HomeMy WebLinkAbout1980-02-19 Harbor Commission SummaryKENAI HARBOR COMM!SS !ON
P.O; Box 580
Kenai, A1 aska 99611
AGENDA - February 19, 19~80.
REGULAR HARBOR COMMISSION MEETING'
HARBOR COMMISSION MEMBERS'
EX-OFF!CIO MEMBERS
A-G-E-N-D-A
February 19, !980 - ~:00 p,m, at the
Public Safety Bui!di'ng, Kenai', Alaska
Mr,
Mr,
Mr...
Mr,
Mr,
Robert Peterkin, Chai man
John Wi ! ! i ams, V i ce-.Cha i rman
Tom Ackerly~.. Member
Wi ! ! i am Burnett, Member
Tom Wagoner., 'Member
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Mrs,' Betty G! ick, Counci 1.woman
Mr, Vi'nce 0 ~ Rei ! ly, Mayor
1, Ca!! to Order
2; Roll Ca!!
3, ApproYal of Minutes - February' 5,
4, Introduction of Guests
1980
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Co.mmu
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(b)
(c)
(d).
(g)
(h)
nications
Chairman Peterkin/Commissioner Williams ~ Port of Seattle
Chairman Peterkin meeting with Ruth Harris, Sen, Gravel'~s office, Feb: 6.
Chairman Peterkin meeting with Jack Green, Pac LNG & Mr,' Rhodes, A!DA~ Feb, 12,
Chairman Peterkin meeting with. Don Young, 'Feb, !3,
Letter from Jerry. Madden concerning State Clearing .House
Memorandum from Ben Delahay concerning Sea Catch
Commissioner Wagone~"s 1 etter to processors.
Training Program at Sewa'rd Skill Center
6~
e
Reports
(a). Chairman Peterkin/Malone- 'Fisherman's Processors telecon
(b) All Commissioner Status Report on Perspectus, CorPs Study
Old Business
(.a) Ordinance No. 552-80
(b). Commissioner Burnett .- Budget
(C) Possible Telecon
8. New Business
9: Persons present not scheduled to be heard,
10. Adjourn
KENAI HARBOR COMMISSION MEETING
PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDI'NG
KENAI, ALASKA
February 19, 1980
HARBOR COMMISSION MEMBERS:
EX-OFFIC!.O MEMBERS:
OTHERS PRESENT:
CALL TO ORDER:
ROLL CALL:
AGENDA APPROVAL:
APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
INTRODUCTION OF GUESTS:
Mr.. Robewt Peterkin, Chairman
Mr, jOhn Wi 11 lams, Vice-Chairman
Mr, Tom Ackerly '
M.r, W!l 1 iam Burnett
Mr, Tom Wagoner
'Mrs, Betty G!ick, Councilwoman
Mr, Vi'nce O:'Reilly, Mayor
Craig Freas, Co.nsultant Engineer
Wince, Corthell., Bryson and Freas
LaWrence D, Rorrison, Commercial Fi sherman
Commi-ssioner Peterkin called the meeting to order
at 7:05 p.m,
Tom Ackerly, Present
William Burnett, joined the meeting at 7-55.
Robert Peterkin, Present
Tom Wagoner, Present
John Wi 11 iams, Present
The agenda for February 19 was approved with the
fol lowing changes:
OLD BUSINESS #7
(d) Woodward-Clyde Draft (.Port & Harbor Demand &
Feasibility Project).
NEW BUSINESS #8
(a) State of Alaska, Municipal Public Works
Grant Agreement.
The minutes of February 5, 1980 were approved as read.
Commissioner Williams made a comment regarding the
minutes where he 'had asked Mr. Len McLean as to whether
or not any difficulties or developments might hold up
the Pacific LNG project. Commissioner Williams noted
that an article in Sunday's paper discussed a forma.tion
10 to 40 miles wide' that runs from New Mexico to Canada.
