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December 20, 2023
Kenai City Council - Regular Meeting
December 20, 2023 ꟷ 6:00 PM
Kenai City Council Chambers
210 Fidalgo Avenue, Kenai, Alaska
www.kenai.city
**Telephonic/Virtual Information on Page 3**
Action Agenda
A. CALL TO ORDER
1. Pledge of Allegiance
2. Roll Call
3. Approval of the Agenda and Consent Agenda (Public comments on Consent Agenda Items
limited to three (3) minutes per speaker; thirty (30) minutes aggregated)
*All items listed with an asterisk (*) are considered to be routine and non-controversial by the council
and will be approved by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a
council member so requests, in which case the item will be removed from the consent agenda and
considered in its normal sequence on the agenda as part of the General Orders.
B. SCHEDULED ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS
C. SCHEDULED PUBLIC COMMENTS (Public comments limited to ten (10) minutes per speaker)
1. Services Provided by the LeeShore Center, Cheri Smith, Executive Director
D. UNSCHEDULED PUBLIC COMMENTS (Public comments limited to three (3) minutes per speaker;
thirty (30) minutes aggregated)
E. PUBLIC HEARINGS
1. ENACTED WITHOUT OBJECTION. Ordinance No. 3381-2023 - Repealing Kenai Municipal
Code Appendices - Public Record Inspection Regulations, Repealing Kenai Municipal Code
Chapter 10.40 - Release of Public Records and Re-Enacting Kenai Municipal Code 10.40 -
Access to Public Records. (Baisden)
2. ENACTED WITHOUT OBJECTION. Ordinance No. 3382-2023 - Amending Kenai Municipal
Code Chapter 7.05 Taxation of Real and Personal Property to Provide an Exemption on the
First $100,000 of Assessed Valuation Other Than Motor Vehicles and Watercraft Owned by
Each Taxpayer and Making Housekeeping Changes. (Gabriel, Knackstedt, Baisden, Daniel,
Askin, Sounart, Douthit)
3. ADOPTED WITHOUT OBJECTION. Resolution No. 2023-66 - Adopting an Alternative
Allocation Method for the FY24 Shared Fisheries Business Tax Program and Certifying that this
Allocation Method Fairly Represents the Distribution of Significant Effects of Fisheries Business
Activity in Fisheries Management Area 14: Cook Inlet Area. (Administration)
4. ADOPTED WITHOUT OBJECTION. Resolution No. 2023-67 - Authorizing a Contract Award
and Corresponding Purchase Order for the 2023 Community Wildfire Protection Plan Mitigation
Phase Two Project. (Administration)
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5. ADOPTED WITHOUT OBJECTION. Resolution No. 2023-68 - Declaring a Portion of Outside
Way as Dedicated on Townsite of Kenai (US Survey 2970) is No Longer Needed for a Public
Purpose and Consenting to Vacation of the Right-Of-Way. (Administration)
6. ADOPTED WITHOUT OBJECTION. Resolution No. 2023-69 - Naming the Dedicated Right-
Of-Way on the Preliminary Plat for Kenai Townsite Oiler’s 2024 Addition “Oiler’s Street.”
(Administration)
F. MINUTES
1. *Regular Meeting of November 15, 2023. (City Clerk)
G. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
H. NEW BUSINESS
1. *Action/Approval - Bills to be Ratified. (Administration)
2. *Action/Approval - Purchase Orders and Purchase Order Amendments Requiring Council
Approval in Accordance with KMC 7.15.020. (Administration)
3. *Action/Approval - Special Use Permit to Beacon Occupational Health and Safety Services for
Use of Office Space at the Alaska Regional fire Training Facility. (Administration)
4. *Action/Approval - Special Use Permit to Alaska Sure Seal for Snow Storage. (Administration)
5. *Action/Approval - Special Use Permit to Schillings Alaska, Inc. for Snow Storage.
(Administration)
6. *Action/Approval - Confirmation of Mayoral Nominations for Partial Term Appointments to the
Council on Aging and Beautification Committee. (Gabriel)
7. *Ordinance 3383-2023 - Amending the Official Zoning Map by Rezoning all Parcels within the
Letzing 1985 Subdivision (Plat No. 85-55) and Government Lot 170 from General Commercial
(CG) to Suburban Residential (RS) Zoning District. (Administration)
8. *Ordinance 3384-2023 - Cancelling Previously Appropriated Projects, Authorizing a Transfer
of Funds from the Wastewater Facility Capital Project Fund to the Water and Sewer Capital
Project Fund and Appropriating Supplemental Funds for the Construction of a New Water Pump
House at the City’s Water Treatment Facility. (Administration)
9. APPROVED WITHOUT OBJECTION. Action/Approval - Authorizing Memorandum of
Agreement with the Kenai Peninsula Borough for Tourism Promotion. (Administration)
10. WORK SESSION SCHEDULED FOR 4:30 P.M. ON 1/3/2024. Discussion - Schedule a
Budget Goals Work Session. (Administration)
11. WORK SESSION SCHEDULED FOR 4:30 P.M. ON 1/17/2024. Discussion - Scheduling a
CIP Work Session. (Administration)
12. WORK SESSION SCHEDULED FOR 6:00 P.M. ON 1/18/2024. Discussion - Scheduling a
Joint Work Session with Kenaitze Indian Tribe. (Administration)
13. Discussion/Action - Virtual Meeting Participation. (City Clerk)
14. ADDED DURING LAYDOWN AND APPROVED BY THE CONSENT AGENDA.
*Action/Approval - Letter Supporting KPEDD’s Application to EDA for a Three-Year
Partnership Planning Program.
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I. COMMISSION / COMMITTEE REPORTS
1. Council on Aging
2. Airport Commission
3. Harbor Commission
4. Parks and Recreation Commission
5. Planning and Zoning Commission
6. Beautification Committee
J. REPORT OF THE MAYOR
1. Proclamation in Recognition of Kenai Central High School Football Team as the Alaska Division
III State Champions for the Year 2023.
2. Proclamation in Recognition of Kenai Central High School Girls Varsity Volleyball Team as the
Alaska Division 3A State Girls Champions for the Year 2023.
3. Southcentral Mayors' Energy Coalition
K. ADMINISTRATION REPORTS
1. City Manager
2. City Attorney
3. City Clerk
L. ADDITIONAL PUBLIC COMMENTS
1. Citizens Comments (Public comments limited to five (5) minutes per speaker)
2. Council Comments
M. EXECUTIVE SESSION
N. PENDING ITEMS
O. ADJOURNMENT
P. INFORMATION ITEMS
1. CIRCAC Director's Report
The agenda and supporting documents are posted on the City’s website at www.kenai.city. Copies of
resolutions and ordinances are available at the City Clerk’s Office or outside the Council Chamber prior
to the meeting. For additional information, please contact the City Clerk’s Office at 907-283-8231.
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