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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2011-02-10 KRSMA Board PacketKENAI RIVER Special Management Area "Working together...for the river" CALL TO ORDER A. Roll Call; B. Minutes Approval C. Agenda Changes and Approval II. Public Comments /Presentations Ill. REPORTS A. Agency and Government Reports a. State Parks Sinclair, Russell b. DEC- Stevens c. ADF &G- Vania/ Begich d. USF &WS- Schmidt e. USFS /Chugach- Travis Mosely f. City of Kenai- Koch g. City of Soldotna- Micciche h. Kenai Peninsula Borough- Carey B. Committee Reports a. President's Report b. Guide Advisory c. Habitat d. River Use e. Permits f. Legislative /Government Activities g. Board Development h. Agenda /Board Structure /Housekeeping IV. OLD BUSINESS V. NEW BUSINESS A. Draft Language supporting Senate Bill 24 VI. CORRESPONDENCE VII. PUBLIC COMMENT Kenai River Special Management Area Advisory Board ***Meeting Agenda*** Thursday, February 10, 2011 5:30 p.m. Gilman River Center VIII. ADJOURNMENT A. Board Comments B. Date /Agenda of Next Meeting February 10, 2011 at 5:30 p.m. L r7 r rK 0 pVif lc f LJ1' Kenai Area Office, PO Box 1247, Soldotna, AK 99669, 907- 262 -5581 Kenai Peninsula Borough, 144 N. Binkley, Soldotna, AK 99669 907 262 -4441 Gilman River Center 514 Funny River Road, Soldotna, AK 99669, 907 260 -4882 Alaska Division of Parks and Outdoor Recreation, Deppartment atural Resources, in cooperation with the Kenai Peninsula Borough KENAI c E N r RECEIVED L FEB w 4 2011 ENAI CITY CLERK B. Committee Reports h. Kenai Peninsula Borough, David Carey mentioned they had a very helpful community meeting in dealing with some of the issues on the river. The Citizen's Advisory group is still looking for projects to fund. Projects need to side the National Forest V` lands immediately contiguous. Bobbi Jo is our or point person; Travis Mosely is filling in for her currently. The Forest Service or the Citizen's Advisory group should have applications to provide ideas. They need projects, the Forest Service has come up with a list of things they would like to see done, but the public, under the Safe Schools and Rural Communities Act of Congress is also suppose to be very involved. They are meeting the last weekend in February. Information is on Chugach National Forest webpage. a. President's Report, concerned about attendance at KRSMA meetings and committee meetings. Concerned about getting new members on committees. Thanked those that are being committed to the board, b. Guide Advisory, Joe Connors stated they met today. They had an application process this year and had more applicants than positions; for the first time we have a person designated as an alternate; we are going to develop some priorities for the year. We will be working off the same report everyone else is using, that is the report from Doug Whittaker and prioritizing those. The one item we took action on was Senate Bill 24, because the legislature starts on Monday. Our position is that we conceptually support this Senate Bill and we are putting this on next months meeting agenda as an action item. Will send out email with link to Senate Bill 24 and draft letter on what the guide advisory is purposing. c. Habitat, Bruce King stated they met today and spent brief time on details of the symposium; right now the big hang up is finalizing the funding. We spent some time talking about 21.18; we sent a letter to the borough a couple of months ago urging them to continue the process of revising 21.18 working on phase II and now we'd like to make a formal request to the borough staff to come to a future KRSMA meeting and talk about where they are at in the process. There were three things we had questions about, the first is we'd like to find out what has transpired as far as funding for the facilitator to continue phase II work, we'd like a summary of what changes occurred in phase I, and finally we'd like to get some feel from the KPB and their staff about what their plans are for phase II both this year and down the road. Part of that explanation is we'd like to hear them talk about the adequacy of the current buffer relative to the implications for long term protection of the riparian corridor. d. River Use, Carol Padgett stated they met today and focused on prioritizing. We are looking at what Doug Whittaker came up with as initiatives as well as other things. We plan to have a list of the focus areas and ask members to help us try to synthesize that list and come up with items that are most important to work on. Also, would like to have a living document, so new members can see where we are and how we got there. e. Permits, did not meet. f. Legislative /Government Activities, David Carey stated we may see a couple of his students attending the next 3 KRSMA meetings as wet as committee meetings Jack Sinclair asked David Carey to speak on the Bing's Landing concept meeting that was held at the borough. David Carey stated a community meeting was held regarding the Bing's Landing concept. We had very good attendance. The community voiced very strongly their concerns in terms of issues particularly with the road and also habitat protection, erosion, and noise. What we are particularly moving toward is to have "no parking" signs put up a long several areas. We debated whether or not the signs should have a time on them. We are not going to put time limits on the signs, because ambulances and fire trucks need to be able to get through, we can't limit it on time when there is an emergency. We anticipate the signs to say no parking, tow away zone. The second point of the meeting asked that David Carey write a letter to towing firms saying its okay for them to tow. Legal has a real problem with that because we have to make sure we get every single towing company that might