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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2009-02-12 KRSMA Board PacketE~'~VE E~' ~V Special IVlanagement Area "Working together... for the river" FEB 0 5 2009 iiENAP ~Yl'Y CL~~ no~o~oa~ ~oa~© Kenai River Special Management Area Advisory Board *** Meeting Agenda*** Thursday, February 12, 2009 5:30 p.m. Kenai River Center CALL TO ORDER A. Roll Call B. Minutes Approval C. Agenda Changes and Approval I1. Public Comments Presentation: Robert Ruffner- Turbidity Study on River 2008 III. REPORTS A. Agency Reports a. State Parks -Sinclair, Russell b. DEC- Stevens c. ADF&G- Vania/ Begich/ d. USF&WS-West e. USFS/Chugach- Skibbo B. Committee Reports a. Guide Advisory b. Habitat c. River Use d. Permits e. Legislative/Government Activities f. Board Development g. Agenda/Board Structure/Housekeeping IV. OLD BUSINESS ACTION ITEMS A. Habitat Committee Draft Letter to Legislature to restore Deferred Maintenance funding to State Parks. B. Doug Whittaker- Rec Use Study Update V. NEW BUSINESS A. President's report- Committee assignments and member responsibilties VI. CORRESPONDENCE VII. PUBLIC COMMENT VIII. ADJOURNMENT A. Board Comments B. Date/Agenda of Next Meeting March 12, 2009 5:30 p.m. Kenai River Special Management Area Advisory Board Minutes Kenai River Center Thursday January 8, 2009 5:30 p.m. Call to Order A. Members Present: Ted Wellman, Robin West, Jack Sinclair, Carol Padgett, Richard Dykema, Joe Connors, Adam Reimer; Bobbie Jo Skibo, Bruce King, George Heim, Tom Vania, Wayne Ogle, Peter Micciche, Brenda Trefon. Members absent: Timothy Stevens, Jim Czarnezki; Milli Martin. B. The Minutes for December 11, 2008 were approved as written, with the exception of a date change for the Board Development meeting from January 21, 2009 to January 31, 2009. C. Agenda Changes and Approval: There were no changes to the agenda. 11. Public Comment The following made public comment in favor of the proposed duck hunting regulation: Marcus Mueller Garth Bilderback Steve Meyer The following made public comment in opposition to the proposed duck hunting regulation: Walter Page Ill. Reports A. Agency Reports a. Kenai River Center /State Parks Report Jack Sinclair, ADNR1Parks, reported they are currently working on commercial operator letters for the 2009 season. Work has begun for plans on capital projects for the coming. They are looking to the Coastal Impact Assistance program to hopefully provide additional funding because the state is going to be paring back its capital budget for this next year. b. DEC= Tim Stevens -not present c. ADF&G-Tom Vania- none d. USF&WS- Robin West -none e. Bobbie Jo Skibbo, USFS/Chugach, reported USFS has been involved in an environmental review process to restore Daves Creek to the natural stream flow after a re-alignment took place years back. It will consist of a culvert replacement in the Tern Lake public use area. USFS is continuing bank stabilization projects on the Russian River. The Russian River Angler Trail project had an environmental assessment done in 1994, to establish the boardwalk system along the River. This year it will be continuing up to the power line. The boardwalk has been improved down to the confluence. The Kenai River -Russian River Strategic plan is in draft form. The title at this time is "A Strategic Response to Dynamic Challenges at the Kenai- Russian River Complex". The Complex in this plan is loosely defined as a five mile radius from the confluence. Kenai River Special Management Area Advisory Board Minutes -January 8, 2009 Page 1 of 3 B. Committee Reports a. Guide Advisory 1/8109, 1:00 p.m. KRC -Joe Connors reported the committee met and the first item on their agenda was membership of Guide Advisory committee. The second item was the Permit Stipulations for the Kenai River. They dealt with a couple of new items;. End of Season Reports not being completed and sent in a timely manner and a new concept in which everyone in a guide boat would be required to wear apersonal-floatation device at all times on the entire river. The Guide Advisory committee suggested doing a test study and having 15-20 guides participate, in which they would wear PFD's on their guide boats with their clients. The guide advisory committee discussed the PFD requirement being a requirement forall users. The last item on the agenda was organized events, in which State Parks has a regulation requiring a permit and fee if an event has 40 people or more. Hospitability boats have been part of