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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1988-07-27 Council Minutes - Special Meeting{ I AGENDA - KENAI CITY COUNCIL -SPECIAL MEETING DULY 27, 1988 - 7:00 PH A. CALL TO ORDER 1. Pledge of Allegiance 2. Roll Call B. PUBLIC HEARINGS --"-.T,--- - - - -- 1. Resolution 68-64 - Initiating Special Assessment Proposal, Road Paving - Candlelight, Linwood, r` 2. Kaknu, Kiana, Baker, Lawton Resolution 88-65 - initiating Special Assessment 3. Proposal, Road Paving - E. Ali,ak, Highbush CityAliaManagerReport -Candlelight/Linwood and E. 4. Preliminary Assessment Role -Candlelight/Linwood 5. Preliminary Assessment Role - E. Aiiak/Highbush Resolution 88-63 - Setting Public Hearing - °- - "- 6. Candlelight, Linwood, Kaknu, Kiana, Baker, Lawton 7. Special Assessment District Resolution 88-66 - Setting Public Hearing - E. Aliak, Highbush Special Assessment District C . NEW BUSINESS 1. Introduction of Ordinance 1275-88 - Increasing Rev/Appns - Candlelight/Linwood Capital Projects - = 2. $673,000 IntrodunBionE:fAliak/Highbuandinance 6-g$292,000easing Rev/ pp - D. ADJOURNMENT A • i UTES -SPECIAL MEETING KENAI CITY COUNCIL00 JULY 27 , 1986 PM ' ,7. KENAI CITY HALL MAYOR JOHN J. WILLIA14S PRISIDING A. CALL TO ORDER .. A-1 Pledge of Allegiance - - 6y A-2 Roll Call --- °� . Present: Art MaComsey, Chris Monfor, Ray Measles, Mari Sall Bailie, John Williams---'---_.-- :--- Absent: Linda Swarner r :- ......: ..... . ".: A3ENDA APPROVAL ;.oduc Mayor of two Williams. The meeting isHffor intrked thattion the public ordinances and 4 resolutions. The ordinances will brief as possible. . -- �' hearings be as be for introduction only.there will be no public it may be better ��:''- - - - hearing till August 17. He suggested to hold off on this till Spring if we cannot come to a There have conclusion. There is a squeeze on time. rdin use of the money. it is in a raga g j been comments road -building pool, it cannot be used .for any other -appropriated by the ro s unless it is re p i ect Legislature. ¢ Council approved the agenda as submitted. `...' B. PUBLIC HEARINGS _ cial Assessment Proposal, 8-1 Res. 88-64 Initiating Spe _:. Candlelight, Linwood, Kaknu, Kiana, Road Paving - Baker ► Lawton .... ' , MOTIONs Councilman Measles move, seionded by Councilwoman Sallie, to adopt the so " i' NII�iENT PUBLIC : . a. Toni Dyer, Owner of a lot on Linwood. There are community taking advantage of f, lot of people in the these roads. It is not fair to have us paying for ,:< others using the roads- b....Duane_4uellete, Eagle Rock, Kenai. He has live -1ots--of - on this road for- -20- years- and eaten .duet. have had people from all over the country and LIEworld u R _ - - - . _ _--_ _ _- _ -- _- -They down that --road.- Theme were_not ven -a-- - - - _ --- - ---.------ ---------'----- r #� imorovem ntsywithoutoassessmen su1dE gle Rock p 21. It l 01 4 c � KENAI CITY COUNCIL JULY 27, 1988 PAGE 2 should have some kind of compensation. Mayor Williams. There has been a resolution regarding this, it is a separate issue. c. Dalton Peters, Candlelight, Kenai. Council is completely inconsistent. Marathon and Swires are being done. $200 may be as much to some other individual, as Swires assessment is to Mr. Zubeck. Eagle Rock requested an assessment. That is history, he will not make a judgement. Paving Candlelight and Linwood is fair. d. Connie Wilson, Linwood, Kenai. She has lived there since 1972. They have eaten dust from the City dirt trucks getting -sand from the sand pit. Now it is the golf course, they are getting all those people. If they city wants it paved, they should pave without cost. e. Bob Jackson, Linwood Lane, Kenai. City Manager Brighton did extensive research on this project. We pay him good money to do these things. He had the best solution to this situation. f. Jim Doyle, owner of property on Candlelight. He has lived here since 1959. He is for paving, but not assessments. People cannot afford this, it should not be forced on us. He suggested a vote of the people for public record as to those for and against assessments. g. Sharon Williams, 306 Candlelight, Kenai. For 20 years the Capital improvement Project list has not had assessments. There have been subdivisions that have had roads put in that the City has funded and are being paid back to the City. As a contractor, we put all roads in and paid for them. That is the normal way it is done. if the City has to eat one big subdivision, we will pay for that. Let's not forget the safety of the kids in school, when the dust is up in that area, we cannot see them. h. Frank Getty, 208 Candlelight, Kenai. He is against an assessment district. He spoke to Councilwoman Bailie regarding Swires. She explained to him she voted for this because of dust conditions and the need for street lights for the kids in school. They have the same situation but have a golf course instead of a school. They do not have street lights. They have added problems: 1) the golf course. 