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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1974-04-17 Council MinutesA 0 E N D A REGULAR MEETING, KVNAI CITY COUNCIL - APRIL 17, 1974, 8:00 P.M. KENAI LIBRARY PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE OATH OF OFFICE - ROBERT BIELEFELD A: ROLL CALL B: PUBLIC HEARINGS B - 1: Ordinance 239-74 - Appropriating funds FY 1973/74 TABLED B - 2: Ordinance 244-74 - Reduction of Penalties 1 C: PERSONS PRESENT SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD: NONE 1. 2. 3. 4. D: MINUTES - 1. Minutes of Regular Meeting, April 3, 1974 1 H - 2: City Attorney's Report 2 E: CORRESPONDENCE • 1. 2. F: OLD BUSINESS 1. Reconsideration - Racing Association 2 • 2. Reconsideration - Year around leash law 2 3. Library 3 4. Inlet Oil Corp. - Lease 4 S. Audit 4 Budget Committee DEFERRED 6. ' . 7. 8. G: NBN BUSINESS 1. Bills to be paid - bills to be ratified 4 2. Police Car - Bid Opening 4, 3. City Attorney 4 4. Land lease bill -Beaver Creek-$1,030.00 5 5. Re -organization of the City 5 6. 60' R.O.N. Coyle property to boat ramp 548 " 7. Airport Fencing - Bid Opening s �-' 8. Hertz Lease 6 9. Basement between L 2 4 L3, B4, Fidaigo S/D 6 Storm Drains - Court House Complex 10. H.B.A. Basement 6 11. Natural Gas increase 6 12. Sale of sewer pipe 6 13. 14. is. H: REPORTS 1. City Manager's Report 6 a. b. C. d. 3. Mayor's Report NONE 4. City Clerk's Report NONE S. Finance Director's Report 8 6. Planning $ Zoning's Report 7 7. Borough Assomblympa's Report 7 I: PERSONS PRESENT NOT SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD: 1. Ruby Coyle 8 2. A. L. Hudson 9 3. Tru McGrady 9 4. Emily DeForest 9 MINUTES KENAI CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING APRIL 17, 1974 8:00 P.M. KENAI LIBRARY The Council gave the Pledge of Allegiance. The Clerk gave the Oath of Office to Councilman Robert Bielefeld. ROLL CALL: Members present - Robert Norene, H. J. Steiner, Robert Bielefeld, James Doyle, A. L. Hudson, Tru McGrady and Mayor Clarence Johnson. Members absent - None. Agenda Approval F - 5 - Audit 6 Budget Committee added to the Agenda. B: PUBLIC HEARINGS B - 1: Ordinance 239-74 - Appropriating funds FY 1973/74 Doyle moved and Hudson seconded to table Ordinance 239-74, indefinitely. The motion carried by roll call vote with Steiner 6 Bielefeld abstaining. B - 2: Ordinance 244-74 - Reduction of Penalties The Clerk read the Ordinance by title. Mayor Johnson recessed the meeting and opened it up for a public hearing. There was no public participation so the public hearing was closed. Doyle moved and Hudson seconded to adopt Ordinance 244-74 - Reduction of Penalties. The motion carried unanimously by roll call vote. Voting yes, Norene, Steiner, Bielefeld, Doyle, Hudson, McGrady and Mayor Johnson. C: PERSONS PRESENT SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD: None. D: MINUTES The Minutes of the Regular Meeting of April 3, 1974, were approved as distributed. L - - MINUTES, KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING, APRIL 17, 1974 Page two ' H - 2: City Attorney's Report Mr. Fisher recommends the City of Kenai protest the gas increase In the interest of the pubi ic. Mr. Fisher stated he can't agree with the statement in the budgetary report that the City of Kenai is not able to recruit a qualified attorney. He believes the City is able to hire a qualified City Attorney. Mr. Fisher stated he intends to commence his vacation on May 20, 1974 and sub- mitted his resignation as City Attorney effective May 17, 1974. In the interim he will ready litigation flies, provide for other file turnover and do best possible to facilitate continuity of city attorney activities. F: OLD BUSINESS F - 1: Reconsideration - Racing Association At the last meeting McCrady moved and Steiner seconded for reconsideration of the motion for the City of Kenai to assist the Kenai Peninsula Racing Assoc. and get the lease transferred into their name. ��- The motion for reconsideration passed by roll call vote with Norene and Steiner dissenting. After more discussion to the motion to assist the Kenai Peninsula Racing Assoc. to get the lease transferred Into their name, passed by roll call vote with Bielefeld, Doyle and McCrady dissenting. F - 2: Reconsideration - Year around leash law t� At the last meeting Norene moved and Johnson seconded to reconsider the motion that the City Attorney be directed to prepare an ordinance taking care of a full time leash law for a public hearing and have the Administration prepare a fact sheet on the costs. The motion for reconsideration carried by roll call vote with Hudson dissenting and Bielefeld abstaining. McCrady moved and Steiner seconded to amend the motion to have an ordinance drafted to be acted upon by Council because of the financial status and the effect It will have on the population of Kenai and entered on the ballot in October. The amendment failed by roll call vote with Bielefeld, Doyle, Hudson, McCrady and Johnson dissenting. McCrady moved and Norene seconded to table the motion pending a public hearing. The motion carried by roll call vote with Bielefeld dissenting. 