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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1995-02-01 Council MinutesKBNAI CITY COUNCIL - REGULAR NEIVINa VNBRUARY 1, 1995 7:00 PeNe KENAI CITY COUNCIL CRA1L8XR8 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, B. 8CH8DULBD PUBLIC CO tN= (10 Minutes) 1. Representative - Kenai Bible Church/Possible Land Trade/Purchase. 2. Assembly President Boalsi and Assemblywoman Betty clink - Kenai Peninsula Borough overlay District Ordinance. C. PUBLIC HLARINas 1. ordinance No. 1623-95 - Amending KMC 7.15.030 and 7.15.080(a) to Increase the Level at Which the City Administration Can Make Purchases Without specific Council Approval From $1,000 to $2,500, 2. *1995 dames of chance and Contests of gkill Permit Application - our Lady of the Angels Church. 3. *1995 Games of chance and Contests of Skill Permit Application - Kenai Arts & Humanities Council. 4. *1995 Liquor License Renewal Application - Pizza Paradisos - Beverage Dispensary. 0 1. Council on Aging 2. Airport Commission -1- • 3. Harbor Commission 4. Library Commission 5. Parks & Recreation Commission' 6. Planning & Zoning Commission 7, Miscellaneous Commissions and Committees a*- NXNUTNB !. a. no _. .T. 1. *Regular Meeting of January 18, 1995. 1. Bills to be Paid, Bills to be Ratified 2. Purchase Orders Exceeding $1,000 3. *Oraiaanae No. 1627-95 - Increasing Estimated Revenues and Appropriations by $270 in the Council on Aging Title III Fund. 4. Discussion - Kenai Tidelands/Shore Fishery Leases, 5. Discussion - The Challenger Center, 6. Discussion - OSHA Safety Inspection Update. i. Mayor 2. City Manager 3. Attorney 4. City Clerk 5. Finance Director 6. Public Works Director 7. Airport Manager 1. Citizens 2. Council ( f ive minutes) -2 - • 0 0 KENAI CITY COUNCIL — REGULAR MEETING FEBRUARY i, 1995 700 P.M. XENIX CITY COUNCIL CM MBER6 MAYOR JOHN J, WILLIAM6, PRE6IDINa Mayor Williams called the meeting to order at approximately 703 p.m. in the Council Chambers in the Kenai City Hall Building. Mayor Williams led those assembled in the Pledge of Allegiance. A-2a Roll was taken by the City Clerk. Present were: Monfor, Measles, Bannock, Smalley, Williams, Bookey and Swarner. A-5. Mayor Williams requested the following changes to the agenda: REMOVE: B-10 Kenai Bible Churob REPLACE$ B-2, Replace draft XV9 .Oxdinaaoa No. 94-52 - Pages were missing from copies included in the packet.' ADD TO: B-2, 2/1/95 L.'Harvey memorandum regarding Mack & Carol Padgett easement vacation (information requested by Councilwoman Monfor at 1/18/95 meeting.) ADD TO$ D-7, Sistoric District Board - Letter of resignation from Board Menber Arness and membership applications on file. ADD TO$ R-5, Diseussion - The Challenger Center. Add article from High Power Rocketry magazine entitled, Alaska Space Academy, Rocketry .in the "Last-Frontier.0 ADD TO$ 1-2, City Manager's Report - Report on the.Kenai Peninsula Borough EDD's Annual meeting of January 26, 1995.� ADD 181 Information Iten No. 14 - 1 / 31 / 9 5 N . Bergt letter regarding MarkAir financial update. KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES February 1, 1995 Page 2 XOTIONI Councilman Smalley MOVED for approval. of the amended agenda and requested MMUMOUB coxo=T. There ,were no objections. so oRDn tXD. -s. Mayor Williams stated he had received a call from a representative of the Our Lady of Angels Church. The person informed Williams information was inadvertently omitted from their 1995 Gashes of Chance and Contests of Skill application. Williams requested to add $3,000 to box 6A and check the first box on 6B of the application. NOTIONS Councilman Smalley MOVED for approval of the amended consent agenda and Councilman Bookey 63CONDED the motion. There were no objections. 8O ORD=1W* A�prG®Oatative - Kenai Bible Church/Possible Land Trade/Purchase. Item removed from the agenda. TheeChurch► will speak to Council at a later date when they have more property appraisal information available. e-Z• A8962bly President Scalzi and Assemblywoman Betty Glick Kenai Peninsula Borough overlay District ordinance.. Dotty Glick - Glick introduced Kenai Peninsula Assembly President Drew Scalzi and stated he wanted to speak to Council regarding the new draft of the overlay district ordinance. Glick added the request for speaking to Council was 'yin the works" prior to Mayor Williams latest letter to the Assembly. opposing the overlay ordinance. At that time, the Mayors letter had not yet been discussed by the Assembly as a whole. It will.be discussed at the February 9 meeting. Dr" 8aalsi - Scalzi began by stating he believed there was a misunderstanding (by,Councfl) of what the Assembly was doing with the ordinance. When the ordinance was introduced, he issued a ' � •. 