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2025-04-11 Regular MeetingI KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH Service Area No. 1 Board Meeting April 11, 2025 A Service Area No. 1 Board Meeting was held on April 11, 2025, in the Assembly Chambers of the Kodiak Island Borough Building, 710 Mill Bay Road. CALL TO ORDER Chair Scott Arndt Called the meeting to order at 6:30pm. ROLL CALL Staff Brian Price conducted a roll call. Present were Chair Scott Arndt, Vice -Chair Jason Bunch, Mike Sirofchuck, Paul Hansen, Dennis Symmons, and Craig Dagen. Member Jay Baldwin absent. a quorum was established. ARNDT MOVED to excuse member Jay Baldwin who was absent due to medical reasons. SYMMONS seconded. ROLL CALL VOTE ON MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY APPROVAL OF AGENDA BUNCH MOVED to approve the agenda. DAGEN seconded. BUNCH MOVED to amend the agenda to include under item number 9, New Business, discussion to ordinance proposal changing KIBC chapter 4.15.040 & .070 and add discussion for the proposed changed to ordinance FY2023-18 amending KIBC general penalty section 1.20.050, Fine Schedule. SYMMONS seconded. ROLL CALL VOTE ON MOTION TO AMEND CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY ROLL CALL VOTE ON MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA AS AMENDED CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY APPROVAL OF PREVIOUS MINUTES DAGEN MOVED to approve the previous 03.31.2025 Regular Meeting Minutes. SIROFCHUCK seconded. ROLL CALL VOTE ON MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY Kodiak Island Borough April 11, 2025 Service Area No. 1 Board Meeting Minutes ACKNOWLEDGE RECEIPT OF FINANCIAL REPORT I - DAGEN MOVED to acknowledge the receipt of the financial report. HANSEN seconded. Chair Scott Arndt briefly noted to the board upcoming expenses that were expected to be reflected in the next meeting's financial report. ROLL CALL VOTE ON MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY VISITOR'S COMMENTS None. CHAIR PERSON'S REPORT Chair Scott Arndt Gave his report. He began by going over recent work and listing the streets worked on. Mentions were made for other areas that had maintenance needs to address. It will be May before sweeping gets done. More work was needed on Sunset Drive. Materials were planning on being delivered such as E1 rock and Calcium Chloride. Staff Brian Price updated the board on the Calcium Chloride order through Mill Bay Enterprises. OLD BUSINESS Repealing Sections Of Kodiak Island Borough Code, Title 4, Service Areas Pertaining To Certain Exemptions For Road Maintenance Services For Properties Along State Roads Chair Scott Arndt provided the board the intention behind the ordinance. Comments from residents of the service area board were shared to exemplify the use of the roads in which it was evident that there are residents not part of the Service Area that still used the road. Issues with maintenance on some state -maintained roads were shared. Most of the time, the service area will plow these areas before the state will. Board discussion ensued. NEW BUSINESS Discussion Of Ordinance Proposal changing KIBC chapter 4.15.040 & .070 Chair Scott Arndt overviewed the ordinance and shared intentions that lead to its creation. Boards that were either empty or inactive in recent years are being resumed, requirements were being imposed to have quarterly meetings, and a limit to number of missed meetings before termination. The redlines, additions, and other changes in the updated draft document were reviewed. Craig Dagen argued that the ordinance should be dismissed since the approach was seen as an impingement to civic duty. Chair Scott Arndt asked Craig Dagen to do some writing on the board's reason for opposing the ordinance. Dennis Symmons voiced consideration to the board that this may be the direction being pushed by the Assembly. The board discussed their reasons they all oppose. Overall, the board felt that more regulations are a prime reason people do not engage with service areas and that all the Service Area No. 1 board members had full time jobs making it hard to meet such requirements. Craig Kodiak Island Borough April 11, 2025 Service Area No. 1 Board Meeting Minutes Dagen added statements of how the ordinance would limit civic empowerment and agreed to writing out reasonings the board recommends to the Assembly killing the ordinance. Discussion For The Proposed Changed To Ordinance FY2023-18 Amending KIBC General Penalty Section 1.20.050, Fine Schedule The board began discussing proposed fines for illegal road parking. Questions about enforcement were asked. No fee schedule existed for parking violations. The board agreed to a $75 for a first offence, the next offence stepping up another $75 to $150, and continuing to increase by increments of $75 for each day that the violation remains unresolved. VISITOR'S COMMENTS None. BOARD MEMBER'S COMMENTS Dennis Symmons - Asked about work on Otmeloi [Scott answers and board briefly discusses] and noted how irresponsible the recent plowing has been. [Scott updates] Craig Dagen - It is heartwarming to see our local government and our board working. hope we can use that to overcome our obstacles. I'm honored to be a part. Jason Bunch - Goes over a worksheet to track the work that is getting done. In just the last 9 months, many significant road maintenance items were completed. It is a very high volume. Work projections were shared. Paul Hansen - None. Mike Shirofchuck - Thanks Brian and thanks the board. Scott Arndt - Shares fund balance that missed mention in the financial report totaling $1.3 Million. Pavement needs to be replaced on Selief and will cost an estimated $750,000. Collapsing culverts on Sean Circle were mentioned and several more areas were elaborated on. He noted that the fund balance is not excessive when considering what work needs to be performed. He will update the cost of the Asphalt in the service area. NEXT MEETING SCHEDULE The next meeting was scheduled for April 28th, 2025, same place, same time. ADJOURNMENT BUNCH MOVED to adjourn the meeting. SYMMONS seconded. VOICE VOTE ON MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY The meeting adjourned at 7:53pm. Kodiak Island Borough Service Area No. 1 Board Meeting Minutes April 11, 2025 ATTEST: A Brian Price, Engineering & Facilities Secretary KODIAKKIISLAND DBBOROUGH Scott Arndt, Service Area No. 1 Board Chair Approved on: I l zql Z015 APR 2 9 202.h BOROUGH CLERKS OFFICE KODIAK, ALASKA Kodiak Island Borough Service Area No. 1 Board Meeting Minutes April 11, 2025