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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1995-10-19 Council MinutesAGENDA KENAI CITY COUNCIL - REGULAR MEETING OCTOBER 19, 1995 7:00 P.M. KENAI CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS A. CALL TO ORDER 1. Pledge of Allegiance 2. Roll Call 3. CERTIFICATION OF OCTOBER 3, 1995 ELECTION 4. MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBERS OATHS OF OFFICE 5. ELECTION OF VICE MAYOR 6. Agenda Approval 7. Consent Agenda *All items listed with an asterisk (*) are considered to be routine and non -controversial by the Council and will be approved by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a Council Member so requests, in which case the item will be removed from the Consent Agenda and considered in its normal sequence on the agenda as part of the General Orders. B. SCHEDULED PUBLIC COMMENT (10 Minutes) 1. Bob Seymour - KCHS Hockey Booster Club C. PUBLIC HEARINGS 1. Ordinance No. 1662-95 - Increasing Estimated Revenues and Appropriatinng by &50000 in New Capital Project Fund for Phase I and II Environmental Assessments of the Airport Jet Fuel Facility. a. Remove from table. b. Consideration of ordinance. 2. Ordinance No. 1668-95 - Authorizing the Appropriation of $2,645 in the Congregate Housing Facility Enterprise Fund for Additional Costs for the Storage Shed. a. Motion for Introduction b. Motion for Second Reading (Requires a Unanimous Vote) C. Motion for Adoption 3. Resolution No. 95-63 - Stating the City's Number One Priority Project for Capital Improvements FY 95/96 is the City's Water Quality and Quantity/Development Program. -1- 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 E. MINUTES 1. *Regular Meeting of October 4, 1995. F. CORRESPONDENCE G. OLD BUSINESS H. NEW BUSINESS 1. Bills to be Paid, Bills to be Ratified 2. Purchase Orders Exceeding $2,500 3. *Ordinance no. 1667-95 - Increasing Estimated Revenues and Appropriations by $1,355 in the Senior Citizens - Borough Special Revenue Fund for the Purchase of a Sound/PA System. 4. Discussion - Assignment of Council Liaison Positions to Commissions, Committees and Boards. 5. Discussion - Alaska Aerospace/Challenger Learning Center 6. Discussion - AML Resolution/Supporting Local Control of Games of Chance/Contests of Skill and Gambling 7. Discussion - Borough Sales Tax Code 8. Discussion - Dissolution of the Kenai Development Corporation. 9. Discussion - Tidelands Classified for Leasing. 10. Discussion - New Scarifier Belly Blade for Street Sand Truck. -2- 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 K. 1. Citizens (five minutes) 2. Council -3- KENAI CITY COUNCIL - REGULAR MEETING OCTOBER 19, 1995 7:00 P.M. KENAI CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS MAYOR JOHN J. WILLIAMS, PRESIDING ITEM A: CALL TO ORDER Mayor John Williams called the meeting to order at approximately 7:01 p.m. in the Council Chambers in the Kenai City Hall Building. A-1. Pledge of Allegiance Mayor John Williams led those assembled in the Pledge of Allegiance. A-2. Roll Call Roll was taken by the City Clerk. Present were: Williams, Bookey, Swarner, Monfor, Measles, Bannock and Smalley. A-3. Certification of October 3, 1995 Election Clerk Freas read into the record the certification of the October 3, 1995 election as follows: CITY OF KENAI REGULAR ELECTION OF OCTOBER 3, 1995 WE, the members of the Kenai City Council, do hereby certify the results of a canvass of the ballots for the Regular Election of October 3, 1995. FOR MAYOR: Williams, John J. 765 Write-in 8 Rodes, Gus 289 FOR CITY COUNCIL: Bookey, James C. III 515 Moore, Joe 452 Wehrstein, Ed "Yankee" 198 Tomrdle, Cathryn 262 Oberg, Jackie 408 PROPOSITION NO. 1 YES 277 NO 797 PROPOSITION NO. 2 YES 412 NO 667 SPOILED BALLOTS: 30 ABSENTEE BALLOTS RECEIVED: (In person, Personal Write-in 2 Kenai City Council Meeting Minutes October 19, 1995 Page -2- Representative, Mailed) 84 QUESTIONED BALLOTS RECEIVED: 20 ABSENTEE BALLOTS COUNTED: 83 QUESTIONED BALLOTS COUNTED: 2 POLL BALLOTS COUNTED: 1,030 TOTAL VOTER TURNOUT: 1,115 REGISTERED VOTERS: 3,884 % VOTER TURNOUT: 29% MOTION: Councilman Measles MOVED to certify the election of October 3, 1995 as submitted. Councilwoman Monfor SECONDED the motion. Councilman Measles requested UNANIMOUS CONSENT. There were no objections. SO ORDERED. A-4. Councilmembers Oaths of Office Councilwoman Monfor administered the Oaths of Office to Mayor Williams and Councilmembers Bookey and Moore. A-5. Election of Vice Mayor MOTION: Councilman Smalley MOVED to nominate Raymond Measles as Vice Mayor and Councilman Bookey SECONDED the motion. Mayor Williams closed the nominations. There were no objections. SO ORDERED. Mayor Williams called for a BREAK at 7:17 p.m. Return to order at 7:32 p.m. A-6. Agenda Approval Mayor Williams requested the following changes to the agenda: ADD AS: H-11, Production Well No. 3. I-1, Letter from Multiple Charities Assoc. Coop. United Way Contribution re: Kenai Peninsula Fisherman's Association's contribution. I-1, Letter from Richard Warrington requesting donation of old computer for the Head Injury Support Group. ADD TO: Information Item No. 2 Notice of FEMA applicant briefing. Kenai City Council Meeting Minutes October 19, 1995 