2) the Oilers games getting out, the traffic is backed up and they come -.flown- Linwoc .Kn_d._. Candlelight. 3 ) the road was quiet till Lawton Extended was opens up. ow --- --------------------- -they have -the -Jr. High and High School kids parking there. Mr. Aase and-Mr--Craycro got --- their road done and the FAA road took 3 weeks to get through. With a lien on his property, he has L ,I • KENAI CITY COUNCIL JULY 27, 1988 PAGE 3 to pay interest, he may as well sign it over to the City. He did not want a lien on his property. J, Don Ste John, Watergate Way, Kenai. The name of his street has been changed several times. It reminds people of something in our history that was not pleasant, but means rroblems in government can be corrected no matter how high. when he moved to Kenai, there was bad goverment in the City, we have an excellent one now. He did not want to see it changed. There seems to be favoritism and discrimination. People with large amount of lands got a break. it would be interesting to take this to court. Mayor Williams asked for a show of hands for those in favor of assessments. For - 3, Against - approximately 25. J. Phyllis Quellette,, Eagle Rock, Kenai. in 1985 Council wrote a letter that the State was in an oil crunch and all people would be assessed. They offered paving but they would have were offez. a 50% assessment. She felt government should no longer give, we should be willing to pay for what we get. councilwoman Monfor noted she was ill during the last 2 meetings. She noted it is not easy to sit in Council, but elections are coming up and it is rewarding to run for Council. She felt we cannot ask for everything we want from goverment, but she can understand why they do not want to be assessed. But what do we do with VIP and Thompson Pk.? They will never got water & sewer. All Kenai people have needs, Council has to look at the needs of the entire city. if we put all the money we received into roads, what will happen to the people who don't got anything? Councilwoman O'Reilly noted the City is at fault for being inconsistent and not assessing. The money is running out, but we have money to do these jobs. The overall fact is severe conditions exist because of outside problems, caused by the City and the Borough. She cannot vote for assessments in view of the Swires action last week. Councilwoman Bailie complimented Mr. Quellette for his statements. Council was at a breakfast meeting with The Governor Cowper and Reps. Navarre and Swackhammer. Governor's comments were, "We cannot go back to what we did in the past,, now we have to go on and make as few mistakes -as _possible.."- --She asked the representatives what their feelings were -about - assessments. - -They said -- when this is gone, there will not be more. They said if there were not assessments;- it- woul&-be--impossible-- to got money from Juneau. There have been assessments in the past. She received a call from one individual who is paying assessments. They said it is not easy, L. KEMAI CITY COUNCIL JULY 27, 1988 PAGE 4 but they will pay.: They also said if they were having health problems, they would pay for part of it. She did not think it was right to pay for Swires. The Borough put the facility in when we had no say. They said they had no responsibility for this but the School Board did not intend it to be paved. How can they say that with the traffic it will bear? It is not fair for the Swires people to pay for this when the Borough will benefit. If we exempt them, we are not being fair to those on Candlelight and the other streets. We are looking at a large and diverse community. VIP and Thompson Pk. will never have water & sewer and are paying the same mill levy. There was a system in resolution form for assessment districts. It was circumvented by the City Manager with a memo suggesting the paving be done with no cost. She has a second memo from the City Manager suggesting 50% assessments. She proposed, with roads impacted by outside government entities, assess them 100%, all others 25%, with a moratorium before paying. in a residential area with little chance of impact, paving would