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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1982-04-27 Harbor Commission SummaryKENAI ADVISORY HARBOR COMMISSION Regular Meeting, April 27, 1982 Kenai City Hall John Williams, Chairman AGENDA 1. Call to Order 2. Roll Call 3. Agenda Approval 4. Approval of Minutes of March 23, 1982 5. Guest Speakers 6. Communications 7. Reports a. TAMS Proposal b. Update of Boat Ramp Project c. Update of Removal of 'Optimist' 8. Old Business a. Shore Fisheries Leases Guest Speaker, Joe DeSmidt, Dept. of Forest, Land, and Water .'~ Resources 9. New Business 10. Persons Present Not Scheduled to be Heard 11. Adjournment KENAI ADVISORY HARBOR COMMISSION Regular Meeting of April 27, 1982 Kenai City Hall John Williams, Chairman 1. CALL TO ORDER Meeting was called to order at 7:10 p.m. in. the Public Works conference room. 2. ROLL CALL Present: John Williams, Tom Thompson, MoI~7. Thompson, and Paul 'Weller Absent: Bob Peterkin, Marvin Dragseth, Leon Quesnel 3. AGENDA APPROVAL Agenda was approved unanimously with no deletions or additions 4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES of March 23, 1982 The minutes were approved unanimously .with no deletions or additions 5. GUEST SPEAKERS None 6. COMMUNCIATIONS A. COpies of letters sent by Mr. Bill '-Brighton were given to. the Commission. The letters were to, John S. Tolley, et al, Ms. BetsY Kanago, A.R. Gibby, et al, and Ms. Vicki Cannard et al, and all. concerned the bond money requested by the City from the State grant awarded to the City for the harbor project. Chairman Williams read two letters to the Commission for their approval that were to be sent to Mr. A. Reed Gibby and to Jim Wolfe of the Corps of Engineers concerning the permits necessary for bo. th harbor projects. The Commission approved the letters unanimously and they will be sent. B. A copy of Mayor O'Reilly's report on the Wetlands conference was given to the Commission upon request since the Mayor was not able to attend the meeting. KENAI ADVISORY HARBOR COMMISSION Regular Meeting, April 27, 1982 Page 2 7. REPORTS A. TAMS Proposal The..Commis. sion~ was informed that the contract from TAMS had reached' Attorney Delahay for his.. input on Monday and the Commission requested that. Mr. Delahay be advised of the need for speed as the spring testing should have been done in April. B. Update of Boat Ramp. Project Again the letters to the State. were discusSed and no .progress can be made until the bond money is released for Wince, Corthell, & Bryson. C. Update of Removal of "Optimist" Mr. Ed Lindbeck, Marine Surveyor from-.Anchorage .did the onsight survey of the vessel~ on Thursday, April '22. A copy of his report will be given to the Commission as soon as it arrives. Mr. Lindbeck advised that he would also forward a copy of the survey to the owner, Mr. Wright via certified letter. Upon receipt of the report, the Commission agreed that the next step would be to contact Mr. Wright. The. Commission requested a report be made concerning documentation of vessels and identification should a problem such as this arise again and also for information purposes. 8. OLD BUSINESS A. Shore~ Fisheries Leases Discus.sion was again held on the question of shore fisheries leases.. A plat of the-entire area involving the 7 sites owned by the City was .introduced, along with the current list of those owners and .expired leases. Mr. Joe DeSmidt of the Division of Forest, Land, and Water Manage- ment was a guest of the Commission and.'~answered questions concerning set net leases. Mr. DeSmidt adjudicates set net leases for the State through his office. Mr. DeSmidt had tracked down the plat (#71) which illustrates the set net sites and shows the owners at the. time the tidelands were turned over to the City. Mr. DeSmidt has given the City two copies of the plat. KENAI ADVISORY HARBOR COMMISSION Regular Meeting, April 27, 1982 Page 3 Discussion centered around such questions as: should the City of Kenai take an active roll in administering, the set net~ leases, should the City of Kenai turn over the' adminis~tration .of the leases to ~the State since that agency was already 'set .up to do so, the cost inv°lved in ~administering the leases versus the cost of .the lease, should a tax be placed on the gross amount of fish taken to generate an income for the City, should the City relinquish any involvement in the set net ~leases due to the many problems that may arise, should a set fee be created to be .paid .at the inception ~of the lease to offset the cost of administering these leases, .and many more. Mr. DeSmidt was very helpful in that he could advise the Commis'Sion on matters that the State handles now and how.the City'could also do so using State guidelines but still tailor"the leases to. the City's needs. .It was brought.out that the City of Kenai is in a unique situation in that there are.so~few cities with'set net sites within city limits and are governed by those cities. Mr. Delahay's advise ~was sought and given as well as the council given by Mr.~ DeSmidt and the. following motion .resulted: MOTION: M.W. Thompson moved, seconded by Tom Thompson ~to create a shore fisheries lease ordinance. The motion passed with unanimous roll call vote. Mr.'-DeSmidt, Ben. Delahay and' the Commission went through several State documents as well as City Ordinances and an agreement was made to begin' work on a ~separate part of the existing City Code that would deal eXclusively with set net leases belonging to the City and these recommendations will be sent on to the Council._ 9. NEW, BUSINESS None 10. PERSONS PRESENT NOT SCHEDULED 'TO BE HEARD None 11. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned The next meeting of the Harbor Commission will.be May 25, 1982 at 7:00 p,m. Respectfully submitted: J~'t LoPerS' S~cr~tary