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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1969-03-19 Council MinutesAGENDA CITY OF KENAI REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING 8:00 P.M. March 19, 1969 INVOCATION --'A: ROLL CALL B: PERSONS PRESENT SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD. ✓1. Representatives of Artisians Guild - Presenting a picture to the City. 2. �.. MINUTES: Regular Meeting March S. 1969. 4: CORRESPONDENCE: B: PORTS: 1. City Manager ✓l. City Attorney . Mayor, City Clerk and Planning 4 Zoning Commission . Kenai Peninsula Borough Assemblymen. F: OLD BUSINESS: the Dog Ordinance �'I. Second reading Ordinance 69-160, amending Second reading of Ordinance 69-162, amending the BuildfW7 L,... and Planning Code. ✓3. Adopt the rate study presented by the electric engineers -4. Discuss operation contract for Sanitary Landfill &S. Receive proposed contract for after-hours answering service with McMaster's Answering Service 000C Discuss request for concurrance in lease of tidelands to Inlet Compnay, Inc. ✓l. Receive proposed Western Airlines Use Permit. 8. S. G: NEW BUSINESS: A/l�.- Canvas results of special municipal election - owl. Discuss Ordinance Rezoning Lots 22 thru 26, Section 6, TSN, RIM S.M. from residential to Commercial. 3. Discuss requested change in Natural Gas Purchase Contract. vd. Receive request of Lounsbury 4 Associates for $1 225.98 �S Receive request of Crews, McInnes 8 Hoffman for J7,800.00 �Discuss Iusurance.Study. Discuss claims against the City. ts .- �, o,,�, ;'Oqxzre 1. .-!. :4.. �. A0A' &..,,�.r. H: PERSONS PRESENT NOT SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD: 1. 2. STUDY SESSION: Electric rates and Claims against the City. KEWAI CITY COUN CI► EETIAG HIAUfES � 19 HAR01, 1369 A- 1: Roll call: flemUars present - Charles A. aailie, Robert Bielefeld, Chester Cone, Jonn Julien, Bill; McCann, I•Irs. Florine McCollum and Mayor Eugene H. Piorin. B-1: I-irs. Ames introduced Mrs. Kempf whose picture won top award at the Art Show held by the Artisan's Guild in Kenai in February. The policy of the Guild is to pre- sent a picture to the City in lieu of rant; this year they purchased Mrs. Kempf's entry for $75.UU and in making the presentation they requested the Council give thought to providing a place for the various pictures already belonging to the City. Mrs. Kempf's work is titled "Balance" and represents a more progressive form of art Mayor Morin thanked botri ladies and expressed appreciation for their eff urts. C: Minutes of the last meeting were approved. 0: Copies of a letter urging Cities to interest more young people in Government work will be sent to Council. E-1: The City Manager reported: 1. Copies of proposed annual report to be published were distributed for Council IS study - action to be taken at next meeting. 2. Council will meet in study session with ASHA and Planning Commission next Wednesday, 26 March at 7:00 p.m. 3. Harrison will follow up the City's urging that Wien Airlines be allayed to establish an air route between Kenai and North Slope; the only through trip to Fairbanks now is on Monday mornings. 4. The City has received a proposal from ASIIA for construction of middle in- come housing if the CIty will give them Lot 131 and 166, Sec. 31, T6N, R11W, S.M. and will forgive taxes if they are not able to pay. 5. In response to 'letter from KUSCO, Union Oil has sent an engineer to this area to investigate cause of foreign substances in the gas. 6. The stand-by generator at the Airport is now finished and operating. 7. Bruce Massey reported one well is showing an excellent source of water; it's ten feet deeper than the original and located by the High School. It's 651. Harrison says it will be another 30 days before the City receives the re- port from Lounsuury on the Float Plane -Water Basin Study. E-2: The Attorney reported: 1. He had spent time in Juneau in an effort to secure a resident Judge for this area; there's a possibility one will be appointed to work Kenai and Kodiak. 2. The Governor may be in this area during the Kodiak Crab Festival or about 8th or loth of April. He hasn't been here since 1966. Fisher suggested the City extend him an invitation to visit. 