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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1990-02-13 Beautification SummaryKENAI BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE - REGULAR MEETING - MINUTES FEBRUARY 13, 1990 - 1:30 PM KENAI CITY HALL CHAIRWOMAN GERRY SPARKS PRESIDING A. ROLL CALL Present- Gerry Sparks, Lil Hakkinen, Glenn Jackson, Pat McComsey, Nina Selby, Rosanna Sheldon, Tim Wisniewski Absent: None Also in attendance- Recreation Director McGillivray B. PERSONS PRESENT SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD None C. APPROVAL OF AGENDA Agenda approved as submitted. D. APPROVAL OF MINUTES~ JANUARY 9t 1990 Page 3, item 6b, discussion. Item 5-a should be 5-b. MOTI ON: Committee Member Jackson moved, seconded by Committee Member Selby, to approve the minutes as corrected. Motion passed by unanimous consent. E. OLD BUSINESS E-1 1990-91 Budget Chairwoman Sparks. The only thing new is the banners, - _ Recreation Director McGillivray. It may be more than that. We are looking at going with the same numbers regarding personnel. Line items are adequate. They will be ordering additional banners for the Bicentennial. It costs $1,000 every time we put them up. That is what the $4,000 is. That will not take care of replacement lights for Christmas. Machinery and Equipment is blank. Chairwoman Sparks was getting numbers for banners. Signs, flags, poles, sidewalk construction in Memorial Pk. - these things will be determined at a later date. Committee Member Selby. $3,000 for a sign? Recreation Director McGillivray. Mayor Williams recommended this. KENAI BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE FEBRUARY 13, 1990 PAGE 2 It is not listed. Committee Member McComsey. Anyone find out about the boom truck in Anchorage? Recreation Director McGillivray. Public Works Director Kornelis was to check on one in Soldotna. I don't know of anything available. Director McGillivray. Chairwoman Sparks had said $7,000 for banners at the last meeting. We may keep this at this level. Chairwoman Sparks. In order to stick at $7,000 we had to cut the number of banners and go with the cheapest ones. These were used at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles (3 months' use). The figures we had before were in error. We are talking about 85 banners, 5 ft. long, plus what we have. One company includes banners with brackets. They will sell us those. When they are sold out, there are no more. The others were $90 each. This company would be $60 each. The brackets are all the same. Committee Member Selby. How long will the City go with this? Recreation Director McGillivray. So far they are going for it. They said to put it in the budget. Committee Member Sheldon. Do they know we are getting 1/27 Answer - no. Chairwoman Sparks. They are not supposed to fade. There is no guarantee, unless there is a defect in construction. Committee Member Wisniewski. Sidewalks in Memorial Pk., has that been appropriated? Recreation Director McGillivray. No, it is in the Beautification budget. It will be added. Chairwoman Sparks. I called the company that sold us our existing banners. They will send the 1990 price list. There is no special deal. Recreation Director McGillivray. This will go back to the Recreation Comm. Then to Finance Director Brown, City Manager Brighton and to Council. Is the figure for banners and brackets? Committee Member McComsey. $7,000 for both, no shipping. Chairwoman Sparks added, by UPS. Recreation Director McGillivray. Regular freight is better. Chairwoman Sparks. 85 banners, $25 for brackets, $40 per banner, 6 ft. long. It would be either 6 ft. or 10 ft. Recreation Director McGillivray. $7,000 would cover it. Chairwoman Sparks. One banner per pole, instead of 2. It would be existing stock. They would be on Spur, Willow, Airport Way. They would be red, white and blue. The Bicentennial Bd. wants to order special ones for Bicentennial but had no money. KENAI BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE FEBRUARY 13, 1990 PAGE 3 Recreation Director McGillivray. Any special order would cost more. These can be used after Bicentennial. Chairwoman Sparks. They said they would guarantee them for 3 months. Recreation Director McGillivray. 