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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1997-01-08 Council Minutes• AGENDA KENAI CITY COUNCIL - REGULAR MEETING JANUARY 8, 1997 7:00 P.M. KENAI CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS http://WWr.Kenai.not/oity 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. Be SCHEDULED PUBLIC CMEMT (10 Minutes) 1. Leo Grasso - Assisted Living Facility Funding . C. PUBLIC HEARINGS i. Ordinanoe No. 1729-96 - Increasing Estimated Revenues and Appropriations by $38,934 in the General Fund for Police Department Overtime and Equipment Financed with a State Grant. 2. *1997/98 Liquor Lioenee ReneKai - Eadiel's Frontier Liquor Store - Package Store. D. COMMIOSMON/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 b. Historic District Board c. Challenger Steering Committee d. Kenai Visitors & Convention Bureau Board e. Alaska Municipal League Report is Page 1 of 2 E. KINOTEB 1. *Regular Meeting of December 18, 1996. F. CORRESPONDENCE Q. OLD BUSINESS H. If= BUSINESS 1. Bills to be Paid, Bills to be Ratified 2. Purchase Orders Exceeding $2,500 3. *Ordinance No. 1731-97 - Amending Kenai Municipal Code 3.05.030 and 3.25.080(c)(2) to Reflect the Change in Administration of the Animal Control Department from Public Works to the Police Department. 4. *Ordinance No. 1732-97 - Increasing Estimated Revenues and Appropriations by $28,000 in the General Fund for Contracted Services of the Interim City Manager. 0 5. Discussion - Airport Commission Recommendation for Rental Car Spaces at Airport. 1. Mayor 2. City Manager 3. Attorney 4. City Clerk 5. Finance Director 6. Public Works Director 7. Airport Manager J. '1'lISCV881ON 1. Citizens 2. Council K. ADJOURNMENT • (five minutes) Page 2 of 2 KENAI CITY COUNCIL - REGULAR MEETING JANUARY 8, 1997 7:00 P.M. KENAI CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS http: / /VWG Kemal, met/city MAYOR JOHN J. WILLIANS, PRESIDING ,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 O!' ALLEGIANCE Mayor Williams led those assembled in the Pledge of Allegiance. A-2. MOLL CALL Roll was taken by the City Clerk. Present were: Williams, Bookey, Swarner, Moore, Measles, Bannock and Smalley. A-3. AGENDA AppjLaygL Mayor Williams requested the following changes to the agenda: ADD: B-i, eharon Anderson, Division Vice President of Columbia Health Network. Topic: Columbia Health Network's involvement with Central Peninsula Hospital. ADD: B-2, Leo Grasso. Topic: Assisted Living Facility Funding. MOTION: Councilman Smalley MOVED for approval of the agenda as amended and requested UNANIMOUS CON88NT. Councilman Bookey SECONDED the motion. There were no objections. 80 ORDERED. A-4 . Mayor Williams introduced a letter to from Commissioner Perkins of DOT establishing the state's position on the ARFF training center. He felt it would benefit the city in their negotiations process. MOTIONi Councilman Smalley MOVED for approval of the amended consent agenda and Councilman Bookey objections. 80 ORDERED. SECONDED the motion. There were no KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES JANUARY 81 1997 PAGE 2 ,T OCHEDULED PIIBLIC COWEN'f Sharon Johnson, Division Vice President of Columbia Health Network Topic: Columbia Health Network's involvement with Central Peninsula General Hospital. Sharon Johnson - Introduced herself and provided an overview of Columbia Health Network. AT EASE 7:07 to watch presentation. READJOURN 7:450 B-29 Leo Grasso Topic: Assisted Living Facility Funding. Leo Grasso - Introduced himself and asked for questions from Council. Smalley asked if Kenai would be in a position of cosigner on the bonds. Grasso responded, "No. Absulotely not. There is no . obligation whatsoever monetarily to the city council at all." Grasso stated that his organization would be liable for the bonds, even in the event of a default. Attorney Graves felt there were circumstances where the city could be responsible for the bonds. He stated that if the organization was not structured to meet the IRS code at the time the bonds were issued, and the organization is not tax exempt, then the city could be liable, since the city represented to the bondholders that they are tax exempt. Moore asked why they were hampered by lack of support by FHA and Alaska Housing. Grasso responded that they have had private financing and that they submitted a preliminary report to HUD and were denied a hearing. HUD had several concerns, one of them the Homer project not being filled and is currently in foreclosure. HUD also wanted to redesign the project and is more than willing to take "our money" but they won't approve our project. He stated Alaska Housing feels the same way, and also has concerns about the facility in Homer. Swarner asked who is responsible for the bonds. Grasso responded that Progressive Capital felt the city wasn't responsible. He stated he was unaware the problem brought up by the city attorney. He stated that to his knowledge his firm was responsible for getting the letters of credit and collateral. He stated that Continuum Corp. would be responsible for the bonds. • • KENAI CITY JANUARY 8, PAGE 3 COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES 1997 Swarner asked what would happen