.250(b) to change the period of two years to one year (on page 6 and 7 of the ordinance). Councilman Frazer SECONDED the motion. Porter explained, she believed parking spaces should be used for parking and not for storage and that one year to come into compliance with the ordinance was ample time. When questioned why two years was given, Attorney Graves explained he found two years was the bottom range in the amortization information he researched, however he believed a one-year limit would be within the allowable range. He added, if it were a schedule eliminating use altogether, it could be hard to defend. He also noted, the one-year language would be a substitute for a grandfather clause as it provided for an amortizing schedule instead of a nonconforming use. KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES JUNE 21, 2000 PAGE 3 Frazer asked how the use of parking areas was enforced currently and Graves explained that code currently stated a person could not use parking spaces for storage. The problem has been when there are the adequate number of parking spaces available and parking spaces are then undesignated as parking spaces and deemed "front yard." The person then had been able to use the undesignated parking spaces for storage or used for repair work which had been within the code. It was noted there had been complaints received of this instance and that the addition of verbiage in this portion of the code would preclude the problem. Discussion followed regarding what would constitute a front or back yard. It was noted KMC 14.24.030(a)(1) defined how a front yard would be determined. Bannock added, the ordinance was written more for parking areas being abused and both front yard and parking areas was addressed. Graves stated he didn't think it would be appropriate to deny storage in a back yard of a commercial business as many businesses use their back yard area of commercial property for storage. Bannock noted that site plans are required and in them parking areas have to be designated and would be referred to if parking areas were used for something other than parking. VOTE ON AMENDMENT. Swarner: Yes Moore: Yes Porter: Yes Bannock: Yes Frazer: Yes Williams: Yes Booke Yes MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. Williams clarified that Amen's concern about building over a lot line was not something included in the amendment. It was currently included in the Uniform Building Code. VOTE MAIN AMENDED MOTION: Swarner: Yes Moore: Yes Porter: Yes Bannock: Yes Frazer: Yes Williams: Yes Booke Yes MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. C-2, Ordinance No. 1864-2000 -- Prohibiting the Keeping of Livestock on Certain Lots Within the City of Kenai. MOTION: KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES JUNE 21, 2000 PAGE 4 Councilwoman Porter MOVED for approval of Ordinance No. 1864-2000 and Councilman Frazer SECONDED the motion. There were no public comments. Bannock reported the ordinance was in the form the Planning & Zoning Commission approved and noted Administration had done an excellent job in helping the Commission through the process. He added, the Commission held three public hearings at which there were no comments from the public. MOTION TO AMEND: Councilwoman Porter MOVED to amend Ordinance No. 1864-2000, changing the 1120,000 square feet or greater" to "one and one-half acres" (KMC 3.10.070(b) . Councilman Frazer SECONDED the motion. Porter explained she realized the lots in her subdivision were all large enough to allow (by the proposed ordinance) livestock and she believed there were some subdivisions where people move to because they don't want livestock on their or their neighbors' properties, however, she didn't think livestock should be disallowed in the entire city. Bookey stated he objected to the 20,000 s.f., but considered 40,000 s.f. better than the proposed 1 1/2acres. Discussion followed regarding listing what is considered livestock in the ordinance (what if an animal is introduced that is not on the list) and whether a broader term could be used, i.e. "farm animals," "or other similar animals kept as livestock." Graves noted, he tried to give as much definition to the ordinance in order to defend it if needed in the future. Frazer stated he didn't feel livestock belonged in residential lots in the city, except some of the rural residential lots of 1 1/2acre or greater. He suggested an ordinance be put in place to regulate livestock and wild animals and didn't believe the proposed ordinance was strong enough. He suggested lot size at 11/2 acres or larger and applicable only in rural residential areas and no minimum lot size in any other residential zone. Frazer also stated his objection to having paragraphs (d)(1) and (d)(2) included in the ordinance as it would allow livestock in any area of the city because a person owns two lots. If a person wanted to have livestock on their property, he should make application for a conditional use permit. Frazer