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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1982-01-26 Harbor Commission SummaryKENAI ADVISORY HARBOR COMMISSION Regular Meeting, January 26, 1982 Kenai City Hall Robert Peterkin, Chairman AGENDA A. Call to Order B. Roll Call C. Agenda Approval De Approval of Minutes, JanUary 12, 1982 E. Guest Speakers F. Communications Reports Bill Brighton: Roper Proposal, CH2M Hill Contract, Coyle Appraisal Nortec H. Old Business Election of Chairman, John Williams I. New Business J. Persons Present Not Scheduled to be Heard K. Adjournment KENAI ADVISORY HARBOR COMMISSION Regular Meeting of January 26, 1982 Kenai City Hall John Williams, Chairman A. CALL TO ORDER Meeting called'to order at 7:10 p.m. B. ROLL CALL Present' John Williams, Tom Thompson, Leon Quesnel, Paul Weller, and Marvin Dragseth Absent' Bob Peterkin C. AGENDA APPROVAL Agenda approved with no additions or corrections D. APPROVAL OF MINUTES, January 12, 1982 Minutes approved with no changes or additions E. GUEST SPEAKERS None F. COMMUNICATIONS John Williams read correspondence from' 1. PNWA with questionnaire 2. PNWA with another questionnaire 3. Alaska Wetlands Task Force 4. House Bill 55 and Senate Bill 655 Commissioner Quesnel asked what roll the Commission played regarding membership in PNWA. Mr. Williams answered that he was not sure, that in the past all correspondence and questionnaires of this sort were answered by the coordinator, however, he was a member of the Board of Directors for PNWA. The subject could be taken up later in the meeting. G. REPORTS Bill Brighton brough the Commission up to date on the following items from the last meeting- 1. The Coyle appraisal has been ordered and is forthcoming. A report will follow at the next meeting KENAI ADVISORY HARBOR COMMISSION Regular Meeting, January 26, 1982 Page 2 2. The contract with CH2M Hill has been cancelled by means outlined by Attorney Delahay. 3. There will be a meeting arranged with Nortec sometime in the next two weeks 4. The Council made the counter offer to Bob Roper and he has accepted. A contract has been drawn up and signed John Williams expressed the opinion that the City and Commission had crossed a major hurdle by the "reclamation of City land" and~ projects that had been held back for so long can now be considered seriously. · H. OLD BUSINESS 1. Coordinator for Harbor Commission Although this was not an item on the agenda, John Williams asked that the coordinator's position be discussed and asked for direction from the Mayor and City Administration. Mayor Vince O'Reilly and Bill Brighton explained that there was no funding available in Juneau for many reasons which they elaborated on and also that the Council was taking a hard look at money available "for taking on additional staffing, even on a consultant basiS". John Williams pointed out that without a coordinator, the City. cannot keep in touch and "be associated fully with Coastal Zone Management, Pacific Northwest Waterways, Corps of Engineers and can only be superficially associated'with them in very important aspects of their work". Mayor O'Reilly and Bill Brighton suggested an option would be to have an equal share of a coordinator with the Planning and Zoning Commission which' appeared to be an equable solution. John Williams asked Bill Brighton to develop for the members fo the Commission, an accounting of all of the funds that are now on hand that have not been .spent, Mr. Brighton stated that he had already set the task in motion and will present the findings at the next meeting. Mr. Williams also asked that a meeting be set up with Planning and Zoning Commission to discuss a coordinator's position and asked if the City could possibly fund one half of a consulting fee and that the Mayor discuss this with the Council. Mayor O'Reilly agreed and added that it was 'a logical request in that the City Manager could not put in the time, nor could Public Works staff. John Williams asked the Administration to prepare a detailed list of tasks from the past, present, and future that need to be looked at which include any outstanding requests for leases, any outstanding KENAI ADVISORY HARBOR COMMISSION Regular Meeting, January 26, 1982 Page 3 work that has to be done relating to the waterways system that has not been covered, lightly touched on, or pending., and these may include fisheries leases and .set net leases. ~ "Nothing may be done with it, but there have been ~sales and leases and the Commission needs to take a look at the new owners to their leases". Also, future plans in areas around the boat launch, if anything is to be done such as plans for a new ramp, it must get going soon. A small draft or blueprint is needed and discussion was held on who would be available. It was the unanimous decision that Wince, Corthell, Bryson be asked to sit in on the next meeting and be available. 2. Nortec Negotiations John Williams asked about the progress of negotiations with Nortec regarding the' sedimentation study. The questions that need to be addressed by Nortec are; how extensive are their capabilities in this type of work, how extensive are the capabilities on doing a seawall or erosion control study of the bluff and will it be incorpOrated in with the rest of the proposal.. Mr. Williams asked to ensure that this will be an investigative meeting and pointed out that there was another company the Commission was pleased with and this is TAMS. It was his feeling that if possible, it would be better to have one company do the project in its entirety instead of more than one company doing the project piece 'by piece. Marvin Dragseth reminded the Commission that if anything was to be done on the ramp, it would have to be done very soon as spring is coming and work will have to begin shortly. John Williams asked that at the next meeting, the list be made up to prioritize the improvements of the boat ramp. Mr. Dragseth further stated that he had received public input complaining about the fact that the City has over $100,000 to be spent on that area and nothing had been done as yet. 3. Election of Chairman NOMINATION S: Marvin Dragseth nominated John Williams, seconded by Paul Weller. Election of John Williams passed by unanimous roll call vote. KENAI ADVISORY HARBOR COMMISSION Regular Meeting, Janaury 26, 1982 Page 4 I. NEW BUSINESS 1. Development of Facilities at the Boat Ramp Although this item was not on the agenda, due to the shortness of time involved, the Commission recessed to discuss the item. The item is to be on the agenda for the next meeting. J. PERSONS PRESENT NOT SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD None K. ADJOURNMENT The next meeting of the Kenai Advisory Harbor Commission will be Tuesday, February 9, 1982. There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned. Respectfully submitted: t Loper', retary ·