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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2000-10-19 Council MinutesAGENDA KENAI CITY COUNCIL - REGULAR MEETING OCTOBER 19, 2000 7:00 P.M. KENAI CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS http: Z Zwww.ci.kenai.ak.us ITEM A: CALL TO ORDER 1. Pledge of Allegiance 2. Roll Call 3. CERTIFICATION OF ELECTION 4. OATHS OF OFFICE 5. ELECTION OF VICE MAYOR 6. Agenda Approval 7. 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) 1. DeWayne Craig -- Water and Sewer Billings ITEM C: PUBLIC HEARINGS 1. Ordinance No. 1881-2000 -- Substituting the Term "Fire Marshal" for "Chief Inspector" in KMC 8.10.010, 040 and 070. 2. Resolution No. 2000-60 -- Supporting the Efforts of the State of Alaska, Department of Health and Social Services to Obtain Funding for the Construction of a Youth Detention Facility. 3. Resolution No. 2000-61 -- Awarding a Contract to Jackson Construction for the Project Entitled Mission Avenue Sewer Line Relocation for the Total Amount of $98,613.50. 4. Resolution No. 2000-62 -- Opposing Ballot Measure No. 5, Initiative No. 99 Hemp: Allowing the Uses of Hemp, Including Marijuana. 5. Resolution No. 2000-63 -- Opposing Ballot Measure No. 4: Initiative Petition Bill Limiting Property Assessment and Taxation. -1- 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. Kenai Historic Commission 8. Miscellaneous Commissions and Committees a. Beautification Committee b. Kenai Visitors & Convention Bureau Board C. Alaska Municipal League Report ITEM E: MINUTES 1. *Regular Meeting of October 4, 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. 1882-2000 -- Increasing Estimated Revenues and Appropriations by $457,256 in the ARFF/SRE Capital Project Fund. 4. *Ordinance No. 1883-2000 -- Increasing Estimated Revenues and Appropriations by $297,000 in the Wellhouse No. 4 Capital Project Fund. 5. *Ordinance No. 1884-2000 -- Amending KMC 14.20.321 Requiring Inspection of Buildings Prior to Issuance of a Bed and Breakfast Conditional Use Permit and Requiring Biannual Inspections Thereafter. 6. *Ordinance No. 1885-2000 -- Amending KMC 14.20.320 to Require (1) Home Occupation Day Care Facilities to be Inspected for Compliance with the Fire Code Prior to Issuance of a Permit and Thereafter Biannually; and (2) Other Home Occupations to be Inspected for Fire Code Compliance Prior to Issuance of a Permit if Deemed Necessary by the Fire Marshal. 7. *Ordinance No. 1886-2000 -- Amending KMC 14.25 to Provide for Administrative Approval of Landscaping/ Site Plans. -2- 8. Approval -- Consent to Assignment and Consent to Sublease/Alaska Steel Company to Circle N, LLC -- Lot 5, Block 2, Cook Inlet Industrial Air Park. 9. Approval -- Special Use Permit/ Cook Inlet Lions Club -- Snow Machine Drag Races 10. Approval -- Special Use Permit/Relocation of Alaska's Best Travel to Former Gift Shop Space (Space 9, Airport Terminal) . 11. Approval -- Authorization to Negotiate Contract/ Peratrovich, Nottingham & Drage, Inc. -- Bluff Erosion/Coastal Trail Project. 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- INFORMATION ITEMS KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING OCTOBER 19, 2000 1. 10/ 11/2000 Public Works Department, Project Status Report. 2. 9/28/2000 Kenai Peninsula Tourism Marketing Council thank -you note for sponsoring their welcoming reception at the Annual Regional Tourism Conference. 3. 10/ 19/2000 Kenai River Special Management Area Advisory Board meeting agenda and minutes of 9/21/2000 meeting. 4. 10/2000 Soldotna Chamber of Commerce, Chamber Connection. KENAI CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING OCTOBER 19, 2000 7:00 P.M. KENAI CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS http: Z /www.ci.kenai.ak.us MAYOR JOHN J. WILLIAMS, PRESIDING ITEM A: CALL TO ORDER Mayor Williams called the meeting to order at approximately 7:00 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. CERTIFICATION OF ELECTIONS Clerk Freas read into the record the findings of the City of Kenai Regular Election of October 3, 2000 as follows: CITY OF KENAI REGULAR ELECTION OF OCTOBER 3, 2000 WE, the members of the Kenai City Council, do hereby certify the results of a canvass of the ballots for the Regular Election of October 3, 2000. CITY COUNCIL/THREE-YEAR TERMS: CANDIDATE VOTES RECEIVED Osborne, John "Ozzie" 252 Porter, Pat 497 Frazer, Bill 435 Write -Ins 27 SPOILED BALLOTS 2 ABSENTEE BALLOTS RECEIVED (in - person, personal representative, by -mail) 82 UESTIONED BALLOTS RECEIVED 13 ABSENTEE BALLOTS COUNTED 77 QUESTIONED BALLOTS COUNTED 4 KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES OCTOBER 19 2000 PAGE 2 POLL VOTER TURNOUT 705 TOTAL VOTER TURNOUT 786 NUMBER OF KENAI REGISTERED VOTERS 4772 VOTER TURNOUT 15 % MOTION: Vice Mayor Swarner MOVED to accept the results of the regular election of October 3, 2000 as presented and Councilman Bookey SECONDED the motion. There were no objections. SO ORDERED, A-4. OATHS OF OFFICE Mayor Williams swore into office Councilwoman Porter and Councilman Frazer. A-5. ELECTION OF VICE MAYOR Mayor Williams asked for nominations for the office of Vice Mayor. Councilman Bookey nominated Councilwoman Swarner. Councilwoman Porter seconded the nomination. There were no further nominations. There were no objections. SO ORDERED, A-6, AGENDA APPROVAL Mayor Williams had no changes for the agenda. MOTION: Vice Mayor Swarner MOVED to approve the agenda as presented and asked for UNANIMOUS CONSENT and Councilman Moore SECONDED the motion. There were no objections. SO ORDERED, A-7. CONSENT AGENDA Mayor Williams reported there were no changes for the consent agenda. MOTION: Vice Mayor Swarner MOVED to approve the consent agenda as presented and asked for UNANIMOUS CONSENT. There were no objections. SO ORDERED. KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES OCTOBER 19, 2000 PAGE 3 ITEM B: SCHEDULED PUBLIC COMMENTS (10 minutes) B-1. DeWayne Craig -- Water and Sewer Billings Mr. Craig introduced himself and stated he had been in Kenai since 1979. He said he had never been "anti -City" before and had worked with the City over the years on such projects as planting shrubs along the bluff to help stop erosion. Mr. Craig proceeded to tell Council that he had purchased a house in Old Town, had done some work on it and was trying to sell it. He explained that the City had placed a green notice on the door of the new house, telling him to come in and sign up for water/ sewer services or the water would be disconnected. Mr. Craig stated he then went into City Hall and said he didn't want to sign up for services because the house was not occupied. He said he was told he had to sign up and pay for monthly services even if the house was not occupied. Mr. Craig reported that after some discussion with several people at City Hall he left without signing up for water and sewer services at the unoccupied house. He stated he spoke with the City Attorney and the City Manager without satisfaction of his complaint. As a result of his not signing up for water/sewer services, he explained, the water at the house was disconnected and he was charged a $20.00 fee to re -connect the services. Mr. Craig told Council he was not told that he would be charged a reconnect fee if the water had to be shut off. He stated he would have made a different decision if he had had that information. Mr. Craig said he wanted two things of Council: 1) to be reimbursed $20.00 because no one had explained to him about the reconnect fee; and 2) to have the reconnect fee information printed on the green notices. After some questions and discussion, Council agreed to reimburse Mr. Craig $20.00. They also asked Administration to add wording about the reconnect fee to the green notices. Councilwoman Porter also suggested Administration prepare a "user-friendly" handout that explains the mandatory connection policy and the reconnect fee to all new customers. ITEM C: PUBLIC HEARINGS C-1. Ordinance No. 1881-2000 -- Substituting the Term "Fire Marshal" for "Chief Inspector" in KMC 8.10.010, 040 and 070. MOTION: Vice Mayor Swarner MOVED for adoption of Ordinance No. 1881-2000 and Councilman Bookey SECONDED the motion. There were no public or council comments. KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES OCTOBER 19, 2000 PAGE 4 VOTE: Moore: Yes Porter: Yes Bannock: Yes Frazer: Yes Williams: Yes Bookey.- Yes Swarner: Yes :::J MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. C-2. Resolution No. 2000-60 -- Supporting the Efforts of the State of Alaska, Department of Health and Social Services to Obtain Funding for the Construction of a Youth Detention Facility. MOTION: Councilman Bookey MOVED for approval of Resolution No. 2000-60 and Vice Mayor Swarner SECONDED the motion and asked for UNANIMOUS CONSENT. Public comment: Joan Bennett Schraeder of Kenai introduced herself and stated that she had been on the committee for the Youth Detention Facility since its conception about three years ago. She stated how very important the facility was to the community and thanked Council for its support. She asked Council to encourage the community to follow the project and maybe even volunteer to sit on the committees once the State