1. .. � � .. .. � � ' KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES February 1, 1995 Page 3 memorandum stating what he wanted to do with the ordinance. At the end of the memorandum, it stated if the ordinance was passed a special committee would be set to be made up of members of the Borough Planning Commission, the Borough Planning Department, and different regulatory groups. The memorandum mistakenly left out the inclusion of representatives from the municipalities who would also be part of the committee. They were trying to accomplish two stages for the ordinance, the first was the drafting of the ordinance by the Assembly, with suggestions, etc. from affected groups and governments. Scalzi stated he believed the misunderstanding occurred after that. The municipalities were asked to submit written and oral testimony of what they liked and disliked about the ordinance. The City of Soldotna has made recommendations to that end. The City of Kenai has requested to be excluded from the overlay district. The ordinance is being modified at this time. The Assembly would still like to know what the City likes and does not like about the ordinance. Scalzi explained this is not a concession to exclude the City from the district. Scalzi referred to the Mayor's last letter where he aid the Assembly first explained the ordinance would be a shell however, the ordinance is now being writing with regulations included. It is a still a two -stage project. They will be leaving the regulations up to the Planning Commission and Department. A committee will be putting out the regulations. The regulations will be the "nuts and bolts" of the ordinance. Scalzi encouraged the City to participate and hoped they would also follow the work of the Assembly on the ordinance. Councilwoman Swarner thanked Scalzi for coming to the City's meeting. Swarner asked for a definition of "routine maintenance" as discussed on page 4 of the ordinance. Scalzi stated it would be lawn cutting, etc. If a clarification is needed, it will be put in the regulations. Councilwoman Monfor referred to the information added to the agenda from the City's Planning Department. The information was a listing of all the steps that were needed by Mack and Carol Padgett to receive a vacation of easement on this property. The Borough approved it right away. The City did not due to its desire to be sure that the River was protected. Monfor added this is why the City does not want to become a part of the ordinance as it already has regulations included in its code that, work. KENAI CITY February 1, Page 4 COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES 1995 Williams explained there has been a lot of discussion that the City does not protect the River, etc. The Padgett request went through 15 separate meetings before the vacation of the easement was granted. This indicates the City is careful with approval of permits. Those projects for which the City applied to develop portions of the river were well thought out and planned and they projects the City completed were approved by all the regulatory groups involved. The City has always been interested in what is going on with the River. Scalzi stated he believed the Padgett permitting was a good example of what they hope to accomplish with the ordinance. This would be to simplify the manner in which permits are received: Like one -stop shopping. Scalzi added the Assembly was not saying anything adverse about the City of Kenai. Smalley stated the Kenai Planning & Zoning Commission, as a continuing effort of the Commission, will be reviewing the City's zoning ordinances, etc. Williams referred to a letter Council received from Mr. Knackstedt in which the ordinance was gone through paragraph by paragraph and remarks and questions were listed in regard to the regulations included in the ordinance. There were 26 rules prohibiting use, 23 permitted items, and eight items not needing permits. Williams stated he could not recall reading an ordinance that was drafted at such length to delineate so many different items. The ordinance is no longer a shell. The ordinance states that a person can be fined up to $1,000 per - violation per day, etc. Williams asked if there has been a fiscal note showing the cost to the Borough to police the ordinance. If litigation occurs from violations of the ordinance, it may be very expensive. How does the Borough propose to pay for the litigation if the Borough is already against the tax cap? Will they ask to have the tax cap raised? Williams also reminded the Assembly members present that the zoning powers were given to the City from the Borough some years past. It would look bad if the Borough would take the powers back. It is also a concern of Council for the Borough to impose this ordinance on the City when it feels it is doing an adequate Job already. • • KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES February 1, 1995 Page 5 Scalzi stated Williams' comments about the restrictions and questions of funding were an excellent start for bettering the ordinance. He did not believe the Assembly would issue an ordinance without knowing the fiscal note. Williams questioned the 01200 ft." limit for wastewater treatment plants and asked if the City of Soldotna would meet that requirement. Scalzi stated they intend to grandfather existing developments. Williams handed a copy of the Knackstedt letter to Glick and Scalzi, along with a copy of the memorandum regarding the Padgett easement vacation. Betty Glick - Encouraged the City's participation