stated he would vote in favor of the ordinance as it was better than none, but wanted the ordinance returned to council for review in one or two years. Swarner stated she would like the square footage to be closer to one acre and agreed having livestock on smaller lots was a problem. She also stated her desire to have the ordinance returned to council for review in one or two years. � KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES DUNE 21, 2000 PAGE 5 Williams stated he did not support enlarging the square footage more than 20,000 s.f. It was noted Animal Control received approximately 20 complaints a year; most were care and keep concerns. Williams added, he thought in a community the size of Kenai, and with the small amount of complaints, a livestock ordinance wasn't needed. Swarner stated she had comments from citizens who did not want livestock on small lots, however she was glad there was allowances for 4-H projects. Animal Control Officer Godek was asked what size lot he believed would be adequate and he answered 20,000 s.f. in a rural residential subdivision though he did not know if it would be enough for a residential suburban subdivision. He noted a lot of the success of keeping the animals is the owner's ability to give the animal(s) proper care. Councilman Moore stated he would support Porter's amendment and noted, if keeping livestock is desired by a property owner, a conditional use permit could be requested. VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT: Swarner: No Moore: Yes Porter: Yes Bannock: Yes Frazer: Yes Williams: No Booke No MOTION PASSED. MOTION TO AMEND: Councilman Bannock MOVED to add "this ordinance as written will come back to the council in 24 months. Councilwoman Porter SECONDED the motion. Bannock explained he told the Planning & Zoning Commission he would support it with that added to it. Because a livestock ordinance is new to Kenai, he believed the ordinance had merit. He urged council to pass the ordinance and that there would be time in two years for council to identify if it was a good or bad idea and take further action if desired. He noted, he wanted the review phrase to be included in order that it be forced to return to council for review. VOTE ON AMENDMENT: Swarner: Yes Moore: Yes Porter: Yes Bannock: Yes Frazer: Yes Williams: Yes Booke Yes MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES JUNE 21, 2000 PAGE 6 Williams stated he would not support the amended ordinance as he felt the 1 1/2acre was too large. Bookey stated he agreed and wouldn't support the ordinance. He noted requiring 1 1/2acres would eliminate 95% of the properties in the city. Bannock stated research done by Commissioner Bryson indicated 83% of the lots in the city would fall under the 11/2 acre requirement. Moore asked, if passed, would the ordinance preclude having livestock if a property owner received a conditional use permit. Administrative Assistant Kebschull answered, no conditional use permits were available for livestock. Porter noted there were no public comments for or against the ordinance and there had been plenty of time for people to learn about the proposed ordinance. Williams suggested that if the recent article in the paper, etc. had said 1 1/2acres instead of 20,000 s.f. , there might have been public comments. Discussion followed regarding the ability to acquire conditional use permits to allow for livestock. It was suggested the ordinance be tabled and returned to Planning & Zoning to consider including wording to allow requests for conditional use permits. Ed Goggia -- Questioned whether allowance was given for 4-H projects in the ordinance and Porter noted there was. MOTION TO TABLE: Councilman Frazer MOVED to table the ordinance and return it to the Planning & Zoning Commission to rewrite it and include an option for a conditional use permit. Councilwoman Swarner SECONDED the motion. VOTE ON MOTION TO TABLE: Swarner: Yes Moore: Yes Porter: Yes Bannock: Yes Frazer: Yes Williams: Yes Booke Yes MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. Jay Barrett, P.O. Box 821, Kenai. Barrett noted the ordinance did not address how many animals would be allowed on a lot that qualified. Williams noted the Planning 8� Zoning Commission could be asked to address that as well. Graves explained when he was researching other livestock ordinances, some had tables for allowed animals. However, with the variation of animals, it would be very difficult to have a schedule of animals per lot (a person might have more chickens than American Bison, etc.) . � KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES DUNE 21, 2000 PAGE 7 BREAK TAKEN: 8:00 P.M. BACK TO ORDER: 8:16 P.M. C-3, Ordinance No. 1865-2000 -- Increasing Estimated Revenues and Appropriations by $4,790 for a Library Grant. MOTION: Councilman Moore MOVED for adoption of Ordinance No. 1865-2000 and Councilwoman Swarner SECONDED the motion. There were no public or council comments. VOTE: Swarner: Yes Moore: Yes Porter: Yes Bannock: Yes Frazer: Yes Williams: Yes Booke Yes MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. C-4. Ordinance No. 1866-2000 -- Creating the Kenai Historic Commission. MOTION: Councilman Moore MOVED for adoption of Ordinance No. 1866-2000 and Councilwoman Porter SECONDED the motion. There were no public or council comments. VOTE: Swarner: Yes Moore: Yes Porter: Yes Bannock: Yes Frazer: Yes Williams: Yes Booke Yes MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. C-5. Ordinance No. 1867-2000 -- Amending KMC 14.20.105 to Eliminate the Townsite Historic District Board (TSH) and Transfer Some of Its Duties to the Planning &Zoning Commission. MOTION: KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES JUNE 21 2000 PAGE 8 Councilman Bannock MOVED for approval of Ordinance No. 1867-2000 and Councilman Moore SECONDED the motion. There were no public or council comments. VOTE: Swarner: Yes Moore: Yes Porter: Yes Bannock: Yes Frazer: Yes Williams: Yes Booke Yes MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. C-6. Ordinance No. 1868-2000 -- Closing the Crow Court Capital Project Fund and Increasing Estimated Revenues and Appropriations in the Street Improvement Capital Project Fund by $21,092.35. MOTION: Councilwoman Swarner MOVED for approval of Ordinance No. 1868-2000 and Councilman Bookey SECONDED the motion. There were no public or council comments. VOTE: Swarner: Yes Moore: Yes Porter: Yes Bannock: Yes Frazer: Yes Williams: Yes Booke Yes MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. C-7, Ordinance No. 1869-2000 -- Increasing Estimated Revenues and Appropriations by $5,000 in the Council on Aging Title III Fund. MOTION: Councilwoman Porter MOVED for adoption of Ordinance No. 1869-2000 and Councilwoman Swarner SECONDED the motion. There were no public or council comments. VOTE: KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES JUNE 21, 2000 PAGE 9 Swarner: Yes Moore: Yes Porter: Yes Bannock: Yes Frazer: Yes Williams: Yes Booke Yes I T MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. C-8., Resolution No. 2000-28 -- Awarding a Contract for Professional Services for the Congregate Housing Facility. MOTION: Councilwoman Porter MOVED for adoption of Resolution No. 2000-28 and requested UNANIMOUS CONSENT. Councilwoman Swarner SECONDED the motion. There were no public or council comments. VOTE: There were no objections. SO ORDERED, C-9. Resolution No. 2000-29 -- Authorizing Budget Transfers in the General Fund and Airport Land System Special Revenue Fund. MOTION: Councilwoman Swarner MOVED for approval of Resolution No. 2000-29 and requested UNANIMOUS CONSENT. There were no public or council comments. VOTE: There were no objections. SO ORDERED. C-10. Resolution No. 2000-30 -- Approving the Sale of the Property Consisting of 420 Square Feet Situated Within and Along the Northeast Boundary of Existing Lot 6, Block 5, Inlet Woods Subdivision, Part One, at Appraised Value, to the Owner of the Adjacent Land. MOTION: Councilman Moore MOVED for approval of Resolution No. 2000-30 and Councilwoman Porter SECONDED the motion. } KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES DUNE 212 2000 PAGE 10 There were no public comments. Administration noted the lot originally included 9,600 s.f. and after sale would have 9,180 s.f. Moore stated he had no objections with the sale, but suggested taking a triangular piece of property off the adjoining lot, in order to keep the frontage of the lot at 80 s.f. He added, he believed that would make the lot more appealing on which to build a house, etc. Ross noted he would have to discuss the suggestion with Mr. Robinson and bring the information back to council. MOTION TO TABLE: Councilman Moore MOVED to table Resolution No. 2000-30 and no time specific. Councilwoman Porter SECONDED the motion. There were no objections. SO ORDERED. C-11. Resolution No. 2000-31 -- Transferring $6,019.71 in the Airport Land System Special Revenue Fund for Office Furniture. MOTION: Councilwoman Swarner MOVED for approval of Resolution No. 2000-31 and Councilman Bookey SECONDED the motion. There were no public comments. Swarner reported the Airport Commission discussed the purchase of the furniture at their last meeting and they recommended approval. Bannock objected to the purchase and explained he believed it was bad timing to make the purchase after just raising the landing fees and because there were very few of the 7,000 citizens who visit the office and would know whether the improvements would be needed. VOTE: Swarner: Yes Moore: Yes Porter: Yes Bannock: No Frazer: Yes Williams: Yes Booke Yes MOTION PASSED. C-12, Resolution No. 2000-32 -- Authorizing Use of the Equipment Replacement Fund to Rebuild a Caterpillar 966 Loader. MOTION: Councilwoman Swarner MOVED for approval of Resolution No. 2000-32 and requested UNANIMOUS CONSENT. Councilman Moore SECONDED the motion. j KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES DUNE 21, 2000 PAGE 11 There were no