if the corporation declared bankruptcy. Grasso responded that they have to put up collateral and letters of credit and Continuum Corp. would be the ones to lose. Bookey asked if they have available financing why don't they just go with private funding. Grasso responded that they can't get market rates and make the project feasible. The cost would be so high for the residents that they could't afford it. He stated that even approaching HUD on a political level it was very difficult to get funds out of them. Moore asked if Continuum Corporation is a qualified organization to receive tax exempt bonds. Graves responded that Klinkner's response was that his role would be to represent the city and he would not make representation that Continuum Corporation was organized to qualify as tax exempt. He would have to rely on Continuum Corp's council to make that representation. Klinker indicated that the city's only security would be to hold sufficient collateral guarantees. Bookey asked if Klinkner was their bond counsel. Grasso responded that they just consulted with him for advise. Swarner asked what the City Manager thought. Ross responded that he did not think they had addressed conduit financing in the past. At best they were hoping of a bond rate of A. That is lower than GO bonds. He stated that the bonds are a lesser grade than the city would issue themselves. On the face of it the city of Kenai has- put their reputation on the bonds. He asked if the council members would buy the bonds individually, and if not, then maybe the city shouldn't either. If the council decides to continue with the process there will still be quite a bit of work to be done by Continuum Corp. and the administration. Mayor Williams felt the reason the Continuum Corp was before the counsel was due to the cost of money. He felt that they have shown that they can get market money. He stated that HUD and the federal government are trying to get out of the housing business. He felt Continuum Corp is trying to take on some of that responsibility. He felt it needs to be looked at on the basis of economic development and felt it could be a successful project. He was not entirely satisfied with either sides explanation of conduit financing. He urged Council to give it some consideration and felt it worth spending a little money and time to investigate it further. KENAI CITY JANUARY 8, PAGE 4 COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES 1997 Smalley asked how much it would cost to investigate the issue. Graves stated that they already consulted with Klinkner and did not think there would be a different opinion. He did not know how much it would cost but probably a few thousand dollars to get a formal written opinion. Measles asked if there is a way to determine that the Corporation is organized properly under the IRS code as tax exempt. Graves asked Klinkner and he stated that he would rely on the Continuum Corp's bond lawyers opinion and the only security the city would have would be to rely on the Continuum Corp's financial guarantees. Bannock asked who would be the one to verify tax exempt status. If it wasn't the city, the bond counsel, or the bank who would it be. Graves responded that the window of liability is only if they are out of compliance at issuance. If they are in compliance at issuance and later become out of compliance, then the city is not on the hook. Bannock asked if there is another organization that makes that is determination of compliance other than the bond counsel. Graves responded that he did not feel the IRS would write us a letter informing us that they were in compliance. He felt they would make the determination later on if they were out of compliance Bannock asked if Klinkner were given a fee to issue a letter stating that they were in compliance would that get the city off the hook. Graves responded that Klinkner stated that was not his role to issue that opinion and he would rely on the Continuum Corp's lawyers to structure his opinion. Swarner asked if Ross had a question since he had his hand up. Ross stated that he may have missunderstood the question and thought the question was about the cost of doing an exploration. He stated that the costs not only involves the bond counsel cost, but Title 7 of our bity ordinances. These would fall in place after the letter of credit. He felt that if the council decided to pursue it, he suggested making a copy of that ordinance on the next agenda as a discussion item under Old Business and give a copy to Mr. Grasso's group and let them see what they are going to have to go through, since it can be quite a lengthy process. Mayor Williams stated that if Council needs to determine if it is worth $20-25,000 of the Council's money to study it. . Smalley liked the City Managers idea of having the Continuum group look at the city's Title 7 so they understand what the process is. • RENAI CITY JANUARY 8, PAGE 5 COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES 1997 P. Porter - Comments As a concerned citizen of Kenai encouraged the Council to explore the proposal presented by Continuum Corp. Did not understand the complex issue of bonding but felt it is important to locate a facility such as this within the community. Felt