of Alaska funds the facility. Vice Mayor Swarner asked that the "whereas" statement addressing the City's providing of a parcel of land on Marathon Road for the facility be moved into second place on the resolution (instead of sixth) to make it easier to see. No objections. VOTE: No objections to UNANIMOUS CONSENT. SO ORDERED, C-3, Resolution No. 2000-61 -- Awarding a Contract to Jackson Construction for the Project Entitled Mission Avenue Sewer Line Relocation for the Total Amount of $98,613.50. Councilman Frazer asked to abstain from voting on this resolution because of his financial involvement with Jackson Construction. Mayor Williams accepted the abstention. MOTION. Vice Mayor Swarner MOVED for approval of Resolution No. 2000-61 and Councilman Bookey SECONDED the motion. KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES � OCTOBER 19, 2000 PAGE 5 There were no public comments. Councilman Bookey stated his concern regarding the large differences between the bids. Public Works Manager Kornelis explained that Jackson was high in some areas of the bid and low on others, but he was low over all. Kornelis also mentioned that this bid does not include the control panels that IISCO is doing; he stated that will be an additional cost above this bid. City Manager Ross stated that Mr. Jackson has had a chance to review his bid and apparently believes he can do it for the bid amount. VOTE: Moore: Yes Porter: Yes Bannock: Yes Frazer: Abstain Williams: Yes Bookey. Yes Swarner: Yes MOTION PASSED. C-4. Resolution No. 2000-62 -- Opposing Ballot Measure No. 5, Initiative No. 99 Hemp: Allowing the Uses of Hemp, Including Marijuana. MOTION: Councilman Moore MOVED for approval of Resolution 2000-62 and Councilman Bannock SECONDED the motion. No public comments. Councilman Bannock explained his reluctance to support this resolution because the issue is already going before the State voters. Councilwoman Porter stated she will be voting no on this initiative in November but she did not feel the Council should take a stand. Councilman Bookey agreed. Mayor Williams said that city councils across the state are taking positions on this bill. He said there is a major drug problem in the State of Alaska and he has no qualms about letting the citizens of Kenai know that the City Council is against this proposition. Councilman Frazer also said he believes Council should take a stand on the issue and that he, too, would be voting against the initiative in November. He stated he supports this resolution. Vice Mayor Swarner did not support the resolution, she said, even though she would also be voting against the initiative in November. She stated she did not believe Council, as a body, should take a stand. KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES 1 OCTOBER 19 2000 PAGE 6 Councilwoman Porter stated she felt because she represents the citizens of Kenai and had not received any input from them about this issue that she didn't feel she should take a stand on their behalf. VOTE: Moore: No Porter: No Bannock: No Frazer: Yes Williams: Yes Booke No Swarner: No MOTION FAILED. C-5, Resolution No. 2000-63 -- Opposing Ballot Measure No. 4: Initiative Petition Bill Limiting Property Assessment and Taxation. MOTION: Councilwoman Porter MOVED for approval of Resolution 2000-63 and Councilman Frazer SECONDED the motion. No public comments. Most council members stated they felt the same on this resolution as on the last one -- that they should not take a stand as a body in telling constituents how to vote on an upcoming initiative. Mayor Williams said it was very important for tax payers to understand the strong negative impact this tax cap would have on the City of Kenai. Councilman Frazer said he agrees with the resolution completely and believed it was in the best interest of the City of Kenai and its citizens. He stated he will support this resolution. AT EASE: 8:01 p.m. RETURN: 8:15 p.m. Council discussed at length several motions to amend the wording of this resolution in various ways, coming to no immediate conclusion. MOTION to table. Councilwoman Porter MOVED to table Resolution 2000-63 until the November 1, 2000 meeting. Councilman Bookey SECONDED the motion. VOTE on motion to table: KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES OCTOBER 19, 2000 PAGE 7 Swarner: No Moore: Yes Porter: Yes Bannock: No Frazer: No Williams: No Booke Yes MOTION FAILED. MOTION to erase other motions: Councilman Frazer MOVED to erase all previous motions to amend Resolution 2000- 63 and Vice Mayor Swarner SECONDED the motion. VOTE on motion to erase: No objections. SO ORDERED. MOTION