some of the organized events in the past. The Guide Advisory committee will take a look at this and come up with a position on it for next month's meeting. b. Habitat 1/8/09 -Bruce King reported they had met a couple times since the last meeting. The habitat committee decided to focus on understanding the KR comprehensive plan and address issues that come up at the comprehensive plan review meeting in February. The committee developed a comprehensive plan issue matrix as a way of locking at what has been done in the past, what's done now, and where the gaps are. Our goal is to continue to work on this matrix and bring it back to the board. Other subjects covered today consisted of making a formal request to HDR to give the board an overview of what is happening with the Cooper Landing Federal Highway Bypass. Also, to request that Robert Ruffner, KW F, come in and give a brief report on the turbidity testing from this past summer. The Kenai Lake Hydro project scoping meetings are coming up soon; it would be a good opportunity to make our concerns known. c. River Use1/8/09, committee did not meet. They have scheduled an all-day work session on January 16, 2009 at the Kenai River Center. Tentative fime is 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Carol Padgett was added to committee. d. Permit 118/09, committee did not meet. e. Legislative/Government Activities 118/09, committee did not meet. f. Board Development 1/8/09, met briefly today and went over the election process and the fact that board development training was coming up. g. Agenda/Board Structure/Housekeeping 118/09, committee did not meet. IV. Old Business Action Items A. River Use Committee Recommendation to approve Resolution 2009-01 Decreasing the distance that a shotgun may be discharged for legal hunting from a developed facility or dwelling on the Kenai River Flats. Resolution 2009-01 changes to regulation are underlined and would read: A.) The use and discharge of a weapon for the purpose of lawful hunting or trapping is allowed in the Kenai River Special Management Area only on Skilak Lake and Kenai Lake, except as provided in (b) of this section. B.) A person may use and discharge a shotgun below Skilak Lake, for the purpose of lawful hunting or trapping, from September 1 to April 30 annually. C.) The discharge of any firearm, except as provided in (d) of this section, is prohibited within one-half mile of a developed facility or dwelling. D.) A person may not use and discharge a shotgun used for lawful hunting of waterfowl under 5 AAC F(enai River Special Management Area Advisory Board Minutes -January 8, 2009 Page 2 of 3 Joe Connors moved that Resolution 2009-01 be approved. Resolution 2009-01 passed unanimously. B. Board Development Workshop Jan. 31s`, 2009 KRC 9- 2 p.m. Jack stated he would send an email tc everyone with Lynn Curry's email address, so they can contact Lynn directly with questions/concerns. V. New Business a. Election of Officers: President and Vice President. Joe Connors was elected President. Peter Micciche was elected Vice President. Vote was taken to approve election of officers. Eiection of officers passed. b. Planning for Committee appointments for February Meeting Joe Connors asked each of the committee chairs to decide who will be serving on their committees by the February meeting. c. Consider Contacting AK Congressional Delegation regarding "shovel ready" projects for federal funding: Bruce King participated in the Statewide Advisory Board Teleconference on January 6. Part of the information shared by the other advisory boards was about contacting the Alaska Delegation and urging the funding of state park :shovel ready' capital projects that would otherwise miss out on state funding. d. Consider contacting AK Legislature regarding original DNR projects for river to be funded During James King talked about this year's budget requests. The governor has requested that no new positions be added and the differed maintenance has been cut from $22 million to about ~6 million. W e need to urge our local legislatures Jack Sinclair stated that the Kenai River was the only area that got on the project list. Bruce King stated he would draft a letter for the AK legislature. Jack Sinclair stated he will provide information for the letter. VI. Correspondence:-None.. VII. Public Comment -None VIII. Adjournment A. Board Comments B. DatelAgenda of Next Meeting February 12, 2009 5:30 p.m. Kenai River Special Management Area Advisory Board Minutes -January 8, 2009 Page 3 of 3