With new technology they are drilling deeper holes and
and getting a higher percentage of hits of gas and oil.
The emphasis is not really on Alaska like it'was.
Chairman Peterkin asked Mr. Craig Freas of Wince,
Corthell, Bryson and Freas his response on the
CRAIG FREAS.
WINCE, CORTHELL, BRYSON
AND FREAS
$10,000 grant application. Mr. Freas replied that
in reviewing the grant and list the City recedved
from the State, there were a lot of things to do
wi th a small amount of funds. He would like the
Harbor Commission~ to identify items on that list which
are particularly important. He felt that some of the
items might be premature. In his estimation
the project should go first by item needs. Secondly the
technical feasibility and thirdly the cost for providing
them. We could ask the public what they would be
willing to pay in terms of a users fee. He thought it
would be better to say we can provide this and this.
Perhaps the users would be willing to foot the bill.
Apparently the City of Soldotna has a similar grant
that they are seeking consultants to work on their
boat harbor. In talking with Mr. Bearup and Mrs. Erickson
not only do they get $10,000, they don't have to match
it. They went back and got another $10,000. They have
a $20,000 grant to do the same amount of work.
He was not sure that all the items listed by the State
were necessary. If the State wants a full blown study,
it will take more than $10,000. He saw several needs
in a harbor. One was for a small boat harbor. Secondly,
the erosion problem is 'bad particularly around Cherrier
and King and the City~'s existing dock. Thirdly, the
problem at the mouth of the river presents another
possible problem of slides which could present navigational
problems, such as loss of life and property. This could
be a real economic disaster particularly during the
fishing season, Also, there could still be rocks at the
mouth of the river. This is more than just a small boat
harbor, R & M Consultants could assist on this project,
they have individuals who~s particular expertise is in
river hydraulic's and technical feasibility. The Corps
of Engineers has done some of that work, it would have
to be expanded upon before design faze.
Chai'rman Peterkin noted that the City has talked with the
Corps of Engineers about the erosion problem but at the
present ti'me there i'sn't anything the City ca~n do without
bea~tng 100% of the expense, There are monies available
for the boat harbor and we a.re proceeding as quickly as
possible to ti'e those funds up and then we would have more
time to see if there are monies to correct the erosion
problem in the river.
Chairman Peterkin cOmmented that the commission is going to
take it into consideration to shorten those lists, The
Corps of Engineers said the same thing, the list is out
of .range, we need to shorten the scope and get the
immediate needs,
CRAIG FREAS:
COMMUNICATIONS # 5
(a) PORT OF SEATTLE:
Mr. Freas thought the-City should be in the position that
if a boat harbor is not feasible, there must be some
alternative. Some of the alternatives might be a dock-
along the river for unloading or some way for fisherman
to get boats in and out of the'water. Or a dry storage
area.. That can be provided without protective dockage
area.
. .
Chairman Peter.kin~'stated .the Mr. Statter's office has
asked the commission to look at alternatives along with
the Corps of Engineers. A dry boat harbor situation' will
be explored by the Corps. So far the response from the
fi sherman is that it won't do the job. Mr. Freas added
that ici'ng is not a problem beCause the ice dosen't
occur when they are fishing. There was further discUssion
on the erosion problems and Commissioner Wagoner added.
that the wind is an important factor. Mr.~ Frea.s asked
about the site, he understood that one of the sites is
presently under lease to a private individual. He didn't
see how it all fit together.
Chairman~ .Peterkin stated that the City Council has some
action what they may or may not do with this. The
Harbor Commission is looking at Tract D, directly adjacent
to that piece up river. The Corps of Engineers feels that
the exact location of Tracts B & C would be the best
spot for harbor, the next piece of ground would join that
piece, The Commission must decide which piece it's going
to be. He added that he. believed the Harbor Commission
tonight would have a response for tomorrow nights City
Council. He then thanked Mr. Freas for his .interest in
this matter.
