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Home My WebLink About1994-02-07 Harbor Commission SummaryKENAI HARBOR COMMISSION AGENDA FEBRUARY 7, 1994 Kenai City Hall 7:00 p.m. Chairman Tom Thompson 1 ROLL CALL - Election of Officers 2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA m 4~ APPROVAL OF MINUTES - January 10, 1994 PERSONS SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD 5. OLD BUSINESS None 6. NEW BUSINESS None 7. INFORMATION None 8. DISCUSSION m COMMISSION COMMENTS & QUESTIONS a. City Council Agendas' January 19, 1994 10. ADJOURNMENT Set date for next meeting. IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO ATTEND THE MEETING ON FEBRUARY 7, 1994, PLEASE CALL KATHY WOODFORD AT 283-7535 BY 4:00 P.M. ON THAT DATE. THANK YOU. KENAI 'HARBOR COMMISSION February 7, 1994 Kenai City Hall Tommy Thompson, Chairman 1. ROLL CALL: The meeting was called to order by Chairman Thompson at 7:10 p.m. Commissioners present were' Eldridge, Jahrig, Munn, Spracher, and Thompson. McCubbins arrived after el ections. Commissioners absent' Knackstedt. A1 so present were Councilman Bookey and Mr. Kornelis from the City of Kenai. 2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA: Thompson requested to add Goals under New Business. Elections and Implementation of ACTION TAKEN: JAHRIG MOVED AGENDA WAS APPROVED. FOR APPROVAL. MUNN SECONDED. · APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF JANUARY 10, 1994: ACTION TAKEN: ELDRIDGE MOVED TO APPROVE MINUTES -SECONDED. MINUTES STOOD APPROVED AS WRITTEN. MUNN 4. PERSONS SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD: None. 5. OLD BUSINESS: None. 6. NEW BUSINESS: A. Elections - Chair ACTION TAKEN: SPRACHER NOMINATED THOMPSON AS CHAIRMAN. JAHRIG SECONDED. THOMPSON WITHDREW. ELDRIDGE NOMINATED JAHRI G AS CHAIRMAN. THOMPSON SECONDED. SPRACHER MOVED TO CLOSE NOMINATIONS. NOMINATIONS WERE CLOSED. MUNN SECONDED AND JAHRIG WAS ELECTED ABSTENTION. AS CHAIRMAN WITH FOUR YEAS AND ONE Thompson agreed to continue chairing this meeting Jahrig will take over for the March meeting. and B. Elections - Vice-Chair ACTION TAKEN' MUNN NOMINATED ELDRIDGE AS VICE-CHAIR~. ELDRIDGE WI?HDREW BEFORE HEARING A SECOND. ELDRIDGE NOMINATED MUNN AS VICE-CHAIR. JA}{RIG SECONDED~ SPRACHER MOVED NOMINATIONS BE CLOSED. JAHRIG SECONDED AND NOMINATIONS WERE CLOSED FOR VICE-C~{AIR. MUNN WAS ELECTED AS VICE-CHAIR WITH FOUR YEAS AND ONE ABSTENTION. C. Implementation of Goals Thompson stated now that the goals and objectives have been reviewed and prioritized, the Commission needs to look at ways to get them completed. Eldridge felt the top three short-term objectives need to be accomplished prior to the facility opening this year~~ Kornelis stated some of the budget constraints which they may be looking at this year is the inability of one of the lessees being able to pay the minimum bid which is $12,000. However, he will place Objective No. 1, the widening of the floats, within the budget. To implement Objective No. 2, the annual safety audit~, Thompson requested Freden and Kornelis or LaShot to represent the City and appointed Commissioners Jahrig~ Eldridge and Knackstedt to participate in the audit. The audit should take place in March or April when the weather has warmed up a bit. Thompson will work with CISPRI to get some oil response equipment and Eldridge will work on a contingency plan to achieve Objective No. 3. For Objective No. 4 Jahrig will work with Freden and the City to get a concrete plan and cost analysis. ACTION TAKEN' JAHRIG MADE A MOTION FOR KORNELIS TO SUBMIT T}{IS RAMP IN T~{E BUDGET FOR THE COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION. SPRACf{ER SECONDED. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. Thompson stated he has attended a Kenai River Special Management Advisory Board meeting and a Coastal Zone Management meeting involving the Kenai River. He feeis the in the future, traffic control of the boats within the river is going to become a necessity--whether it becomes drift only or one-way traffic. If this does occur additional ramps will be needed on the lower rivers HARBOR COMM I S S I ON DATE Discussion involving the liability deadhead, Long-term Objective No. 4. and/or need of a 7. INFORMATION' None. 8. DISCUSSION' None. . COMMISSION COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS' Councilman Bookey stated the ramp was discussed at their Saturday work session but their hands are tied because of the Corps of Engineers permit. The camping ordinance the Harbor Commission passed to the Council was enacted earlier and will now be enforced. The cannery worker/camper problem was also discussed at length during the work session. One of the City's parks may be opened for camping to help alleviate the problem, but this is still under debate. The Thompson Park water projeCt will soon go out for bid. 10. ADJOURNMENT' The next meeting will be Monday, March 7, 1994, at 7'00 p.m. ACTION TAKEN' MCCUBBINS MOVED FOR ADJOURNMENT. SECONDED. T}{OMPSON ADJOURNED T~{E MEETING AT 8'10 P.M. MUNN R E~~~~dingeasrpl eecnte ~uR1ele ~bmitted, ~or the City of Kenai Secretary