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KENAI CITY COUNCIL - REGULAR MEETING
APRIL 21, 1982 - 7; 00 P14
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
ROLL CALL
1.
Agenda Approval
B.
PERSONS PRESENT SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD
1.
Kenai Mail Merchants - Mall Parking Lot
2.
Architect Carmen Gintoli - Senior Citizens
Center Proposal
C.
PUBLIC HERRINGS
1.
Ordinance 767-82 - Increasing Rev/Appns -
Replace Heat & Smoke Detectors in Jail - $2,000
2.
Ordinance 768-82 - Increasing Rev/Appns - Grant
From State, Fire Service Training - $7,000
3.
Resolution 82-34 - Award of Bid - Tractor Equip.,
Parks & Recreation, to Totem Equipment
4.
Application for Liquor License -
Little Ski no
D.
MINUTES
1.
Regular Meeting, March 17, 1982
2.
Regular Meeting, April 7, 1982
E.
CORRESPONDENCE
F.
OLD
BUSINESS
1.
Stoehner Lease Application - 4 Lots in Etolin
Subdivision (Notice of Reconsideration)
2.
Water & Sewer - Candlelight & Linwood
G.
NEW
BUSINESS
1.
Bills to be Paid, Bills to be Ratified
2.
Requisitions Exceeding $1,000
3.
Ordinance 758-82 - Increasing Rev/Appns -
Engineering & Preparation of Grant - Float
Plant Basin - $5,300 (Re -Introduction)
4.
Approval of Lease - Peninsula Development
5.
Amendment to Lease - Alaska Rent-A-Car
6.
Discussion - Increase in Audit Fee
7.
Discussion - Senior Citizens Center - Water
& Sewer, Street Access
H.
REPORTS
1.
City Manager
2.
City Attorney
3.
Mayor
4.
City Clerk
5.
Finance Director
6.
Planning & Zoning
7.
Harbor 'Commission
S.
Recreation Commission
I.
PERSONS PRESENT NO SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD
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KENAI CITY COUNCIL, REGULAR MEETING, MINUTES
APRIL 21, 1982, 7:00 PM
KENAI CITY ADMINISTRATION BUILDING
I MAYOR VINCENT O'REILLY PRESIDING
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
A. ROLL CALL
Present: Betty Glick, Ron Malston, Ray Measles,
Dick Mueller, Tom Wagoner, John Wise,
Vincent O'Reilly
Absent: None
Mayor O'Reilly acknowledged a gift from the Library.
A-1 Agenda Approval
a. Mayor O'Reilly requested that item G-7 be
discussed with item B-2, as they both relate
to the Senior Citizens Center.
b. Mayor O'Reilly requested that item B-1 be held
till later in the evening, as Police Chief P.oss
wished to speak, and he will be delayed,
Council agreed to the changes.
B. PERSONS PRESENT SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD
B-2 Senior Citizens Center Proposal
G-7 Senior Citizens Center - Water & Sewer, Street Access
a, Shirley Wilson, President, Mayor's Council on
the Aging. It is the concensus of the Senior
Citizen Council that the center be built as
soon as possible.
b. Betty Warren. She asked, what is the cost of
the water & sewer? Mayor O'Reilly reviewed
the memo from Public Works Director vnrnelis
enclosed in the packet. Mrs. Warren said after
talking to members of the Council, she feels
confident this will go ahead. She would hope
income from monies from the $1 Million for
the Center would go toward defraying of costs.
She is opposed to eliminating the wood work
shop. It has been many years getting this far
and it would probably be many years before we
would get any additional monies. She would hope
we could keep our square footage intact.
Councilman Wagoner asked, does the City provide the
labor and equipment, or the contractor on these
prices? Public Works Director Kornei_ replied,
the contractor.
MOTION:
Councilman Wagoner moved, seconded by Councilwoman
Glick, to direct Administration to proceed with
making recommendations where we could come up with
$20,295 to complete this portion of the project and
keep in mind at the same time if contingency fund
is available to pave the parking lot and do as much
site improvement on the project as possible.
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APRIL 21, 1982
Page 2
City Manager Brighton said there is that much in
contingency. Finance Director Brown said the price
held to was to include contingency. The $20,000
can be charged to the project without changing the
size of the project. He budgeted a lot for the land
and did not need that much. Councilwoman Glick asked
if the interest generated on the $1 Million was put
into TCD's. Finance Director Brown replied we only
received 20% of the total. The money has to go into
the General Fund. Interest earned has not been added
to the project.
MOTION, Withdraw of original Motions
Council Wagoner, with consent of second, withdrew
his original motion.
MOTIONs
VOTE
Councilman Wagoner moved, seconded by Councilwoman
Glick, to direct the City Manager to contact the
architect and tell him to proceed and if the monies
are available that $20,000 will come out of project
contingency.
Councilman Mueller asked if the 4" sewer line was
adequate. Engineer LaShot replied yes. Councilman
Mueller said funds should be found to put the paving
in. Councilman wise said we should take it out of
appropriate funds and if the bids come in wrong, we
may at that time add $20,000 from City coffers to
augment the project. We should wait till the bids
come in. Mayor O'Reilly asked if the project is
being bid with alternates. Councilman Wagoner re-
plied, his motion did not address that.
Motion passed unaimously by roll call vote.
City Manager Brighton addressed the Senior Citizens,
was there a problem with the location? Councilman
Wagoner noted he had heard from senior citizens also.
He took a vote, out of 60 it was unanimous. There
is some dissension, but they are not the majority.
Betty Warren. Out of 100 senior citizens, 3 have
objected to the site.
Mayor O'Reilly acknowledged the gift of Brownies
from Louisa Miller.
C. PUBLIC HEARINGS
C-1 Ordinance 767-82 - Increasing Rev/Appns - Replace
beat & Smoke Detectors in Jail - $2,000
MOTIONS
Councilman Measles moved, seconded by Councilman
Malston, to adopt the ordinance.
There was no public comment.
Motion passed unanimously by roll call vote.
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APRIL 21, 1982
Page 3
C-2 Ordinance 768-82 - increasing Rev/Appns - Grant
From State, Fire Service Training - $7,000
MOTION:
Councilwoman Glick moved, seconded by Councilman
Mueller, to adopt the ordinance.
There was no public comment.
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Motion passed unanimously by roll call vote.
C-3 Resolution 82-34 - Award of Bid - Tractor Equip.,
Parks & Recreation, to Totem Equipment
Mayor O'Reilly noted the resolution had been amended.
The amended resolution was distributed this date.