3. He approves the permit to Western Airlines with the few changes he made to conform to our form of document. Generally its a good one. 4. He completed the amendment to the dog ordinance, but did not get the bldg. code amendment finished. Harrison asked that Item F-2 be deleted until the Atty. can complete the Ord. E-3: The Mayor reported: 1. The trip to the Trade Fair should prove beneficial to this area in the future as lie, and his fellow representatives of this area had talked to thousands of people who seemed interested. The exhibit was slightly crowded and the lighting spoiled the full effect of the slide snow, but t;re ton of material they distri- buted should bring results. The owner of the Hotel treated them royally; Morin took some of his own leave time as part of his contribution to the effort. E-3: The planning and Zoning Commission's recommendation is on the agenda - G-2. There is still one vacancy on the Commission and they asked that an appointment be considered soon. r Kenai Council flip. -,s 3/19/63 f'ale t:•Io Cone reported on the Borough meeting: 1. There was a 'large crowd and much discussion at the hearing for the iiospital Service Area. Tais question will be on ballot in special election d April. 2. Discussion on school construction; i.e. discrepancies in the multi -purpose room--.:Soldotrra; tine Seward school construction was stopped as it doesn't con- form to their nuilding code. 3. The Cook Inlet Courier will publish the delinquent tax list; next year it may be in three papers. 4. There was a study sessio►i witn the school administration. McCann said not much was accomplished here; taere will be a rneetinq next week at the Kenai school. Seldovia will be excluded from the Hospital service area; the Boro will control the areas. F-1: Harrison presented Ord. #160, explaining some.of tie changes. Hulien moved, McCollum seconded, to adopt the.Attorney's amendment to Ord. 160 Amending the Code regarding dog control. Motion passed unanimously by roll call vote. Bailie moved, Cone seconded, to adopt Ord. 10 for second reading. There being no comment from the public, Council briefly discussed the motion and passed it by unanimous roll call vote. F-2: Ueleted. Crewes, MacInnis & Hoffman Bielefeld moved, McCann seconded to adopt the/rate study of KCL. F-3: Harrison asked the Engineer - Steige - what effect the defeated 'bond issue would have on this rate study? Steige said it will have an effect later; he still recommends the rates be reduced as the City can get by on a touch and go basis. KCL can still carry on general maintenance plus small improvements as planned for this year; KCL can still pay back the 10% to developers and the $50,0u0 loan with these re- duced rates. On this basis, the CIty Mgr. recommended the rate study be adopted. The Mayor read a letter concerning a need for fencing in some transformers. Buckingham is attending to this. Mr. Barney Gottstein and Mr. Larry Carr protested the high rate they are paying for power, claiming there was too much difference between what the City pays and what we charge; also that Wildwood was paving a small fraction of what others pay; Carr's will have to generate their own power or raise prices, or both if some relief is not forth coming. Harrison and Council stated that's what this rate study is all about-, an effort to reduce the commercial rate; this .has been the City's wish for years, but we are just now in a position to do so, according to the recommendation from the Engineers. Strandburg, of CUL, said he would like to meet with Council and Carr's to explain CUL's position and examine the problems from his point of view. Strandburg also took issue with Item 14, p. 17 of the rate study con- cerning testing of meters; in the month of Feb., two meters independently in- stalled tested within :2% of each other. Anyone can observe the tests. Line loss of bpi for Feb. as against 27% for Jan. was discussed. Time of reading meters makes a great difference. Tne Hoffman report recommends one man be responsible for meter reading, testing, etc. and that meters be read on the same date every month. One source of line loss - on used power