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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1989-01-18 Council Minutesr • AGENDA KENAI CITY COUNCIL - REGULAR MEETING JANUARY 18, 1989 - 7:00 P.M. 6:00 PM - Work Session Visitors & Convention Bureau - Bicentennial Celebration A. CALL TO ORDER 1. Pledge of Allegiance 2. Roll Call 3. Executive Session 4. Agenda Approval 5. Consent Agenda *All items listed with an asterisk M 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) C. PUBLIC HEARINGS 1. Ordinance 1280-88 - Amending Kenai Municipal Code, Title 1 - Supervision of All Employees of Dept. of Law and the City Clerk's Office Among the Powers and Duties of the City Administrator 2. Resolution 89-3 - Water & Sewer Rates, R/V Parke 3. *Renewal of Liquor License - Katmai Hotel Restaurant & Lounge 4. *Renewal of Liquor License, Transfer of Liquor License - The Rig Bar 5. *Renewal of Liquor License - Italian Gardens 6. Resolution 89-4 - Setting Public Hearing Date - Proposed E. Aliak, Highbush Special Assessment District 7. Resolution 89-5 - Setting Public Hearing Date - Proposed Candlelight, Linwood, Kaknu, Kiana, Baker, Lawton Special Assessment District 8. Resolution 89-6 - Setting Public Hearing Date - Proposed VIP Dr., Lora, Watergate, Ketch, Pirate, Muir Special Assessment District D. COMMISSION/COMMITTEE REPORTS 1. Council on Aging 2. Airport Commission KENAI CITY COUNCIL AGENDA JANUARY 18, 1989 Page 2 3. Economic Development Commission 4. Harbor Commission 5. Library Commission 6. Recreation Commission 7. Planning & Zoning Commission 8. Misc. Commissions/Committees E. MINUTES 1. *Regular Meeting, January 4, 1989 F. CORRESPONDENCE G. OLD BUSINESS H. NEW BUSINESS 1. Bills to be Paid, Bills to be Ratified 2. Requisitions Exceeding $1,000 3. *Games of Chance & Skill - City of Kenai, Senior Citizens 1. *Games of Chance & Skill - Kenai Emblem Club #455 5. *Games of Chance & Skill - American Legion Post 20 6. *Games of Chance & Skill - Kenai Central High School 7. Approval - Engineering for Additional Slips & Restrooms\Storage - Float Plane Basin - Wm. Nelson 8. Discussion - Swires Drive - Change Order #1 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 2. Council K. ADJOURNMENT 9 KENAI CITY COUNCIL - REGULAR MEETING - MINUTES OTANUARY 18, 1989 - 7:00 PM KENAI CITY BALL MAYOR JOHN J. WILLIA14S PRESIDING A. CALL TO ORDER A-1 pledge of Allegiance A-2 Roll Call Present: Art McComsey, O'Reilly, gal Williams Absent: None Ray Measles, Chris Monfor, Marj Smalley, Linda Swarner, John Councilman Smalley introducedretwolitt ng Kenai Central 1epresentatives who will High School at Council meetings for the coming year. A-3 Executive Session Cancelled per request of Mayor Williams• A-4 Agenda Approval a, Mayor Williams noted item dDstrlbuted this date. for Planning & Zoning Coaun.. Mayor Williams requested item E-lehe=Consentnutes f last b be removed from t Council meeting, Agenda for addition of the amendment distributed this date. c, Mayor Williams asked that this dateOf hfore Skill applications distributed American Legion and vFW be added to the Consent Agenda after item H-6. d• Mayor Williams asked that the mwo fromclerk Ruotsala regarerk cli.nq Martin Luther g D distributed this date, be added under I'4• MOTION: Councilman Smalley moved. seconded by Councilman s amended. Measles, to apprOVe the agenda a Motion passed by unanimous consent. _ A-5 Consent Agenda Mayor Williams noted the Consent Agenda items had been discussed under A-4. MOTION: • d by ilwoman Councilman Measles moved, secondeA9 Agenda the Consent 3men ed. O'Reilly, to approve Motion passed by unanimous consent. Be SCHEDULED pUBLiC CONTENT Done C. PUBLIC HEARINGS • 1280-88 - Aimending RMC, Title 1 'CitpeClerk's of C 1 Ord t, of Law and the Y All Employees of Dept. office Among the Powers and Duties of the City O Administrator ' KENAI CITY COUNCIL JANURAY 18, 1989 PAGE 2 MOTION: Councilwoman Monfor moved, seconded by Councilwoman Swarner, to adopt the ordinance. There was no public comment. Councilwoman Monfor. I am in favor of this ordinance because Council does not have to be involved in the day to day running of City Hall. There are no personalities involved with this. All three still answer ultimately to Council and are hired by Council. Councilman