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Home My WebLink About1983-86 Community CenterCommunity Center Committee 1983- 1986 M~s, Louisa Niilec P. O, Box 400 Kenai~ Ak 99611 Hiss Connie E. P, O, Box 448'-2 .. Kenai~ Ak 99611 M ~'. T om Hut' pt3 y P. O. Box 486 Kenai , Ak 99611 Keevil Hts, Pe.nny Dyer P, O. Box 3172 Kenai ~ Ak 99611 Mc. Jim Cactec P. O. Box 212 Kenai, Ak 99611 Mc. Jim Evenson P. O. Box 324 Kenai, Ak 996.11 He. Lecoy Heincich St. R[. 5 Kenai, Ak 99611 ': ¥- , COM~UN'ITY CENTER COMMITTEE MEETING January 8, 1985. Meeting was Malston. called to order at 7'OOpm at Cit!F Hall by Chairman Present · Leroy Heinrich, Tom.Mur~ohy, Bill Brighton, Jim Carter, Carmen Gintoli, Sallie Bailie, Connie Keevil .and Jim Evenson. P, on Malston, Penny Dyer, First order of business w~sdiscussion of removal of FAA towers from building site. Bill Brighton reported it could take over two .years to have towers removed. Feeling was not to delay, p'ro- gress on the ~roject by insisting buil~ding be placed where towers are located. Motion was made by Tom ?~ur.Dhy and seconded by di'm Evenson to acce~t site presently located in contract documents. Motion was unanSmouslv carried. Jim Carter suggested we keep in contact with FAA and the Council to continually urge the removal of the towers. City Resolution #B4,-.2 was nresented b~$.~ chairman !~i. alston to the board for adoption. Amotion as made by Lero,/ Heinrich and seconded by Connie Keevil to adopt the ~esolution and present it to City Council. Motion was passed unanimously. A con..,v of Resolut'ion ~.84-1, which was adopted by committee at earlier meeting~ was also to be presented to City COuncil. Mr. Gintoli~ Architect, issued an invitation to all committee members to dro.n by his office and review construction documents at their convenience. Sallie Bailie is to contact Community Centers in Valdez and Juneau for possible contacts to advertise for manager of Kenai Center. She is also to ask if the.~ would mind sending copies of their manager contracts for committee to review. Topic of next meeting Center. Next meeting is to to be be discussion of management of the announced b.y Chairman. There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned. Penn!? Dyer, acting secretar.~v. KENAI COMMUNITY CENTER COMMITTEE May 12, 1986 - ?:00 PM Kenai City Hall Pon Malston, Chairman Present: Pon Malston, Lon Hols, Tom Murphy, 3im Evenson, Jim Carter Also Present: Charles Baily, Bob Williams, Dave Brown, Councilwoman Ballle, and Mayor Tom Wagoner Chairman Mals~on opened the meeting to discussion of "where do we go from here". It appears that the community wants the center, having vo~ed for it twlce before. Should the Committee decide %o .move forward, plans~need to be made to present the brochure to the vo~ers. Chairman Malston called on Bob Williams, Kenal Vlsito~s Center. Mr. Williams discussed the bed~ ~ax issue sta~ing ~ha~ he is fo~ the community center but only if ~he bed tax funds are not dive,ted for the cente~. The Visitors Cen~e~ couId not survive without funding. While it is t~ue voters approved the cente~, however, it was a~ a time when no one doubted that money would be available. Several communities have had to aider'plans fo~ Iarge~ .buiidings, opting for smaller accomodations. Mr. ~Williams suggested using ~he ~oid post office buiiding. The good points a~e tha~' the buiiding is owned by the city and unde'~ lease to people who live outside the s~ate and are looking fo~ a write-off. In ~5 yea~s the lease wouid expire and ~he buiIding wiI1 ~eve~t back to the city. It would cos~ fa~ less ~o ~enova'te ~he building and add on to it ~han to buiid the entire center. By using ~his alternative, the City would not have ~o bond,.~he bed tax wouid not be diverted, and would provide 't.he much needed ~meeting space soone~. The la~ge~ cen~e~ could always be constructed iate~ when funds are more readiIy availabIe. The~ Committee turned discussion ~o cost of reno~vation and square footage of the 'old pos't: office building. Mr.. B'ro~n asked where themoney comes from for ~he Visitor's Cen.ter,~ Mr. Williams answered that $t7,.000 per year comes fr:om the City which probably 'will cease as the budget gets tighter and should that happen the Center ~ill probably close. Mayo~ Wagoner and ~he Committee discussed the promotion of the Cente~. The Mayor stated that it was hls feeling ~hat the Clty should not be involved in the promotion of the Center, that City money shouId not be used. Mayor Wagoner suggested waiting 2 years at which time money may be more readily available. And further that an alternative may be to fund the promotion through private businesses. Mayor Wagoner felt that $3 to $5,000 would be necessary. Councilwoman Bailie stressed the time factor, the pubIic hearing being 2 weeks away. Committee Member Carter felt that if the issue fails, the old post office would be an alternative. Carmen Gintoli stated that while state oil revenues are declining, Kenai should be looking for COMMUNITY CENTER COMMITTEE May 12, 1986 Page 2 alternatives for income and the tourist/convention ~rade is the third largest in the state. Kenai has some potential to tap ~his market where other Alaskan communities do not. The Committee agreed that the wisest move would be to begin forming a PAC Committee now and proceed wi~h the p~omotion as time is an important factor. The next meeting will be Monday at ?::~0 PM at Chairman Malston's. Prior to that ~ime, members for a RAC Committee will be contact concerning interes~ in serving. 3ane~ Loper Secretary