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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1983-08-15 Beautification SummaryKENAI BEA'UTIFICATION COMMITTEE Regula~ Meeting of August 15, Kenai City Hall Tlm Wisniewski Chairman 1983 AGENDA · · · · · ROLL CALL AGENDA APPROVAL APPROVAL OF MINUTES of 3uly 7, OLD BUSINESS 1983 Overall Conditions Trash Containers Tree Committee Financial St atement NEW BUSINESS M~. Dennis Smith, Speake~ Meeting Dates Du~lng Winte~ Months Plans Fo~ Next Yea~ PERSONS PRESENT NOT SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD COMMITTEE QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS ADOOURNMENT KENAI BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE Regula~ Meeting, August 15, 1983 Kenal Cit. y Hail Tim Wlsnlewskl~ Chal~'man 1. ROLL CALL · P~esent: Tim Wisniewski, Annette Saling, McGilliv~ay Louisa Mlller, Candy Nugent, Roseanna Sheldon, and Kayo Absent: Richard Hultbe~g and Ma~lon Nelson, excused AGENDA APPROVAL Agenda approved with no changes APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF 3uly 7, 198} Minutes were approved as submitted OLD BUSINESS a. Overall Conditions The Committee discussed the comments ~eoeived concerning the work done to date. A comment was 'made ~ega~ding the Flowers and theJ~ quality, some of the flowers were not of the best quality and did not survive and will have to be ~eplaced in the sp~ing. The key to the enti~e p~oject appea~ed to be wate~ since [hls was an unusually d~y yea~. Cooperation and a regula~ program of watering brought, the st. rip up to its p~esent hlgh standard. Kayo McGilllvray suggested arctic dalsies that he will donate in the spring. b. Trash Containers The cans.ase out and they look good~ it is still too early to tell iF and how they are being used and i¢ they a~e in the high-use places. One can is needed at the Mt. Redoubt lookout and at the end of Forest Drive above the bluff. The Committee discussed the need For lids and went over the catalogue. The range for the lids was $5~.00 each plus shlpping. KENAI BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE Regular Meeting, August 15, lP8} P age 2 MOTION: Committee Membe~ Mille~ moved to o~de~ 10 t~ash can lids as indicated by Chairman Wlsniewski, seconded by Committee Membe~ Nugent. Mot. 1 on passed unanimousl y, ¢. T~ee Committee The~e has been enough lnte~est room the pub11¢ concerning the idea or donatlng t.~ees hono~lng a local person that the Committee will again look into it~ however the~e not. belng enough time to plant~ this w111 be a p~oject fo~ next yea~, d. Financial St at. ement Kayo McGilliv~ay went NEW BUSINESS ove~ the budget. wlth the Committee. a · M~. Dennis Smith, Speake~ M~. Smlth is Operations Manage~ for Peninsula Sanitation. M~. Smith explained that he has purchased about 50 dumpste~s which he has placed about the city tanging in size F~om e yards to 6 yards. The ~eason fo~ the dumpste~s is two-Fold; M~. Smith's business has g~own to become a very la~ge enterprise ¢~eat. ing a need ~o~ a bette~ image, and to assist the community with it's g~owing needs t.o become awa~e that. the p~oblem of litte~ is g~owing also, thus the 50 dumpste~s he has placed about the city. M~. Smith went on to explain that a survey was done and it was learned that only 15% o~ all ~esldent. s in the suc~oundlng a~ea have theic ~e~use picked up at. the ~esldence. Committee Membe~ Nugent explained that f~om he~ viewpoint the ~eason was p~obably att~lbut, able to the lncident, s of dogs gettlng into the garbage as it sit. s waiting fcc plckup, and spreads that garbage a~ound the ent. l~e neighborhood. M~. Smlth also clted Anfho.cage statistics which indicate that 60% of all roadside refuse ~s directly attributable to the fellow hauling his own garbage. Peninsula Sanitation is governed by PUC which does not allow KENAI BEAUTIFIGATION COMMITTEE Regul~ Meet. ing, August 15, 198 P age ~ M~. Smlth to ~egulate in any way the dumplng o~ plckup of ~efuse, otherwise he would no longe~ allow pe~sonal dumping thus eliminating the coadside ~efuse. Another area needing consideration ls the dumpsters overflowing whlch belong to apartment buildings and businesses. There are several dumpsters at the rear of these places, however they do not adequately handle the load Mr. Smlth would like input from the Committee on any way that he can be of help or receive help with the problem. Both Chairman Wisnlewskl and Mr. Smlth revlewed the sect. lon from the KenaJ Municipal Code 9.10.010, Garbage to be Deposited in Containers, 9.10.090, NuJsance, and 9.10. 100, Dumplng Refuse in Clty Streets with the Committee. It was noted that there i8 a section for penalty but not. for enforcement or the person to enforce. MOTION: Committee Membe~ Nugent moved to ~equest the Plannlng & Zoning Commission ~eview the o~dlnanoes~ ~.10.010, ¢.IO.OPO~ and ¢.10.100 as they add~ess the lssues dlsoussed~ seconded by Committee Membe~ Saling. Motion passed unanimously. NOTE: The proposed revisions will be drafted by Chairman secretary to go before the Committee for review before being passed on to the Planning Commission. and b · Meeting Dates During Winter Months Chairman Wisnlewski stated that. this item should be reviewed agaln at. a later date. The next meeting ls set September 8th due to a holiday whlfh falls on the next regular Monday. The dates w111 be set at that meeting however it was the concensus of the Committee that perhaps no further meetlngs will be held after that date until approximately 3anuary. c. Plans For Next Year It was the request of the Committee that during the lnt. erim before the next meetlng~ maps be elthe~ Found cc d~awn that would detall the downtown a~ea with emphasls on the pa~k st.~lp. KENAI BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE Regula~ Meeting, August. 15, 198~ Page 6. PERSONS PRESENT NOT SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD None 7. COMMITTEE QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS None 8. ADOOURNMENT The~e being no t~u~the~ business~ The next. ~egula~ meeting will be 1983. the meeting was adjourned. Thursday, Septembe~ 8, Submitted by: .lanet Lope~, Secretary