HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 3345-2023Sponsored by: Administration
CITY OF KENAI
ORDINANCE NO. 3346-2023
AN ORDINANCE ACCEPTING AND APPROPRIATING DONATIONS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE
KENAI COMMUNITY DOG PARK.
WHEREAS, the Kenai Community Dog Park project is a community project involving volunteers,
community fundraising and a partnership with the City to build the City's first dog park; and,
WHEREAS, the City of Kenai provided land at its Daubenspeck Family Park for the new park; and,
WHEREAS, fundraising efforts by Kenai Dog Park Friends, a devoted community group, has raised more
than $43,000 in cash and thousands more in materials, services and volunteer hours for construction of
the project; and,
WHEREAS, donations were deposited with the Kenai Community Foundation, a local not -for -profit
established to facilitate donations for programs and projects for the betterment of Kenai; and,
WHEREAS, acceptance of the remaining donations will provide supplemental funding to the $88,000
previously appropriated by the City for construction of the project and is expected to provide sufficient
funding to complete the project in the upcoming construction season; and,
WHEREAS, acceptance of and expending these funds consistent with the intended use is in the best
interest of the City.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA, AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That the City Manager is authorized to accept donated funds in the amount of $27,323.87
and expend those funds consistent with its intended use and this ordinance.
Section 2. That the following budget revision is authorized:
Park Improvement Capital Project Fund:
Increase/Decrease expenditures —
Donations $27.323.87
Increase/Decrease expenditures —
Construction $�2 .L7
Section 3. Severability: That if any part or provision of this ordinance or application thereof to any
person or circumstances is adjudged invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, such judgment shall
be confined in its operation to the part, provision, or application directly involved in all controversy in
which this judgment shall have been rendered, and shall not affect or impair the validity of the remainder
of this title or application thereof to other persons or circumstances. The City Council hereby declares
that it would have enacted the remainder of this ordinance even without such part, provision, or
application.
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Section 4. Effective Date: That pursuant to KMC 1.15.070(f), this ordinance shall take effect
immediately upon enactment.
ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA, THIS 3RD DAY OF MAY, 2023.
ATTEST:
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Michelle Sa` r, MMC, City Clerk
Approved by Finance:
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Brian Gabriel Sr., Mayor
Introduced: April 19, 2023
Enacted: May 3, 2023
Effective: May 3, 2023
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KFNAI
City of Kenai 1 210 Fidalgo Ave, Kenai, AK 99611-7794 1907.283.7535 1 www.kenai.city
MEMORANDUM
TO: Mayor Gabriel and Council Members
FROM: Terry Eubank, City Manager
DATE: April 13, 2023
SUBJECT: Ordinance 3345-2023 Appropriation of donated funds for Kenai
Community Dog Park
Ordinance 3345-2023 will appropriate Kenai Community Dog Park donated funds. Kenai Dog
Park Friends have raised more than $43,000 in cash and thousands more in materials, services,
and volunteer hours for the construction of the dog park. These donations were deposited with
the Kenai Community Foundation, a local not -for -profit established to facilitate donations for
programs and projects for the betterment of Kenai.
To date the City has appropriated $88,000 to assist in the construction of the dog park and $8,596
remains unspent and unencumbered at the is time. Appropriation of the remaining donated funds,
in the amount of $27,324, will provide sufficient funding to complete the summer construction plan
for the project as detailed below. Your support is respectfully requested.
2023 Construction Plan
1. Construction of the park's pavilion/shelter.
2. Once site conditions permit, excavate and install a French drain through the center of
the park to provide increased drainage.
3. Once the drain is complete, install additional fill and grade and prep the site for
hydroseeding.
4. Upon completion of the park's pavilion/shelter and French drain, install the park's
remaining fencing.
5. Once site work is complete, a volunteer day will be organized to install agility and other
park features purchased, built and otherwise acquired by the volunteers.
6. Hydroseeding of the park.
7. If sufficient funding remains once the above tasks are completed, a manual water pump
will be installed to provide drinking water for animals during the summer months.
8. Grand opening is expected in July, weather dependent.