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Home My WebLink About1988-06-09 Economic Development Commission SummaryEconomic Development Commission June 9, 1987 - 7- 00 P.M. Homer Electric Association Conference Room Vince O'Reill¥, Chairman AGENDA I CALL TO ORDER II ROLL CALL III APPROVAL OF AGENDA IV MINUTES OF May 5 and May 12, 1988 FREE DISCUSSION BY COMMISSIONERS ( 15 Minutes) VI ITEMS FOR EDC CONSIDERATION FOR POSSIBLE RECOMMENDATIONS TO CITY COUNCIL 1. Review and Recommendation to Council on Wildwood Report VII PERSONS PRESENT SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD VIII OLD BUSINESS 1. Status of Cold Storage Proposal 2. Date Bank Update 3. RV Park Status 4. Progress Report - Alaska State Firefighters Conference IX NEW BUSINESS 1. Resource Development Membership Barry Thomson X OTHER BUSINESS XI SET NEXT AGENDA XII ADJOURN = 9' 30 P.M. ECONOMIC DEVEL, OPMENT COMMISSiC)N .~.I.~NE 9, 1988 ? PM ~HER E[..EC, TRIC ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE ROOM M.I NUTES REGULAR MEETING PRESIDING: ViNCE O'REII_LY, CHAIRMAN Meeting was ca'l'led to or'der, by Cb. aid-man O'Reff'i"ly a'~ ? pm. 1. ROLL CAI_L PRESENT JIM CARTER JIM E[.,SON PENNY DYER DARREN BOND BARRY THOMSON ViNCE O'REILLY BOB SCOTT WAS EXCUSED GUESTS WERE MAYOR JOHN NIL, I,,IAMS KENAI CHANER OF COMMERCE CARTER AGENDA FOR THIS JUNE 9 MEETING WAS APPROVED AS REA[). ~ THE MINUTES OF THE MAY 5 AFl[) MAY 12, AS READ. r=REE, DISCUSSION BY 'THE C';OMMIc,,.)~-~'IONERS; t988 MEETINGS WERE APPROVED A. Penny D.¥er, ffnt;r'oduced Sue Carter" from the C of C and said that she had invited her' t:o th'is meeting to infor'm the EDC Commission on what fo'll<s have been asking for' when t:hey come into the chamber', Sue Oa~-te0 thanked 'the corr~mission fo~- h~ving her' and said shin had been with the C of C for' about six yean~ and fe"it: there wes a defffnffte need for' a RV par'k 'located in the vacin'ity of Kenai and accessib']e to the servi'ces tn t:own.. One gr'oup that 'had inquinec] about a place to stay in Keani had a'lr'eady gone t:o the city park ~nd said that' i't: was in such disrepair they would not stay t:her, e. As eam'ly ac Nay she had people coming into the chamber want:ing 'fac] i 'l i t 'f es for' t:he entire summer' and 'looking for accomodat'i'ons. Monday of this week there t~ad been ten paola asking for, a RV park to stay in. So'ldotna has t:hnee RV parks and Kenafi has none but she fa'it: the Karat al-aa has much to offer to touri'st:s. Sue Caf'tar, fee]s 'that the Ken'afl ar'aa is defffnitety mffssir.)g the boat by no't having facility on $omet:h'ing pnesentab'ie,. She Ce'it that So'idotna'$ pa~-l<s did br"ing in a consffder'ab'le amount: of do"l]ars ffnto the economy. Another, thing she saffcJ was that many of th[,,.,e peop'le did not 'lfil<e the woodsy atmosphere that many of us like but rather, ~ant:ed t:he side 'by side secur'ity of RV camping, p'iu~ they nea.]'ly ~ant:ed to be near the Kenai River' o~* t:he Kenai beach.. Some met-chants offered t;o take the commission this Sat:unday on a tour' of the par'ks and faci 'l 'i t: i es that were avafi'lab'le in Soldotna p'ius the new Visit:ors Center there.. 8he. ended her, pr'esentation by fayffng to the commission members;" .just: look Kena'i on the weekends and t:hen 'look at So'Idotna."Kena-i wfi'i'i never, be a anawffng card for' the t:our'is't un'less we have something t:o offer' them. Also she ~~_ id that she t~ad c:ome t:o thfis comm'issfion for, he'l.D in get. t'ing sorne sort of faci 1 it:y. PAGE 2 ED(; MEETING JUNE Sue) also saffd that the new V'isfftors Center fin So'ldotna frs statffng that they represent a'l'i the Penfinsu'la Commun 'i t: fi es and she strongly said th'is ~as not the c:ese because the Kena'f C of C is not even being men t~onect. She also wes unhappy about the fact t:hat the name of t:he Visfitors Cent~.r i's the Kena'i Peninsula Vt~tt'o~s Cent:er. Comm. issioner Darter Bond said tt~at he agreed wit:h Penny Dye. r and Sue Carter and said that the fo"lks that like fishing are going to stay fin So'ldot:na anyway bu'E many of the tour'ist that are in ~:he RV Compete from c>ut:side ape not ,ju~t her'e for' the 'fffshlng but: are here to 'take tn all that we have to offer,, the histor'y,s'ight:seei'ng and sma'l'l to~n atmosphere. He a'iso said that we had fishffng guffdes here fin Kenaff that: wou~d oper'ate out of a docking fac'ilit:y ~n Kena'f and wou'id