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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1995-07-05 Council MinutesAGENDA KENAI CITY COUNCIL - REGULAR MEETING JULY 5, 1995 7:00 P.M. KENAI CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT HEARING - APPEAL OF DE WAYNE J. BENTON A. CALL TO ORDER 1. Pledge of Allegiance 2. Roll Call 3. Agenda Approval 4. Consent Agenda *All items listed with an asterisk (*) are considered to be routine and non -controversial by the Council and will be approved by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a Council Member so requests, in which case the item will be removed from the Consent Agenda and considered in its normal sequence on the agenda as part of the General Orders. B. SCHEDULED PUBLIC COMMENT (10 Minutes) 1. Henry Novak - CICADA - Local Funding for Substance Abuse Treatment. 2. Lori Langstrom & Marian Nelson - Kenai River Festival Update. C. PUBLIC HEARINGS 1. Ordinance No. 1654-95 - Increasing Estimated Revenues and Appropriations by $2,500 in the General Fund as a Result of a Donation from ARCO.. 2. Resolution No. 95-38 - Awarding a Contract for the Construction of a New Well for the Total Amount of $114,500.00 to Kraxberger Drilling, Inc. *Liquor License Transfer - The Upper Deck - Beverage Dispensary/Tourism - From Louies & Terries, Inc. to Corey, Inc. (same location). D. COMMISSION/COMMITTEE REPORTS 1. Council on Aging 2. Airport Commission 3. Harbor Commission -1- 4. Library Commission 5. Parks & Recreation Commission 6. Planning & Zoning Commission 7. Miscellaneous Commissions and Committees E. MINUTES 1. *Regular Meeting of June 21, 1995. F. G. OLD BUSINESS H. NEW BUSINESS 1. Bills to be Paid, Bills to be Ratified 2. Purchase Orders Exceeding $2,500 3. *Ordinance No. 1655-95 - Authorizing the Appropriation of $76,000 in the Boating Facility Enterprise Fund for a Dock Access Ramp. 4. Discussion - Purchase of Property for Proposed Heritage Park. EXECUTIVE SESSION I. ADMINISTRATION REPORTS 1. Mayor 2. City Manager 3. Attorney 4. City Clerk 5. Finance Director 6. Public Works Director 7. Airport Manager J. DISCUSSION 1. Citizens (five minutes) 2. Council R. -2- KENAI CITY COUNCIL - REGULAR MEETING JULY 5, 1995 7:00 P.M. KENAI CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS VICE MAYOR RAYMOND MEASLES' PRESIDING MAYOR JOHN J. WILLIAMS, PRESIDING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT HEARING - APPEAL OF DE WAYNE J. BENTON ITEM A: CALL TO ORDER Vice Mayor Measles called the meeting to order at approximately 7:10 p.m. in the Council Chambers in the Kenai City Hall Building. A-1. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Vice Mayor Measles led those assembled in the Pledge of Allegiance. A-2. ROLL CALL Roll was taken by the City Clerk. Present were: Bookey, Swarner, Monfor, Measles and Bannock. Absent was Smalley and Williams*. Note: Williams arrived at approximately 7:24 p.m. and the gavel was passed to him for the remainder of the meeting. A-5. AGENDA APPROVAL Vice Mayor Measles requested the following changes to the agenda: ADD AS: B-3, Persons Scheduled to be Heard - Randy Chalawsky/Filmmaking ADD TO: H-2, Purchase Orders Over $2,500 - Asphalt Marking Services - $3,834.00 ADD TO: I-1, City Manager's Report - 6/30/95 M memorandum regarding possible sale of Kenai River property to the Exxon Valdez Trustee Council. There were no further changes to the regular agenda. Vice Mayor Measles declared the agenda to stand approved as amended. KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES JULY 5, 1995 PAGE 2 A-6. CONSENT AGENDA Vice Mayor Measles noted there were no changes to the consent agenda. Council had no further changes. Vice Mayor Measles declared the consent agenda to stand approved as presented. ITEM B: SCHEDULED PUBLIC COMMENT B-1. Henry Novak - CICADA — Local Funding for Substance Abuse Treatment. Henry Novak - 215 Phillips Way, Kenai. Novak introduced himself as the new director of Cook Inlet Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse (CICADA) and gave some background about this non-profit organization. Novak referred to his letter which was included in the packet. Novak explained their state funding had been cut severely and it was suggested by the State that organizations such as theirs approach local governments for financial support. CICADA has been working in the schools to evaluate substance abuse, etc. and many other programs. Because of the funding cuts, they will have to decide what programs they can continue and which will have to be discontinued. They received approximately $2,300 in revenue sharing last year. Novak requested local government support in order to continue providing CICADA programs to the community. Councilwoman Swarner asked Finance Director Brown if the funding Novak spoke of from the City was a pass -through grant. Brown stated yes, the funding is not directly from tax dollars. No action taken. B-2. Lori Langstrom & Marion Nelson - Kenai River Festival Update. Lori Langstrom - P.O. Box 1343, Soldotna; Marion Nelson - P.O. Box 3612, Kenai. Langstrom thanked the Council for their support which helped in