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Home My WebLink About2005-12-12 Harbor Commission PacketKENAI HARBOR COMMISSION MEETING DECEMBER 12~ 2005 CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS 7:00 P.M. AGENDA ITEM 1' CALL TO ORDER/h ROLL CALL ITEM 2: AGENDA APPROVAL ITEM 3: APPROVAL OF MEETING SUMMARY-- November 7, 2005 ITEM 4: PERSONS SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD ITEM 5: OLD BUSINESS ITEM 6. NEW BUSINESS a, Discussion/Recommendations-- 2005 Dip Net Fishery Report ITEM 7: REPORTS a. Director b. Dock Foreman c. City Council Liaison ITEM 8: COMMISSIONER COMMENTS/QUESTIONS ITEM 9: PERSONS NOT SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD ITEM 10: INFORMATION a, Kenai City Council Action Agendas of November 2 and 16, 2005. Correspondence/Kenai River Bank Erosion ITEM 11: ADJOURNMENT PLEASE CONTACT US IF YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ATTENb THE MEETIN6: CAROL-- 283-8231 KEITH -- 283-8232 OR, KENAI HARBOR COMMISSION MEETING NOVEMBER 7, 2005 CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS 7:00 P.M. AGENDA ITEM 1: CALL TO ORDER & ROLL CALL ITEM 2: AGENDA APPROVAL ITEM 3: APPROVAL OF MEETING SUMMARY-- September 12, 2005 ITEM 4: PERSONS SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD ITEM 5: OLD BUSINESS ae Discussion -- Kenai River Bank Erosion Update ITEM 6: NEW BUSINESS a. Discussion/Recommendation -- City of Kenai Capital Improvement Plan Election of Vice Chair ITEM 7: REPORTS ae Director Dock Foreman City Council Liaison ITEM 8: COMMISSIONER COMMENTS / (~UESTIONS ITEM 9: PERSONS NOT SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD ITEM 10: INFORMATION a. Kenai City Council Action Agendas of October 5 and 19, 2005. b. 10! 13 / 05 Kenai River Special Management Area meeting agenda and minutes of 9/8/05 meeting. c. Membership List Update ITEM 11: ADJOURNMENT KENAI HARBOR COMMISSION MEETING NOVEMBER 7, 2005 CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS 7:00 P.M. CHAIR TOM THOMPSON, PRESIDING ITEM 1' MEETING SUMMARY CALL TO ORDER/h ROLL CALL Chair Thompson called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. The roll was confirmed as follows' Commissioners present: T. Thompson, S. Romain, Osbom, G. Foster, Canady Commissioners absent' B. Eldridge Others present' Planning & Zoning Assistant N. Carver, Public Works Manager d. La Shot, Council Member C. Massie A quorum was present. ITEM 2: AGENDA APPROVAL MOTION: Commissioner Osbom MOVED to approve the agenda with the addition of the updated lay down to 6a and Commissioner Romain SECONDED the motion. There were no objections. SO ORDERED. ITEM 3: ....APPROVAL OF MEETING SUMMARY -- September 12, 2005 MOTION: Commissioner Osbom MOVED to approve the meeting summary of September 12, 2005 and Commissioner Roma_in SECONDED the motion. There were no objections. SO ORDERED. ITEM 4: ,, , ,.PERSONS SCHEDULED TO BE HEA_~_D -- None. ITEM 5: OLD BUSINESS Discussion -- Kenai River Bank Erosion Update Thompson gave an overview of the project and discussion followed. included: Comments La Shot was asked why this phase stopped and La Shot reported the Corps of Engineers didn't know if the City wanted to continue. La Shot suggested the Commission forward a motion to council. The Corps wanted a study on groundwater. · Thompson suggested Borough Mayor Williams be kept informed of the project's status. MOTION: Commissioner Romain MOVED the Commission recommend to the City Council to proceed with any available funds for continued study of bluff erosion. There were no objections. $O ORDERED. ITEM 6: NEW BUSINESS DiscusSion/Recommendation -- City of Kenai Capital Improvement Plan The Commission discussed the Exit Road and Bluff Erosion projects. Comments included: forwarded. They believe the Exit Road project is do-able. La Shot suggested a motion to Council with recommendations be Commissioner Romain volunteered to attend the Planning & Zoning Commission meeting on November 9. MOTION: Commissioner Foster MOVED to recommend to the Council to move the Exit Road Project to Urgent/Essential Status. Commissioner Romain SECONDED the motion. There were no objections. SO ORDERED. MOTION: Commissioner Romain MOVED to recommend to the Council to move the Bluff Erosion Project to Urgent/Essential Status. Commissioner Osbom SECONDED the motion. There were no objections. SO ORDERED. Election of Vice Chair MOTION: Commissioner Romain MOVED to elect Bill Osbom as the Vice Chair. Commissioner Foster SECONDED the motion. There were no objections. SO ORDERED. ITEM 7: REPORTS 