in development of the ordinance. Glick added, for the record, that she'was aware City Engineer Jack La Shot has attended work sessions, etc. Also other members of the Planning Commission and Council. Glick asked for Council to attend meetings and keep abreast of the development of the ordinance. Please make comments. Glick reported the next Assembly meeting will be held on February 7. At their last meeting, the Assembly started to work through the ordinance. The original 600 ft. included in the ordinance has now been set at 400 ft. and could possibly be go smaller. Glick stated she hoped the City would keep the line of communication open. Williams referred to a Daly News article which informed the public fishing would be halted in the Susitna River, etc. The article instructed people wanting to fish to fish the Kenai River. The people are encouraged to come to the Kenai and that will enhance the economic growth. Williams added it is the users of the River who are ruining the river, along with Mother Nature.. Glick reported a meeting will be held on the overlay ordinance on Monday, February 6 at 7:00 p.m. at the Borough Building. The Assembly will have their next regular meeting on February 7. C-1. Ordinance No. 162S-95 - Amending KMC 7.15.030 and 7.15.080(a) to Increase the Level at Which the City Administration Can Make Purchases Without Specific Council Approval From $1,000 to $2,500. KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES February 1, 1995 Page 6 MOTION: Councilman Measles MOVED for adoption of Ordinance.No. 1625-95 and Councilman Smalley sECONDED the motion. There were no public comments. Williams explained to those in the audience that years ago the City found.itself in debt. The Council took over the entire expenditure of money and put limits on purchases. About ten years ago, Council set a limit, at which time the Council would need to approve the expenditures, at $1,0much a. With Raisinhe g of theilimitiwillgallow$purchasing000 nto run as much anymore. g more efficiently. There were no council comments. VOTE: Monfor: Yes Measles: Yes Bannock: Yes Smalley: Yes Williams: Yes Bookey:, Yes Swarner: Yes LOTION PABSED UNANIMOUSLY. C-2 . 1905 dames of chance and Contests of shill Serait Application - Our Lady of'the Angels Church.. Approved by consent agenda. C-3. 1995 dames of chance and Contests of skill Permit Application - Kenai Arts & Humanities Council. Approved by consent agenda. C-4. 1995 Liquor License ke 6val Application - Pizza Paradisos - Beverage Dispensary. Approved by consent agenda. �oM�teear�x«M�=�Ts�_ Napo �8 D-i. Council on Aging KENAI CITY February 1, Page 7 COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES 1995 Breeden was present in the audience if Council had any questions.. Breeden reported the Council unanimously approved the removal of persons on the waiting list for.Vintage Pointe if they had.not notified Director Porter they wished to remain on the list. D-a a Airport Commission Councilman Measles reported the Commission will meet next on February 9, 1995. D-3. Rarbor Commission Councilman Bookey reported the Commission will meet next on Monday, February 6. D-4. Library Commission Councilwoman Monfor reported the Library's February calendar was distributed to Council at the beginning of the meeting. The next monthly meeting will be Tuesday, February 7 at 7:30 in -the Library conference room. parks i Recreation Commission Councilman Bannock reported the next scheduled meeting date is February 2, 1995. Planning ` Soning Commission Councilman Smalley reported the minutes from the last two meetings were included in the packet. Smalley reviewed actions taken by the Commission at their January 25, 1995 meeting: a. Thompson Park Rezone. -'Comments, -had been taken for several meetings in regard to'a possible rezone. Most comments were that property owners wished to keep large lots and did not want multiple housing allowed. -PAZ defeated the resolution. Zoning will remain as RR in that area. RS-1 was discussed because it requires large lot sizes, however the Commission did not change the zone due to.property owners' comments. Smalley added he believed the RR zone_aliowed four-plexee. b. The next regular meeting of the Commission"Vill meetinn the library conference room due to the Special Council Meeting being held in the Chambers. KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES February 1, 1995 Page 8 c. Commissioners Glick, Bryson and Walker will work with the Council in regard to the Borough's overlay ordinance. They would like to be kept informed, i.e. anything Council does will go to them. D-7. Miscellaneous Commissions and Committees a. Historic District Board - Councilman Bannock reported he attend the last meeting of the Board. Bannock reported: 1. Bill Toppa agreed to be the Planning & Zoning Commission ad hoc member to the HDB. 2. The Board discussed the placing the Daubenspeck property into the Historic District Zone as it is the site of the original village, Ski'tuk. The Board would like to develop that area as an interpretative site. Rose Ann Murphy, a Board member, was in the audience. Murphy added Board Member Boraas has volunteered to develop the interpretative site, making signs, etc. to explain the area for people visiting the area. Williams asked if the Board talked about surveying the property or archeological digs in that area as the property has been discussed for future development, i.e. a convention center. Williams suggested it may be a good idea to investigate the property more fully for future development. Smalley suggested the Board, after their investigation, bring the information forward to the Planning & Zoning Commission, Councilman Smalley asked if the Board was asking to rezone all of the Daubenspeck property or just the corner. Bannock stated he did not know, but he will bring the information back to the Planning & Zoning Commission. 