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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1979-11-06 Harbor Commission SummaryKENAI HARBOR COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING NOVEMBER 6, 1979 AGENDA PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE A. ROLL CALL AGENDA APPROVAL B. MINUTES 1. Minutes of regular meeting of October 23, 1979 C. CORRESPONDENCE D. OLD BUSINESS 1. Homer Port Commissioner ~<3~°Y ~ ~~ ~ 2. Tabling of Tract D ~> '~"'t~~ ~" ~ ~ '~ "~ ~'~~ 3. Letter to Borough and State regarding Harbor Commission i.~' 4. Tidelands Ordinance - Application forms 5. Fact Sheet - Sea Catch l ,..;,~i '. S , ~ ~ - _ c~~ - ~ - ~ ~, ~~ --~, , _. ~'# _i1r~' ,~':~ ~ ~.w~.. .. ~k ~ ~~ ' , ~ ~ ~ q ~ ~ ~ J ~ ~ ~: . . , ` } ~ KENAI HARBOR COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1979 A. ROLL CALL PRESENT: Chester Cone, Bob Peterkin, Bob Tepp, Bill Burnett, Ex-Officio Member Mayor 0'Reilly ABSENT: Tom Ackerly, Tc~m Wagoner, John Williams, Ex-Officio Member Betty Glick AGENDA APPROVAL Chairman Peterkin request-ed the following addition to the agenda #E1-New Business "Port of Entry." Commission agreed by unanimous approval to the agenda addition. B. MINUTES Chairman Peterkin was advised by Mr. there needed to be a correction made the October 23, 1979 meeting. Under new sentence on the second line shou Mr. Roper wanted to buy his interest money has been paid." Miles Dean that on the minutes of Old Business, the ld read: "He said out but so far no Minutes for the October 23, 1979 meeting were approved as amended. C. CORRESPONDENCE None D. OLD BUSINESS 1. Homer Port Commissioner. Chairman Peterkin said he telephoned Chairman Dave Vanderbrink af~_the Homer Harbor Commission but was not available. He talked to Gary Daley who is the Harbor Master and ex-officio member of the Harbor Commission and he would be happy to either have a special meeting in Homer or come to Kenai to meet with us. We want to confer with the Homer Harbor Commission to see what their experience has been in running a small boat harbor. Homer is in the midst of a huge expansion project at the present time that will enlarge their boat harbor and will include a shopping center. Mr. Daley made mention of a Port Commissioner's meeting to be held in Seward November 14, 15 and 16 to be attended by all commissions in Alaska. Homer's Harbor Commission would not be present due to their meeting being scheduled for November l4, 1979. ~ _~U -:~._ :. _ , ~ ~ a ' . Y ~ '° ~ KEI~AI HARBOR C ~II SS ION ~ REGULAR MEETIN~ , NOVEMBER 6, 1979 Page 2 The Commission decided to decline a~tending the November 14th meeting in Homer and a new date would be worked out. Regarding Seward meeting, members would let Chairman Peterkin know if they could attend. Mayor 0'Reilly advise~ that he would check with City Council at Council meeting of November 7th to see if funding could be obtained so that one or 2 members could attend the Seward meeting. Chairman Peterkin said he would call Seward to obtain an agenda to determine what the most important meetings during these 3 days are. 2. Tabling of Tract D. Commissioner Burnett made a motion pertaining to the tabling of Tract D and after much discussion it was prepared as follows: Commissioner- Burnett made a motion, seconded by Com- missioner Cone to postpone Tract D until such time as this same Commission is furnished with complete details from presently interested parties or new applicants. Motion passed unanimously by roll call vote. 3. Letter to Borough and State regarding Harbor Commission. Commissioner Peterkin di er cted the Commission's attention to the letter in the packet reference Kenai Harbor Commission. This letter was prepared since it was brought to the Commission's attention that portions of the Borough government and other City government at State level didn't know of the existence of this Commission. (See attached list for di-stribution) The letter w~.ll include a map prepared by the Chamber of Commerce. Commissioner Cone made a motion, seconded by Com- missioner Burnett to distr~ibute the letter as amended. The motion passed unanimously. 4. T_idelands Ordinance-~A ~lication Fo~rms. Attorney 5chlereth did not have an opportunity to review the forms with Attorney Delahay as yet. Chairman Peterkin explained that this application form is an information sheet and the lease form goes into more detail. Applicant receives this booklet and must attach a financial plan and proof of their ability to obtain a performance bond conditioned upon completion of construction. When this is returned a lease is prepared. This form is then ~~ KENAI HARBOR ~,OMMISSION REGULAR MEETING NO~JEMBER 6, 19 7 9 f Page 3 presented to Council for their approval, provided applicant obtains the permit. After discussion it was decided to make the last sheet referring to attaching of a financial plan and obtaining of a performance bond a part of the lease applicati~n which will be retyped and redistributed. Commissioner Burnett a].so requested another change be made. He reque~ted a block be made on page l stating "For City Use Only." Chairman Peterkin also requested it to include date received, time, location and a signature of the person who logged it in with that person's capacity at the City. Mr. Dean commented that permits could be obtained quicker if the municipalities and boroughs obtained them. Chairman Pete~kin pointed out that we are an advisory commission to the Council and it would be up to the Council to obtain permits. The purpose of the Thorpe study was to show the Cor~swhat develop- ment would take place on the wetlands. Mayor 0'Reilly said that if the Corp~saw a