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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1997-03-05 Council MinutesAGENDA KENAI CITY COUNCIL - REGULAR MEETING MARCH 5, 1997 7100 P.M. KENAI CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERB https//Wvv.Kenaionot/city E72111177-79W• • _i. 14 i. 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 BCHEDULzp PUBLIC COMMENT (10 Minutes) 1. Paul Gray - Kenai River Video 2. Bill Coghill - City of Kenai Financial Report 3. Any Williams - Kenai Cooperative Preschool C. PUBLIC HEARINGS 1. Ordinance No. 1735-97 - increasing Estimated Revenues and Appropriations by $250,000 in the Capital Project Fund Entitled "Kenai ARFF Project.$ 2. Resolution No. 97-9 - Awarding a Contract for Fuel Service to Mapco Express, Inc. at the Unit Prices Listed Below for Furnishing and Dispensing Fuel at Their Service Station Located at Bridge Access Road and the Kenai Spur Highway. a. Remove from table. b. Consideration of Resolution (Pass/Fail) c. Consideration of Bubstitute Resolution No. 97-9 - Awarding a Contract for Gasoline Fuel Service to Mapco Express, Inc. at the Unit Price of $.98/gal. for Furnishing and Dispensing Gasoline Fuel Only at Their Service Station Located at Bridge Access Road and the Kenai Spur Highway. 3 . Resolution No. 97-10 - Transferring $5, 000 in the Airport Terminal Fund for the Purchase and Installation of an Overhead Rolling Grille (Gate) at the Restaurant. 4. Resolution No. 47-11 - Supporting Enactment of Kenai Peninsula Borough Ordinance No. 97-13 Which Increases the Cap on Taxable Sales from $500 to $1,000. 5. Resolution No. 97-12 - Awarding a Contract to Video Systems Plus for the Purchase of Seven Patrol Video Systems. 6. Resolution No. 97-13 - Awarding a Contract to Applied Concepts, Inc. for the Purchase of Seven Hand -Held Traffic Radars. 7. Resolution No. 97-14 - Amending Morrison Maierle, Inc. Is Contract "ior the Alaska Regional Fire Training Center Project to Include the Final Design Phase for the Not -to - Exceed Amount of $376,000. S. Resolution No. 97-15 - Opposing Proposal D-AAC21.363 Upper Cook Inlet Salmon Management Plan to be Presented at the March Meeting of the Alaska Board of Fisheries. D. COMMIBBIONJCONMITTFp REPOR B 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 Board d. Kenai Visitors & Convention Bureau Board e. Alaska Municipal League Report • so 1. *Regular Meeting of February 19, 1997. F. 60 OLD RUSIN888 1. Chris Garcia - Building Encroachment/Cunningham Park -2- • • �J 8. STEW RVOI_NBeB 1. Bills to be Paid, Bills to be Ratified 2. Purchase Orders Exceeding $2,500 3. Disovsaion - Setting Budget Work Session Date(s) $BECUTjV+�BgBION - None Scheduled. I. WMI IBMMION RBIORTB 1. Mayor 2. City Manager 3. Attorney 4. City Clerk 5. Finance Director 6. Public Works Director 7. Airport Manager J. AIBCIIBBION 1. Citizens (five minutes) 2. Council R. -3- . KENAI CITY COUNCIL - REGULAR NESTING MARCH 5, 1997 7:00 P.M. KENAI CITY COUNCIL CBMWER8 MAYOR JOHN J. WILLIAMS, PREBIDING Mayor Williams called the meeting to order at approximately 7:01 p.m. in the Council Chambers in the Kenai City Hall Building, Mayor Williams led those assembled in the Pledge of Allegiance. A-2. Roll was taken by the City Clerk. Present were: Bannock, Smalley, Williams, Bookey, Swarner, Moore and Measles. A-5. Mayor Williams requested the following changes to the agenda: REMOVE: B-1, Paul dray - Mr. Gray was ill and unable to attend • the meeting. He requested to be placed on the 3/19/97 agenda. ADD AB: B-1, Theo Matthews - Requested to speak to C-8 at this time in order to attend a Kenai River Board meeting as well. ADD AB: 9-6, Bill Kluge - Animal Shelter. ADD TO: C-8, Resolution No. 97-15 - Additional information/Kenaitze Indian gibe Resolution No. 97-06,_ opposing D-AAC21.363 Cook Inlet Salmon Management Plan. ADD AB: R-6, Discussion - Business Trade Mission/Sakhalin island MOTION: Councilman Smalley MOVED for approval of the amended agenda and requested UNANIMOU8 CONSENT. Councilman Bookey 8SCONDED the motion. • KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES MARCH 51 1997 PAGE 2 MOTION TO AM= s Councilwoman Swarner MOVED to remove -Item C-4 (Resolution No. 97- 11) from the agenda. Councilman Bookey SECONDED the motion, Swarner explained, she did not think council should act on the resolution at this time because the item would not come before the Borough Assembly for action until March 18. In addition, City Manager Ross had requested information from the Borough for help in council's considerations and the information had not been forwarded as yet. VOTE on : There were no objections. 80 ORDERED. NOTION TO ACCEPT THE AGENDA AS AMENDED: Councilman Smalley MOVED to set the agenda as amended. Councilwoman Swarner BECONDED the motion. There were no objections. 80 ORDERED, • A-6. Mayor Williams requested the following change to the Consent Agenda: REMOVE: E-1, Minutes Of 2/19/97 meeting and make the following amendment to Item C-2, Resolution No. 97-3 - - Transferring $2,500 in the General Fund for a City --wide Computer Network Design Study: There were no public comments. Councilman Moore asked what administration anticipated to acquire from the document. City Manager Ross answered, the document was to address the needs with an approximate cost for installing a network system in City Hall and phasing in other city buildings over the next few years. The document would b —foundation for building heth A FOR THE (OPTIC 0 AL CITY AS WELL AND DISCUSS DISK OR MICROGRAPHICS). SYSTEM OPTIONS • 0 KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES MARCH 5, 1997 PAGE 3 MOTION s Councilman Smalley MOVBD to remove 1997 and amend and Councilman Moor were no objections. 80 ORDERSD. IT= all �_ ED BIIHLIC COMMBNT e-1. Paul dray - Kenai River Video Removed, the minutes of February 19, e BECONDED the motion. There 8-1, Grant Bnaelevski - United Cook Inlet Drifters Association (UCIDA) Mr. Encelewski spoke in favor of passing Resolution No. 97-15 which opposed Proposal D-AAC21.363 Upper Cook Inlet Salmon Management Plan which is to be presented to the Alaska Board of Fisheries at their March meeting. Encelewski stated UCIDA opposed the plan due to the future decimation of the fishery which will happen because of D-AAC21.363. He explained, the fishery now provides income for the city, fishermen, and peripheral employees of the fishery. Passage of the proposal would decimate the fishery and the city and borough economy, as well as the Kenai River return. 8-2. Bill Coghill - City of Kenai Financial Report Mr. Coghill explained that it was an interesting year in regard to the city and its Finance Department. He explained, it was the first year for many that Charlie Brown was not involved with the financial audit. After Brown's departure, Robin Feltman worked as the Acting Finance Director. Then a new finance director was hired. After his resignation, Robin again stepped in as Acting Finance Director. There was a potential for problems and audit costs to elevate. There were no problems, however. In their audit, they found the internal controls and procedures to be in place. There were no exceptions to the policies or procedures noted in their compliance letter. The audit was completely clean and there were no questionable costs. Coghill added, the clean audit was quite an accomplishment and suggested Robin Feltman should be commended for her work as the • REQiAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES MARCH 51 1997 PAGE 4 audit was done in normal fashion when there were lots of abnormal things happening in the Finance Department. Coghill gave a short explanation of city debt. Coghill noted, bonded debt was $1.7 