the success of the Kenai River Festival which was held at the Leif Hanson Memorial Park in June. Support included financial, KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES JULY 5, 1995 PAGE 3 as well as the use of the park, electricity, port -a -potties, and traffic cones. Langstrom distributed photographs from the Festival for Council to review. Langstrom added there were 12 arts and crafts booths; 14 agency and organizational information booths; two food booths; eight musical groups; and a very popular puppet show booth. There was an increase in participation from other years. They look forward to working with the Council for the 1996 Festival. B-3. Randy Chalawsky - Filmmaking Randy Chalawsky - HC2, Box 753, Soldotna. Chalawsky introduced himself as a 1990 graduate of Kenai Central High School and now a student at San Diego State University. He also works in freelance film production in San Diego. Chalawsky stated he is working on a film for next summer to document the Cook Inlet commercial salmon industry. Chalawsky referred to information distributed to Council at the beginning of the meeting. Chalawsky requested a resolution from Council in support of his efforts in depicting the salmon industry and history of Kenai. Services in the area will be used. The film will be madeand sold to public broadcasting stations for distribution and he hopes it will be picked up by a distributor and shown on television in the United States and throughout the world. Councilwoman Monfor stated she did not have a problem with a resolution in support of his efforts, however she asked if the film would be positive about the industry. Chalawsky answered it would definitely be positive. It will not be a travel log, but a story film of approximately 48 minutes for television and an hour and 20 minutes or longer for theatrical use. Vice Mayor asked if there was Council consensus to have a resolution brought forward in support of Chalawsky's efforts. Council agreed. Measles directed Administration to bring a resolution to council for their consideration. *7:24 p.m. -- Vice Mayor Measles requested an "at ease" as Mayor Williams had arrived and would continue with the meeting. KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES JULY 5, 1995 PAGE 4 Williams explained he made an appearance at the reception for the Governor and eight U.S. Senators in Kenai/Soldotna for the Kenai River Classic. ITEM C: PUBLIC HEARINGS C-1. Ordinance No. 1654-95 - Increasing Estimated Revenues and Appropriations by $2,500 in the General Fund as a Result of a Donation from ARCO. MOTION: Councilman Measles MOVED for adoption of Ordinance No. 1654-95 and Councilwoman Swarner SECONDED the motion. There were no public or council comments. VOTE: Smalley: Absent Williams: Yes Bookey: Yes Swarner: Yes Monfor: Yes Measles: Yes Bannock: Yes MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. C-2. Resolution No. 95-38 - Awarding a Contract for the Construction of a New Well for the Total Amount of $114,500.00 to Kraxberger Drilling, Inc. MOTION: Councilwoman Swarner MOVED for adoption of Resolution No. 95-38 and requested UNANIMOUS CONSENT. Councilwoman Monfor SECONDED the motion. There were no public comments. Mayor Williams reported he received several telephone calls from people in Thompson Park who recently hooked into the city water system. They were upset with the water quality. Williams asked if the well can be drilled and hooked into the new system as soon as possible. Kornelis distributed a work schedule for the project. Kornelis added they planned to do the design work over the winter. Completion of the project depends on the funding available. KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES JULY 5, 1995 PAGE 5 Williams stated it was his understanding there is sufficient funding to take care of the drilling of the well and the construction of the building in which to house it. Williams added, he was surprised the cost of the wellhouse was so much. Kornelis explained about the equipment which will be situated in the wellhouse and are included in the wellhouse costs. Kornelis added he is hoping the well will be a good production well. They will be working on that the rest of July and August and it could go into September until all the tests are completed. First they will be doing a water analysis, etc. They estimate a volume of 1600 gpm from the well. At this time, the well looks like it will meet the criteria of water quality. Kornelis reminded Council a production well is different than a test well. Williams noted from Kornelis' schedule that the well should be completed by late 1996 and the loops be added in 1997. Kornelis referred to the funding available. Also, Kornelis reminded Council OSHA has directed that a process safety management plan be put in place at the sewer treatment plant. Williams stated it is mandatory that the City get this project (well) on line, constructed and in service as soon as possible. Williams urged Administration to move with all haste to bring the new well on as soon as possible. Williams added ne was not talking about delays taking them into 1997. He