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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1984-05-08 Harbor Commission SummaryKENAI HARBOR COMMISSION May 8, 1984 Kenai City Hall 3ohn Wi_iliams, Chairman AGENDA 1. ROLL CALL 2. AGENDA APPROVAL GUEST SPEAKERS t APPROVAL OF MINUTES of 3anuary 24, 1984 5. REPORTS Current Budget Report from Finance Director 6. OLD BUSINESS D~agseth P~oposal The~e is no new information as of this date, however, you have been furnished with all discussion material f~om the Council up to this point. It is expected that a report is soon forthcoming and a work session has been ~equested by the Council. You will be notified as soon as Council has received the material and sets a mutually convenient date. 7. NEW BUS I NESS a~ Letter from State RE: Boat Harbo~ Management be Letter from State RE: American Rivers Month c. Three PNWA Letters PERSONS PRESENT NOT SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD COMMISSION COMMENTS & QUESTIONS 10. ADOOURNMENT KENAI HARBOR COMMISSION May 8, 1984 Kenai City Hall John Williams, Chairman 1. ROLL CALL me NOTE: ® Present: Williams, Thompson, Houtz, and Quesnel Absent: Dragse~h and M.W. Thompson Also Present: City Manager Bill Brighton AGENDA APPROVAL Agenda approved as submitted GUEST SPEAKERS None APPROVAL OF MINUTES of 3anuary 24, 1984 For the a~ten~ion of Administration: the Commission stands short 1 member Chairman Williams noted that item O in ~he minu~es requesked the Administration to look into funding for ~he Corps of Engineers and asked for any results. Bill Brighton Mr. Brighton stated ~hat the City was no~ in line for any. Chairman Williams stated that a few years ago they talked about 2 million doIIars that was avaiIabIe for dredging and basin monies from the Corps and there was a bill before congress regarding increasing the amount ~o 4 milIion. Mr. Brighton understood tha~ the money is only available to people who have already used i~ for o~her purposes. Under 7-0 was a mo~ion to request TAMS ~o begin ~he permitting process to keep current, what is ~he s~a[us, What has become of the final repor~ from TAMS? Minutes approved as submitted. Items in question will be answered by separate memo. REPORTS Cur.rent.~Budget ...... .R..eport from....Ei.na.nce: Director To begin the first phase of development, it would almost appear that with $84~,000 ~e could al. most get: going on our own. "Our Mayor is HARBOR COMMISSION May 8, I984 Page 2 always interested in putting our best foot forward when it comes to showing wha~ we can do." Chairman Williams asked for a report on the 1.9 million. Mr. Brighton stated that a promise has come from 3ay Kerttula about 4 ~eeks ago that it would be in the budget. Our problems from a political standpoint in the past has been between ~erttula and Don Gilman, they have had a political fallingout. Notwithstanding, last ~eek he promised a§ain it would be in the bud§et but there ~ould be some problems, they anticipate the governor will veto 75 - 80,%, so his remark is that we will get it in ~he budget but not ~he entire amount. What this bill will have is all the Capital Improvement projects that the governor has already vetoed plus some new ones. In the meantime, Mr. Brighton has started working on going through the agencies, to the Office of Management and Budget, trying to get them not to recommend to the governor thi~ be one of the items that be vetoed. ~r. Kertkula met with Don Gilman and told him to get his facts and figures ready and insert the 1.9 million. That will be the first thing Don Gilman has been permitted to put into the Capital Improvement budget in 2 years. The important thing for us, once it gets in there, is letters to the governor, beseeching him not to veto that item. The House Transportation Committee has passed the 1.9 million then it goes to the Finance Committee. Chairman Williams asked when the bill is anticipated to go before the legislature, Mr. Brighton stated, before the end of next week. Chairman Williams asked if it was Mr. Brighton's recommendation to go to Juneau and if he planned on going. ~r. Brighton did not plan on going but ~ayor ~agoner Chairman Williams requested the letter regarding the placement of bouys in the river and the response to go [o Gilman, Kerttula, Malone and to Mayor Wagoner to take to Juneau. Commissione~ Houtz wished to confirm that the 1.9 million was for the plans reviewed in January with the boat ramp extracted, i.e. a docking facility, fuel facility, and perhaps restrooms with fresh water and a boat repair g~id. Chairman Williams and Commissioner Houtz will be travelling to Juneau next week. Regarding the letter from DOT and the $157,000, it was agreed that Mr. Brown be directed to write a letter to DOT advising them that the Harbor Commission wishes to have the monies remain available to us in the interim, but that it will not be used specifically right now, i.e. we are going to use the money, but cannot state specifics until certain pending items are clear. There have been meetings with the Corps and engineering firms to complete a feasible harbor plan and at this time ask that the remaining funds be given to the City to continue any further necessary studies or projects connected.