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2006-07-25 Regular Meeting ~[E [; [E ~ WI lE ~ KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH \ I 3 "LO:J6 I PARKS & RECREATION COMMITTI I OCT- REGULAR MEETING -JULY 25, 2006 MINUTES BOROUGH CLERI\'S OFFICE CALL TO ORDER The regular meeting of the Parks & Recreation Committee was called to order at 7:06 p.m. by VICE CHAIR FOREMAN on July 25,2006 in the Borough Conference Room. ROLL CALL Committee Members Mike Sirofchuck-Chair Hans Tschersich Andy Schroeder Pam Foreman Kevin Foster Jeff Huntley Patrick Saltonstall Vacant Wayne Biessel Ian Fulp Barbara Williams Roy Brown Scott Arndt Present Excused Absent Others Present Duane Dvorak Community Development Dept. x x X X X X X X X X X X A quorum was established. Ill. APPROVAL OF AGENDA COMMITTEE MEMBER HUNTLEY MOVED TO APPROVE the agenda as presented. The motion was SECONDED by COMMITTEE MEMBER SALTONSTALL, and CARRIED by unanimous voice vote. MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING COMMITTEE MEMBER HUNTLEY MOVED TO APPROVE the minutes of July 11, 2006 as submitted. COMMITTEE MEMBER FOSTER SECONDED the motion, and it CARRIED unanimously. AUDIENCE COMMENTS AND APPEARANCE REQUESTS There were no audience comments or appearance requests. OLD BUSINESS A) Comprehensive Plan Comments. DVORAK reported he has provided the main web page that our consultants have put up with the draft plan, and he has provided as a back up are Chapter 7 _ Transportation and Chapter 9 - Parks & Recreation. Transportation has some of the narrative pertaining to trails, and trails are considered part of the transportation system as an intermodal form of transportation. You may also find some trail, and parks and recreation material in Chapter 9. Chapters 7, 9, and 10 overlap in terms of content. There may be other chapters that are of interest in terms of community needs. There are still placeholders that will be filled in later. He also stated the consultants July 25, 2006 Parks & Recreation Minutes Page 1 of 4 will take comments all along, but they really would like them by the end of the month so they can revise some of the chapters because they are constantly upgrading the material as submittals come in. A discussion of the plan. It was the general consensus that public service announcements need to be done, and there needs to be a way to track changes so the people who are tracking need only look at what is new. VICE CHAIR FOREMAN stated there is a certain amount of power submitting our comments as a committee because not only do our cOlmnents go through the consultants, but also through P&Z and the Assembly so it will be on record. She also said if we are going to make an official comment then we have to make it at a meeting. She feels that Matt Hastie should be made aware that we will submit our A 8th comments on ugust . After a discussion, it was the consensus of the committee that everyone should read the plan, respond to it, and if you have individual responses send them in before July 31 S\ and then we sit down to talk about the recreation areas we feel should be preserved as recreation areas. So read the material, and bring your I" A 8th ISts on ugust . NEW BUSINESS A) Necessity of a campground. COMMITTEE MEMBER TSCHERSICH stated he has met people around town that complain there isn't anywhere to camp, and no public transportation. All along the waterfront in Seward there are extensive camping facilities for RV's and campers. Something like this is missing from Kodiak. Granted they may not be high paying clientele to the business community, but he pities them. Ideally, there should be a campground close to the city. Prime locations would be the grass beyond Fuller's Boat Yard and somewhere else on the island. The committee had a brief discussion. Some locations suggested were Gibson Cove, Pearson Cove, Near Island, and Rotary Park. COMMITTEE MEMBER TSCHERSICH MOVED TO RECOMMEND to the City to look into creating a camp j~lcility close to city center. The motion FAILED due to a lack of being seconded. B) Recreational access recommendations. DVORAK stated this item should come forward with the Comp Plan Comments for the August 8th meeting. VICE CHAIR FOREMAN stated this should be our major focus for that meeting. Review this and make your WIsh lists of where we want to maintain access, and then we will go through the sections. C) Selection of project for RTCA/NPS grant request. COMMITTEE MEMBER SCHROEDER stated in order to get another 3 year term of assistance from Rivers, Trails and Conservation Assistance we need to select a project that is distinctly different than the last one. One idea is "The Safe Routes to School" program to get another 3 year term of park service assistance, free trails in the Borough, linking and connecting the community with