Chairman Peterkin asked Commissioner Williams to report
on the meeting. Commissioner Williams stated the the
people from the Port of Seattle were more than wi 11 ing
to assist us in any way possible in regards to names of
enginee'rs or legal firms involved. One point they said~
they are shipping 25% of everything from their port to
Alaska. Alaska is. their best customer. We are definately
not in competion.with them. We met wi th one of the
Attorney's who is working with the Port of Seattle on the
bonding efforts and we discussed that. with him.
Chairman Peterkin added that they said anytime any ofF'
the commissioners would come to Seattle, they would
show us their total operation. They have a 6 member
elected board and,'ithey also have 'all the airport lands.
They have a very well working system with the Corp of
Engineers, and an extensive lobby situation. They were
extremely helpful and willing to do anything to help us
develop our airport. They are currently looking at a
storage facility, approximately 1 square block which
will be multi-use, Monday thru Friday it could be
58 degrees for bananas and Thursday th~u Friday it could
be -20 degrees for fish.
PORT OF SEATTLE:
(Continued )
Commissioner Williams reported that they m'entioned they would
like to see us involved in. a number of associations, one of
which was the Pacific Northwest Waterways Association. It is
a lobbying group dealing with waterways projects that are under
development. It was requested that a letter be sent requesting
information on t~l~is. .~
(b) PETERKIN MEETING SenatOr'Gravel asked to be updated on our actions. He
WITH RUTH HARRIS OF statea~that h6 had;,put specific questions to her and she would
SENATOR GRAVEL'S OFFICE get back with him by the end of the month. He said we had the
CorPs of Engineers working with us. Don Statter would like to
see a dry base harbor, and all the boat harbors on the Penninsula
are full and trying to expand. He emphasised renewable resources
, In this area it is fishing.. He 'went into the complete concept
of what we are trying to do. I outlined some of the recreationa
needs as well as commercial needs. The need for a harbor
stopped economic growth because no one would come i.n and spend
money with.the congestion that is there already. The economic
value is wasted. He went into multi-species and how there was
no halibut or herring procesSing when there 'coul.d be. ' He
told' her that we didn't know what Mr. Gravel could do for us
but they could outline some pointers for financing. And that
we were trying to neutral ize the last Corps of Engineers
study that the harbor is not feasible. Chairman Peterkin
read a letter from the Dept. of the Army, Corps of Engineers
in Portland. it stated there was a need for small boat
harbor improvement for the local commercial fishing fleet and
a limited need' for channel improvement to provide access for
barge unloading facilities Further down it stated that
alternative plans considered are engineering feasi, bl~ty, however,
maintenance dredging costs are expected to be extremely high.
Commissioner Wagoner asked when this was dated. Chairman
Peterkin replied July 2, 1976. He stated that this was a
direct reversal of what Woodward-Clyde sa~.s.
Chairman Peterkin reported that he may have another meeting
with Sen. Gravel ' and asked for any points that he had not
mentioned. Mayor O'Reilly added the point' that the Corps
increased cost from 2 million to 3 million. Chairman
Peterkin said he did mention that and also the Port of Entry.
(c) FEB. 12 MEETING
(JACK GREEN, PAC.LNG): Mayor O'Rei. lly reported that Jack Green, the financial person
for Pac LNG outlined the Court Appeal process. Hopefully
these would be terminated by 1981 so he could set up his
financing in 1980. Crowley Rig Tenders Dock was the best
choice. Pac LNG has not be able to get an offer by Crowley.
Crowley indicated to the Borough and interest in selling the
dock. There will be a meeting between Crowley and the
Borough Mar. 11 - Mar. 15. Mayor O'Reilly felt remiss that
he .may have pushed the Harbor Commission into the Pac LNG
s~:tuation and perhaps put their efforts into that when it
may have been out of time. We want to control some improvement
of the harbor facilities. If we can do anything such as assist
Pac LNG we should do so. We can't loose sight of our first
responsibility which is the Kenai River. He fel.t there were
i~]~) PAC LNG MEETING
FEB. 12
conversations, actions, conferences planned and a lot of it
with the City of Kenai out. Considerable discussion followed
and there was general dissatisfaction among the commisioner's
about the situation.
