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AGENDA - nr:NAI CITY CnIiNCTI. MEETING 4 MARCH 1964
ROLL CALL
PERSONS SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD: If. Galliett
MINUTES
CORRESPONDENCE.
REPORTS: Mayor
Atty.
Clerk: Had to Ret some data together for Commissioner
`.Rolo€f--thought you might like to know: Sales
Tax figures are:
1961 1962 1963
$35,326.72 $25,516.25 $31,472.22
Also:
1964 Session Laws of Alaska are available
for $15.00
Commissions
UNFINISHED BUSINESS:
City Code
NEW BUSINESS:
Council Meeting - No Zuonuni 4 Maxch. 1964
Rott Catt - Pne,aent, McCann, iionin and tfonga.n.
GattiAtt reviewed .the Asaesament Vi6tnict Ondinanee. Said Amax appnovat waa6
being ma.ited on Caugh4m'a bond according to Mn. diWeq o6 HHFA; GaQ.ti¢,tt
wi tZ stake out .the two weed next mek; he neeommenda nets ring .the bid -
bond money on reee.fpt oS .the Zetten; ate .the achoot wett--ahattow water iA beat,
but it shoutd be chtoAinated, with a 6enced .in adequate Sanitary &"ehve, aadiu4
o6 280'--a.ix inch m ing ehoutd be suS5icient. He a6to said to pneaerve the.
thew between .the aehooZ and .the highway a6 .they keep shut out noi.6e. Re .the
hydwgaaph,ic, auruey, he had sent to .the Coaatat Geodetic Survey and neeei.ved
eopi.ea o6 the boat charts --they were very thorough and shoutd aave a tot o6
work and money as .they give moat o6 the .in6ovnati.on duiAed.
Caughran'a inate&ZaZa are eoming 6vtough .the Amehiean Tug and Swtge--they are
acquainted with the channeZ. CAtti.e tt says there .i,6 adequate depth in .the
riven bon anehonage at Zow tide.
din. Ga Uie.0 exptai.ned to Counc t the Pen.insuta Deveeop►nent Conporati.on' a
segue:.'_ bon an e6cAow agreement on road eonatruction bon 6tkeet6 in a new pro
posed Inlet View Subdivi4ion. He wile pseaent the Peat to the Planning Com-
mi ion. They cute witting to peace ALL moni u received 64om We o6 lots .in
an account to pay bon the atneets.
Re Gateiett'a &quest bon pantW parpneni7, he augge6t6 xwtiting the Zet 4 6nom
Ucktey which s houtd indicate that Sunda are now ava iiabte--then the City would
not have to each in its must 6und. Don Meyer wilt also have to be noti6ied.
Atty. seposted on Uip to Juneau. Report .inetuded with these notes.
CZe4k iaqui4" ib a, statonext ahoued be pneaen.ted to KCL Jon amount outstand-
ing on the booka-43, 382.16--Couneie aa.ya go ahead.
diorgan and McCann wi.tt eMAi se an inspection team Monday 9 Man at 2 p.m. bon
,sate and turn -oven o6 the new aehooZ.
Pati,s Erwin Watkow6ki wanted to know .i6 taxes would be 604g.iven on land as weft
as bui.tdi,ng iS she con,senU to its use by the Nati,onat Guand--Councit aaya yea;
she atao .inquviced .is the City woutd .include i to .insurance? and i4at about
water and aewen a6aeaament6? Counei,t Gaya the Cito wouldn't pay a4ae66menta.
The Stack Goed Eatatea streets are ate done --about 6000 beet; Counaen is paid;
,inspection .i.6 50% done --neat have to wait unfit snow .is o66•
JAMEs E. F•IsHER
ATTORNEY
TRADE BUILDING - P.O BOX 307
KENAI. ALASKA
T[LEPMON[ 293- 7565
4 March 1964
Mayor aid Ci_y Council
Box. 58`)
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Gentlemen:
This is the rapor which I ^n'.e oI he trip _o Jv=. � o .he
period 26 Februa_y throuQli 1 1.Inrch 1)64, lin I'^hall of
of Ker.ai. The followil., actioi-.s w'er �
1. Since the primary pur^ose c,a:, fo-" ur _. )as,3;e of
legislation. �:o pa_mi_ Kenai --o secure _.:s tidelands iae re�I�ested
a hearing or; 'louse Pill 337 (L..-_roduced o� 11 Fe:r-,ary 1)64).