wants to see the project completed sooner than that. Bannock asked how much of the money listed on Kornelis' schedule, would be needed for work other than the well development. Kornelis answered, $170,000. Funding now available is approximately $500,000 short, including the costs for the loops. Williams noted, the loop connection would not be done immediately. Williams requested Council to direct Administration to move ahead with design of the well and the SCADA system. The SCADA system could be run manually without the SCADA system which could be added later. Kornelis stated he felt the well system and SCADA system could be designed at the same time and will be ready for break-up. Move as rapidly as possible with the design of the system. Measles asked if there was a concern that the production test well may not turn out as good as they had hoped. Kornelis answered they have a little concern. A test was taken on the test well as to the volume of water. Increasing the size of KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES JULY 5, 1995 PAGE 6 pipe, theoretically there should be enough volume of water. They are comfortable with that. He is very concerned about the size of the screen. Measles asked if he had enough of a concern to not go ahead with the design of the wellhouse and SCADA system while the well is being drilled. Kornelis answered yes, the design work will be done in the winter and be ready in the spring. He doesn't think there will be a problem to start the design in August, after doing the production well and testing is done. Kornelis added the resolution before them will allow for the casing of the well, developing of the well and testing, etc. Kornelis added he did not think there would be an advantage to do the design in July because when the funding is available, the ground would be frozen. Design work will take a couple of months. Kornelis noted there was still a question about the land. Williams stated if the contract is let at this meeting, drilling could not or maybe the City would not want to proceed because the land has not been titled to the City. Manninen stated the City has permit from last year to drill the well. The yield study and quality work has been done. He is highly confident this will be a quality well. All the indications are it will be a good well, however there is no guarantee. Design work still needs to be done and put in a 12" casing. He recommends Council authorizing the placing of the 12" casing, based on the test information, etc. already received. They are requesting the resolution be approved in order to receive authorization to put the 12" casing in. Councilman Bookey asked about he progress of the transfer of the property. Bookey asked if there is any indication of trouble having the land transferred. Manninen explained the land has to be reclassified. The City wrote a letter in January to the Borough land management people and received no response. He had a conversation with the Borough Mayor in which he was told a reclassification needs to be done first before transfer. The reclassification would take the property from rural residential to government class. Then they would decide whether the City would have buy or swap for the land or the Borough donate it, etc. Bookey stated he wanted to see the well drilled, but didn't want to put $114,000 into the well and then find they have to buy the KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES JULY 5, 1995 PAGE 7 property. Williams stated he has had discussions with the Borough Mayor, indications are the City would not have to pay for the property. Williams asked if Administration clearly understands the Council's desire for action on the project. They don't want to drag their feet on the project. Kornelis stated he had planned on awarding the contract for the project right away (from this resolution). If council is concerned about the ownership of the property, perhaps they want to wait on it and stipulate not to award the contract until an indication of ownership is received. Swarner asked how long it would take until the Borough acts on the letter. Manninen stated it is a 60 to 90 day process. Swarner asked why he had not written sooner. Manninen stated the first letter was written in January. The files were checked and found no one has given anything but a permit to do anything but an exploratory well. There was no response and so wrote again. Williams stated he thought they should drill the well. He did not think the well would complicate getting title of the land. There is enough support for the clean water that the Borough fully understands the need for the project. Williams added it was up to Council as to how comfortable they feel about drilling the well. He had no problem in going ahead with the drilling of the well. He sees a 90-day delay as not acceptable, however, a 90-day delay wouldn't be a problem if the design won't be done until next year. Bannock asked if there was a time limit on the bid from the driller. Kornelis stated normally it is 65 days in the contract. However, he didn't put this contract together. He believes it includes a 