RECESS'
RE-CONVENE-
At 8'00 p.m. Chairman Peterkin called a recess.
At 8'20 p.m. Chairman Peterkin called the meeting back to order'
Chairman Peterkin requested that the admin, assistant write a
letter to Ed Ambarian to notify him we would like copies of
the minutes of the Borough Assembly and Public Works meetings
on anything pertaining to ports and harbors or transportation
in the Kenai, North Kenai areas.
(d)PETERKIN/YOUNG
METTING FEB'. 13'
Chairman Peterkin reported that he basically went over the
same list of things that he went ove-r wi t~ M-r. Gravel'-s
·
office, Mr, Young asked that we would forward any information
to his office and keep him posted, He would try to do any-
thing he could to help us. Mr, Waterer was there and he said
he could write factual statements backing up our request for
cost/benefit on loss of fish, Don Young said from Mr. Hammond
on down the State is not doing anything with renewable resources.
He thought there should be a nationwide program on all medias
to eat canned salmon;~ The State is so involved with the oil
they aren'-t thinki, ng renewable -resou-rces.
(_e)_ LETTER FROM
STATE CLEARING HOUSE' Chairman Peterkin reported that this letter is a response that
the Corps. of Engineers l ette.r has come through. We have a
federal number and will use it on all correspondence at the
federal level:
.(if) BEN DELAHAY AND
SEA CATCH MEMO'
Chairman Peterkin outli'ned the Sea catch situation and the
two majo~ ways of bankruptcy, the City's position and copies
of the Roper lease. It was to early at this point for him to
do research on this, Chairman Peterkin said that he basically
wanted to aquaint Mr. Delahay with the situati'on, Some
discussion followed and two newspaper notice.'s were pointed
out on the Public Sale and Deed of Trust Fo'reclosure. These
were in the February. 19 Clarion, ~t was requested that the
admin, as-sistant bring these to the attention .of the City
Attorney, to to ask him to watch 'the outcome on the 25th and
aquaint the commission to the legal response to that.
Commissioner Burnett commented that this was a foreclosure,
not a bankruptcy. Chairman Peterkin questioned whether Sea
Catch was behind on their payments. The chair would like the
new owners to have a new lease rather than 'the old lease.
(g) LETTER TO
PROCESSOR' S'
On his letter to the processor's Commissioner Wagoner stated
he did not emphasis the dollar figure because the processor's
are in a highly comptetive business and the less information
they give their competitors the better they like it.
(g) LETTER TO
PROCESSOR' s Cont,:
Chai'rman Peterkin requested that CommiSsioner Wagoner call all
the processors i'n this area personally,. He had talked to people
h.e~ knew and had them. give their names and phone numbers to Kim.
When Captai"n Reynolds comes down, we can have a semi public
hearing first, just boat owners and processor's. If you could
contact Mr, W'aterer again.
('h) TRAINING PROGRAM
AT SEWARD SKILL CENTER' Chai'rman 'Peterkin stated that this is a program at Seward
Skill' Center and something we can look into after we get a boat
harbor, Mr. Ackerty gave him an ad for AlaSka Pacific UniVersity
Alaska Pacific University is offe.ring a seminar on the Fishing
Industry Feb.21' Feb, 28 and March 6. Fee is'$40.00', For more
information call Dr Louis Nauman at 276-8181 Ext. 208.