610 Administration was directed to find the costs involved in maintaining a year around leash law. MINUTES, KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING, APRIL 17, 1974 Page three F - 3: Librar Mr. Navarre reported there was a meeting on the proposed new library utilizing some of the funds from the Civic Center. The total cost of the new library is $350,000. The State will participate in a $45,000 grant. The City is reaching a saturation point as far as Capital Funds Projects are concerned. There are some dollars the City will probably get on water & sewer projects. An engineer has been hired to do the project for the new well and transmission lines. Mr. Navarre spoke with Mr. Engen today and he could not guarantee any additional funds. If we tied up the $45, 000 and didn't do anything, we would relinquish our priority. A bill did pass putting a bonding issue on the fall ballot. If it passed we could get 60% State funding and 40% local funding. The time schedule puts us Into the capability of having the plans ready August 15th for bids. This would put the construction into fall and winter. There are dollars in the Civic Center fund to appropriate money to move ahead with planning 6 design so the bids could be let next spring 6 start construction. Mrs. DeForest asked if this would come from next years appropriation and if we would be voting on the bonding issue in October. Mr. Navarre stated it would be from the Capital Project funds and the bond issue would be voted on in October. If we drop the $45,000 now we get $145,000 addition for next year. Councilman Hudson stated he is opposed to spending any money on architects. The local builders could draw up what we need, the engineer then go over the plans. The State law requires an architect. Mr. Navarre stated local contractors or builders can present a plan or concept, accepted by Council and stamped by an architect or engineer. We can ask for proposals by our specifications for a turn key project. 6 Councilman Doyle stated he would support this idea but is against hiring an architect. He would like to hear the library board's opinion of waiting one more year and maybe get more money. Councilman McCrady stated if we go ahead this year we will be looking at late September. That alone is going to Inflate construction cost. _.:_ ... Mrs. DeForest asked if we wait to get more funds, can we get a larger library. Mr. Chen warned Council and the public if additional grant comes in and we build a larger library, we will need additional personnel, books and equipment. We should build the size of library we can support. Doyle moved and Norene seconded to accept Administration's recommendation and delay the building of the library at this time. After further discussion, the motion carried by roll call vote with Hudson, McCrady and Johnson dissenting. - a It - - -- -- - - MINUTES, KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING, APRIL 17, 1974 Page four F - 4: inlet Oil Corp. - Lease Hudson moved and McCrady seconded to approve the lease to Inlet Oil Corp. as presented. The motion carried unanimously by roll call vote. F - 5: Audit 6 Budget Committee Newly appointed Chairman Norene stated the committee will have a meeting before the next Council meeting. G: NEW BUSINESS C - 1: Bills to be paid - bills to be ratified McCrady moved and Steiner seconded to approve the bills to be paid and ratify payment of bills as listed on the memo of 4-17-74. The motion carried unanimously by roll call vote. Mayor Johnson declared a five minute recess and reconvened the meeting at 9:40 P.M. G - 2: Police Car - Bid Opening Mr. Navarre stated we requested bids from four dealers and received one bid from Kenai Chrysler. The price is within the anticipated costs, even a little below. Mr. Navarre recommends Council accept the bid and order these contingent on next years budget. We will have two good units at all times. Councilman Doyle stated we have 5 cars now. What Is the plan for retirement. Mr. Navarre stated the unmarked car is a 1972 model. Two patrol cars are t. 1972 and two are 1970's or 1971's. The two older cars