Page -3- ADD AS: Information Item No. 13 Press Release regarding proposed congressional budget cuts. Councilman Smalley MOVED for approval of the amended agenda and asked for UNANIMOUS CONSENT. Councilman Bookey SECONDED the motion. No objections. SO ORDERED. A-7. Consent Agenda Mayor Williams stated he had no changes to the Consent Agenda. MOTION: Councilman Smalley MOVED for approval of the consent agenda. Councilman Bookey SECONDED the motion. No objections. SO ORDERED. Mayor Williams handed out Information Item No. 14--the drafted information packet Administration produced. He asked Council to review the information in the packet and bring any comments, suggestions or changes to the next meeting so Administration can make the final document. ITEM B: SCHEDULED PUBLIC COMMENT B-1. Bob Seymour - KCHS Hockey Booster Club. Mr. Seymour stated he is a member of the Hockey Booster Club. He said the rates the Sports Center charges for practice time and game time runs between $10,000 and $11,000 per high school. The Borough provides each school with $5,000, leaving the Booster Club to raise the remaining amount. The Booster Club is currently selling raffle tickets for a rifle and asking for contributions. He asked the Council for a donation. He stated this money does not cover replacing equipment. It is only for ice time. Mayor Williams asked Mr. Seymour about the growth of the sport and the availability of the rink this year. Mr. Seymour stated he won't know exactly until the first practice on October 30, but between 36 and 40 are signed up for the program. He said Frank Collin of Soldotna wanted to set up a program for kids who are not part of the hockey association to come in and skate. But, Mr. Seymour stated, if people are not at the hockey association's first annual meeting they cannot get any ice time. So the program was never begun. He said he believes last year was a record year. He also stated that North Kenai has a roof on their rink now and will be putting sides on it. Kenai City Council Meeting Minutes October 19, 1995 Page -4- Mayor Williams stated that the Council has decided to have the Economic Development District complete the economic study regarding another hockey rink in the area. That study should be finished by April, 1996. Councilwoman Swarner asked Robin Feltman, Acting Finance Director, what is left in the discretionary advertising account. Feltman stated she did not have that information with her. MOTION: Councilwoman Swarner MOVED to place a 1/4 page ad in the brochure. Councilman Smalley MOVED to amend the motion to a full page ad. Councilman Measles SECONDED the amended motion. No objections to amendment. No objections to main motion. SO ORDERED. Mayor Williams suggested Item I-1 be inserted at this time. (Letter from Richard Warrington requesting donation of old computer for the Head Injury Support Group.) Mayor Williams asked Council if they had any objections to donating a computer from the auction to Mr. Warrington's group. Councilwoman Swarner stated she objects because there may be other non-profit groups who might want the same City equipment. The opportunity should be opened up to others. Mayor Williams said there are three computers in the up -coming auction, and maybe others could speak for those. Councilman Measles stated in the future maybe we could offer items to non -profits in a more formal fashion, but this auction has been advertised for quite some time and everyone ghn"l d know about it by now. MOTION: Councilman Measles MOVED to give a computer from the auction to the Head Injury Support Group. Councilman Smalley SECONDED the motion. VOTE: Williams: Yes Moore: Yes Smalley: Yes MOTION PASSED. Bookey: No Swarner: No Measles: Yes Bannock: No Kenai City October 19, Page -5- council Meeting Minutes 1995 ITEM C: PUBLIC HEARINGS C-1. Ordinance No. 1662-95 - Increasing Estimated Revenues and Appropriations by $50,000 in New Capital Project Fund for Phase I and II Environmental Assessments of the Airport Jet Fuel Facility. MOTION: Councilman Measles MOVED to remove Ordinance No. 1662-95 from the table and bring it back before Council. Councilwoman Swarner SECONDED the motion. No objections. SO ORDERED. MOTION: Councilman Measles MOVED to adopt Ordinance No. 1662-95. Councilwoman Swarner SECONDED the motion. No public comments. Councilman Bookey asked City Attorney Graves if past lease holders have all been contacted. Graves replied no. He said he is going to wait until the site assessment is started and until our investigator, John Parker, completes his investigation. He stated that information is being gathered now, then responsible parties will be notified. Standard Oil is tentatively one of the responsible parties, but the report is not final at this point. Mayor Williams stated he is absolutely opposed to the spending of the $50,000 for this project. "I am opposed to it on the basis that at some point in time we are going to have to ask ourselves what aood are we really doing here. We have a situation out here where perhaps there may be some fuel in the ground --we don't know how much --perhaps there may not be. It's buried underneath the asphalt down in the ground a long way away from any water producing --domestic water producing --facility of any sort. It's doubtful if the plume will ever reach an area of concern. It's out of sight, out of mind. If we continue to chase these things, we can continue to wash our socks --wash each other's socks, if you will --time after time after time until they are wore out. The expenditure on this kind of money on this type of a project is absolutely useless. It does no one any good. All it does is take the money out of the city coffers and throw it to the wind. There is nothing --absolutely nothing --productive can come of this. So, whether we pass it or not is beside the point. I want it clearly understood that I am absolutely opposed to it." Councilman Bannock stated he agrees with most of what Mayor Williams said. He said, however, that he wonders what potential problems the City faces if the money isn't spent on this project. Councilman Bookey said he agrees. However, he said his concern is the 700' that the project will extend past the airport. He Kenai City Council Meeting Minutes October 19, 1995 Page -6- said it could turn into a $1 million project even though the ground is not that contaminated and it won't hurt anyone. Councilman Measles said he also agrees. He asked if we know if there is anything in the tanks. Rachel Clark, Engineering Tech, said there was a couple inches of sludge in both tanks. Measles suggested the City send DEC a letter stating the tanks are empty then fill them with sand and "forget they exist." Councilman Bannock asked Rachel Clark if there is any new information about the other two tanks that the State says are there. Clark said that there are another two tanks on the UPS site (which is a couple of lots down) and that may be what DEC is referring to. She said there are no other tanks on the lot in question. Randy Ernst, Airport Manager, stated that when Grisley Aviation had the tanks where the UPS facility is now they (or the lessees prior to them) also had the jet fuel facility. This is also why DEC shows the tanks as a unit --because they were owned by the same company. Councilman Bookey asked if that is also the old Al Hudson site. Ernst said yes. Bookey said those shouldn't be in the same assessment. Ernst said they won't be. Councilman Bookey stated that Al Hudson built the original facility there but is not listed as one of the lessees of that property. Clark asked if that was prior to 1968 because her records only want back to then. Bookey said it probably was before that; however, Hudson was still here in 1972, he said. Clark told Council that if the City doesn't take care of this what will probably happen is DEC will do the work and bill the City for it. Mayor Williams said, "We'll refuse to pay it." Councilman Bannock asked if the DEC would be satisfied with the explanation of the tanks being empty. Clark answered probably not because the wells downstream are contaminated. In response to the question of what wells, she said in the pulling of generator tanks about 40' downstream from the site monitoring wells were drilled. Councilman Bookey asked Clark if she knew of anything that would be contaminated or hurt by leaving the tanks alone. She stated there are no drinking water sources in that area. She said the ground water does surface eventually and could be consumed by "moose or something." VOTE: Williams: No Bookey: No Swarner: No Moore: No Measles: No Bannock: No Smalley: No Kenai City October 19, Page -7- council Meeting Minutes 1995 MOTION FAILED. C-2. Ordinance No. 1668-95 - Authorizing the Appropriation of $2,645 in the Congregate Housing Facility Enterprise Fund for Additional Costs for the Storage Shed. MOTION Councilwoman Swarner MOVED to introduce Ordinance No. 1668-95. Councilman Smalley SECONDED the motion. No objections. SO ORDERED. Councilwoman Swarner MOVED for a second reading of Ordinance No. 1668-95. Councilman Bookey SECONDED the motion. Councilman Smalley asked for UNANIMOUS CONSENT. No objections. SO ORDERED. MOTION Councilwoman Swarner MOVED approval of Ordinance No. 1668-95. Councilman Bookey SECONDED the motion. No public comments. Councilwoman Swarner asked Keith Kornelis, Public Works Director, what kind of skirting was being proposed. He stated he believed it was wood. Swarner also asked if the building would be moved. Kornelis stated it would be moved an additional 10' from where it is currently located so snow removal equipment can get between that buildina and the existing dining room. Swarner asked if the proposal includes cutting off the ends of the moving beams. Bill Kluge responded that that is part of the work, yes. He also stated the wood storage shed is being constructed of material similar to the wood skirting used on the congregate housing building. If there are enough scraps, there may be enough to go around the skirting. Swarner stated that some of the siding has been ripped and the doors don't close --they're not even. Kluge said he has not examined that, but he will. He said anything damaged in the move will be repaired. Councilman Smalley stated we should be sure there is plenty of the material left over to use on the congregate housing building to maintain harmony with the existing structure. Kluge said that would be nice, but the other wood is a natural green tone plywood that