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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 2007-62Substitute "A" Suggested by: Administration CITY OF KENA% RESOLUTION NO. 2007-62 A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA, DESIGNATING THAT LOT 1-A SPRUCEWOOD GLEN SUBDIVISION NUMBER TWO BE REPLATTED AND THAT A PORTION OF THE PROPERTY IN THAT LOT BE DESIGNATED AS A BUFFER. WHEREAS, the City of Kenai is the owner of property currently known as Lot 1-A Sprucewood Glen Subdivision Number Two (Lot 1-A); and, WHEREAS, the City of Kenai has owned Lot 1-A and the adjacent parcel (the Parcel) on the Kenai Spur Highway between Beaver Loop Road (now Bridge Access Road) and First Avenue South (now Walker Lane) since 1963; and, WHEREAS, in 1976 the Advisory Planning and Zoning Commission of the City of Kenai (the Advisory Commission) in Resolution 76-3 recommended that the Parcel be rezoned from suburban residential to general commercial to reflect the need for commercial property and that the property was not well suited for residential development; and, WHEREAS, during the process of rezoning the property the Advisory Commission recognized the need to create a buffer for the private residential property nearby in order to properly develop the city owned property commercially; and, WHEREAS, creation of the buffer strip was an integral part of the commercial development of the Parcel; and, WHEREAS, the following the property being rezoned general commercial, the property was replatted in 1978; and, WHEREAS, Plat Number 78-106 listed a 120' wide buffer strip on property then known as Lot 1, Spur Division Number One and now known as Lot 1-A Spur Subdivision Number Two; and, WHEREAS, the purpose of the buffer was to screen the new commercial subdivision from the residential area east of what was then First Avenue South (now Walker Lane); and, WHEREAS, after being replatted, the Parcel was commercially developed including a gas station, bowling alley, grocery store, fast food restaurant, office building and a three story hotel in construction; and, WHEREAS, after the property was rezoned, it was replatted in 1984 (Plat Number 84- 305); and, Resolution No. 2007-62, Substitute "A" Page 2 of 2 WHEREAS, Plat Number 84-305 removed the buffer zone on Lot 1-A that had been included in the previous plat; and, WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Kenai finds that the west side of Walker Lane is not suitable for residential development; and, WHEREAS, Council of the City of Kenai finds that a buffer is needed between the commercial development on the Parcel and the residential development on the east side of Walker Lane; and, WHEREAS, on October 3, 2007 the Council of the City of Kenai authorized the City Manager to enter into an agreement with Homer Electric Authority (HEA) whereby: 1) the City would grant HEA atwenty-foot (20~ utility easement along the entire western boundary of Lot 1-A; 2) the City would clear and grub the easement area at its cost; 3) HEA would agree to retire the existing 24,900 volt overhead transmission main and vacate its sixty-foot easement along the eastern boundary of Lot 1-A within five years at no cost to the City; 4) that Aspen Hotel has agreed to compensate Alaska Communications System (ACS) to move its underground communication cable from the existing sixty-foot (60') easement to the proposed twenty-foot (20') easement; and, WHEREAS, the Airport Commission discussed this issue, unanimously passing a resolution favoring the re-establishment of a platted buffer strip on Lot B, and maintaining Lot A in its present condition until such time a commercially viable proposal for development (lease/sale) was accepted by the City. WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Kenai finds it is in the best interest of the City of Kenai to replat Lot 1-A as shown on Attachment "A" reestablish Lot B as a buffer between the commercial development on the Parcel and the residential area on the eastern side of Walker Lane, and maintain Lot A in its present condition until a proposal for development is accepted by the City. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA, that the Council of the City of Kenai authorizes the City Manager to proceed with replatting Lot 1-A, Sprucewood Glen Subdivision Number Two, Kenai, Alaska as shown on Attachment "A." PASSED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA, this 21st day of November, 2007. U u-~l / PAT PORTER, MAYOR ATTEST: ~~~~ Carol L. 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