doing business with retirees is an excellent opportunity for the city and business community. Felt we must offer the whole spectrum of care to attract the older resident from independent living to assisted living. Encouraged the council to explore the avenues available to complete the levels of care needed to assure elders they can remain in our community. Mayor Williams urged the council to continue to look at the concerns of senior housing as the problem is only going to get worse as the population ages. Grasso thanked the council for taking proposal and felt that the council has • the counc i 1' s concerns. He does not want and would like to start on the project 0 Joanna 8ollier - Comments the time to look at their been fair and is aware of the city to be responsible as soon as possible. Felt it is important to have this type of facility in Kenai. She was concerned about seniors having to leave the area to receive extended care. She reported that two individuals have had to move from Vintage Point to other care facilities. She felt the assisted living complex is greatly needed and urged the city to support the project as much as possible. Mayor Williams asked if Council wished to explore the issue further. Smalley felt that a copy of Title 7 needs to go to Grasso and the Continuum Corporation. Swarner asked to have it continued as a discussion item. Graves stated that the information would need to be looked at by the financial advisors of Continuum. Grasso agreed that the February 5th meeting would give enough time. Bookey asked if it would include a business plan. Ross stated that it would be just a review and a chance for Continuum Corp to respond to the requirements of the city's code. KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES • JANUARY 8, 1997 PAGE 6 TTBM CS RMIC HBAR=NOs C-1. Ordinance No. 17-29-96 - Increasing Estimated Revenues and Appropriations by $38,934 in the General Fund for Police Department Overtime and Equipment Financed with a State Grant. MOTION: • • Councilman Measles MOVED to approve Ordinance No. 17-29-96. CouncilwomanY Swarner SECONDED. There were no objections. 80 ORDERED. VOTE: Bookey: Yes Measles: Yes Swarner: Yes Bannock: Yes Moore: Yes MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. BREAK TAINT: 8:30 P.M. HACK TO ORDER: 8:44 P.M. IT� CONMI88IONJCOKMITTEE _RBP013T8 D-1. Council on Aging Smalley: Yes Williams: Yes Councilwoman Swarner reported the minutes of the last meeting -are in the packet. She stated that there would be a meeting on the 18th at the Senior Center from noon until 2:00. All seniors are invited. D-2. Airport commission Councilman Measles reports the commission meets tomorrow night. D-3. xarbor Commission Councilman Bookey reports the commission meets on Monday night. D-4. Library Commission Councilman Moore reported the commission met last night. The Friends of Library has a membership tea on Feb. 16th from 1-4. They adopted a library internet use policy and are looking forward to the joint meeting with council in February. They also adopted a new library fines and fees schedule. KENAI CITY . JANUARY 8, PAGE 7 D-5. • COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES 1997 Parke i Recreation Commission Councilman Bannock reported that the commission will meet tomorrow night. Reported that the ski trails are up and good. Kenai High School will be having a race there this Saturday. Mayor Williams reported that he will be attending the next meeting with ideas and suggestions he would like to implement. D-6. Planning 6 Zoning Commission Councilman Smalley reported that they are meeting tonight. D-7. Miscellaneous Commissions and Committees D-7a. Beautification Committee Councilwoman Swarner reported their meeting is scheduled for next Tuesday. She reported that she will be unable to attend and asked if anyone else could attend in her place. D-7b. Historic District Board Councilman Moore reported the last minutes are in the packet. The next meeting is scheduled for January loth. D-70. Challenger steering Committee Councilman Bannock reported yesterdays agenda is in the packet. Discussed the plans are to remove the board from the city of Kenai. Once the funds are transferred to the board they should become self-supporting. Accepted a $7500 grant from the Teacher In Space program. They will have a booth at the Village Fair again this year. Also included Info 6 in the packet. Mayor Williams reported that the Challenger committee members will be on the KSRM radio next week. D-76. Kenai visitors i Convention Bureau Board Councilman Bookey reported they meet on Monday. D-7e. Alaska Municipal League Report Councilwoman Swarner reported there will be teleconferences on • Monday the 13th and Tuesday the 14th to discuss priorities of the Municipal League. • KFNAI CITY JAN[JARY 8, PAGE 8 ITEr 83 E MOTION: COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES 1997 Regular Meeting of December 18, 1996. Councilman Smalley MOVED to accept the minutes with the requested change on page 25, Item I-6b. Third sentence should read, "The people on Haida [KIANA] Street were upset with the wooden poles and wanted a metal pole." Councilman Bookey SECONDED. There were no objections. 