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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1991-05-28 Beautification SummaryKENAI BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE May 28, 1991 Public Works Conference Room Chairman Gerry Sparks AGENDA 1. ROLL CALL 2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 4. OLD BUSINESS a. City of Kenai Flag b. Cleaning of Old Towne c. Bluff area- Mt. Redoubt Sign d. Path to Beach e. Spruce Street Beach 5. NEW BUSINESS a. Cleanup along Frontage Road b. Resignation of Member 6. COMMITTEE COMMENTS & QUESTIONS 7. ADJOURNMENT KENAI BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE May 28, 1991 Public Works Conference Room Chairman Gerry Sparks 1. ROLL CALL Present: Malmberg, Selby, Malston, Sparks Absent: Jackson, Hakkinen Also Present- Kayo McGillivray, Sally Bailie 2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA Agenda approved as submitted 3. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES Changes were requested by Chris Monfor at the last council meeting. The minutes were changed to say that the City Council, not Chris Monfor, ordered the banners. The other change requested concerned the sidewalks in Leif Hansen Memorial Park. The minutes were changed to say that the sidewalks were taken out of the proposed budget. MOTION: Committee Member Selby moved approval of the minutes as corrected, seconded by Committee Member Malmberg. VOTE: Motion passed unanimously 4. OLD BUSINESS a. City of Kenai Flag It was reported that four City of Kenai flags are up now and the other two will be hung soon. Director McGillivray stated that the underground wiring will be done soon at the Airport Triangle. The money is in the budget for it. The lights will have photo cells and the flags can be up all year. Committee Member Malston informed the Committee that people or businesses can order City of Kenai flags if they wish for approximately $95.00 each. It was mentioned that one should be ordered for the new Visitors Center. b. Sidewalks in Leif Hansen Memorial Park Director McGillivray informed the Committee that the sidewalks could be put in this year if Council approves the budget amendment at the June 5 council meeting. c. ..Cleaning of Old Towne Chairman Sparks and Vice Chairman Selby attended the last Parks and Recreation meeting. At that meeting, a discussion was held on the possibility of adopting an ordinance to help in the cleanup of Old Towne. Letters could be sent to property owners asking them to clean up their property and if they did not, the City would and then bill them for the work done. Committee Member Malston and Sally Bailie would like to see the right-of-ways mowed and cleaned up. Director McGillivray stated that some of the areas are fairly dangerous with objects buried in the thick, heavy grasses. The areas would need to be walked first before being mowed. The budget has already been done and he does not have enough manpower to do anything extra that hasn't been planned for. Committee Member Malmberg suggested that maybe the areas could be walked by volunteers. Director McGillivray said that he would do what he could. Sally Bailie mentioned planting flower boxes and placing them on some of the right-of-ways. She has donated three flower boxes to the City that will be used in Old Towne for that purpose. The "Adopt a Corner" program that is being used in Anchorage and Soldotna was brought up as a possible solution for some areas. This could only be done on right-of-ways and not on private property. Peggy Mullens from Soldotna will be asked to come to the next meeting to speak about the program. It was decided by the Committee that a general cleaning needed to be done in Old Towne with maybe a few flower boxes. Path to Beach b~ Ba~ Arms Apartment The erection of a sign along this path was discussed at the Parks and Recreation meeting. Nothing will be done on this in the near future. e. Welcome to Kenai Si~n at Bi~ John's Director McGillivray was asked to report on the progress of this sign. He has spoken with Scott Kodysz of Designs and the sign is almost ready and will be put up as soon as the ground is completely thawed. 5. ~ NEW BUSINESS a. Resignation of Pat McComse~ Chairman Sparks reported that Pat McComsey would be unable to continue serving on the Committee as she would not be back in the area for some time. Sally Bailie has turned in an application to fill the vacancy. MOTION: Vice Chairman Selby moved to recommend Sally Bailie to fill the seat vacated by Pat McComsey, seconded by Committee Member Malmberg. VOTE: Motion passed unanimously c. Wooden Signs Committee Member Malmberg introduced the idea of using wooden signs as a possible replacement for banners in some areas. They would be similar to the ones used in Anchorage during Iditarod time, made of wooden, scrolled large frames, two-sided, and filled with either wooden or canvas pictures. The pictures could be done by art students as a possible contest. This is seen as a future project and Committee Member Malmberg will contact Linda Swarner and the Anchorage Iditarod Committee to obtain more information. d. Welcome to Kenai Sign on K-Beach and Bridge Access Sally Bailie suggested that this sign needs some bushes or flowers planted under it. Director McGillivray stated that this had already been planned for and would be done. The next meeting of the Beautification Committee will be held June 4, 1991 at 1:30 p.m. in the Public Works Conference Room at City Hall. There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned. Secretary to the Committee