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MOTION:
Councilman Malston moved, seconded by Councilwoman
Glick, to adopt the resolution as submitted this
j date (4-21-82)
j Councilman Wagoner asked why Totem Supplies did not
meet bid specs. Recreation Director McGillivray re-
plied, on the bid specs they had asked for a specific
_ item. Totem was low, but they had not used that
type. It did not meet the specs.
Motion passed unanimously by roll call vote.
°-_- C-4 Application for Liquor License - Little Ski Mo
Clerk Whelan said they were delinquent by $34,918.94
in their sales tax. The Borough Atty. had sent them
a promissory note to sign and it has not been returned.
She requested the application be approved by the
b, Council subject to satisfactory arrangerQnts with
the Borough.
1 MOTION:
Councilman Mueller moved, seconded by Councilman
Wagoner, to approve the application subject to a
satisfactory situation with the Borough regarding
taxes.
Councilman Wagoner said the newspaper said beer and
wine, the application says liquor. Councilman
Wise said he is reluctant to approve a beer and
wine license for that type of activity. He would
like to see where they would serve it and keep it
-- = separate from children who would use the facilities.
MOTION, Postpone:
Councilman Wise moved, seconded by Councilwoman
Glick, to postpone action for more information:
y' a. What kind of license.
d b. How the license would be handled.
councilwoman Glick asked if we should let ABC know
we are taking this kind of action? Atty. Delahay
explained we have 30 days from receipt of notice
to protest. Councilwoman Glick asked that Admin-
istration write a letter to ABC asking them for a
30 day extension. Mayor O'Reilly asked, suppose
someone else applies for the license? Atty. Delahay
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Page 4
replied the lot applicant has lot chance with
the ABC.
VOTE for Postponements
Motion passed, with Councilwoman Glick, Councilmen
Measles, Wagoner, wise, Mayor O'Reilly voting yes;
Councilmen Malston, Mueller voting no.
D. MINUTES
D-1 Regular: Meeting, March 17, 1982
Clerk Whelan said Public Works Director Kornelis
had requested some changes in the minutes. During
testimony he had been using a blackboard and his
talk had not been clear. Changes weres
a. Page 4, item F-3, lot paragraph, line 10. Delete
the words "---list of water & sewer projects.", and
add "---additional water & sewer from Candlelight
to Tinker going down Lawton Extended."
b. Page 4, item F-3, 1st paragraph, line 21. Delete
"---Lawton & Tinker, and---", and add "a." After
the word "re -bid" add "---a while back there was
a petition circulated by the Linwood residences."
Clerk Whelan said Atty. Delahay had requested page 5,
paragraph after the lot motion, last line, the word
"get" be placed before "$400,000."
Clerk Whelan said Atty. Delahay had requested page 6,
3rd motion, line 2, the words "is deducted" he added
after 11$22.50. "
Minutes were approved as changed and corrected.
D-2 Regular Meeting, April 7, 1982
Clerk Whelan said Public Works Director Kornelis had
requested some changes in the minutess
a. Page 5, item C-9, paragraph 3, line 5, delete
the words "---most of the lines are water only."
b. Page 10, lot paragraph; line 18, change the
amount from $65,000 to $60,000.
c. Page 13, last paragraph, line 21, with codcurrence
of City Manager Brighton, add "their cost of"
at the end of the line.
City Manager Brighton agreed to the change.
d. Page 14, lot paragraph, line 28, change the
amount from $28,000 to $2,800.
e. Page 16, item I -la, change CRA to CEIP.
f. Page 16, item 1-b, line 1. Add "Local
Service" before the word "Roads." Line 2,
add "program" after the word "That."
Minutes were approved as changed and corrected.
E. CORRESPONDENCE
None
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F. OLD BUSINESS
P-1 Stoehner Lease Application - 4 Lots in Etolin Su
division (Notice of Reconsideration)
City Manager Brighton said the lease has been an
per Council request and is ready for review.
MOTION:
Councilwoman Glick moved, seconded by Councilman
Wise, for reconsideration of the Stoehner lease
Lot 9, Block 1, Etolin SID.
Councilwoman Glick said she asked for reconsider
a. Allow additional public input
b. Allow Planning & Zoning comment
C. Ascertain appraisal value
d. Have current leases in question brought up
VOTE, Reconsideration:
Motion passed, with Councilwoman Glick, Councils
Measles, Wise, Mayor O'Reilly voting yes; Counci
seen Malston, Mueller, Wagoner voting no.
Councilwoman Glick noted P&Z Commissioner rurnel
was in the audience and there may be additional
comments from the audience. Since this is a new
type of business and potentially puts us on the
brink of establishing a precedent, we should give
this some thought.
a. Paul Turner, P&Z Commissioner. The motion at
the last P&Z meeting was to ask Council to re-
consider. He was disappointed in the reason why
Council decided to accept the lease - we had
lost business to Soldotna, P&Z is anti -growth,
and some people do not object to fish smell.
P&Z is not anti -business. He would urge Council
to reconsider, and if they vote for it, do it
rationally. He has contingencies relating to
this business.
1. Odor
2. Remove hard particles on a regular basis
3. Parking issue be resolved
4. Landscaping issue (addressed to increase
marketability of land)
5. Take into account P&Z took on issues
addressed
6. Ask them to consider an alternate site
7. If no alternative is accepted, consider
this plant if it was next to you
Regarding the odor, some people like a fish
smell, it :Weans dollars. But to some it is
objectionable. You can find out what a plant
like this smells like this summer. If you
want the City known for its smell, that is
your decision. Regarding compatibility, is
this compatible with other development there?
Regarding parking, if it grows, it will become
a factor as a problem. Regarding sewage, that
is yet a questions mark.
b. Bob Bielefeld, Kenai Aviation. He has a business
near the area discussed. He anticipates Main St.
will look like Willow St., it changed with paving.
He objects to the lease because of the future of
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the area. He will have to straighten his business
out to make it compatible. Consider if this was
by City hall. This type of business is wrong.
Changes coming must be considered.
c. Frank Getty. He was in San Diego recently and
came into a processing plant by boat. There was
a patio with planters adjacent to it and a park
there. There was no odor. A hotel was across
the street. The issue is if the operator keeps
it clean.
d. EC. Garnett, Atty. for Stoehners. He distributed
letters in support of the lease application. Re-
garding P&Z being pro -business. Asking for
alternatives outside the City is not pro -business.
Regarding this business being compatible with
business in the area. The zoning is light ind-
ustrial. The Stoehners did not make the Code.
Regarding parking, this has been addressed for
customers and employees. Regarding odor, no
one has given concrete facts when they objected.
e. Bob Peterkin, Harbor Commissioner. lie has been
invol'ad with the Stoehner's plant in the past.
