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KENAI CITY COUNCIL – REGULAR MEETING
MARCH 4, 2015
7:00 P.M.
KENAI CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS
210 FIDALGO AVE., KENAI, AK 99611
http://www.kenai.city
A. CALL TO ORDER
1. Pledge of Allegiance
2. Kenai Central High School Flute Quintet – Star Spangled Banner
3. Roll Call
4. Agenda Approval
5. Consent Agenda (Public comment limited to three (3) minutes per speaker;
thirty (30) minutes aggregated)
*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 COMMENTS (Public comment limited to ten (10) minutes
per speaker)
1. Lisa Gabriel, Chair of Beautification Committee – Wildflower Field
Presentation.
2. Morgan Merritt, Project Manager, Department of Transportation –
Discussion of Upcoming Department of Transportation Project to Improve 4.4
Miles of the Kenai Spur Highway (from Cole Drive to McKinley Street).
C. UNSCHEDULED PUBLIC COMMENTS (Public comment limited to three (3)
minutes per speaker; thirty (30) minutes aggregated)
D. PUBLIC HEARINGS
1. Ordinance No. 2813-2015 – Amending the Kenai Municipal Code Section
1.15.130 – Telephonic Participation, to Increase the Opportunity for Telephonic
Participation in Council Meetings by Council Members.
• Substitute Ordinance No. 2813-2015
[Clerk’s Note: At its February 4th meeting, Council amended and postponed
this ordinance to the March 4th meeting. An amendment to the amendment is
on the floor.]
2. Ordinance No. 2815-2015 – Sun Setting the Library Commission and
Repealing Kenai Municipal Code Chapter 1.57 Entitled, “Library Commission”.
• Substitute Ordinance No. 2815-2015 – Enacting Kenai Municipal
Code Section 1.57.030-Suspension of the Library Commission, to
Suspend the Library Commission until Further Action by Council.
[Clerk’s Note: At its February 18th meeting, Council amended Ordinance 2815-
2015 by substitution. A motion to enact is on the floor.]
3. Ordinance No. 2816-2015 – Amending Kenai Municipal Code Section
23.35.020-Causes for Warning, Suspension, or Dismissal, to Address New
State Laws on Marijuana.
4. Ordinance No. 2817-2015 – Appropriating Funds in the General and Parks
Improvement Capital Project Funds in the Amount of $20,000 for Purchase and
Installation of a Gazebo at the Site of the City’s Field of Flowers.
5. Ordinance No. 2818-2015 – Appropriating Airport Funds for Airport Apron
Improvements and Improvements to Utilities Serving an Airport Lease Lot.
6. Resolution No. 2015-10 – Consenting to the Vacation of Certain Rights-of-
Ways and Easements within the R M Thompson Subdivision 2014 Addition.
7. Resolution No. 2015-11 – Opposing the Federal Subsistence Management
Decision to Allow a Gill Net in the Kenai River.
8. Resolution No. 2015-12 – Supporting Alaska State Senate Bill 1, an Act
Prohibiting Smoking in Certain Places; Relating to Education on the Smoking
Prohibition.
E. MINUTES
1. *Regular Meeting of February 18, 2015
F. UNFINISHED BUSINESS – None.
G. NEW BUSINESS
1. *Action/Approval – Bills to be Ratified.
2. *Action/Approval – Non Objection of Liquor License Renewals for Applicant
BPO Elks Lodge #2425; Applicant Kenai Joe’s Alaskan Roadhouse d/b/a
Kenai Joe’s; Applicant Don Jose’s, LLC d/b/a Don Jose’s Mexican Restaurant;
Applicant Carr-Gottstein Foods Co. d/b/a/ Oaken Keg #1808; Applicant Three
Alaska, Inc. d/b/a Three Bears; Applicant Tesoro Northstore Co. d/b/a 2 Go
Mart; Applicant Griffin Golf Enterprises, LLC d/b/a Kenai Golf Course;
Applicant Peninsula Oilers Baseball Club, Inc. d/b/a Peninsula Oilers;
Applicant Francisco Rodriguez d/b/a Playa Azul.
3. *Action/Approval – Non Objection of New Liquor License for Applicant The
Cannery, LLC Lodge d/b/a The Cannery Lodge.
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4. *Ordinance No. 2819-2015 – Accepting and Appropriating a Grant from the
Alaska State Library for the Purchase of Early Literacy Playspace Items.
5. *Ordinance No. 2820-2015 – Reappropriating State Grant Funds in the
Municipal Roadway Improvements Capital Project Fund to the Park
Improvement Capital Project Fund.
6. *Ordinance No. 2821-2015 – Increasing Appropriations in the General Land
Sales Permanent Fund to Transfer Earnings in Excess of Budgeted Amounts
to the City’s General Fund.
7. *Ordinance No. 2822-2015 – Increasing Estimated Revenues and
Appropriations by $843,572 in the Water and Sewer Capital Project Fund for a
Project to Cross-Connect the City’s Two Water Transmission Mains at Swires
Road.
8. Action/Approval – Schedule Annual Employee Performance Evaluations for
the City Clerk, City Attorney, and City Manager.
H. COMMISSION/COMMITTEE REPORTS
1. Council on Aging
2. Airport Commission
3. Harbor Commission
4. Library Commission
5. Parks and Recreation Commission
6. Planning and Zoning Commission
7. Beautification Committee
8. Mini-Grant Steering Committee
I. REPORT OF THE MAYOR
J. ADMINISTRATION REPORTS
1. City Manager
• ADOT/PF Plans for Kenai Spur Highway Reconstruction: Sports Lake
Road to Swires Road
• Contract Amendment, City of Kenai Business Gap Assessment
2. City Attorney
3. City Clerk
K. ADDITIONAL PUBLIC COMMENT
1. Citizens Comments (Public comment limited to five (5) minutes per speaker)
2. Council Comments
L. EXECUTIVE SESSION – None Scheduled.
M. PENDING ITEMS – None.
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N. ADJOURNMENT
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INFORMATION ITEMS
1. Purchase Orders between $2,500 and $15,000 for Council Review.
The agenda and supporting documents are posted on the City’s website at
www.kenai.city. Copies of resolutions and ordinances are available at the City Clerk’s
Office or outside the Council Chamber prior to the meeting. For additional information,
please contact the City Clerk’s Office at 907-283-8231.
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