~..with the harbor. Mr. Brighton explained that anything that has gone beyond 5 HARBOR COMM I $ S I ON May 8~ 1984 Page ~ yea~s and has not been aIiocated ~s ~u~ned back. The Commission d~scussed what appea~ed to be two sepa~ake funds fo~ $500,000. Those monies w~lI be used fo~ fu~he~ land acquisition and additionaI funding fo~ construction of khe p~oposed facil_ity. Chairman Williams asked if the Commission budget was at a s~age that could be ~eviewed, .M~. B~ighton skated that he did not have one with him. 6. OLD BUSINESS a;...,.. Dragseth_ .P.rop0.s._ a..1 M~. B~ighton d~ew the area on the board and expiained that there is no property for Salamatof Seafoods, its less than 6' and all belongs to KNA, howeve~ there is a strip about 12' - 14' that curves. Salamatof and Royal Pacific got togethe~ and M~. Dragseth says "I don't have any ~ive~ f~ontage with this piece of p~ope~ty and it's only 14' f~om the edge of the bank, so they are saying, sell some of this to Salamatof, square it off, get it up to the river and t~ade this in equal amount back to KNA, Salamatof has more usable ~ive~ frontage, D~agseth bought a piece f~om KNA and has ~easonable rive~ f~ontage access fo~ which he wants to build a fish p~ocessing plant. It makes the p~operty next to Salamatof mo~e usable and ensures access to the property. What they are asking fo~ is an exchange of equaI amount of real estate. Commissione~ Houtz asked where the City enters into the project. M~. B~ighton explained that the City of Kenai owns the land on which Salamof is sitting. Chairman Williams asked about the statement made by Mt. Wise that the land is under ~est~icted deed, M~. B~ighton and Chairman Williams agreed that the deed restricts only the public use. Land swaps a~e not uncommon and have benefited the City and the public. M~. B~ighton stated that if the~e was a consensus from the Harbor Commission to the Council, then Mr. Brighton can approach M~. D~agseth. Commissione~ Houtz stated that what is happening is that the City is pa~ting with ~iver frontage, albeit not expensive, but should be able to exchange at least the same amount because we are enhancing the value of his property immediately. M~. Brighton explained that instead of exchanging say G ac~es for 6 ac~es, there would be appraisals on it and the exchange would be fo~ appraised value without ~ega~d to how much space. Commissioner Houtz was under the impression that when this first came up this was a competitive p~oposal to the F~edrickson/White p~oposal which was to put in a ba~ge facility, and that the reason fo~ putting Fredrickson on hold was to hear the D~agseth proposal, answer this does not appea~ to be the case. Chairman Williams stated that what we seen to be seeing is a small docking facility fo~ Royal Pacific ~athe~ than a la~ge docking facility for City use. Perhaps some type of a~rangement simila~ to that of Salamatof needs to be incorporated into the D~agseth proposal whereby he cannot limit off-loading of fish to only those who sell to HARBOR COMMISSION May Page him. That may not be possible, but since it is City proper~y, Salamatof is a public dock. Mr. 8righbon explained ~hat came about due to ~he property being leased. MOTION: Commissioner Houtz moved thak the Harbor Commission requests specific platted details of the proposed ~ransaction and that generaily ~he Commission sees no objeckion to the proposal, seconded by Commissioner Quesnei. VOTE: Mo~ion passes unanimousiy 7. NEW BUSINESS a, Lette~ r~om._ State .... RE: Boat ~Ha_~bo~ ..Manag..e~en~t_ The letter had not reached the Commission early enough for comment. Commissioner T. Thompson noted the costs for moorage stated in the letter and that this cost projection is about 50% higher than that quoted by TAMS. The Commission agreed that this document needed to be looked over very carefully. b. Lette~ from State RE: American Rivers Month · .. MOTION: Commissioner Houtz moved to request from the Harbor Commission be sent to ~he Clarion requesting a special feakure article on the recreationaI faciiities and cuitural advankages of ~he Kenai River in recognition of American Rivers Month during ~he month of June, the article should then be sent on to the National Coordinator of the American Rivers Conservation Council, seconded by Commissioner T. Thompson. VOTE: Motion passed unanimously. c, Three PNWA Letters No action - information only. 8. PERSONS PRESENT NOT SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD None COMMISSION COMMENTS & QUESTIONS Chairman Williams requested a reminder be sent to the Mayor regarding the vacant sea't on the Commission. HARBOR COMMI SS!ON May 8, 1984 Page ~ IO. AD3OURNMENT The~e being no fu~the~ bus~ness, khe meeting was adjourned. The next meeting will be June 12, 1984. 3anel Lopez' Secz'etaz'y