public comments. Ross explained, the resolution was not giving authorization to spend the funds. A better indication of cost would be known when the item went to bid and that information would be brought back to council. Williams stated concern whether it would be the best use of funds to refurbish a 28 year -old piece of equipment. Ross explained, there would not be a problem in getting parts in for future repairs and the equipment would not and did not receive heavy use compared to a commercial piece of property. He noted, warranties would also be a part of the bid specifications. VOTE: There were no objections. SO ORDERED, C-13, Resolution No. 2000-33 -- Transferring $14,000 in the General Fund Streets Department for Concrete Repairs and Small Tools. MOTION: Councilman Bookey MOVED for approval of Resolution No. 2000-33 and Councilwoman Porter SECONDED the motion. There were no public or council comments. VOTE: There were no objections. SO ORDERED, C-14, Resolution No. 2000-34 -- Awarding the Bid to Tri-City's Construction, Inc. for Concrete Repairs-2000 for the Total Amount of $40,894. MOTION: Councilwoman Swarner MOVED for approval of Resolution No. 2000-34 and requested UNANIMOUS CONSENT. Councilman Moore SECONDED the motion. There were no public or council comments. VOTE: There were no objections. SO ORDERED, C-15, Resolution No. 2000-35 -- Transferring $12,000 in the '99 Street Improvement Capital Proj ect Fund for Street Improvement Engineering. MOTION: KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES JUNE 21 2000 PAGE 12 Councilwoman Porter MOVED to approve Resolution No. 2000-35. Councilman Bannock SECONDED the motion and requested UNANIMOUS CONSENT. Councilwoman Swarner stated she would abstain from the vote. Attorney Graves acknowledged a unanimous vote could still be taken as the vote would be the unanimous consent of the members participating. VOTE: There were no objections to the request for UNANIMOUS CONSENT. SO ORDERED, C-16. Resolution No. 2000-36 -- Transferring $9,000 in the Water and Sewer Special Revenue Fund for Engineering Design of Mission Street Bluff Sewer Line Relocation. MOTION: Councilman Moore MOVED for approval of Resolution No. 2000-36 and Councilwoman Porter SECONDED the motion. There were no public or council comments. VOTE: There were no objections. SO ORDERED. C-1 ?. 2000 Liquor License Renewal -- WITHDRAWAL OF PROTEST Alaskalanes, Inc. -- Recreational Site Council referred to the memorandum included in the packet from the City Clerk which explained the amounts owed, when the city entered its protest, were brought current. MOTION: Councilman Bookey MOVED to withdraw Council's protest of May 3, 2000 for the Alaskalanes, Inc. 200 liquor license renewal and Councilman Moore SECONDED the motion. There were no obj ections. SO ORDERED. C-18. 2000 Liquor License Renewal -- One Stop Liquors/Package Store Approved by consent agenda. ITEM D: COMMISSION / COMMITTEE REPORTS KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES JUNE 21, 2000 PAGE 13 D-1. Council on Aging -- Councilwoman Porter reported the next meeting would be held on June 29 at 10:30 a.m. at the Senior Center. Councilman Moore will attend in her place. D-2. Airport Commission -- Councilwoman Swarner reported the minutes of the June 8 meeting were in the packet. She reminded council and members of the public of the B-24 and B-17 air show to be held at the airport from June 23-25 and the program to be held on June 24 at 11:00 a.m. Swarner also reported the carpet committee met again with the architect who brought a design drawing, along with flooring and carpet samples. The selections were made and a presentation will be made to council in the near future. D-3. Harbor Commission -- Councilman Bookey reported a meeting was held on June 12 where the dock wharfage rates were discussed and lowered. During the meeting, it was also reported the dock was ready for fishing season and would open on June 26. Bookey explained there was an opening on the commission and noted the application of Chuck Rogers was included in the packet. MOTION: Councilman Bookey MOVED to appoint Chuck Rogers to the Harbor Commission. There were no objections. SO ORDERED. Swarner referred back to the Airport Commission and noted one of its members had not been attending meetings and suggested a letter be written to ask the member if he intended to continue on the Commission. D-4. Library Commission -- Councilman Moore reported the June 6 meeting minutes were included in the packet and the July meeting had been cancelled by council. He noted, there was an opening on the Commission and there was an application included in the packet for consideration. He requested the appointment be held so that applications from interested high school students may be submitted. There were no objections. D-5. Parks & Recreation Commission -- Councilman Frazer reported the minutes of the June 1 meeting were included in the packet and the next meeting would be held on July 