to amend: Councilman Bannock MOVED to amend Resolution 2000-63. After much discussion, four changes were made to the original resolution, leaving it to read as follows: A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA, OPPOSING ANY NEW STATEWIDE -IMPOSED TAX CAP. WHEREAS, if passed, Ballot Measure No. 4 would primarily limit local mill rates by state law to ten mills, including future bond debt, except for cities in boroughs where the limit would be 20 mills; and, WHEREAS, even though Kenai currently has only a 3.5 mill rate, passage of Ballot Measure No. 4 would ensure that residents and businesses with property of equal value would pay different amounts of tax and Kenai's ability to bond, with voter approval, for future projects and improvements could be restricted; and, WHEREAS, if passed, Ballot Measure No. 4 would limit increases in assessed value of individual properties to no more than two percent per year, despite actual market value increases, unless the property is sold or newly constructed and not allow a provision to reduce assessed values if property values decline or even if a property is destroyed; and, WHEREAS, the proposed statewide initiative would permanently remove the power of local voters in Kenai to determine the appropriate amount of local revenues to pay for schools, police, and other critical local services; and, KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES OCTOBER 19, 2000 PAGE 8 WHEREAS, the City of Kenai feels that if a tax cap, under Ballot Measure No. 4, is initiated statewide, the Legislature will be called upon to fill the shortfall in revenues of those communities most affected and the loss of this revenue in the statewide pool could and would affect cities such as Kenai through loss of revenue in other areas; and, WHEREAS, a municipality should be able to set their own mill rate; and, WHEREAS, the tax cap loss would be as much as 33% of Alaska's total property tax revenue ($451 million in 1999) collected from citizens and businesses (not including oil and gas property); and, WHEREAS, schools are, by far, the largest local service funded by property taxes and if the large municipal school districts are thrown into financial crises, the REAA's and smaller school districts will almost certainly see additional reductions in state education funding. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA, that it opposes any new statewide -imposed tax cap because it would remove the power of local voters to determine local tax policy; would cripple schools and other key local services; would effectively halt school and other bond construction in most of the state; and would create an inequitable system of taxation. Vice Mayor Swarner SECONDED the motion to amend the ordinance and asked for UNANIMOUS CONSENT. VOTE on motion to amend: No objections. SO ORDERED. VOTE on motion to pass amended resolution: No objections to passing the motion as amended by UNANIMOUS CONSENT. SO ORDERED, ITEM D: COMMISSION/COMMITTEE REPORTS D-1. Council on Aging -- Councilwoman Porter reported a special meeting had been scheduled with Steve Ashman from the Alaska Housing Authority to discuss assisted living. D-2. Airport Commission -- Vice Mayor Swarner said the Commission's Goals and Objectives have been handed out this evening. 1 KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES OCTOBER 19, 2000 PAGE 9 D-3. Harbor Commission -- Councilman Bookey reported he was unable to attend the last meeting. He asked the Harbor Master to report. Kornelis said the minutes from the October 9 meeting were in the packet. He said discussion included the financial report and the next meeting is November 6, 2000. Mayor Williams asked how the financial report looked in light of the poor fishing season. Kornelis said the Harbor lost money but "it's not too bad." He said fuel sales were down, and fuel prices were up. The income from the ramp was about the same as last year, he reported. D-4. Library Commission -- Councilman Moore stated the minutes from the last meeting are in the packet. He reminded everyone that tickets for the Friends of the Library raffle are still available. The annual Library Christmas party has been scheduled for Thursday, December 14, 2000, he said, and everyone is invited. D-5. Parks & Recreation Commission -- Councilman Frazer said the minutes of the October 5 meeting were in the packet. He reported a group of "skate- board enthusiasts" attended the meeting and much discussion ensued. A long discussion also took place, Frazer said, regarding the Memorial Park sidewalk additions. The final decision, he said, was