He would like to see them get the lease. We can
deal with various fish processes Alaska wholesalers
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not get involved in. With this we could get
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in with the local and State level.
Atty. Delahay noted there will be changes in the lease.
These could be changed by Administration. He reviewed
the changes.
MOTION, Amended:
Councilman Measles moved, seconded by Councilman
Wagoner, to amend the motion to approve the lease
as presented with corrections as submitted by
Atty. Delahay.
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VOTE, Amendments
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Motion passed, with Councilwoman Glick voting no.
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Vice Mayor Glick took the chair.
MOTION, Amendments
Mayor O'Reilly moved, seconded by Councilman Wise,
to amend the lease, page 15, item E-2, line 3,
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to add "through the City Manager" after the word
"City. if
Mayor O'Reilly explained he is sure with the balance
of the Council there has been considerable input re-
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garding this. He feels a great responsibility to
voting against anything P&Z has considered. The
conditions of the lease are very binding. There are
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tools to shut down the plant quickly if in non -con-
formance. if
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Also, the proposers sub -lease, these
conditions go with the new lessee. Or if the Stoehners
purchase they still must abide. The area is zoned
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light industrial, the applicants have said they will
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comply with the conditions. This Council and succeed-
ing Councils will watch the operations closely.
VOTE, Amendments
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Motion passed unanimously by roll call vote.
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Page 7
Mayor O'Reilly resumed the chair.
Councilman Wise reviewed the background of the lease.
They made application a long time ago. It was made
In good faith, it was in another area. Councilman
Wise suggested another area because it met their
criteria and had access to water & sewer. The highest
and best use has not been discussed, if it was, nothing
would be built. No one knows what that is. Whatever
Council does, they will be chastised. The Council
has looked for growth posture and positive growth.
Many would prefer this plant not be in this location,
but good faith effort has been made and very stringent
requirements have been made. Councilwoman Glick noted
we have zoning ordinances regarding nuisances, for
3 or 4 years we have addressed this, gone through the
exercise and then drop it. She will not support this
because:
a. P&Z has addressed this and this is not the best
use of the land.
b. She is not against business but against it in
this site. There is other area available.
c. This was put to us with a time frame situation,
P&Z feels they were being pressured.
d. A number of the community has said they are
not against business but against the site.
It is our responsibility to get as much res-
ponse as possible. We have ignored information
from the competitor.
e. Some of us have received a number of calls.
VOTE, Main Motion:
Motion passed with Councilwoman Glick voting no.
B-1 Kenai Mall Merchants - Mall Parking Lot
Marian Nelson, Director, Mall Merchants Assn., intro-
duced Pat Booth, Representative of Carr-Gottstein
Properties. Mr. Booth referred to #1 & #2 in Police
Chief Ross' memo regarding Mall Parking. They have
tried to avoid impounding. Regarding #3, if an officer
were in the vicinity, it would be easier to ticket
than to impound. Regarding #4, enforcement. There
will always be a problem with cars being towed away.
They are always mad. As to cost, they feel it may
pay for itself. Mayor O'Reilly asked, is it Carr's
responsibility to manage safety? Mr. Booth replied,
in Anchorage they have police patrolling the area,
but that is not in the local law. Councilman Wagoner
said, regarding the cost of ticketing. He is not so
sure if they ticket, that they will collect. You
are talking about a large amount of money. Also,
if 3 or 4 cars are towed off, you would have very
little difficulty with parking. After they know
it is a reality, they will not park there. He asked
Airport Manager Swalley, does he have a problem with
people parking at the airport? Mr. Swalley replied,
not nearly as bad as it was. Councilman Wagoner
added, there is also a problem across the street.
The Fire Dept. does not call this a fire lane.
Councilman Mueller said when this came before us 2
years ago, we offered Carrs the option to dedicate
the strip to the City and the City would take over.
Councilwoman Glick said at that time signs were
posted. We felt this was up to Carr's as it was
private property. They were reluctant to dedicate
the street. Mr. Booth said they are still reluctant,
they just ask for patrol and ticketing. Towing is
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a large expense and bad for relations. Council-
woman Glick noted it would be a larger expense if
an accident happened. She suggested if they did
it for a week or 2 people would not park there.
It that did not work, then they could talk about
it. There are other areas in Kenai that enforce
this themselves. Mr. Booth explained in Anchorage
they enforce by ticketing, and after 24 hours Carr's
impounds. Councilman Wise suggested deputizing Carr's
employees to enforce in the name of the City. Atty.
Delahay explained the difficulties of this action.
Chief Ross noted any citizen can issue a ticket, but
with parking violations, you are ticketing the vehicle,
not the person. They do not issue warrant, but
summons. They would have to locate the vehicles in
a large area. There is also a hazard situation, if a
patrolman leaves a hazard, the City is liable. Mr..
Booth noted, if the vehicle blocks a hydrant, they
will tow it away. Mayor O'Reilly asked, if there is
a fire and the equipment cannot reach, what happens
to the insurance? Mr. Booth replied it will go up.
Councilman Wagoner suggested Carrs could change the
parking lot plan or put in speed bumps.
Dave Curtis, Manager, Kenai Carr's. He asked, how
does the City determine police jurisdiction on private
or public property? Also, the litter is a terrible
problem the City cannot handle. Chief Ross noted
the judges are making violators clean up litter.
Mr. Curtis said Chief Ross' suggestions are a
starting point. Mayor O'Reilly said if Carr's
initiates impounding, the police will cooperate
to taka care of unpleasantness. Councilman Wise
added, if they publicize a campaign, they would
have on officer to assist the 1st day and that would
be all it would take.
MOTIONS
Councilwoman Glick moved, seconded by Councilman
Wagoner, to accept the proposal regarding the Mall
parking problem as set forth by Police Chief Ross'
memo and direct Adminstration to inform representa-
tives of the Mall Assn. in writing with an attach-
ment of this, and to get with them to implement
the proposal.
Motion passed unanimously by roll call vote.
F-2 Water & Sewer - Candlelight & Linwood
Councilman Wise said he questions the numbers. The
sewer on Linwood is a duplicate of the sewer on
Candlelight. Public Works Director Kornelis explained
each individual portion was taken separately. He had
attempted to show all alternatives so if they have a
cost he can give them alternatives. Councilman Wise
suggested if we put in water & sewer with water to
Fiddler or Lawton, and put in dead sewer lines, the
cost would be $527,000. Then if we ran water & sewer
across to Tinker, we would have an additional $233,000.
The whole project would be $760,000. If we left
Fiddler to Tinker water & sewer undone at this time
we could eliminate the cost by $233,000. It is
desirable to loop water but does not have to be done.