6. D-6. Planning & Zoning Commission -- Councilman Bannock referred to the minutes of the June 14 meeting which were included in the packet and reviewed the items and actions taken. KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES JUNE 21 2000 PAGE 14 Swarner asked whether the pavement at 410 Lawton would be repaired and Public Works Manager Kornelis reported the owner of the home was making arrangements with a concrete contractor to have it repaired. Williams asked if there were plans to pave the new turnout by Oilers Park and Frates answered there were no current plans. It was noted, the turnout was part of the Phillips Corporation donated project. D-7. Miscellaneous Commissions and Committees D-7a. Beautification Committee -- Councilwoman Swarner reported the minutes of the June 13 meeting were included in the packet and a control program had been started in regard to the dandelion problems. Director Frates reported fertilizer had been spread throughout the city parks and greenstrips. D-7b. Historic District Board -- Councilman Moore reported a special meeting was held prior to the June 14 Planning & Zoning Commission to review a variance permit for a building in Old Town. There was no quorum available, however a work session was held with the members in attendance and those members stayed for the Commission meeting and gave testimony at that time. The next and last scheduled meeting of the Historic District Board was noted to be July 17, 2000. After that, the Kenai Historic Commission would begin their monthly meetings in August. D-7c. Kenai Visitors & Convention Bureau Board -- Airport Manager Cronkhite reported she attended the meeting of June 20 at which the Board discussed the wildlife art show (noting the expected attendance would pay for the show and include enough for the scholarship fund); the KVCC's matching funds to the State tourism association for advertising (approximately $3,000 was included in their budget for the Kenai portion); and the possibility of acquiring mounted fish displays and the request for local sponsors in order to acquire the displays. D-7d. Alaska Municipal League Report -- Mayor Williams reported he received word the National Marine Fisheries decided the beluga whale was not endangered. Attorney Graves explained the AML passed a nondescript resolution supporting the use of science instead of politics in determining the future of the whale and did not discuss AML's joining in a lawsuit. ITEM E: MINUTES E-1. Regular Meeting of June 7, 2000. ITEM F: CORRESPONDENCE -- None. ITEM G: OLD BUSINESS -- None. ITEM H: NEW BUSINESS � KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES DUNE 21, 2000 PAGE 15 H-1. 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. H-2. Purchase Orders Exceeding $2,500 MOTION: Councilwoman Swarner MOVED to approve the purchase orders exceeding $2,500 and Councilman Frazer SECONDED the motion. There were no objections. SO ORDERED. H-3, Ordinance No. 1870-2000 -- Amending Various Parts of Title 23 (Personnel) of the Kenai Municipal Code. Introduced by consent agenda. ITEM I: ADMINISTRATION REPORTS Mayor • Williams reported the grand opening of the Challenger Center would be held on July 7 at 1:30 p.m. and invited council and the public to attend. • Williams reported he would not be attending the July 5 council meeting. • Williams explained the second phase of the Center was being discussed and the possibility of it being designed as space ship crew quarters to accommodate summer camp programs. Because of the popularity of summer space camp programs, it is believed the development of the second phase in this manner will be a major economic benefit to the area. City Manager • Ross referred to H-2 and noted the Airport's purchase order to Milepost Magazine for a one-half page ad council discussed during the recent budget work sessions. He explained, the Milepost's website will include a free link to the Kenai Airport website if the purchase order is submitted prior to June 30. Ross added, when the ad is designed, it will be brought back to council and the Airport Commission for review. • Ross reported the money requested for the Coastal Trail design was included in the Interior bill which was yet to be debated by Congress. • The piece of city property having BOR restrictions was found to be smaller than thought. The federal government is willing to work with the city and KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES JUNE 21 2000 PAGE 16 appraisals will be taken on Birch Island and surrounding acreage. The State is in support of putting a package together. The Birch Island project is on the STIP list and is thought it will be a go. A reversionary clause based on non -development of the parcel, suggested by the city, may not fit with what the federal government will require. Public Works Manager Kornelis will be meeting with STIP and after Ross returns, they will meet with State Parks to discuss the matter further. The matter will be brought back to