would not be "that bad." Councilwoman Swarner MOVED to amend the ordinance to have the siding be of the skirting material. Kenai City Council Meeting Minutes October 19, 1995 Page -8- Kluge asked if there is any contingency for this project. Kornelis answered there is not. Kluge stated it's a good idea to have a contingency fund for any addition, or remodeling or any construction project. He said this particular project is pretty far along, so it is probably past the point of surprises; but in the event of an unexpected problem, there could be a need for more funding. Councilwoman Swarner stated she moved for the amendment because she thinks it would look nicer next to the Senior Center which is important because the Senior Center is rented out to and used by many people in the community and the state. Councilman Smalley asked Kluge how many sides of the building could be covered with the scraps. Kluge answered he didn't know, and he suggested Council add an amount (maybe $1,000) to take care of miscellaneous items. He said any remaining amount could be returned to the general fund after the project is completed. He said that would take care of the siding and any other small items that might come up. Councilwoman Swarner asked when the building would be moved. Kluge said it should be any time. AMENDED MOTION Councilwoman Swarner MOVED to amend her earlier motion to include adding a $1,000 contingency fund to this project. Councilman Smalley asked what the general contingency figure is? Kornelis answered 10% is typical, or 15% in renovation. This is a $122,000 project and this is the first need for any contingency, Kornelis said. Councilman Smalley SECONDED the motion. Mayor Williams asked Administration if the Congregate Housing enterprise fund is the operational funds for the Congregate Housing as opposed to the reserve fund. Robin Feltman, Acting Finance Director, stated it's the operating fund and not the capital project fund. No further discussion. No objection to amendment. No further discussion on the main motion. VOTE: Williams: Yes Bookey: Yes Swarner: Yes Moore: Yes Measles: Yes Bannock: Yes Smalley: Yes Kenai City October 19, Page -9- Council Meeting Minutes 1995 MOTION PASSED. C-3. Resolution No. 95-63 - Stating the City's Number One Priority Project for Capital Improvements FY 95/96 is the City's Water Quality and Quantity/Development Program. MOTION: Councilman Smalley MOVED for approval of Resolution No. 95-63 and asked for unanimous consent. No public comments. Mayor Williams summarized the resolution by stating that what is being asked for is $959,027. Kornelis stated that is correct for a legislative grant --not DEC. Councilman Moore asked if the re -drill by Kraxberger comes into play here. Kornelis answered no. Mayor Williams said he and the City Manager will draft a letter to the Governor. No further discussion. No objection to UNANIMOUS CONSENT. SO ORDERED. ITEM D: COMMISSION/COMMITTEE REPORTS D-1. Council on Aging Councilwoman Swarner reported that the Senior Center facility is beina well used. She announced that the seniors will be holding a pie sale for Thanksgiving. Place your order and the pies will be available on November 22, 1995. D-2. Airport Commission Councilman Measles reported a meeting was not held last week due to lack of a quorum. The Commission has had a resignation and needs to fill the position. Mayor Williams asked the Clerk to write a letter to all Commission members explaining the situation and asking them for a commitment to serve actively or a decision to drop out. Councilman Measles suggested this letter be stronger than the last one. Councilman Bookey stated his concern about the Planning & Zoning Commission in particular. He said the rules already in place should be enforced; and some of the people currently on the Commissions should be longer be there. D-3. Harbor Commission Councilman Bookey reported the Commission met on October 9. He said Bill Nelson spoke about bluff erosion. No real new information was presented, Bookey said. Nelson estimated a steel Kenai City Council Meeting Minutes October 19, 1995 Page -10- sheet piling wall at the creek entrance could run $1,000 or more per lineal foot. The Commissioners asked Nelson about using the piers which had been offered by Dragnet fisheries. He was very negative in his response to that because of all the tide and weather activity on them. Nelson did talk about the possibility of a buffer between the dunes on both sides. Nelson and the Commission felt that a parking lot and turn around area should be considered further. Mayor Williams asked if the distance is known between the mouth of the river and Kenai Packers. If it's calculated at $2,000 per lineal foot for 4,000 feet, he said, that's about $8 million. Councilman Bookey stated that Nelson talked about the problems with doing the project in sections. He said Nelson thinks more problems could be created by starting the project and stopping it because that could cause more agitation and damage. Mayor Williams asked Administration to find out the distance between the mouth of the river and Kenai Packers so a better estimate can be arrived at for cost of the project. D-4. Library Commission No report. D-5. Parks & Recreation