3. Councilman Bannock stated he would attend the next two meetings of the Beard as Councilman Bookey will be out of the area. Return to D-Gs planning i Zoning Commission: Smalley referred to the memorandum included in the packet requesting Council's permission for P&Z Commission member Teresa Werner-Quade to attend a P&Z seminar in Anchorage. Williams stated he believed at least one of the Commissioners should attend. Smalley suggested City Engineer La Shot may also want -to attend. isClerk Freas stated t • he memorandum discussed using Legislative funds for the travel because the P&Z Commission no longer had KENAI CITY February 1, Page 9 COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES 1995 funding available to pay for the travel. If allowed, the funds would be transferred from the Legislative account to Planning & Zoning. MOTIONs Councilman Smalley MOVED to take funds out of the Legislative accounts and take care of the expenses.to send Teresa Werner- Quade to the conference. Councilman Bookey BECONDED the motion. Councilman Measles objected to the motion. Williams asked if there were other objections. Williams noted there were none. Williams declared MOTION PA88$D. Return to D-7, Nistoria Dietriot Boards Williams noted the letter of resignation from Board Member Arness which was added to the agenda at the beginning of the meeting. to Council reviewed applications on file which were attached to the letter of resignation. Williams noted the chair opened with the resignation of Arness was an "out-of-town" seat. Williams recommended the placement of James Malanaphy to the Board, taking the out-of-town seat. There were no objections from Council. Williams recommended Kim Booth to fill the Board seat made available from the movement of Karen Mahurin to the Planning & Zoning Commission. There were no objections from Council, BREAK TAKENs 8200 p.m. RETURN TO ORDER: 8s10 p,z, Regular Meeting of January Is, 1995. Approved by consent agenda. None. C� • E KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES February 1, 1995 Page 10 None. Hills 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. Purchase orders Exceeding $1,000 MOTION: Councilman Smalley MOVBD for approval of the purchase orders exceeding $1,000 and Councilman Bookey SECONDED the :notion. Councilman Smalley questioned the purchase orders to the different appraisers. Administrative Assistant Howard explained the Alaska Certified Appraisal is for the lease.renegotiation of the Dairy Queen, i.e. commercial building, including furniture and fixtures. Peninsula Appraisal Group, Inc. is for the.property to be - used -for the assisted living facility. The appraisal is for the lease application. It is Airport Land and required by FAA. There will be more detail than raw property. Alaska valuation Services, Inc. document will include appraisals for 12 lots up for renegotiation. Howard added she received additional quotes and these were the best. vows: There were no objections to the motion. 80 ORDERED. $-3. Ordinance No. 1627-95 - Increasing.Estimated Revisnues and Appropriations by $270 in the Council on Aging Title III Wund. Approved by consent agenda. KENAI CITY February 1, Page 11 COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES 1995 8-4. DisousBLOR - Kenai Tidelands/Shore Fishery Leases, Councilwoman Monfor recommended, with consensus of Council, to make changes to the code in regard to the shore fishery leases. Monfor reported the State charges $300 for a shore fishery lease. She suggested the Council adjust the cost of the leases in the City to the same cost of the State and ascend KMC 11.20.130. Monfor added it is very difficult to appraise the value of a shore fishery lease: A shore fishery lease is used only eight weeks out of the year and because of subsistence fishing, there are certain days subsistence fishermen can use the site and the lessee cannot; the appraised value fluctuates with the market value of the fish or whether there are fish in the Inlet. Monfor stated she felt it was a fair assessment to charge the same as the State for the leases and if the Code is cleaned up, there wouldn't be problems. Councilman Smalley stated he concurred with Monfor's assessment. Smalley asked how long it would take to amend the Code. Attorney Graves answered he could have an ordinance introduced at the next meeting and approval could be at the following meeting if