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Home My WebLink About1965-11-17 Council MinutesCITY OF 1 ENA1 REGULAR METING OF THE CITY COUNCIL 6100 P.M. NOYMBER 17, 19659 A• Roll Call. Be Persons Scheduled to be Hoards �1. Jack Thompson and others on Ad Valorem Tax on Personalty. 20 �Oe Minutes of RbguJe r Meeting of November 3, 1965; D• Correspondence* E ,Reportst lj city Matra gar, aie• City Attorney • Mayor, City clerk, Commissions. F, Unfinished Business Receive request for renewal of liquor license for the Trophy Rooms \20 Establish the population for Kenai for Aisska Municipal ` League Duane 43• Receive rub s of former Airport Commission for City of Kenai• G• Be 4• New Business % 1 0 0 e4, "/V d, 2• 3e per so not scheduled to be hoards 37;: Aa46 t 2• 3. 4,.,Woxt KRNAI CITY COUNCI ENTING 17 NOVHMBRU 1965 Roll Call: Members present - Chester Cone, Bud Lofstedt, dilly McGann, Roger Meeks, Gone Morin, Carl Seaman and Mayor lames G. 0ye. Also present: City Manager Bill Harrison, City Attorney .lames L', Fishor,.,. Airport Consultant Gene Roguszka, planning Commission Members Coyle, Malone; Small Bt. Harbor Comm. Chairman Waldo Coyle. Jack Thompson requested Council to consider exempting; personal. property from taxation. The Kenai Chamber of Commerce had panned a resolution to this effect as the additional 10 mill tax within the City on inven- tories worked a hardship on the local merchants in trying to compete with merchants outside the City. The City Mgro questioned as to the timing of the change --Should it be by 1 .pan?, or at budget time, 1 June? Also, Council questioned the legality of exempting; the City personal property levy while keeping the Boro levy. There was also discussion on the burden it would put on the City if -all personal property levies, were exempted and the City were to reimburse the Boro for the Bore's share. All this was referred to the Atty. to report on at next Council meeting. Speakers from the floor were: Ruby Coyle, Waldo Coyle, Stan Thompson and John Hulien. Most of the merchants were in favor of the exemption tho' it would Mean an increase in the real property tax, and would in most cases make their taxes higher than at present. Mrs. Coyle maintained this exemption would put an undue hardship on owners of homesteads who already benefit very little from the taxes being paid at present. Minutes of the last meeting were corrected and approved; a letter from Sandusky of Marathon Oil was filed with the minutes of 3 Nov. wherein their opinion on the minutes was stated. Said opinion differed somew what from the minutes as approved by Council. The City is preserving the tape made at this meeting. Agenda Item E-19 City Mgr's. report: . 1. A letter had been sent to encourage dredging; of the Kenai River at the Dock Site, 2. A letter was received From National Bank of Alaska offering a loan to the City from the time we need the money until the Terminal Bond$n are sold. First they need a commitment from HHFA to buy the bonds. HHFA says it's a good loan, and a commitment should be made within six wwcks. Son. Bartlett had asked what was holding up the construction of the Terminal, and when the bond matter was explained to him, he stated he would write HHFA inquiring why no action is being taken; He also talked with PNA and FAA officials regarding, their requirements for Terminal space. Bartlett will also meet with Col. Farley re the Harbor. Harrison has not talked further with the Tyoneks, but he is sure we can get a loan from one source or another. Bunnell is working on the revision of the plans. Galliett did the survey. The plans must be approved by HHFA before the bonds can be advertised. Some of the escavation and earthwork is already done. 3. These will be a special Council Meeting; Wed., 24 Nov at the school from 10 to 11 a.m. for the Student Body. 4. Col. Stephens of the Air Force had informed Harrison they would assume control of Wildwood over a nine months period. Anchorage Natural :ias had proposed selling; gas to W/W at the same price as that sold to Soldotna; since Kenai is also interested in selling them gas, they will have to go to open bid. The Dept. of Defense has already approved the change -over from oil to gas. Harrison,ithe voltage from KCL is atrocious and assured Col. Iry a Ak'%j a _ Council Minutei 17 November 1965 P. 2 Stephens everything, possible would be done to correct this. W/W was also unhappy about the outages, and the fact that CUL went off the line without notifying them. They say 15 minutes notice is fair enough. The City Mgre asked them to talk over their problems with the Ad- ministration any time --we want to work with them. Chicano Pneumatic will meat:the delivery date for the generator -- will have it on the line by January. 