65 day -period. Bookey stated he doesn't have a problem drilling the well. He believes title will be transferred. Bookey added he thought it a shame the transfer of title was not followed up by Administration sooner. If the transfer question had been followed up sooner, they wouldn't have the question now. Bannock stated the City could spend the $115,000, drill the well, and the project could still go bust whether the City owns the land or not. KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES JULY 5, 1995 PAGE 8 Williams directed Administration to proceed immediately to drill and test the new well to insure it is a good and quality well. VOTE: There were no objections. SO ORDERED. C-3. Liquor License Transfer - The Upper Deck - Beverage Dispensary/Tourism - From Louies & Terries, Inc. to Corey, Inc. (same location). Approved by consent agenda. ITEM D: COMMISSION/COMMITTEE REPORTS D-1. Council on Aging Councilwoman Swarner reported the minutes of the last meeting were included in the packet. She was not in attendance at that meeting. D-2. Airport Commission Councilman Measles reported there had not been a meeting since the last council meeting. The next scheduled meeting is for July 13, 1995. D-3. Harbor Commission Councilman Bookey reported the next meeting is scheduled for Monday, July 10, 1995. D-4. Library Commission Councilwoman Monfor reported no meeting was held on Tuesday as it was a holiday. Council approved the Commission rescheduling their next meeting to August 15. Monfor added, the minutes from the Commission's June meeting were included in the packet. D-5. Parks & Recreation Commission Councilman Bannock reported no meeting was held since the last council meeting. The Commission's next meeting is scheduled for Thursday, July 6. KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES JULY 5, 1995 PAGE 9 D-6. Planning & Zoning Commission No report. D-7. Miscellaneous Commissions and Committees Beautification Committee - Councilwoman Swarner reported the Committee's next meeting was scheduled for July 11. Swarner asked Council if they would consider changing the residence requirement for the Beautification Committee members. If Council concurred, she would ask that Attorney Graves make the necessary changes for the Code. Williams stated it has been the long-standing desire of Council that the boards, commissions and committees be represented by city residents. No change to the Code was requested. Historic District Board - Williams referred to the memorandum included in the packet from Administrative Assistant Loretta Harvey. Harvey stated her concern that lack of quorums are sometimes known prior to the meetings and in those cases, meetings have been canceled. Meeting quorums for the Historic District Board are complicated because of the membership requirements. Harvey referred to the council directive that changes in meeting dates, etc. must be pre -approved by council. Harvey requested additional direction regarding her concerns. Williams reviewed Harvey's concerns and suggested direction be given to the Clerk to make a determination (on Council's behalf) in a sufficient amount of time to advise members of boards, commissions and committees that meetings would be canceled if there is an awareness there won't be sufficient members to make a quorum. Williams requested comments from Clerk Freas. Freas stated she is aware of and understands the concerns discussed in the memorandum. Freas added, she understood Council's directions (at their 9/21/94 work session) as pretty specific -- meeting schedule changes must first be approved by council. This was to ensure a written record of who did come to the meeting and who didn't. Freas added she discussed the matter with City Attorney Graves. There are also concerns in regard to Open Meetings Act requirements. These are public meetings. A certain amount of notice must be given. Freas also explained that it has been KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES JULY 5, 1995 PAGE 10 policy for some time that City Hall staff does not call board, commission and committee members to remind them of meetings. The members are sent packets prior to meetings and because they are regularly scheduled, they are aware of what day they meet. Also, the contract secretary does not get paid if the meeting is canceled. Councilwoman Monfor suggested at board, committee and commission meetings, members are asked prior to the end of the meeting if members will be able to attend the next meeting. If not, there is ample opportunity to request council to reschedule the meeting. If members do not show for the meeting, it is out of their hands. The public needs to be notified. Freas stated the Planning & Zoning Commission doesn't normally have a problem with quorums. The chairperson called a few days prior to the meeting and stated he thought he may have to go to the Slope and was concerned there may not be a quorum. Freas added, another concern is that if the meeting is not called to order, no roll can be taken and an official determination of quorum cannot be made. Council concurred they wanted roll to be taken in order