Also regarding the sewer, because we are putting in
road, if we put in sewer but did not connect, it would
be a dead line but would be in. Next year, when DEC
funds are available we could activate the lines.
Councilman Wagoner said Council needs to address the
fact that there is a contract to do roads only. It
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would be expensive to enter into negotiations with
the contractor or you are gc.Lng to have 2 contractors
on the job at the same time. That or you will have to
stop the project and re -bid the job. Alternatives are:
1. You can go on as is.
2. Buy the contractor off, create water & sewer
district and start over.
3. Stop the project and do it with City funds.
Public Works Director Kornelis said he would recommend
if Council decided to put in water & sewer tt+en we
should cancel the road project and start over.
MOTIONS
Councilwoman Glick moved, seconded by Councilman
Mueller, that at this point in time we cancel our
current road project contract and re -bid the project
in its entirety, including water & sewer and roads.
At which time we would also hold these funds in
abeyance in a special account.
i Councilman Wagoner said we should not spend the funds,
the people need roads fixed. They should be held and
specifically earmarked for road improvements. They
should not be shorted. Councilman Wise asked, was
the road contract for both Candlelight and Linwood?
Mr. Kornelis replied both. We have $295,000 with 5%
in contingency. If we went out to bid they would be
40% higher. We would have to come up with additional
money.
VOTES
Motion passed, with Mayor O'Reilly voting no.
Public Worke Director Kornelis asked, is he to get
ahold of the engineer and go out to bid prior to
allocation of funds? Councilwoman Glick noted, we
have design work done, do we have to go through the
process again? Could the City do it? Mr. Kornelis
replied, we could, but it would take considerable
amount of time. With Couccil approval, he will contact
Wince, Corthell & Bryson and have them combined. Council-
man Malston asked if he had a ball park figure. Mr.
Kornelis replied, less than $10,000. Councilman Wise
noted there are no DEC funds available at this time.
He would like to consider separating sewer on Lawton/
Fiddler, putting in dead lines and delaying one year.
Perhaps DEC funds will be available. That is $500,000
in itself. We are looking at an additional $650,000
of City funds. Councilman Wagoner said he feels we
need to take a good long look at the project. This
in nnf the only area we are improving that needs water
& sewer. We have talked about assessment districts for
3 years. The City would be spending $650,000 to develop
this property. Thompson Park also has contaminated
wells. Council should take a look at putting water &
sewer in one area and not another. He would feel com-
fortable with assessment districts, some of the people
have already been assessed. City Manager Brighton noted
they will not be assessed for the other side. Council-
woman Glick said this was an oversight that water & sewer
was not included in the project. We did do engineering
on this and during discussion of Capital Improvement
Projects, Council agreed they did not need this. The
people thought it was included. We have had considerable
testimony regarding water in this area. We have heard
considerable development was available if they had water
& sewer. Maybe we should start dealing with section
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Page 10
after section. Councilman Wise said we really got active
in this issue recently. We were told it would cost
$300,000, now we hear it will cost $750,000. We
thought DEC funds were available, now they are not. A
need has been demonstrated, there is a pollution problem.
He would like to see the project moved but only where
there is a need. He would suggest we ask for State fund-
ing. We can at least try. Also, submit a grant applica-
tion for connecting links for future funding. We have
to put in a request well in advance. Councilman Mueller
asked, are the stub -outs to property included? tor.
Kornelis replied, no, that is the responsibility of the
property owners. Councilman Mueller asked, if it is
not done when the road is built, it would have to be
torn up again? Mr. Kornelis replied yes. Councilwoman
Glick asked, given the nature of the area and high water
table, would it not be advantageous to do it in one
fell swoop and not be done over again? She would like
to have some consideration for stub -outs be put in.
MOTION, Reconsiderations
Councilman Wagoner moved for notice of reconsideration
at the next meeting.
Councilman Wagoner explained we have not considered
the repercussions of this action. $126,000 additional
is a negative impact on the project. For $126,000 we
could negotiate water & sewer in there a lot cheaper
than rebidding the road work again. Mr. Kornelis said
negotiation could not be done for water & sewer. We'd
be tripling the cost of the road. The public would
complain. Councilman Wagoner noted, the public has a
right to complain if the City makes a $126,000 mistake.
Councilwoman Glick said we postponed this from the
last meeting. If we continue another 2 weeks we are
getting further from construction. Our Capital Im-
provement Projects have emphasized roads, water and
sewer. We have monies coming to us on July 1, 1982.
If this holds up, wA would not be jeopardizing
additional jobs. She asked City Manager Brighton if
he had any recommendations. Mr. Brighton said it
is obvious at this point there are all sorts of ways
we can go. we cannot advertise the contract till we
have money appropriated. If Council decides it is
necessary, we will have to do as proposed and wait
till July 1, 1982 for money from the State. Then
we can petition on the basis of safety and sanitation
to do this instead of the gym and other projects. He
noted we will have to eat- considerable amount of money
if we re -bid this project. His most important
emphasis is that we not deplete present fund balances
but use State funds. He asked Mr. Kornelis, could
this be done if we receive money from Juneau after
July? Mr. Kornelis replied, no, if Juneau took the
same amount of time trey did last year, we cannot
do it this year. Mr. Brighton said $250 per capita
will be distributed immediately this year. Mr.
Kornelis said the contractor would like to start in
one week. He has 4 months to do the road. If we
wait till July and add water & sewer we would have
to go into next year. It also depends on the
weather. We could use City money and go out to
bid right away. Councilman Wagoner said in that case
maybe we should go down to #10 on the priority list
and move that forward, take care of it this year and
insert Candlelight/Linwood at that level and it should
take care of itself. #14 will probably be cut off
this year. He didn't think anyone wants to go through
a road project 1/2 done. Councilwoman Glick said she
does propose to deplete available funds, but there
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Page 11
are some funds available that we could make some adjust-
ments. As to the $250 per capita, that was appropriated
last year, but was not to be distributed till July 1.
Last year it was a new appropriation, this year they
will be better prepared. Councilman Wise said as to
funds available, we have Federal Revenue Sharing that
is a legitimate use. The City has between estimated
fund balance in water & sewer capital reserve fund,
over $1.1 Million. Add to that funds from Federal
Revenue Sharing, you have more than enough to complete
the project. If we don't operate soon, we will not
do the project. Funds are not sacred when public
health is at stake. Money is not more important than
public health and safety. Councilman Wagoner said,
regarding the quality of water. He had not heard
that wells were contaminated, just that they smelled
and looked. bad. If public health had established a
hazard, we might be able to go for special funding.
