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Home My WebLink About1987-11-16 Harbor Commission SummaryKENAI HARBOR COMMISSION November 16, 1987 - 7:00 PM Kenai City Hall Leon Quesnel, Chairman AGENDA 1. ROLL CALL 2. PERSONS PRESENT SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD 3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES of November 2, 1987 ( no quorum) 5. OLD BUSINESS a. Review Minutes of October 5th b. Review of Achievements, Goals, & Objectives 6. NEW BUSINESS a. Discussion- Ribbon Cutting Ceremony b. Report on Harbor Masters Conference in Homer c. Discussion- Navy Home Porting 7. CORRESPONDENCE a. Letter from Mayor Williams - Grant Application to Division of Parks & Outdoor Recreation 8. COMMISSION QUESTIONS & COMMENTS 9. ADJOURNMENT Set agenda for next meeting KENAI HARBOR COMMISSION Monday, November 16, 1987, 7:00 p.m. Minutes, Regular Meeting Held, Kenai City Hall, Conference Room Presiding: Leon Quesnel, Chairman 1. ROLL CALL Present Absent Leon Quesnel Barry Eldridge Wally Keppel-Page Will Jahrig Tom Thompson (excused) Joe Nord (excused) Jeff Jefferson (excused) In Attendance: Keith Kornelis, Public Works Director 2. PERSONS PRESENT SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD None. 3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA Commissioner Eldridge corrected date, which should be October 5, 1987. Chairman Quesnel added to New Business item (d) Port Authority. 4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - October 5, 1987 MOTION Commissioner Eldridge moved to approve minutes. Seconded by Commissioner Keppel-Page. 5. OLD BUSINESS a. Review of Minutes - October 5, 1987. Ice retainer work is being contracted out and cost is approximately $1,600. Director Kornelis explained work. Fish pumps versus crane/barge/floating dock and costs was discussed. Director Kornelis will research further and get literature. Sign on road and closed sign for restrooms has been done. DireCtor Kornelis will contact professional sign person for a price quote on quality sign for facility and report back to commission. Future operation of facility will be determined at a future date when city has experienced a full year of operation. KENAI HARBOR November 16, page 2 COMMISSION 1987 Nothing to report on narrow floating dock project at this time. Acquisition of gravel for fill and future expansion for staging area and parking is at a stalemate at this time in anticipation of funding. Discussion followed regarding avenues of funding and creative financing. Director Kornelis will contact Merf (ph) O'Brian to gather information. Kenai River Viewing Area grant application has been turned in for viewing platforms. Discussion followed on work that has been accomplished and problems with enlarging parking lot. Commissioner Eldridge would like copy of publication and opportunity to comment on project. Director Kornelis will gather further information. Commissioner Eldridge has not looked at study as yet regarding Old Town area of bank erosion. Director Kornelis let Commissioner Eldridge check out a copy of study previously done. Discussion followed. It was decided to add to plan for 5 year goal - Stabilize river bank under Old Town. Regarding dredging river and taking sand bar out, Director Kornelis wrote to U.S. Corp of Engineers, refer to Section 107 - Small Navigation Projects (attached). Comments followed regarding future of project. Director Kornelis talked with Coast Guard and they plan on redoing the back marker. They will drill down 9 feet and put poles in concrete to hold. Coast Guard is to relocate one of the navigational lights at the mouth of river. This is in response to letter written by Director Kornelis. Grant application letter regarding boardwalk was mentioned. Commissioners Eldridge, Chairman Quesnel, Director of Public Works and City Engineer attended Annual Harbormaster' s Conference in Homer. b. Achievements, Goals and Objectives. Achievements: Completed dock facility with profit of $26,000. including fuel. With exception of final as-built drawings, mirrors in restrooms, and operating and maintenance manuals. GOALS , , 1. To be self supporting facility. To provide enough income to cover expenses and acquire reserve funds for KENAI HARBOR COMMISSION November 16, 1987 page 3 future operations, repairs, maintenance and upgrading. 2. To stimulate the local economy by first providing a service for the present use of the Harbor and secondly, expanding services to attract others to this area. 3. To retain facility as public use and lease use, and always retaining at least one station for public use. 1 YEAR GOAL , , , Install one or two cranes. Look into possibility of 3 foot floating dock. Facilitate installation of the viewing area and boardwalk. 2 YEAR GOAL Possibility of fish pumps. Enlarge parking and staging area. Investigate dredging out of mooring basin in river. 5 YEAR GOAL Investigate and study feasibility of ice plants and cold storage capabilities to be located on water front area or airport facility. Investigate possibility of dredging for small boat harbor at end of Spruce Street. 6. NEW BUSINESS , a. Ribbon Cutting Ceremony. Commissioners agreed a ribbon cutting ceremony would be appropriate, time and date would be decided in the future. b. Report of Harbormaster' s Conference in Homer. Approximately 50 to 60 people attended and Chairman Quesnel gave a brief report on the topics discussed and commented on the presentations. An offer was made at the conference to host the association's annual meeting in the Bicentennial year of Kenai in 1991. c. Navy Home Porting was discussed by the Commission and criteria needed to facilitate this endeavor. KENAI HARBOR COMMISSION November 16, 1987 page 4 d. Port Authority. Chairman Quesnel read letter from University of Washington by Professor Thomas J. Dodd. Chairman Quesnel quoted a portion of the letter: "there are both positive and negative factors to consider in forming independent port authorities in Alaska; however, in my opinion, the negatives far outweigh the positives in majority of Alaska communities" ..... therefore it was felt it was not a viable situation for a port authority in Kenai. Commissioner Eldridge mentioned the "Harbor Howls" which is a newsletter of compiled information put together by the Harbormaster in Homer and has asked that each of the harbormaster's send information for articles so that each area can be represented in the newsletter. Newsletter information was discussed. CORRESPONDENCE a. Letter from Mayor Williams regarding Grant Application was discussed for information. b. Letter from Cook Inlet Seafoods was discussed. Director Kornelis will write letter thanking him for his comments and will take his comments under consideration. c. Chairman Quesnel reminded Commissioners of the special meeting for Commissions and Committees with the City Council to present the goals and objectives. 8. ADJ OU RNMENT The meeting adjourned at 9:45 p.m. Niva K. ~Abufto dba/Niva's Clerical Services for the City of Kenai