to know what members are attending meetings, etc. Williams noted Council wanted this procedure to continue, i.e. meet, take roll, if no quorum, note so in the minutes and close the meeting. There was no objection to the Historic District Board rescheduling their next meeting to July 11 at 7:00 p.m. Swarner stated her concern that there was a Beautification Committee meeting scheduled for that same evening. Freas stated staff was aware of that meeting. However, the Beautification Committee meetings start at 5:30 and have been lasting about one hour. Staff felt there would be enough time to hold both meetings, one after the other. Bookey stated he felt the Board would have better attendance if the time of the meeting would be set permanently to 7:00 p.m. Also, for consistency of all meetings, all should start at 7:00 p.m. (except Council on Aging). Williams suggested changing the time of the Board meeting should be addressed to the chairperson. Bookey explained it has and the chairperson does not wish to change the time. Bookey suggested Council could direct them to meet at 7:00 p.m. (no action was taken). KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES JULY 5, 1995 PAGE 11 Measles add, the Beautification Committee had problems with quorums and finding members because their.meetings were held in the afternoon. Now, with the meeting time changed to 5:30, they are more likely to have quorums and people to participate. Swarner noted the Council on Aging is the only other group that meets in the afternoon. Freas reported there are a number of members to boards, commissions and committees who are missing more meetings than Code allows (since the recent change, i.e. more than one-half of the meetings in a three consecutive month period). Freas suggested she would forward attendance information to council for their review. Freas was not sure what to do about that problem as there are not a lot of applicants on file and the advertisements for memberships have not procured much response. Kornelis stated that the agendas for the Harbor Commission request that members call and notify staff if they will not be attending the meeting. Kornelis asked if that should be removed from the agenda. Measles stated if enough notice is given, a request can be made of council to reschedule the meeting, otherwise the meeting should take place. If there is no quorum, go home. Meetings just cannot be canceled with no notice to the public. Williams noted the Historic District Board is needing two members. Applications which have been on file were included in the packet for review. Only one applicant is a city resident. The two Board positions are for city residents. Council concurred to continue searching for other applicants. No appointments were made to the Board. ITEM E: MINUTES E-1. Regular Meeting of June 21, 1995. Approved by consent agenda. ITEM F• None. KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES JULY 5, 1995 PAGE 12 ITEM G: OLD BUSINESS None. ITEM H: NEW BUSINESS H-1. Bills to be Paid, Bills to be Ratified MOTION: Councilman Measles MOVED for approval of the bills to be paid, bills to be ratified and Councilman Bookey SECONDED the motion. There were no objections. SO ORDERED. H-2. Purchase Orders Exceeding $2,500 MOTION: Councilman Measles MOVED for approval of the purchase orders exceeding $2,500 and Councilman Bookey SECONDED the motion. There were no objections. SO ORDERED. BREAK TAKEN: 8:09 P.M. BACK TO ORDER! 8*18 P.M. H-3. Ordinance No. 1655-95 - Authorizing the Appropriation of $76,000 in the Boating Facility Enterprise Fund for a Dock Access Ramp. Approved by consent agenda. H-4. Discussion - Purchase of Property for Proposed Heritage Park. Williams referred to the memorandum included in the packet which stated Mr. Harold R. Andersen has inquired as to whether the City has an interest to purchase his three lots in Old Town. The property is included in the area in which Council had discussed locating a Heritage Park in the future. Williams asked Council if they wanted to purchase the property. Williams added, Council had discussed the purchase or properties in that area and when property owners heard of their interest, prices for the properties increased. KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES JULY 5, 1995 PAGE 13 Williams suggesting offering $35,000. Bookey stated he knew Andersen would not accept that amount. Bookey added he was not interested at all at this time. He is not ready to move forward in regard to developing a Heritage Park. He brought forth the interest of the Bible Chapel to sell their property and nothing happened. There were more possibilities with that property. Bannock and Monfor stated their agreement. No action taken. EXECUTIVE SESSION I t TIT-M ITEM I: ADMINISTRATION REPORTS I-1. Mayor a. EDD Building Purchase - Williams referred to the 6/26/95 letter from EDD which was included in the packet. The letter discussed the EDD's reasons they prefer to purchase the ARCO building themselves and not have the City purchase the building. Williams asked Manninen if there was any further information on the matter. Manninen