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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1983-01-25 Harbor Commission PacketKENAI ADVISORY HARBOR COMMISSION Regular Meeting, January 25, 1983 Kenai City Hall John Williams, Chairman 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. ROLL CALL a. Installation of New Member 3. AGENDA APPROVAL 4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES of November 18, 1983 5. GUEST SPEAKERS 6. COMMUNICATIONS a. PNWA Minutes b. PNWA Newsletter 7. REPORTS a. Presentation by Corporation 8. OLD BUSINESS a. Budget include additional money for public relations material 9. NEW BUSINESS a. Proposal submitted by Mr. Palm Mr. McMillan b. Trip to Juneau 10. PERSONS PRESENT NOT SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD 11. ADJOURNMENT AGENDA KENAI ADVISORY HARBOR COMMISSION Regular Meeting, January 25, 1983 Kenai City Hall John Williams, Chairman 1. CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order at 7:04 2. ROLL CALL Present: John Williams, Tom Thompson, M.W. Thompson, Leon Quesnel, Paul Weller, and Allen Houtz Also Present: Council representatives Sally Bailie and Tom Wagoner Mr. Allen Houtz was given the Oath of Office and welcomed to the Harbor Commission as its newest member. 3. AGENDA APPROVAL Agenda approved with no corrections or additions 4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES of November 18, 1982. Chairman Williams noted that the name of Allen Houtz was spelled incorrectly. Minutes were approved with the correction. 5. GUEST SPEAKERS Chairman Williams called for anyone wishing to speak, there were none. 6. COMMUNICATIONS a. PNWA Minutes Chairman Williams explained to those present and to the new member what PNWA is and does for water related activities. No action necessary. b. PNWA Newsletter No action necessary KENAI ADVISORY HARBOR COMMISSION Page 2 Regular Meeting, January 25, 1983 7. REPORTS a. Presentation by TAMS Corporation Mr. Michael Horton presented written material which will be included in the packet. Mr. Gary Schnieder submitted the request to the Corps of Engineers for the modifications to the permit and there were no objections from the Corps, the permit has been drafted and the signed copy should be back in 3 to 4 months. The permit will need the signature of the city manager. Mr. Horton explained the drawings for the basins. In the drawing it was shown that the basin would have to be pulled out every winter and the piles would have to be stiff. Maneuvering into the boat grid without sticking out into the current appeared to be very dangerous and for those reasons TAMS opted for dredging a basin, the other reason is that it conserves a trial dredge for the main harbor project when that one comes. Mr. Horton felt that this is hopefully a temporary facility that will be moved out when the main harbor scheme comes along. This would have a 3 to 5 year life span. Mr. Horton feels that there is going to be alot of sediment in there, the bottom being put at -6' which is the same depth of the river, the idea that if there was quite a bit of siltation during a 5 year problem it wouldn't be a very big problem, this could still be used at a half tide or most tides. If the main harbor project does not go, then it can still be used then the basin could be cleaned out every 5 years or so. The drawings show a sediment barrier which would deflect the current away from the entrance should the sediment prove heavier. The fuel float shows a capability for 4 boats at 120' long with room to put smaller boats on the back side as well, the pumps will be flush with the boats so that 4 boats could be fueld with 2 pump installations in the center of the floats. The grid itself has room for 2 boats as well and combined the approach trestle with the fuel float with the boat grid so some money could be. saved. It's 12' wide so a pickup will fit on it with a 4' approach, the idea being that 1 pickup could park close while another could pass. The discussion then centered around time for construction of any part of the project, Mr. Horton suggested a good time for starting would be the end of May with dredging starting during the winter. Mr. Gary Schnieder indicated that after talking with the Corps of Engineers, there may be a time limit set by the the Corps for dredging and if it isn't done around May, the city may have to wait to around mid -July or later. KENAI ADVISORY HARBOR COMMISSION Page 3 Regular Meeting, January 25, 1983 Chairman Williams opened comments to the Commission. Mr. Horton and Mr. Schnieder detailed the drawings for the Commission and public. Councilman Wagoner stated that when this harbor idea was first introduced, the question came up as to who was going to operate it and asked if the Commission had made any provisions in it's plans. Chairman Williams stated that the fuel terminal would be done as a concession business and the actual policing of the repair grid had only been discussed to a point where it was felt that this could go along with the person running the fueling concession, with this person setting a fee rate and the city taking a portion of it. In terms of return from the harbor, Councilman Wagoner stated that to give some sort of idea of where the fishing industry