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Home My WebLink About1970-11-04 Council Minutes1 A!AIVA REGULAR MEETING, KENAI CITY COUNCIL NOVEMBER 4, 1970, St00 P. M. A- ROLL CALL A-1 Public Hearing ou all applications for renewal of liquor *** licenses within the City of Kenai. A-2 Ordinance 188-70, changing the age £Oe drinking alcoholic 8- PERSONS PRESENT SCHEDULED TO BE BEARDS beverages. 1. Jack Coarlght 2. C- MINUTES 1. Regular Meeting of October 210 1970 D- CORRESPONDENCE ii E- REPORTS i. City Manager 2. City Attorney 3. Mayor 4. City Clerk S. Binance Director 6. Advisory Planning 6 Zoning Commission 7. Borough Assemblyman !- OLD BUSINESS 1. Road between the National Bank of Alaska and Royal Redoubt 2. 3. Reoolution 70-190 providing for a Special Election for a referendum of Charter Aamen,.ment changing the General Else- t1on date on 8th day of December #970. 4. Resolution 70-229 providing for a Spacial Election of a Mayor and two councilman to serve until election of their successors in October 1974. S. Ordinance 187-70, second reading - providing for the change of Election Date from the second Tuesday in May to the first Tuesday in in October. 6, 7. G- Nru BUSINESS 1. _Alacka..Teetlab,_lesse in Tsrninal Building. 2. Betty Ames request to change location of Gift Shop in Ft. Kear�*.•. +�** 3. Ordinance 188-700 changing the ago for drinking alcoholic beverages. Moved up to A-2 4. S. R- PERSONS PRESENT NOT SCHEDULED TO BE BEARD 1. I MINUTES OF KENAI CITY COUNCIL MEETING NOVEMBER Q, 1970 A - ROLL CALL: Members present - Charles A. Bailie, Robert Bielefeld, James Hornaday, Hugh Malone, Florine McCollum, Mayor Eugene sl. Morin, James Doyle came in at 8:15. With consent of Council Item G-3 was moved up to A-2. A - i Public }searing an all applications for renewal of liquor licenses within the City of Kenai was held at this time. Bailie moved and Bielefeld seconded to move Kenai Joe's application from Item A-1 of the agenda to Item B-1. The motion passed unanimously. The Hearing was open to the public. There was no public participation so the matter was brought back to the Council table. A letter was read from Kelly Dickson, Pastor of First Baptist Church of Kenai regarding the number of liquor licenses and liquor problems in Kenai. After some discussion Bailie moved and Malone seconded to approve all liquor license applications i� for renewal provided all current obligations are paid and a favorable Health and Police report is received by December 1S, 1970. The Motion carried unanimously by roll call vote. Judi Browning, Junior Councilman came in at this time. A - 2 After much discussion: Malone moved and McCollum seconded declaring Ordinance 188-70 an emergency Ordinance, changing the age from drinking alcoholic beverages from 21 to 19. Severallcitizens spoke from the floor, both pro and con. The motion was brought back to Council table and was passed by roll call vote with Bielefeld and Hornaday dissenting. Doyle moved and McCollum seconded to adopt Emergency Ordinance IN-70 as presented, providing fro a revision of City Code age limitations relating to alcoholic beverage dispensary patronages from age 21 to age 19 to conform with State Statutes. There was no public discussion so the motion was brought back to Council table and passed unanimously by �. roll call vote. Voting affirmative, Bailie, Bielefeld, Doyle Hornaday, Malone, McCollum, Browning, Mayor Morin. B - 1 Jack Conright was heard at this time regarding transfer of license. He stated Elsie Consiel's name was to remain on the license with the addition of Jack and Charlotte Conright. After much discussion Malone moved and Doyle seconded to have the City Attorney draft an Ordinance to _ amend Ordinance 127 section 1 (b) to eliminate "and in the name of Joe Consiel only". The motion passed with Bielefeld dissenting and Hornaday abstaining for legal reasons. C Minutes of Regular Meeting of October 21, 1970 were approved as corrected. Page 2 paragraph 3 to read "not later than March 31, 1971". and the addition of this note on the Mayor's report E-3. "Mayor Morin requested the City Attorney to prepare an opinion on the legality of financing capital additions through conditional sales contracts etc." MINUTES OF CITY COUNCIL MEF.TTNG NOVEMBER 4, 1970 rage two D - Correspondence covered in reports. E - 1 City Manager's Report. (a) Robbins reported the City if using a new from, Citizens Service Request, to handle complaints. This is a very effective form. Of the 1S complains handled to date 12 of these have to do with stray dogs. Robbins would recommend a permanent Leash Law if we had the manpower. Tie further stated there will be a leash law during the weeks bf November 21 thru Nov 27, and December S thru December 11, to determine the stray dogs from pets. This is a token effort but better than no effort at all. It will cost the owner $2S.00 to get the dog out of