stated the Borouah would be discussing the matter at their July 11 meeting. Williams suggested EDD feels they will lose autonomy if the City purchases the building. EDD wants to be a stand-alone entity. EDD continues to hope the City will give the $100,000 donation toward the purchase of the building. Williams added he discussed the matter with Mayor Gilman. Gilman stated that if EDD discontinues, any of their properties would liquidated and the funds split up with the communities. Manninen asked Williams if he had heard that the Borough is discussing their paying AML dues. Williams stated there may be some effect from the Caucus dissolving. Williams suggested that when another meeting is scheduled with the new Peninsula group (recently formed), the City should have representation at the meeting. b. Bluff Erosion - Williams reported he and Councilman Bannock discussed a test bluff erosion project which would entail connecting old tires together with cable, placing them on the eroding bluff and dumping soil on top and planting rye grass on KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES JULY 5, 1995 PAGE 14 the soil. Williams requested Kornelis to contact the Corps and EPA in Oregon, Washington and Sacramento for any input or literature they may have about similar projects. I-2. City Manager Manninen requested Council review Information No. 12 and I-1. No report. I-3. Attorney No report. I-4. City Clerk No report. I-5. Finance Director No report. I-6. Public Works Director No report. I-7. Airport Manager No report. ITEM J: DISCUSSION J-1. Citizens None. J-2. Council Bookey - No report. Swarner - a. Reported the Senior Connection purchased a 20' freezer for storage of food which has been donated to the Senior Center. KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES JULY 5, 1995 PAGE 15 b. Reported she would be attending the AML Legislative Committee meetings in Kotzebue July 15-18. Swarner requested any input in regard to the AML policy be forwarded to her. C. Reported she was disheartened to see the old restrooms still at the beach. When will the new ones be installed? Manninen reported the new restrooms have arrived. They now need to be installed. Swarner asked who was installing them. Kornelis reported some of the Park's summer crew are working on them. Also, some of his crew will be working on placing the concrete, etc. Swarner asked if the restrooms would be installed this year. Kornelis answered yes. Kornelis added, the two restrooms on the beach and at Cunningham Park will be placed. The design work for the one to be placed at the ballfields has begun. Kornelis also stated a video was sent with the restrooms on how to install the restrooms. The video was reviewed on Monday. The next step is to decide whether to train the City crews or contract the work out. It had been their plan for the City crews to do the work. d. Swarner stated her concern there was sand on the streets on Frontage Road, in front of Dan's TV, in front of City Hall, etc. (sand and junk on the streets and sidewalks). e. Swarner stated she believed the No. 1 priority of the Parks crew should be on the lawns in the City. She added, she did not believe the lawns were cut before the Fourth of July festivities. Visitors come to the city and see a lot of cut grass at the ballfields and not in the parks. f. Swarner asked if the Bernie Huss Trail sign would be replaced or repaired. McGillivray stated he has looked at it and has requested the building maintenance person look at the sign to decide whether it can be braced or if it needs to be replaced. Swarner added there was graffiti in that area also. Williams asked what the status was of the new ballfield restrooms. Kornelis stated the City is designing this restroom. It will have water and sewer. It is different than the other two restrooms. They are prefabricated and have tanks. The ballfield restroom will be built by the City. Williams asked how long it will take to design it. Kornelis stated he would check into it tomorrow. KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES JULY 5, 1995 PAGE 16 g. Swarner reported a hole in the street at the corner of Rogers Road and Susieanna and asked when it would be repaired. Kornelis stated he did not know. The hole was put there in regard to the building of the home next to Swarner's. Repair of the street is on their list. h. Swarner reported a contractor has dumped piles of dirt and asphalt on the lot at Fifth and Ash. Swarner added, she thought the contractor should be told to remove the pile. Measles reported the piles are in relation to work being done by a subcontractor of HEA. Measles asked for the City's help in putting pressure on them to remove the dirt piles left in the street. i. Swarner reported she may not be in attendance at the next council meeting. Monfor - a. Asked for Kornelis to check on when the hole in the street at Arby's corner will be repaired. b. Monfor requested a consensus from Council for Public Works to inspect the Section 36 land, Inlet Woods properties, and other city properties for Spruce Bark Beetle damage and report back to Council. C. Monfor requested