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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1980-12-22 Council Minutes - Special MeetingKENAI CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING DECEMBZx 22, 1990 - 12:00 Noon SHEFFIELD HOUSE, KENAI MAYOR VINCENT O'REILLY PRESIDING Public; Hearing, Capital Improvement Projects Presents Ray Measles, Dick Mueller, Tom Wagoner, Vincent O'Reilly, Witty Glick Absents Jess Hall, Ron Malston Also in attendance were Representatives Malone and O'Connell. In the audience were S. Reinhardt from the Peninsula Clarion, D. Stetler €Yom Alaska Statebank, G. Day from Chevron Inc., Atty. R. Baldwin, D. Morgan from Chamber of Commerce, and City employees: E. DeForest, G. Davis and K. McGillivray. Mayor O'Reilly explained there would be two more heaxings regarding the Capital Improvement Project. He said the City should have $17 Million. It may be less, but it will still be considerable. The State income for 1980-1990 is expected to be $175 Billion. The City can only absorb $7-8 Million without adding considerable personnel and maintenance costs. Of the $5.2 Million from last year, 75% to 80% is already committed. There will be an election Feb. 10 and a questionnaire will. be sent to citizens, these will be added to the brochure for the legislators. City Manager Brighton explained the brochure. The Council prioritized (sic) the list, starting at the least amount available and adding to the list as to how much additional funding would be available. They were now asking for the opinion of the public. Mayor O'Reilly noted this cannot be compared to the street projects, they will be done on par with the large projects from other cities. Public Works Director Kornelis reviewed the projects listed in the brochure. Steve Reinhardt from the Peninsula Clarion asked, if we got all the money, how many of these could we ztart right away? Mayor O'Reilly replied, probably $3 or $4 Million in 1981. City Manager Brighten said if the leg- islature gives us what we ask, some money could be spent on each project in 1981. Mayor O'Reilly said the small boat harbor would not have major work started in 1981-82, but there would be as much money used for engineering as possible. Atty. Rick Baldwin asked, are all the streets maintained and accepted by the City? Mayer O'Reilly replied, some - e � I KENAI CITY COUNCIL DECEMBER 22, 1980 Pages 2 are that ahould not have been. Some of those on the list have not been accepted by the City, but we have gone be- yond this point. George Day, of Chevron Inc. asked, hoar about the street in front of the Russian Church? Mayor O'Reilly replied that is Church property. Librarian DeF"orest discussed the library expansion. she said the library needs additional room, the library is used by those outside of the City as well those inside the City equally. City Manager Brighton explained to the Legislators: 1. We will send a report to the Legislators as the work is done 2. This is the third public hearing, there will be two more. 3. There will also be a special;lection and a questionnaire. He asked, is there something else the City can do? Representative O'Connell spoke. He felt the City has done well. It is good to be flexible, you never know which way -he Legislature will go. The Governor has said he will support anything the communities support. Representative Malone spoke. He asked what is the estimate of funding the City will receive in Municipal. Assists ce Mayor O'Reilly replied they will go from $46,08G. a� /V 0 O o year to $880,000. Representative Malone asked, what form will the City take? Mayor O'Reilly replied, we will honor the letter of intent. If it comes in an un- interrupted stream, we would go as tha program works out. Mayor O'Reilly noted the Governor believes the stream will continue uninterrupted. Representative Malone asked, how is the City funding operated? City Manager Brighton replied, some projects are fully funded by grants, some have added up -front money to Initiate the project. Representative Malone said much work has gone into this. He feels better with a priority list. He further noted in the Dec. 29, 1980 meeting with the Anchorage Legislators, we should emphasize that to a large extent, the economic health of Anchorage depends on the economic health of surrounding cities. It should be stressed it is complimentary, not competitive with Anchorage. He also noted we should have a continuous follow-up through the legislative session on Municipal Assistance and other funding from Mr. Brighton, Mr. Kornelis, Mayor O'Reilly and the Council. a KENAI CITY COUNCIL DECEMBER 22, 1980 Page 3 Dick Morgan from Chamber of Commerce spoke. He noted he has 3 hats at this meeting: 1. Recreation Commission Chairman 2. Chamber of Commerce 3. Privates Citizen As Recreation Commission Chairman, they are disappointed in the change in relationship to gymnasium and parks. He noted most money on roads, etc., goes to Anchorage contractors; building projects work goes to local con- tractors. As a member of Chamber of Commerce, he felt the Convention Center is a high priority item. He suggested we have a City tax to go with Municipal Assistance funding to help support this. However, the streets are still first priority. Mayor O'Reilly asked the two Representatives if there was any contrast in priorities with streets and parks. Representative Malone said he had his own ideas and pet projects, it would be difficult if funding were pursued on that basis. The City should set priorities. Representative O'Connell said if the State gets into a substitute capital improvement project, there's al- ways a chance some of these may come in on separate !