5. Union -Marathon will have a proposal to the City by ThanksgLvin 6. Foster and Marshall are interested in our bonds that will be issued in the event the City undertakes to buy H.E.A. facilities with- in the City. 7. Rules for sale of Lot ills Aleyeska S/D were given to Council with the request to study them, and be ready to discuss at the meeting at the School. ASB Mgr. Troy Rice questioned the legality of the S/D. He could find no record of Lot N1 being included in the Plat. 8. The Liability insurance for the airport is $781,25. This will Increase when jets are handled here, but this is adequate for the pre- sent and gives us 100,000 - 3006000 - 25,000 coverage. 9. According to Soldotna's motion on the PNA docket, Kenai does not exist. The motion has a number of erroneous statements and the City attyo will see that the CAB gets the correct information. 10. The Administration and Art Foss are still dickering about trade of lend; he would like a release from the building restrictions, but Harrison recommends against this. McCann says "no", and the Mayor says we have to go by the rules. Council says to keep dickering. 1l. A letter from the Army notified the City the P.O.L. Dock was being abandoned. Harrison will file a request with GSA for papers for acquisition of the property. There will be a price on it, and Fed. and State Agencies will have first priority, but an application from the City should help our chances. Harrison will also inquire about the City's lease on this parcel. 12. Harrison inquired if Council wanted to put a priority on the projects the City is planning: i.e., extending the run -way; the $20,9000 for float plane facilities. John Morris of PNA says they need at least another 19000'--he will put this request in writing. It is also essential to get the approach system lights installed. Seaman moved, McCann seconded, a letter be directed to FAA requesting installation of the approach system lights. Motion carried unanimously. Roguszka estimated thi State's share for 1,000' extension, paving, and lighting would be $4000000. 727's can land on 500001, but just barely. Mayor Dye says application for funds should be made to HHFA for cleaning -up, landscaping, etc. Council agreed the extension to the run -way is more important than the sea plane base. Roguszka suggests a plan should accompany the request for funds from the Legislature. Harrison will talk with Adams-Corthell-Lee, Wince and Associates tomorrow re these plans. Mayor Dye wondered how much of the time is the Anchorage Airport fogged in when Kenai is not --and vice versa. The National Weather Records Center has data of hour by hour weather conditions; Harrison will also write Scandinavian Air1Inos9 and see if Wildwood has this information al3o. 13. A proclamation on Human Rights Day -was issued by Mayor Dye at the request of the Government, setting 10 December as The Dayo, Agenda ItemE.2s The Atty. reported: Council MinutL 7 November 65 Pape three 1. He had filed 17 pages with Washington Counsel re the CAB hearing on the realignment of routes of Cordova Airlines. 2. A call from Gantz re WCS monies; HHFA is releasing N14,000 and the Bonding Companies want the money right away. The Companies were notified about Harry Riding's predicament thru Gantz. 3, The City Mgr. had asked what should be done about adopting the change in the Zoning Ordinance. If adopted thru regular channels, it will not be off-ective by the first of the year. Adoption can be ac- complished by emergency ordinance. The City Mgr. and Planning Commission recommend we keep the Ord- inance we now have as Zoning is a controversial subject at best, and it should not be rushed. The Mayer suggests the Borough be asked to transfer Planning and Zoningpjower,g to the Cities until such time as they, the Boro, can under take the job. Council agreed it's best to keep the present ordinance. The Hear- ing scheduled for tomorrow night on the Zoning Ord. will be cancelled and the Hearing on adoption of the Uniform Building Code will be post- poned. The latter must be kdopted as soon as possible. The Atty. will draft an, ordinance for the Mayor to present to the Boro giving P. & 7,o powers to the Cities for administering such within their own City Limits. Agenda Item E.3: The Mayor reported: 1. HHFA is conducting a workshop in Seattle next month re funds being made available for public improvements. He thought it might be well for Harrison to attend this meeting. The latter thot the Mayor might do the City mofre good, as he belittled his own efforts on the City's behalf during his last two visits with HHFA. No action was taken. 