#6 REPORTS
(a) PETERKIN/MALONE,
Mr; Malone','s office contacted Chairman Peterkin and he Would
like to see a 'response thrOugh the telecon by the same group
of people that we are going to ask to come in with the Corps of
Engi'neers. !t would further our position wi th Mr. Malone and
maybe with.Mr. Tillion. Chairman Peterkin requested that the
admin, assistant send minUtes of the last'three-meetings to
Mr..Malone, Mr.. Tillion, Mr. O:Connell. Commissioner Ackerly
added Mrs.. Branson's name. Commissioner Williams suggested that
the peoPle.Who attend the telecon prepare a written statement
that soUnds objectiYe and we should get be~ter results.
Commissioner Wagoner stated he would ask the people from Kenai
Packers and Columbia Wards if they would send us a written
statement and read it at the telecon.
REPORTS
(b) PERSPECTUS REPORT- Chairman Peterkin asked the commissioners how they were doing
on the status, report on the perspectus for the COr.ps of Engineers
Commissioner Ackerly asked if anyone had heard from the Borough
on the tax rolls. Chaiman Peterkin·stated he had talked wi th
Mr. Gilman and he said that he could not have 1979's until
April 18th.. It was requested that Kim contact Mr. Valentine
and find out the status of that report.
Chairman Peterkin commented a]~ong with that perspectus he had
promised Capatin Reynolds that we would get the report to him
the day after the 19th. The list is too broad and we need to
set our priorities. Basically we need 'to'identify location,
how many boats and the facilities. There was further discussion
on this and the commission came up wi th the following list to
send to Captain Reynol ds.
1. Identify location as Tract D.
2. Amount of boat slips. 400 boat slips, 30 - 40 foot class.
100 boat sliPs, 16 - 30 foot class. Launching ramp, carrier
lift, 1-100 foot class grid, 1 - 50 foot class grid, transient
docking facility and area bulkhead Offloading. Harbor shall be
designed to incorporate future expansion.
3. Full service utilities.
4. Port security (fire, poliCe & Coast Guard).
(b) PERSPECTUS REPORT' 5. Parking
COntinued 6, ?uel bunker location,
7, Operations!Administrati.ve quarters and public facilities.
8. Dry Harbor
There was some discussion on how many acres there are in
Tract D. Chairman Peterkin remarked that when Thorpe did that
he asked us did we want to move Tract D down any farther to
include more lands .asa proposal to the environmental sector.
#7 OLD .BUS!NESS' Chairman Peterkin asked commissioner'.~s if everyone was
t~t ORDINANCE #552-80 satis~fied with this budget, Commissioner Wagoner asked what
BUDGET does the City allow under Miscellaneous. Commissioner
Ackerly thought that dues would be included under this.
Chairman Peterkin stated that this budget would be good until
July 1. Commissioner Burnett said he would need ideas~for next
years such-as busi'ness~_cards. Chairman Peterkin
asked how early should that be submitted. Mayor O' Rei 1 ly
stated right away. He also commented that because of the
va~rious commi'ttees the secretaries doing the minutes already
have full time positions and we have a rising need for
secretarial help. Commissioner Burnett added that we also
have full time airport budget needs, Commissioner Williams
added that we are going to need a full time secretary for the
Port Authority. Commissioner Wagoner said the money should
already be i.n the City budget if we're doing work the Council
was doing and they had to have those secretarial services to
support their work. If we're taking over their workload then
they should release the money already in the budget.
Commissioner Williams stated ~hat you;'..ve got to fi~nd_~gut f?om
Cha~rlie Brown - those funds, come out of our budget or if they
come out of the administrative budget for the overall City
operatiOns. We .may have to make arrangements to transfer them
from Administrative budget to ours.
Chairman Peterkin requested the admin, assistant pull that
section out of the minutes and present it to Charlie and
lets come back at the next meeti.ng with budget proposal
outlines from everyone.
(C) POSSIBLE TELECON: Chairman Peterkin reported that he was not at the last telecon.
Do you want me to go to the next one? Commissioner Williams
thought that someone should go in and explain our appropriation
from the state, our study being compiled, and our requests for
money for the engineering, and any items under New Business.