unaccounted for - is the high intensity lighting at the Airport and which is now being metered. Public discussion was ...!,closed and the motion to adopt the rate study of Crews MacInnis and Hoffman was passed unanimously by roll call vote. The-Atty. was instructed to draft the ordinances for the rate changes; Carr's will be notified in time for the hearing on the Ordinances. Kenai Council Minutes 3/19/09 Page three F-4: Harrison recommended the City continue to operate the land fill with one employee; the two offers to operate it on a contract basis are too expensive for the City's budget at this time. Council concurred. F-b: Harrison said ilachlaster's Answering service offers to answer phones when City offices are closed and will forward messages to whomever the City designates for a fee of $6U.UU a month. The City Mgr. recommends it be accepted. McCann moved, Bielefeld seconded, to accept the contract with McMaster's Answering service. Motion carried unanimously by roll call vote. ;3ext year this contract may be combined with that of the Fire Department's. F-6: Harrison displayed a plat showing the tideland area requested for leasing y�Inlet Co., Inc. for building a dock. Fees amount to about $400 a ,yr. and will come to the City at such time as the City obtains tidelands. After some discussion, McCann moved, Bielefeld seconded, to concur with the State's lease of tidelands to Inlet Co. Inc. subject to the Planning Com- mission's approval. Motion passed unanimously. The area leased is about lO01xl1J' F-7: Since the Atty. and the City Mgr. recommend it, Bielefeld moved, Cone seconded, to authorize the City Manager to sign the Western Airlines use permit incorporating the Atty's. recommendations. Motion carried unanimously by roll call. G-1: Mayor Morin inquired if anyone had any objection to election procedures on 18 (March, 1969, and inquired of the Clerk if there had been any written objections. No objection was received. The Clerk presented election returns of the Judges from the two precincts. Council was furnished with tally sheets, and recorded the tallies of the judges as called out by the Mayor. Challenged ballots were handled thusly: L. The vote of George Miller was challenged as he was not a registered voter. The Clerk had sent out 2U notices of expiration of registration and Mr. Miller's was one of them; he had not responded, but insisted on voting at the poll. The Clerk must certify that everyone voting is legally entitled to do so in order to maintain the legality of voting on bond issues, therefore this vote cannot be accepted. Bielefeld moved, McCollum seconded, not to accept the vote of George Miller. Motion passed by roll call vote. 2. The vote of Patricia Gail Robinson had been challenged as her name did not appear on the Boro assessment roll. The Clerk had checked with the Boro Assessor, who called the Title Co. Mrs. Robinson's name is not on the deed which was recorded under George Robinson's name in 1962; therefore her ballot is not a legal one. McCann moved, Bailie seconded, to deny the vote to Patricia Gail Robinson. Motion carried unanimously by roll call vote. 3. The vote of Dora P. Carr was challenged as her name did not appear on the Boro assessment roll; the Clerk checked this name also with the Boro assessor who had checked with the Title Co. A deed in the name of Clifton C. and Dora P. Carr had been recorded in February, 1969, which was too late for the 1969 Assessment Roll. For this reason her vote is not a valid vote. Bailie moved, McCollum seconded, to reject the ballot of Dora P. Carr. Motion carried unanimously by roll call vote. The Clerk stated the Borough had cooperated 10U% in furnishing the latest data to the City for this election. They had sent three copies of the IBM listing of recorded property owners and had made up a supplemental listing for all property recorded up to 1 January, 1969. They also had stationed a Borough man at the District recorder's office to check into the records in the event a name was inadvertently omitted from the list. 4. The name of Ruth A. Parsons was one of those omitted. Her challenged ballot was checked by the Clerk, the Boro assessor and the Title Co. A deed had