is, last year his catch was 55,000 of fish and he quit fishing earlier than alot of fishermen. Mr. Wagoner had to load those into a dory and deliver them to the dock instead of pulling up to the dock in his fishing boat to offload. If he could have he would have gained another $.10 per pound or over $5,000 per fisherman if he could offload his own fish. Mr. Horton then went into a report on the progress of the sedimentation study stating that from the data available from the dips already done they fed it into the computor model using figures from the worst possible day in the year just to see what the worst conditions would be and came up with a sedimentation per year of 1.3' on the highest tide. The model can predict a whole years tides, and even taking the very worst year it came up with half of what the Corps of Engineers predicted, and at this very preliminary stage it looks as though the yearly sedimentation rate is one that is very acceptable in general terms. It appears that this is in the sort of range that is going to come out. There are 3 alternatives to consider for the main harbor, 1) the excessive siltation alternative would be to build in a siltation lock where in the summer time locks could be opened depending on the tide taking 10 minutes for each boat to go through, which would be unacceptable during the fishing season in the summer, plus it is expensive, 2) if the sedimentation is less than excessive or a medium level, a sill could be used which would stop the silt corning in on the lower end of the tide and this would treat a half tide harbor, 3) and if it was a reasonable silt situation there would be no problem, it would go into the 5 year dredging (once every 5 years) and again to keep in mind, this is very preliminary, there being no way to try to guess figures at this point. Mrs. Bailie asked where the fishermen were currently getting their fuel. Councilman Wagoner stated that fuel availability was scattered, KENAI ADVISORY HARBOR COMMISSION Page 4 Regular Meeting, January 25, 1983 coming from Salamatof, some of the processors have floating barges in the river, Columbia Wards, etc. Mrs. Bailie asked if the fueling facility went in would there be alot of boats coming in. Chairman Williams stated that on the river, Kenai is subjected to major fuel spills every day that they are there. There are alot of fueling facilities now, however each and every one of them in surveys that they would gladly give up the fueling in that right now its a courtesy thing and does not make them money and the do get alot of problems from environmentalists and indicated that they would like the city to take it over. Salamatof does have an agreement of some type with the city where the city owns the fueling facility and Salamatof runs it however is a very poor fueling facility, there being alot of problems with fuel spills, and on the other side, water in the fuel putting boats out of work. This basin is designed so that any fuel spills can be boomed off and won't go out into the river. Councilman Wagoner indicated that for the independents, there is a lack of places for them to get fuel except the Kasilof River and if Kenai had fueling facilities they would certainly want to come back to the area, benefiting businesses in Kenai. Chairman Williams stated that one of the things we tend to forget is that the harbor is servicing facility for a form of transportation and commerce the same as roads are a servicing facility for transportation and commerce on land. Chairman Williams asked the Coast Guard representative to speak on items such as the fueling on the river. Mr. Sparks stated that right now there any number of regulations on all aspects of fueling including nozzel size as an example. The public is becoming more aware due to programs, the importance of keeping the rivers and waters clean and effects of spills. Mr. Horton pointed out that one more reading will be taken at break up time so that the sedimentation that builds up under the ice during the winter could be checked. Armondo Ball.ofet will be doing the measuring about the month of May or whenever it breaks up. The two TAMS representatives had been to the river to check the amount of ice. The mathematical model is set up and can tell what the "critical velocity" and current flow will be and an example of a worst case is a 1.3' however, TAMS is optimistic as the reading is not a comparatively high one. design for the basin is available and will accomodate 38 boats, the entire harbor concept to accomodate 400. Mr. Horton stated that TAMS is very aware as is the Commission that "if you have a 400 boat harbor here at Kenai it's going to be full in a week, you will get a demand from Anchorage and all around, this is a very good location, its near Anchorage and alot of people are going to want to use it so KENAI ADVISORY HARBOR COMMISSION Page 5 Regular Meeting, January 25, 1983 there will be a bigger demand than just commercial, there are going to be alot of recreation people that are going to want to use it. One of the things we may want to look at is a dry harbor, boat ramps, and fish unloading docks, there are alot of things that are going to happen as soon as this scheme gets off the ground." 