to ask the Parks and Rec Director to provide the Commission with a comprehensive plan for the entire park relative to sidewalk additions, memory walls, and an aerial view for the next meeting. The cost of maintaining the ice at the Multi -Purpose Facility was also discussed, Frazer reported. He said the LLC group submitted a letter requesting assistance on the cost of ice maintenance due to the heavy usage by the public. Because Mr. Baldwin was not present at the Commission meeting, Frazer said, that discussion was postponed to a later time. Vice Mayor Swarner asked who has responsibility for the ice rink signage. City Manager Ross responded that the LLC is currently soliciting businesses for signage within the facility to create revenue. Swarner stated she had noticed when driving on the Spur Highway that it is difficult to know where the ice rink is located. Bob Frates said the issue would be brought before the next meeting of the Parks and Rec Commission. Swarner asked that it be a professional sign that adheres to the City's sign code and that would possibly be lighted. Councilman Moore asked Frates the status of the scoreboard. Frates responded that it is up and will be hooked up within the next couple of weeks. D-6. Planning & Zoning Commission -- Councilman Bannock pointed out that the agenda from the last meeting was in the packet. The public hearings involved administrative approval of landscaping/ site plans, which the Commission thought would be a good idea in some situations, he said. He reported other items addressed in public hearings included requiring fire inspection permits for bed and breakfast businesses and day care facilities. The Commission agreed this was appropriate, KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES � OCTOBER 19, 2000 PAGE 10 Bannock stated. He reminded Council that each of these items will be before Council as public hearings at the next City Council meeting. Councilman Bannock said he was asked if additional staffing had been planned and/or budgeted for the new airport fire station. City Manager Ross said none was anticipated. D-7. Kenai Historic Commission -- Councilman Moore reported that the Historic Commission did not have a quorum for their last meeting. Councilwoman Porter stated that it was time to sunset this Commission. Mayor Williams asked that she "suggest" that Council "strongly consider sunsetting the Kenai Historic Commission." MOTION: Councilwoman Porter MOVED to introduce an ordinance at the next council meeting which would sunset the Kenai Historic Commission. Councilman Bookey SECONDED the motion. No public comment. Councilman Moore thanked the dedicated Commission members and invited them to remain involved in the City in any "historic avenues" that may arise. VOTE: No objection to UNANIMOUS CONSENT. SO ORDERED, D-8. Miscellaneous Commissions and Committees D-8a. Beautification Committee -- Vice Mayor Swarner stated the unapproved minutes of the last meeting were in the packet. She said there was a discussion at that meeting about the sidewalks at Leif Hansen Memorial Park, and the Committee would like to meet with the Parks & Rec Commission for a work session at their first meeting in November on that subject. Councilman Frazer said the Parks 8� Rec Commission would agree to that work session. Councilwoman Swarner asked that information be brought to the work session concerning how much space the landscaper would like between plaques to provide enough room for more trees. D-8b. Kenai Visitors & Convention Bureau Board -- No report. D-8c. Alaska Municipal League Report -- Williams said he would be making a presentation in Juneau regarding economic development. He asked how many Council Members planned to attend AML this year. Vice Mayor Swarner said she was going. KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES OCTOBER 19 2000 PAGE 11 Mayor Williams said he would not be able to attend the National League of Cities in Boston this year in December and that Vice Mayor Swarner had expressed an interest in attending. Mayor Williams stated his support for her attendance at NLC representing the City of Kenai and the State of Alaska. He asked if any other Council members would care to attend, and no one else volunteered. ITEM E! MINUTES E-1, Regular Meeting of September 20, 2000. Approved by consent agenda. ITEM F: CORRESPONDENCE -- None. ITEM G: OLD BUSINESS -- None. ITEM H: NEW BUSINESS H-1. Bills to be Paid, Bills to be Ratified MOTION: Councilman Moore MOVED to pay the bills and Councilman Bookey SECONDED the motion. There were no objections. SO ORDERED. Vice Mayor Swarner asked