Measles suggested an amendment to give "dotted line authority" to the City Manager and the rest to Council. Would that resolve the day to day concerns and still give ultimate authority to Council? City Manager Brighton replied yes. Councilwoman O'Reilly. I have had some second thoughts on this as well as input from citizens. Will this change the direct relationship between Council and the Attorney? With this change, he could have a conflict between what the City Manager would want and what Council would want. Do you see problems along these lines? Atty. Rogers replied no. Councilwoman Monfor. Ultimately we hire the City Manager, the City Attorney and the City Clerk. There should be no question where . their loyalties lie. The Manager would run the day to day matters. If there is a conflict between these two, they should come to Council. Ultimately they answer to Council, we are the bosses. Councilwoman O'Reilly. If we request something from the Attorney, the Manager or the Clerk and the City Manager wanted something, there would be a conflict. City Manager Brighton. That would be the City Manager's problem. Councilman Smalley. Have there been problems? Is that the reason this is here? Atty. Rogers. None for the City Attorney. Clerk Ruotsala. None for the Clerk. Councilman Smalley. Then why fix it? Councilwoman Monfor. Council felt there have been problems. In reviewing the positions last year, this was requested. Councilman Measles. It goes back further than last August. It has come up from time to time. This gives full supervision and control to the City Manager. This only gives Council the right to hire and fire, it takes away all authority to direct them. Mayor Williams. I have reviewed the history of this regarding administration of the City Attorney and City Clerk. It was changed several years ago. I have considerable concern with changing the wording to return to the situation then in place. I have much concern with two different people looking at something from two directions (the City Attorney and the City Manager). I find it interesting that many opinions are coming forward. I think it is important that this continue as is. The City Clerk.is a different situation. The relationship between the City Attorney, the City Clerk and the City Manager can be tenuous. I am reluctant to give up this relationship. I will vote against this. VOTE (Failed): Yes. Monfor, Swarner No: McComsey, Measles, O'Reilly, Smalley, Williams MWAI CIT`i COUNCIL JANURAy 18, 1989. PAGE 3 C-2 Res. 89-3 - Water & Sewer Rates, R/V Parks NOTION Gilman MccomseY moved, seconded by Councilwoman counSwarner, to adopt the resolution. There was no public comment. Councilman smalley. This came up at P&Z. There was concern regarding the length of the use season, it should be 3-4 months. Those rates could make it not a workable industry. The R/V People felt it was a 10 a -off and they did not need rates duringFinance the year p Ybe time of year there would not Q These are the Director Brown I haveobjection. same rates as Soldotna, it is hard tstat ocompanrareheirs and ours. Their structure and dump different. uncilwoman O'Reilly. Regarding the time elements and Co rates. It is about 5Co cents omannMonforl In my break the tourists. travels, I found anyone who comes to Alaska getse do a free ride. This is nothing. People who come questions rates. f mobile Mayor Williams. We are urging development oby Spring - ter home parks. We want to see this water?leFinance Director Do we make provisions to me Brown. They can meter, based Bron the size of the line. Br or Williams. is the metered rate less, more or the same? Finance Director Brown- It varoee the Whay•size of the line. The option is there to g Building Inspector Hackney had said some may be hard to meter. Mayor Williams. May through Sept. was suggested by the Y The size of line and park owners. Councilman Measles. number of spaces has nothing to do with it. It is per irking space. If one camper is parked there and it P was metered, what would the cost be? Finance Director Brown. The metered would be less. councilman Measles. It would not make a difference. If. -One customer stayed one month with one R/V, it would be less than the still be essflat rate. If the Bark iseuDirectorwould Brown• There is a than the flat rate. FinanC minimum charge that is quite high on 1/4argerf literate. Mayor Williams. The metered rate is Councilman Measles. Because of them minimum d chafargeSept. Councilman Mccomsey. It would g _ d 1? Mayor Williams replied here? CCouncilman Measles. s What if there eb I think Sept. hou d be there but not May. POTION, Amendment: Councilwoman O'Reilly moved, seconded by Councilwoman Swarner, to amend page 3. at top, to read "May through Sept.,, Further amend page 3, at bottom, "Oct. through April." Councilman Smalley. When king salmon season is over, this town is naked. Most m are camping,, The local. 