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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1983-10-25 Harbor Commission SummaryHARBOR COMMISSION~ REGULAR MEETING~ OCTOBER 25, ]98}, 7.'00 PM KENAI CITY ADMINISTRATION BUILDING CHAIRMAN 30HN WILLIAMS PRESIDING MINUTES 1 . ROLL CALL P~esent: Williams, Houtz, T. Absent: D~agseth, Quesnel, Thompson, M. Thompson Weller AGENDA APPROVAL Agenda was approved as submitted. APPROVAL OF MINUTES MOTION: Commissione~ Welle~ moved, seconded by Commissione~ Houtz, to approve the minutes as submitted. Motion passed by unanimous consent. Chairman Williams asked that copies meeting, as well as minutes of this Commissioners D~agseth, M. Thompson, of the minutes of 9-15 meeting, be sent to and Quesnel. 4. GUEST SPEAKERS Oim White - Ba~ge Docking Facilities Chairman Williams explained, he asked Mr. White to this meeting because the Harbor Comm. will have a say in the overall scheme. This would be on the primary site as the most optimum site on the river, but since it was privately owned, they had opted for City property. Mr. White said he is speaking for Dan Frederick's proposal. He would like to donate enough land to the City if the City will provide a dock and access. It would be the property between Dragnet Fisheries and Salamatof (the City dock). Chairman Williams added, some of the ideas are, if Mr. Fredericks donates the property, the city could dredge a slip for large barges and build a dock facility. We would open ourselves up to .large barges for safe haven. There is a potential for a rail barge, they could be rolled off onto spur trucks. The trucks could connect to the airport. The rail cars could be brought in at the airport to all over Alaska instead of into Anchorage. The potential is there for a transportation base. The rail barges could go out of the river to Coll'ier for urea, be sealed, shipped to Seattle and connected anywhere .in the country. It would not have to be KENAI HARBOR COMMISSION OCT. 25, 198~ Page 2 (ransferred. A rail could be built [o Collier, but ~his seems more feasible. Corem. Thompson no(ed it is feasible if [he ~ea[.her cooperates. Comm. Hou(z noted they could no[ use a box car at Colliers, i( is a ver(ical drop. Collier loads by gravity drop and a slinger. Chairman Williams suggested Collier could modify ~i[h a chute. Comm. Hou(z replied he doubted if Collie~ could do [.hat, bagging and dropping [o box ca~s could be feasible. H~. White said, cu~ren(ly ~hey load in bulk [o Riverga[e and re-load [here, [hey ~ould no( have [o ~e-load. All [he rail (raffle comes up hece and goes back empty. If ~it'~is mar-ked ~he. re for destination, i~ could go direct. Comm. Weller asked if it was worth the modification to the company. Chairman Williams noted it ~ill be large shipments. Mr. White noted, development is coming, the Anchorage bo~l is saturated, there are also environmental problems there. Chairman Williams suggested Finance Director Brown prepare an updated budget on ~hat monies are available, and that the Commission consider asking TAMs to do a minor study and dra~ings to see if a b.arge facility could be built there and costs. The commission agreed ~o ~he suggestion. Comm. Hou~z asked Mr. White, how big is the area? Mr. White replied, 275 ft. frontage. Comm. Hou~z asked, what would ~he City ne~? Mr. Whi~e replied, i~ would be a public dock. Any business would have access ~o i~. He no,ed i~ costs as much [o ship from Sea~le ~o Anchorage as it does from Anchorage ~o Kenai. Comm. Hou~z asked, where are they off-loaded now? Comm. Weller replied, Northland loads in Sea~le and off-loads in Kenai on a regular basis. 