HomeMy WebLinkAbout2009-10-28 Planning & Zoning Minutes9. REPORTS:
a. City Council
b. Borough Planning
c. Administration
11. INFORMATION ITEMS:
CITY OF KENAI
PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION
AGENDA
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS
October 28, 2009 7:00 p.m.
1. CALL TO ORDER:
a. Roll Call
b. Agenda Approval
c. Consent Agenda
d. *Excused Absences
Phil Bryson
*All items listed with an asterisk are considered to be routine and non controversial by
the Commission and will be approved by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of
these items unless a Commission 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.
2. *APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
a. *October 14, 2009
3. SCHEDULED PUBLIC COMMENT. (10 Minutes)
4. CONSIDERATION OF PLATS:
5. PUBLIC HEARINGS: (Testimony limited to 3 minutes per speaker.)
6. OLD BUSINESS:
7. NEW BUSINESS:
a. Vacation/Public Road Easement Government Lot 93 (Bennett) Review /Discussion.
8. PENDING ITEMS:
a. PZ09 -18 A resolution of the Planning, Zoning Commission of the City of Kenai,
Alaska, recommending to the Council that Title 14 be amended to establish the MAPS
Special Zoning District and various parts of the Kenai Zoning Code be amended by
adding the provisions to encompass the new zone.
10. PERSONS PRESENT NOT SCHEDULED: (3 Minutes)
a. "Zoning Bulletin" September 25, 2009
12. COMMISSION COMMENTS QUESTIONS:
13. ADJOURNMENT:
MINUTES
ITEM 1: CALL TO ORDER
Chair Twait called the meeting to order at approximately 7:00 p.m.
1 -a. Roll Call
Roll was confirmed as follows:
Commissioners present:
Commissioners absent:
Staff /Council Liaison present:
A quorum was present.
1 -b.
MOTION:
Agenda Approval
Commissioner Romain MOVED to approve the agenda as presented and Commissioner
Brookman SECONDED the motion. There were no objections. SO ORDERED.
1 -c. Consent Agenda
MOTION:
Commissioner Wells MOVED to approve the consent agenda and Commissioner
Brookman SECONDED the motion. There were no objections. SO ORDERED.
1 -d. *Excused Absences
Phil Bryson
Approved by consent agenda.
CITY OF KENAI
PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION
OCTOBER 28, 2009
7:00 P.M.
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS
CHAIR JEFF TWAIT, PRESIDING
K. Rogers, G. Brookman, K. Koester, S. Romain,
R. Wells, J. Twait
P. Bryson (excused)
City Planner M. Kebschull, Council Member
R. Molloy, Deputy City Clerk C. Hall
*All items listed with an asterisk are considered to be routine and non-
controversial by the Commission and will be approved by one motion. There will be
no separate discussion of these items unless a Commission 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.
Bryson
EXCUSED
Rogers
YES
Brookman
YES
Koester
YES
Romain
YES
Wells
YES
Twait
YES
ITEM 2: *APPROVAL OF MINUTES October 14, 2009
Approved by consent agenda.
ITEM 3: SCHEDULED PUBLIC COMMENT None
ITEM 4: CONSIDERATION OF PLATS None
ITEM 5: PUBLIC HEARINGS None
ITEM 6: OLD BUSINESS None
ITEM 7: NEW BUSINESS
7 a. Discussion Vacation /Public Road Easement Government Lot 93
(Bennett) Review.
City Planner Kebschull reviewed the staff report included in the packet, noting support
for the vacation with the retention of a 15 foot utility easement for a future water line,
the vacation was approved by the Borough Planning Commission at its October 26,
2009 meeting, and Kenai City Council would have 30 days to veto the vacation.
MOTION:
Commissioner Romain MOVED to recommend approval of the vacation on
Government Lot 93 and Commissioner Rogers SECONDED the motion.
VOTE:
MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
ITEM 8:
PENDING ITEMS
8 a. PZ09 18 A resolution of the Planning Zoning Commission of the City
of Kenai, Alaska, recommending to the Council that Title 14 be amended
to establish the MAPS Special Zoning District and various parts of the
Kenai Zoning Code be amended by adding the provisions to encompass
the new zone.
ITEM 9: REPORTS
PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING
OCTOBER 28, 2009
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9 -a. City Council Council Member Molloy reviewed the action agenda
items from the October 21, 2009 City Council meeting, reported at the November 4,
2009 meeting there would be a public hearing on the Wind Energy Systems ordinance
and on the Vacation of Easement discussed earlier, and noted the library had received
a grant for laptop computers to be borrowed for use within the building.
9 -b. Borough Planning Twait noted the October 26, 2009 meeting agenda
was included in the packet.
9 -c. Administration Kebschull reported the Parks and Recreation Director
had had site visits to the future Marathon Park with the Department of Natural
Resources, reminded Commissioners there would only be one meeting in November
(November 10th due to Veteran's Day Holiday) and one in December (December 9), and
reported five commissioners would attend planning commissioner training during the
AML conference in November in Anchorage.
ITEM 10: PERSONS PRESENT NOT SCHEDULED None
ITEM 11: INFORMATION ITEMS
11 -a. "Zoning Bulletin" September 25, 2009
ITEM 12: COMMISSION COMMENTS QUESTIONS
Wells urged commissioners to support United Way.
ITEM 13: ADJOURNMENT
MOTION:
Commissioner Romain MOVED to adjourn and Commissioner Brookman SECONDED
the motion. There were no objections. SO ORDERED.
There being no further business before the Commission, the meeting was adjourned at
approximately 7:16 p.m.
Minutes prepared and submitted by:
Corene Hall Deputy City Clerk
PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING
OCTOBER 28, 2009
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