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Home My WebLink About1970-12-02 Council MinutesA G h N D A REGULAR MEETING, KL;NAI CITY COUNCIL DECLMBER 21 1970, 8:00 P. M. A- ROLL CALL Swear in Nancy Powersq Junior Councilman A-1 PUBLIC HEARING ON TRANSFER OF LIQUOR LICENSE FROM LLSIE AND JOHN CONSIEL TO JACK L. AND CIIARLOTTE CONRIGHT AND ELSIE CONSIEL, d/b/a KENAI JOE'S BAR. B PERSONS PRESENT SCHEDULED TO BL HEARDs 1. 2, 3. C- MINUTES 1. Regular Meeting of November 18, 1970 D- CORRESPONDENCE E- REPORTS 1. City Manager 2. City Attorney 3. Mayor 4. City Clerk 5. Finance Director 6. Advisory Planning & Zoning Commission 7. Borough Assemblymen �_. F- OLD BUSINESS 1. Second Reading of Ordinance 189-70 Amending Ordinance 127-67, Deleting "Kenai Joe Only" from liquor license of Kenai Joe's Bar. 2. Stan McLane, regarding Street Naming and Numbering Project t: 3. Sno-Shoe Gun Club, regarding progress on the rifle range 4. 5. G- NEW BUSINESS - 1. Agreement for Mutual Aid in Fire Protection with Wildwood AFS. 2, Resolution 70-25, Supporting the effort to encourage the deve- lopment of adequate port facilities for the Kenai area. 3. 4. H- PERSONS PRESENT NOT SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD: 3. Lester BoCgen 1. Roger Meeks & Jetret Pe/tersen 4. Bill Cornelius 2. Clarence Ladd 5. Petition for additional Assemblyman for City i A p�r�rr. MINUTES OF KEWAI CITY COUNCIL MEETI'4G DECEMBER 2, 1970 A - ROLL CALL: Members present - Charles A. Bailie, James Hornaday, Hugh Malone and Florine McCollum Members absent: James Doyle, Robert Bielefeld, and Mayor Eugene H. Morin. With consent of Council, Councilman Bailie will preside over the Council Meeting as Acting Mayor. Also with Council consent the Agenda was amended thus: after roll call the swearing in of Junior Councilmember Nancy Powers; delete F-3, Sno-Shoe Gun Club and add H-1, Roger Meeks and Jetret Petersen- of the Historical Society and H-2, Clarence Ladd Acting Mayor Bailie gave Junior Counci lmember Nancy Powers the Oath of Office. With consent of Council A-1 and F-1 will be heard together. Councilman Doyle came in at this time. A- 1 F-- 1 The hearing was open to the public. Kelly Dickson spoke against the transfer and Ordinance 189-70. Jack Conright spoke for the transfer and the Ordinance. There was no more public participation so the discussion was brought back to Council table. Malone moved and McCollum seconded to amend Ordinance 189-70 deleting the last sentence of Section 2-5 (a) "Such license may be transferred from the Joe Consiel family and after one (1) such transfer shall no longer be further transferrable." and deleting the entire Section 2. The hearing was again open to the public. Kelly Dickson stated the amendment was even less desirabid. Jack Conright spoke for the amendment. Elsie Consiel stated her name has appeared on the license since 1968 and the license has been approved each year. The motion was brought back to the Council table. The motion passed with Bailie and Hornaday voting No and Doyle, Malone, McCollum and Powers voting yes. Malone moved and McCollum seconded to adopt Ordinance 189-70, as amended, for second reading and passage. The motion carried with Hornaday voting no, and Bailie, Doyle, Malone, McCollum and Powers voting yes. C - The minutes were approved as corrected, A-1 Ordinance 127i,70 corrected to read Ordinance 127-67. 0 - Correspondence covered in reports. Bielefeld came in at this time, and presided over the remaining portion of the meeting as Vice Mayor. LT. MINUTES OF CITY COUNCIL MEETING PECEMBER 2, 1970 Page two E - 1 City Manager's Report (a) tor. Robbins reported the Police Dept. has a new radar unit on hand. It will not be used until all personnel has been fully trained and the public is adequately informed that it is going to be used to enforce speed laws. The Police Dept. are initiating a four hour daily training session which will simulate every conceivable emergency situation that the City may face, such as school bomb threats, aircraft bomb threats, search and seirure, airport disasters, etc. It is the future intent of the City Police to select several qualified and interested high school students and work them in as junior auxiliary of the police force, a cadet training program thatswill open the door to future training. (b) All necessary forms for Kenai's comprehensive water and sewer program have been completed and mailed to the State Division of Environmental Health and to the Federal Dept. of Housing and Urban Develgpment. (c) Scandanavian Airlines are investigating the possibility of utilizing Kenai