have been overhauled. we plan to scrap one and use the motor and parts for the other. There is very little resale value. Bielefeld moved and Doyle seconded for the purchase of one car at the bid price of$4,207.55. Mr. Navarre stated there is only a few days for the same money offer for another car. He feels it could be a serious mistake by not ordering another. The motion carried by roll call vote with Johnson abstaining. G - 3: City Attorney Mr. Navarre stated he had interviewed an applicant for City Attorney. He has wind of another attorney in Alaska who has had 12 years municipal experience in Alaska and has had an application from a woman attorney from Anchorage. MINUTES, KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING, APRIL 17, 1974 Page five G - 4: Land Lease bill - Beaver Creek - $1, 030.00 Mr. Navarre stated this is for the lease on the old gravel pit by Thompson Park. This is on a school section leased from the State for parks. We have spent $4,700 on this and have an additional grant approval for $15,000. If we turn this back we have to pay any grants we have received. He stated he could work with the State to get this exchanged or to buy it. After further discussion, Norene moved and 'Steiner seconded to pay the land lease bill -Beaver Creek tract in the amount of $1,030.00. The money to come from the contingency fund In Non -Departmental budget. The motion carried unanimously by roll call vote. G - 5: Re -organization of the City Mr. Navarre explained the memo on re -organization of the City. One of the changes will be within the Fire Department. There are 191 actual positions to -date and 16 proposed positions. It is proposed that the firemen will man the communication center and a radio maintenance man in charge of the communication center and be a relief firefighter/dispatcher. After much discussion, Hudson moved and Doyle seconded to delete the radio maintenanceman and the 16 positions be worked into the Fire Department. The motion carried by roil call vote with Steiner and Bielefeld dissenting. G - 6: 60' R.O.W. Coyle property to boat ramp Mr. Navarre stated the Coyle's have offered a 30' R.O.W. on the south side of their property that can be utilized, along with 30' of the City's land, for a road to the boat ramp, if the City will build the road. He further stated a direct road would only be 800 ft. but there would be no area for parking. McGrady moved and Doyle seconded to table the matter until the next meeting to have a map showing the area and road location. Mr. Chen left to go get a map. Doyle withdrew his motion. The Council went on with the new business until Mr. Chen's return. G - 7: Airport Fencing - Bid Opening Mr. Navarre reported the bids were opened for the Airport Fencing project. The apparent low bidder is Aspeotis Construction, bidding $30,289.28 on Schedule 1 and $270,162.00 on Schedule 2. :;1 00 MINUTES, KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING, APRIL 17, 1974 Page six G - 8: Hertz Lease Norene moved and Doyle seconded to approve the Hertz lease - Airport Terminal Building. The motion carried unanimously by roll call vote. G - 10: H.E.A. Easement Mr. Navarre passed around a map showing the location of the H.E.A. Iine that will go to a new substation. Planning E Zoning have approved the easement. Doyle moved and Steiner seconded to approve the H.E.A. Easement. The motion carried unanimously by roll call vote. G - 11: Natural Gas Increase Hudson moved and McCrady seconded to protest the rate Increase by K.U.S.C.O. The motion carried by roll call vote with Doyle abstaining. G - 12: Sale of sewer pipe Mr. Navarre stated the City of Soldotna would like to buy some of our sewer �. pipe. We have approximately 800 feet in the yard and have no need for it y at his time. He proposes to sell the pipe at todays price and use it as accounts receivable for sewer cleaning operation. Steiner moved and Bielefeld seconded to have the City Manager negotiate with the City of Soldotna and work out a beneficial agreement. McCrady moved and Bielefeld seconded to amend the motion and let them have the pipe and replace it at a later date. The amendment failed by roll call vote wtih McCrady voting in the affirmative. The main motion carried by roll call vote with Doyle and McCrady dissenting. H: REPORTS H - 1: City Manager's Report Mr. Navarre reported the land In Section 26 ran out in 1967. He has corresponded with the Division of Lands. This was university and mental health land and is now general grant land. He will try to acquire what he can. H - 3: Mayor's Report No report. MINUTES, KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING, APRIL 