3-4 years is probably their life. Chairwoman Sparks. They would last as long as a standard American flag. They are used at the White House. Committee Member Selby. There are 2 signs? Chairwoman Sparks. At the Recreation Comm. meeting, we decided we do not need 3. We deleted one for the north end. Recreation Director McGillivray. Mayor Williams wanted one at K-Beach. Chairwoman Sparks. He wanted to put one on K-Beach and one on North Rd. Committee Member Selby. We should have one at K-Beach and Kasilof. Chairwoman Sparks. When people come from Anchorage, they might make a detour on their way to Homer. Committee agreed- One sign at Kasilof and one at Sterling Find the old "Kenai, Oil Capital of Alaska" sign Committee asked Recreation Director McGillivray to find the old sign, they thought Building Inspector Hackney might know where it is. Chairwoman Sparks. They are $3,000 each. Chairwoman Sparks. The flags and poles will go in the~ Airport Triangle Pk. 25 ft. pole is $125 for hardware and flag. 1-1/2 in. diameter pole is too thin. They don't have many left. They are made out of black, anodized aluminum. They said it would last. You have to make your own concrete base. They will make the underground sleeve base to put it in, it would cost %~~-(~-6~q~~ 5 ft. sleeve would cost $30. They recommend 20 ft. pole, not 25 ft. Committee Member McComsey. Would it stay up? Committee Member Jackson. Yes, but it would be small. Chairwoman Sparks. I will give this information~ Jerry Carlson to see if he can make one. We ~$~~~ _. _ . We figure ,00~p~r~ need 3. Committee Member Wisniewski. 'I bought mine from a catalogue. I checked with Beaver Loop Welding. It would not be that ~would be with hardware, no more than f~0 for-~~t2 Recreation Director McGillivray. Aluminum is higher. My concern is at 1-1/2 in., it could be dinked and wind would snap it. Chairwoman Sparks. We gave $3,200 price for 3 flag poles to Council. They approved. Recreation Director McGillivray. The sidewalks in Memorial Pk. It would go toward Louie's. There would be 4 entrances. Total $31,464, about $35,500 increase from last year. KENAI BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE FEBRUARY 13, 1990 PAGE 4 Committee requested they be notified when budget hearings on Beautification Comm. are held. Recreation Director McGillivray. I am putting in for $33,500 mower in the budget. It should cut down on mowing time. It.will mow a 12 ft. wide swath. We could rent it out to other businesses. We have done it before. We would have to rent it with an operator. It will save money in the long run, small tractors do not last long. MOTI ON: Committee Member Jackson moved, seconded by Committee Member McComsey, to approve the budget as completed. Motion passed by unanimous consent. F. NEW BUSINESS None G. COMMITTEE COMMENTS & QUESTIONS a. Committee Member Wisniewski. Did we thank Wildwood for their work on Lawton? I would like to do all the way to the high school. Chairwoman Sparks. Does that belong to the City? Answer - yes. Chairwoman Sparks. They were told to wait till the widening of the road was done. Recreation Director McGillivray. Some land belongs to the School District. I will check if the letter was sent. b. Chairwoman Sparks requested Recreation Director McGillivray check with Public Works Director Kornelis if the boom truck was checked out. We want the decorations up before Thanksgiving. MOTI ON: Committee Member McComsey moved, seconded by Committee Member Wisniewski, to ask Administration to check on the boom truck in Soldotna and one in Anchorage. Motion passed by unanimous consent. c. Committee Member Selby. I will send a letter to Council for a plaque for the City Hall flag. Committee Member Hakkinen. We should send a letter of thanks to the Selby's. d. Chairwoman Sparks. How tall do we want the flag pole at the Triangle Pk.? Committee Member KENAI BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE FEBRUARY 13, 1990 PAGE 5 Jackson. It should be at least 30 ft. The Chamber of Commerce flag is 60 ft. Committee Member McComsey. Wi th 3 flags, there should be 5 ft. increases- 30 ft., 25 ft., 20 ft. Committee Member Wisniewski. Steel would be cheaper than aluminum. e. Committee Member Selby. Are we going to do anything about the Adopt-A-Park proposal? No action by the Committee. H. ADJOURNMENT Meeting adjourned at 2-45 PM. City Clerk