million, however it is reduced by the debt service fund. Amounts were also included to cover future clean- up of contaminated soils. Williams added, the city has about $93 million in assets. With all the infrastructure basically paid for, the debt of the city is approximately $800 per person (including Borough Service Area debts). Williams commended the administration for bringing the city to its good financial position. B-3. Amy Williams - Kenai Cooperative Preschool • Ms. Williams read from the information included in the packet which requested the city's permission to place a chain link fence 40 around a portion of the yard at the Kenai Historical Society building, which is subleased to the Kenai Cooperative Preschool. She explained the fence would allow the children to play outside safely keeping moose away, as well as keeping toys and children inside the fenced area. She explained, the Preschool requested permission from the Historical Society to place the fence. As the Historical Society rented the building from the city, they stipulated they would allow the placement of the fence with council's approval. Councilman Smalley asked Attorney Graves if there would a situation of liability if the fence was not installed. Graves answered he didn't think so. He believed the Historical Society would have the liability as the direct landlord. He added, he believed it was a safety issue of the preschool. Councilman Moore stated he thought it a great idea. Councilman Bannock approved of the idea as well and added, he appreciated their wanting to place the fence on their own. He asked if the building was within the Townsite Historic Zone and if so, would the Historic District Board need to review and approve the matter. Graves stated, there was no need for a building permit unless the fence would be over six feet tall. Because no building permit was required, the matter did not need to go before the Board. • • KENAI CITY COUNCIL MARCH 5, 1997 PAGE 5 MEETING MINUTES Smalley suggested the Board would probably appreciate a note from administration informing them of the matter. MOTION8 Councilman Smalley MOVED to allow the Kenai Cooperative Preschool to put in the fence and that the city inspect and forward a note to the Townsite Historic Board notifying them of the activity. Councilwoman Swarner SECONDED the motion. Councilman Smalley requested UNANIMOUS CONSENT. There were no objections. go ORDERED. 9-4. Hill kluge - Animal Shelter. Kluge thanked council for adding him to the agenda. He passed out information to council in regard to the animal shelter plan for them to review. • 41 Kluge reported he recently had been contacted by the city that a new site for the shelter was being considered instead of beside the present shelter which was the site for which his original building plan had been designed. Kluge stated, because the new site was above a lift station, the septic system would be more economical to install. The new site would also reduce expenses due to the proximity of the site to the road. He suggested the price would be reduced by approximately $15,000, however, he would not be sure until a revised site plan was prepared. Kluge noted he had attended a bid opening for the Ninilchik School at which there were nine general contractors bidding. The low bid was $115,000 under the next lowest bid. The price was $126 per square foot for a building that had many similarities to the that of the new animal shelter. Kluge urged council to use the bid documents presently available for the shelter and proceed with the construction of the - facility. He added, he believed the price of the facility would come in lower than the estimate due to the lack of building projects in the area and the need for work by the contractors. Kluge stated he had contracted Bill Nelson to develop a new site plan. If the city was willing to proceed with the project, the bid documents and revised site plan could be prepared for $8,000. A bid opening could be held by April 16. He added, a lot of • KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES MARCH 51 1997 PAGE 6 effort had been put into the design now available. The design reflected the needs of the community and would be a durable and lasting solution. He urged council to move forward with the construction of the facility in light of the low bidding of the Ninilchik School and their wanting to keep the cost under $500,000. He added, he was aware of two local contractors who would be able to get the necessary bonding for the job. City Manager Ross stated he had planned to bring a discussion to council at the March 19 meeting in regard to choosing a different site for the facility. There were several possibilities. Administration preferred the site (above the present shelter toward the Flight Service Station), however the property would have to be rezoned from Conservation. Ross added, he had also requested a second opinion for a less expensive approach to building the facility. Ross stated, because they did not think it appropriate to build on the present site due to soil contamination concerns of other • property in that vicinity, they began looking at other sites for the facility. The alternate property to which Kluge referred was Airport lands. Ross added, he wanted to bring the site forward to council as a discussion item, with Jack La Shot making a presentation, at the March 19 meeting. He wanted council to review the sites and make a decision so that the rezoning could begin, as well as the portion of the property for the facility being surveyed out. Williams asked what Kluge'-s costs for inspection, construction management, etc. would be. Kluge answered he estimated them at about $15,000. Williams asked Administration to bring answers back to council at the 3/19/97 meeting in regard to the following questions: If the facility is built on the described property, what would be the cost to the city to purchase the property from the Airport? Could an alternate to purchasing the property be to lease the property from the Airport Land? Could the airport fund build the facility on airport land and the city lease or purchase the facility from the airport over time? Ross stated, until a site was identified, a plat prepared and appraisal done, they could only rely on the most recent appraisal information. Ross added, they had planned to present two sites for council consideration at the March 19 meeting; the site north of the FAA building already discussed and one on Marathon Road. • • KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES MARCH 5, 1997 PAGE 7 He explained, administration didn't feel the Marathon Road property was as preferable as the Willow Street site because of the potential for other development along Marathon Road. They were strongly recommending the property along Willow Street. Williams suggested council proceed with the site along Willow Street. He added, he was not personally comfortable with placing the shelter along Marathon Road. Measles noted a request would have to go before Planning & Zoning to change the zoning of the Willow Street property from Conservation. He suggested changing all the property in that area from Conservation at the same time. Ross stated he would attempt to put information about the zone change before Planning & Zoning at their next meeting. Measles stated he wanted to get the process started at this meeting and requested information be placed in the Airport Commission's packet for their next meeting as well. Ln-ij J -� ". ff-!