HomeMy WebLinkAbout1989-01-30 Harbor Commission SummaryKENAI ADVISORY HARBOR COMMISSION
January 30, 1989 - 7:00 P.M.
City Hall Council Chambers
Barry Eldridge, Chairman
AGENDA
1. ROLL CALL
2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES of January 9, 1989
4. OLD BUSINESS
a. Discussion- Resolution 89-1 Pertaining to the Safe Boating
Act
5. NEW BUSINESS
a. Review of 2 Corps of Engineers Applications for Floating
Docks
b. Review of Corps of Engineers Application for Buoy in the
Mouth of the Kenai River
6. CORRESPONDENCE
7. COMMISSION COMMENTS & QUESTIONS
8. ADJOURNMENT
* PLEASE BE SURE TO CALL JANET AT 283-7933 IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO ATTEND.
KENAI ADVISORY HARBOR COMMISSION
January 30, 1989
Held, Kenai City Hall
Minutes of the Regular Meeting
1. ROLL,CALL: Present: Chairman Barry Eldridge, Leon Quesnel,
Joe Nord, Ervin Witbro. Absent: Will Jahig, Tom Thompson,
and Ron Rainey. There were no other guests/visitors.
2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA: Chairman Eldridge asked that three (3)
items be added to the agend~a under the #4 "Old Business".
Items are: b. Update: Commercial Fishing Study;
c. Report: Ports Alaska Meeting; d. Report: Unitary Tax
Repeal. Leon Quesnel moved to apProve the agenda as
amended, seconded by Joe Nord. Motion carried.
3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF JANUARY 9, 1989: Motion to approve
the minutes of January 9, 1989 was made by Commissioner
Quesnel and seconded by Commissioner Witbro. Motion passed.
4. OLD BUSINESS:
a. Resolution 89-1 Pertaining to the Safe Boating Act.
Chairman Eldridge passed out a draft of the resolution
for review. A general discussion followed and there
were several suggestions for amending or revising
the draft. The final-revised draft was read and
there was a call for final questions or comments.
There being no further discussion, Commissioner Witbro
moved that the amended resolution be approved, seconded
by Commissioner Nord. Motion carried. The final
copy of Resolution 89-1 will be ready for the City
Council meeting Wednesday evening.
b. Report: Commercial Fishing Study.
Commissioner Quesnel met with Mr. Coughenower and
Vince O'Reilly from the EDC. Mr. Coughenower said
the report was in it's final stages and should be ready
for the printers soon.
c. Report: Ports Alaska Meeting.
Commissioner Quesnel read his report and answered
questions from the commissioners. Copies of his final
report will be in the next packet of information sent
out to Commissioners. Commissioner Quesnel also
passed out copies of three (3) maps showing various
waterways and ports being discussed at the meeting.
Mr. Quesnel will be attending a meeting on the Ports
and }{arbors at the Borough Building on February 7th.
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Kenai Advisory Harbor Commission
Minutes of Re§ular Meeting-January 30th, 1989
d. Report: Unitary Tax Repeal.
Commissioner Quesnel gave his report on the Unitary
Tax. The members at the Ports of Alaska meeting did
not take a vote on the issue, but did leave the
~eneral impression that they were in favor of it's
repeal. Commissioner Quesnel felt that there is not
enough information available on the tax for a firm
pos it ion at this time. The various pros and cons of
the tax were discussed.
5. NEW BUSINESS:
A. Review of Two Corps of Engineers Application for
Floatin~ Docks.
Commissioners reviewed the applications without comment.
B. Review· of Corps of Engineers Application for Buoy in the
Mouth of the Kenai River
Commission members reviewed the application with one
comment. The comment being-that the Public Works
Director and Army Corp of Engineers .~et the Commission
a list of 'the current permits for the lower Kenai River
and maps of the location of buoys and lease holdings
along the same area. Commission members expressed
the difficulty of reviewin~ applications for buoys
without this information. Thank you.
6. CORRESPONDENCE: None
7. COMMISSION COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS:
Commissioner Quesnel asked about the scheduled meetin~
time for the Commission. Meetings will continue to be
scheduled ten days before the Coun.cil meeting rather than
the Monday before.
Chairman Eldridge also asked that Janet check the mailing
address of the current members of the Harbor Commission.
8. ADJOURNMENT:
The meetin~ was adjourned at 8:30pm. The next meetin~
will be Febuary 20th at 7pm.
Patti Truesdell, Recording Secretary
For Services Ltd.
For the City of Kenai