elementary schools under a Federal Grant Program that will allow $1 millIon to build those trails.. Ifwe choose "Safe Routes to School" as our program for Parks Service Assistance we need to prioritize these projects to find the ones most likely to get funding. First is the Otmeloi Trails Project, which is a $3.3 million project to pave this road, add curbs and gutters, lighting, sidewalks, and trails. The funding is short and the grant for "Safe Routes to Schools" might help build that trai 1. In order to qualify for the "Safe Routes" program the pedestrian trail to be built must be within 1 milc of an elementary school, the bike trail must be within 2 miles of an elementary school, and they both have to be along the DOT right-of-way. It could be an extension of the RezanoflBenny Benson trail. Also, Island Lake Creek Trail would be eligible for improvement. Other locations include North Star, East Elementary, and St. Mary's ifthere is DOT right-of-way within 1 or 2 miles. The East Elementary Trail could be an extension of the Rezanof/Benny Benson Trail. Although there isn't a right-of-way so it's not eligible for funding from "Safe Routes to School" we could designate and improve the existing traIl. July 25,2006 Parks & Recreation Minutes Page 2 of 4 The committee discussed the pictures Schroeder provided. DVORAK stated he believes we were supposed to get $65, 000 to replace the bridge at Island Lake Trail, unless the Governor vetoed it. COMMITTEE MEMBER SCHROEDER MOVED to select "Safe Routes to School" as our project for National Parks Service Assistance for 2006 to 2009. COMMITTEE MEMBER SALTON STALL SECONDED the motion, and it CARRIED unanimously. COMMITTEE MEMBER SHCROEDER wants to clarify the motion. COMMITTEE MEMBER SCHROEDER MOVED to select "Safe Routes to Schools" as our project for the term of2006 to 2009 to forward to RTCA for RTCA assistance. COMMITTEE MEMBER SALTONSTALL SECONDED the motion, and it CARRIED unanimously. More discussion on RTCA. COMMITTEE MEMBER FOREMAN directed DVORAK to write the letters by the end of the week, and she asked COMMITTEE MEMBER SCHROEDER to follow up on this. COVIi\IUNICA nONS There were no communications. REPORTS A) Meeting schedule: · August 8, 2006 regular meeting at 7:00 p.m. in the KIB Conference Room. · August 22,2006 regular meeting at 7:00 p.m. in the KIB Conference Room. DVORAK stated the Manager's office informed him that the Director's position is being opened again due to not having any qualified applicants apply. He also reminded the committee that Sheila Smith, department secretary, will be gone for 2 months, and they will be short staffed. DVORAK also said we need to discuss the CIP list and focus on any new needs at the next meeting, so recommendation can be made. COMMITTEE MEMBER FOREMAN stated the August 8th meeting should focus on the Comp Plan. She directed Dvorak to put a copy of last year's CIP list in the packets, and then on the August 22"u agenda so we can vote on it and forward our CIP list to the Planning & Zoning Commission. Al"DIENCE COMMENTS There were no audience comments. C01\]IVIITTEE MEMBER'S COMMENTS KevIn Foster inquired if the Borough has GPS, GIS, and mapping equipment. Duane Dvorak stated that we have some equipment. Hans Tsehersich said he didn't come to the last meeting because no one responded to the emails, and it looked Ii ke there \vasn't going to be a quorunl. Pam Foreman stated the Borough code says a quorum is only established at the meeting. Our responsibility is to show up for the meetings. She also said she is quite concerned that the trails piece they worked on for quite some time with RTCA might be lost in the greater picture of the Comp Plan. Here we are again, where's the product to show for this? The 200 miles of trails we mapped, and the meta data is not going to be in the Comp Plan. July 25,2006 Parks & Recreation Minutes Page 3 of 4 Andy Schroeder said we could add in the Comp Plan that the Parks & Recreation Committee is going to have a Trails Plan that will be accepted as part of the Comp Plan. Pam Foreman stated it was never finished because they told us not to. Duane Dvorak stated all these little plans are adding up, that it was suggested to do a Borough Wide Plan. Hans TchersIch inquired o!' what is going on behind the Nazarene Church because there is a lot of earth movlI1g gomg on. Duanc Dvorak stated they are removing the damn. AD.J 0 II RNMENT CHAIR SIROFCHUCK requested a motion to adjourn. COM IV! ITTE E MEMBER SAL TONST ALL MOVED TO ADJOURN the regular meeting. The motion was SECONDED by COMMITTEE MEMBER SCHROEDER, and CARRIED by unanimous voice vote. The mceting adjourned at 8:45 p.m. AT I L S T By csJhvSl,Q. ~/ Sheila Smith, Secretary ( 'ommunity Development Department DATE APPROVED: August 8, 2006. July 25, 2006 Parks & Recreation Minutes Page 4 of 4