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Home My WebLink About1993-05-10 Harbor Commission Summary1791 - 1991 CITY OF KENAI 210 FIDALGO KENAI, ALASKA 99611 TELEPHONE 283 - 7535 FAX 907-283-3014 KENAI HARBOR COMMISSION May 10, 1993 AGENDA Kenai City Hall, 7:00 p.m. Chairman Tom Thompson **THIS MEETING WILL BE HELD AT THE KENAI LIBRARY** 1. ROLL CALL e APPROVAL OF AGENDA e APPROVAL OF MINUTF, S of February 8, 1993 , PERSONS SCHF, DHLED TO BE HEARD a. Gary Kyle- Fisheries Biologist, Dept. of Commercial Fishermen's Management & Development b. Tom Mears - Cook Inlet Aqua Culture Association c. Loren Flagg - Kenai Peninsula Fishermen's Association e OLD BUSINESS a. Fishing Hole b. Kenai River Viewing Flats c. Ramp , ~ BIJS~S a. Bill Altland Report- Kenai River/Vacation e INFO~TION (applications with expired response dates) a. Department of the Army Application by Wards Cove b. Public Notice- Application for Permit by Jim's Landing c. Public Notice - Application for Permit by Offshore Systems d. Public Notice- Application for Permit by ARCO ge DISCUSSION a. Memo from Keith Komelis to Cary Graves, 1/19/93 b. Response memo from Graves to Komelis, 3/12/93 c. Dock Rates d. Public Notice- Application for Permit by Nathan Bailey Page 2 Harbor Agenda 5/10/93 e COMMISSION COMMENTS & QUF3TIONS a. City Council Agendas' February 17, and May 5, 1993 10. ADJO~ Set date for next meeting IF YOU ~RE UNAB~ TO tl 1 I'END 2'lie MEETING ON Md Y 1 O, 1993, P~E CALL lcd THY VIdLL ,,1T 283- 7535 B Y 4:O0 P.M. ON TH~ T DA TE. THANK YOU KENAI HARBOR COMMISSION May 10, 1993 Kenai City Hall Tommy Thompson, Chairman 1. ROLL CALL: The meeting was called to order by Chairman Thompson at 7: 07 p.m. Commissioners present were: Thompson, Eldridge, McCubbins, Munn, Jahrig, Altland, and Spracher. Also present were Councilman Jim Bookey, Mr. Kornelis and Mr. Freden from the City of Kenai. 2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA: Hearing no objections, the agenda stood approved. 3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF FEBRUARY 8, 1993: Al tland had some inquiries regarding the discussion of the purity of the Kenai River stock. MUNN MADE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES AS WRITTEN. ELDR I DGE SECONDED. MOT I ON CARR I ED. 4. PERSONS SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD: Due to scheduling conflicts and unforeseen situations, none o~ the speakers were able to be present, however, they hope to be at the next meeting. 5. OLD BUSINESS: a. Fishing Hole. Nothing new since the speakers were to be addressing this subject. b. Kenai River Viewing Flats. McCubbins made a trip to Homer to speak wi th Fish & Game regarding the interpretive signs. They did not know who developed the ones for the Kenai River but suggested Brenda Pilgrim as a possible source to draw the mountain skyline. McCubbins was informed that it was Department of Natural Resources who had made the other signs. Munn suggested to contact U.S.G.S. Eldridge recommended talking to Frank Piala who is superintendent ~or the Lake Clark National Park to see i~ they would have anything to o~er or suggest. Thompson stated at the next meeting he would have some photographs ~rom the Anchor River interpretive signs. McCubbins indicated he would talk to Frank Piala. c. Dock Ramp. Kornelis advised the proposed dock ramp is roughly estimated to cost $83,000 and the City just does not have that kind o~ money at this time for the ramp. HARBOR COMMISSION May 10, 1993 - 2 - This year the two dock stations were leased for $12,000 and $40,000 to $50,000 was budgeted so the Harbor will be facing a severe budget short,all. Freden stated he still needs to contact Valdez to see i E the ramp they have could be used. Jahrig will contact Homer to see what was done with their old .ramps. Altland inquired if there were any possible ways to get a grant or to market the ramp as an essential asset for the City. Commission felt the safety ~actor was the most important element re~erring to the accident at the Homer dock and subsequent litigation which resulted in over $100,000 being paid. Commission felt they should attempt to get this project on the legislative CIP list due to the safety ~actor. d. Mud at dock area. Councilman Bookey stated he was in the dock area last week and was amazed at build up of silt and mud. Discussion then turned to possible dredging of the area. Spracher stated that Suzanne Little and Don Young told him they would try to help the situation. Eldridge will contact CISPRI, Altland will contact CIRCAC, and Jahrig to contact ARCO to see if they would help in the cost o~ dredging since the harbor does o~Eer full docking for the oil response team if needed. 