be 50%. VIP and Thompson Pk should fall into a category such as Candlelight and Linwood. She would like to consider a policy similar to Anchorage. The people with small assessments pay over a 5 year period, larger areas have 20 years. Mayor Williams said one of the reasons for postponing action was to -have ideas such as these. His suggestion was, roads are community property, especially those accessing public facilities. We could set up by ordinance a road, water & sewer improvement fund specifically for those projects. It would be a special savings account for capital improvement projects. One mill tax to all residents, $100 per year per citizen for future needs for maintenance and construction. By taking one mill in the fund, there would be $225,000 per year. It would generate more money. Benefits from an assessment district are slow in coming. Councilwoman Bailie asked if there was anything we could to at present with those who have second thoughts regarding Swires to halt the process. Public Works Director Kornelis replied, the project has been awarded, notice to proceed will be next week. He did not know if it was legal to stop. Mayor Williams said - - - Council- had -an agreemcsrt -with -the legislators --that- Swires was top priority and would be paved. That is - - - - - -- - ----one -reason -for - the money- we -have. ---Councilwoman Bailie- - - — - said she is upset that the Borough can do this and the City has to pay when they have put in a "driveway" for a school that was longer than Swires. The Borough t KENAI CITY COUNCIL JULY 27, 1988 PAGE 5 representatives have a responsibility to the City. She would pike to see this looked into. She suggested forming a citizen's group for a task force to review this with Council. Councilman McComsey asked, what kind of sales tax do we receive on It? Finance Director Brown replied, about $550,000. Councilman McComsey suggested putting 1/2% sales tax on for this. It would be $250,000 for roads. VOTE (Fails): yes: Monfort -Measles, Bailie No: McComsey, O'Reilly, Williams Tie vote fails. B-2 Res. 88-65 - Initiating Special Assessment Proposal, Road Paving - E. Aliak, Highbush MOTION: Councilwoman Monfor moved, seconded by Councilwoman Bailie, to adopt the resolution. PUBLIC COMNT: a. Darby Howell, Highbush, Kenai. He has sent a letter to Council explaining his feelings. He paid $70,000 for a water line. They said he would not have assessments. He will have to pay for it for 10 years. b. Mark Howell, Highbush, Kenai. When he moved there, he had no road, he made his own. When people moved in, they asked the City for help, the City would not help. We hired men to work the road. Then the City put in water & sewer. Now the City wants to pave the road and assess. He is against this. a. Charles Woodcock, E. Aliak, Kenai. We are one of the main routes to the school. The money is there for paving, he would like to have the money for this. 1986 taxes were $462+, 1987 - $545+, 1988 - $474. He is not getting free paving. No one is getting something for nothing. Please pave the roads and do not have assessments. VOTE (Fails): -YeB:--Morifor, -measles-, -Bail e___-- No: McComsey, O'Reilly, Williams - - -- Tie--vote--fails.-- ---- - - -- - B-3 City Manager's Report - Candlelight/Linwood and E.Aliak/Highbush KENAI CITY COUNCIL JULY 27, 1988 k PAGE 6 B-4 Preliminary Assessment Role - Candlelight/Linwood B-5 Preliminary Assessment Role - E. Aliak/Highbush No action taken. B-6 Res. 88-63 - Setting Public Hearing - Candlelight, Linwood Kaknu, Kiana, Baker, Lawton - Special Assessment District B-7 Res. 88-66 - setting Public Hearing - E. Aliak, Highbush - Special Assessment District { Council agreed to remove items B-6 and B-7 from the - -.- - agenda by actions of Council. C. NEW BUSINESS C-1 Introduction of Ord. 1275-68 - Increas. Rev/Appns - Candlelight/Linwood Capital Projects - $673,000 C-2 Introduction of Ord. 1276-88 - Increas. Rev/Appns - E. Aliak/Highbush - $292,000 No action taken by Council. D. ADJOURNMENT MOTION: Councilwoman O'Reilly moved, seconded by Councilwoman Monfor, to adjourn. ADDED ITEMS: a. Councilwoman Bailie noted 8 representatives from Fred Meyer were in town this week. Did they visit the City Hall? Mayor Williams replied he was not aware of this. b. Mayor Williams said he received a letter from the U.S. Navy asking us to continue our efforts. He has asked Public Works Dept. to prepare information, the Navy command will be here Aug. 2. Motion to adjourn passed by unanimous consent of Council. Time ofAdjournment: 8:40 PM. i /Janet Ruotsala City Clerk _.