HomeMy WebLinkAbout2015-03-04 Council Action AgendaACTION AGENDA
KENAI CITY COUNCIL – REGULAR MEETING
MARCH 4, 2015
7:00 P.M.
KENAI CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS
210 FIDALGO AVE., KENAI, AK 99611
http://www.kenai.city
A. CALL TO ORDER
1. Pledge of Allegiance
2. Kenai Central High School Flute Quintet – Star Spangled Banner
3. Roll Call
4. Agenda Approval
5. Consent Agenda (Public comment 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 PUBLIC COMMENTS (Public comment limited to ten (10) minutes
per speaker)
1. Lisa Gabriel, Chair of Beautification Committee – Wildflower Field
Presentation.
2. Morgan Merritt, Project Manager, Department of Transportation –
Discussion of Upcoming Department of Transportation Project to Improve 4.4
Miles of the Kenai Spur Highway (from Cole Drive to McKinley Street).
C. UNSCHEDULED PUBLIC COMMENTS (Public comment limited to three (3)
minutes per speaker; thirty (30) minutes aggregated)
D. PUBLIC HEARINGS
1. SUBSTITUTE ENACTED AS AMENDED. Ordinance No. 2813-2015 –
Amending the Kenai Municipal Code Section 1.15.130 – Telephonic
Participation, to Increase the Opportunity for Telephonic Participation in
Council Meetings by Council Members.
• Substitute Ordinance No. 2813-2015
[Clerk’s Note: At its February 4th meeting, Council amended and postponed
this ordinance to the March 4th meeting. An amendment to the amendment is
on the floor.]
2. SUBSTITUTE ENACTED AS AMENDED. Ordinance No. 2815-2015 – Sun
Setting the Library Commission and Repealing Kenai Municipal Code Chapter
1.57 Entitled, “Library Commission”.
• Substitute Ordinance No. 2815-2015 – Enacting Kenai Municipal
Code Section 1.57.030-Suspension of the Library Commission, to
Suspend the Library Commission until Further Action by Council.
[Clerk’s Note: At its February 18th meeting, Council amended Ordinance 2815-
2015 by substitution. A motion to enact is on the floor.]
3. ENACTED UNANIMOUSLY. Ordinance No. 2816-2015 – Amending Kenai
Municipal Code Section 23.35.020-Causes for Warning, Suspension, or
Dismissal, to Address New State Laws on Marijuana.
4. FAILED. Ordinance No. 2817-2015 – Appropriating Funds in the General and
Parks Improvement Capital Project Funds in the Amount of $20,000 for
Purchase and Installation of a Gazebo at the Site of the City’s Field of Flowers.
5. POSTPONED INDEFINITELY. Ordinance No. 2818-2015 – Appropriating
Airport Funds for Airport Apron Improvements and Improvements to Utilities
Serving an Airport Lease Lot.
6. ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY. Resolution No. 2015-10 – Consenting to the
Vacation of Certain Rights-of-Ways and Easements within the R M Thompson
Subdivision 2014 Addition.
7. ADOPTED AS AMENDED. Resolution No. 2015-11 – Opposing the Federal
Subsistence Management Decision to Allow a Gill Net in the Kenai River.
8. POSTPONED TO 11/18/15. Resolution No. 2015-12 – Supporting Alaska
State Senate Bill 1, an Act Prohibiting Smoking in Certain Places; Relating to
Education on the Smoking Prohibition.
E. MINUTES
1. APPROVED BY THE CONSENT AGENDA. *Regular Meeting of February 18,
2015
F. UNFINISHED BUSINESS – None.
G. NEW BUSINESS
1. APPROVED BY THE CONSENT AGENDA. *Action/Approval – Bills to be
Ratified.
2. APPROVED BY THE CONSENT AGENDA. *Action/Approval – Purchase
Orders Exceeding $15,000.
3. APPROVED BY THE CONSENT AGENDA. *Action/Approval – Non
Objection of Liquor License Renewals for Applicant BPO Elks Lodge #2425;
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Applicant Kenai Joe’s Alaskan Roadhouse d/b/a Kenai Joe’s; Applicant Don
Jose’s, LLC d/b/a Don Jose’s Mexican Restaurant; Applicant Carr-Gottstein
Foods Co. d/b/a/ Oaken Keg #1808; Applicant Three Alaska, Inc. d/b/a Three
Bears; Applicant Tesoro Northstore Co. d/b/a 2 Go Mart; Applicant Griffin Golf
Enterprises, LLC d/b/a Kenai Golf Course; Applicant Peninsula Oilers Baseball
Club, Inc. d/b/a Peninsula Oilers; Applicant Francisco Rodriguez d/b/a Playa
Azul.
4. APPROVED BY THE CONSENT AGENDA. *Action/Approval – Non
Objection of New Liquor License for Applicant The Cannery, LLC Lodge d/b/a
The Cannery Lodge.
5. INTRODUCED BY THE CONSENT AGENDA/PUBLIC HEARING SET ON
3/18. *Ordinance No. 2819-2015 – Accepting and Appropriating a Grant from
the Alaska State Library for the Purchase of Early Literacy Playspace Items.
6. INTRODUCED BY THE CONSENT AGENDA/PUBLIC HEARING SET ON
3/18. *Ordinance No. 2820-2015 – Reappropriating State Grant Funds in the
Municipal Roadway Improvements Capital Project Fund to the Park
Improvement Capital Project Fund.
7. INTRODUCED BY THE CONSENT AGENDA/PUBLIC HEARING SET ON
3/18. *Ordinance No. 2821-2015 – Increasing Appropriations in the General
Land Sales Permanent Fund to Transfer Earnings in Excess of Budgeted
Amounts to the City’s General Fund.
8. INTRODUCED BY THE CONSENT AGENDA/PUBLIC HEARING SET ON
3/18. *Ordinance No. 2822-2015 – Increasing Estimated Revenues and
Appropriations by $843,572 in the Water and Sewer Capital Project Fund for a
Project to Cross-Connect the City’s Two Water Transmission Mains at Swires
Road.
9. CITY MANAGER- 4/21, 6P/ CITY ATTORNEY & CLERK – 4/20, 6P.
Action/Approval – Schedule Annual Employee Performance Evaluations for
the City Clerk, City Attorney, and City Manager.
H. COMMISSION/COMMITTEE REPORTS
1. Council on Aging
2. Airport Commission
3. Harbor Commission
4. Library Commission
5. Parks and Recreation Commission
6. Planning and Zoning Commission
7. Beautification Committee
8. Mini-Grant Steering Committee
I. REPORT OF THE MAYOR
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J. ADMINISTRATION REPORTS
1. City Manager
• ADOT/PF Plans for Kenai Spur Highway Reconstruction: Sports Lake
Road to Swires Road
• Contract Amendment, City of Kenai Business Gap Assessment
2. City Attorney
3. City Clerk
K. ADDITIONAL PUBLIC COMMENT
1. Citizens Comments (Public comment limited to five (5) minutes per speaker)
2. Council Comments
L. EXECUTIVE SESSION – None Scheduled.
M. PENDING ITEMS – None.
N. ADJOURNMENT
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INFORMATION ITEMS
1. Purchase Orders between $2,500 and $15,000 for Council Review.
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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