6. NEW BUSINESS' a. Kenai River Report. Altland was informed that the section line easement vacation of the Pageant's property was passed at the last council meeting. Altland informed the Board that the results o~ the carrying capacity o~ the Kenai River will be out next month. Discussion as to who was contacted ~or the study. Alt land passed around a manual put out by the Soil & Water Conservation District for the landowners along the Kenai River. 7. INFORMATION' Commissioners reviewed the application packets for Wards Cove, Jim's Landing, O~shore Systems and ARCO. Eldridge stated it is good to see Wards Cove and O~shore Systems expanding. HARBOR COMMI SS I ON May 10, 1993 - 3 - 8. DISCUSSION ' a. Boat Launch fees. The boat launch ~ees are now in place, however, Council wanted the Commission to discuss the possibility of seasonal passes and to clari~y how the fees are to be administered. The Commission supports the idea of a seasonal pass but does not want to show ~avoritism towards any of the user groups. They ~elt that the ~ee should be directed ~or each boat and not to the individual/company. I~ a person/company has more than one boat, then they would pay the ~ee ~or each boat. I~ they ~eel a certain boat will be launched several times during the season, then they could purchase a season pass for that one Particular boat. ACTION TAKEN' ELDRIDGE MADE A MOTION TO ATTACH THE BOAT LAUNCH FEES TO THE BOAT NUMBER AND TO APPROVE A SEASONAL PASS FOR $50 PER BOAT NUMBER.' SPRACHER SECONDED. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. b. Transient cannery workers. Extensive discussion occurred regarding the re-occurring problem of transient cannery workers. The task ~orce ~ailed last year to come up with a solution since each side ~elt it was the other's problem. The canneries/processors do not want to take responsibility ~or these people until they are actually hired, and the other side does not ~eel that they should take on all responsibility since these people are here primarily to work in the canneries. Councilman Bookey stated he ~eels this problem will be coming to ~ull boil very soon and some sort of action will need to be taken. Discussion regarding the gravel pit area and whether or not the owners could be held responsible ~or what goes on in that area or possibly to require written authorization from the landowners for the workers to camp there. ACTION TAKEN' ELDRIDGEMADE A MOTION TO RECOMMEND TO THE CITY COUNCIL TO DEVELOP AN ORDINANCE TO REQUIRE BUSINESSES OPERATING WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS AND HIRING TRANSIENT WORKERS BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE TENT/CAMPING AREAS WITH ADEQUATE SANITARY FACILITIES, AND SECURITY. MUNN SECONDED. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. c. Dock Rates. Commissioners reviewed the new dock rate schedule. Kornelis stated the two stations are leased to Snug Harbor and FishHawk. He al so stated that when lessees use the City dock station in addition to their HARBOR COMM I SS I ON May 10, 1993 - 4 - own, they will pay the City Dock rate and not the lessee rate. Discussion about bulk ~uel rates and whether to institute the first 500 gallons at the higher cost and give the reduced rate only to the gallons over 500. Commission has not observed this type of pricing at other ~uel stations and felt it would not be an incentive to buy more and would hurt business at the Kenai Dock. ACTION TAKEN: ELDRIDGE MOVED TO KEEP THE PRICF- FOR QUANTITIES OF FUEL UNDER 500 GALLONS AT THE HIGHER PRICE AND ANY PURCHASE THAT GOES BEYOND 500 GALLONS BF. GIVEN THE REDUCED RATE FOR THE ENTIRE AMOUNT OF PURCHASE. JAHR I G SECONDED. MOT I ON CARR I ED. d. Public Notice - Nathan Bailey Application. A~ter reviewing and discussing the application, there was no objection to it. 9. COMMISSION COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS: Swede Freden commented on the Kenai Dock. All is ready to go at the dock with the exception that he is working to get water available ~or the restrooms which should be done soon. A wheelchair access will be put in this year and he will try a new system o~ sprinklers to keep the boat launch cleared. The road crew graded the parking lot last week. Swede noted the gabions look in good shape this year. Councilman Bookey announced that Tom Manninen was selected to be o~ered the City Manager position. During the next two weeks background checks will be done. I~ all goes well the Council will make the selection o~icial at the May 19 meeting. 10. ADJOURNMENT: The next meeting will be Monday, June 7, at 7'00 p.m. MUNN MOVED TO ADJOURN, ELDRIDGE SECONDED, AND CHAIRMAN THOMPSON ADJOURNED THE MEETING AT 8:52 P.M. Resp~ect~ul ly submitted, Ear ene Ree , R coring Secretary for the City o~ Kenai