80 ORDERED. None. None. mill ans-luS88 Bills to be Paid, Hills to be Ratified MOTION: Councilman Smalley MOVED to pay the bills and Councilman Bookey SECONDED the motion. There were no objections. 80 ORDERED. Z-2. Purchase Orders Exceeding $20,500 MOTION: Councilman Smalley MOVED for approval of the purchase orders exceeding $2, 500 and Councilman Swarner SECONDED the motion. There were no objections. BO ORDERED. s Mayor Williams asked if any other organization other than Kitchen Express was asked to do the catering. It was handled by Carol and there was something from Don Joses. *Ordinance No. 1731-97 - Amending Kenai Municipal Code 3.05.030 and 3.25.080(c)(2) to Reflect the Change in Administration of the Animal Control Department from Public works to the Police Department. • KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES JANUARY 81 1997 PAGE 9 Approved by consent agenda. N-4. *Ordinance No. 1732-97 (Incorrectly listed on agenda as Ordinance No. 1731-97) - Increasing Estimated Revenues and Appropriations by $28,000 in the General Fund for Contracted Services of the Interim City Manager. Approved by consent agenda. N-se Discussion - Airport Commission Recommendation for Rental Car Spaces at Airport. Moore reported that he has a client who is currently a lessee at the airport. Mayor Williams read from a memorandum to the City Manger where the Airport Commission voted to recommend to Council at their December 12 meeting that car rental spaces at the airport be reduced from five spaces to three. The commission noted that two of the remaining three agencies expressed an interest in the remaining space. Airport commission asked that they be allowed to meet with the remaining leasees to discuss how to redistribute the remaining rental car spaces. Tom Thibodeau - Reported that the airport commission has noticed that in the last few years there have been numerous turnarounds in leasees of the car rental spaces. There are currently three leasees who pay on a square footage basis and 10$ of sales, which averages out to about $ 2 , 000 per year for square foot rental space. The commission felt that there wasn't any difference whether there were three agencies or five agencies, there will only be so many cars rented per flight. They felt with three companies there is still competition. Hertz and Budget have approached the commission about renting the additional two spaces. This would leave Avis in the middle with a small space, which could be acceptable. They would like permission from Council to meet with all three agencies to determine if they would like to convert the space into three equal spaces. Hertz and Budget have offered to pay the expenses to expand the two remaining spaces. Mayor Williams reported that Moore's conflict is not such that he should be precluded from discussions and asked for questions from Council. Bannock was concerned that the commission was asking not only to • change the physical aspect of the spaces but to make a rule that there would only be three agencies. Thibodeau felt that there were • • • KENAI CITY JANUARY 8, PAGE 10 COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES 1997 spaces that have remained vacant for periods of time and that if there were only three spaces they would remain filled. He did not ask for a hard and fast rule, but felt that when expansion was discussed in the future the number of car rental agencies could addressed again at that time. He felt another one could come in at a later date by guaranteeing a higher amount of sales per year and guaranteeing money to the city. Bannock felt that was the problem he had. He reported that at one time there were four airlines. Today there are only two airlines and three counters. He asked if two more airlines approached the Council would they then be turned down. He did not have a problem with the agencies modifying the available space that is there now, but would have a problem with Council taking a position of determining how many would be allowed to be there. He did not feel Council should be making marketing decisions. Graves noted that there are other rental car agencies available outside of the airport area. Thibodeau did not feel that they would be limiting availability to rent cars since anyone can rent space outside of the airport. Bannock was concerned that no agencies be turned away by policy b6cause the decision was made to only allow three. Thibodeau felt that the space would all be utilized and the city would be getting more square footage rent by allowing the remaining agencies to occupy the existing available space. Bookey did not support the idea of limiting the number of agencies either. He felt if they were viable they would be there, if not, they won • t . This year they may only support three but next year it could be four and did not want to limit ourselves. Thibodeau responded that the ability is still there, but felt this would make use of what is currently there. He felt they are trying to avoid what happened last year. Mayor Williams reported that the administration will in all probability be involved in making claims to the bankruptcy court. He felt there might be more information the council might want before making a final decision. Ross stated that it is a question of whether to allow