It had appa-.-ently r.ot been co:,sidc"-cd !;y Local Ge-.:rire__,: Com-
miotee of ohs liot.se until our re 1ueat. The hea:-i ;; wa.; held at
4:00 P.M. o:: 'Thursday, 27 Frbrua--y 1964. The Kenai C I C ? :`.ttorney
made a presentation: ur,,iro passage o she leg sla�io�.. ]:his pre-
sentatior. was followed by Jureau Cir;y Attor:zsy G-e — t�rpi�:o i . s
passage. The ne- t proponeu.: was Greater Juneau Bo:-ouQ;h Chairman,
Claude Millsap. Ile was followed by .;recuti,je Secretary of the
Alaska Mvnic_:pal League, Don Ferry. Aepre3entati•.e :yar:r.:ond
urged its era ctme.a wi::h the P oroL,;h provision left- i r :he on --
inal proposed legislation . He was ii:terested In whether or not
the set--ner_ters were protected. Representative :tader as:_3d if
boroughs should have 100% of the tidelands when previot.sly ;;hey
had only been pernitced to selec. 10% of th3
land. Rep-resenz a : i ve Rader s,.a ted there was no reason to pre-
vent the cirri es securir.-; tidelands, however, he raf• 3ed to con-
tinue in than belief.
On Friday at a hearin,; of the House Local GOVerI:..e%t
Committee, which came as a su-prise (I was not able --o a;:ter.d
since I was taking care of some other matters). There was so
much discussioi: reoardino some of the various possibili::ies of
the bill i:, question that it li::erally "fell apart". Doubts
cast by this consideration of I -he bill prompted my call to Kenai
for the suggested letter which was subsequently prepa_"ed by the
City and dispatched to Vice- Mnyot- Homer Wires. The sar• e
in- we began to work on an acceptable con-pror..ise. On SaLu;:day
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ior: I'8nS a rr.u-. icipal corpor.,r . i.,_),. '..corpora Led o-
or '=3fore Jai-,uo j �, 1':Ji, n :d f J.fst c1a:;o or hot.Q
:ule cities ii'.corporn rd of=�!r .S, L':j), -I.-
cludir:o tho3e-.re.33 _-corpora-ed such cities
a::ne:ratio:-�.
The foregoi,.�, pnx. isions were wor,:ed out i.I Cor.neccioi. Wil-h n
discussion: .hac I held on Saturday r:.oruir.d with Ju::eau City
Attorney Gregg. This compromise was acceptable .o iZepre3eoltative
Harold Strandberg who was itally ir,cerested Lr. the bill because
of ramifications a f f ec c i.ng Anchorage and Juneau.
Saturday evening Vice -Mayor Homer Swires and I attended the le�,is-
lative din- ner as buests of itepresentatlt a Honer Mosley. At that
dinner I continued to make the various explanations 'o .he various
legislators in order that the hill could be passed as soon as
possible. I was introduced as a ,,isitor to the city by the Master
of Ceremonies, Don Dickey, 24anaoer of tha Alaska Chamber of Commerce,
who was aware of my presence by reason of the fact :hat I was presi-
dent of the Kenai Chamber of Commerce.
On Sunday Vice -Mayor Swires and I met with _epresentative
Tillion to explain the compromise which had been arrived on (see
above). Representative Hammond did not attend the meeting, however,
we did wish to let him know ghat we did not wart to attempt to
avoid him or give the impression that we had attempted to avoid
him.
ESTIMATE OF SUCCESS: The compromdse right pass. It is my under-
standing that the Mayor has been advised by Representative Tillion:
that a special relief bill for Kenai will be passed to be followed
by a general legislation. It is hoped that the i;erieral legislation
can be acceptable because it would place the City on a much better
foundation upon, to base its title, or interest in the tidelands.
