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Home My WebLink About1965-06-21 Council Minutes - Special Meeting..-�--fa1f[WtliWYirifu'_-:32'r."_. _ sL. y__.._�_.�.._ _. .�i. .--i'�-pit.-__t_..-[^sr-- •.;t. tY I AGENDA • KENAI CITY SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING - AS11A & GENERAL PLAN 21 JUNE 1965 00A01,L CALL PERSONS SCHEDULED TO BE HEARDs Harold "Duke" Deering,, Fireworks (sale of) MINUTES 'REPORT OF CITY MANAGER UNFINISHED BUSINESSt Review of final design for the revised General Plan as presented by Alaska State Housing Authority \NEW S,VINESSt PERSONS NOT SCHEDULED TO BE HEARDt ''i 1tr _. KENAI CITV COUNC. 4INUTES - SPECIAL MEETING WITH _ YA, PLANNING COMMISSION AND AIRPORT COMMISSION 21 June 1965 Roll call at 8100 p.m. Members preseatt Chester Cone, Billy McCann, Roger Meeke, Cone Morin and Mayor James G. Dye; Absent - Hud Lofstedt and Carl Seaman. ** Harold "Duke" Deering appealed to Council regarding Fire Chief Ken Rice's decision to regulate Deering's sale of fireworks, limiting him to sale of the said fireworks on the third and fourth of July only. Discussion with the City Manager, City Atty, Council revealed the Code does not provide for regulating sale of fireworks (tho' this, in itself, is a moot paint). Speakers from the floor were Rice and Deering. Th#, Code does provide that fireworks shall not be fired in the City except on the Fourth of July, or on the Flats below the Bluff. After considerable discussion„ b) mutual agreement, Deering will sell fireworks from 28 June until 5 July; he will remind all buyers of the City's regulations regarding use of fireworks= his stand will be in the gravel pit by Peninsula Builders Supply, and he will see that it is removed after the Fourth. The City Manager will work with the Fire Chief, Deering and the Attyo on drafting an Ordinance controlling sale of fireworks, etc, applicable for coming years. He hopes to have this ready for Council study within 60 days after the Fourth. Minutes of the last meeting were approved. The City Manager reportedt Contact had been made with Mr. Clinton Owsley, utility Rate Consultant of Houston, Texas, regarding sae purchass contracts for municipal gas distribution. This consultant's service will cost $500, but will be helpful In establishing a policy with Union Oil for purchase of gas. This report from Owsley may be read at the City Atty's. or City Clerk's office, and will be on the Agenda on 30 June for discussion. Harrison will be in Anchorage Tuesday and Wednesday (June 22 and 23) on City business; he will meet with the Mayor and Corps of Engineers Tuesday regarding a Harbor --policing the area is one of the main considerations to be discussed, and might require an ordinance later on= design work must be determined= tidelands, etc. He will also see Div. of Lands re parks; BLM re the cemetery site. He will be at the Roosevelt Hdtel and back in Kenai Thesrsday a.m. The City will soon'have title to the TACAN office building --the building per- mit is betas processed by Planning Commission; when all legal aspects are cleared, the building will be moved. The Atty. reported Congress is studying an allocation for charting and mapping by Coast and Geodetic Survey along the Alaska Coast to determine changes caused by the Earthquake, and suggests letters be written to the Congressional Delegation urging this expenditure. The Mayor said this work has already been done in the Kenai area. The charts for the mouth of the Kenai were done on a 400' grid; such a scale is not used unless future dredging is contemplated --all of which is encouraging for the City's hope of a deep draft harbor. The City Manager will write letters to Washing- ton urging this charting be done in other areas of South Central Alaska. Tom Smythe of Alaska State Housing Authority presented maps and charts showing the comprehensive Plan as revised by them. He said they undertook the job on account of the newly acquired airport land (1600 acres), and because of the new Water b Sewer system, and because the people of Kenai wanted an up -dated Plan. This revision in- cluded a study on economics, traffic, subdivisions, zoning and streets. He reminded Council enforcement is the main thing about a Plan; changes can be made, and will have to be made, but enforcement of the general pattern makes or breaks a Plan. Council, Minutes 21 June 1965 Pago 2 The Mayor invited the audience to move closer to the designs and display In order to see and hoar better. Mrs. Janet McCabe, Planning Consultant for ASHA, explained the 40signe and planning --both short and long range. She outlined the work done on :`our maps: 1. the General Comprehensive Planning, 2. the Street system and community facili- ties, 3. Collector streets, 4. Zoning and land use. About and hour and a half was devoted to questions and answers regarding the Planning with Council and audience participating. They want to study our Zoning Code more and would like our recommendations on changes that should be made --what parts are hard to work with? what gives the most trouble? How can it be made more workable? This will be discussed in detail at a later meeting. The revised report from Real Estate Research Corporation has not been received yet. Incidentally, this is the first time RRR has revised a report for anyone. Discussion on Houston, Texas, reveals they have just recently adopted a Zon- ing Code. Harrison says they have formerly regulated building, etc* by strong ad- ministrative restrictions. Cons moved, Morin seconded, to direct ASHA to go ahead and prepare the Master Plan as outlined. Roll call vote: Affirmative - Cone McCann, Meeks and Morini Negative - none. 91mythe will ascertain costs of printing the Comprehensive Plan map in fold- out form, and also the cost of 500 extra copies of the map onlyi also costs of additional maps of the City showing streets and community facilities. All of these maps are in color and present an excellent study of the City's hope for the future. Council agreed 500 copies of the Plan should be prepared. Discussion was had on the City's objection to Kenai Packer's application for Tide- lands. A luncheon meeting Friday with Kirk Stanley of the Div. of Lands, Council and Daubenspeek helped clarify the situation as far as areas are concerned, The City Manager showed on the map the footages involved and explained the channel was still open for traffic. In the event Kenai Packer's bAats are anchored in such a way as to obstruct traffic, then is the time for the City or the Coast Guard to police the area and see that traffic flows freely. Harrison's meeting with the Engineers to- morrow will dwell mainly on policing; who will be responsible for policing. It was also pointed out, according to the definition of "Tidelands" in the Alaska Statutes, the only land that can be deeded to Kenai Packers as "Tidelands" Is that portion between "mean high and low water", The'llity Manager also stated he was convinced the State would approve Kenai Packer's application as the City did not have a legitimate reason for objecting -- he said the City may as well agree to the application, and see to it that policing was accomplished in a satisfactory manner. Morin moved, Meeks seconded, the City Attye direct a letter to the Division of Lands withdrawing the City's objections to Kenai Packer's application for tide- lands. Roll call vote passed the motion unanimously. This '"otter should stipulate the City's objection is withdrawn on condition the State convey only what the State Law says they can convey, and that the channel remains open for free public use. Meeting adjourned at 1it15 p.m. Respectfully submitted, �� e� Frances Torkilsen City Clerk I i I