5-6 per day m ly one month could are out of town. It is onor. we aretlooking at hurt business. Councilwomancominglong term. if we long term thing s :gamig is be vim KENAI CITY COUNCIL ' JANURAY 18, 1989 PAGE 4 are going to be year round tourism, we should think of more than just fishing in the river. VOTE, Amendment (Passed): Yes: McComsey, Measles, Monfor, O'Reilly, Swarner, Williams No: Smalley VOTE, Main Motion as Amended: Motion passed unanimously by roll call vote. C-3 Renewal of Liquor License - Katmai Hotel Restaurant & Lounge C-4 Renewal of Liquor License, Transfer of Liquor License The Rig Bar C-5 Renewal of Liquor License - Italian Gardens r- Approved by Consent Agenda. C-6 Res. 89-4 - Setting Public Hearing Date -Proposed E. Aliak, Highbush Special Assessment District MOTION: Councilman Smalley moved, seconded by Councilwoman O'Reilly, to adopt the resolution. There was no public comment. Motion passed by unanimous consent. C-7 Res.-89-5 - Setting Public Hearing Date - Proposed Candlelight, Linwood, Kaknu, Kiana, Baker, Lawton Special Assessment District MOTION: Councilwoman O'Reilly moved, seconded by Councilman Smalley, to adopt the resolution. There was no public comment. Motion passed by unanimous consent. C-8 Res. 89-6 - Setting Public Hearing Date -Proposed VIP Dr., Lora, Watergate, Retch, Pirate, Muir Special 5 Assessment District MOTION: Councilman McComsey moved, seconded by Councilman Measles, to adopt the resolution. There was no public comment. Motion passed by unanimous consent. D. COMMISSION/COMMITTEE REPORTS D-1 Council on Aging Program Director Porter reported the Senior Center was opened up for ball room dancing. There were 5 seniors, the rest were public, including teenagers. They had to turn some away. She suggested ball room dancing lessons at the Rec Center. RENAI CITY COUNCIL JANURAY 18, 1989 PAGE 5 They are working with the Congregate Housing. They will meet with the soldotna senior citizens. Councilwoman Swarner. There are mistakes on the names in the minutes, it should be considered a draft. Mayor Williams. I will be working with the Kenai Peninsula Caucus regarding Congregate Housing. The soldotna Council voted 6-0 in favor. Mayor Williams. Regarding appointments to the Council on Aging. He sent a letter to Betty Warren, President, this date regarding the number of members on the Council on Aging. We have 9 now, we have to hold at 7. Mr. Schilling is serving asnco cu==enc eon�theat would be 7. I am withholding remainder because of this matter. Councilwoman Swarner. The terms of Gene Sipperly and Patrick Cartee expired. D-2 Airport Commission Councilwoman O'Reilly. The next meeting is Jan. 26. Mayor Williams. Construction on the airport terminal is under way. public Works Director Kornereswasit is going smoothly. Councilwoman M or. letter to the editor in the Clarion. It might behoove the city to say to the people hte�nal.eir taxes Mayor arenot going up because of the airport Williams. I had Finance Director Brown prepare information for the paper. They will prepare an article. Councilwoman Monfor. I object to the statement that it is being done for the Bicentennial. How long will the construction take? Mayor Williams replied, 120 days. D-3 D-4 D-5 Councilwoman O'Reilly. Are they working on having soup and coffee there? Airport Manager Ernst replied yes. The water line is in. There is a machine from should be Anchorage there now, a new one is coming. next week. I have put up my coffee machine. Mayor Williams. There was much discussion regarding how to serve the public during renovation. we had amight sign "please some good for public relations bear with us during remodeling." Airport