Frank Getter. He will have a report on contamination
April 22. He cannot understand Council cancelling the
contract. He asked Mr. Kornelis if the City can sub-
contract. Mr. Kornelis replied yes. Mr. Getty asked,
can the City have another contractor come in at the
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same time and do water & sewer? yr. Kornelis replied,
there is nothing in the contract, but we turn the road
over to the contractor when work is being done. We
are leaving ourselves open to lawsuits. Mr. Getty
asked, how much will it cost to run water to his house?
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Mr. Kornelis replied, about $56 a foot. Mr. Getty
said, the Council is talking about this thing and
then run water out to Section 36 to develop. It has
been out there for one year and you have not sold
any land. He paid for his portion of that. They
have to boil water to use and cannot develop the
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property across the street. He would like to pay
for his own water line.
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John Wiiliams. At the time of the Capital improve-
ment projects, Candlelight/Linwood was #1 project on
the 80-81 grant. Last year it was #1. This has been
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waiting for some time without water & sewer. The people
in the area have determined a need for water & sewer.
In the 82-83 Capital Improvement project, 1st & 2nd
Street paving is listed. They are not that well
traveled. Lupine, Fern, Togiak paving is listed.
Water & Sewer in high density should be given higher
priority. VIP project is a relatively new subdivision.
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But Candlelight is an old area and we have had to walk
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home during Break -Up. He doubts other areas have had
to walk home. Perhaps the paving projects could be
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put aside for water & sewer in these areas.
Councilwoman Glick referred to Councilman Wagoner's
motion of last meeting, the City Manager was directed
to bring back a proposal for a plan for water & sewer
in affected areas, funding, delaying the gym, 2 year
phasing, and use of capital improvement funds this
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year. Mr. Brighton replied, the proposals were made
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so Council could make the decision which way they
will go. Mr. Kornelis said the information was
passed out at the work session last night (4-20-82).
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The City will have to dip into capital reserve funds.
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To do it this year we would have to cut the size of
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the project or cancel other projects. He noted with
Councilman Wise's proposal, we are still up to
$900,000. Councilwoman Glick asked, do we have monies
in Water & Sewer? We have a variety of funds we
could take money from without depleting balances.
Finance Director Brown reviewed his report to Council.
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The bottom line is $1.3 Million available. Mr. Kornelis'
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project is $1.26 Million. Mr. Kornelis said, as to
walking in at Break -Up. We can go ahead with the
project for $295,000. If water & sewer is desired,
it could be done at a later date. He added, we had
a super price on the road. Councilwoman Glick said
water & sewer was deleted from the project and we
made an error. Whether we like it or not, we have
identified a necessity. Are the other projects cast
in concrete and cannot be changed? Atty. Delahay
said the posture the City is in right now, the con-
tractor wants a decision right now. The reconsider-
ation would move it forward 2 weeks. If the contractor
moves equipment in and we cancel, it will cost us
far more than $120,000. Mr. Brighton said, had we
known then what we know now, we would not be in this
position. There were numerous public hearings.
Council made a decision based on information avail-
able. Now we find ourselves in a dilemma. He noted
the Piaance Di~:ttitor has given us figures that say
we can do the project but we will deplete present
funds. Municipal Aid are monies that are undesignated
and will come July 1, 1982. Councilman Wagoner asked,
how would that affect present funds? Mr. Brighton
replied, interest is lost on funds drawing interest
but we draw interest till we expend funds. The loss
will be minimal. Finance Director Brown said the money
available after July 1 can be used for large projects.
Council would have to use some kind of restraint, we
would have to expend capital improvement money over
5 year period on capital projects.
MOTION, Immediate Reconsideration:
Councilman Wagoner moved, seconded by Councilwoman
Glick, for immediate reconsideration and withdrew
his request for reconsideration at next meeting.
Councilman Wagoner said we could have people at
every meeting asking us to change our Capital Im-
provement Projects.
VOTE, Reconsiderations
Motion passed by unanimous roll call vote.
MOTION, Amendments
Councilman Wise moved, seconded by Councilwoman
Glick, to delete the portion relating to Lawton
to Fiddler, reduce the project cost from $760,000
to $527,000 on the water & sewer portion.
Councilman Wise explained, the reason for deletion
is, if we delay, it will not affect the basic project
and will be available for DEC funds. Now the road
work is planned in that area. He would prefer we
do other areas rather than go back and do it over.
Councilwoman Glick asked, would he consider it as
an alternative? Councilman Wise replied, the reason
is it would come out of the hip pocket of the City.
It would lower the cost about $230,000.
VOTE, Amendments
Motion passed, with Councilman Wagoner voting no.
VOTE, Main Motion with Amendment:
Motion passed, with Councilman Wagoner voting no.
Councilwoman Glick asked that Administration prepare
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Page 13
the necessary appropriating ordinance for introduction
at the next Council meeting. Councilman Wise asked
that a grant application be prepared from DEC. The
grant request was for additional completion phase
of the project. Councilman Mueller said fie wos►ld
like to see proof of contamination in the letter
to DEC.
John Williams. He would like to cover the contamina-
tion and m neral content in the tests. All the residents
could get their samples together and submit them to
the laboratory in Anchorage. Mr. Y.ornelis agreed and
added this could be done in the area. Councilman
Measles asked, is he State certified? Mr. Kornelis
replied yes.
Councilman Malston left at this point.
G. NEW BUSINESS
G-1 Bills to be Paid, Bills to be Ratified
MOTIOrs
Councilwoman Glick moved, seconded by Councilman
Measles, to approve the bills as submitted.
Motion passed by unanimous consent.
G-2 Requisitions Exceeding $1,000
MOTIONS
Councilwoman Glick moved, seconded by Councilman
Measles, to approve the requisitions.
Motion passed by unanimous consent.
G-3 Ordinance 758-82 - Increasing Rev/Appns - Engineer-
ing & Preparation of Grant - Float Plane Basin -
$5,300 (Re -Introduction)
MOTION s
Councilwoman Glick moved, seconded by Councilman
Mueller, to introduce the ordinance.
Councilman Wagoner asked why this was being reintro-
duced. Councilwoman Glick explained she had asked
for this because she felt we should reconsider for
DOT budget. Councilman Wagoner said he was dead
set against this unless we plan the whole area at
once. Councilman Wise said there is an airport
master plan. Councilman Wagoner replied he is
thinking of the areas around there, they have not
been studied.
Motion passed, with Councilwoman Glick, Councilmen
Mueller, Wise, Mayor O'Reilly voting yes; Council-
men Measles, Wagoner voting no.
G-4 Approval of Lease - Peninsula Development
City Manager Brighton noted this has been recommended
by P& Z.
MOTIONS
Councilman Mueller moved, seconded by Councilman
Measles, to approve the lease application.