(d) WOODWARD/CLYDE:
Chairman Peterkin asked if e~ryone had read the draft study
done by Woodward/Cl.yde, Those are fictious statements, not
just one but right down the line, and we~-re going to have to
live with this study. The first thing was ~'The users~of the
Kenai River facilities are predominatly commercial fishing
vessels and some recreational boaters," There are more
recreational boaters than commercial, The second thing was
(d) WOODWARD/CLYDE'
"icing generally'occurs Over five months of the year." We
have more ice free days in Kenai than they do i.n Homer.
Under #2 paragraph two "the Corps of Engineers eValuated the '
economic feasibility of making Kenai River a full tide port in
1976 and concluded that the estimated investment was not
economically justified." That is not true, I have a Corps of
EngineerS letter on .my desk that says so. On the next page
#2 "costS taking into~consideration the relatively short.
fishing/recreational season and river ic.e effects on the
facil~ity;" This is something that every Southcentral port has
to live with, it cannot be considered in this. Also #3
"economic losses to current private dock~.perators due to
facility". I would like them to point that dock out to me.
Further it states" "benefits" from the private to public docks
since, potentially growing bottom-fish activities'are not
expected to affect the Kenai/Nikiski area.~)''. I do not under-
stand the last part of that statement at all. Take a look ~at
· the figures, they are absolUtely wild.
MOTION'
Commissioner Wagoner added that there is no place on the
Kenai Peninsula other than Kenai that has the ability to
· get bottom fish delivered to a port, on to a plane and delivered
to a market-fresh. Commissioner Williams suggested a letter
be drafted stating the Harbor Commission is in total disagreement
with all aspects of.the draft, more. so than the last draft. We
would be willing to address several of their misconceptions.
Chairman Peterkin added that ~they sent Mr. Bigalow up here and.
it. was already cut and- dry in his mind. Mayor O'Reilly stated
that he could not defend the draft at all. He prevailed upon
Mr. Ike Waits to pull a copy and is.sue .~ ~copy to Chairman
Peterkin. It is not public. Mr. Waits had difficulties with
the way the thing is presented. You have to dig to find anything.
He thought something in the line of John's letter stating that
we think it is more unsatisfactory than ~the original draft.
There is no emphasis on the Kenai River. Chairman Peterkin
asked Mayor O'Rei!ly who is a responsible person that has a
pipeline on this report that we could address this letter?
The Mayor replied Ike Waits, he is a conscious person, will
cooperate and is also dissatisfied.
commissioner Wagoner moved that the Chairman of the Harbor
Commission write a short curt reply in the negative manner
concerning the draft master plan done by Woodward/Clyde
Consultants and be hand carried and delivered to Mr. Ike Waits
at the Kenai Peninsula Borough and at that time further
discuss the displeasure expressed by the .Kenai Harbor Commission.
AMENDED MOTION:
Commissioner.Wagoner moved that the Ch&irman of the Harbor
Commission write~-a ~hort curt r~pl'y i~n ~the ~nega~ve manner
concerning the draft master plan done by Woodv~ard/Clyde
Consultants and be hand carried and delivered to Mr. Ike Waits
at the Kenai Peninsula Borough and at that time further
discuss the displeasure expressed by the Kenai Harbor Commission.
The~contents of the letter should be decided by 'the author
and copies be sent to ~Mayor..Don Gilman and the President of
· the Borough Assembly. bommissioner Williams seconded the
motion, roll call vOte; motion carried unanimously.
#7 NEW 'BUSINESS'
Chairman Peterkin asked Commissioner Williams to report
on his trip to Juneau. First Commissioner Williams asked
the admin, assistant to call the Dept, of Fish and Game
and get a species breakdown on per day catch. Commissioner
Wagoner added that the Aquaculture SOciety might have that
also. He suggested Kim talk to Gary Sanders".of the Dept. of
Fish and Game.
Commissioner Wi 11 iams al so requested Kim call the Coast
Guard on the marine casulty information he was seeking,
and emphasis that time 'is of the essence.