Manager Ernst. We are going to paint the wall flat white. I have asked the director of the high school art class to have the students paint a mural Economic Development Commission Mayor Williams. The next meeting is Jan. 19. Harbor Commission Councilman Measles. There was a meeting Jan. 9. They elected officers. Mayor Williams. The Governor has put in his budget $1 Million for the seafood industrial park. The question was asked, what happens if the Federal funds do not go through? I told him we would continue regardless of Federal involvement. Library Commission KENAI CITY COUNCIL JANURAY 18, 1989 PAGE 6 • Mayor Williams. The Conference of Mayors used the Library conference room. D-6 Recreation Commission Recreation Director McGillivray. There will be a meeting Jan. 24. Councilwoman Swarner. Thee land othershould thingslook the at ball room dancing in thfuture Community Schools used to do. Recreational Director McGillivray. The problem is space. D-7 Planning & Zoning Councilman Smalley. They had a meeting Jan. 11. They elected Pat Nault chairman and Phil Bryson vice chairman. There will be a public (for R/V parksjngJan. 25 the zones were regarding site specifico decided. Mayor Williams. P&Z should be commended for the R/V Ordinance. At their Feb. 1 meeting, Council will sit as Board of Appeals regarding the McKechnie appeal of Foster Bros. R/V park. ADDED ITEM: Mayor Williams. Councilwoman Swarner, Atty. Rogers and he will be in Juneau Feb. 1. D-8 Misc. Comm/Conan None E. MINUTES E-1 Regular Meeting, Jan. 4, 1989 MOTION: Councilwoman Swarner moved, seconded CaCouncilwoman OvReilly, to amend the minutes per attached MOTION, Withdraw: Councilwoman Swarner, with consent of second, withdrew her motion. MOTION: Councilwoman Swarner moved, seconded by Councilman Smalley, to amend the minutes by adding the amendment distributed this date and changing the location from Inlet View to Inlet Woods. Motion passed by unanimous consent. i MOTION: Councilman Smalley othdsmi condeasb Councilwoman O Reilly, to approve Motion passed by unanimous consent. F. CORRESPONDENCE None G.. OLD -BUSINESS 8-1 Bills to be Paid, Bills to be Ratified MOTION: Councilwoman Monfor moved, sec nded bY as submittud.11man Mccomsey,. to approve the bills Motion passed by un=imous consent* H-2 Requisitions Exceeding $1,000 MOTION: Councilwoman Swarner moved. Seionded s soubmit ed. Measles, to approve the requistions a Motion passed by unanimous consent. g-3 Games of Chance & Skill - -city of Kenai, Senior Citizens g-� Games ofChance & Emble�a Club # Skill5- Kenai U-5 Games of American Chance & Skill - Legion Post #20 g-6 Games of Chance School Kenai centralg ADDED ITEM: Games of Chance & Skill - American Legion Aux. #20 ADDED ITEM: Games of Chance & Skill _ Veterans of Foreign Wars Approved by Consent Agenda. H-7 Approval - Engineering for Additional Slips & Restrooms/Storage - Float Plane Basin - Wm. Nelson Engineer Wm. Nelson. The improvements were requested by the Airport Comm. to compl available g ty ants to recently done. The funds arevailable complete this. Councilwoman Swarner. How many confirmed slips do you have for next summer with c s sn an? Airport no Manager Ernst. We have 35P We money. We have not complesedilleMay regulations. float plane would not release the slip basin will not be operating till Councilman cYe an McComsey. Has it been adver Mayor Williams asked, what is the .nidt ofes the 501fns? TheAirport Manager re 6nsf. they will be for larger The new ones planes. We will know better after one year's operation. MOTION: Councilman Measles moved, seconded by Councilman MCComsey, to approve the design services as proposed by Wm. Nelson for $9,590. (Not to exceed figure) MOTE (Passed): KENAI CITY COUNCIL JANURAY 181 1989 PAGE 8 _ Yes:: McComsey, Measles, Monfort O'Reilly, Smalley, Williams No: Swarner H-8 Disc. - Swires Dr. - Change Order #1 Phil Bryson - Wince, Corthell & Bryson. The Change - Order was presented to Council Dec. 7. The contractor incorporated it in the work because of a swale near the school. Council had questions regarding this. Notice to proceed was not till Jan. Later in the project there was the change order for curb and gutter. It needed a full cross section. The missed item was - because the work was done in winter rather than Summer. Mayor Williams noted Public Works recommends paying for the work. MOTION: Councilwoman Monfor moved, seconded by Councilman - McComsey, that the bill be paid. VOTE.