Council agreed this is what they want. NOTIONS Councilwoman Monfor MOVED to raise the shore fishery lease rate to_$300 and not do appraisals on them. Councilman Smalley BECONDBD the motion. Williams referred to the request to extend the boundaries of the leases to the city limits. Williams suggested they make it possible for the holder of the lease to have a survey made. After the survey is completed, it should be brought to Council for review and possible amendment of the lease to include the new portion. Extending the boundaries would eliminate the possibility of someone Coming in from the west side and encroaching on City lands without payment for the use of the land to the City. Smalley asked if any fishermen have an actual survey of their shore fishery leases. Frank Canady answered he would speak for himself and the leases around his as they were relatives. Canady stated extension of the leases was not a big concern. The sites • • • KENAI CITY February 1, Page 12 COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES 1995 leased outside are State leases and there is not room in any of them to put a net between. There are certain times of the year. when drifters try to set their nets, however. Candy continued, what Monfor stated was his exact feeling. He spoke with the others he was representing and they feel this would be fair and equitable for them. Canady added if the State raises their lease rate, the City should also. Williams added if Canady (and others) want to have their leases extended to the city limits, they will have their sites surveyed at their cost. Canady stated yes. Vegas There were no objections to the motion. 80 ORDERED. 8-5. Discussion - The Challenger Center. Williams referred to the Alaska Space Rocketry article which was distributed at the beginning of the meeting. Williame.gave.an update of his discussions in Juneau with legislators in regard to the placement of a Center in Kenai. At some time in the future, Council will have to decide whether to go ahead with such a project. At this time it looks like there will be a $21 million grant.to the Alaska Aerospace Development Corporation.. From that grant, $1 million would be granted back to furnish the facility with the equipment. Many of the legislators had ideas of -how to fund the project without going into the legislative budget. Councilman Bookey reported he and Mayor Williams discussed the project with a number of legislators, including Senator Zharoff. They received no negative feedback. They all want the City .to continue with the planning. Bookey added it is too early to tell what the outcome will be, but he feels it is a very viable . project to work toward. There have not been any negative aspects addressed yet. Williams added there is always the possibility that no funding will be available, etc. They will need a non-profit organisation to run the facility. There will be lots of planning.to set up, the project. If it is possible to go ahead with the building of the Center, it will be a worthwhile project. With Internet, Williams envisioned the connection of the 38 schools in the Kenai Peninsula Borough, as well as other schools throughout the state with the ability to use the facility for.interactive learning.. 0 KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES February 1, 1995 Page 13 Williams requested approval from Council to hold a reception in Juneau on March 28. Williams reported the cost of the reception would be divided between the boroughs of Kodiak, Kenai Peninsula and Fairbanks North Star and the cities of Kenai, Fairbanks and Kodiak. The cost of the reception would be approximately $2,400 (to be divided). The reception would be to present legislators, etc. with information about the Center. Williams planned to show videos about the Center and the City of Kenai during the reception. Williams requested permission to spend approximately $500 (the City's share) on the reception. Swarner stated she thought it important that other city council members, Administration personnel, etc. attend the reception if possible. Williams noted that Councilwoman Swarner (a member of the AML Legislative Committee), Councilman Bookey (a member of the AML Board of Directors) and he will be in Juneau during that week to attend AML and Alaska Conference of Mayors meetings. City Manager. Manninen will also be in Juneau as a member of the AML Legislative Committee. Williams added if other councilmembers wished to attend, they should inform the Clerk. Williams also reported he would have two Challenger Center tapes duplicated to send to legislators and other interested parties. Cost for duplicating the tapes would be approximately $900. There were no objections from Council for either the duplicating costs of the tapes or the cost for the reception. B-6. Discussion - OSHA Safety Inspection Update. Kornelis referred to the memorandum included in the packet which listed problem areas found by the OSHA inspector. Kornelis stated most of the problems listed have been corrected. The remaining problems will be taken care of very shortly. Some of the higher -cost problems will require council approval of funding