Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAbout2000-09-11 Harbor Commission SummaryKENAI HARBOR COMMISSION MEETING SEPTEMBER 11, 2000 KENAI COUNCIL CHAMBERS 7:00 P.M. AGENDA ITEM 1' CALL TO ORDER/h ROLL CALL ITEM 2' AGENDA APPROVAL ITEM 3' APPROVAL OF MINUTES -- August 7, 2000. ITEM 4- PERSONS SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD ITEM 5: OLD BUSINESS ITEM 6: NEW BUSINESS ao Discussion -- Commercial Fish Disaster Discussion -- KPB Coastal Project Excavation of Material/Snug Harbor Seafoods -- Ramp Construction to Allow Seasonal Removal of Floating Dock. ITEM 7: REPORTS ao Director Dock Foreman City Council Liaison Scrapbook Information ITEM 8: COMMISSIONER COMMENTS/~UESTIONS ITEM 9' INFORMATION ao Kenai City Council Action Agendas of August 2 and 16, 2000. Updated Harbor Commission Membership List ITEM 10: ADJOURNMENT KENAI HARBOR COMMISSION MEETING SEPTEMBER 11, 2000 KENAI COUNCIL CHAMBERS 7:00 P.M. ITEM 1' CALL TO ORDER & ROLL CALL Vice Chair Thompson called the meeting to order at approximately 7:03 p.m. and the roll was taken as follows' Present' Absent' Others Present: Eldridge, Rogers, Peters, Spracher, Thompson and O'Reilly (arrived at 7'16 p.m.) Jahrig City Clerk Freas, Councilman Bookey and Public Works Manager Kornelis ITEM 2: AGENDA APPROVAL MOTION: Commissioner Eldridge MOVED to approve the agenda as presented and Commissioner Peters SECONDED the motion. There were no objections. SO ORDERED. ITEM 3' APPROVAL OF MINUTES -- August 7, 2000. Commissioner Peters corrected her email address to be bluffnet~_~ptialaska.net. MOTION: Commissioner Spracher MOVED to approve the minutes as corrected and Commissioner Eldridge SECONDED the motion. There were no objections. ORDERED. SO Vice Chair Thompson welcomed newly appointed Chuck Rogers to the commission. ITEM 4: PERSONS SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD -- None. ITEM 5' OLD BUSINESS-- None. ITEM 6' NEW BUSINESS 6-a. Discussion -- Commercial Fish Disaster Kornelis reported the City Council passed a resolution supporting the Kenai Peninsula Borough's Declaration of Disaster. Councilman Bookey noted it would now be up to the State to make funds available which he thought would be in the form of low interest loans for processors and fishers affected by the very low returns during the past year's fishing season. When asked if he foresaw any additional closures of processors as result of the fishing season, Bookey answered he thought it was too early to know. Discussion -- KPB Coastal Project Excavation of Material/Snug Harbor Seafoods -- Ramp Construction to Allow Seasonal Removal of Floating Dock. The Commission reviewed the application of Snug Harbor Seafoods which was included in the packet. It was noted, no action or recommendations were needed at this time as the application would first be reviewed by the Kenai River Center, the Borough and the Corps of Engineers. Kornelis noted, the item would return to the Commission for review after the Corps' review as he believed it would require a Corps permit and public input will be requested. The item is to be returned to the Commission for comment upon receiving the copy of the Corps permit application. ITEM 7: REPORTS Director-- Kornelis reported the following: · The dock had a new water system installed which helped with the quality of the water during the summer. The system was now being emptied for the winter. · The remaining floats will be removed in the next three or four weeks. · A financial report for the dock would be before the Commission at their October meeting. 7-b. Dock Foreman -- No report. City Council Liaison -- Councilman Bookey reported the following: · The City's auditor gave the financial report at the September 6 meeting and stated the City was doing fine. The auditor also reported the City would be required to do their audit in a new form which will require depreciating of the streets, buildings, equipment, etc. and would be more expensive to do. · The Health Center was under construction and Zubeck, Inc. was awarded the bid for the Kenai Airport ARFF/SRE Facility site work. The State project to repave the Spur Highway to the north is to begin this fall. · The second council meeting in October was moved from October 18 to October 19 due to the Alaska Day holiday. · Dr. Zirul is building a new clinic on the property in front of the Senior Center and should be completed in the next three months. The NAPA building is also under construction. Discussion followed regarding the coastal trail/bluff erosion project. It was noted, the bill before Congress that would include funding for the project may be held up and if so, the funding would be lost. Eldridge asked if Petratrovich, Nottingham & Drage had been requested to seek alternate funding for the project. Bookey explained the HARBOR COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES SEPTEMBER 11, 2000 PAGE 2 congressional funding was the only viable method of funding from the beginning. added, he believed there could be council support to appropriate $450,000 for the engineering of the project if no other funding was available. That way, the design would be ready for construction if funding would become available. He 7-d. Scrapbook Information -- Commissioner Peters explained the purpose of the scrapbook to the new members and requested all the commissioners to continue forwarding articles, pictures, etc. having to do with bluff erosion to her for inclusion in the scrapbook. ITEM 8' COMMISSIONER COMMENTS/QUESTIONS Bookey-- Welcomed the new members to the commission. Eldridge -- Reported he would be out-of-state until December and would miss the next several Commission meetings. O'Reilly -- Reported the ARFF Facility would be offering their first marine fire training session in October. He added, the program had been approved by the Coast Guard. ITEM 9' INFORMATION Kenai City Council Action Agendas of August 2 and 16, 2000. Updated Harbor Commission Membership List ITEM 10: ADJOURNMENT MOTION: Commissioner Peters MOVED for adjournment and Commissioner Eldridge SECONDED the motion. There were no objections. SO ORDERED. The meeting adjourned at approximately 7'31 p.m. Minutes transcribed and prepared by: Carol L. Freas, City Clerk HARBOR COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES SEPTEMBER 11, 2000 PAGE 3