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Home My WebLink About1984-08-28 Harbor Commission SummaryKENAI HARBOR COMMISSION August 28, 1984 Kenai City Hail John Williams, Chairman No Agenda fo~ ~his meeting. Present: Williams, Houtz, T. Thompson, M.W. Thompson, D~agseth, Quesnel Mayo~ Wagoner, Brighton, Korneiis Mayo~ Wagoner TAMS representa ~ ives 1, ~. Dis~u.s.sio.nl:' ..Dr.a~s.eth/Salama~o.F. P,r. pposa!. Chairman Williams gave a history of the land t~ade up to the p~esen~ time; how they wili affect the waterfront area, wha~ poten~iai for deveIoping a dock facing in ~he area south of Salama~of dock; and whethe~ o~ not to look at o~he~ areas. Chairman Williams called for a report from the Engineering Dept. Public Works Director, Kei[h Ko,hells p~esented a map colo~-coo~dinated to show the lands to be traded. Bill Brighton explained that the bank is washing away and that the primary purpose of the trade is ~o consolidate storage and giving another individual water frontage allowing them to put up a fish processing facility fo~ loading and unloading. The plant manage~ of Salamatof had stated that it was his opinion that it would be advantageous to aiI parties. Wha~ is needed is some type of consent o~ opinion ~o pass aIong to CounciI. Two primary considerations are: 1) would the Harbor Commission feel ~hat it would enhance the vaIue or lease of ~he Iand and promote more industry on the waterfront, 2) determine whether or not to build some dock facilities up to wha~ wouid then be ~he City proper~y Iine,)) what ~ype of arrange- ment has been discussed with Saiamatof as to use of the dock if the City builds it. The Commission discussed the use of Trac~ A, i.e. whether or not it could be used for a docking faciIity. Mayor Wagoner s~ated that "at no ~ime was the City given permission to use Tract A by BLM." Chairman WiIliams stated that, "I don't beiieve we wouid have spen~ a half miliion dolIars on engineering Iooking at a 30 million doliar harbor if we hadn't cIeared that issue up". Dead files wilI be researched to ascertain that BLM has given or no~ given consent for use of Tract A. The Commission turned discussion to docking facilities for off-loading barges. Commissioner Hou~z asked what pubIic input has been received. Commissioner Thompson s~ated that he remembered a~ least one public hearing where very few, perhaps one or ~wo, commercial fishermen appeared. Chairman WilIiams asked Commissioner Dragse~h, "if the City were to build a HARBOR COMMISSION Info,mai Meet ing August 2B, i984 Page 2 dock, would Royal Pacific be in a position to extend the dock facility and incorporate it in the one project. Commissioner Dragsekh answe~ed~ "financially, no". Chairman Williams stated that he did not feel the Commission could move ahead in that the deed restrictions would prevent the City from using this site; the Salamatof t~ade would not give the City a large enough dock facility to do anything worthwhile. Mayo~ Wagoner stated that a deed restriction could be cleared up, and begin researching some barging companies such as SeaWay lo determine the length of dock needed and the comparability for that type of operation du~ing the summer fishing months which would need the dock for fishing opera~ions. Chairman Williams suggested a financial partnership with the City and Seaway fo~ funding o~ more money from the 5take. Mayor Wagoner pointed out that the revenue which would be derived from tonnage passing over the dock on a scheduled basis and more than 5 months of a year would be of considerable financial benefit. Chairman Williams stated that it appeared that the Commission was unable to come to a conseosus of opinion on the issue until 2 major issues could be resolved and that Administration is asked to: 1) Investigate the availability of Tract A with BLM 2) Open discussions with SeaWay to determine needs · "if the City were to Commissioner T Thompson asked the TAMS engineers, consider, say a 400' dock, 1) TAMS opinion about a situation where the facing coming down would be parallel with the current, and 2) if it could not be parallel with the current, in a qeneral sense, could a ba~ge be held on a 400' dock with a strong ebbin~ tide as a sideways torque would be c~eated. 3ay Lyman answered that "this angle is there because the main "it is channel of the rive~ swings around." Commissioner Thompson stated, then, at the current time, parallel with the water" , answer yes. It takes full advantage of the movement. The problem comes when you t~y to extend 'it, your ~iver is curving around so that the furthe~ you extend it, the more you have to take extra precautions and becomes unworkable. Until the answer is returned regarding the availability of Tract A, any plans are forestalled. Mayor Wagone~ stated that he has discussed with Council the possibility of combining Commissions into an overall Transportation Commission including the airport. If this ever comes into being, there will be some freight traffic with the airport. ~his is a suggestion for consideration. HARBOR COMMISSION Informal Meet lng August 28, 1984 Page 3 2. AD3OURNMENT ~ ~ ~ -~ ~ . ........~ ~' . ~ ................. Meeting was adjourned. No meeting date has been assigned at this time. Regular meetings are 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month. 3anet Loper Secretary