Commission Councilman Bannock welcomed Ron Yamamoto as the newest Commissioner. The Commission looked at an idea from the Kenai Peninsula Aerobic Sports Association which wants to build a ski trail similar to the one at Sky View. They will report back to the Commission about costs; they estimate $1200 to $7500 plus a snow machine. Bannock announced that Bob Frates is filling in for Kayo McGilivrary while Kayo is out. Mayor Williams asked Clerk Freas to send a card to Kayo from the Council. D-6. Planning & Zoning Commission Councilman Smalley reported a copy of the meeting agenda was included in the packet. An encroachment permit for Pete and Valerie Ischi was addressed; it was approved. An encroachment permit for Sharon McKenzie was unanimously rejected. The Commission discussed the tidelands lease, and it was declared available for lease. The Daubenspeck property was discussed. The Commission would like the Council to hold back about 250' of frontage on Bridge Access for commercial development and maybe realigning the buildings to better utilize the lot because the old football field will be destroyed. Councilman Smalley said Kenai City Council Meeting Minutes October 19, 1995 Page -il- Jack La Shot, City Engineer, explained to the Commission why the buildings are placed the way they are. The Commission was satisfied with that, Smalley said; but they would still like Council to consider the 250' of frontage. Clint Hall's landscape site plan for a commercial building was approved. Carl Glick told the Commission he would like to attend AML in Valdez if Council had the money for it. Councilman Bookey stated he wasn't sure he could justify spending the money; he said he doesn't see why a P&Z Commissioner would need to attend AML. 4 Councilman Smalley MOVED that Council send Carl Glick to AML in Valdez and take the money out of legislative travel fund. Councilman Bannock SECONDED the motion. Councilman Moore asked if P&Z has a travel budget. City Manager Manninen said they do have a travel budget but, he said, there is nothing budgeted for the Commissioners to travel this year. If this request is approved, the money could come from the staff's travel budget. Mayor Williams said that some time ago Council discussed how to handle travel funds within the City. He said Council decided to pool all the travel funds for the Commissions under council's control. He said none of the Commissions have travel funds to use at their own discretion. Any Commissioner must obtain Council's approval to travel on City funds. VOTE: Williams: No Bookey: No Swarner: No Moore: No Measles: No Bannock: No Smalley: Yes MOTION FAILED. D-7. Miscellaneous Commissions and Committees Beautification Committee - Councilwoman Swarner reported the unapproved work session minutes are in the packet. Mayor Williams said the Council needs to send their thanks and appreciation to all who serve on the Beautification Committee; but it is the Council's intention to fill Committee position openings with residents of the City. He said Council, however, continues to encourage all interested people to come and work on the Committee. Kenai City Council Meeting Minutes October 19, 1995 Page -12- Historic District Board No report. Break at 8:45 p.m. Re -adjourned at 9:00 p.m. ITEM E: MINUTES E-1. Regular Meeting of October 4, 1995. Approved by consent agenda. ITEM F: CORRESPONDENCE None. ITEM G: OLD BUSINESS None. ITEM H: NEW BUSINESS H-1. Bills to be Paid, Bills to be Ratified MOTION: Councilman Smalley MOVED to pay the bills and Councilman Measles SECONDED the motion. There were no objections. SO ORDERED. H-2. Purchase Orders ERceeding $2,500 MOTION: Councilman Smalley MOVED to approve the purchase orders exceeding $2,500 and Councilman Measles SECONDED the motion. Councilman Moore asked about Item H-10 for discussion which is also on this list for approval of payment. He asked if the discussion shouldn't take place before approval of the payment. Mayor Williams agreed and moved Item H-10 to be discussed at this point. Insert H-10. Discussion - New Scarifier Belly Blade for Street Sand Truck. Mayor Williams noted the loader -mounted snow blower cost $84,400, but $135,000 was budgeted. He said apparently the snow blower would be paid for from the difference. He asked if the Finance Department or the City Manager had any objections to doing it that way. No objections from them. Councilman Bookey stated he had no real problem with it, but he felt the snow blower should have been in the original budget if it was really needed. Mayor Kenai city council Meeting Minutes October 19, 1995 Page -13- Williams asked Keith Kornelis, Public Works Director, to justify the need for the snow blower. Kornelis said the idea came from Mark Johannsen, Street Foreman, who felt he could do a better job with the new blade which would be directly under the sand truck and could put pressure on the ice. Kornelis said this equipment would be very similar to the one on the airport Osh-Kosh truck for putting grooves in the ice. He said they didn't think of requesting it at budget time. Councilman Bookey stated he would rather see these items come before Council at budget time, but that he would support the request now. AMENDED MOTION on Item H-2 