transfers, purchase orders over $1,000, etc. Kornelis stated the memorandum was mostly for Council's information. Bookey referred to the second violation listed which stated there was no site -specific safety plan in every department. Bookey stated safety plans have been discussed for about eight -to ten months. He was surprised the City would go into a voluntary inspection without having the safety plans in place. Kornelis stated there is an overall safety plan in place. What OSHA was referring to was a sub -part of it that says certain areas have • KENAI CITY February 1, Page 14 COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES 1995 certain problems. Bookey stated he had mentioned that about four months ago and asked to make sure it was site specific and they were being prepared. If the inspection had not been voluntary,' the City could have some problems. He was surprised by some of the violations, like the frayed cord, etci which should have been corrected long before this inspection. Bookey.stated. he would like to know where the City went wrong. Kornelis stated he had no comment other than that is why he requested a voluntary inspection be made. It was OSHA's opinion that the City did very well. He did not know where the amounts came from which the Engineering Technician had in the memorandum. Kornelis stated he thought the violations found were relatively minor in comparison to some of the larger items that have been cited in larger facilities. City Manager Manninen stated the value Hof violations) noted in the memorandum, was the maximum potential fines.if everything. applied to the OSHA authority. Because this was a voluntary inspection, no payment in fines would have to be paid to OSHA at this time. The reason he did the cover memorandum, was because the four items listed on it would cost more.than.$1,000 to correct and would need Council approval for the purchases of materials, etc. to make the corrections. Manninen added he did not agree with Kornelis. Those items on his memorandum would . require some kind of action from the Council basically because the OSHA inspector told them the items would need to be corrected within 30 days of their written report of the inspection. To show good faith, Manninen asked Council to consider authorizing spending up to the amounts listed if necessary, to correct the four major items. As was discussed in the staff meeting, the department heads will be correcting all the minor items, i.e. frayed electrical cords, GFI's, etc. Those costs for corrections would come from those departments' operating budgets. Manninen added Administration shared Council's concerns and in order to move ahead and correct the problems, .sometimes it's good to have a third party to come and do an inspection. MOTION: Councilman Smalley MOVBD to make the necessary or take the necessary steps to rectify the problems, because even if.they would come to that figure, $17,105 is a:lot better than $406,000. Also, the money be appropriated from the.different areas of the KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES February 1, 1995 Page 15 budget document, or wherever it can be found, to repair these problems to meet the inspection standards. Councilwoman Monfor BECONDED the motion. Williams stated the motion, as henderstood it, was for uppropriate Administration to move quickly to the necessary funding to take care of the matters. Manninen added he would like the Council to appropriate funds to do the four large items so that staff can go forward in correcting the problems. Williams stated he believed Councilman Smalley wanted Administration to bring the appropriate documentation forward to the next regular meeting for action. Smalley concurred. Kornelis stated the four items listed on Manninen's memorandum and a good portion of the other violations listed are items that have been in existence long before the last OSHA inspection. About three or four years ago, there were two OSHA compliance inspections made. The City complied with every item that was listed by those OSHA inspections. Their intention is to make all of the corrections, but he wanted to point out that a lot of the' items listed are the same as those in the past. Williams questioned Planning & Zoning Commissioner Carl Glick who was in the audience. Williams asked how many violations were found on the pipeline. Glick answered thousands. Smalley stated that his assumption was that when the outlets (on the list of violations) were installed, they were to Code. Perhaps changes have happened over the years and the outlets had not been modified. Smalley asked if the outlets were faulty. Kornelis stated that a lot depends on the interpretation of each inspector. They plan on complying with the strictest interpretation. Kornelis reminded Council this was a voluntary inspection. Manninen added the inspector did find some minor items that will be corrected. These items will be easier to correct than some of the more expensive ones. Manninen reported the inspector did check all the space heaters in City Hall to make sure they had automatic shut -offs. Those without an automatic shut-off were