careful plan for development, they would b~ more apt to grant perrnits. Chairman Peterkin referred to the Sea Catch lease. He stated that she wi.ll be spending approximately $4 million for 15 acres. If Sea Catch doesn't get, the lease she still has the property tied up with no development done on it. After we find a project that is viable, we want to give a time limit for them to obtain permit and at that time they will receive a lease~. Land will be tied up one or possibly two years bu~ they will be making payments on the land during this time to the City. He said the Corp sent out their modified or total versiQn of the plan to sever~al bodies. Corp has the final say but 12 to 13 agencies must concur. Perhap~ we should schedule a meeting ~o ~i~cus~s problems between the lease application and permit to make it clearer. Then we could find out what action the Council wants to take from there. 5. Fact Sheet-Sea Catch. Commissianer Burnett said Sea Catch has been on the agenda for- three meetings and a representative has failed to show up. Chairman Peterkin said this application was accepted by Planning & Zoning Commission and the problem is that the application is dated March 21. According to the ordinance we have 6 months; we are now on the 8th month. Mayor 0'Reilly said the Harbor Commission should recommend ~o the Council that Sea Catch has been notified 3 times, has not appeared and that the lease applicatio~, no lqn.ger stands. He recommends that a letter be drafted. KENAI HARBOR COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING-NOVEMBE.R b, 1979 Page 4 Comm~ssioner B~r~et~ made a motion, seconded by Commissioner Cone that the Harbor Commission recommend to the City Council that a letter be sent to Doris Lashley stating that her lease application dated March 21, 1979 has been on the agenda three times, she has not appeared, and in view of this that her lease application no longer has any standing. ~ AMENDMENT: By unanimous consent, motion ~~aas made~ to add: "in view of the age of the appli~ation that a new application would be considered." By roll call vote, motion passed unanimously. Mayor 0'Reilly did not feel that this would be the proper time to .approach the Council on the merger but felt in another 2 to 3 months the tim~ would be better. Since he does not want the proposal rejected by Council, he wants this to be well thought out. He wo~ld like to appoint 2 Council members to meet with 2 Commission members to work out an a~rangement. Mayor 0'Reilly advised that at the present, there is an airport committee which consists of FBO operators. Chairman Peterkin said the delay is satisfactory to the Commission as many things needed to be finished before the new year, Old Business - Commissioner Burnett asked if copies of a book that Mr. Arness had at the last meeting could be made and distributed to the Commissioners. He also requested that copies b~ m~de on anything pertaining to harbors, etc., so we would know first-handed about these reports. Chairman Peterkin said that copies would be made and distributed. As far as getting copies of other studies, that's what the purpose of the letter is for~ to make others aware of the Harbor Commission. Chairman Peterkin advised that after discussion on the merger of the Harbor into th~ Tran~portation Commission he heard no negative comments from the Commission. Commissioner Burnett said that at the last Commission meeting Mr. Arness's comment was that the Corps was no~ interested in general cargo facilities in the Kenai area in the near future, nor did Mr. Arness feel we need a waterfront facility. W hat Mr. Arness said we need instead is to have 5-747s landing daily to bring our supplies into the airport. In speaking with Mr. Bielefield (ex-council member} he said the airport is not capable of handling 747s in its present design. If we attained a Port of Entry standing we could derive many benefits. He talked with Mr. Grinwall, Assistant District Director of Customs in Anchorage to find out how we c~uld become a Port of Entry. There are 3 ways: 1) by congressional action, 2) executive order by the President, and 3~ designation by the Secretary of the Treasury. The latter would be the easiest way to obtain it. After a ~ r ~ , ~ ~ ~ ,. KENAI HARBOR C~MI S S I ON REGULAR MEETING NOVE~IBER 6, 19 7 9 Page 5 letter is received then they can give us further information. Commissioner Burnett made a motion, seconded by Commissioner Cone that a letter be initiated by the City Council to the District Director of Customr. to request fram the Secreta,ry of Treasury of the United States of America that the port of Kenai be designated a port of entry and the request to include a boundary of a 25 mile radius of the City of Kenai. There was discussion as to the merits of having the area include a 25 mile radius. The Commission is thinking of the future so the plan sounds reasonable. The Secretary makes the designation as to who is selected and the selection is made on what the need for the community is. AMENDMENT-Motion was amended by Commissioner Burnett, seconded by Commis~ioner Cone to add: "from the post of f ice. " Motion passed by unanimous consent. Mr. Dean want~d to know if the lien status on Tracts B& C had been researched by the ~ttorney. Chairman Peterkin said Attorney Schlereth was supposed to attend tonight's meeting and give a report. Attorney Delahay is to cheek with Attorney Schlereth a~d will discuss it at the November 2Oth meeting. There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 10:17 p.m. Respectfully submitted, ;.~an'a°°w, . W,~,~Yr ' ,~,~ 9 ~ ~Ia n Dore ~ APPf~OVED: Novem , : ~l Robert ~Pe~~~`kin, ~~Chairman ~ Date: ~ ~~~ / ~