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2006-10-24 Regular Meeting KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH PARKS & RECREATION COMMIT REGULAR MEETING-OCTOBER 24, MINUTES [jS)~~J~~~rE ~ \ n\ i... 1"0\/ ~ f' i".'i U tE. I~' I 0 ~V_'V , OrQ~~~~-'~~-r,FFICE ! L ~.: ':",: 1_, \...:' t i I \ \,.,. \J CALL TO ORDER The regular meeting of the Parks & Recreation Committee was called to order at 7:00 p.m. by COMMITTEE MEMBER ST AL TONSTLL on October 24, 2006 in the KIB School District Conference Room. ROLL CALL Committee Members Present Absent Excused Others Present Hans Tschersich X Duane Dvorak Jeff Huntley X Community Development Kevin Foster X Sheila Smith Mike Sirofchuck-Chair X Community Development Cassandra Juenger X Pam Foreman X Patrick Saltonstall X Andy Schroeder X Vacant Wayne Biessel X Ian Fulp X Barbara Williams X Roy Brown X Scott Arndt X Vacant A quorum was established. COMMITTEE MEMBER FOSTER MOVED TO POSTPONE this meeting until the next regular meeting with this agenda for the reasons of no elected officials of the committee are present. COMMITTEE MEMBER HUNTLEY SECONDED the motion. A discussion of whether or not to postpone. The question was called, and it FAILED 4 1- The nayes being COMMITTEE MEMBERS FOSTER, STALTONSTALL, SCHOREDER and JUENGER- - The ayes being COMMITTEE MEMBER HUNTLEY. When asked if anyone would like to change their vote, COMMITTEE MEMBER HUNTLEY expressed he would like to change his vote to aye, motion FAILED 5-0. APPROVAL OF AGENDA COMMITTEE MEMBER SCHROEDER MOVED TO APPROVE the agenda as presented. The motion was SECONDED by COMMITTEE MEMBER FOSTER, and it CARRIED 5-0. MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING COMMITTEE MEMBER FOSTER stated on the September 26th minutes he was absent when it should read he was excused. At the previous meeting, he reported to the Committee that he would be unable to attend the September 26th meeting. 10/24/2006 Parks & Recreation Committee Meeting Minutes Page 1 of 4 COMMITTEE MEMBER SCHROEDER MOVED TO POSTPONE approval of the minutes of September 12, 2006 and September 26,2006 until the next regular meeting. The motion was SECONDED by COMMITTEE MEMBER HUNTLEY, and it CARRIED 5-0. AUDIENCE COMMENTS AND APPEARANCE REQUESTS There were no audience comments and appearance requests. OLD BUSINESS A. Pasagshak River - Trash Issue COMMITTEE MEMBER SALTONSTALL stated this was the item we had planned on having Donn Tracy speak on. Dvorak said there's not much we can we can say without Tracy here. The quorum didn't happen the night he was here, and he thinks it will be rescheduled. B. Drafts of Chapters 7 and 9 COMMITTEE MEMBER FOSTER stated page 3, chapter 7, 4th paragraph, it says "Trails and separated paths designed for pedestrians, bicyclists and all terrain vehicles are typically not identified in this type of classification system but may be identified and designated separately in a trails or bike and pedestrian plan element of a community's transportation plan or comprehensive plan.." If that paragraph is within this plan, then that leads him to believe those sections are coming up in a later plan. Dvorak stated the plan narrative will address the issue and probably will still require some refinement. He is in chapter 9, page 2, Trails and Other Facilities on Borough Land. It talks about some of the planning work done and the surveys. It is a Borough wide plan, it's a general plan. It isn't going to get down to the level of detail that you would like. We won't be able to use half of the mapping that we did with GPS because those trails will be considered out of bounds, in terms of publishing a map. Not to say they can't be addressed in the narrative. It is going to have to be general because it is dealing with all the villages and communities along the roadway. Nancy Galstad, the previous Interim Borough Manager, who said rather than doing individual plans we will do a Borough Wide Comp Plan. It will cover some of the same issues, and all the communities at one time, but not at the level of the Trail Plan that was originally envisioned. I think there will still be a need for a step down detailed approach to trails. Some of the concerns discussed were whether there will be a Trails Plan, and will the Committee have a say in any future trails planning and how they are developed. They also want to ensure everything that the committee wants is in this plan. Dvorak stated that is the