8. OLD BUSINESS a. Budget The Commission discussed the funding for the harbor and the bid documents needed at length, Chairman Williams reading the figures as accumulated by the finance director. A vote for support for seeking funding from the legislature was taken with the Commission responding unanimously. Since there is some money available through the grants and bonds part of the project will be broken out of the bid documents TAMS will prepare. Chairman Williams went on to the in -house budget detailing the line items in particular items to be included which would allow Commission members travel to lobby for funding and the preparing of brochures on the harbor project similar to those presented by TAMS to promote the harbor to the public, last year's budget totalling $24,000. MOTION: Commissioner Weller moved to adopt the budget request for 1983 -84 for $24,000, seconded by Commissioner Thompson. There were no objections MOTION: Commissioner Weller moved to send a copy of the budget on to the city manager's office, seconded by Commissioner M.W. Thompson. Motion passed unanimously 9. NEW BUSINESS a. Proposal submitted by Mr. Palm Mr. McMillan Mr. Palm introduced the proposal stating that the land they were intereste in was Tract B in the boat launch area that was used at one time by Mr. Roper and what the tract would be used for is a 40' fishing dory for unloading of fish during peak fishing seasons, taking the fish from the boats to the shore and then by truck to the canneries thus receiving some of the congestion in the harbor during peak fishing seasons. KENAI ADVISORY HARBOR COMMISSION Page 6 Regular Meeting, January 25, 1983 b. Trip to Juneau 10. PERSONS PRESENT NOT SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD None 11. ADJOURNMENT Respectfully submitted: K?yz, 7 A j./ Jdnet Loper, Sectetary Commissioner Weller asked if those plans would interfere in anyfwith the plans the commission has undertaken for the boat ramp, the answer was no. Commissioner T. Thompson asked if the land needs fill, Mr. Palm indicated it could either be done that way or perhaps rails laid temporarily, to be removed after the season was over. The Commission asked if any buildings were planned, there were none. Have the men checked with the Corps of Engineers, they had and the Corps had indicated there was no problem in that use was temporary and the land was not conservation and under jursidiction of the city. Basically the idea is to provide an alternative to the canneries for those independent fishermen who have no where to sell fish. Bill Brighton explained to Mr. Palm and Mr. McMillan that the city had spent $150,000 to get that land back and probably would not be in a hurry to again tie it up and asked if any other land would be acceptable to them. The Commission and Mr. Brighton agreed to help the gentlemen in any way with any other land they might find that would meet their needs. The Commission discussed what members might be available to go to Juneau to help in gaining funds for the harbor project. Both Commissioners Thompson stated that they felt they may be able to and would get back to the Commission. Commissioner Quesnel stated that he may be available to go around mid -March and will also get back. There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned. The next meeting will be Tuesday, February 15, 1983 at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers. October 8, 1982 Dick Pryor, Grant Administrator Department of Transportation and Public Facility 4111 Aviation Avenue Pouch 6900 Anchorage, Alaska 99502 CITY OF KENAI d Capita1 4 l a P. O. BOX 580 KENAI, ALASKA 99611 TELEPHONE 283 7535 RE: Kenai Port Facility Development Grant K -84015 Dear Mr. Pryor, The City of Kenai is in the process of upgrading the city boat launch site which will eventually become a part of the overall harbor. I have enclosed copies of the contract between the City of Kenai and TAMS engin- eering firm for the proposed. work. Part of the ocntract gives a general outline of the upgrading and development. More specific details will be available after the silt and sedimentation testing is further along towards completion. The City Manager and the Kenai Advisory Harbor Commission met with Vicki Cannard and Stan McAllister of your office on June 1, 1982 t15 discuss the proposal and funding for the two projects and have been kept informed of each step as the project progresses. The Kenai Advisory Harbor Commission and the City Council are now far enough along on the boat ramp project to be sure that it will become a reality and will serve as a facility to relieve the difficulties of the boating community until the harbor concept is proved feasible and a portion of this boat ramp project will become a part of the future harbor. Per the contract between the City of Kenai and the Department of Trans- portation, page 1 item 4, the City is asking for the approval to draw on a portion of the funds available for a part of the TAMS contract that is applicable. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the City of Kenai. Sincerely,. anet Loper, Secretary Kenai Advisory Harbor Commission enc. Harbormaster c/o City Manager's Office Kenai, AK 99611 Dear Sir: DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION UNITED STATES COAST GUARD MAILING ADDRESS( oan) COMMANDER Seventeenth Coast Guard District P.O. Sox 3 -5000 4 °Pt A 3'ssa—t 16552 5 OCT )982 As outlined in Special Notice to Mariners of 11 March 1982, the Commander, Seventeenth Coast Guard District has been holding public hearings to collect user data on poor or non existant Loran -C coverage for the inside waters of Southeast Alaska, the Sitka area, and the coastal waters in the area of Fairweather Fishing Grounds. Your assistance is needed to identify the extent of problems experienced by Loran -C users in these areas and their impact on users. To improve the signal levels in these arras an additional Loran -C station must be added to the Gulf of Alaska Chain. These public hearings are being held to get public inputs, because a project of this nature would require significant expenditures of public funds and congressional action. Your comments will be solicited at these public hearings with the guidelines stated in Special Notice to Mariners of 11 March 1982, which is enclosed. 3. Sitka, 6 October 1982, 7:00 p.m. to 9.:00 p.m. at Centenial Bldg. in the Maksoutoff Room. The locations and times of these public hearings are as follows: 1. Ketchikan, 4 October 1982, 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at Kayhi Humanities Area (High School), 2. Petersburg, 5 October 1982, 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at Counsel Chambers, City Hall. 4. Seattle, Washington, 20 October 1982, 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at Federal Bldg., 915 Second Ave., Court Room 514 (5th Floor). 5. Kodiak, 25 October 1982, 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at Kodiak Electric Association Auditorium, 515 Marine Way. 6. Horner, 26 October 1982, 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at City Hall. 7. Anchorage, 27 October 1982, 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at Pioneer School, (Middle Floor), 3rd Eagle St. 8. Cordova, 4 November 1982, 7:00 p.rn. to 9:00 p.m. at City Library Meeting Room. For any additional 'information please feel free to contact Lieutenant Commander Robert G. WINTER at (907) 586 7368. Sincerely, ti E. R. RIUTTA Lieutenant Commander, U.S. Coast Guard Chief, Aids to Navigation Branch Seventeenth Coast Guard District By direction of the District Commander Encl: (1) Special Local Notice to Mariners of 11 Mar 1982 2 oan 16562 5 October 1982 RARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ISSUED BY: DATE: 11 March 1982 COMMANDER, SEVENTEENTH COAST GUARD DISTRICT P.O. BOX 3 -5000, JUNEAU, ALASKA 99802 TELEPHONE: (907) 586 2680 -AFTER WORKING HOURS (907) 586 -7367- -0800 TO 1615 SPECIAL NOTICE ALASKA NOTICE TO MARINERS INFORMATION 'OUTSIDE AND INSIDE WATERS OF THE GULF OF ALASKA, INCLUDING COOK INLET AND PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND Information Concerning Loran -C Coverage. Commander, Seventeenth Coast Guard District has received several reports of non existent or poor Loran -C coverage from the Gulf of Alaska (7960) Chain in the Sitka area, the inside waters of Southeast Alaska and the coastal waters in the area of the Fairweather Fishing Grounds. The Coast Guard has collected data throughout the Gulf of Alaska to determine the extent and nature of any coverage problem. We have determined that signal strengths in the following areas are below system design levels: 1. Inside and outside waters of Southeast Alaska,.north of Ketchikan. 2. Valdez Narrows and Port Valdez. 3. Cook Inlet, north of Kachemak Bay. The lower signal strengths may result in problems in Loran -C receiver acquisition and tracking of the Gulf of Alaska chain in the above areas. The severity of the problem is dependent on a number of factors which include: 1. Time of year and day. Seasonal and diurnal fluctuations in background noise will affect the capability of receivers to acquire and track signals accurately. 2. Vessel generated electrical noise. 3. The make and model of the receiver. 4. Quality of installation can have a significant effect on noise and therefore the ability to receive signals. REPORT DEFECTS IN AIDS TO NAVIGATION TO NEAREST COAST GUARD UNIT NOTICE Na SPECIAL 77 -140 SPECIAL NOTICE (cc c.) 5. The location of user. Signal strengths vary in the user areas. We need your help to identify the extent of problems experienced by Loran -C users in the areas identified above and their impact on the user. To improve the signal levels in these areas an additional transmitting station must be added to the Gulf of Alaska Chain. A project of this nature would require significant expenditures of public funds with approval and funding requiring congressional action. Completion of the project, if approved and funded, could not occur for several years. We need your assistance to identify problems caused by low signal levels in the Sitka area, inside waters of Southeast Alaska, and coastal waters in the area of Fairweather Fishing Grounds. We are soliciting your comments, using the following guidelines as a format: a. Vessel use (example: set recover crab pots) b. Vessel location (approx lat -long distance to nearest landfall). c. Time problem(s) experienced (if not known, day, night, sunrise, sunset). d. Actual problem i.e. unable to acquire (lock on) loran signal (which station if known), loss of signal after acquistion, incorrect position when plotted, etc. e. Make and model of the receiver. f. Impact of the problem on the user. g. Other comments you may have. Please address comments concerning coverage problem areas, user requirements and proposed resolutions to Commander (oan), Seventeenth Coast Guard District, P.O. Box 3- 5000, Juneau, Alaska 99802. (907) 586 -7368. Until such time as a solution for the coverage deficiencies within the Gulf of Alaska is implemented, users should consider the following actions which they can use to obtain the best utilization from available signals: 1. Receivers should be installed strictly in accordance with the manufacturer's installation instructions. Some receivers require separate ground wires between antenna and receivers (wood /fiberglass vessels) or solid ground connections to hull (metal vessels). Other receivers require a separate ground wire from the receiver to the engine block or common ground. Power leads should be two conductor shielded cable, run from the receiver direct to the battery via a circuit breaker. Page 2 of 3 pages SPECIAL NOTICE (cont.) 2. Loran -C antennas should be located in accordance with the manufacturer's recommendations. The Loran -C antenna should be as far away from other antennas and metal poles, pipes, guys, stanchions and stacks as possible. When in doubt, contact qualified manufacturer's representative to check your installation to ensure that your installation has been properly accomplished. 3. Identification and elimination of interfering noise sources on the vessel accomplished by a qualified technician will significantly improve performance. 4. The tendency will be for the receivers to have difficulty acquiring the weak signal (Master in Southeast and Yankee in Cook Inlet /Prince William Sound) or locking on the improper cycle. Improper cycle selection will result in errors in time difference readings in 10 microsecond steps. Therefore, received time differences should be checked against known correct readings whenever possible. 5. Atmospheric noise is expected to be greatest during the hours between sunset and sunrise. Lowest atmospheric noise can be expected during winter and summer months during the hours between sunrise and sunset. 6. Rate (9990) may be usable in the repeatability mode in Cook Inlet. The (9990) lines of position are not currently plotted on the charts of Cook Inlet, therefore, lines of position are not available pending printing of new charts unless Loran -C tables are utilized. 7. Loran -C receivers generally require stronger signals for signal acquisition than for tracking. If a receiver has acquired signals and is tracking accurately is should not be turned off while operating in areas of weak signals. 8. Certain receivers include front panel cycle selection switches which allow the operator to force the receiver to track earlier or later in the transmitted pulse. Operation of this feature is discussed in the receiver instruction manual. This may allow users to obtain accurate results during marginal signal conditions. Page 3 of 3 pages REPORTS SURVEYS DESIGN SUPERVISION P'ir. William J. Brighton City Manager City of Kenai Box 580 Kenai, Alaska 99611 Subject: Boat Harbor For Kenai HG:mg HAROLD H. GALLIETT, JR. REGISTERED CIVIL ENGINEER 5 October 1982 Very truly yours, Harold H. Galliett, Jr., Registered Civil Engineer 746 F STREET ANCHORAGE, ALASKA 99501 272.9212 2793226 0 DY CITY AUM*NI:3TRATIOPd CITY Dear Sir: For many years the City of Kenai has sought a boat harbor. The Corps of Engineers has studied and reported on a boat harbor for Kenai. Half measures have been tried, with little success. Any boat harbor along the lower, tidal estuary of the Kenai River, would quickly fill with silt, unless the silt were continually removed. This knowledge, emphasized each year by the extremely expensive dredging of the Dillingham boat harbor, has worked against a boat harbor for Kenai. I have a conceptual design for a boat harbor along the lower, tidal estuary of the Kenai River. This conceptual design prevents siltation and could be constructed and enlarged at low cost on low lying property owned by the City of Kenai. If a new approach and a new concept to obtain a state funded boat harbor for Kenai is appropriate at this time, I would be pleased to discuss the subject with yourself and /or to make a presentation to your Harbor Commission. October 11, 1982 Mr. Harold H. Galliett, Jr. Registered Civil Engineer 746 F. Street Anchorage, Alaska 99501 Re: Boat Harbor for Kenai Dear Mr. Galliett, In reference to your correspondence of October 5, 1982 I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your interest and work put into your conceptual design for a boat harbor. Your letter has been referred to me from the City Manager and I have placed it on the agenda for the next Harbor Commission meeting on October 26, 1982 at 7:00 p.m. for their consideration. I will forward the minutes of that meeting on to you and any other correspondence regarding your conceptual design as I receive it. Sincerely, Janet Loper, Secretary Kenai Harbor Commission cc: John Williams, Chairman CITY OF KENAI "Od Capi 41as4a P. 0. BOX 590 KENAI, ALASKA 99611 TELEPHONE 283 7535