council. • Ross reported he would be on leave for the next two weeks and in his absence Finance Director Semmens would be Acting City Manager. I-3. Attorney -- Attorney Graves explained the sign code revisions were not included in Ordinance No. 1862-2000. Draft revisions will be forwarded to the Planning 8v Zoning Commission giving lots of choices for the Commission to discuss and help them define the ordinance. I-4. City Clerk • Clerk Freas reminded council of their invitation to the State Chamber of Commerce Convention to be held in Kenai. • Freas also referred to a letter of request for a program advertisement from the KCHS Basketball and Football Booster Club which was included in the packet. It was noted $200 was included in the Legislative budget for this purpose. I-5. Finance Director -- Finance Director Semmens reported copies of the FY 2000/2001 were distributed to council at the beginning of the meeting. I-6. Public Works Managers Kornelis reported: • The Forest Drive/Redoubt Avenue road project had begun. • Unity Trail drawings were available for review in his office and the bid opening was scheduled for July. The path will be placed on the south side of the Spur Highway and will include a boardwalk across Beaver Creek. • Reimbursement funds of approximately $38,000 for snowplowing, etc. should be received from FEMA in the near future. • Received written confirmation the city will receive two DEC grants; Wellhouse 4 (RFP is out for the design work) and water/sewer on Bridge Access Road (study and preliminary design). The City is hoping to match the amount for the water/ sewer with an EDA grant. • The CCR report (water quality information mandated by DEC) was being distributed to the city's water customers and he reviewed the information with council. • The site bid was out for the Airport Fire/Maintenance Facility. • The Health Center specifications and plans were available and the project was out for bid. KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES JUNE 21 2000 PAGE 17 Swarner suggested future brochures should have pictures of the wellhouses or something more about water quality. She asked if the tarp had been installed at the ice rink and Frates reported it would be by the end of August. He explained the tarp will be used as a wind block. Porter thanked Kornelis for having the street crew clean the gutters she had recently requested to have cleaned. Williams reported the gutters along the Spur between the camping area and Lawton needed to be cleaned and suggested the State be contacted as they were their responsibility. I-7. Airport Manager -- Airport Manager Cronkhite reminded council and the public of the World War II airplane show June 23-25. She noted, planning for the event was a community effort and an advertisement about the event and thanking the volunteers involved would appear in the newspaper. ITEM J: DISCUSSION J-1. Citizens Emily DeForest -- Pine Street, Kenai. Referred to the livestock ordinance and suggested how much of the lot will be available for the animal should be a consideration in determining how large lots should be to ,allow livestock. J-2. Council Bookey -- Thanked administration for the efforts in keeping city lawns, fields, parks, etc. watered and urged the program continue. Swarner -- Asked for revenue information for tent camping this year. Frates answered the camping activity there had been slow. Swarner also noted the poor condition of Princess & Magic Streets. Ross stated he would investigate her concerns. Moore -- Asked if administration had received any feedback regarding the FAA property. Ross stated he had not and was awaiting a report. Porter -- Complimented Parks and the Fire Departments regarding the area behind Oilers Park. Porter also noted she would not be in attendance at the July 5 council meeting. Bannock -- Referred to bid information his firm received which included a local bidder preference statement. Because he felt a local bidder preference was favorable, he requested administration review the information and draft an ordinance to bring back to council as a discussion item, allowing a local bidder preference for the city. Frazer -- No comments. Williams -- Referring to Ross' comments in regard to Birch Island, Williams suggested administration discuss with State Parks the importance of the placement of a boat ramp in the lower river, somewhere around the bridge. Ross noted, they were looking at the other parcel contiguous to the Birch Island parcel. He explained, there � KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES DUNE 21, 2000 PAGE 18 are 11 acres that will also be appraised in case it will need to be tied into the package in order for the State to use for a pullout for the drift boat fishery (on the south side and upriver from Cunningham Park). EXECUTIVE SESSION -None Scheduled ITEM K: ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at approximately 9:30 p.m. Minutes transcribed and prepared by: Carol L. Freas, City Clerkdff ' iY DATE i