He then went over a report sent to Bob Thomas of the Kenai
Employment Center form'Admin. Services in Anch. on the
average empl.oyment and total payroll for canneries in 'the
Kenai area 'for the s'econd quarter of 1978 and the second and
third quarters in 1979.
Commissioner Williams reported on his trip to Juneau. He
talked with Don Statter for several hours about the grant.
Mr. Statter was under the impression that we had already
received the check. I' explained to' him that we hadn't signed the
request yet. We got to discussing what was to go into that.
It was my opinion that money was to be used to compile all the
material we could and put it into one .study. He said that is
exactly what he Wants to do. He understood that to do all those
items would be rather far fetched with that amount .of money.
I questioned him on the intent of that grant. The study
mate'rial is to be used to backup a request fOr $500,000 if we
should put it into the legislature a request for $500,000 for
total engineering. We are going to request the $500,000 on a
direct appropriation for total .engineering of the entire harbor
facility. He is not against a wet harbor but wants us to
prove that it will function and won't cost them to maintain it.
We are not adverse to looking at new designs, technolOgy and
concepts. We need the $500,000 to do it. I as.ked him when the
legislature comes down and asks for his input as to whether or
not that $5.0'0,000 will do the job, I would like him not to
say that it was way too much money. He didn'~t think that the
· engineering would cost more that $100,000. I came away with the
feeling he is really interested in. seeing all the material
that we've got. He probably will testify at the legislature
and try to cut short the $500,000, but said that .we should go
ahead and apply for it anyway. He wants us to prove, that it
can work, and he will take the information~to his office and get
the money through the Govern°r"s budget. The Dept. of
Transportation and the State will pay for the harbor but then
it will become a State harbor with new regulations. If we
bond for it, it will be under the City of Kenai.
We also discussed the $585,000 laying down there and that's
where the distinction was made between ports and harbors.
We develop the concept of utilizing the money to develop the
port side of the boat harbOr The origination of that
$585,000 .was that it was to be used for the old army dock, repair.~
and or port development such as bulkheads and deployment and
staging areas. He will agree to support the ~request for funds but
he can't do it as a commissioner of the Dept. of Transportation.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS' Statter was under the impression we had to match the funds.
(continued) When I.talked to Malone' he said ~'No, this is bondmoney".
If we have to match it, we wil! incorporate 1.0%.
! discussed with Mr.. Malone a plan. He is going to enter a
request for $588,000 for 'direct appropriation for engineering
of a harbor, We are going to leave in the 4 million dollars
in bondi]ng with the idea that the finance committee will
p~obably knock it out the fi.rst round, however, they will get
used 'to that and next year if we have to put it back in they
will have ~already seen it once and it won't be any shock to
them, It may work it's way up through the chain and work
itself'onto the ballot, .If this occurs, we will already have
the direct appropriation of the engineering underway and bond
money will be forth coming, Pat O:Connell is fully aware of
everything, Tillion is not fullY aware of this request coming
in.. He is not overly .negative to the boat harbor but he would
rather' see a dry harbor situation. He. is more engrossed with
his own harbor business in Homer. He has developed thi~
gigantic transportation chain from the Orient through the
Chain to Homer.
What Malone wants to see is some backup from the Harbor Commissiol
officially stating this is what our stand is. Primarily we
need the $500,000 'for engineering, Secondly we need the
4~million dollars for bonding, Thirdly, we need back up
request for enginee'ring with this total report. They have no
support material. Presently they have 8 billion dollars worth
of requests before the legislature and will spend 400 to 800
mi 11 i on~
Co.mmissioner Wagoner proceeded to explain a lock system in
which involved 2 locks which could take up to 20 --30 small
fishing boats at a time. You can put pumps on there to raise
the water level and the harbor can stay at half tide level
all the time... 'There would be no sedimentation problem because
there wouldn'.~t be flushing or flooding action., You wouldn't
have to dredge, Commissioner Williams mentioned a hydrolic
jetting system as a possibility, He stated that we mi'ght
come up with something that would solve their Dilling-ham or
Ni.nilichik problems. With this kind of money we can hire
professionals. We will get the finest enginee~ri.ng firm and
have them design it.