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Page 14
Councilwoman Glick said P&Z had wrestled with this
over several meetings. There was a problem with
removal of trees. It was noted that the legal de-
scription was incorrect. City b,anager Brighton
said he would have it corrected.
Motion passed by unanimous consent.
G-5 Amendment to Lease - Alaska Rent-A-Car
City Manager Brighton explained, this is a request
for 5 additional cars. This has been discussed before
with Council. Any request by other agencies would
be treated equally.
MOTIONS
Councilman Wagoner moved, seconded by Councilwoman
Glick, to approve the lease amendment.
Motion passed by unanimous consent.
G-6 Discussion - Increase in Audit Fee
MOTION$
Councilman Wise moved, seconded by Councilman
Mueller, to approve the increase in fee to be re-
funded in the 1982-83 budget.
1- Motion passed by unanimous consent.
H. REPORTS
H-1 City Manager
Councilman Wise asked City Manager Brighton, what
was being done on 3rd St. east of the creek. Public
{` Works Director Kornelis replied they are attempting
r==, to make it passable. They are replacing mud with
' sand, they are also doing 2nd St. Councilman Wise
said there is only one house. Mr. Kornelis explained
they have spent much time on it. The sand is from
the City sand pit. Councilman Wise said he questions
a doing capital improvement without knowledge of the
Council. Councilman Wagoner said it is more mainten-
ance than capital improvements. Mr. Kornelis explained
^ it has only cost us labor and sand pit. The gravel
would be a minimal amount. We have scheduled Eagle
River Rd., Eisenhower, 2nd St. & 3rd St. Councilman
Wise said if the City crew is doing capital improve-
ments we are over staffed. Mr. Brighton explained
for. 2 years it has been City policy to do projects
as we get time without going to capital improvement
projects.
H-2 City Attorney
Atty. Delahay spoke.
!� 1. The Alaska Bar Assn. will be meeting in Anchorage
May 19 to May 22. He will plan to go, with
approval of Council. He will fly back for
Council meeting if necessary.
Council approved his request.
} 2. Municipal League bulletin #37 discussed SB 871,
requiring municipalities to pay for relocating
lines. We have been refusing to do this. There
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i Page 15
are no charges for use of easements by HEA
and the phone company. He suggests we ask
the Legislature to leave it up to the commun-
ities. HEA says the contract says we have to
reimburse them for expenses. He will research
this.
3. Council has approved expenses on the Peninsula
{ newspaper suit. There will be other costs. There
I will not be enough in his budget and he will
request a transfer of funds.
Councilman Wise asked, regarding the utility lines,
did we adopt an ordinance on where the lines should
go? Atty. Delahay replied no. Councilman Wise said
we should specify by ordinance. Public Works Director
Kornelis said the City Engineer has been working on
this with the Borough for uniformity throughout the
Borough.
4. Regarding the preparation of a salary adjustment
for the unused portion of FICA. He will distri-
bute a memo for the April 27 work session.
H-3 Mayor
Mayor O'Reilly spoke.
1. He has 3 recommendations for the Personnel
Boards
a. Roger Holl
b. Mike Baxter
c. Margo Zuelow
Councilman Wagoner said we should take more time on
reviewing the qualifications on commissioners. we are
just endorsing the Mayor's recommendations. Council-
man Measles asked, who created the vacancies? Admin-
istration could not recall, Councilwoman Glick asked
for a list of those on the Board and those who have
resigned for the next meeting.
2. Phil Bryson, P&Z Chairman, has resigned. Mayor
O'Reilly asked for suggestions.
H-4 City Clerk
Clerk Whelan spoke.
1. The Council had sent a letter of objection to
renewal of liquor license for Sam Pan. The
Borough Atty. has said the owners are in Greece,
the accountant has sent a check for the overdue
amount, but it has not cleared yet. She requested
Council remove their objections subject to
Borough approval.
14OTION s
Councilman Wise moved, seconded by Councilman Mueller,
to approve the request subject to Borough approval.
Motion passed by unanimous consent.
2. The Council/Chamber monthly luncheon will be
April 23, instead of April 30.
3. There will be a meeting of the Council and
Borough Assembly members of the Kenai area
on May 3 at 10:00 AM.
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Page 16
Mayor O'Reilly asked that all Council members who
can will attend the Chamber meeting.
H-5 Finance Director
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H-6 Planning & Zoning
Councilwoman Glick spoke.
1. At the last meeting there was a discussion re-
garding Kenai Spit Subdivision, regarding the
Sea Catch property. There is a road access
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problem. We may have to build a road. P&Z
will advise.
2. 2 preliminary plats were discussed.
3. Regarding water & sewer on Tinker Lane, there
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i is a resolution in the packet from P&Z. We
should consider that at a work session.
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4. There was a vacation request for a portion of
City property. City Manager Brighton said he
would ask all dept. heads if they neeAed the
f land.
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Councilman Wagoner said,regarding P&Z resolution
82-6. What we saw tonight was a result of bad planning.
As long as we approve pockets of population we will
have this problem. We should restrict development
till water & sewer is put in.
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None
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H-8 Recreation Commission
Councilwoman Glick asked, there was a proposal for
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purchase of 4 lots in Woodland Subdivision. Has the
Recreation Commission seen it? Recreation Director
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McGillivray replied, they have not taken any action
on it. Councilwoman Glick asked if it could be sent
back to them for consideration. Councilman Wise
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said the original covenant had a park in Woodland
and it was set aside. That was illegal and should
be pursued. Union Oil should be required to build
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a park. City Manager Brighton said the City is not
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party to these covenants and we cannot get into
covenant agreements. Councilman Wise said we should
get into the legitimacy of the purchase before we
i' purchase that land. Atty. Delahay explained it is
a private matter, but the residents could bring
suit if it has not been too long.
I. PERSONS PRESENT NOT SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD
1. Councilman Wise suggested ggested a letter of appreciation
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be sent to Dan Knackstedt for cleaning up the
area around Dan's Union, with copies sent to
Chamber of Commerce and Peninsula Clarion.
Council agreed to the suggestion.
2. Councilman Wise said, regarding Police Chief
Ross' memo on the street lights. He noted #6,
on light has been down a year. #10, there is
one light there at the entrance with the head
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Page 17
missing. Also, one light at the Bridge Acce;
Rd. at Beaver Loop.
MOTION s
Councilman Wise moved, seconded by Councilman
Mueller, that lights as listed in Police Chief
Ross` memo, M, 2, 3, 4 & 5). The City request
installation of those lights as soon as possible.
Public Works Director Kornelis said a letter has
already been sent regarding the cost of those lights.