the three vendors to take up the existing space, realizing the revenue to the KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES • JANUARY S. 1997 PAGE it r� u 0 city is no different whether you have five or three. Without making a policy statement, do they have a legitimate need to reallocate the space? Swarner stated that the rent would increase by reallocating the existing two empty spaces. She asked if there was anyone else interested in the empty spaces. Thibodeau responded that the current square footage rents bring in about $2000 per year. If the square footage were increased the rents would increase to about $3500 if it were divided into three. Swarner felt that as long as the space is available and the agencies were willing to rent the space there should be no problem. Bannock was concerned that architecturally set the policy by remanufacturing the counter space to three. He asked "If Joe's Car Rental comes to the city of Kenai and says I'd like to rent cars in Kenai, what would be the administration's position there?" Mayor Williams responded that it would probably be the same if there were five spaces and a sixth one came in looking to rent space. He stated that there is other space available. He stated he would not be in favor of setting a policy saying there would only be three in the airport. But he felt the airport commission had justified that the present vendors want the space and are willing to pay for it. They would like to deal with the vendors and come back with a plan for the reallocation of space. Bannock stated that was fine, as long as it was made clear that if another car rental agency showed up they would not be turned away because there are now three there. Swarner asked if the car rental agencies would pay for the renovation costs. Thibodeau stated that the two agencies that have expressed an interest in the spaces have also indicated that they would cover the costs. It could only be a matter of removing an existing wall, leaving Avis in the center. If Avis is also included, then that would change the cost and the structure a little bit. Bannock felt it should be referred back to the airport commission to bring back a plan that they would like to see. 0 • KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES JANUARY 8, 1997 PAGE 12 Graves stated that the airport commission is seeking permission to discuss this with the agencies and it is appropriate for the commission to bring it back to council once they have that information. Mayor Williams advised Thibodeau based on the consensus of the council to go ahead and have the discussions with the agencies and to bring back the reports. ITEM I s ADMINISTRATION RBV=8 I -I* Mayor Reported he will be going to Anchorage tomorrow to discuss FAA firefighting school. He submitted a letter received from Joe Perkins written at the governor indicating their support for the project. I-2. City Manager No report except the holiday party is Saturday night. Wanted to confirm if there will be liquor at the party. Response was yes. I-3. Attorney No report. I-4. City Clerk No report. 8inanoe Director No report. t-6. Public Works Director 11 W611hou8e Projects Kornelis received a phone call from DOT Planning inviting the cities to a meeting on January 16 at the Kenai Peninsula Borough Meeting Room C to discuss the program. Contacted the DOT about the flashing lights at Main Street and Spur Highway. The Dunes project has hauled 68 of the concrete piles. Fish and Game showed the contractor and city where to place the piles. The road is now lined with the piles. There are still 9 broken tiles at Dragnet these will be hauled over to the boating facility. KENAI CITY M JANUARY 8, PAGE 13 COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES 1997 Contractor is now working on the stairs and boardwalks. Wellhouse #3 ran for about 20 hours last month. About the 21st it shut itself down. There were some electrical problems. Wellhouse is now up. There are still some problems, but it is now running. Mayor Williams asked about the road project around the church yard. Kornelis responded that the f inal plat has been recorded. The water and sewer work is being done. There will be a public hearing soon with Planning and Zoning, Historic board, and the property owners so they can look at the drawings and where the lights, curbs, driveways and such will be located. They will be inviting the DOT. The end of this month for having the public hearing. Mayor Williams stated the turnaround at the end of the beach project is not acceptable. It needs to be changed in order to work. Kornelis agreed 100%. The Fish and Game people are the ones who laved out the turnaround. Mayor Williams felt the circumfrance needs to be enlarged because even a small pickup cannot turn around as it is now. Kornelis stated he could ask them to come back down and walk around it again. 