2 more come in ~o Homer because ~here is no facility in Kenai. Chairman Williams no,ed there are some pre~y good sized ~enders working ~he river. Mr. Whi~e said for every new business you have, ~hat is 6 more people going ~o work. It also lends s~abili~y ~o the area. Comm. Weller said he wan~ed ~o make sure ~here was room on ~he dock for all businesses wan~ing to use i~. Mr. White said the adjoining acreage could be developed. He added, you would need a por~ captain for scheduling. Chairman Williams asked Mr. Whi~e ~o contac~ Mr. Fredericks and have him lay ou~ in writing wha~ his in~en~ions are, ~he property donated and wha~ he expects in re~urn. Then Harbor Comm. could go ~o Council, move on ~o plans, and con~ac~ barge opera~ors. Mr. White noted ~he ~rucking companies are owned by barge opera~ors. Comm. Weller noted local ~ruckers are no~ getting money KENAI HARBOR COMMISSION OCT. 25, 198} P age } · · from Anchorage ~o Kenai shipping. H~. Nhi~e said ~he adjoining land is leased by H~. Dragse~h, he imagined he ~ould be amenable. Comm. Hou~z asked, ~ha~ kind of fees are ~here ~i~h ~ig ~enders? Comm. Nelle~ replied, dock fees, ~onnage fees, ~a~e~ & fuel a~e available, longshoring costs (~hese are ~he~e ever you go). Hr. Nhi~e no~ed if all is containerized and on ~ails, longshoring costs ~ould go do~n. COHHUNICATIONS a · Corps. of Engineers, Zubeck ~eques( for fill Chairman ~illiams explained, Mr. Zubeck is requesting dumping fill a~ ~he S~ires Rd. area. Our concern as a public agency is ~hat i~ is on ~etlands. He suggested a le~er be sen~ s~a~ing Harbor Comm. has no objection ~o issuance of ~he permit, and Harbor Comm. has no jurisdiction over ~hose lands located [ha~ distance from ~he harbor. Commission agreed to the request. ._ REPORTS a. TAMs request for payment. Chairman ~illiams said our question is ~he~her ~he design ~as proper after construction. He suggested ~he Commission defray (sic, defer?) comment on paymen~ ~o the City Manager and Engineering Dept. If they feel the job ~as completed, le~ ~hem pay i~. Engineer LaSho~ is a~are of ~he shortcomings. Comm. Thompson no~ed ~e do no~ kno~ if it was construction or dra~ing problem. Chairman ~illiams said ~he City re~ains inspection responsibility. Comm. ~eller said if ~.he contractor followed instructions on ~he steep grade, i~ ~ould no~ be his fault. Chairman ~illiams said if it is faulty plans, our recourse is ~o the engineering firm. He suggested ~e hold action ~ill ~hey mee~ ~i~h ~ Engineer LaSho~. Comm. Thompson asked if ~hey had ~o sign off. Chairman ~illiams replied yes, bu~ ~hey said he ~orked according [o specs. The ramp end is below the.mud .~The 1st ~ide has dumped 1-1/2" to ~" of mud. Comm. Thompson said ~he earlier ramp ~ould get mud on ~he lo,er end in ~in~er, but no problem in ~he summer. Chairman ~illiams added, ~he fill is ~ashing ou~. He suggested a meeting ~ith all commissioners, City Manager Brighton and Engineer LaSho~. Comm. ~eller suggested slides of ~he area for ~he meeting. Comm. Hou~z volunteered ~o ~ake slides. KENAI HARBOR OCT. 25, 1983 Page 4 COMMISSION · · The Commission decided on meeting Nov. 8, 198} in Council chambers, ~equest Enginee~ LaShot and City Manage~ Brighton attend, and urge all Commission members to come. Comm. Houtz will contact M~. Horton of TAMs .~ega~ding the ramp and submit a cepo~t to the Commission. Chai_~man Will.iams asked that minutes of this meeting be sent to M~. Brighton and Mr. LaShot with hi-lites of this item. b · TAMs Sedimentation Study Chai.~man Will~ams explained, TAMs has one more project, ~he Feasibility s~udy. He would like ~o ask TAMs Fo.~ insigh~ in~o ~he nex~ phase in ~ime For ~he nex~ meeting, and ask ~hem ~o send any de~ailed malaria! conce.~ning ~he nex[ phase oF analysis. He also asked [ha~ City Manage~ B~igh~on and Engineem LaSho~ ~eview ~he minu~es and le~ Chairman Wi~liams know iF ~hey have any grave concerns abou~ ~he design; and ~ha~ Comm. Hou~z is ~aking pictures and con~ac~ing TAMs ~ega~ding ~he design. Chairman Williams repo~ed he received a magazine from TAMs for review of ~he Commission. TAMs will be presenting a packe~ to presen~ ~o ~he Legislature if ~he Comm. de~ermines we wan~ ~o go ahead wi~h ~he harbor. The feasibility, s~udy will be done before ~he Legislature convenes. He had no~ been ~o Council work sessions regarding Capital Improvements because he was wai~ing for ~he s~udy. He had a long ~alk wi[h Gov. Sheffield regarding ~he harbor and o~her i~ems las~ week. The Governor's sentiments are ~ha~ if ~ is needed, i~ will be buil~, bu~ i~ mus~ be a proven need. OLD BUSINESS None NEW BUSINESS None KENAI HARBOR COMMISSION OCT. 25, 198~ Page 5 10. PERSONS PRESENT NOT SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD None 1 1 . ADJOURNMENT Meeting adjourned at net Whelan City Clerk 8:30 PM.