Air Tek has been aware of those lights but is waiting
till they get their boom truck. Councilman Wise
asked, do we have a contract? Mr. Kornelis replied
yes. City Manager Brighton suggested we wait till
we get the cost before installing. Councilman Wise
said this is a matter of security and safety. Council-
man Wagoner said he is interested in cost and where
the money will come from. HER manager has said the
user will pay costs now.
MOTION, Postpone:
Councilman Wagoner moved, seconded by Councilwc-man
Glick, to postpone till May 5, 1982.
Motion passed, with Councilman Wise voting no.
3. Councilman Mueller asked, what about the FAA
houses? City Manager Brighton explained, the
buyers have put money down. Some have begun
to move them. The large house will be torn
down. They have 90 days to have the houses
removed.
4. Councilman Mueller asked Public Works Director
Kornelis, why one block of 4th St. was graded,
2 were not. Mr. Kornelis will check into it.
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APRIL 21, 1982
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F-2 Water & Sewer, Candlelight & Linwood
Councilman Wise said he questions the numbers. The
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sewer on Linwood is a duplicate of the sewer on
Candlelight. Public Works Director Kornelis explained
each individual portion was taken separately. He had
attempted to show all alternatives so if they have a
cost he can give them alternatives. Councilman Wise
suggested if we put in water & sewer with water to
Fiddler or Lawton, and put in dead sewer lines, the
cost would be $527,000. Then if we ran water & sewer
across to Tinker, we would have an additional $233,000.
The whole project would be $760,000. If we left
Fiddler to Tinker water & sewer undone at this time
we could eliminate the cost by $233,000. It is
desirable to loop water but does not have to be done.
Also regarding the sewer, because we are putting in
road, if we put in sewer but did not connect,it would
be a dead line but would be in. Next year, when DEC
funds are available we could activate the lines.
Councilman Wagoner said Council need to address the
fact that there is a contract to do roa,°:s only. It
would be expensive to enter into negotiations with
the contractor or you are going to have 2 contractors
on the job at the same time. That or you will have to
stop the project and re -bid the job. Alternatives are:
1. You can go on as is.
2. Buy the contractor off, create water & sewer
district and start over
3. Stop the project and do it with City funds
Public Works Director Kornelis said he would recommend
Council cancel the road project and start over.
MOTION:
Councilwoman Glick moved, seconded by Councilman
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Mueller, that at this point in time we cancel our
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current road project contract and re -bid the project
in its entirety, including water & sewer and roads.
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At which time we would also hold these funds in
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abeyance in a special account.
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Councilman Wagoner said we should not spend the funds,
the people need roads fixed. They should be held and
specifically earmarked for road improvements. They
should not be shorted. Councilman Wise asked, was
the road contract for both Candlelight and Linwood?
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Mr. Kornelis replied both. We have $295,000 with 5%
in contingency. If we went out to bid they would be
40% higher. We would have to come up with additional
money.
VOTE:
Motion passed, with Mayor O'Reilly voting no.
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ahold of the engineer and go out to bid prior to
allocation of funds? Councilwoman Glick noted, we
have design work done, do we have to go through the
process again? Could the City do it? Mr. Kornelis
replied, we could, but it would take considerable
amount of time. With Council approval, he will contact
Wince, Corthell & Bryson and have them combined. Council-
man Ma.lston asked if he had a ball park figure. Mr.
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Kornelis replied, less than $10,000. Councilman Wise
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noted there are no DEC funds available at this time.
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He would like to consider separating sewer on Lawton/
Fiddler, putting in dead lines and delaying one year.
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Perhaps DEC funds will be available. That is $500,000
in itself. We are looking at an additional $650,000
of City funds. Councilman Wagoner said he feels we
need to take a good long look at the project. This
is not the only area we are improving that needs water
& sewer. We have talked about assessment districts for
3 years. The City would be spending $650,000 to develop
this property. Thompson Park also has contaminated
wells. Council should take a look at putting water &
sewer in one area and not another. He would feel com-
fortable with assessment districts, some of the people
have already been assessed. City Manager Brighton noted
they will not be assessed for the other side. Council-
woman Glick said this was an oversight that water & sewer
was not included in the project. we did do engineering
on this and during discussion of Capital Improvement
Projects, Council agreed they did not need this. The
people thought it was included. We have had considerable
testimony regarding water in this area. We have heard
considerable development was available if they had water
& sewer. Maybe we should start dealing with section
after section. Councilman Wise said we really got active
in this issue recently. We were told it would cost
$300,000, now we hear it will cost $750,000. We
thought DEC funds were available, now they are not. A
need has been demonstrated, there is a pollution problem.
He would like to see the project moved but only where
there is a need. He would suggest we ask for State fund-
ing. We can at least try. Also, submit a grant applica-
tion for connecting links for future funding. We have
to put in a request well in advance. Councilman Mueller
asked, are the stub -outs to property included? Mr.
Kornelis replied, no, that is the responsibility of the
property owners. Councilman Mueller asked, if it is
not done when the road is built, it would have to be
torn up again? Mr. Kornelis replied yes. Councilwoman
Glick asked, given the nature of the area and high water
table, would it not be advantageous to do it in one
fell swoop and not be done over again? She would like
to have some consideration for stub -outs be put in.
MOTION, Reconsideration:
Councilman Wagoner moved for notice of reconsideration
at the next meeting.
Councilman Wagoner explained we have not considered
the repercussions of this action. $126,000 additional
is a negative impact on the project. For $126,000 we
could negotiate water & sewer in there a lot cheaper
than rebidding the road work again. Mr. Kornelis said
negotiation could not be done for water & sewer. We'd
be tripling the cost of the road. The public would
complain. Councilman Wagoner noted, the public has a
right to complain if the City makes a $126,000 mistake.
Councilwoman Glick said we postponed this from the
last meeting. If we continue another 2 weeks we are
getting further from construction. Our Capital Im-
provement Projects have emphasized roads, water and
sewer. We have monies coming to us on July 1, 1982.
If this holds up, we would not be jeopardizing
additional jobs. She asked City Manager Brighton if
he had any recommendations. Mr. Brighton said it
is obvious at this point there are all sorts of ways
we can go. We cannot advertise the contract till we
have money appropriated. If Council decides it is
necessary, we will have to do as proposed and wait
till July 1., 1982 for money from the State. Then
we can petition on the basis of safety and sanitation
to do this instead of the gym and other projects. He
noted we will have to eat considerable amount of money
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if we re -bid this project. His most important
emphasis is that we not deplete present fund balances
but use State funds. He asked Mr. Kornelis, could
this be done if we receive money from Juneau after
July? Mr. Kornelis replied, no, if Juneau took the
same amount of time they did last year, we cannot
do it this year. Mr. Brighton said $250 per capita
will be distributed immediately this year. Mr.