Parks & Recreation Department be sure to have additional port -a -potties and dumpsters placed at the river, both sides, for the low tide and dipnetters expected around July 14. Monfor added, it seemed their plan for blocking off the road to the beach did not come to fruition. The same thing will happen again with the desecration of the land, etc. Since there is no plan for this side of the River, there is no plan for the other side of the River. d. Monfor requested the priorities list be placed on the September 6 meeting agenda to review and update. Council knows the City needs an Animal Control Shelter and have pretty much committed to build it. Council also discussed the paving of core area roads. There are two areas of the beach inside the City Fish & Game doesn't seem to care about the damage that is caused during dipnetting, etc. If the City is not going to close the road, then care should be taken of it by the City. Monfor added, she believed the Council needs to get back on track and look at their needs instead of their wants. Measles - No report. KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES JULY 5, 1995 PAGE 17 Bannock - Bannock referred to the letter to EDD included in the packet as Information Item No. 6. The letter discussed the request of Council to distribute petitions in regard to building an ice hockey facility. The petitions would be a measure to which Council could see what interest there is of city residents to bond for the cost of building the facility. Bannock stated he was concerned there was a meeting in regard to the facility and Council was not made aware of it. Also, that Council was specific that the facility should include an ice -making system, etc. Bannock stated he felt they and EDD were discussing two different projects. They are looking at a "low -rent" model and Council had in mind a nice facility. Bannock added, the City needs to send out a strong message of what the Council is wanting to look at. It would be two-faced to look at the petitions with what people signed for and have a proposition on the ballot for $2 million. Those that signed the petition may think the cost would be more like $250,000. There needs to be some organization or give direction. Williams stated he discussed the matter with EDD. He told them it appears the City would like to see a bond that would support the installation of an ice -making system with it. He suggested there were ways of designing the facility to utilize artificial ice in an ice -making system that would eliminate some of the hoavv Gnat, Rannock stated he was cneakinr to the fact that Council had formulated in their minds what they wanted and EDD has another idea in mind. Measles stated he thinks everybody should be on the same subject as well. He discussed the matter with a circulator of the petition and they are giving the impression to the people that are signing the petitions, they are talking a $200,000-$250,000 cost range for an ice facility. He asked them why would the City want them to circulate a petition for $200,000. It is not necessary to go to bond for that amount. Williams - Referred to the Manninen memorandum distributed at the beginning of the meeting in regard to Exxon Valdez Trustee Council purchase of City river property. Williams noted the memorandum requests authority to have an appraisal done on the property if Council wishes to pursue such a sale of property. The memorandum also stated that if the Trustee Council is interested, they will determine in Fall 196 whether to continue the acquisition process by getting their own appraisal and enter into negotiations with the City. KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES JULY 5, 1995 PAGE 18 Williams suggested if council wants to pursue this, he recommended Administration find out what the cost of an appraisal would be. It may be very costly due to the size of the property. Monfor noted appraisals are only good for six months. Measles stated he did not think the City should do anything further. If the Trustee Council is interested in the purchase of the property, have them make an offer. If they don't make an offer, forget it. There is really no driving force for the City to sell that land. Measles added, offer to negotiate, but that is as far as it should go at this time. Also, that the memorandum states they will have their own appraisal done on the property if they want to pursue the purchase. Williams added it sounded from the memorandum, that the Trustee Council is not real interested to purchase at this time. Williams suggested Administration pursue through correspondence continued negotiations that would indicate the City would like to see its name on the list of considerations for discussion in Fall 196. Council agreed. Manninen stated the Trustee Council indicated the purchase was not a high priority item because they don't see a real development threat, but that could change over night. ITEM KE ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at approximately 8:51 p.m. Minutes transcribed and submitted by: 6 Carol L. Freas, City Clerk /�PPRG%eI-D BY COUNCIL / �:l DATE I Yl CT,r�,(