7-a. Director-- No report 7-b. Dock Foreman -- No report 7-c. City Council Liaison -- Council Member Massie noted the action agenda from the October 19 meeting was in the packet. HARBOR COMMMISSION MEETING NOVEMBER 7, 2005 PAGE 2 ITEM 8' COMMISSIONER COMM£~ ' i,'.i~S/OUESTIONS Commissioner Foster brought up a no-wake issue. ,::~.nd noted, enforcement is through the Coast Guard who won't enforce it; what other means ~ available; wake is what is causing some of the erosion; and suggested no-wake signs be posted. MOTION: . Commissioner Canady MOVED the Commission recommend to Council an alternative transportation corridor for commercial transportation such as harvesters on the north beach be explored. Commissioner Osborn SECONDED the motion. There were no objections. SO ORDERED. ITEM 9: PERSONS NOT SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD -- None ITEM 10: INFORMATION 10-a. 10-b. 10-c. Kenai City Council Action Agendas of October 5 and 19, 2005. 10 / 13 / 05 Kenai River Special Management Area meeting agenda and minutes of 9/8/05 meeting. Membership List Update ITEM 11: ADJOURNMENT MOTION: Commissioner Osbom MOVED to adjourn and Commissioner Roma_in SECONDED the motion. There were no objections. SO ORDERED. The meeting was adjourned at approximately 8:02 p.m. Meeting Summary prepared by: Kari Mohn, for Carol L. Freas, City Clerk HARBOR COMMMISSION MEETING NOVEMBER 7, 2005 PAGE 3 HARBOR/PARKS/h RECREATION COMMISSION JOINT WORK SESSION DECEMBER 1, 2005 KENAI CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS 2005 DIP NET FISHERY REPORT Recommendations: . Prohibit camping and fires west going north from South Spruce to city limits. , Add another access road to beach off South Spruce near the Sewer Treatment Plant fence/gate-- Commercial beach entrance. , Location of permanent concrete restroom-- same location as current permanent restroom. , Mobile Food Vendor Concession Locations -- No determination was made, however having three bid sites was suggested. . Use Little League Park as a concession area. , Turnouts onto Kenai Avenue would be helpful. Keith Komelis Crom: ,~nt: .0: Cc: Subject: Pat, Keith Komelis Thursday, December 01, 2005 2:39 PM 'P at rick. S. Fitzg era id@ poa02, usa ce. army. mil' City Manager;. Jan Taylor Kenai River Bank Erosion Project DATE:/,,._ . In our telephone conservation on October 19, 2005, you told me that it was not a problem for the city to send you the review comments on the Kenai River Bank Erosion Technical Report sometime in January or February of 2006. This would give us time for the city to properly review the document and also have our city commissions review it. The Harbor Commission did review the report, and they have some comments. The city administration is putting together review comments and will be sending them to you. Them has been a rumor that the city did not consider this project as important any more. This rumor is NOT TRUE! The Kenai River Bank Stabilization and Erosion Protection project is the City of Kenai's Number 1 project. It has been our Number I project for a very long time. The city has a Capital Improvement Plan Priority List for Fiscal Years 2006-2011 and this project is listed number 1 and designated as urgent. Kenai Mayor John Williams, who is now the Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor, is a strong proponent of this project, as is our present Mayor Pat Porter and the Kenai City Council. We have been told that the Corps of Engineers received $500,000 for the next phase of this project. We understand that the funds would include a ground water study. It is our understanding that them will be enough money to cover any additional permitting costs, geophysical, structural, and other studies or analyses that are needed to complete the engineedng design. It would be gmat to have a complete construction bid document toady for construc'tion. ailed you today 'and got your voice mail. Hope you are somewhere that is not -6 F like Kenai. Keith Komelis, Public Works Manager 907-283-8232 City Safety Coordinator Fax 283-3014 Harbormaster Keith Kornelis From: ~t: Cc: Subject: RE: Kenai River Bluff Erosion Council City Manager Fdday, October 28, 2005 12:35 PM 'Patdcia Porter'; Linda Swarner (E-mail); Cliff Massie (E-mail); Joe Moore (E-mail); Rick Ross; Bob Molloy; Mike Boyle Larry Semmens; Jack LaShot; Keith Kornelis; Cmy Graves ! reviewed the email to Mayor Porter from Nathan Butzlaff. ! called Butzlaff and asked him about the statement from the Corps of Engineers. He could not give me a name, but said he learned this from the