The arguments in favor of the passage were substantially as follows:
(1) logical development of the City required control of the tide-
land; (2) newly organized cities should not be discriminated
against but should receive encouragen-ent rather than discouragement;
(3) development of the cities helps to develop the borough;
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(4) cities e;:perience could helms ; h-, borou,lis wiCh L'h_ir admini-
straLion of sut,seouent required tidelands; (5) d_>>Iopren_ of ary
o:.e pa, c of ;:he State, i.e-, at Kenai, could riid _ de Selo:,r+ent
of the en,.ira
2. On Thursday mornin; Vice Mayoz S4Ji.'es and f •kited
Chairman. Williar. %ay of the AIcoholic Pever.ol;e ;or.t.:r;l hoard.
We advised that- our primary purpose there was to ct_,.= down, or,
future confusion. We left with cordial f�eli .1;; or, all aides.
3. We visited Major General Thomas Carroll and sharked him
for the help_ of Master- Sergeant I%Iar. Pest, Ylastcr 3ero2cnt Pagano,
and Captain J. Lestea?of. We discussed the possibility of an
armory and I stated to him that it was probably best that the
community have an oportunity to prove itself before there was
any discussion of an armory, in which he concurred. General
Carroll requested that the National Guard be called upon to assist
with community activities and include them in corrnuniq activities.
4. Requesting the additional $58,900 in airport money was
left primarily to representative Mosley. Additional money this
year will be extremely difficult.
5. I was advised that $12,000 to initiate a community college
at Kenai is in the budget accordin- to Senator Nick Begich.
6. I checked on the school funds and am very confused as to
the present status. I will have to confer further with Conrad
Potter before I will know what the status of the school funds is.
7. I learned from Mr. Ed Barber, Lobbyist for the set-netters,
that Ben Hillaker of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game will
be stationed at Kenai this coming summer. It is hoped that we can
provide him with a good reception so that he will be favorable to-
ward the community.
8. I requested of Mr. Bill Palmer, Manager of the Juneau
Airport, information regarding the management of their airport.
I had hoped that it could arrive in time for the meetirig held
Tuesday night. I understand that it did not arrive in time.
9. The visit with the Coast Guard ac Juneau was incorporated
in a summary dispatched to the Harbor Commission by a separate
communication.
10. I inquired of the status of the north road and was in-
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formed b, Mr. Eo b She cp, Dept-V Corr.:is : iot.e - of ;fi_�hways, that
they still have to have the final req"est for acc,7ui3ition of ri,,ht-
of-way approved. He admitted than the survey had been changed.
The acquisitio. report will be se to Juneau for re-,imw. After
being reviewed by the Juneau headli-mrters, Chen it is approved
by the Bureau of Public .loads. Thereafter -he right -of. -way is
then secured. After the right• -of -way is secured, then the project
is advertised. He warned that there would be no paving or, the
North 11.ena i :toad this year. He said that there was no considera-
tion of the Turnagain Arm Crossin, at the present date because
of too high a cost. He further stated that the bridge across the
Kenai River was not on the five-year plan. The fact that the
bridge was not on a five-year plan suggested that it might be a
fair idea to try to get the bridge idea into the study being made
by the group for which Senator Ernest Gruenir!6 secured funds.
11. I inquired into borough -city relatio:,s with respect to:
(a) assumption of school bond obligation.; (b) Eoroubh Chairman
election times; (c) Borough assessment of property for taxes. It
is argued by Assistant Attorney G-,neral John Brubaker that the ex-
isting law assigning responsibility to the boroughs is consistant
with the Alaska Constitution, Article X, Sections 1 and 2. This
is apparently the view adopted by the Local Affairs Agency.
12. There was considerable remarking on the fact that the
Kenai Peninsula Borough had'hired away" Sterli.no Sears from the
Juneau Douglas School District to be Superintendent for the Kenai
Peninsula Borough School District.
truly,
J FISF�L't
Cit Attorney