� - '. C-1. Ordinance No. 1735-97 - Increasing Estimated Revenues and Appropriations by $250,000 in the Capital Project Fund Entitled "Kenai ARFF Project." MOTION: Councilman Measles MOVED for adoption of Ordinance No. 1735-97 and Councilman Smalley SECONDED he motion. There were no public or council comments. VOTE: Bannock: Yes Smalley: Bookey: Yes Swarner: Measles: Yes MOTION PASSED ONANIMOUBLY. • Yes Williams: Yes Yes Moore: Yes • KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES MARCH 51 1997 PAGE 8 C-2, Resolution No. 97-9 - Awarding a Contract for Fuel Service to Mapco Express, Inc. at the Unit Prices Listed Below for Furnishing and Dispensing Fuel at Their Service Station Located at Bridge Access Road and the Kenai Spur Highway. C-2a. Remove from table. MOTION: Councilman Measles MOVED to remove Resolution No. 97-9 from the table and Councilwoman Swarner SECONDED the notion. There were no objections. 80 ORDERED, C-2b. Consideration of Resolution (Pass/Fail) No further action was taken on the original resolution. C-2ce consideration of substitute Resolution No. 97-9 - Awarding a Contract for Gasoline Fuel Service to Mapco Express, Inc. at the Unit Price of $.98/gal. for Furnishing and Dispensing Gasoline Fuel Only at Their Service station Located at Bridge Access Road and the Kenai spur Highway. MOTION: Councilman Measles MOVED to amend Resolution No. 97-9 by substituting the entire Substitute Resolution No. 97-9 with Administration's recommendations attached. Councilwoman Swarner SECONDED the motion. Williams noted, the substitute resolution (marked C-2c) would award a contract for gas fuel services only to Mapco at the unit price of $.98 a gallon. There were no public comments. Councilman Moore asked how Public Works and the Police Department felt about using Mapco for fueling the gas vehicles. Public Works Director Kornelis answered he had no problem with fueling gas vehicles there. Williams stated he understood the resolution would split the fueling services to the city into two categories: one for gasoline and one for diesel. The split was primarily due to the size of the vehicles and the anticipated problems the larger • KENAI CITY COUNCIL.MEETING MINUTES MARCH 5, 1997 PAGE 9 vehicles (fire trucks) would have maneuvering to the pumps. The substitute resolution dealt only with gasoline. City Manager Ross explained he met with the marketing representatives from Mapco in regard to the city's ingress and egress concerns to that station and to that pump site. They understood administration's concerns and received permission from the bowling alley for the city to use their parking lot to access the station allowing vehicles to come in parallel to the pumps. This would not be acceptable. Some of the vehicles would have to come in from Frontage Road. They understood the problem and were willing to accept the price for gasoline only. Ross referred to the memorandum included with the resolution, and added, the substitute resolution was predicated on moving the diesel fuel back to the city shop. He explained, at the shop, the island site would be abandoned, as well as the underground. All the plumbing would be within the diked areas at the present fuel containment sites on the present tanks; control head and hoses would all be within the diked area, which would get around most of the problems council previously addressed as concerns for spills and liabilities. The larger diesel vehicles would then be fueled from the shop. Doing this would save a lot of time in fueling the bigger vehicles, would be a lot less inconvenient to the public, and would be a lot safer for city vehicles. Councilman Smalley noted the motion included a comment to incorporate the administrative comments. He asked if that would incorporate a not -to -exceed $5,000 cost to rework the maintenance. Measles answered that was not the intent of the comment in the motion. He added, he assumed that would be handled separately through purchase orders. Measles stated he amended by substituting per the recommendations of administration. Williams stated he disliked separating the services and having to have two separate vendors. Also, he was concerned about the issue of having fuel in the city yard and spending a lot of money to do it. Williams noted the $5,000 plus the cost of the Mapco bid was only $1,000 less than the other bid. The $5,000 was only an estimate. He questioned whether there would be another alternative and to keep it neater and not get back into the fueling business. He added, he preferred not to deal with the DEC unless absolutely necessary. • • • U KENAI CITY COUNCIL MARCH 5, 1997 PAGE 10 MEETING MINUTES Councilman Bookey stated he totally disagreed with Williams. He disagreed with contracting out the fueling services last year. He added, he thought it totally unacceptable to move the heavy equipment across town to fuel it above and beyond the access problems. Bookey stated, the city had liabilities every day and would always have them. He believed the best thing to do would bring the control of the fueling back to the city. Councilman Bannock stated he thought it better for the city to be out of the fueling service. He questioned if the Airport Fuel Service had bid only a gasoline bid, would their bid have changed. He added, what troubled him most was the altering of the bid after the bid opening. Dan Pitts - Kenai Airport Fuel Service, 340 Airport Way. Pitts stated they would serve at the pleasure of the council, whether just gasoline or just diesel, they would stay with the bid numbers they submitted. If the bid came out again next year, they may want to have some input into the bid because they were not on the same level of playing field with the other fuel supplier. He added, their bid was based on the Tesoro rack price and Mapco's bid was based on their own rack price in North Pole. Because Mapco only served themselves, they could make the rack price whatever they wanted it to be. Pitts added, as far as the bid they submitted, they would stand by it and offer gas, diesel or backup services. Bannock noted, the memorandum stated, "...in the interim, the present supplier has agreed to extend the terms of last year's contract." Bannock asked if that was Kenai Airport Fuel Service. Answer was yes. Bannock stated, if this resolution passed, the city would continue to purchase Diesel 1 and 2 from Kenai Airport Fuel Service and gasoline from Mapco. Ross stated, it would continue until the city did its own tankage. He added, it would come to the council as separate spending issues as soon as the ground was warm enough to dig in it. Bannock referred to the memorandum, stating 11... the present ' suppliers agree to extend the terms of last year's contract." He asked, compared to this bid, what were the terms of last year's contract in regard to diesel fuel from Kenai Airport Fuel Service. Kornelis answered, the price they bid this time was exactly the same as last year's bid with the exception of the 40 A& KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES MARCH 5, 1997 PAGE 11 diesel fuel. Kornelis added, the price of Diesel No. 2 did go up. Bannock asked when Diesel No. 2 would be used again. Pitts answered in late May. Swarner asked City Attorney Graves if there would be a problem in splitting the bid. Graves answered, there could be some concern, but given the fact the differential in price was so high, it would be hard for the high bidder to show any harm had been suffered from splitting the bid. He added, Kenai Airport Fuel Service's bid for diesel was higher than Mapco's bid for gas. • Councilman Measles referred to Kornelis' comment that the bid was exactly the same price as bid last year. He asked if he meant the same unit price or the same spread -to -rack price. Kornelis answered no and added, the price fluctuated last year. The price the city was now paying is the same price