Kornelis said the contractor would like to start in
one week. He has 4 months to do the road. If we
wait till July and add water & sewer we would have
to go into next year. It also depends on the
weather. We could use City money and go out to
bid right away. Councilman Wagoner said in that case
maybe we should go down to #10 on the priority list
and move that forward, take care of it this year and
insert Candlelight/Linwood at that level and it should
take care of itself. #14 will probably be cut off
this year. fie didn't think anyone wants to go through
a road project 1/2 done. Councilwoman Glick said she
does propose to deplete available funds, but there
are some funds available that we could make some adjust-
ments. As to the $250 per capita, that was appropriated
last year, but was not to be distributed till July 1.
Last year it was a new appropriation, this year they
will be better prepared. Councilman Wise said as to
funds available, we have Federal Revenue Sharing that
is a legitimate use. The City has between estimated
fund balance in water & sewer capital reserve fund,
over $1.1 Million. Add to that funds from Feder -al
Revenue Sharing, you have more than enough to complete
the project.. If we don't operate soon, we will not
do the project. Funds are not sacred when public
health is at stake. Money is not more important than
public health and safety. Councilman Wagoner said,
regarding the quality of water. He had not heard
that wells were contaminated, just that they smelled
and looked bad. If public health had established a
hazard, we might be able to go for special funding.
Frank Getty. He will have a report on contamination
Apra He cannot understand Council cancelling the
contract. He asked Mr. Kornelis if the City can sub-
contract. Mr. Kornelis replied yes. Mr. Getty asked,
can the City have another contractor come in at the
same time and do water & sewer? Mr. Kornelis replied,
there is nothing in the contract, but we turn the road
over to the contractor when work is being done. We
are leaving ourselves open to lawsuits. Mr. Getty
asked, how much will it cost to run water to his house?
Mr. Kornelis replied, about $56 a foot. Mr. Getty
said, the Council is talking about this thing and
then run water out to Section 36 to develop. It has
been out there for one year and you have not sold
any land. He paid for his portion of that. We
have to boil water to use and cannot develop the
property across the street. He would like to pay
for his own water line.
John Williams. At the time of the Capital Improve-
ment projects, Candlelight/Linwood was #1 project on
the 80-81 grant. Last year it was #1. This has been
waiting for some time without water & sewer. The people
in the area have determined a need for water & sewer.
In the 82-82 Capital Improvement project, 1st & 2nd
Street paving is listed. They are not that well
traveled. Lupine, Fern, Togiak paving is listed.
Water & Sewer in high density should be given higher
priority. VIP project is a relatively new subdivision.
But Candlelight is an old area and we have had to walk
home during Break -Up. Ile doubt other areas have had
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to walk home. Perhaps the paving projects could be
put aside for water & sewer in these areas.
Councilwoman Glick referred to Councilman Wagoner's
motion of last meeting, the City "Manager was directed
to bring back a proposal for a plan for water & sewer
in affected areas, funding, delaying the gym, 2 year
phasing, and use of capital improvement funds this
year. Mr. Brighton replied, the proposals were made
so Council could make the decision which way they
will go. Mr. Kornelis said the information was
passed out at the work session last night (4-20-82).
The City will have to dip into capital reserve funds.
To do it this year we would have to cut the size of
the project or cancel other projects. He noted with
Councilman wise's proposal, we are still up to
$900,000. Councilwoman Glick asked, do we have monies
in Water & Sewer? We have a variety of funds we
could take money from without depleting balances.
Finance Director Brown reviewed his report to Council.
The bottom line is $1.3 Million available. Mr. Kornelis'
project is $1.26 Million. Mr. Kornelis said, as to
walking in at Break -Up. We can go ahead with the
project for $295,000. If water & sewer is desired,
it could be done at a later date. He added, we had
a super price on the road. Councilwoman Glick said
water & sewer was deleted from the project and we
made an error. Whether we like it or not, we have
identified a necessity. Are the other projects cast
in concrete and cannot be changed? Atty. Delahay
said the posture the City is in right now, the con-
tractor wants a decision right now. The reconsider-
ation would move it forward 2 weeks. If the contractor
moves equipment in and we cancel, it will cost us
far more than $120,000. Mr. Brighton said, had we
known then what we know now, we would not be in this
position. There were numerous public hearings.
Council make a decision based on information avail-
able. Now we find ourselves in a dilemma. He noted
the Finance Director has given us figures that say
we can do the project but we will deplete present
funds. Municipal Aid are monies that are undesignated
and will come July 1, 1982. Councilman Wagoner asked,
how would that affect present funds? Mr. Brighton
replied, interest is lost on funds drawing interest
but we draw interest till we expend funds. The loss
will be minimal. Finance Director Brown said the money
available after July 1 can be used for large projects.
Council would have to use some kind of restraint, we
would have to expend capital improvement money over
5 year period on capital projects.
MOTION, Immediate Reconsiderations
Councilman Wagoner moved, seconded by Councilwoman
Glick, for immediate reconsideration and withdrew
his request for reconsideration at next meeting.
Councilman Wagoner said we could have people at
every meeting asking us to change our Capital Im-
prove►nent Projects.
VOTE, Reconsiderations
Motion passed by unanimous roll call vote.
MOTION, Amendments
Councilman Wise moved, seconded by Councilwoman
Glick, to delete the portion relating to Lawton
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to Fiddler, reduce the prcject cost from $760,000
to $527,000 on the water & sewer portion.
Councilman Wise explained, the reason for deletion
is, if we delay, it will not affect the basic project
and will be available for DEC funds. Now the road
work is planned in that area. He would prefer we
do other areas rather than go back and do it over.
Councilwoman Glick asked, would he. consider it as
an alternative? Councilman wise replied, the reason
is it would come out of the hip pocket of the City.
It would lower the cost about $230,000.
VOTE, Amendment:
Motion passed, with Councilman Wagoner voting no.
VOTE, Main Motion with Amendment:
Motion passed, with Councilman Wagoner voting no.
Councilwoman Glick asked that Administration prepare
the necessary appropriating ordinance for introduction
at the next Council meeting. Councilman Wise asked
the a grant application be prepared from DEC. The
grant request was for additional completion phase
of the project.. Councilman Mueller said he would
like to see proof of contamination in the letter
to DEC.
John Williams. He would like to cover the contamina-
tion and�al content in the tests. All the residents
could get their samples together and submit them to
the laboratory in Anchorage. Mr. Kornelis agreed and
added this could be done in the area. Councilman
Measles asked, is he State certified? Mr. Korneli.s
replied yes.
j&wht Whelan, City Clerk
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