the pound. (b) Robbins read a letter sent to Mrs. Marguerite Fremen of the Neighborhood Youth Corp from Fire Chief Frank Wisecarver, expressing his appreciation for the opportunity of working with these young people of N.Y.C. (c) The Fire Station is now physically manned around the clock. The delivery of Seagraves pumper will be delayed until March 1971. Don't now if the penalty clause is enforceable due to strikes which have delayed delivery. (d) There is $6S,000 in the State Budget to build a boat launching ramp on land leased from Don Freeman on the Kenai River. An Option to Lease has been signed, leasing Opproximately S acres of land and a permit use of gravel on the site of not more than 8,000 cu ydd of gravel off the site in any calendar year. The term of the lease is S years. The gravel on this site will be tested. (e) Red Jaynes submitted a Projects Priority List, improvements to gravel streets, paving, general improvements, bdildings, and airport improvements. The Mayor asked about water hydrants in the Linwood area. Bruce Massey assured him there were suf9icient hydrants. sl-2 City Attorney's Report: Fisher presented a priority list of law suits to the Council. He brought up the amended Ordinance 187-70, providing for the change of Election Date from the 2nd Tuesday in May to the first Tuesday in October. Malone moved and Hornaday seconded to accept Ordinance 187-70 as amended for second reading. Bielefeld Moved and Doyle seconded to table the motion until the second meeting in May. The motion failed by roll call vote. Bailie, no; Bielefeld, yes; Doyle, yes; Hornaday, no; Malone, no, McCollum, no; Morin, no; and Browning, no. After much discussion the first motion was voted on and passed by roil call vote with Bielefeld dissenting. f MINUTES OF CITY COUNCIL MEETING E-2 Cont'd NOVEMBER 4, 1970 Page three Malone moved and Iiornaday seconded to adopt Ordinance 187-70 for passage. The motion passed by roll call vote with Bielefeld dissenting. Voting Yes; Bailie, Doyle, Hornaday, Malone, McCallum, Browning, and Mpyor Morin. Iiornaday moved and Bailie seconded to accept Resolution 70-19 providing for a Special Election for a Referendum of a Charter Amendment changing the General Election date on 8th day of December 1970. The City Manager was directed to put in the names of the election judges ofir the Resolution. The motion passed unanimously by roll call vote. Resolution 70-22, providing for a special election for election of a Mayor and two other Councilmen to serve until election of their successors in October 1974, was tabled until the special session December 9, 1970 to canvass ballots. E-3 Mayor's Report. Mayor Morin inquired about the policy regarding insurance involving projects,;of some scopes. The City Manager was instructed that no project shall go forward until the insurance carrier is informed. . E-4 Notreport from City Clerk E-S Finance Director's Report. Ray Burt reported the copies of the audit were put in the mail today and should be in the City office Thursday. A Work Session with Council will be set up on revision of this years budget and last years statements. E-6 Nick Poppin suggested the Recreation Hall be used as a meeting place. i E-7 Borough Assemblymen's Report. Hugh Malone reported on the Assembly meeting of October 27, 1970. The new Assemblymen were seated. A recount wa asked between Hall and Woodford to be completed October 10, 1970, which proved to be deadlocked. -- E.D.D. Requested the Assembly to fund them in the amount of $19,884. After much discussion the motion carried. The question of a Borough Maintenance Director was discussed. The Assembly approved liquor license renewals.for 1971. The Assembly approved $20S8S for the Tri-Borough Air Pollution Control Commission. I MINUTES OF CITY COUNCIL. MEETING NOVEMBER 4, 1970 Page four F-1 Road betwben N.B.A. and the Royal Redoubt. The City Manager did not poll the Council on this item as per the Planning and Zoning Commission, feeling this was not the way it should be handled. It was advised to secure a Traffic Engineer to study this. The Council directed the City Manager to resolve this problem. F-3 Taken up in E-2 F-4 Taken up in E-2 F-S Taken up in E-2 G-1 Bielefeld moved and Bailie seconded to agree with the lease to Alaska Testlab in the Terminal Building. G-2 Betty Ames request to Council to move her gift shop at Fort Kenay to the first floor and keep the Museum on the second floor. The Council requests'the Fire and Public Liability Insurance picture be looked into. McCollum moved and Doyle seconded to let her move her gift shop downstairs and.keep the museum upstairs. The motion passed by roil call vote with Bailie and Helm-- dissenting. A -A #/Where was a recommendation for reconsideration from the prevailing side of the vote, need more information. Meeting adjourned 12:00 A.M. Respectfully submitted, Sharon Sterling Acting City Clerk