as Kenai Airport Fuel had bid. Beginning January 17, the city was paying $1.07 for Diesel No. 1, which was the same price as what was bid. Measles noted, the spread was the same, but the unit bid price was not the same. Kornelis answered yes* Williams noted he was still not too pleased with the actions here, but would support the resolution. He reiterated, he did not want to get back into the business of having fuel service at city yards. VOTL ON THE AMENDMENT: Bannock: Yes Smalley: Yes Williams: Yes Bookey: Yes Swarner: Yes Moore: Yes Measles: Yes MOTION VA88ED UNANINOUSLY. Measles requested a break be taken prior to voting on the main amended motion. BREAK TAKENt 8:08 P.M. BACK TO ORDERS 8124 P.M. Williams noted the amendment passed and asked for further discussion from council. Councilman Measles asked administration what would happen with fueling city vehicles if the resolution was voted down. Ross answered, the city would continue with the KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES MARCH 5, 1997 PAGE 12 present supplier. He added, that was the only award on the table. The resolution to award the contract last year was not date -specific so purchases could continue on a monthly purchase order basis with the present supplier until an alternative was found. Ross added, if the resolution was voted down, the city would fuel their vehicles with the present supplier. Councilman Measles asked Attorney Graves if he saw any problem in voting down the resolution and throwing out all bids on this request and rebidding the fuel requirements for the city. Graves answered, no, he did not see a problem. He added, the city reserved the right to throw out bids if it was unsatisfied with the result. In this case, Ross raised an issue of access of the larger vehicles to the diesel pumps at the low bid establishment. Everyone agreed it was a legitimate issue and some members of the council were concerned it was inappropriate to split out the bid and award one item of it separately. Graves stated he believed that to be a legitimate basis to throw out the bid and order rebidding. • Measles asked if administration felt the bid proposal could be reworked to allow any bidder, regardless of who they were and where they were from, to bid on the same basis so that the bid results would be compared "apples to apples" instead of "apples to oranges." Ross asked if he was speaking to the location of the posting price/rack price. Measles answered yes. Ross stated, he did not know how that would be done. If they used Anchorage posting which involved more sources, there would be a disadvantage there to the local individual who might bid on that posting, but having to buy the fuel at the local refinery. Ross added, he saw a real dilemma for a local supplier because they would be forced to bid on an Anchorage posted average and that wouldn't be where they would buy their fuel. Measles stated he understood that dilemma, and added, there was another dilemma for both bidders in the case of Kenai Airport Fuel Service bidding against a Fairbanks posting or Mapco bidding against a Kenai posting. He added, it was tough to evaluate the bid because the postings were not tied together. Both were able to go up or down independently and in opposite directions at any time and do frequently. Ross stated, if council defeated the resolution, administration would investigate how it could be done more equitably so there • • KENAI CITY COUNCIL METING MINUTES MARCH 5, 1997 PAGE 13 • 40 would be a level playing field. Ross added, another -issue would be how to word the documents so not to end up with the same problem of ingress and egress. Measles stated, possibly the issue of equalizing the bids could be established at a pre -bid conference with all parties proposing to bid. He asked if there would be any benefit to put the products out to separate bids, separating diesel from gasoline. Ross answered, if the bid documents were amended, that would be how they would be done because the issues of ingress and egress didn't affect the gas vehicles. The stations that would be acceptable for gas supply would be greater in number than those acceptable for the bigger rigs using diesel. VOTE ON MAIN AMENDED NOTIONS Bannock: No Smalley: No Bookey: No Swarner: No Measles: No NOTION BAILED DNANINOUSLY. Williams: No Moore: No Williams thanked the bidders for being patient with council and understanding their dilemma. The city would try to come to some method of working out the concerns. NOTIONS Councilman Measles MOVED to throw -out -all bids (in regard to this resolution). Councilman Smalley SECONDED the motion. Ross asked if council was speaking strictly to Resolution No. 97- 9 and not the resolution approved at the last meeting. Measles answered correct and added, the motion had nothing to do with the bulk fuel or the dock fuel service bid which was approved at the 2/19/97 meeting. VOTE: Councilman Smalley requested 9NANIM098 CONSENT. There were no objections. so ORDERED. KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES MARCH 5, 1997 PAGE 14 C-3. Resolution No. 97-10 - Transferring $5,000 in the Airport Terminal Fund for the Purchase and Installation of an Overhead Rolling Grille (Gate) at the Restaurant. MOTIONS Councilman Measles MOVED for adoption of Resolution No. 97-10 and Councilman Smalley BECONDED the motion. There were no public comments. Airport Manager Ernst explained the new lessee was requesting to remove eight sections of glass along the north wall of the restaurant and install metal grate - type doors that are pulled down at closing time and locked. The lessee felt there would be additional exposure from the baggage claim area and the far side of the terminal, as well as better visibility. They hoped this would make the business more economically viable. Measles asked if the Airport Commission had seen the proposal. Ernst answered no. He explained, time was of the essence. The new people intended to have the facility open by April 15 and they wanted to get the door installed prior to that. The time involved to get the door was four to six weeks. Moore asked if the quote for the work was $5,000. Ernst answered no, the quote was $4,400. An additional $600 was included because the pony wall had electrical hardware in it and the contractor would have to do something with it. Swarner asked what the rent amount was and Ernst answered $810 a month. Williams asked if sliding doors were considered instead of the gate. Ernst answered, the gate was what had been presented to him. The sliders were possibly more costly and the gates would be easily pulled down and locked. Williams stated he was concerned that if the wall was opened up, DEC would be contacting the city. Bannock asked whose idea it was to place the gate. Ernst answered it was the restaurant concessionairers. Bannock asked if Ernst believed the lessee would have paid for the cost if he had not asked the city. Ernst answered yes, the lessee thought it would be something to help make the business more successful. KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES MARCH 51 1997 PAGE 15 Bannock stated he agreed it woubutpwouldlvotelagai et the ng the restaurant more visible, etc., resolution. He added, it might be something to review again if and when the lessee comes back the inlease. airportwas thatalso concerned there were other tenant holders have wanted to make changes and had paid for costs themselves. Councilman Bookey agreed with Btheocitand stated only gettingwould $9�000 a support the resolution, noting Y was year for rent of the facility. Ernst asked if it would be acceptable to council to give the lessee the option to change thehadno objell at his