17, 1974 Page seven H - 4: City Clerk's Report No report. H - 6: Planning & Zoning's Report Commissioner Hudson reported on the Planning li Zoning meeting of April 10, 1974. The Commission approved a H.E.A. easement down Walker Lane. The Commission heard a request to subdivid lots into sub -standard size. After a length of time it did pass. No plat has been filed to date. The Commission approved the easement between Lot 2 E Lot 3, Block 4, Fidaigo S/D for purposes of storm drains from the Court House Complex. The road to the boat ramp was discussed and they recommended the road be built on the property line. H - 7: Borough Assemblymen's Report Assemblyman McCrady reported on the Assembly meeting of April 16, 1974. f Ordinance 74-8 - on bond refunding and Ordinance 74-9 - making a supplemental appropriation - debt service, were passed . Ordinance 74-13 - to allow adjustment to lower reimbursement for official travel and per diem expense, was up for reconsieeration but was not reconsidered as was Ordinance 74-14 - to make alternative reimbursement for official travel expense Incurred by use of privately owned vehicle applicable to the Mayor and Department Heads. Ordinance 74-25 - School Budget 1974/75 was set for hearing. The Assembly acknowledged receipt of the borough budget for 1974/75. Administration was authorized to purchase a house in Tyonek to be utilized for school. Resolution 74-26 - publishing the foreclosure list, passed. The Assembly authorized the hiring of an additional attorney to collect delinquent sales tax. i i MINUTES, KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING, APRIL 17, 1974 Page eight "4' G - 6: 60' R.O.W. Coyle property to boat ramp The area was shown on the map. Mr. Navarre stated he would prefer the short route but it is not offered without tidelands. Hudson moved and Doyle seconded to approve the recommendation of Planning 6 Zoning and build the road on the long route, making a street assessment district the first 330' paid for and the rest deferred until subdivided. Steiner moved and Norene seconded to amend the motion to adopt the full recommendation of Planning B Zoning. The amendment failed by roll call vote with Bielefeld, Doyle, Hudson and McCrady dissenting. The main motion failed by roll call vote with Norene, Steiner, Bielefeld, McCrady and Mayor Johnson dissenting. After further discussion, Norene moved and Steiner seconded to accept the Planning 6 Zoning's recommendation and build the road on the south line of the Coyle property. The motion carried by roll call vote with Bielefeld, Doyle E Hudson dissenting. G - 9: Easement between L2 & L3, 84, Fidalgo S/D Hudson moved and Steiner seconded to approve the easement between Lot 2 and Lot 3, Block 4, Fidalgo S/D for purpose of storm drains from the Court House Complex. Unanimous consent was asked and granted. H - S: Finance Director's Report Mr. Chen reported the insurance is due at the end of the fiscal year. He would f =. like to write specifications and put it out to bid. Councilman Doyle stated the intent was to have a broker of record for three years. There was no objection from Council to have Mr. Chen pursue putting the Insurance out to bid. _ _.. Mr. Chen stated there is a surplus of $49,000 in the budget. Most of the departments are okay. Two departments are overspent, the legislative and the Fine Arts. 1: PERSONS PRESENT NOT SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD: 1 - 1: Ruby Coyle Ruby Coyle stated she felt the City leased the land to Inlet Corp. at too small amount per sq. ft. i I � i MINUTES, KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING, APRIL 17, 1974 Pa a nine I - 2: A. L. Hudson � Z"'`Y Councilman Hudso�YJstated he felt the supplement to the Council packets should be delivered on Tudsday, at 4:00 P.M. before Council meetings and that any additions after that be approved by unanimous consent of Council or be deferred until the next meeting. Councilman Steiner felt this should be put on the next agenda. I - 3: Tru McCrady Councilman McCrady asked where the $1,188 was spent on the Birch Drive Park. He felt this was a false charge as no money was spent there. Mr. Chen stated this perhaps was Administrative charges. it was audited by the auditors. Someone in the audience stated there were monkey bars there. An Ice rink was there and a sign was made for the park. I - 4: Emily DeForest Emily DeForest asked if Council would reconsider the library. �f moved and a seconded to reconsider the library at the next Council meeting. MEETING ADJOURNED 12:05 A.M. R spectfully submitted, ' Sharon Loosl i, City Clerk