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April 16, 2025
Kenai City Council - Regular Meeting
April 16, 2025 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
1. Fiscal Year 2024 Audit Report, Principal Assurance Practice Leader Joy Merriner, BDO USA,
LLP.
C. SCHEDULED PUBLIC COMMENTS (Public comments limited to ten (10) minutes per speaker;
twenty (20) minutes aggregated)
1. Boys and Girls Club of the Kenai Peninsula, Chief Executive Officer Shanette Wik.
2. Central Area Rural Transit System (CARTS), Board of Directors Secretary Linda Hutchings and
Executive Director Jessica Schultz.
D. UNSCHEDULED PUBLIC COMMENTS (Public comments limited to three (3) minutes per speaker;
thirty (30) minutes aggregated)
E. PUBLIC HEARINGS
1. ENACTED UNANIMOUSLY. Ordinance No. 3462-2025 - Accepting and Appropriating
Donations to the Kenai Animal Shelter for the Purchase of Equipment and Supplies.
(Administration)
2. ENACTED UNANIMOUSLY. Ordinance No. 3463-2025 - Conditionally Donating Certain City
Owned Property Described as Three Approximately 1½ Acre Parcels to be Subdivided from a
Portion of the Approximately 69½ Acre Parcel Described as Kenai Meadows Addition No 1,
Tract A1 According to Plat 2023-48 (KPB Parcel No. 03901067) to Kenai Peninsula Housing
Initiative for the Development of Restricted Income and Senior Housing. (Administration)
3. ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY. Resolution No. 2025-23 - Redirecting Water & Sewer Capital
Project Funds to Complete Citywide Lift Station Improvements. (Administration)
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4. ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY. Resolution No. 2025-24 - Implementing a New Fee for a Truck
Fill Station Permit in the Water Fees Section of the Schedule of Rates, Charges and Fees.
(Administration)
5. ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY. Resolution No. 2025-25 - Authorizing Award of the Contract to
Use Cranes, Offices, and Operation Area at the Boating Facility. (Administration)
6. ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY. Resolution No. 2025-26 - Authorizing the City Manager to Enter
into an Agreement with the City of Soldotna to Continue Providing Animal Shelter Services for
the City of Soldotna at the Kenai Animal Shelter. (Administration)
F. MINUTES
1. *Regular Meeting of April 2, 2025. (City Clerk)
G. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
H. NEW BUSINESS
1. *Action/Approval - Bills to be Ratified. (Administration)
2. *Action/Approval - Special Use Permit to Rebecca Boettcher, DBA: The Fishing Grounds, LLC
for Operation of a Snack/Gift Shop Inside the Kenai Municipal Airport. (Administration)
3. *Action/Approval - Special Use Permit to the State of Alaska, Division of Forestry for Use of
Apron Space at the Kenai Municipal Airport. (Administration)
4. *Ordinance No. 3464-2025 - Amending Kenai Municipal Code 21.05.085 - Airport Fuel Flowage
Fee, to Remove the Set Amount in Code and Instead Refer to the Annually Updated Schedule
of Rates, Charges and Fees. (Administration)
5. *Ordinance No. 3465-2025 - Amending Kenai Municipal Code, Title 2 - Alcoholic Beverage and
Marijuana, Standardizing How Licenses are Reviewed by the City, Allowing for Administrative
Non-Objections for Renewal of Existing Licenses When No Grounds to Object to the Renewal
are Identified, Updating Public Hearings for Protests or Conditional Non-Objections, Aligning
Municipal Code with Requirements of Alaska Statutes, and Other Housekeeping Amendments.
(City Clerk)
6. *Ordinance No. 3466-2025 - Amending Kenai Municipal Code, Chapter 4.32 Residential Code,
to Reinstate Provisions Related to Engineered Design and Location, Including Fire Code
Protection on Floors Provisions of the 2021 International Residential Code. (Administration)
7. *Ordinance No. 3467-2025 - Accepting and Appropriating a Grant Received Through the
Alaska Animal Control Association to the Kenai Animal Shelter for Attendance at the Alaska
Animal Control Association 2025 Training Conference. (Administration)
8. *Ordinance No. 3468-2025 - Accepting and Appropriating a Donation to the Kenai Community
Library for the Summer Reading Program 2025. (Administration)
9. *Ordinance No. 3469-2025 - Amending KMC 1.85.060-Conflicts of Interest Prohibited, to Allow
Municipal Officers and City Employees to Participate in Certain Sales Open to the Public
Through a Public Process and Narrowing the Existing Prohibition on Purchases to Personal
Property Items. (Douthit)
10. APPOINTMENT OF JEANNE REVEAL APPROVED. Action/Approval - Confirmation of
Mayoral Nomination for a Partial Term Appointment of Jeanne Reveal to the Planning & Zoning
Commission. (Gabriel)
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I. COMMISSION REPORTS
1. Council on Aging Commission
2. Airport Commission
3. Harbor Commission
4. Parks and Recreation Commission
5. Planning and Zoning Commission
6. Beautification Commission
J. REPORT OF THE MAYOR
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
1. Review and Discussion of the City Clerk's Evaluation which May be a Subject that Tends to
Prejudice the Reputation and Character of the City Clerk [AS 44.62.310(C)(2)].
N. PENDING ITEMS
O. ADJOURNMENT
P. INFORMATION ITEMS
1. CIRCAC Director's Report - Williams
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.
Registration is required to join the meeting remotely through Zoom. Please use the following link to
register:
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