ction ectionptoser thatxcept the Williams electrical. Bookey stated he j suggested allowing this might set aprecedence t haverent pro problem with '$as is, where is. Swarner stated she their doing their own remodeling at their expense, but thought the city should do the electrical work. Bannock stated the city did allow space* As had allowed people thebarhad ih ofairport to modify their rental paceAs anexample, significant changes made to it. Ernst thestated rentalit was spacesin the stayed with contract that modifications made to the rental space. The modifications become part of the facility. It was asked if council voted the and ted lessee pay for the modifications themselves�nwouldrft have othe go through the Airport Commission. Answer was no. VOTES Bannock: No Smalley: No Williams: No Bookey: No Swarner: No Moore: Yes Measles: No NOTION !'AILED UNANIMOUSLY. Williams stated the failing of the resolution was a signal to the lessee the council was wilexcludinallow make andthe modifications on his own, 9 the electrical work requested the information be noted in the minutes. �J KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES MARCH 51 1997 PAGE 16 C-4. Resolution No. 97-11 - Supporting Enactment of Kenai Peninsula Borough Ordinance No. 97-13 Which Increases the Cap on Taxable Sales from $500 to $1,000. Removed from agenda. C-8. Resolution No. 97-12 - Awarding a Contract to Video Systems Plus for the Purchase of Seven Patrol Video Systems, MOTION$ Councilman Smalley MOVED for adoption of Resolution No. 97-12 and Councilman Bookey SECONDED the motion. There were no public or council comments. VOTES Bannock: Yes Smalley: Yes Williams: Yes Bookey: Yes Swarner: Yes Moore: Yes Measles: Yes MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. C-6. Resolution No. 97-13 - Awarding a Contract to Applied Concepts, Inc. for the Purchase of Seven Hand -Held Traffic Radars. MOTIONS Councilman Bookey MOVED for adoption of Resolution No. 97-13 and Councilman Smalley SECONDED the motion. There were no public comments. Chief Morris explained the purchase of the new items would replace some of the older units. Ross noted, the funds for the purchase of the new units were from a State grant. VOTES Councilman Measles requested t1HANIMOOs CONSENT and there were no objections. 00 ORDERED. • I& KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES MARCH 51 1997 PAGE 17 C-7. Resolution No. 97-14 - Amending Morrison Maierle, Inca s Contract for the Alaska Regional Fire Training Center Project to Include the Final Design Phase for the Not -to - Exceed Amount of $3760,000. MOTIONS Councilman Bookey MOVED for adoption of Resolution No. 97-14 and Councilman Smalley BECONDED the motion. There were no public or council comments. VOTES Williams asked if there were any objections to MWIMOus CON88NT. There were no objections. 80 ORDERED. C-8. Resolution No. 97-15 - Opposing Proposal D-AAC21.363 Upper Cook Inlet Salmon management Plan to be Presented at the 10 March Meeting of the Alaska Board of Fisheries. MOTION: Councilman Moore MOVED for approval of Resolution No. 97-15 and Councilman Smalley 88CONDED the motion and requested MoxxMovB COMBUT. There were no public or council comments. VOTE: There were no objections. 80 ORDERED. ITS1 D: C_MIB IO&COIO[TTTEE RRMTB D-1. Council on Aging Councilwoman Swarner reported a meeting would be held on Monday, March 10 at 10:30 a.m. A waffle bar was also open in the mornings at 7:30 a.m. for a $1.00 charge. • i the other for two years. then become a four-year year lease would be bid. $8,000 for each station for fish after reaching bid price. KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES MARCH 5, 1997 PAGE 18 D-Z. Airport Commission Councilman Measles reported the next meeting would be held on Thursday, March 13. D-3. Harbor Commission Public Works Director Kornelis reported the Commission met on March 3. Items discussed included: (1) Bill Nelson reported on the Kenai Bluff Erosion Control Grant. The Commission requested the application be forwarded to council for review. The cost was estimated at $500,000. The application would be included in the next council packet. (2) Steve Attleson was added to the agenda and he presented his idea of a Kenai River oil spill response group. Kornelis added, Attleson proposed a consortium of the eight companies in the area who sell fuel on the river as the funding source, including the city. He asked if the city or Commission were interested. The cost would be approximately $30,000 for initial costs (for each of the eight companies) the first year and then $5,000 each year thereafter. More information would be brought to the Commission. Commissioner Eldridge was to check on the price in comparison with CISPRI. The proposed participants were the city and four fish processors. (3) Kornelis referred to information included in the last packet in regard to dock leases No. 2 and No. 3. He reported the Commission reviewed the changes in the bid documents suggested -by the City Attorney and approved the changes. The changes in the bid documents were to bid one station for a four-year lease and When the two-year lease ended, it would lease. Then, every two years, a four - They also set a minimum bid amount of lease and set a price of $.375 per pound the total poundage figure from the basic Kornelis stated he would proceed with the bid opening on April 9, 1997 as he had just outlined unless council had objections. There would a pre -bid conference on April 3. There were no comments from council. 0 KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES MARCH 50 1997 PAGE 19 D-4, Library Commission Councilman Moore reported the Commission met and reviewed their. goals and objectives for the library. They also discussed Sunday openings and plan to offer Sunday openings in April with library volunteers working. Moore added, the new fine structure had been instigated. D-5. Parks & Recreation Commission Councilman Bannock reported the next meeting was scheduled for March 6. Director Frates reported there were four new pool tables in the Teen Center. Two of the tables were donated by Vic Tyler and the other two were purchased by the city at a lower cost which Tyler had negotiated. Frates added, the teens were creating a thank you card with lots of signatures for Tyler. Frates requested council offer their thanks to Tyler as well. Bannock noted, the purchase of the new pool tables was going to be a budget item in the next budget. Clerk Freas was requested . to forward a thank -you letter to Tyler for his donation and help. D-6. planning & zoning Commission Councilman Smalley reported on the actions taken by the Planning & Zoning Commission at their last week's meeting. He reported there had been a lengthy discussion in regard to dog kennels within the city. There was also discussion in regard to a proposed amendment to the Borough river ordinance as well as discussion regarding "cabin" definition. Smalley noted, the -city attorney had forwarded about five items to the Commission for review in regard to the cabin discussion. They approved portions in regard to size and definition. Smalley also reported the Commission would like to hold a work session with city administration and discuss the Land Use Table. There were Commission members who wanted to fill in the blanks in the table which now mean "acceptable for conditional use" so there was no confusion. D-7. Miscellaneous Commissions and Committees D-7a. Beautification Committee • KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES MARCH 51 1997 PAGE 20 Councilwoman Swarner reported the next meeting would be held on March 11 at 5:00 p.m. A litter bag volunteer program and orientation would be discussed, as well as the Loretta Breeden memorial. Swarner stated she had used the cross-country ski trails on the golf course and commended the Parks & Recreation Department for the grooming of the trails. Williams noted he received a letter from a person who visited the area and while here, used the trails. The letter was very complimentary of the condition of the trails, etc. D-7b. Sistorio Distriot Board Councilman Moore reported the next meeting would be held on March 170 D-70. Challenger Board . Councilman Bannock reported a brief summary of the Board"s activities was included in the packet. He added, an executive board meeting had been held that morning. D-74. Kenai Visitors i Convention Bureau Board Councilman Bookey reported the next meeting would be held on March 10 at 8:30 a.m. D-7e. Alaska Xuaioipal League Report Swarner reported she would be attending a Legislative Committee meeting in Juneau from March 31 through April 2. She would also participate in a teleconference of subcommittee chairs next week. They will also discuss SS 29. 