Councilwoman Swarner MOVED to amend the motion to include the additional $1,000 to Blazy Construction for the storage shed. Councilman Smalley stated the intent of the motion is to make the funds available if they are needed; if not used, they should go back into the general fund. The purchase order should not be increased by $1,000, explained Councilman Bannock. Councilman Measles stated the money has been appropriated, but it should not be on this purchase order. Councilwoman Swarner withdrew the motion to amend. There were no objections to the main motion. SO ORDERED. H-3. Ordinance No. 1667-95 - Increasing Estimated Revenues and Appropriations by 51,355 in the Senior Citizens - Borough Special Revenue Fund for the Purchase of a Sound/PA System. Approved by consent agenda. H-4. Discussion - Assignment of Council Liaison Positions to Commissions, Committees and Boards. Mayor Williams said he would begin with the most senior member of the Council. He asked Councilman Measles where he would like to serve. Measles stated he would stay with the Airport Commission. Councilwoman Swarner elected to stay with Council on Aging and the Beautification Committee. Councilman Smalley chose to stay with P&Z. Councilman Bookey said he would stay with Harbor Commission and would like to take over the Kenai Visitors' Centex in place of Chris Monfor. No objections stated. Councilman Bannock stated he would like to stay with Parks & Rec and would stay with the Townsite Historic Board. Councilman Moore will be liaison to the Library Commission and help out with the Townsite Historic Board. Kenai City Council Meeting Minutes October 19, 1995 Page -14- Mayor Williams told Councilman Moore to feel free to attend any or all Commission meetings at any time if he wants to. Clerk Freas will provide Moore with a list of Commission meeting dates and times. Mayor Williams stated the City Manager will continue to meet with EDD. Discussion - Alaska Aerospace/Challenger Learning Center. Mayor Williams said he talked with Pat Ladner recently. He said Ladner asked if Council is going to do a study so it can ask the Legislature for $1 million to develop the Challenger Learning Center. Williams told Council the time to do the study is very short. He said, to develop the study, support is needed from the educational community, the tourism community, and the EDD community. He said his concern is that we will get the $1 million. He said he's not sure he is comfortable asking the City to match that amount toward developing a "major entity, a new enterprise under the auspices of the City of Kenai at this time. Williams stated we are moving into a critical phase in the State in regards to the economic situation. Williams said he believes the Challenger Learning Center is one of the "greatest technological enterprises" the City could enter into, but he said he's not sure about the timing. Mayor Williams said he can't get the money. He said we could do an RFP to have the EDD do the study, but we have to put money up because he can't get money from Ladner or AEDA to do it. He said it would take at least $10,000. Councilman Bookey asked how much support have we gotten from Ladner in the past. Williams said the support will be there if we show we can get the money. He said Ladner's concern in the past was that the City of Kenai would interfere with his funding for the launch site, but that is done. Councilman Bannock stated his support for the Challenger Learning Center. He said this project is a "sure fire winner," and he would like to see the City use it's own resources --not EDD's--to make it work. Councilman Bookey stated the first decision has to be if whether the City is willing to commit $1 million to the project. He said there is no point in doing the study otherwise. He also asked if Council is ready to spend $10,000 for EDD to do the study in the time frame necessary. Williams said they wouldn't get paid if they don't. Councilwoman Swarner asked if there are options other than EDD to do the study. There was discussion about putting the study out for bid, but time is a problem. Councilman Bannock asked if it's feasible for us to do the study. Mayor Williams said he wouldn't Kenai City Council Meeting Minutes October 19, 1995 Page -IS- be comfortable with that because it takes so much time and work. Councilman Bookey said again the Council needs to be sure it's ready to commit to spending $1 million if the Legislature gives us what we're asking for, which they usually do. He said we shouldn't spend $10,000 on the study unless that commitment is there. After some discussion it was decided that Mayor Williams would meet on Friday, 10/20/95, with Stan Steadman (Director of EDD) and Tom Manninen (City Manager) at noon at the Merit Inn. Councilwoman Swarner suggested the deadline for the study should be maybe December 15. H-6. Discussion - AML Resolution/Supporting Local Control of Games of Chance/Contests of Skill and Gambling. This has been prepared as a resolution to be presented before the Conference of Mayors. Mayor Williams asked Council if that's what they want. No objections. H-7. Discussion - Borough Sales Tax Code. Mayor Williams stated he wants Council to review this tax code for the next meeting of the Coalition