defin'ite'ly operate out of whatever RV park Kenai had to offer. The gufides a'lr'eady go to the a'~rpor't: and p'fck up peop']e so they wou']d definitely use Keno 'i .. Mayor John Wi'i'iiams was introduced and tthanked Sue Carter for her input and asked 'f'f 1'~ was poss']'ble for' her to come to t:he Counc)'f'] meet:'ing next week because he t~as schedu'led a work session befor the meeting at 6 pm and wou'ld 'iffke her, there when Forster' 8rother*s gave theffr proposa't of the RV park,and wi'l'i be asking the Counci'i to come out and took over t:t~e s'ituat:ion. He fei't 'it may be wort:h wh'ile t:o b.rlng 1't t:o the at:tentffon of t:he Counc:~'l t:he need for* such a faci'iity. ~ made t,ne. n tion of t t~e need t:o put together a comprehensive plan for the ~,evelopmen~ o'f a good park and natur'e ~r'e'il plus possffbt~ opruce St:feet: site, He a'lso men'cioned that Cunnlnghafn Park was 'irt:ended t:o be a sma'1'l '11t:tle neffghborhood par'k and cou'ld no f ol ks. Fo,.~ter Brothe~-s proposed RV park off Ang'lers Dr'ire was disc:ussed and Mayor IN-i'll,f ams sa'icl that he Ce']t: the par'k wou']d be used most;']~ by ¢ffshermen and sffnce it was out of to~n probab'iy wou'id not 'imp~c'c t:he 6~ty of Kena'i a great: dea'i.. Oobbinspect:s pr'operty, near, the Kenaff Senffor' Cit:'fzen Center was mentSor~ed and there is water ~nd sewer avai"iab'le and someth'ing cou'ld be deve'ioped Con .summer t~me use on'ly. ~t needs to be st:ored for' futur'e use and pc)ss'fb'ly get some metur'n fl-om it: now,, Cha'irman Vdnce O'Rei'i'ly asked Comrn'issioners Penny Dyer and Barry Thomson to come up with some sor"t of mot'ion based on the ffn'i:ormat'ion that 'they have gathered on a need for a RV park, then pr'esent it t:o the EDC Comm'iss'ion for actffon. ~t: wou'ld then be present:ed to the Kena'f Cff'¢y Counc'i'] for ~t 'was a'lso suggested ttnat, t:his act'ion b.e put on the Counci't agenda for' the Ju'l~ $ffxt:h meetffng.. PAGE 3, EDC MEETING JUNE 9,i9B8 (;ommiss~oner' Canter' suggested gat:herir~g information from some ci't'ie:~ that are present'ly operating RV parks and get some 1input frorn t:hem. 5, ITEMS FOR ~DC, CONSIDERAI'ION FOR POSSIBLE RECOMMENDATIONS TO CITY COUNCIL 1. Regard'ing the N'i'idwood Annexation, the Econorn'ic Deve'lopmemt after reviewing '~he information presented to th~s commission and doing a ~tudM on this annexatfiom has drafted a 'letter to t:he Mayor and members of the Kenai' C ffty Council. The EDC revffe~ed the enc'losed "letter, and a motion ~as made by Commi'ssfioner Barry Thomson and Secomded by Penny Dyer that: t:hfis draft 'letter be written on Kena'f City stat'fonary and g~ven to the Kenai City Council. A'll comm'issiom members present' were i'n favor ~nd a no')'l ca'l'l vote ~as OLD BUSINESS I , Co'ld Storage Proposal. Bi'l'l Brfighton finformed Chai'rme~n O'Refi'l'ly that a tenat:'ive 'lease had been signed ~ffth Seat~oods From Alaska arid EDA has approved the. preapp~'fcatffon aPa(J t:he fina'l a pp'l fi cat fi on wi'i'l be submitted ~ Data Bank Update Roi and Lynn was not: presetat: so th'is was tab'ied foP- ~ 'i~ter d4-.~te. ~ <. RV Park Status was discussed peeviousl.V, Progress Report.--Alaska State Firelight:ers Conference. Chairman O'Reffi']y saffd tha't NcDo~e']'] ~'f'l'i g'fve a report to btm on happems to a sma'l'l community when th'is type of conference tis he'id how ever, he has no~ submitted anything at ~his ~ime 450 people wit'1 be attendi'ng t:his conferemce and many o¢ t:he act:i'vities w'f'l'l be in Kenai and Soldo'¢na. Sue Cart:er said that ,Jason Elson is so we'i'l organ'ized that it is going together very we'l'i and most: of' the conference attendents w'fl'l be here for' four or five days. Nht'le discussing this conference ~t: ~as evident: that both commun'ities needed more room space since there ~ere only 330 rooms available t:h'is t:ime.. ?. NEN BUSINESS 1.. Resource Development Mernbership Commffssffoner Barry Thomson ~ffl'] partlc'fpate 'fn 'the Resource, Deve'loprnent Cornm'issiota but re'it: the seat shou'ld be used for t:tae Economic Development: Commission with an a'lternate from the ED(: Commffssion. 2..C;o:nmissfioners Penny Dyer and Barry Thomson made a mot:iota t:o d~ve']ope a pnesentat'fon to be de']'fvered to the Kenai Cffty Council'] on 6, 19BB 'For a RV park with'in the consigns of' t:he City of Kena'i. Dar'ten Bond ~eoonded. A'i'] members present were ~n 1 4 t: h Cit.V o'¢ Kena'f