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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1980-04-10 Council Minutes - Special MeetingWENDA A PLEDGE OF ALL001ANCE AGENDA APPROVAL 8 NEW BUSINESS 1, Ordinance $WOO - Senior Citizens Project - Amen" ADJOURNMENT / M•. - !Y ri. ��,r sc�. __ • � -� _.:,�mca:cl� — - - -- � _ - _._,_9E�.1L'„ . _ ,f—..�..,.._-r , �. � �J �.� KENAI CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING - APRIL 10, 1080 MAYOR VINCENT O'RRILLY PRESIDING KENAI PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE A ROLL CALL Present: Jess, Hall, Vincent O'Reilly, Ray Measles, Betty Glick, Ron Mahn Absent: flick Mueller, Ed Ambarlan AGENDA APPROVAL d7 was added, Council Committee and Council Comments 8 NEW BUSINESS B-1 Ordinance 560-80 - Senior Citizens Project - Amended ROTION" Councilman Ralston moved, seconded by Councilman Measles, to adopt the ordinance as amended, Acting City R9nager Kornelis noted administration was, asking for first and second reading at the same time, Atty, Delahay concurred. He explained the action that must be taken for first and second read- ing at one meeft. Mr, Kornelis said this is for additional funds for the pr4ect. The original motion was reversed, NOTi0N: Councilman Ralston moved, seconded by Councilwoman Glick, to introduce the ordinance, itilotion r. used unanimously by roll call vote, NOTIMN: Councilwoman Glick moved, seconded by CouneUman Jteston, to adopt the ordinance, There was no public response, J KENAI CITY COUNCIL 1 APRIL 10, 1980 Page 2 Motion passed unanimously by roll call vote for second rending, There was no public response. Motion passed unanimously by roll call vote for adoption of the ordinance. B-2 Resolution 90-55 - Senior Citizens Project - Amended MOTION: Councilwoman thick moved, seconded by Councilman M'alston, to approve the resolution. There was no public response, Notion passed unanimously by roll call vote. B-3 i1SKH Bill - Topographic Study Mr. Kornelis noted this was in order, they request a 10% rotainage. MOTION: Councilwoman Glick moved, seconded by Councilman Measles, to approve the bill. Motion passed unanimously by roll call vote. 8-4 Reconsideration - Location of Airport Manager's Office, Public Work& Committee MOTION: Councilwoman Glick moved, seconded by Councilman Malsion, for reconsideration of the airport manager's office location. Motion passed unanimously by roll call vote. Councilwoman Glick explained after the last meeting. Mr. Swalley contacted her regarding relocation. She "ked'ir. Swalley to ex- plain why location 41 is better than 42. Mr. Swalley spoke, Ne said the primary reason for location to is better visibility, Mayor O'Regly asked Mr. Swalley could he bring the partitions all the way up? Mr. SwAlW explained he wants semi -partitions for heat and air i, i KKNAI CITY COUNCIL APRIL 10, 1080 Page 3 circulation . H will have a 7 toot wall. Mayor O'Reilly asked how about security? Mr. Swalley said they would have to climb the wall, the entire office is looked up also. Councilwoman (click said at the meeting tonight, they discussed a 7 focot wall for privacy, if it was that important, it would involve the City Manager also and they could have it in his office. Councilman Malston asked how about a common walkway? Atty. Delahay noted it is used by the airport manager now, it would be the same. MOTION: Councilwoman Glick moved, seconded by Councilman Malsion, to approve area 81 as better than area 92. Atty. Delshay asked if that was in accordance with the lease with AAI. Councilwoman (Hick replied yes, they already have it. Motion passed unanimously by roll call vote. B-S Certification of Results of Election of April 9, 1980 Atty. Delshay requested the Council hold on this action until S. 00 PM, as ordinance requires. Council agreed. B-6 Letter to Mayor Gilman - Federal Flood Insurance Mayor O'Reilly asked the Council to review, the Borough has opted Milt of the prW&M, we have citizens that ware eligible for flood in- surance. Councilman Malston asked if there was any reason why the $orough opted out. Aft, Delshey said it was a matter of planning a zoning outside of the City, we should research it further. Btayor 0'241y said if the Council did not object, he would send the letter. There was no ob jecttm-i frm, Council. B-7 Council Committee ar.4 Council Comments Councilwoman Glick discussed the road maintenance situation. She said she took a look at the road and a ear was stuck in the road. The read was not accepted by the City, t)ut we have taken over the responsibility, She suggests the citizens of the area set up assess- ment districts and get the roads up to "andard. She knows many roads are M up to City "specs." Them are also some of these roads KENAI CITY COUNCIL APRIL 10, 1080 Page 4 that you just don't drive on in Break -Up. Most are streets not put in by the City, but maintained by the City. It's the type of roads they are, not who maintains them. Councilman Malston said he remembers in 1987 there were lots of problems with roads, the roads were not brought up to "specs" and not accepted by the City. Mayor O'Reilly said a citizen had called him and said the City Engineer has accepted the streets. He asked Public Works Director Kornelis If the City has a list of streets accepted by the City. Mr. Kornelis said he can find no records. The City has requirements now, and a letter to written