removed and replaced with new ones with automatic shut -offs. • • KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES February 1, 1995 Page 16 t-1. Mayor a. Alaska on Location - Williams reported he was interviewed, along with Jim & Nedra Evenson, Clare swan, Emil Dolchok and Laura Measles at the Kenai Visitors and Cultural Center on Saturday morning. Alaska on Location is a new program from KIMO, Channel 13. The videoed report will air on Channel 13 on February 11 at 5:00 p.m. and on RATNET on February 15 at 7:30 p.m. b. Alaska Economic Trends - Williams discussed information included in the Alaska Economic Trends booklet regarding employment and economics since 1987. The issue is mostly about the Kenai Peninsula. He ordered 50 copies of the book to mail out with the City video and other informational material. c. OB20/Alaska Municipal Basic services Program - Williams noted a copy of the bill was included in the packet. Willi added he was discouraged when, during the Governor's message, that the Municipal Assistance and Revenue Sharing will be decreased. Williams invited comments from Assemblywoman Glick. Glick reported there was a long discussion in regard to the bill during the AML Legislative Committee meetings in Juneau. There was a hold harmless clause in the draft with fees in the AML draft. The figures looked pretty good except for the Kenai Peninsula and the City of Kenai, took hits. There have been a number of drafts of the bill and it continues to be amended. The Legislature will continue to look at a single distribution program which will phased in over a short period of time. Senator Torgerson has guaranteed the next draft of the bill will include a phase -in period. There will be hearings on the bill February 22 and 23. 1-2• City Manager a. BB20/Alaska Municipal Basic services Program - Manninen referred to the AMBS and stated the discussions on the hold harmless would have protected the City from any future losses. That's not in but, after reading the information brought back from Juneau, there is a 2% cap on the cuts which would amount to, getting it down to dollars for Kenai, would be less than $15,000, • KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES February i, 1995 Page 17 If the cut is capped at 2%, it would be less than $15,000. This may last up to the turn of the century for the City at that rate, but that is not known. b. EDD Annual Meeting - Manninen referred to his memorandum added at the beginning of the meeting. The significant things that happened are mentioned in the memorandum. One of the items is the Kenai Foundation received its 501(c)(3) tax exempt status which could be significant event if that is needed. At one time, they felt it would be needed for the possible donation of property which did not come forth. The tax exempt status took almost a year to receive and is significant for the future. Manninen added the Council wanted the EDD kept in Kenai. It will be here through the expiration of their lease. The Board voted to pursue an EDA grant application for a business incubator. Assemblyman Tim Navarre will be heading the business incubator i session which will be held on February 13 at City Hall. Navarre is the head of the incubator subcommittee. The EDA grant would provide $1 million to purchase a building. Equipment of their operating needs from the EDA to the public works funds. Any local funds will come through grants, loans and/or municipality - involvement. This window of opportunity was created because -of somebody not fulfilling their final application. EDD will have this opportunity through September 30 to complete the application. They are looking to purchase a portion of the Carr's building for that. c. ARDOR Meeting - Manninen reported an ARDOR meeting will be held in Juneau on February 15, 16 and 17. He was just informed that the meetings will on the 16th and 17th. He volunteered to go to the meeting as a representative of the EDD Board. Manninen added he planned on attending unless the Council had an objection. The 16th and 17th would be dedicated to ARDOR meetings. The 15th would be available for lobbying. Manninen stated he would leave it up to the Council if they wanted him to attend because the 15th is the next regular council meeting. d. EDD Retreat - Manninen reported the EDD will be holding a retreat on March 3 and 4 to decide what direction the board will be going to next year. Manninen asked Council if they had any direction for hin to take • back to the EDD Board. If they had direction, he would like to know of it just prior to the retreat. • 0 KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES February 1, 1995 Page 18 Williams recommended the Council send Manninen to Juneau. There were no objections from Council. e. Kenai Fuel services, Inc. - Manninen referred to a letter included in the packet regarding problems with Kenai Fuel Services. f. Lake Clark Interpretative Center - Manninen reported he and Mayor Williams met with Frank Fiala to discuss the Lake Clark Interpretative Center. Fiala seems to feel there is an increased urgency for the development of the Center. He and Williams plan to meet with him again in mid March. He assured Fiala that if something urgent comes up, to talk to them. Manninen also asked that Vice Mayor Measles or another member of the Council attend the meeting if Mayor Williams was not available. I-3• Attorney No report. I-4. City Clerk No report. I-5• Finance Director No report. I-6. No report. I-7. No report. J-1. None. public Works Director Airport Manager Citizens 42, s • KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES February 1. 