3-i. Regular Meeting of February 19, 1997. The approval of the minutes was taken from the consent agenda in order to make the following change to Page 2, Item C-2, the second paragraph: 0 • • KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES MARCH 5, 1997 PAGE 21 There were no public comments. Councilman Moore asked what administration anticipated to acquire from the document. City Manager Ross answered, the document was to address the needs with an approximate cost for installing a network system in City Hall and phasing in other city buildings over the next few years. The document would be a foundation_f_or_,bu ld JDa b2th a_, and equinm� ent. (ALSO INVESTIGATE A RECORDS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR THE CITY AS WELL AND DISCUSS SYSTEM OPTIONS (OPTICAL DISK OR MICROGRAPHICS). MOTIONt Councilman Measles MOVED to approve the minutes of February 19, 1997 and Councilwoman Swarner SECONDED the motion. MOTION TO AMEND: Councilman Measles MOVED to amend the minutes on Page 21 Item C- 2, second paragraph according to the statement from the City Clerk. Councilman Moore SECONDED the motion. There were no objections. 80 ORDERED. VOTE ON MAIN AMENDED MOTION: Councilman Measles requested UNANIMOUS CONSENT. There were no objections. 80 ORDERED. None. ITEM as OLD BUSINEBA 6-1. Chris Garcia - Building Encroachment/Cunningham Park Mayor Williams referred to the information included in the packet and noted Garcia•s building was encroaching on the Cunningham Park property. He added, Garcia had been working with administration to resolve the situation without having to tear down the building. KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES MARCH 51 1997 PAGE 22 Chris Garcia noted he was encroaching over the property line of the Park property. He proposed to swap an equal square footage of property as the amount of encroached property (the square footage would be in a wedge shape beginning at the river and up along the property line). With the swap, the Park property would still be the same size and so would his, but the property line would change. He thought that would satisfy the conditions of the problem. The Borough appraiser told him the value of the property he was offering to swap was worth two to three times as much as the property he would be getting in return. He was willing to do so because he felt that should satisfy everyone. Bannock referred to Building Official Springer's memorandum (included in the packet) which discussed minimum setback allowances. Bannock asked if the map (included in the packet) showed a five foot setback. Garcia answered, 5'h feet. He added, after discussing the matter with city officials and others, they felt the minimum amount of swapping property would be best. Bannock noted he was speaking of the setback from the building to the property line, which was 5h feet, and there would still be a two -close -to -the -property -line encroachment. Smalley referred to Attorney Graves' summary opinion in his memorandum (included in the packet). The summary noted, the proposed trade would violate terms of the deed agreement and would put the council at risk of forfeiting the Cunningham Park property. Smalley stated he was very concerned with this possibility. Garcia stated he didn't see in the court cases, where a swap of the same amount of property was done. The Park would stay the same size and didn't see where there would be an infringement. Swarner asked if heirs of Martha Cunningham had been contacted. Garcia answered no. Swarner added, from the attorney's information, and according to the deed, the city couldn't swap the property. It was up to Garcia and the city attorney to prove it would be acceptable to swap the property. She suggested the heirs be contacted. 11 Williams reported he had talked with some of the neighbors in regard to heirs and who they might be. Williams asked, if the heirs were contacted and they issued a letter to allow the swap, would council be willing to make the swap. Attorney Graves J& KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES MARCH 5, 1997 PAGE 23 stated, through probate, a family tree would have to be reviewed to figure out who the right of inheritance would pass to and determine who were the legal heirs. Williams stated he hated to prolong the matter and to say no if there was a possibility to resolve the issue. Williams asked if the estate of Cunningham vested in the closest relative if no relative had been designated. Graves answered, it would have to be determined if Cunningham had deeded any property by a will. If not, the family tree would have to be followed. 2=16 Xnaoketedt - Reported he knew the Cunningham•s well and the property was to be used for a park for children. He was aware of a sister-in-law of Martha Cunningham, married to a brother of Cunningham. He identified her as Henrietta Aldos, living at 500 Wall Street in Seattle, WA, 98121. Discussion followed as to who the responsibility fell to in contacting the heirs. It was decided to be Garcia•s responsibility and it should be his time and cost in doing the legal research. Graves stated, if the heirs issued a notarized letter, signed by all heirs, it would constitute a waiver. This had been done by the courts in the past. He would prefer a notarized letter or quit claim deed. Williams asked how much it would cost to move the building. Garcia answered, it would be completely impractical. Williams asked, if Garcia was able to get a letter signed by the heirs, would council be willing to make a trade. Swarner--stated she had a problem with the at lines being jagged. Williams suggested that if the heirs would allow some -of the adjoining property to be used for the Park property, that added property could be leased and there would be no need to change the lot line. Swarner stated she was not interested in that scenario. Bannock suggested using the natural boundary of the chain link fence, selling the pie -shaped portion of property from the chain link fence to Garcia•s property line, not do a land swap (with approval of heirs) and dedicate funds received from sale of that portion of property for the same intent of the Park. Bannock stated he believed Garcia•s problem would be solved, the heir problem would be solved, and there would be the correct amount of setback, etc. Bannock stated he would like to examine selling the property as he described (west fence, east property line, • KENAI CITY COUNCIL i MARCH 5, 1997 PAGE 24 MEETING MINUTES north Beaver Loop, south River). The purchase and proceeds would be dedicated to Cunningham Park. Bannock added, he would like to direct administration and Garcia to accomplish that request. Graves stated he would work with Garcia, but wanted Garcia to search for the heirs and do the leg work. R-1. Bills to be Paid, Bills to be Ratified MOTION: Councilman Smalley MOVED to pay the bills and Councilwoman Swarner SECONDED the motion. There were no objections. 