now when a street is accepted. Councilwoman Glick said she felt it is the condition of the roads themselves, and this is an excessively wet Break -Up, and the citizens should remem- ber there is a certain time of year when they must walk. Mayor O'Reilly suggested a letter be sent to citizens explaining we have no record of streets that have been accepted by the City. Council- man Malston asked why not check the records to see? Council- woman Glick felt the City made a mistake by starting maintenance on unaccepted streets. Councilman Hall asked does the City accept any subdivisions where the streets are not accepted. Mr. Kornelis replied no, but not all are paved. Mayor O'Reilly asked do we have a list of those accepted. Mr. Kornelis replied yes, a good example is Dogwood, where we did not accept, and it has fallen apart. Tom Wagoner spoke. He said he has lived on the same street in Thompson Park for 0-1/2 years. He disagrees with Councilwoman Glick. Two years ago the City rebuilt the road behind him, he never had to take a 4-wheel drive vehicle before, now he does. At the completion of the project, they made a ditch opposite his house down to the Culvert. The City does not clean out the culvert before the snow leaves. Instead of taking the sludge out, they just spread it out on the road. The City is responsible for ruining the road. He didn't know if the road was accepted, but the street is maintained. Councilwoman (flick said she saw some in good condition, and some are bad. Councilman Hall asked what causes this? Mr. Wagoner replied the culverts are full of fee. He suggested a maintenance program be set up to clean out the culverts before Break -Up. The only rral run-off they have is during Break -Up. Councilwoman Glick asked do we have a steam -cleaning rig? Mr. Kornelle replied Yes, but it is broken down. We do have a culvert cleaning program and if the City missed Mr. Wagoners, he is sorry. Bob Smith spoke, He said he lives in Valhalla Heights, He talked to the developer and he assured him the roads had been accepted by the City. The first year he lived there, the City could not maintain them until there was acceptance by the City, it is on the plat. Mr. KENAI CITE' COUNCIL APRIL 10, 1980 -�' Page S Kornelis explained it is on the plat, but that does not mean it is accepted. Councilwoman Glick said the road cannot be started unless an acceptable plat is accepted. That does not mean the street is approved. In order for the plat to be approved, the streets must be platted. Mr. Smith reiterated that the builder said the streets had been approved. Mr. Kornelis said the streets there are all clay. They should be cleared of clay and six inches of gravel put in. Mr. Smith said lie has acres of swamp he maintains and it is a good road now. If you keep shoveling, you will eventually get rid of the good road. Mayor O'Reilly asked Mr. Smith do you grade with the crown next to the ditch? Mr. Smith said no, he has two inch pipe in the culvert and when they plug up, he steams them out. Mr. Kornelis replied that is something he wished we had. Unfortunately none of the City streets do. Mr. Smith said we pay taxes and get no services. We should get out of the City. Mayor O'Reilly asked Mr. Smith does he think without major work these roads are maintainable? Mr. Smith replied, 90%, yes. Mr. Smith explained he lived on Standard, and worked on roads on Kalifonsky. Council- man Measles noted Standard is not on swamp, Dogwood is. Manor O'Reilly asked would gravel help? Mr. Smith explained it would help in the hole, but you can't get to the hole. Councilman Hall asked how did the mud get there? Mr. Smith replied from the swamp. Mr. Kornelis said it looks like the developer cleared off and covered, and it is working its way up to the surface. Mr. Smith noted after the second year he was there, there was a good 24" of gravel. If the City, keeps spreading it out, it will be mud. Buzz Wiley spoke. He said he also lives in Valhalla Heights. He is j getting out by 4-wheel drive. Spreading out the road has brought it down to mud. Something should be done. Mayor O'ReV1y asked Mr. Wiley if the developer got acceptance from the City. Mr. Wiley asked, if it is not, where are we at? Mayor O'Reilly replied if it is not, the City is responsible for bringing it up to acceptance level. If the City is not, the residents will have to form assessment districts to bring it up to standard. Mr. Wiley said if it is not acceptable, we will have to decide what to do. He wants to know if the City will I" maintain the road or not, Mr. Smith said he can check with the developer. Mayor O'Reilly said we will have to decide what the City will do about it. Councilwoman - thick said dumping mud won't solve the problem. We will have to wait till the mud gets hard. Mr. Wiley said it doesn't have to wait, they can blade it down. Mr. Kornelis said if we start now, well have a bigger problem than we do now, Mayor O'Reilly asked are we going to have a gravel pit? John Wise was developing a swap with the State. } KENAI CITY COUNCIL APRIL 10, 1980 Page 8 Mr. Kornelis replied he had reported to the Council, the State said it was not conclusive enough to make the expenditure, so dd they dropped the project. Mayor O'Reilly said he thought we have 1 to decide the problem. Councilman Hall asked to it City policy not to maintain streets not acceptable? Mayor O'Reilly replied, it