Anchorage Army Engineer District Office. ! corrected Butzlaff misinformation, and gave him a history of our project. ! also told him the Corps was nearly one year late in getting this report to the City of Kenai, and that the City (myself and Keith Kornelis) have been in regular contact with our Kenai and Anchorage Army Corp office concerning the Technical Report and the City of Kenai's action plan to pursue the next required series of studies before bluff stabilization can begin. ! then called Patrick Fitzgerald, P.E., Study Manager with the Anchorage Army Corps of Engineers, and left a message for him to contact me right away regarding Butzlaff email to Mayor Porter. He was the author of our latest report from the Corps of Engineers. Mr. Fitzgerald is fully aware of our commitment to see this project through, and the difficulties we have overcome to get to this point. ! do not believe he made this statement to Butzlaff, and ! know'he will correct any wrong impression delivered. For your review ..... On August 3, 2005, the City of Kenai received from the U.S. Army Engineer District in orage a Technical Report on the Kenai River Bank Erosion Project. This report was a special technical , aation of bank stabilization needs along the lower Kenai River. The section of the bank being studied is along the north bank of the river, between the mouth of the river and the city. $500,000 was expended on this evaluation and report. This report concluded that the primary source of erosion is groudwater seepage out of the bank face, and that the City of Kenai must now perform a number of tests to adequately map groundwater flow patterns suitable for detailed design of a bluff stabilization project. This is exactly what we are now pursuing, further, we are working with our local Army Corps office on a project design and work schedule that will be more cost effective, still reach our primary goal of bluff stabilization, and secondary goal of a bike/pedestrian path on top of an armored embankment. l;n short, the suggestion that the Anchorage Office of the US Army Corps of Engineers said that the City of Kenai has not identified a desire to pursue further studies even though these studies would be at Federal cost is completely false, and inconsistent with our longstanding effort to keep this project on the "front burner" with the Army Corps. Council will receive a copy of Administration correspondence with the Corps of Engineers concerning our response to the Technical Report, and our requests for continued funding. Thank you, Chuck Charles M. Kopp ," , City Manager ' Kenai, Alaska 9b, .283.8223 11/15/2005 ..... Original Message ..... From: Patricia Porter [mailto:kenaimayor!O@msn.com] Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 5:44 PM To: City Manager; Linda Swarner (E-mail); Cliff Massie (E-mail); Joe Moore (E-mail); Rick Ross; Bob Molloy; Mike Boyle Subject: Fw: Kenai River Bluff Erosion --- Odginal Message --- From: Butz!a.F. Nathan To: ke_Qai__m_ayp_r_l_.0._~ msn.com Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 8:07 AM Subject: Kenai River Bluff Erosion Mayor Porter, It was good to meet with you in August when ! was in Kenai. During that meeting, you asked about the status of the Kenai Coastal Erosion project. ! apologize for the delay in getting back to you on this. Hem's what ! found out from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' "We prepared a technical report attempting to identify potential solutions. Much of the erosion is the result of surface flow draining through the ground and coming out the bluff slopes. We did not find a definitive solution yet. We recommended further studies; however, the City of Kenai has not identified a desire to pursue further studies even though these studies would be at Federal cost. We recently turned this study over to another study manager as the previous manager took a leave of absence. Even though this study manager has a significant workload already, will see if he can make some positive progress. From a policy perspective, the administration probably will not budget for additional efforts as erosion control is a Iow priority output program. We note that former Kenai Mayor John Williams run the runoff for Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor. We will see how the Borough may want to play in th is effort." Please let me know if you have any questions. Nathan Butzlaff Legislative Assistant Office of Senator Lisa Murkowski 709 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 (202) 224-6665 (202) 224-5301 FAX 11/1 $/2005