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Home My WebLink About1994-09-12 Harbor Commission SummaryKENAI HARBOR COMMISSION AGENDA September 12, 1994 Kenai City Hall 7:00 p.m. Chairman Will Jahrig . ROLL CALL o , , 8 APPROVAL OF AGENDA APPROVAL OF MINUTES - June 6, 1994, July 11, 1994 (no quorum) August 8, 1994 (no quorum) PERSONS SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD OLD BUSINESS , NEW BUSINESS . INFORMATION ae Open Meetings Act Clarifications Application for Permit- Dragnet Fisheries, Floating Dock Acquisition Program -Chester Cone Property Dock 93/94 Revenues/Expenditures , COMMISSION COMMENTS & QUESTIONS a, City Council Agendas: June 15, July 6, & 20, August 3, & 17, and September 7, 1994 , ADJOURNMENT Set date for next meeting. IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO ATTEND THE MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 12, 1994, PLEASE CALL .KATHY WOODFORD AT 283-7535 BY 4:00 P.M. ON THAT DATE. THANK YOU. HARBOR COMMISSION **MINUTES** September 12, 1994 - 7:00 p.m. Chairman Will Jahrig 1. ROLL CALL Members present: Members absent: Also present: Barry Eldridge, Ray McCubbins, Will Jahrig, George Spracher, Tom Thompson Jeannie Munn, Ernie Knackstedt Councilman Jim Bookey, Administrative Assistant Kathy Woodford and Public Works Director Keith Kornelis 2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA Eldridge asked if the Resolution concerning the Cone property needed to be added to the agenda. Kornelis said it could be added as information to item 7c, the other Cone information. Eldridge noted that item 7c should be Cone/Cunningham Park information. MOTION ELDRIDGE MOVED FOR APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA AS AMENDED, SPRACHER SECONDED. THERE WAS NO OBJECTION AND THE MOTION WAS PASSED. 3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES MOTION THOMPSON MOVED FOR APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE JUNE 6, 1994 MEETING, ELDRIDGE SECONDED. THERE WAS NO OBJECTION AND THE MOTION WAS PASSED. m PERSONS SCHEDULED TO _Bi= HFARD None . OLD BUSINESS Eldridge said he went on the dock tour after the June 6, meeting. Jahrig asked if a design for the ramp has been done. Kornelis said it is a winter project the Public Works Administration will work on. Jahrig asked how the dock lease went for the 94 summer. Kornelis said it was better than anticipated; we don't have the final tally yet but we were fairly busy. Kornelis added Paul Zimmerman is still working halibut. Eldridge asked if Snug Harbor went over on poundage. Kornelis said we don't know yet, it should be pretty close. Page 2- Harbor Commission September 12, 1994 Minutes Jahrig said the camping situation went very well this year. He said it made a difference having the campers in the trees. Bookey said he hadn't heard any complaints about it either. Jahrig asked about the Police Department's enforcement of camping in that area. Bookey said they had been waiting for the seasonal employee. 6. NEW BUSINESS Jahrig said all of the lights at the dock are being left on at night and asked Kornelis if the they can be shut off at night, except for maybe one of them. Kornelis said he would look into it. Jahrig suggested putting a timer on a couple of the lights so when someone is working down there, they could push the timer for 60 minutes and the light would automatically go off; if they weren't done yet, they could push the timer back on. Kornelis said the dock will be closing up soon but he will check into it. Jahrig asked Administration to issue a memo to Swede Freden and Paul Zimmerman, on behalf of the Harbor Commission, thanking for a job well done on the work done at the dock this year. Bookey agreed and said he has heard a lot of compliments on the new handicap access, etc. at the dock. Kornelis said the strong box had been broken into once during the summer but Swede reinforced the box so that it wouldn't happen again. Bookey asked if there were many complaints about the fees. Kornelis said mostly from the commercial fishermen. There was some discussion about the fish tax. Eldridge said the fish tax is paid to the processor if they are inside the city limits. If the processor is outside the city limits the fish tax is not collected. Bookey asked if the city gets any of the money from t~e fish tax. Kornelis said he doesn't think so, but he will check into it. There was some discussion regarding the bed tax. 7. INFORMATION al Open Meetings Act Clarification Eldridge asked how many commissioners could considered a violation of the Open Meetings Act. meet, i.e., for coffee, before it Bookey said three. is be Application for Permit- Dragnet Fisheries, Floating Dock Jahrig noted the comment period for this permit is expired. Page 3- Harbor Commission September 12, 1994 Minutes Cl Acquisition Program - Chester Cone Property Eldridge asked what the feedback on this subject is. Bookey said it is really hard to tell. He said Cone's attorney, Jim Butler, had been in front on the council twice trying to get council's endorsement, which he received. Bookey referred to the drawings of a potential park. Jahrig asked if the property included the area with the trailer rentals on it. Bookey said no, it is the 100 acres that was part of the original discussions between the city and Cone. . Bookey said the city has not allocated any money for the project and if everything goes through the city will end up doing maintenance and upkeep of the property. Jahrig said the project sounded like a benefit to the city. He added this is the chance to try and help conserve/help the habitat along the river everyone is fighting so hard to keep. Bookey said if this goes through the state would like to use it as an example of how these projects can work. Jahrig said there is a project in Kodiak (a condominium for natives) that was funded by this trustee fund. He added the only stipulation was to put in a small museum. Jahrig referred to the Cunningham Park drawing and asked if the city has talked to any body about buying this property. Bookey said he doesn't think Lofstedt has been approached. Kornelis referred to a memo by Rachel Clark which explains everything about the Cunningham property and the Cone property. Jahrig said he felt 26 trailer spaces and 33 car spaces is an awful lot. He stated there are so many people there already this will only make it worse. Jahrig said we are all trying to take care. of the critical habitat, what provisions are being made to do it here. Kornelis said people would use the boardwalk to the ladders then down to the gravel areas. Once on the gravel, there is not much that can be damaged, such as vegetation. Kornelis said a fence could be put up around the area to keep people off surrounding private property. Bookey agreed with Kornelis that once people are on the gravel, there is not much damage to be done. Page 4- Harbor Commission September 12, 1994 Minutes McCubbins asked if the Cunningham area is zoned wetlands. The discussion was that it is not. McCubbins asked where Cone's property is from Cunningham. He was told up river about a quarter mile. de Dock 93/94 Revenues/Expenditures Thompson asked if petroleum sales is net. Bookey said it is gross sales. 8. DISCUSSION None 9. COMMISSION COMMENTS & QUESTIONS Bookey said the council will be happy to see there was a quorum tonight. He added there will be a work session on 9/21/94 at 6:00 p.m. regarding commissions and committees. Eldridge mentioned the amount of buoys in the mouth of the river. He said there isn't even a channel through them he can take his barge through. There was some discussion on what can be done about the buoys. Kornelis said he would check into it with the Corps. Eldridge said he would like to see at least a 100' channel for large boats to get through. 10. ADJOURNMENT The next Harbor Commission meeting will be October 10, 1994. There being no further business the meeting was adjourned at 8:00 p.m. Transcribed and submitted by: I~athy Woodford -~ ~ Public Works Admin. Assistant