1995 Page 19 J-a• Counoii Boo"p - Reported the City needed to be repaired or replaced, lag at the Visitors Center swarner - Restated the importance of having and was disappointed one was not in a safet Requested that adequate training be place at this time. y plan safety person is. g provided to whoever the Swarner added she was concerned whether t the persons maintaining the fire trucks raining was provided for also requested interested members of the graders, etc. Swarner the City departments on a SaturdayCouncil take a tour of she believed it would be helpful tor evening. going on in the different departments, p up-to-date withShe tidied Swarner reported she would be attendin Committee meeting in February, g the AML Legislative City Manager Manninen reported he signed week for an employee to attend a traininga purchase order last was taken from contingency because there a®minar' The funding the Departments budget, not enough money in Swarner reported she was glad the snow a being used. She received man g tes were in and citizenry. y positive comments from the Kornelis explained their maintenance personnel attend training for the different e mare re the departments. � p ant mired to Mechanics have been sent to schools for used in coveredinthe ongoing training is also safety plan, but it is a available. This is not City does have a safety plan which is s part of it. Also, the OSHA is asking for individual which buildingsite specific for the Cit . specificity on individual buildings. heans' They want more y reviewed the safety plan. Department heads have Monfor - Monfor reported she attended the Coalition Meeting held at the Borough and Municipal Seward. The meeting was non- hosted by.the City of gathering of representatives groin ca municipalitiesnature, Peninsula.ton the Monfor addedshefeltuaBed common goals of the commun' Meetings. representative should attend alleshe g If a councilmember was not available, she suggested KENAI CITY February 1, Page 20 COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES 1995 the City Clerk attend. Moafalso stated useshe ofinvited 8icen Bicentennial to hold a meeting in Kenai an suggested Building. She was asked about and discussed the hotel/motel tax. Bannock - Bannock reported he had received positive comments in regard to the snow gates and felt it was the best $12,000 the City has spent. gmalley - Smalley reported he received a number of calls complimenting the street maintenance and the use of the snow gates. Smalley added he suggested the callers telephone Public Works and pass on their compliments or tell the drivers. Smalley also reported the scheduled leadership conference information was forwarded to a counselor at KCHS. He also informed the counselor thatliheinvolved in the leadership atleast the 16 years of age, someone actually school and must attend both conferences. Smalley suggested the istudent be required to give a written report of he/she learned as well. Smalley also reported Officer Kornfiofficersvisited workingschool theand gave a wonderful presentation about schools. Smalley added he believed Kornfield will be much in demand to be more involved. it was a very positive program. Williams - Williams referred Council to review Information Item No. 5 which was a letter from DCRA giving data elements for the PY96 Municipal Revenue Sharing. Williams reported he would be but -of -town from February 12-28, 1995. vice Mayor Measles will handle the February 15 meeting. Williams also reported (in response to the newspaper article in the Peninsula Clarion regarding the Kenai Animal Shelter) he had conversations in Juneau regarding the Kenai Animal Shelter. There may be a possibility to build a new facility if funding can be received from Juneau and the City of Kenai. Williams reminded Council of the special meeting scheduled for February 8 to discuss the proposed ambulance fee. Smalley stated he supported the comments on the Animal Shelter and suggested to assist Council and others to understand the needs at the Shelter, councilmembers or other department employees could spend time at the Shelter. • KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES February 1, 1995 Page 21 Smalley requested the evaluations of the City Clerk Attorney and City Manager be scheduled. After a short City discussion, the evaluations were scheduleort d for the council meeting. Councilman Bo okey stated h March 15, 1995 attendance at that meeting, but he did not mindoifd not be in ahead with the evaluations without him. Council went �_ ._ fix. 1 • �1• The meeting adjourned at approximately 9:29 p.m. Minutes were transcr Fread, and submitted by: appRovED By couNca 02 i5 -C�4 Dam CLERK