varies, there is some snow shoveling and minor grading. Council- man Hall said we will have to establish whether the City will main- tain the streets or not. Is it a major problem? Mr. Kornelis said ! I yes. We're talking about slot of silt and a long road. Mayor O'Reilly noted we get into these situations from our predecessors. There is some type of City responsibility. Mr. Kornelis explained the City has tried to put ditches in the streets and then they get more com- plaints because of the dip in the driveways. Councilman Hall said were they to tear the roads down to the bottom of the potholes and lay it right down, if they would spend a little bit more time, and get to the bottom of the hole ...Mayor O'Reilly suggested maybe the Public Works men are working • ' g just as hard, but our theory is wrong. Councilman HSU said maybe we are trying to do too much. Mr. Kor- nelle said yes, also the utilities are near the surface in the street. Mr. Smith said the lines will float on you. Mr. Wagoner asked does the City allow lines to come in on the streets. Councilman Malston said telephone lines too, Councilman Hall said with utilities in the , Street, the utility should have some responsibility. , 4 B-S Certification of Results of Election of April 9, 1980 , Clerk Whelan read the results of the election, 124-yes, 121-no. MOTION: Councilman Malston moved, seconded by Councilman Measles, to accept the election results as reported, a Motion passed unanimously by roll call vote. I Mayor O'Reilly asked Atty. Delahay, now that they are final and , accepted, then we go to bonding? Atty. Delahay replied yes. Mayor O'Reilly asked the Council should Finance Director Brown contact the bond bank. The Mayor then noted the Borough has found CUP money at 7%, that should be pursued also. The Council ----=""' agreed. Councilwoman Glick raid she had understood we could finalwo, but it had to be paid back in one year. Is that true? Or 4 - can we make long term loans. Atty. Delahay explained operating funds can be borrowed for one year and not even go to vote. Mr. Brown said yes, but those are different accounts, this has nothing e � A 1 41 I 5 a:. KBNAI CITY COUNCIL APRIL 10, 1980 Page 7 to do with this. Mayor O'Reilly asked if the Council agrees Mr. Brown should start as soon as possible. Councilman Malston asked there is no hurry to borrow money? Mayor O'Reilly replied correct. Odds are the interest rates may improve by the City point of view, that will indicate we should wait to do borrowing. But if we could get an attractive rate of say, b%, we should start right away. Mayor O'Reilly reminded the Council of the April 16, 1980 regular Council meeting, and the April 19, 1980 City meeting at the Sheffield House. Councilman Malston noted John Williams had spoken at the Lions this date, it was very good. He had informed people that would not be informed. Mayor O'Reilly referred to the Juneau situation. John Williams and Tom Wagoner will go to Juneau the next week. Kayo McGillivray will go the next day. The Mayor would be there April 14 through April 18. Councilwoman Glick noted the satellite fire station, she also wants the airport terminal, it should be in there. Mayor O'Reilly said at the last meeting, the fire station was promised 100% revenue sharing and municipal assistance. We need this to get the money for manpower for the fire station. We need priorities. Councilman Malston said the airport terminal is very important, especially now that we have space in the City. Finance Director Brown reminded the Council that even H some of these projects go, alot of additional money will go into additional services. With a satellite fire station we may need six new men, you should consider this. Councilman Hall asked where will the station be. Mayor O'Reilly explained on Beaver Loop right behind the Day Care Center. We would have to run water to it. The Mayor then noted Section 36. Of the 300 acres there, 200 are ~` usuable. Water and Sewer would double the value. We are trying I to impress Sen. Tillion that this will m.:ke money. Councilwoman Glick said she agreed with spending money to make money. She said she would rather push those projects. She further stated pro- jects; requiring maintenance might mean great additional cost. We would have to increase taxes. Councilman Hall asked, when you speak of making money, you are talking about the sale of land, - — not the sale of water a sewer? Councilwoman Glick replied yes. f Mayor O'Reilly asked if any of the Council would go to J, ,neau . There was no reply. Councilwoman Glick asked if he would be there for the Council meeting, Mayor O'Reilly replied he doubted it. He would like to have some relief in Juneau. KENAI CITY COUNCIL APRIL 10, 1080 page 8 The Mayor then noted Finance Director Brown has prepared the budget. lie asked at the next meeting, the Council will set up the budget sessions? Mr. Brown replied yes, he would like to correct the mention of deletion of museum personnel. He had to out the operating budget and personnel will end up with nothing to work with at the and of the year. He explained he was not happy with the budget. Councilwoman Glick asked is there not enough money? Mr. Brown explained, no, an example is the shop - there is no money in the budget left to purchase repair parts with. ADJOURNMENT Meeting adjourned at 8: So PM. Respectfully Submitted, et Whelan, City Clerk