Kenai Council i•tinu .:s 3/19/60 Pane four been recorded in the narne of Medley and Rutit A. Parsons on 30 Jan., 19b6. For this reason tna Clerk reeonmiended this ballot be accepted. by common consent of Council Ruth Parson's vote was counted in with the absentee ballots which were five in number; Mayor Morin read the tallies off to Council who then certified to the canvass of tiie ballots, copy of which is in- cluded with these minutes. McCann moved, Bailie seconded, to accept the returns of the precinct Judges for the election of 16 March, 1969. Roll call vote: Affirmative - aitilie, iielefeld, Cone. W lian, McCann, McCollum, Mayor Moriti; Negative - done. Harrison raqeusts we ask the isond Advisor to prepare a nrosnectus for sale of the US bonds that passed and for the authorized, but unsold, bonds for W&S. Council concurred. G-2: After urief discussion, f;cCann moved, t!cCollum seconded, to instruct the Atty. to draft re -zoning ordinance for Lots 22 thru 26, Sec. 31, T64, R11W, S.14 front (P,S) Surburban Residential to CG - General Commercial. notion passed unanimously, G-3: Following explanation from the City Manager, McCann moved, Bailie seconded, the City Mgr. should write Union-Maratiion to change the dates for submitting estimate of the City's gas needs on daily maximum basis from 1 August,to 1 January. Motion carried unanimously. G-4: Payment to Lounsbury and Associates will be wi tn;ield until further informa- tion can be nad on tiie work done. G-5: McCollum moved, McCann seconded, to pay $730U.00 to Crewes, flacInnes and Hoffman for the rate study. Motion carried unanimously. G-6: The Borough has a mancoming from Texas to do an insurance study for them for $250U.OU.- Harrison suggested the City inquire if this same man can spend an- other day or two &nd carry out the same work for the City. Council agreed Har- rison should inquire. G-7: No action on claims against the City until they are properly presented to the City. G-8: McCann read a statement proposing the sale of KCL since the last power bond issue reflected a feeling of "no confidence" in the City and the vote to purchase the distribution system in 1963 passed by only 2 votes. After considerable discussion of_elettion-results, McCann moved, Bielefeld seconded, to ask bond counsel regarding tiie mechanics for selling KCL system. Motion passed by roll call vote: Affirmative - Bielefeld, Hulien,i4cCann, Morin; Negative - Bailie, Cone, McCollum. darrison wanted to go on record as being against the sale of KCL; 1. the City had this one leverage to keep the tax rate lower, 2. we are just now coming up to standards for services. - Strandberg said he has the engineering plans almost completed to get an inner -tie. He is going Outside to purchase the equipment - and this is a promise. — - His company is willing to finance and buy out KCL if they really want to sell. Oscar Thomas of KUSCO repeated their offer of a few months ago they could offer an, unqualified rate reduction based on mtce. and operation of the system - they would not have the high engineering costs the City is paying - they would be . operating two utilities which would reduce mtce. costs; they could give a good rate to Carr's; KUSCO, he said, had a good history with public relations and performance. Harrison will write Bond Counsel about 1. selling KCL, 2, Buying generation plant. The Administration will also see about offering bonds for a building for Civic Center at a lesser cost, and re -submitting the street bonds. He says the City cannot continue to operate KCL without funds. This will be on the agenda next meeting.along with a study of the complete improvement program. Kenai Council Minutes G-9: Morin reviewed Res. to a Motel, After brief ing for issuance of a liq passed unanimously. Meeting adjourned, 11:45 L_ - -- In rM111NlfY�gMMOY/Nif'iWMK.ixf(+srr+.'�ia,�dw+.�/'wr�:.r'- yK3.--=p= ' A NOTE FROM IJA4 � S ' ' �' I �j�v 1 BILLY McCANN & WILBUR SMITH Black Gold Room tM sNs � I ROYAL REDOUBT MOTOR HOTEL � KENAI — The Oil Capital of Alaska � (A Cl AV (-e Re e/61e' I r r I= Bus KENAI, ALAfKA i JJ I 6-f*V Irr.ftivrrr. rr rr.... .r....w ..........-+-..Yr. 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