Chai'rman Peterkin asked Commissioner Williams how long it would
take to get the engineering done. Commissioner Will~iams
thought that if we had the money in hand and a good engineering
firm, by the end of the summer,
Commissioner Williams requested a letter be sent to
Senator Clem Tillion, Margaret Branson, Rep., Hugh Malone, Rep.,
and Patrick O'Connell. See letter attached to minutes.
RECESS'
At 10-50 p.m. Chairman Peterkin called a recess.
RE-CONvENE:
At ll-05 p.m. Chairman Peterkin called the meeting back to order.
NEW BUS INESS'
(continued)
Chairman Peterkin stated that what John is proposing is rather
than go to Wince, Corthell, Bryson and Freas or another
engineering firm; through the past few years we' have through
the. Borough, City & State all the information we need to
build a complete package using a grant type formula to do the
work that Don Statters office has g'ranted $5,000 and the
City of Kenai has matched that $5,000. Commissioner Williams
said that Don Statter indicated to him that there was a lot
of information already existing in his files'in Juneau which
he Would like to see incorporated into this compilation of
material. We will hire a private consultant Who is versed
defining the needs at the surface, we don't need an engineer,
determine' user.preference. He proposed that we hire Margo Zuelow
She has experience in grant writing, writing for the State Dept.,
experience in' environmental ~concepts in the Transalaska Pipeline.
It was agreed that a 2 man' committee interview her.. Mayor
O'Reilly suggested spea'king with Charlie BroWn on .contractorial
services.
OLD BUSINESS'
(b) BUDGET
Commissioner Wagoner reques~ted, that Mayor O'Reilly contact
Don. Statter's office and amend the contract date to the end
of April instead of April 15.
Chairman' Peterkin to Mayor O'Reilly. You indicated that
there is a problem with the secretarial staffing. Mayor
O'Reilly elaborated stating that one half of 'Kim's salary
comes from the Airport budget. She i.s responsible'for the
leases on the Airport lands. In' the 1980 - 1981 budget there
should be some figure to cover secretarial services for the
· minutes and other secretarial needs.
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Chairman Peterkin questioned if we are going to have a full
time. girl for the Port Authority will Jim Swalley be on the
Port Commission budget? Mayor O'Reilly answered yes. Chairman
Peterkin said how a.bout the men working on the airport? Where
does it stop?
RECOMMENDATION FOR
MR. TEPP'S POSITION'
Mayor O'Reilly suggested that we get together with Charlie Brown
and bring Mr Burnett in on this. Charlie should .be aware
with thi.s forth coming ordinance that it will bring forth
tremendous changes., Commi~ssioner Wil 1 iams suggested that we
direct Mr. Brown to investigate the needs for funding a
total Kenai Port Commission including all administrative,
operational and maintenance ~costs as well~ as sources of revenue
and any other financial and legal information 'collaterally
required, Commissioner Wagoner stated that.he needs to sUpply
us wi th income on. airport monies from Iast year.
Chairman Peterkin asked for recommendations for Mr. Tepp's
position on the~commission. Commissioner Wagoner recommended
a processor. Commissioner Williams recommended Ron Issacs
a commercial fisherman, boat bUilder and he~ lives in the city.
HB 540'
ADJOURN.
Mayor O'~Reilly stated that Tom Waterer sent him a letter on
HB 540, Mayor O:'Reilly sent' off three letters to 1.egislators
supporting herring processi.ng,
At 11'40 p.m. Commissioner Peterkin moved for adjournment,
Respectful !y ~bmi'tted,
Kim Howard
Administrative Assistant
Robert P6terki ~ Chairman
Harbor Commi ss i on