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Home My WebLink About1993-09-13 Harbor Commission SummaryKENAI HARBOR COMMISSION AGENDA 1. ROLL CALL September 13, 1993 Kenai City Hall 7:00 p.m. Chairman Tom Thompson 2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 1 APPROVAL OF MINUTES - July 7, July 12, and August memo 1 PERSONS SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD None g OLD BUSINESS a. Fishing Hole b. Kenai River Viewing Flats c. Ramp - memo from Keith Kornelis dated 7.9/93 d. Mud at dock e NEW BUSINESS None 1 INFORMATION a. Letter from Borough dated 8/24/93 re: Inlet Fisheries mooring buoys b. Memo from Cary Graves - re: Sanitary Facilities for Tent Campers and Ordinance c. Alaska Wetlands Coalition pamphlet 8. DISCUSSION None 1 COMMISSION COMMENTS & QUESTIONS a. City Council Agendas' July 7 through September 1, 1993 10. ADJOURNMENT Set date for next meeting. IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO ATTEND THE MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 13, 1993, PLEASE CALL KATHY WOODFORD AT 283-7535 BY 4:00 P.M. ON THAT DATE. THANK YOU. KENAI HARBOR COMMISSION September 13, 1993 Kenai City Hall Tommy Thompson, Chairman 1. ROLL CALL' The meeting was called to order by Chairman Thompson at 7 '04 p.m. Commissioners present were' Thompson, Spracher, Munn, McCubbins, and Jahrig. Commissioners absent were' Al tland and Eldridge. Also present was Mr. Kornelis ~rom the City o~ Kenai and Councilman Bookey. 2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA' Hearing no objections, the agenda stood approved. · APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF JUNE 7, 1993' Munn moved for approval of the June 7, 1993, minutes. Spracher seconded. Motion carried. · PERSONS SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD: None 5. OLD BUSINESS' a · Fishing Hole. Nothing new. Still line up speakers from Fish & Game waiting ~or Al tland to and CIAA. b · Kenai River Viewing Flats. Councilman Bookey discussed obtaining an interpretive board for the boardwalk and found little interest. The Parks & Recreation Department is unable to come up with any funding. Kornelis advised the budget for the boardwalk has been closed out for some time so there is no funding. This item should be ..,_one to be listed under the Commission's goals and objectives which need to be re-written. C · Ramp. Kornelis passed around pictures of the Valdez ramp stating it was made of steel, very heavy and would be very costly to move. Discussion evolved regarding Mr. Reynold's proposal to sell his aluminum ramp with self-leveling stairs. While the self-leveling stairs would be nice, it appears the ramp would be too narrow to meet the Commission's objectives for the ramp. Jahrig ~elt that Reynold's dock is too small. McCubbins agreed stating the ramp should be done right even ii it costs more initially because it would save money in the long run. Thompson felt the ramp would need more room to slide totes and use hand carts. HARBOR COMMI SS I ON September 13, 1993 - 2 - Discussion regarding Nelson & Assoc. proposal ~or a new ramp. It was ~elt his estimates were high and that the ramp could be built for $30,000 to $40,000. Kornelis will bring the Nelson & Assoc. drawings to the next meeting. Marine Development is listed as No. 2 on the CIP wish list and this project could possibly be listed under that ~or funding. Councilman Bookey stressed the importance of producing goals and objectives so that as the Con~nission progresses with the ramp project, ~inancing can be obtained. Discussion regarding what should be addressed in the goals and objectives such as the ramp, mud at the dock, and ~uture impacts in the dock area. ACTION TAKEN: JAHRIG MOVED TO PURSUE THE INITIATIVE FROM NELSON & ASSOCIATES REG~DING THE BOAT RAMP. MUNN SECONDED. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. d. Mud at dock. This is another item that needs to be addressed under goals and objectives. Jahrig asked about renting a pump from Alyeska Pump and slurry the mud right off the dock. Kornelis stated he believes they would need a permit ~rom the Corps of Engineers and he will look into the matter. 6. NEW BUSINESS: None. 7. I NFORMAT I ON: a. Letter ~rom the Borough. Discussion regarding the letter and Inlet Fisheries mooring buoys. Commission had no negative comments. b. Memo from Cary Graves. Discussion regarding the new ordinance ~or sanitary ~acilities ~or tent campers which went into eEEect August 15, 1993. Jahrig noted that Dragnet had used more trash receptacles this year which helped the garbage situation. c. A1 aska Wet 1 ands Coat i ti on pamphl et. received and reviewed the pamphlet. Commissioners 8. D I SCUSS I ON: Discussion arose regarding the new boat launching ~ees and permits that went into effect this past summer. Bookey applauded the efforts of Swede Freden and the Park & HARBOR COMM I S S I ON September 13, 1993 - 3 - Recreation employees who did a good job at keeping the traffic ~lowing at the ramps. Conflicts did occur between the commercial and sport fishing boats as it appeared sometimes the commercial boats would intimidate the sport ~ishing boats. Many times the commercial boats did not wait their turn in line but just took over. ACTION TAKEN: MUNN MADE A MOTION FOR KORNELIS TO WRITE ALL THE FISH PROCESSING OPERATORS ADDRESSING THE CONCERNS AT THE BOAT LAUNCH REGARDING LACK OF PAYMENT OF LAUNCHING FEES FOR BOATS, AND NOTING THE LAUNCH IS TO BE USED ON A FIRST-COME FIRST-SERVE BASIS AND THAT COMMERCIAL OPERATORS ARE TO TAKE THEIR TURN IN LINE. MCCUBBINS SECONDED. MOTION CARRIED. The Commission requested Swede to be at the next meeting to address the boat dock's summer activities. Kornelis will bring information regarding activities/monies received at the dock. 9. COMMISSION COMMENTS. AND QUESTIONS' 10. AD JOURNMENT · The next regular meeting will be Monday, October 11, 1993, at 7'00 p.m. MUNN MOVED TO ADJOURN, MCCUBBINS SECONDED. THOMPSON ADJOURNED THE MEETING AT 8'25 P.M. , ~ _ Respectful ly submitted, Ea~lene Reed, Recording for the City o~ Kenai Secretary