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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1989-08-29 Beautification SummaryKENAI BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE August 29, 1989 - 1'30 P.M. Kenai City Hall Council Chambers Chairman Tim Wisniewski AGENDA 1. ROLL CALL . · · PERSONS PRESENT SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD APPROVAL OF AGENDA APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF July 11, 1989 5. OLD BUSINESS a. Lawton Strip Cleanup - Update 6. NEW BUSINESS · · a, Christmas Decorations Banners Beautify Old Towne Budget Park Project - Report from Field Trip to Soldotna Memorial Park - Additional Sidewalk Proposal COMMITTEE COMMENTS & QUESTIONS ADJOURNMENT KENAI BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE August 29, 1989 - 1:30 P.M. Kenai City Hall Council Chambers Chairman Tim Wisniewski , 1. ROLL CALL . . . Present- Vice Chairman Jackson, McComsey, Sheldon, Sparks Absent: Hakkinen, Selby, Wisniewski Also Present: Councilwoman Swarner, Bill Mussen, Janet Loper PERSONS PRESENT SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD a. Claudia Furlon~ of Bicentennial Visitor & Convention Bureau Ms. Furlong is representing the Bicentennial Visitors and Convention Bureau Committee and wished to speak to the Beautification Committee regarding banners for the Bicentennial. It was the wish of the Bureau to utilize the existing brackets for Bicentennial banners and further to request funding for the banners. Designs were done by Kenai!....Central'~HighSchool students and were passed around. The Committee discussed funding at length. There is no provision in the budget this year for new banners at all. The Committee stated that they had understood the Bureau had been advertised as being fully funded. Ms. FUrlong answered no, that there were some funds available but they did not meet the entire needs of the projects. The Committee discussed the possibility of moving the existing banners onto Willow Street or storing the banners while the new Bicentennial banners were up. A rough cost estimate for banners from a local person is $200 each or from Highflying Banners $125, excluding the banding. Planning Specialist Loper asked if the banners would be the property and responsibility of the Bureau or the City as there are costs involved in putting them up and taking them down. Ms. Furlong will return with a more accurate cost estimate and the Committee will support the concept. The Committee agreed that the designs were very good and could be used beyond the Bicentennial. APPROVAL OF AGENDA Councilwoman Swarner asked that signage for Kenai be added to the agenda, it was agreed. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF July 11, 1989 Minutes were approved as submitted. KENAI BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE August 29, 1989 Page 2 5. OLD BUSINESS a. Lawton Strip Cleanup - Update The Committee discussed the work completed and whether or not to continue. There had been discussion regarding a trail and additional clearing through the area, however, because of comments from local residents, any additional clearing into the interior of the wooded area will be suspended. Also to be considered is additional upkeep by the City crews. Councilwoman Swarner stated that she had attended a meeting with the Cooperative Extension Service and had learned that they had some trees that were ready to be transplanted and suggested that they would be used in the cleared area of Lawton Strip. Councilwoman Swarner informed the Committee that the Spur Highway widening is slated to begin ?. It was suggested that perhaps the road crews would be utilizing the cleared spot in the Lawton Strip area for use of their equipment and planting trees should be kept on hold temporarily. The trees could be used to replace dead or dying trees in other areas. The Committee discussed rest areas and signage advertising Kenai in those areas. It would be ideal if Kenai could find and area either on the Spur Highway or K-Beach Road for a rest area, however, no decision was reached. The Co~ittee agreed to keep this in mind for a future project. Councilwoman Swarner stated that Mayor Williams had suggested signage along the highway for Kenai to be done by the State Dep~~n~'of Transportation. The signage would be placed for traffic coming from Homer and indicating a turn onto K-Beach Road for Kenai. The Co~ittee discussed approaching the State about such a sign and asked that administration pursue this. Depending upon the outcome the Committee will discuss a larger sign. 6. NEW BUSINESS a. Christmas Decorations A representative from Perrine Decorating had passed through Kenai and left some pictures and a small brochure regarding decorations. They were presented to the Committee, however, they agreed that no new decorations were needed at this time. Any replacement bulbs are taken care of by the Parks & Recreation Director b. Banners This item taken care of under item 2. C. Beautify Old Towne At the meeting of July llth, Sally Bailie informed the Committee that the BV&CB was interested in any plans the Committee had regarding cleaning up and beautifying Old Towne. The Committee discussed this and felt that, from the beginning,~their areas of interest would be the business district and the areas leading into the downtown area. Since a study or plan already existed and was turned over to the Old Towne Committee, the KENAI BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE August 29, 1989 Page 3 forerunner of the BV&CB they would leave any efforts in that area to them. d. Budget The Committee had asked that a run down of monies left over from the 1988/89 budget be made available for review. The Committee went over these items with Bill Mussen. Also amounts on the new budget. e. Park Project - Re~ort from Field Tri~ to Soldotna As Mr. Mussen had been involved in some of the activities with the Soldotna parks that were visited, he discussed the creation of those parks with the Committee. It was a general consensus that the Soldotna parks were nearly in place when the project began and to do any work similar to them, work would be much more extensive. f, Memorial Park - Additional Sidewalk Proposal City Engineer Jack LaShot had drafted a plan placing the sidewalks and structures in the park and a second plan which suggested areas for additional sidewalks and planting. The Committee reviewed the plan at length and agreed to bring this back at the next meeting as no sidewalks could be put in this year. · he Co~m%ittee agreed that the idea of benches would remain an option of an individual wanting to purchase one and mark it similarly to a tree. 7. COMMITTEE COMMENTS & QUESTIONS The Committee voiced an interest in Municipal Park and asked if anything were moving ahead regarding the land swap. Councilwoman Swarner answered that it was still on hold. Councilwoman Swarner suggested a way of identifying flora indigenous to the area. The Committee discussed this at length with several suggestions. One was to have landscapers or nurseries who place trees in the Memorial Park place small markers at the site indicating their company name and the specie of the tree. The same could be done for the mounds. There are two planter boxes near the park that could be used for this purpose also. The Municipal Park would be a perfect place, however, the area is still too transient. ~9~e Committee agreed to place this on their next agenda as a possible ongoing project. 8. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned. Janet A. Loper Planning Specialist Secretary to the Committee