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Home My WebLink About1989-04-25 Beautification SummaryKENAI BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE April 25, 1989 - 1'30 P.M. Kenai City Hall Tim Wisniewski, Chairman AGENDA 1. ROLL CALL 2. PERSONS PRESENT SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD 3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES of April 11, 1989 5. OLD BUSINESS a. Proposal for Rear of "Welcome to Kenai" Sign b. Memo from Public Works (2) 6. NEW BUSINESS 7. COMMITTEE QUESTIONS & COMMENTS 8. ADJOURNMENT KENAI BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE April 25, 1989 - 1'30 P.M. Kenai City Hall Glen Jackson, Vice Chair Presiding 1. ROLL CALL Present- Jackson, Hakkinen, Selby, Sheldon, Sparks Absent: McComsey, Wisniewski, Councilwoman Swarner (excused) Also Present' Director McGillivray and Secretary Loper 2. PERSONS PRESENT SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD None 3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA Add item for banners and archeological dig Agenda approved with the additions 4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES of April 11, 1989 Minutes approved as submitted 5. OLD BUSINESS a. Proposal for Rear of "Welcome to Kenai" Si~n The Committee discussed the proposal and felt that the 6" letters would look the best. Director McGillivray suggested the wording of, "Thank You for Visiting Kenai" which would be 24 letters. However, the Committee agreed that even though these were more letters than previously discussed, the sentiment was more in line with what Council had discussed as well. The Committee discussed installation as Mr. Sherman had stated that our own crews could probably install the letters. The Committee felt that Mr. Sherman, being the designer of the sign would know best how they should be mounted for optimum visibility. MOTION: Committee Member Selby moved to recommend that the letters on the back of the "Welcome to Kenai" sign state, "Thank you for Visiting Kenai", that they be white 6" letters, and that Mr. Sherman install the letters, seconded by Committee Member Sparks. KENAI BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE April 25, 1989 Page 2 The Committee agreed that white letters against the gray background would probably show up the best. b. Memo from Public Works (2) Committee Member Selby asked about the additional sidewalks in the park. Director McGillivra¥ informed the Committee that at the last budget meeting held by Council Senior Director Porter explained the situation saying that the design is layed out so that there is little choice of vegetation for the purchaser. Many of the sidewalks that were to be future additions held different varieties which are not available to the sidewalks in existence. Committee Member Sheldon stated that she thought as long as the various species were grouped together correctly there could be different varieties. Apparently this is not so. Of course with additional sidewalks comes additional upkeep. This is an item that will probably keep coming back for discussion. Committee Member Selby asked when the Lawton Strip project would begin, answer as soon as the ground thaws and firms enough to walk through and mark the trees. Regarding street sweeping; Director McGillivra¥ informed the Committee that the Parks crew has swept the sidewalks on one side of the highway and as soon as the snow melts snough, will sweep the other side. The Committee asked about the sand dumped along side the highway and Director McGillivra¥ said that he had planned on taking some of the slope down to grade and planting grass. The Parks crew has also been sweeping some of the bike trails. The Co~ittee agreed that a letter should be written to DOT regarding · the upkeep of the bike trails. Director McGillivra¥ had spoken with a gentleman with DOT who agreed that the bike trails were state maintained, therefore a letter requesting a spring maintenance would be a good idea. 6. NEW BUSINESS a. Archeolo~ical Di~ in Municipal Park Director McGillivra¥ informed the Committee that Allan Booras of the local college will be digging, with his students, in the Municipal Park during the month of June. He and his class will be working in a space 30'x30' at about a 2' to 3' depth. They will be using mostly hand tools. The public is invited to view the project. b. Ea~le .Banner Mae Blaz¥, Chair of the Soldotna Beautification Committee has been in contact with the Director and the secretary for information pertaining to our banners. Ms. Blazy asked specifically about our double eagle banner as that one and the church banner were the two KENAI BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE April 25, 1989 Page 3 most popular with Soldotna. Half of the eagle banner was lost the first mOnth the banners were up and the other half was not up last summer. Ms. Blaz¥ suggested that, should Kenai decide to replace the eagle banner, Soldotna would pay the freight in return for all the help Kenai has rendered in their project. Soldotna will be ordering 72 banners with 10 different designs and were careful to ensure that none of their designs were the same as Kenai's. MOTION: Committee Member Selby moved that we order the eagle banner and that we would like to thank Soldotna for their offer to pay for shipping, seconded by Committee Member Sheldon. VOTE: Motion passed unanimously Director McGillivray related that he had talked at length with Ms. Blazy about the banners and expected that Soldotna would not have the problems that Kenai has had in that Soldotna does not get the wind. Director McGillivray felt that there may be enough money in the budget to go ahead and order the eagle. 7. COM~MITTEE QUESTIONS & COMMENTS The Council has been discussing all committee and commission meetings be held once a month instead of twice a month. ~he Co~m~ittee agreed' that this would not be a probl~ and agreed to meet on May 16th because it is a five week month, and thereafter the second ~uesda¥ of the month if this is convenient. 8. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 2-30 P.M. Janet A. Loper Secretary to the Committee CITY 0 : 210 FIDALGO KENAI, ALASKA 99611 TELEPHONE 283 - 7535 FAX 907-283-3014 ,MEMORANDUM TO' FROM' DATE' William J. Brighton, City Manager BeautifiCation Committee Keith Kornelis, P.W. Director ~~ April 13, 1989 SUBJECT- Response to Beautification meetinqs of April 11, 1989 FOR' City Council meeting of April 19, 1989 - INFORMATION ITEM Under Old Business, Item 5. a- Addi~iona! Sidewalks for Memorial Park. The Beautification Committee requested a cost estimate for additional sidewalks in the Memorial Park. The sidewalks that were placed in this park were the last ones constructed by the City of Kenai. Additive Alternate No. 1 of this project consisted of constructing the sidewalk from the looped sidewalk on the frontage road near the gazebo to the ~Spur Highway. This sidewalk amounted to approximately 62.5 square yards and the construction bid price was $6,340. This amounts to approximately $100 a square yard. The City of Kenai did not award Additive. Alternate No. 1 on this project. The contractor, Tom Blazy, donated this sidewalk in memory of his daughter. P. nder New Business, I.tem 6 a. Lawton Strip Project. If the Beautification Committee has some type of plan for fill material the Public Works Department could, in its spare time, haul material to this area and spread it. This work could be accomplished similar to the work that the Pub%ic Works Department did in the area adjacent to the Memorial Park. Under New Busines~s, Item 7 Committee Questions & Comments. The Public Works Department will very shortly be taking the Christmas tree down out of the fountain in the Memorial Park, it has been frozen in place. We wilI, however, wait for warmer weather prior to starting up the fountain. Attached is a copy of a letter dated March 24, 1989 to the Dept. of Transportation in Soldotna, requesting that they sweep our City streets as soon as possible. cc- City Council Kayo McGillivray Page 2 Break up and it's associated problems including clean up and renovation is rapidly approaching. If the City of Kenai can be of assistance to your department please feel free to contact me. Sincerely, Keith Kornelis Public Works Director KK/kv cc- City Council Mark Johanson, Street Foreman