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2005-04-12 Regular Meeting KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH PARKS & RECREATION COMMITTEE REGULAR MEETING -APRIL 12, 2005 MINUTES I. CALL TO ORDER The regular meeting of the Parks & Recreation Committee was called to order at 7:00p.m. by CHAIR FOREMAN on April 12, 2005 in the Borough Conference Room. II. ROLL CALL Committee Members Present Absent Excused Pam Foreman X Murphy Forner X Kevin Foster X Robert Greene X Jeff Huntley X Patrick Saltonstall X Mike Sirofchuck X Hans Tschersich X Heather Turner X A quorum was established. Others present Duane Dvorak, Community Development Dept. III. APPROVAL OF AGENDA fr " ~ au EE ~ 0 =- CI) ~ - en YJJ ~ ~ (.) U z ::c iI c.:J :::>> BY ~ r O' c::::;;; 2 COMMITTEE MEMBER PATRICK SALTONSTALL MOVED TO APPROVE the agenda as presented. The motion was SECONDED by COMMITTEE MEMBER HANS TSCHERSICH, and CARRIED by unanimous voice vote. IV. MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING COMMITTEE MEMBER PATRICK SALTONSTALL MOVED TO APPROVE the March 22 Minutes and the March 29 Minutes. The MOTION WAS SECONDED BY COMMITTEE MEMBER HEATHER TURNER and was carried by unanimous voice vote. P & R Minutes: April 12, 2005 Page 1 of 4 COMMITTEE MEMBER KEVIN FOSTER MOTIONED TO AMEND the minutes to REMOVE COMMITTEE MEMBER ROBERT GREENE from the March 22 Minutes and add Robert Greene to the March 29 Minutes, and to show Wayne Biessel present on March 22nd and absent on the March 29th. The motion was SECONDED by COMMITTEE MEMBER JEFF HUNTLEY and carried by unanimous voice vote. V. AUDIENCE COMMENTS AND APPEARANCE REQUESTS There were no audience comments or appearance requests. VII. OLD BUSINESS A. Gateway workshop update-The team will be putting together a presentation on the Gateway workshop. They attended to many lectures, but there were discussions on the many possibilities. Discussion on the Kodiak 2025 Comprehensive Plan process. Pam Foreman discussed possible projects that have been narrowed down to 3 immediate projects and 1 big goal. The immediate will be easy to accomplish. First project, Wal- Mart and Blockbuster landscaping. Second, the US Coast Guard land divestiture- the refuge cottage and the Buskin River is on Coast Guard property and landscaping along the road would be an improvement. Third, new signage in Kodiak, a welcome sign at the airport and later new sign at the ferry terminal. Ordinance changes for Near Island. It was suggested that we bring Ed McMahan to Kodiak for his input. B. North Star/Otmeloi bike path-Possibility of Road funding may be received. Trail money is in limbo. DOT will require a survey of the right-of-way since it has never been surveyed, which we would have to pay for. $500 has been pledged for grant writing and the USCG may also have some funds. C. White Sands Beach-The Assembly did not include White Sands Beach in the annexation. All committee members will have a mobile work session on April 20 at 7:00 p.m. They will use the Borough van to go to White Sands Beach to come up with ideas for a plan, such as a list of improvements and maintenance where someone would go out there once a day. Lobby for funds for White Sands to the Assembly. Parks & Rec should be at the Womens Bay Comprehensive Plan Meeting, and it needs to be advertised as a public meeting. Invite Donn Tracy from ADF&G, Len, or Bud Cassidy. VIII. NEW BUSINESS A. Trail heads and pull outs related to summer road construction. Pam Foreman reported that this is a good opportunity to identify trail heads or pullouts, vista views, and wide shoulders. There should be view-points to allow for picture taking outside of the road going into Monashka Bay and the watershed areas. Identify areas to pull guardrails not needed. Take a GPS and put areas on the map. Is there a possibility of paving the P & R Minutes: April 12, 2005 Page 2 of 4 road to Monashka Bay? Need to find out property ownership. If the committee does a resolution, it will need to be done soon so it can go before the Commission! Assembly Chair. B. Open Space Ordinances-Hans would like to revive this issue. Parks and Rec wants to be part of the review process. The committee could do one project at a time. Do an Open Space Ordinance-look at several examples. Staff should get material to distribute at the next meeting. Code change-60 day review period by statute. If it' s not reviewed, approved, or denied in 60 days, it's automatically changed. That leaves the Planning & Zoning Commission two (2) meetings to review the proposed code change and make its' decision; however, if the code were changed to suggest an application is not complete until it has gone through a pre-review process. Focus on coming up with ideas for an Open Space or Green Space Ordinance. C. New Community Development Director-Mary Myers Ogle from Spencer, Indiana. She works for Monroe County, a rural county. She has a lot of hands-on experience and will be a big asset to the department and borough. She is due to arrive on May 2. IX. COMMUNICATIONS A) Letter dated March 17,2005 from The State of Alaska/DNR There were no further communications. X. REPORTS STAFF reported the following meeting schedule: . April 26, 2005 Regular meeting at 7:00 p.m. in the Conference Room. . April 20, 2005 Possible mobile work session to White Sands Beach XI. MEETING SCHEDULE XII. AUDIENCE COMMENTS There were no audience comments. XII. COMMITTEE MEMBER'S COMMENTS COMMITTEE MEMBER HAN TSCHERSICH will be gone for two weeks and will be back early May He will miss the April 20th and 26th meetings and asks to be excused. COMMITTEE MEMBER KEVIN FOSTER commented about the trash on the trail and trail head by Boy Scout Lake. Pam suggested putting trash receptacles in the area. Duane stated there is a dumpster across the road at Lake Louise. With bear safety being an issue P & R Minutes: April 12, 2005 Page 3 of 4 the area needs to be kept clean. COMMITTEE MEMBER PATRICK SALTONSTALL will be gone until May 5th and asks to be excused. XIII. ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at 8:50 p.m. KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH PARKS & RECREATION COMMI EE By: ATTEST By: ~eJ2n ~~~ Sheila Smith, Secretary Community Development Department DATE APPROVED: (1 ~ 1 Q ;:? I. 0 , 2005. P & R Minutes: April 12, 2005 Page 4 of 4