80 ORDERED. H-2. Purchase Orders Euaeeding $2,500 • MOTION: Councilman Smalley MOVED to pay the purchase orders over $2,500 and Councilwoman Swarner SECONDED the motion. There were no objections. SO ORDERED. E-3. Discussion - Setting Budget Work Session Date(s) It was noted the budget had to be adopted by council during the first meeting in June and that personnel -related matters would need to be completed in May. Administration suggested beginning the work sessions after April 16. Williams suggested deciding work session dates during the work session scheduled for Thursday Ross noted there had been requests from some area groups who wanted to make presentations to council and request donations. Also, there would be future projects council would want to discuss, i.e. networking plan for city offices and buildings. He added, he thought council would need the minimum of three work sessions. Williams stated he thought the future projects should be included in the goals and objectives discussion scheduled for May. Williams reminded council last year they set one evening aside to hear donation requests and turned down all the requests. 0 KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES • MARCH 51 1997 PAGE 25 Williams suggested that there would be less revenues and more expenditures for the next budget and questioned whether council would want to encourage outside groups to make presentations, Bookey stated he thought it was the responsibility of the council to hear the presentations. Smalley stated he had told people who have requests to discuss them with council during budget hearings. Council was comfortable with setting four sessions and if the fourth is not needed, the session could be cancelled. H-4. Discussion - Business Trade Mission/Sakhalin Island MAYOR Williams referred to information brought to council at the beginning of the meeting which included an invitation from Governor Knowles for Williams to travel with the Governor's his government business trade mission to Sakhalin in April. Williams asked council if they had objections to his traveling with the Governor. Williams noted Borough Mayor Navarre, Bill Stamps, Dennis Steffy as well as others from the Peninsula would be going also. Discussion followed in regard to whether this trip or one in the fall with medical personnel would be more beneficial. Williams stated he thought the overall benefit was that he had made several trips and had major contacts which may be helpful. It was agreed this trip would probably be more beneficial to the city and council agreed to Mayor Williams joining the mission. EXECUTIVE 8E88ION - None Scheduled. IT Is ADMINIBTItATION RBPORTB I-1. Mayor a. EOOnomia eyMposium (April 26) - Williams suggested the symposium needed a facilitator to conduct the symposium and coordinate the activities of the day. He added, he requested Kathy Scott make a presentation to council in regard to what her business could offer as the facilitator. KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES MARCH 51 1997 PAGE 26 Williams noted he wanted the meeting to be the community commenting to council and not council commenting to the community. His idea would be to look at the future for the city over the next five to ten years, where council wanted to position itself and how to do it. He added, there were many concerns of the oil industry, fishing, tourism, etc. They would all affect the city in how it would be run over the next ten years. Williams added, he thought it was imperative to use a facilitator. He stated he had corporate sponsors lined up and some speakers. Kathy Boott - Stated she had talked with Williams, Bookey and Ross in regard to what council wanted to achieve by holding the symposium. She suggested two options, i.e. economic development/ community issues or develop a community session as a kick-off to strategic planning. The public meeting would depend on what council wanted the -outcomes to be. Scott referred to the information in the packet and noted she had . offered several options. She introduced her associate, Colleen Ward, and stated she would be involved with the symposium. Colleen Ward - She would be working with Scott through the process. She requested ideas from council of what they wanted to achieve. Bookey stated he agreed a facilitator should be used. Council should be listening to comments of the community and perhaps take part in the discussions. Both retail and industry should be represented. He hoped from the meeting they would obtain activities and information for future planning. He requested a facilitator also be used for the goals and objectives work session. Swarner agreed and added, she had talked with some residents who seemed interested in participating with ideas. She requested medical and health-care services be invited as well. Moore stated he had talked with several residents and they wore also interested in the forum. He was not sure if they would be considered the "movers and shakers" of the community however. Ross reminded council and Scott, the forum had to be open to the Public. Bookey added, anyone there who wanted to speak, should 0 KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES MARCH 51 1997 PAGE 27 • have the opportunity to do so. He also had people he wanted invited due to their ties to the community. He would want problems and answers discussed by the community. Measles stated he thought the biggest part of the facilitators' job would be to have council listen to problems and get solutions from those attending. Smalley stated he wanted a facilitator for the goals and objectives work session as well. He added, the burden of the forum would be on the facilitator. Council discussed the possibility of holding the forum for more than one day. Measles suggested to hold the forum on one day and from that, council would develop goals and objectives for the city. A second forum could be planned if necessary. He added, council wants to extract what it could in a one -day meting, looking at the future of the city. Scott stated they would resolve their concerns with options included in their proposal. She asked if the proposal would be . an RFP or sole source. Williams noted it was not necessary to do an RFP for professional services. Williams noted the proposal would have to be approved at the March 19 meeting in order to get invitations mailed. He also noted the goals and objectives work session would be held shortly thereafter and they would want information from the forum available for those discussions. That information would then be incorporated into the budget by June 1. Council also agreed to hold the April 26 forum at the Senior Center. 