1-7. Airport Manager No report. J-1, Citizens Assemblyman Popp mentioned that on Monday, February 5 the Borough Assembly will be having an all day work session in the Assembly Chambers regarding the hospital issue. It is the stated goal to have this issue resolved by March. He urged all council members to attend and get in their input. He also mentioned the personal property tax issue that has been proposed will be coming up for public hearing. They expect that to take some time to resolve. Mayor Williams asked if the property tax issue involves the changing of licensing fees on automobiles. Popp responded that was correct. Mayor • Williams stated that he was not in favor of the ordinance as it is now written or the direction it is going. Assemblyman Popp . KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES JANUARY 8, 1997 PAGE 14 • • responded that there is general agreement that this is not going to be the final product. It is stictly an opening ordinance. He also did not feel it is the right move and felt that something substantially different will come out in the end. Mayor Williams asked if the assembly discussed in any manner the issue of the removal of junk cars. Assemblyman Popp responded that this has not been dealt with at this point. Mayor Williams responded that even the state recognized the need for the removal of abandoned vehicles. Even though there was no money brought forth. Assemblyman Popp stated he would bring these concerns to the Assembly. Bannock stated that not only is the borough looking at raising the vehicle registration tax, but it is being done to offset another tax. He felt that since it is virtually the same state-wide, if there was a need for it to be increased, it would be increased state-wide. Assemblyman Popp stated the intent was to deal with an issue in the courts where there is a general flight of commercial boats out of Seldovia, Seward, Kodiak, Homer harbors based on the taxation level under the personal property tax code. We are in the upper two percent of the statewide property tax level on boats. When those boats leave our harbors, they take jobs with them and they don't bring*the fish into our ports to be processed in the canneries. That was one of the intents of this legislation. He would take these concerns back to the other Assembly members. Bannock stated that certainly deserved merit, but didn't feel it fair to punish the people who own cars, but don't own boats. Mayor Williams stated the thought was with the junk cars that there could be a f lat tax added to the registration of every vehicle that could be pooled and then used to remove abandoned vehicles. Swarner asked if there was going to be any money for animal control. Assemblyman Popp responded that Assemblyman Navarre would respond to that issue. Assemblyman Navarre responded that if the city puts in the money to remove the junk cars, but its one of those things that if the city puts the money in, then the city is accepting the burden and will never receive any money from the state. He stated that it will be addressed. In response to Bannocks comments about the flat tax, he stated that in some instances the tax actually went down. There were some benefits of shifting then, but there were some people that got left out. The difference between the tax on a $100, 000 • KENAI CITY JANUARY 8, PAGE 15 COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES 1997 home was unbalanced compared to $100,000 boat or airplane. He doesn't agree totally in the comparisons, but there are a lot of other issues, and they are trying to do a tax shift. Assemblyman Navarre also drove down to the beach and felt that there should maybe two turnarounds down there, but agreed that something needs to be done down there. He stated that at the last borough assembly meeting there was standing room only and the animal control issue was tabled indefinitely. He felt that at budget time there might be a one-time only fund to the cities, though it is in an early stage. He stated he would look at it before budget time and would try to pursue some avenues of compensation to the four cities. Navarre invited the council members to attend the assembly meetings on the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays, to give their input. He felt the cities will be a big factor in the tax. Kathy 800tt introduced herself and wanted to recognize the . emergency service teams who responded to a small fire at the Salamantof Native Associations building. She was impressed with the training and efficiency of the team to secure the scene and react with a minimal amount of damage to the facility. Emily DeForest reminded everyone of the Friends of the Library Membership Tea on February 16th from 1-4 at the library. J-2. Council Bookey - none Swarner - none Moore - none Measles - none Bannock - none Smalley mentioned an article in the Anchorage paper about a private company that is in a project to design and build an ice facility in Anchorage. They want to build two additional facilities. He asked the City Manager to approach this company to see if they would be interested in doing something in the city of Kenai. Mayor Williams asked the City Manager to send a copy of the proposed plans to them. KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES JANUARY S. 1997 PAGE 16 Mayor Williams asked everyone to look over the survey included in the packet on voters versus the opinion leaders. ��.�. ADJOt1Rli11�[ENT The meeting adjourned at approximately 9:55 p.m. Minutes transcribed and submitted by: Debby Fahn olz, Contract Secretary • • ay COUNC11 L3r .�• .'' ' P yn r''~'n