on December 7, 1995. The issue of the Borough tax code will be opened then. Bookey said he will be attending the meeting. H-8. Discussion - Dissolution of the Kenai Development Corporation. Mayor Williams said the stock in this corporation is now worth about $4.50 share and the City owns about 20,000 shares. The Mayor said it was his understanding that the City's contribution in exchange for the 20,000 shares of stock was the land under which the Kenai Merit Inn sits. He asked Administration to find out if the City paid the Airport Fund for the land; what do the records say about that transaction and what are the City's obligations? Also, the Mayor asked, what are we going to do with the money: put it in the land bank trust? Airport trust? Put it in the general fund? City Attorney Graves suggested we get the money, put it in trust, and then decide what to do with it. Councilman Smalley MOVED that the City approve of dissolving the Kenai Development Corporation and holding the money until deciding what to do with it. Councilman Measles SECONDED the motion. No objections to UNANIMOUS CONSENT. SO ORDERED. Kenai City Council Meeting Minutes October 19, 1995 Page -16- H-9. Discussion - Tidelands Classified for Leasing. Councilman Smalley MOVED to classify these tidelands for lease. Councilwoman Swarner SECONDED the motion. No objections. SO ORDERED. H-10. (This item discussed earlier at Item H-2.) H-11. Discussion - Production Well No. 3. Public Works Director Keith Kornelis explained that Kraxberger Drilling encountered a problem in pulling up the casing which was 425' deep. The casing broke so they have had to abandon this well and move over 20' to begin drilling another one. Bill Nelson and Kornelis recommend giving Kraxberger a 60-day time extension. MOTION Councilman Smalley MOVED to give Kraxberger a 60-day extension to December 13, 1995. Councilwoman Swarner SECONDED the motion. No objections. Councilman Moore asked what happens if the water quality of the new well is not acceptable. Kornelis explained that the contractor is not responsible for the water quality. He said the City did an exploratory well to determine quality. The engineers determined that the quality and the quantity are there. Kraxberger is only responsible for installing the well. Councilman Bannock asked if the engineers agree that the same quantity and quality of water exists 20' away from the original point of drilling. Kornelis said the engineers have said that the new location is just as good. He said the new well will be between the test well and the well being abandoned. Kornelis said tests will be taken in the new location so the correct screen can be used. Councilman Bookey asked what happens if the new screen comes back and is not the right one for the new well location. Kornelis said it would have to be returned. There was discussion about whether the screen should not be ordered until the tests have been done. Bookey asked what if the second screen isn't right -- who pays for the next one. Kornelis said the City would maybe pay the shipping. Councilman Smalley asked if the screen used in the test well was the same as the drilled production well. Kornelis said yes. Smalley said it's probably pretty safe that the new well will use the same screen as well. Kenai City Council Meeting Minutes October 19, 1995 Page -17- SO ORDERED. ITEM I: ADMINISTRATION REPORTS I-1. Mayor None. I-2. City Manager a. The work group on job descriptions has begun reviewing the job descriptions. It looks like they are on target for mid -December. b. Tomorrow there are three interviews for the Finance Director position. C. The disaster response reimbursement process is being looked at by department heads and staff. It looks like some reimbursement will be forthcoming for firefighters, overtime. They are looking at the dock and harbor, taking HAZMET materials out of the river, and storm drain repairs on Mission Street after the flood. I-3. Attorney None. I-4. City Clerk None. I-5. Finance Director Robin Feltman, Acting Finance Director, said she is looking forward to meeting the applicants tomorrow. I-6. Public Works Director None. I-7. Airport Manager None. ITEM J: DISCUSSION J-1. Citizens a. Bob Seymour - He said he is vice-president of Snowshoe Gun Club. He said he is interested in some of the items on the auction list. He said they are currently putting a 16x19 extension on the rifle range to enable them to shoot during the Kenai City Council Meeting Minutes October 19, 1995 Page -18- winter. He stated there are six llx6x3'4t1 windows which would be helpful to the gun club. He asked if Council would be willing to donate a window to the gun club. Councilman Measles MOVED to give the gun club a window. Councilman Smalley SECONDED the motion. No objections. SO ORDERED. J-2. Council Bookey - a. Bookey asked Kornelis about the Willow Street curb that has chipped off. Kornelis said there is a question as to who is responsible. Cold weather is a problem with concrete work, he said. Kornelis stated that Alaska Road Builders has some asphalt work to do, and it is questionable if they will be able to do anything before next spring. b. Bookey said he has noticed that there is a lot of stuff in the city yard that needs to be