Municipal Airport as an emergency landing field for their DC-81s. (d) Chief Wisecarver reported there is a Mack Fire Engine available in Allentown, Pa. for immediate purchase, in lieu of the Seagraves pumper that is supposed to be delivered in March. Malone moved and Doyle seconded to give K.VFD authority to buy the Mack pumper if he is satisfied with the specs. The motion passed unanimously by roll call vote. ! Junior Councilmember Browning came in at this time. I f•� E - 2 City Attorney's report. Fisher advised the training sessions on radar warbing will be widely publicized befo;oe the City Police make arrests. He also announced Judge Hansen will be sworn in December 12, 1970 at 2:00 P.M. at the Kenai Junior High School with a reception immediately after at the Court House. The public is invited. Fisher presented his opinion on purchases by contract. The Council has received the City's Manager's resignation. Bailie moved and Doyle seconded to accept, with regret, Mr. Robbins's resignation. The motion passed unanimously. The -- Council regrets his ddscision and appreciates his service. E - 3 No report E - 4 No report. I I c i t I I I I - t MINUTES OF CITY COUNCIL MEETING DECEMBER 2, 1970 Page three 44 E - 5 Finance Director's Report Mr. Burt told Council of the visit from Larry Carroll, Chief of Licensing Division of 4Wa He discussed the program of joint effort audit of gross business license tax receipts. Mr. Burt also reported the fiscal condition for the three months are going extremely well. He will schedule a budget revision prior to Christmas. E - 6 Red Jaynes bid for comments from the Council on the proposed mobile home Ordinance. Council asked Mr. Fisher to recommend to Planning and Zoning to have a public hearing on this, giving as much publicity as possible. E - 7 No report in F - 1 Deferred until next Council meeting of December 16, 1970. F - 2 Stan McLane showed Council some maps he will use in naming and numbering streets. He has never been given the go-ahead for the project. The City Manager was instructed to do this. McLane stated the job should be finished by May or June 1971. He aslo added when it was finished it will need to be followed th roughOy a department of the City. G - 1 Bailie moved and Malone seconded to accept the Agreement for Mutual Aid in Fire Protection. The motion passed unanimously by roll call vote. G - 2 Bailie moved and McCollum seconded to accept Resolution 70-25 Supporting the Effort to Encourage the Development of Adequate Port Facilities in the Kenai Area. ,- H-2 Clarence Ladd complained to Council of the water hole on Riverview Drive. He was assured the Dept. of Public Works would get right on this. Council asked the City Manager to report on this at the next meeting. H - 3 Lester Borgen asked Council about the "private hunting preserve." Council recommended the City Manager write Marathon, Fish & Wildlife, & F.A.A. before the next hunting season to revoke the former agreement and open padlocked gate and open it to public. H - 4 Bill Cornelius asked Council if scotch lights or something si-milar could be used to identify Willow Street. Council stated this should be corrected with the widening of the highway. I MINUTES OF CITY COUNCIL MEETING DECEMBER 2, 1970 Page four li - 5 After much discussion Bailie moved and Doyle seconded to initiatec.a,,petition to the Borough Assembly to get one more representative on the Assembly from the City of Kenai. The motion passed unanimously. H - 1 Jetret Petaasonnand Roger Meeks from the Historical Society asked Council to reconsider allowing Betty Ames to move her gift shop down status at Fort Kenay, as it is a community building. Malone moved and Hornaday seconded to rescind the previous agreement with Betty Ames permitting her to move down stairs. Mr. Ames pointed out that meetings could be held upstairs and the gift shop could have lattice work to allow people to the rest rooms and to the kitchen. Bailie moved and McCollum seconded to table the motion until the next meeting so maybe the Historical Society and Betty Ames could come up wift some satisfactory arrangement. The motion passed unanimously. The Historical Society asked the City for the loan of a fork lift and an operator for one day to help Roger Meeks at the Fort Kenay complex. The City Manager announced the household shower for Father Cyril Bulashevick will be held on Monday, December 7, 1970. The ballots of the election of December 8, 1970 will be canvassed December 9, 1970 at 8:00 P.M. at the Kenai Library. Meeting adjourned 11:15 P.M. Respectfully submitted, Sharon Sterling Acting City Clerk