(Passed): Yes: McComsey, Measles, Monfort O'Reilly, Smalley, Williams No Swarner I. ADMINISTRATION REPORTS I-1 Mayor Mayor Williams spoke. a. There will be a board of appeals hearing at the Feb. 1 meeting regarding Foster Bros. R/v Park. b. Comm/Comm appointments. Susan Smalley has resigned from Library Comm. He recommended Joanne Elson. Council had no objection. C. Regarding Joann Odd, her contract for the logo for the Bicentennial and the rights to all of her designs. She suggested $500, she would release all her rights. She contracted with the City for a specific logo and we paid the price for a specific logo. Atty. Rogers. We will need a release from her. Mayor Williams. She will be back in town soon. Of all the logos she presented (about 6), we wanted to use about 3. Council agreed to have the Mayor discuss with her. d. He met Jan. 17 with Mr. Borg (Anchorage Natl. Guard) and others, regarding the fire training school. They will involve Chugach Electric for tower materials. The National Guard will use it for jumping practice. I-2 City Manager City Manager Brighton spoke. a. There will be a grant writing seminar in Homer. There are 3 employees that will be around the city for a long time. I would like to send Rim Howard, Carol Freas and Jack LaShot. With Council approval I will pay for it.out of Council Misc. y RENAI CITY COUNCIL JAWJRAY 18 , 1989 PAGE 9 account. $2,000. The money will be well spent, about MOTION.: Councilwoman Monfor moved. seconded by Councilman Measles, that the City Manager take money out o Legislative Misc. (for this item) Motion passed by unanimous consent. councilwoman O'Reilly. would they be able to help the visitors & convention Bd.? Mayor Williams. We will Monfor. The Visitors & review this. Councilwoman Convention Bd. approved Sue Carters o attend don'ththink Also Jackie Oberg will herwwith le to use (the the money was wasted, hi training) for the Visitors & Convention grantsmanship How do we get these grant Bd. Councilman McComsey. schools? City Manager Brighton. Through the univ. of Alaska. b. I talked with Rep. Swackhammer this date. He is on the House Finance COMM- and sub-Commdinhat will put together the House finances. g Bicentennial. He said he and the Bicentennial - In . Navarre were getting a lot of guff regarding all good conscience, with the people the wanting water & sewer, hsupport e could not proposition. I asked about the Congregate Housing. He said it did not crereea eaHo s ng•but Housing - there would be no money for Cong g They are on a fast track and will have budgets done earlier than before in the House -The schools are #1 priority and they will add additional funds. But every other item will be cut. He said they will not tb 0%t maybe 30%. Assistance and Revenue sharing I said schools are #1 financorn�heand lastthey 2 years raised the school portion while they have cut Out bef lncreasedds for 2forars the 3rd elsewhere. They will year in a row and we will t isrdecliningyeand in a row. The school enro llme it takes more money per student. SZhh� ngcmeansla Municipal Assistance and Revenue They feel they direct increase in local budgets. should have a budget by Feb. 1.,s cold They arefacgetting heat from the onetnerSullivan Group storage because of here. It is f If they have the Anchorage cold storage Pr the end of Feb., it will the House budget Prior be a miracle. That means the lobbyists and others will have to start work right away. If they do this, they will catch heater Will local be government in the State. ave t tax increase on the local level. Councilwoman Monfor. I can appreciate a $2 Million Bicentennial was not ao noa idea. If Bute first of all, he lives infor it. wanted it in Soldotna they would work anything is They have the audacity �ereayv before is no money for decided, they can say Congregate Housingwe should send and Council should Administration down ople and to Juneau, call. KENAI CITY COUNCIL JANURAY 18, 1989 PAGE 10 City Manager Brighton. All cities have convention centers. Kenai was putting in water & sewer and roads. Now they need those and they have become