transportation chapter, so it would lead one to believe it there is a need for another plan coming up with more detail. He also stated in addition to some editing and moving material around, they did add the implementation strategies, goals and objectives at the end of the chapter, which the previous versions it wasn't there. In Transportation, some of the stuffwas moved around. COMMITTEE MEMBER SCHROEDER feels that we should ask the Borough to renew their commitment to the idea of a trails plan in the future, and then we could look at the Comp Plan for what it is. 10/24/2006 Parks & Recreation Committee Meeting Minutes Page 2 of 4 After much discussion regarding whether or not everything is included, COMMITTEE MEMBER SAL TONST ALL suggested taking ten minutes to read the chapters, and then discuss any concerns. COMMITTEE MEMBER SALTONSTALL stated he feels everything that Parks & Rec wants is covered. It leads you to think there will be a Trails Plan. Although, it doesn't make clear what the Parks & Recreation Committee's role is. . Dvorak stated it does reference the Parks & Recreation Committee partnering with public and private land owners and user groups. He focused on the Goals, Policies & Implementation Actions in Chapter 9, and it talked as to the need for trail planning including a completed trail plan that is web ready and easily accessible for all citizens, develop a map and guide book of borough trails, complete as much mapping as feasible. The Committee is in agreement that most of everything is included in this plan. COMMITTEE MEMBER SCHROEDER stated another concern being in Chapter 9, page 9, Issues, 1 st paragraph the word maintenance is in there twice, but in Goals, Policies, and Implementation Actions there is no recommended policy or implementation action that mentions trail maintenance. He would like to see some language under Policies, maybe under the first goal, Policies and Implementation Action (page 10 of Chapter 9) of a policy to support and fund maintenance programs for our existing trails. He would like this comment forwarded to the consultants. The Committee is in agreement that maintenance is a problem and if it is spelled out in the plan then it is easier to maintain it. NEW BUSINESS A. S04-004 Subdivision Case Dvorak stated the two subdivision cases have already been dealt with. These were from the last meeting when there wasn't a quorum. B. S07 -005 Subdivision Case COMMUNICATIONS A Safe Routes to Schools Program/Presentation Dvorak said this was the CD PowerPoint presentation. I think we are in agreement we don't have enough time for it with the Chapters 7 and 9 of the Comp Plan. B. Amended scores on CIP List to Planning & Zoning Commission Dvorak stated staffthought you would like to see how the Planning & Zoning arrived at this. You can see from the scores being moved around that the Commission spent a lot of time on this. C. Recommendation to Planning & Zoning Commission to maintain plat note for Case S06- 011 Dvorak stated this was Omar Stratman's case and they did drop the plat note contrary to the committee's recommendation. It will still be a public access easement it just won't be dedicated. It won't foster the creation of a service district but will still provide public access. 10/24/2006 Parks & Recreation Committee Meeting Minutes Page 3 of4 l '" ! REPORTS A. Meeting Schedule: · November 14,2006 P&R meeting at 7:00 p.m. in the KIB School District conference room. · November 28,2006 P&R meeting at 7:00 p.m. in the KIB School District conference room. There will be a Planning & Zoning Special Work Session on November 1 st in the Assembly Chambers. The Recreational Amenities Draft will be first and immediately following will be the Womens Bay Comp Plan Review. AUDIENCE COMMENTS There were no audience comments. COMMITTEE MEMBERS' COMMENTS Foster said he will be gone most of November through part of January, so he needs to know how to teleconference the meetings. Huntley welcomed their new member, Cassandra Juenger. Saltonstall said he is psyched about these two chapters. Juenger said she will be out of town on November 14th. ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at 8:10 p.m. KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH PARKS & RECREATION COMMITTEE ATTEST By: ~e..&n ~~ Sheila Smith, Secretary Community Development Department DATE APPROVED: November 14,2006 10/24/2006 Parks & Recreation Committee Meeting Minutes Page 4 of 4