} legislation and not have a priority assVV`C,ity has listed. Dick Stetler, Alaska Statebank, spoke. He asked the Legislators what was their opinion of the $17 Million figure Mayor O'Reilly had. Mayor O'Reilly explained, this was from Mayor Overstreet, Juneau. This was based on $8,000 per capita, taking 1/2 out for the permanent fund. Representative O'Connell said he didn't think it is going to happen. The Governor has said he will not support any ridiculous amount. It will be estab- lished by whatever method the economy can support. If the Municipal Assistance Fund goes up, the special projects will go down. It may be equal or less than last year, we may be setting aside $3 Billion for the court suit. He would realistically suggest an amount equal to last i year, Representative Malone said also, we must figure what are the State priorities on Statewide programs: 'i 1. Hydroelectric Development 2. industrial Development a. Renewable Resources b. Non -Renewable Resources 3. School Funding 4. Statewide Transportation Program n KENAI CITY COUNCIL DECEMBER 22, 1980 Page 4 Representative Malone further notsd the idea of distri- bution on a per capita basis does not work at all ir. cases Of areas like Kenai where most of the people live out. - vide of the City. He thought the City was taking a good approach, we are not asking for "icing on the cake." Mayor O'Reilly said by this approach, we can balance by local or State proposals. He emphaoized he didn't wan`. to convey we are entitled to $17 Million, jug:: .rat we are able to received substantial amounts and we must set priorities. We will continue to revise. Councilwoman Glick said she thought it was important that we have a majority of Council when these proposals are presented. The small boat harbor is on the priority list, but there are considerable problems. There will be a referendum on this, the Legislators should know there will be more work done on this. After a short recess, the Council reconvened at the head table. MOTION: Councilwoman Glick moved, seconded by Councilman Mueller, to change the first page of the brochure, second paragraph, last line, to read, "of the pro- jects listed in this brochure, with the exception of the small boat harbor." Councilwoman'Glick said we have talked a lot about the small boat harbor, but we still don't know what we are talking about. We will have a vote in February. We should have a feasibility study prior to going to the Legisla- ture. She also takes exception to the last sentence, the Council has not done this on special priority projects. We should wait till the election, then if it is affirmative, then add an addendum. Councilman wagoner said in the last work session, three items were endorsed in concept, not the building. He didn't agree with Councilwoman Glick regarding the first statement. Council agreed there would be no priorities listed. Council has en- dorsed the project, but not the priorities. Council- woman Glick said the Council has agreed on the library expansion and the Culture Center, but they have not had a vote on the small boat harbor. !-p u7rf��p ._..._........•—....�--_•� �.—_ .�'��r.��i.Ma6y1� eeczs.—�..�-�----_._...-_•e,�,,,�,,,,�,- -- -- G+-- - --- 1:^,::nT. CITY COUNCIL ,. DECEMBER 22, 1980 Wage 5 MOTION, Amendment #1s i Councilman Wagoner moved, seconded by Councilman Mueller, to change the statement at the bottom of Request for State Grant Funding, Page 2,to; "Other capital projects to be endorsed but not prioritized by Kenai City Councils" MOTION, Change of original MoL•ions Councilwoman Glick, with approval of second - _ Councilman Mueller -added to her original motion, first page of brochure, second paragraph, last line, to read,"of the projects listed in this bro- chure, with the exception of the small boat harbor which will remain pending further consideration and affirmative action to be taken by Council in February 1981.0 Councilwoman Glick said this action relates only to the small boat harbor. Councilman Mueller con- firmed that this will be left in the brochure till February, Mayor O'Reilly said yes. MOTION, Amendment #2s Councilman Mueller moved, seconded by Councilwoman Glick, on section titled, Serial Priority Projects, item 1, Small Boat Harbor, last sentence; delete the sentence starting, The Council has by vote---" t Councilman Wagoner said if we left the capital improve- ments items not prioritized and added a stsrement that this will come to the votary in February, that might i clear the whole thing up. The project will not be an- - dorsed till the election is over. Mayor O'Reilly said that is the position we are in. Councilman Wagoner said this will clarify it. Public Works »irector Kornelis requested the first page, third line, dates be changed to Dec. 16, 17 and 22. Council agreed to the change. Public Forks Director Kornelis noted all the page numbers v r will be corrected. 1 1 - 11 KENAI CITY COUNCIL DECEMBER 22, 1980 Page 6 Councilwoman Glick asked that; the section titled,,Recial goo t Projer`ts, heading be changed to read, "other gro5ects Endorsed by Council." Council agreed to the change. Recreation Director McGillivray asked that the priorities be changed in the section titled, Mauest for State Grant Funding, as follows: #13 would be #17, #14 would be #13, #15 would be #16, #16 would be #14, #17 would be #18, and #18 would be #15. Council agreed to the changes. VOTE, Amendment #1: Motion passed unanimously by roll call vote. VOTE, .'amendment #2: Motion passed unanimously by roll call vote. VOTE, Main Motion, As Amended: Motion passed unanimously by roll call vote. Meeting adjourned at 2:20 PM. Respectfully Submitted, //X� )4 4 \ Janet Whelan City Clerk l� i 1 N `J i KENAI CIT•1 COUNCIL Special fleeting, Dec. 22, 1980 Partial Translation MOTION s Councilwoman Glick moved, seconded by Councilman Mueller, to pledge their affirmative vote for the maintenance and operational costs of the projects listed in this brochure, with the exception of the small boat harbor. MOTION, Amendment #ls Councilman Wagoner moved, seconder by Councilman Mueller, to change the statement on the bottom of page 2, Request for State Grant Funding, to read, "Other capital projects to be endorsed, but not prioritized by the Kenai City Councils" MOTION, Added to Main Motions Councilwoman Glick, with consent of second, added to the main motion, "which will remain pending further consideration and affirmative action to be taken iy Council in February 1981." MOTION, Amendment #2s Councilman Mueller moved, seconded by Councilwoman Glick, to delete the last sentance of paragraph 1, of section entitled, "Speci„1 Priority Projects, #1, Small Boat Harbor." VOTE, Amendment Us Motion passed unanimously by roll call vote. VOTE, Amendment Us Motion passed unanimously by roll call vote. •, VOTE, Main Motions Motion passed unanimously by toll call vote. t �! Dt Whelan, CtyCsr. J. 3 a J t A