1-2. City Manager a. George Goerig/Coyle Estate - Ross reported he had received a telephone call from Mr. Goerig who was representing the Coyle estate. Goerig referred to a past proposal of the city's to purchase Coyle property that adjoins the dock property. Mr. Goerig wanted to know if council was interested in purchasing the property at this time. Ross added, he advised Goerig he would reply to him by Friday. If the city was not interested, Goerig would put the property on the market (after Friday). • r� • 0 KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES MARCH 5, 1997 PAGE 28 b. Community Police Teams Training -» Ross referred to Information Item No. 3 inviting council members to participate in the Community Police Teams training on April 3, 4-and 5. He added, the Police Department hoped to have community input during the training. c. Borough Personal property ordinance - Ross reported he had hoped to have more information in regard to the Assemblyts personal property tax discussions. He continued, they began with eight scenarios and have narrowed those to three. His position was that a decision should wait until the Supreme Court opinion was rendered. Ross noted the public hearing for the item was scheduled for March 18. He added, unless council directed him differently, he would maintain the city•s position that the ordinance should not be amended until after the court decision was rendered. There were no comments from council. I-3. Attorney Attorney Graves reported he would be attending the Government Civil Practice Course in Santo Fe April 6-9, 1997. I-4, City Clerk No repont. I-5. Finance Director No report. 1-6. Public Works Director a. Mission Street Project - Kornelis reported DOT was still reviewing the plans. He expected the public hearing to be held in April. b. Dunes Project - Kornelis reported the boardwalks off the beach road and the stairs had been installed. Sign installation remained. Kornelis also reported he received the Corps permit for enlarging the parking lot at the bottom of South Spruce Street. At this time, there was no funding source. Kornelis was asked if the enlargement would be completed during this fiscal year. Kornelis answered, it would be up to the . KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES MARCH 5, 1997 PAGE 29 council as there was no designated funding source to cover the cost of the enlargement. He estimated there would be a lot of fill required, costing $70,000-$100,000, including hauling the material. Ross added, they investigated Exxon funding, but the project didn't fit into the criteria and decided it would not be worth completing the paperwork. Bookey suggested DEC funding because the road would be used for the future STP expansion and indicated, since the State created the need (with the extension of the dipnetting season), they may have some responsibility for the enlargement costs. Smalley suggested the project be added to the Governor's CIP list because the State developed the problem. Councilman Moore asked if the pilings which had been placed at the beach access would stay or would signs be placed stating not to park between signs. Kornelis stated he had planned to leave 110 the pilings and place signs as well. He added, he would look into placing smaller pilings to block vehicles from parking too close to the signs so they wouldn't block the beach entrance. Williams suggested finding out what it would take to place the private lots along Kenai Avenue into public ownership. c. Wastewater Treatment Plant Disinfection Project - Kornelis reported the city crew completed the installation of the equipment and materials. The project was complete. Bannock asked if the future expansion of the STP would be placed on the parking lot needing enlarged, and the enlargement was tagged as STP improvements, could the enlargement costs incurred by the city be eligible for DEC matching funds. Kornelis stated he did not think so. Smalley noted he had observed open dump trucks hauling materials from Wildwood being driven through town. He asked, if the materials had asbestos in them, did the city have a problem with them being hauled uncovered. Bookey stated he believed the asbestos had been removed years ago and the material owing hauled had been buried on the Wildwood property and now had to be dug up and removed. • KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES MARCH 51 1997 PAGE 30 t-7. Airport Manager Airport Manager Ernst reported on a previous question regarding Passenger Facility Charges at Anchorage International. Ernst stated no charge had been put in place as input was still being gathered. He added, the Legislature controls international business and were not anxious to lose control if FAA and airports decided what projects would be done. If the fee was implemented, it would not be this year. FAA would push for larger airports to institute PFCs because as funding for AIP programs are out by Congress, more pressure would be placed on large and medium-sized airports to carry their own weight with PFCs. They expect, within the next few years an appropriation of $1 billion to be set aside. That would represent a $460 million cut which would be absorbed by PFC's. J-i. eiti$eas a. Barbara Hater* - 311 Kulila Lane, Kenai. Waters reported she had attended the Borough Assembly meeting at which the discussion on the proposed personal.property tax exemption amendment was postponed so that municipalities within the Borough could review the different scenarios. She added, Dale Bagley suggested an amendment to delete the entire section dealing with the changes to personal property tax on vehicle registration and to maintain -a $50,-000 personal property -tax exemption. This would be a $1.4 million loss to the Borough. Possible methods of recouping the loss would be to increase the sales and/or real. property taxes through the mill rates. Waters asked if the $50,000 exemption was approved by the Borough, would the city follow. She stated, she had been telling people the city would not and assumed the city would not follow through with a $504000 exemption. She added, the maker of the ordinance was pushing for its passage. She suggested the city make their opinions known at the March 18 Assembly meeting. She also stated she was pleased the sales tax resolution had been removed from the agenda. 1� • KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES MARCH 51 1997 PAGE 31 Ross stated he would forward the information on the ordinance to council during their March 6 work session. He added, the Bagley amendment would be killed. b. Bob Petors - Old Town, Kenai. He commended council on rejecting the request to modify the restaurant at the cityls cost. Peters asked what type of fence would be placed at the preschool. Answer given was chain link. Peters suggested council should let the public know what the problems are (in regard to the economic symposium) so that the community could offer solutions as that was the responsibility of the council. I-2. Council Bookey - No comments. Swarner - Noted she attended a Psychology of roman class at which Peggy Mullen (of Soldotna) distributed applications for city commissions, committees and boards. Moore - No comments. Measles - No comments. Bannock - No comments. emalloy - Stated he appreciated the condition of the city streets. He stated he had heard one complaint about the deep grooves and ruts on Fourth Street (by the gully-). Smalley requested permission to bring KCHS physical education students to the Recreation Center and use the facilities free of charge. He would schedule the use of the facility with the Director. It would be one day a week and two groups of students, one-half hour at a time. There were no objections by council. Williams - Suggested the city investigate what the price would be for the Coyle property which adjoins the dock property. He stated, it was the only piece of property by the dock that could be used for expansion of the dock. In response to Mr. Peters• comments, Williams stated he thought it was council's responsibility to look far and wide for answers. • S KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES MARCH 51 1997 PAGE 32 He added, most of the people attending the symposium would know the majority of the problems with which the community was faced. The meeting adjourned at approximately 10:58 p.m. Minutes transcribed and submitted by: • e • a