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CITY OF KENAI
210 Fidalgo Avenue
Kenai, Alaska 99611
TELEPHONE 283-7535
FAX 907-283-3014
KENAI HARBOR COMMISSION
1. ROLL CALL
August 12, 1991
Kenai City Hall, 7'00 p.m.
Chairman Barry Eldridge
AGENDA
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APPROVAL OF AGENDA
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APPROVAL OF MINUTES of June 10, 1991 and July 8, 1991
4. OLD BUSINF, SS
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a. Blessing of the Fl~t - report by Barry Eldridge
b. Harbormasters Conference
(1) Tentative Agenda - Barry Eldridge
(changes made on page 2, Insurance Forum)
(2) Information Packet- Keith Komelis
c. Fishing Hole- update by Kevin Walker
d. Commission vacancy
NEW BUSINFfS
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a. Corps Permit Application by Jerry C. Huf
CORRESPONDENCE
None
7. DISCUSSION
None
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Harbor Commission
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COMMISSION COMMF_.NTS & QUF, STIONS
None
9. INFO~TION
10.
a. Letter from Mayor Williams re: Appointment of Will Jahrig
b. Letter from Mayor Williams re: Loretta Breexton Resignation
c. Letter from Dept. of Natural Resources re: Kenai River
Guide Limitation System
d. Updated Harbor Rate Schedule - July 9, 1991
e. Resignation Letter of 7/9/91
Rescind Resignation Letter, 8/7/91 - S. Maguire
f. City Council Agendas
ADJOURNlgffiNIT
Set date for next meeting
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KEN&I HARBOR COMMISSION
.August 12, 1991Kenai City Hall
Barry Eldridge, Chairman
1. ROLL C&LL:,., The meeting was called to order by Chairman
Eldridge at 7:17 p.m. Commissioners present were'
Eldridge, Maguire, Jahrig, and Malmberg. Arriving after
the special council meeting were Ad Hoc member Walker and
Mr. Korne!is ~rom the City of Kenai.
2. APPROVAL OF
Since the packets were not available, item 4b(2) was
dropped. MALMBER~ MOVED TO ACCEPT THE 'A~ENDA AND MA~UIRE
."SECONDED. MOT ION CARRIED.
3. APPROVAL",OF MINUTES OF JUNE. 1.0:.
MA~UIRE MOVED TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES OF THE JUNE 10 MEETING.
MALMBER(~ SECONDED AND MOTION CARRIED.
4. OLD BUS!N,,ESS;
a. Blessing oi the Fleet. The event took place on June 23
with light turn out on the water and about 75 people on
the beach. The mayor and a few pastors spoke. For
being the Eirst one, the ceremony went well.
b. Harbormasters Conference' (1) Ten'tative Agenda. The
commissioners went over the tentative agenda noting the
additions under Insurance Forum. Lunch and cocktail
hours with no host should be so noted on the agenda.
El dridge has coordinated all the tours except for
Unocal and he will be contacting them soon. He will
also be lining up a few more speakers.
There was discussion as to the location o~ the
conference. Kenai Kings Inn, Merritt Mall and Cook
Inlet Aquaculture Association were discussed as
possible locations 2o be looked into.
MA(~3IRE MOVED TO HAVE A WORK SESSION ON MONDAY, AUGUST
26, 1991, TO FINE TUNE THE CONFERENCE AR~(~EMENTS.
MALMBER~ SECONDED. MOTION PASSED.
The registration fee and what participants would
received ~rom it was discussed.
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a. Fishing Hole.. Councilman Walker mentioned the fishing
hole at a council meeting and immediately a newspaper
article concerning it was written. Even if the article
was less than approving, it was ~elt there is interest
to support it and the Harbor Commission should Eurther
develop this concept. This item will al'so be discussed
at the work session meeting.
d. Will Jahrig was appointed to the Commission on June 6
fi! ling the vacant position; however, Loretta Breeden
turned in her resignation on that date. Councilman
Walker encouraged the Commissioners to actively seek
possible candidates for the Commission.
5. NEW BUSINESS:
a. COE Permit App!ication by Jerry Hu~. Even though the
comment period had expired, the Commissioners reviewed
the~ permit application and found nothing abnormal in it.
6. CORRESPOND~C~,~,
None
7. DISCUSSION:
It was felt to encourage a Eishery out o~ the mouth oF
Kenai, saEer Eaci.liti.es need to be developed at the dock
area. There was discussion oE a possible Elat walk with
hand rails and a ladder Eot the dock. This item will be
discussed at the next meeting.
The Corps oE Engineers have relaxed a. few regulations and a
new handbook will soon be available with the new
interpretations. This may allow some Eill to be put in the
old dock area.
There was al so discussion oE the blu~E area erosion.
8. COMMISSION COMMENTS & QUESTIONS: None
a through d and E. The Commissioners looked over the
information in their packets.
e. Maguire expressed his ~rustration which led to his
resignation from the Commission stating he Eeels the
Commission should be accomplishing more. In addition to the
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regular monthly meeting, he would like to see the Commission
meet for work sessions to help accomplish many of the
discussion items mentioned earlier. He desires to remain on
the Commission if it will be a working Commission. One
project he would like to undertake is getting handicap
accessibility to the river and mouth.
10. AD JOURNMENT:
A work session was scheduled for August 26, 1991; and the
next regular meeting will be September 9, 1991.
MAGUIRE MOVED TO AD3OURN THE MEETING AND MALMBER~ SECONDED.
THE 14~TIN(~ WAS ADJOURNED AT 9:19 P.M.
Respectfully submitted,
Earlene Reed, Recording Secretary
~or the City of Kenai