gotten rid of. He suggested the old cars and pipe and stuff be cleaned out of there. Swarner - a. Swarner welcomed Councilman Moore to City Council. b. Swarner told Kornelis there are potholes in the dirt on Rogers Road. C. Swarner asked about the matching funds the City agreed to donate to United Way. Did other cities participate? Counr_.ilman Bannock said he thinks that Soldotna did, Moore - Moore stated he had nothing to bring up. He said he appreciates the Council's hospitality and looks forward to working with them. Measles - Nothing. Bannock - Nothing. Smalley - He welcomed Councilman Moore and the others who were re-elected. Williams - a. He welcomed Councilman Moore. b. Williams asked Council how they would feel about putting out a press release about the well because the community is very interested and deserves to be informed about the delay. C. Williams stated the City owns a LaFrance fire truck. He said the Kenai Lions Club asked him if they could fix it up, take care of it and use it in parades. He said they would sign an agreement to the effect that if the club should ever disband they would give the fire truck back to the City. Kenai City Council Meeting Minutes October 19, 1995 Page -19- Williams told Council he thought it was a good idea. Bookey said he didn't have any problem with it. Councilman Bookey stated he is a little uncomfortable with the precedent set tonight in giving items away to non-profit organizations. If Council is going to do that, maybe they should set a policy. Williams said he thinks it good policy to occasionally let the public have something they can use. Bookey asked where it will stop. Williams stated that's where Council will have to draw that line. Councilman Measles said vehicles are something Council probably would not want to donate because of the liability issue. Bookey said he wonders if that might not be the case with the fire truck. The Mayor stated that the City takes on liability every year with the 4th of July parade, and sometimes it's just necessary. Councilman Smalley asked if the City Attorney could draft a document that would protect the City from such liability with the fire truck. Attorney Graves answered what has been done before is a donation agreement, stating "as is" with no warranties, and he could include a reversion clause indicating that if the organization goes out of business or wants to sell the truck the City gets it back. Councilman Bannock stated that if it's an automobile that has a lien, you can give the organization the title and list yourself as a lienholder. That way you have no ownership, but they can't sell it. Also, that makes them the owner with all the liability. He said it costs $5.00 to do that. Councilman Measles said that, rather than giving the vehicle back if the organization goes out of business, maybe the document should state that if the organization ceases to have a use for the vehicle ;t should be returned to the City. Attorney Graves said the document can state that. d. Mayor Williams talked about the new sidewalks along the highway being blacktop. He said he wonders how well the State will maintain the blacktop. He asked if Council was aware at the time of approving the project that the sidewalks were to be blacktop. Kornelis said he didn't know if we were aware of the blacktop, but he didn't think anything could be done now. Councilman Measles said that when the last changes were made to the plan about a year ago Council was told the walks would be blacktop. Kornelis said he doesn't believe the State will keep up the walks where they move away from the highway. Manninen stated it's not much of a problem where there is concrete curb, but where there's only blacktop it will get torn up during the winter. Kornelis stated the State is having a seasonal close- out meeting on the 25th or 28th. He said he believes they will be bringing in topsoil and material behind the curbs to help protect them. He said they should be doing the same thing for the sidewalks. He said he will bring it up at the meeting if they don't. Kenai City Council Meeting Minutes October 19, 1995 Page -20- Councilwoman Swarner told Kornelis at the turn onto Bridge Access from K-Beach there isn't enough gravel next to the pavement. Councilman Smalley asked Kornelis if the highway from the creek past Pizza Hut toward the high school will be completely taken out next spring. Kornelis said he didn't know, but it's possible because they were not allowed to leave a gravel surface for very long. e. Mayor Williams asked Kornelis about street lights. Kornelis said he has called the engineer at HEA and they haven't gotten back to him. Kornelis will call him again tomorrow. He said that after budget he gave the engineer Council's list and asked for a cost estimate. He said the utilities are real busy with the highway project. f. Mayor Williams asked Council again if they had any objections to Attorney Graves going ahead with the transfer of the LaFrance fire truck to the Kenai Lions Club. No objections. So directed. ITEM K• The meeting adjourned at approximately 10:20 p.m. Minutes transcribed and submitted by: Chc`ry �l�Z�, Paulsen, Acting City -,Clerk 'PROVED By COUNCIL aryl' C161F.s C: \WP60\DOCS\MINUTES\ 1995\101995.MIN