for clarification of the maturity date on the CD with Edward Jones which was printed as 4/ 12 / 2000. Finance Director Semmens stated that was an error and should be 4 / 12 / 2001. H-2. Purchase Orders Exceeding $2,500 MOTION: Vice Mayor Swarner MOVED to approve the purchase orders exceeding $2,500 and Councilman Frazer SECONDED the motion. No objections. SO ORDERED. H-3. Ordinance No. 1882-2000 -- Increasing Estimated Revenues and Appropriations by $457,256 in the ARFF/ SRE Capital Project Fund. Introduced by consent agenda. H-4. Ordinance No. 1883-2000 -- Increasing Estimated Revenues and Appropriations by $297,000 in the Wellhouse No. 4 Capital Project Fund. KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES OCTOBER 19, 2000 PAGE 12 Introduced by consent agenda. H-5. Ordinance No. 1884-2000 -- Amending KMC 14.20.321 Requiring Inspection of Buildings Prior to Issuance of a Bed and Breakfast Conditional Use Permit and Requiring Biannual Inspections Thereafter. Introduced by consent agenda. H-6. Ordinance No. 1885-2000 -- Amending KMC 14.20,320 to Require (1) Home Occupation Day Care Facilities to be Inspected for Compliance with the Fire Code Prior to Issuance of a Permit and Thereafter Biannually; and (2) Other Home Occupations to be Inspected for Fire Code Compliance Prior to Issuance of a Permit if Deemed Necessary by the Fire Marshal. Introduced by consent agenda. H-7, Ordinance No. 1886-2000 -- Amending KMC 14.25 to Provide for Administrative Approval of Landscaping/ Site Plans. Introduced by consent agenda. H-8. Approval -- Consent to Assignment and Consent to Sublease/Alaska Steel Company to Circle N, LLC -- Lot 5, Block 2, Cook Inlet Industrial Air Park. MOTION: Vice Mayor Swarner MOVED to approve the Consent to Assignment as presented. Councilman Bookey SECONDED the motion. No comments. VOTE: No objections. SO ORDERED. H-9. Approval -- Special Use Permit/ Cook Inlet Lions Club -- Snow Machine Drag Races. MOTION: Councilman Frazer MOVED to approve the Special Use Permit as presented. Councilman Bookey SECONDED the motion. No public comments. Mayor Williams pointed out that one letter of objection appears in the packet from a person who is concerned about the noise issue. Councilman Moore commented that l KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES OCTOBER 19, 2000 PAGE 13 he believed Council would hear from unhappy citizens in February, but that the proper process has been followed and no one was at the meeting to object. City Manager Ross stated administration has advised concerned citizens about the special use permit's cancellation clause. VOTE: No objections. SO ORDERED, H-10. Approval -- Special Use Permit/Relocation of Alaska's Best Travel to Former Gift Shop Space (Space 9, Airport Terminal). MOTION: Vice Mayor Swarner MOVED to approve the Special Use Permit for Alaska's Best Travel as presented. Councilman Bookey SECONDED the motion. City Manager Ross pointed out a correction to be made on Paragraph 7; he said the last sentence was not intended to be there and will be deleted. Dottie Fischer told Council she would like to have access to the new space as soon as possible because of all the preliminary work that needs to be done before she moves in. VOTE: No objections. SO ORDERED, H-11, Approval -- Authorization to Negotiate Contract/ Peratrovich, Nottingham & Drage, Inc. -- Bluff Erosion/ Coastal Trail Project. City Manager Ross referred Council to his memo in the packet. He also stated that Jack La Shot compared the costs with respect to the environmental aspects of this project to another trail project along K-Beach Road and found the numbers consistent with his expectations of that. He said administration is asking Council's authorization to begin the process of negotiation to put together the contract. MOTION: Councilman Frazer MOVED to authorize Administration to negotiate a contract with Peratrovich, Nottingham 8. Drage, Inc. regarding the bluff erosion/ coastal trail project. Councilwoman Porter SECONDED the motion. KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES OCTOBER 19, 2000 PAGE 14 VOTE: No objections. SO ORDERED, ITEM I: ADMINISTRATION REPORTS I-1. Mayor -- Mayor Williams commented that he believed the signs at the corners of Willow and Main Street Loop are in the wrong places. He said the North Willow and South Willow signs need to switch places. I-2. City Manager -- No report. I-3. Attorney -- Craves reported he will be absent from the next Council meeting as he will be in Charleston, SC attending a conference on airport law. I-4. City Clerk -- Freas reported that absentee balloting will take