ever be asked. So we are working on what it is we can say, particularly because there was direction 2 years ago from the borough that you must not tow at this spot. Third, there was very strong praise to State Parks in terms of bringing together a plan and drawing. g. Board Development, did not meet. Kenai River Special Management Area Advisory Board Minutes January 13, 2011 Page 2 of 3 Call to Order A. Members Present: Joe Connors, Kevin Lyon, Janet Schmidt, Jim Czarnezki, Jack Sinclair, David Carey, Bruce King, Tim Stevens, Carol Padgett, Terri Carter, Brenda Trefon, George Heim. B. The Minutes for December 9, 2010 were approved as written. C. Agenda Changes and Approval: Addition of item B to correspondence. !I. Public Comments /Presentations III. Reports Kenai River Special Management Area Advisory Board Meeting Minutes Gilman River Center Thursday, January 13, u, .30 p.m. George Rockhill commented he was not aware there was a change in the 11 AAC 20.861 for the length of boats on the Kenai River, where they cannot be any longer than 21 feel. His boat has a hull length of 20 feet, he asked the board to consider an addition to the definitions on how a boat is measured. His boat has a sea drive on the back of it; the hull of his boat is 20 feet from the bow to the tip of the stern. It has a 2 foot platform on the back of the boat that holds the motor 2 foot behind the stern of the boat. He asked the board to consider adding under section C of the 11 AAC 20.861 regulations, 5 that would state: "If a boat hull is configured with a sea drive that clearly doesn't contribute to the planning surface of the hull, the hull should be measured from the bow to the stern of the boat." Andy Szczesny, an upper Kenai River guide for 25 years, wanted to let the KRSMA board know about Senate Bill 24, which is basically the sport fishing guide service board and licensing requirements; encouraged everyone on KRSMA board to read the bill. Basically it would be setup to have 9 board members, 5 would be licensed sport fishing guides, 1 would be a transporter, 1 member from the Alaska board of fisheries, and 2 public members. It would be set up like the big game services board. This would encompass the entire state. A. Agency and Government Reports a. State Parks, Jack Sinclair, stated Ben Ellis was appointed director of Division of State Parks. He was a member of the KRSMA board in the past. Ben Ellis will probably schedule a trip down this winter to meet with staff and the KRSMA board. From an operation standpoint, we are beginning contracting at Morgan's Landing and finishing work on our platforms. We will be lowering some of our platforms because of some of the 21.18 borough ordinance changes and additional stairs into the water. We should be wrapping up the project between now and April. Much of our staff is being detailed up to the Mat -Su valley to help out with wintertime issues in areas such as Hatcher Pass, because Mat -Su has a few staffing shortages. b. DEC, Tim Stevens, stated on January 4, 2011, DEC went out to solicitation for the annual ACWA (Alaska Clean Water Action) grants. We have two actions on the Kenai that we are looking for proposals for; one is to do some continued hydrocarbon testing to make sure we are into water quality standards. A twice a year test, typically done in July. The other would be for a proposal to continue bacteria testing on North and South beaches at the mouth of the Kenai River. Have not received turbidity study reports from contractor yet. He has the raw data and is working on statistical analysis of turbidity study. c. ADF &G, Vania/ Begich, was not present. d. USF &WS, Schmidt/Loranger, commented we now have a Facebook page. The River Management Society Workshop, interagency workshop is May 9 -12 2011. She will have a draft schedule to give to everyone soon. e. USFS /Chugach, Travis Mosely was not present. f. City of Kenai, Kevin Lyon, dip net report is out and can be found online. There will be a council work session on February 15` 2011. The bid was awarded on the North beach fishery in Kenai. g. City of Soldotna, Peter Micciche was not present. Kenai River Special Management Area Advisory Board Minutes —January 13, 2011. Page 1 of 3 V. New Business A. Election of Officers David Carey made the motion to retain the same officers as elected last year. Bruce King seconded. Motion passed unanimously. VI. Correspondence A. Resolution regarding Bing's Landing Concept Jack Sinclair stated we now have a signed copy. B. Request from Habitat Committee, Bruce King stated as part of the symposium funding request, we asked the borough if they were interested in participating. We received a letter from the Kenai Peninsula Borough staff asking for a detailed explanation on how we plan to spend the money and more information regarding the symposium. A letter has been prepared and needs to be signed by the President of KRSMA. VII. Public Comment Nikki P on behalf of Bing's Landing, thanked the board for the support they have been given. There are 45 land owners in the Bing's Landing area. All but 2 have been given an opportunity to see what has been going on. Of those 45 land owners, 23 have responded and have been in support of and in favor of the Bing's Landing concept and are very impressed with State Parks proposal. I have written a letter that will go to the legislators and governor supporting the proposal in an effort to help State Parks get funding for this. VIII. Adjournment A. Board Comments h. Agenda /Board Structure /Housekeeping did not meet. Jack Sinclair stated the Kenai Peninsula Borough published "On the Coast" book and those are available at the Gilman River Center. B. Date /Agenda of Next Meeting February 10, 2011 at 5:30 p.m. Kenai River Special Management Area Advisory Board Minutes —January 13, 2011 Page 3 of 3