2. Inquired as to the status of the City's application for State owned lands. We have filed for all but Mental Health Lands, and will keep nudging. 3. The Boro is anticipating a change in the length of time. for notice of elections; the City Mgr. and City Atty. will check on this. 4. Called attention to a letter to the Editor from Chas. H. Young saying the Chambers of Commerce on the Peninsula represented a vary small part of the population --in effect, he did not agree with grant4 ing an industrini tax incentive to Union -Marathon. 5. A latter from Sen. Bartlett had been received stating the CAB hear- ing will be held in Alaska. 6. A letter from Foley's office says all of Alaska qualifies for grants -in aid, except Juneau. 7. He had attended a meeting3in Clam Gulch where they did not seem too interested in the Borough's coming action regarding the tax in- centive for Union -Marathon. Mayor Dye pointed out the affect it will have on the entire Peninsula, thus stimulating their interest. This meeting was sponsored by the Tustamena Chamber of Commerce. Agenda Item F.1.: The City Mgr. reported all obligations of Action Development Co. have been met, and asked that their application for liquor license renewal be re- viswed. Seaman moved, Meeks seconded, to approvo the application for renewal of Liq- uor License for Action Development Co., d/b/a The Trophy Room. Motion carried un- animously. 1 Item F, 2: The Alaska Municipal League requested the City's membership fee be based on population, therefore the City Mgr. anked Council to determine this figure. Since actual head -count two years ago showed 1,098, Council that the estimate could be 1495, as it is reasonable to assume the City has grown that much in two years. Council Minutes 17 Novomber 1965 Page four 'rho Mayor suggested the City should encourage other Cities to join the Loague--Sol- dotna and the Bore are eligible for membership, for instance. Agenda Item F93: Al Hudson presented a concise and well -detailed resume of the Airport Commission's rules and regulations, and statement of policy which has di- rected their decisions the past few yoors. He acknowledged the able assistance of Gone Roguszka in compiling this booklet (about 90 Pages), and said most of these were the result of public hearings, etc, tie recommended the adoption of the poli- cies by Council, and suggested future changes be added to this. Hudson said he ap- preciated the opportunity to work on this document and to present it to Council. Copies will be printed and distributed to Council. Item G,1: Harrison presented the Final Plat of Boluga Subdivision, and Ross 65-32 approving it. Seaman moved, Morin Seconded, to adopt resolution 65-32 regarding Boluga S/D. Motion carried unanimously. Don Bailey addressed Council re his failure to execute the lease on Lot 91, Aleyeska S/D. Council's opinion was the same as when this was discussed before, so Mr. Bailey. asked that the subject be dropped. Waldo Coyle suggested the Council should abolish the Small Boat Harbor Comm. as well as the Dock and Harbor Commission, since the City's new form of government can function as well without theme lie offotod to continue to assist in an advisory ca- pacity whenever asked to do so. Soaman moved, Morin seconded, to instruct the Atty, to draft an,;Ordinance ab- olishing the Small Boat harbor Commission and the Dock and Harbor Comm. Motion passed unanimously. The Mayor was profuse in his thanks to Coyle. As a result of his detailed report, the City's status is now on record in the Comprbhensive Cook Inlet Report. Coyle reminded Council the City does gotsome of the tax on marine gas refunded. The floats were installed with this refund. There was some discussion on the cost and location of theJensi River Bridge, Cosby Steen, District Bngro will try to got this project included in the Dept. of Highways Five Year Plan, The City will also work with the Bureau of Public Roads and the State Legislature on this. Mr, Steen thinks the route change on Beaver Loop by the Dock Site will be made this year if the City can procur rights -of -way. Meeting adjourned, 11:30 p.m. Respectfully submitted Prances Torkilsen City Clerk --Vw ove 6� F'A A 5411, c �� IiV Y1 /Jli►-t , �o• lo,,o-v,