place at City Hall beginning Monday, October 23, 2000 from 8 to 5 daily. Freas also asked Council to select the dates they wanted to have the economic forum and the employee appreciation dinner. Council decided on January 20, 2001 for the dinner and February 3, 2001 for the economic forum. I-5. Finance Director -- No report. I-6. Public Works Managers -- No reports. I-7. Airport Manager -- No report. ITEM J: DISCUSSION J-1. Citizens -- Bob Peters -- Mr. Peters addressed Council asking about the definition of "sunsetting" the Historic Commission. Mayor Williams said it was the same as disbanding. He stated he knew the Commission didn't have a good history of accomplishment, but he asked Council what cost there was to the City to continue the Commission other than postage for mailing the packets. Clerk Freas said the contract secretary gets paid for two hours if she is there and there is no quorum. She stated there is also the Clerk's time if she attends and Councilman Moore's time. Mr. Peters said he would hate to see the City miss out on a grant because the Historic Commission wasn't there to do the work. Councilman Bookey pointed out that the 3 work of the Historic Commission will be done within the Planning and Zoning Commission. KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES OCTOBER 19, 2000 PAGE 15 J-2. Council -- Frazer -- No comments. Bannock -- Commented on the discrepancy between the population figure of 7,000 commonly used for the City of Kenai and the number of registered voters shown as 4,772, saying there must be an error. Mayor Williams said the problem is with the election records, which are not purged very often. Clerk Freas stated the Legislature must approve the purging of records, and it's taking a long time. Councilman Bannock pointed out that the voter turnout was probably better than the 15% arrived at by using the current incorrect number of registered voters. Porter -- Asked Ross if had made an appointment with the State to address the issues on the south side of the river. Ross stated he had meetings scheduled in Anchorage on October 26 and 27--one regarding the south side of the river and the other the Birch Island project and BOR issues. Porter also asked if anything is being done toward using the upstairs portion of the AARF building and maybe having the Borough use it for their emergency personnel. Ross said discussions are ongoing with the Borough on the subject. Porter said Sheryl Padilla is working on the newsletter. Porter asked the Mayor to write a greeting for the first edition of the newsletter. Moore -- Asked Kornelis about the construction of Redoubt Avenue, saying people are asking him why it is built the way it is. Kornelis said there will be curbs and gutters someday, and that the low spots will act as a catch basin for water runoff. He said Forest Drive will be built the same way but with curbs, gutters and storm drains. Bookey said Redoubt looks like a roller -coaster with maybe a two -foot variations in height. He said that Redoubt will become the City's when it's finished, and he asked if the City has any choice about how it's being built. He said he doesn't agree with how it's being done and will talk to the project manager himself. City Manager Ross asked Kornelis to set a meeting with the State to discuss these questions. Swarner -- She thanked the other council members for their support in choosing her as vice mayor. She said she is also concerned about Redoubt Avenue. Bookey -- No comments. Williams -- Pointed out item I-4, requesting an ad for the Hockey Booster Club. A $200 check has been sent, he said. Williams also said he was visited Wednesday, October 18, 2000, by Mr. Lindsay Dingmore, the government representative for Cross Timbers Petroleum. They toured Kenai, visiting the fire training center, the Challenger Learning Center and the Visitors Center. Mr. Dingmore was impressed with what Kenai had to offer, Williams reported. Mr. Dingmore advised Williams that his company will be retaining and employing about 30 employees on the two platforms they recently acquired from Shell. They will be reworking and cleaning out wells and possibly drilling three or four new wells. According to their geologists, their production goal is 4,000 barrels a day from those two platforms, and 10-12 years of continued production there. KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES OCTOBER 19, 2000 PAGE 16 EXECUTIVE SESSION - None Scheduled ITEM K: ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at approximately 9:30 p.m. Minutes transcribed and prepared by: Sheryl)1adilla, Deputy City Clerk i