priorities. Rep. Swackhammer indicated the State will be substantially cutting from what the Governor proposed. The only addition was schools. Mayor Williams. I spent some time with Lobbyist Ashley Reed. I don't know how we will approach short of getting angry. The Conference of Mayors took a strong position regarding Municipal Assistance and Revenue Sharing. Councilwoman Monfor. Who are they representing? City Manager Brighton. They fail to see they represent the same people we do. Councilwoman O'Reilly. In the good days we did the right thing. Mayor Williams. The seafood industrial park was denied by the statewide economic recovery group chaired by George Sullivan. I sent a letter to him. The Governor's announcement was made soon after. They took a lot of heat putt..ng this in. They feel we deserve the project. I will defend this and Congregate Housing vigorously. If the $30 Million facility in Anchorage becomes a reality for the seafood industry, the concerns they have regarding ours will be nothing compared to that one. It could decimate the processing industry we have here. I see it as a direct threat to one of the major economic bases of Kenai and the Peninsula. Councilman Measles. They have also hired a lobbyist to go to Washington D.C. to promote - Chuck Sassara. I-3 Attorney Atty. Rogers noted he will be in Juneau Jan. 31 for dinner with Legislators. He will not be at the Feb. 1 meeting. I-4 City Clerk Clerk Ruotsala referred to the memo distributed this date regarding Martin Luther King Day as a holiday. Councilwoman Swarner said it is not necessary. Mayor Williams replied, he will discuss it Jan. 19. i-5 Finance Director None I-6 Public Works Director None I-7 Airport Manager None J. DISCUSSION J-1 -citizens None . KENAI CITY COUNCIL JANURAY 18, 1989 PAGE 11 J-2 Council . a. Councilwoman Swarner. She will not be at the Feb. 1 meeting. b. Councilwoman Swarner. Is the Mayor going to any meetings in Anchorage with the Sullivan Group? Mayor Williams replied no. c. Councilwoman Swarner. We have no reports from Economic Development Comm. regarding Resource Development Comm. meetings in Anchorage. Mayor Williams. I will ask. d. Councilman McComsey. Could we ask the State to remove some snow from the streets? visibility is bad. Public Works Director Kornelis. I will contact them. e. Councilwoman Swarner. What about the lights by the school? Councilwoman Monfor. What about the lights that are out all over the City? Public Works Director Kornelis. I will ask. f. Councilman McComsey. What about the Christmas 'Lights? Public Works Director Kornelis. After the Russian Christmas, we were to take them down, but it has been too cold. g. Councilwoman Monfor expressed thanks to the City for keeping the lights up during Russian Christmas. h. Councilman Smalley. There will be a Borough School District PAC meeting Jan. 19. The Assembly and School Board will walk through the school building to see its needs. Mayor Williams noted there have been 171000 graduates from KCHS. i. Mayor Williams. It has come to my attention that we have overlooked an industry for economic development: Grey Power. $1,094,000 in the economy in Alaska, 27% of the population in Alaska. The City of Kenai may serve itself well to develop this as a City industry. The average retirement income is between $30,000 and $40,000 including $8,000 benefits from Alaska. It is the cleanest industry we could get into. We have bargaining chips: 1) No Borough property tax, 2) The State pays great sums to keep them here. I would like to develop a plan for about 150 couples that would be interested in moving here. With Council blessing, I will talk to the Economic Development Comm. Jan. 19. The Sr. Citizens are not the type of people that take more schools or greater police work. Council had no objection. j. Mayor Williams. Another industry to consider is cold water recovery and training school for use by helicopter people, etc. Sen. Stevens is looking at it, it would be $5 Million additional funding. We have 65 acres at the airport set aside for development, it could be used for this. It would be 3,000 people per year in addition to 3,000 for the fire training school. K. ADJOURNMENT KENAI CITY COUNCIL JANURAY 18, 1989 PAGE 12' Meeting adjourned at 9:30 PM. /Janet Ruotsala ty Clerk. a s