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2009-12-22 Regular Meeting ;01 r— PARKS & RECREATION COMMITTEE ( �l JAN 2 1 2010 REGULAR-MEETING DECEMBER 22, 2009 7:00 p =% KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH SCHOOL DISTRICT CONFERENCE RQdM MINUTES �'�" , CALL TO ORDER CHAIR SIROFCHUCK called to order the December 22, 2009 Parks & Recreation meeting at 7:00 p.m. ROLL CALL Committee members present were Mike Sirofchuck, Pam Foreman, Hans Tschersich, Patrick Saltonstall, Rick Lindholm, and Sandra West. Excused was Andy Schroeder. Community Development staff present was Bud Cassidy and Sheila Smith. A quorum was established. APPROVAL OF AGENDA COMMITTEE MEMBER WEST requested to add Miller Point under Old Business. COMMITTEE MEMBER TSCHERSICH requested to add a report on the P &Z gun issue response under Reports. Pam Foreman arrived at 7:05 p.m. COMMITTEE MEMBER SALTONSTALL MOVED to approve the agenda as amended. VOICE VOTE ON MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETINGS COMMITTEE MEMBER TSCHERSICH MOVED to approve the December 8, 2009 Parks & Recreation Minutes. VOICE VOTE ON MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AUDIENCE COMMENTS AND APPEARANCE REQUESTS x There were no audience comments and appearance requests. OLD BUSINESS A) Trails Plan Cassidy stated he doesn't have anything new to add other than he has passed on to Joe g Gilpin the committee's concerns and comments regarding the TMO's but haven't received any response yet. CHAIR SIROFCHUCK stated he wanted to avoid a situation similar to the Miller Point uproar with the Trails Plan. During discussion of how to get the word out to more of the public it was the consensus to: social network; add to the bottom of the Trails Plan Project update emails to please Parks & Recreation Minutes Page 1 of 4 December 22, 2009 II 7 i forward; occasionally and right before the February 9th Winter Users Meeting and other Trails public meetings send an email update including the rough timeline; invite Sam Friedman, Kodiak Daily Mirror Reporter, and KMXT Reporter to a meeting; every couple weeks send a Trails Plan Project contact list email reminding everyone that the website is up and if you haven't had a chance to comment please do so and please forward this to anyone who might be interested and planning a scoping meeting in the spring; please stay tuned; signboards; flyers on bulletin boards at Safeway, Post Office, Mack's, Cy's, Orions, 58 pawn shop, Wells Fargo, Harborside Coffee, and Spenard's; message on the High School scanner sign; get it on the Community Calendar with KMXT and the Chamber; advertisements and PSA's. In response to VICE CHAIR FOREMAN'S inquiry of the new timeline requested at the last meeting, Cassidy said he will provide the timeline by email tomorrow. Cassidy was directed to find out how many contacts there are on the email list for the website. At the January 12th meeting staff will provide a paragraph out of Alta's scope of work for the committee to tweak for an ad, Facebook, and blogs which will cover the social networking aspect. In preparation of the January 12th review of the Rules of the Lake staff will send out notices to the property owner's around the lake, invite Sam Friedman and Diana Gish or Jay Barret to the meeting. It was the consensus that at the January 12 meeting to inform the public about the Trails Winter Users meeting on February 9 At the February 9th meeting the public can speak during Audience Comments and Appearance Requests then when the committee starts its discussion the audience doesn't participate. Smith will provide flyers to the committee for the February 9th Winter User Meeting also including information about the January 12th Winter Rules of the Lake meeting. B) Miller Point Discussion of the State Parks meeting regarding Miller Point. CHAIR SIROFCHUCK gave an update on the meeting and access project. If you wish to submit comments on Miller Point you have until December 31St. NEW BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS A) Case S10 -005. Request preliminary approval, according to KIBC 16.60, for the vacation of a 10 foot portion of a 20 foot wide utility easement located along the rear lot line of Lot 213-1, Block 6, Miller Point Alaska Subdivision, First Addition. The applicant is Robert S. Currie. The location is 562 Lilly Drive and it is zoned 112 -Two Family. Cassidy gave a brief staff report on this case explaining this is located adjacent to the Island Lake Creek Trail and greenbelt and Cassidy wanted the applicant to be aware that he and the Parks & Rec Committee will be watching. P Parks & Recreation Minutes Page 2 of 4 December 22, 2009 a 3 REPORTS A) Meeting Schedule: January 12, 2010 and January 26, 2010 Parks & Recreation Committee regular meetings at 7:00 p.m. in the KIB School District Conference Room B) P &Z Gun Issue Response CHAIR SIROFCHUCK stated Pam and he attended the P &Z meeting. A member of the community spoke on the availability of the Salonie Creek Rifle Range and his point was that you are trying to restrict shooting on the road system or cut it down but yet where can people go to sight in their rifles because it's so hard to get into Salonie Creek. Dave King pointed out it is 1.7 miles from the gate to the shooting areas. The commission seemed happy about our recommendations and they liked the idea of the KISA brochure. There was a general feeling that these are the first steps and that the KISA Range is still an issue that needs to be resolved somehow. In response to Foreman's inquiry of when the recommendation will go to the Assembly, Cassidy stated he's met with the borough manager to see what kind of form he thinks it should be in and he's been meeting with the attorney; we did the Summer Rules Of The Lake as an ordinance, we didn't do the Winter Rules because he didn't pass them on to the Assembly but if they want to put it into ordinance form he's going to meet with the attorney. It won't be at the next Assembly meeting but sometime in the future. In response to Foreman's inquiry of will Cassidy also be discussing the Rules of the Parks with the attorney, Cassidy said yes. In response to Foreman's inquiry of neither will go forward until they have gone through $ the manager and attorney, Cassidy said yes. VICE CHAIR FOREMAN said she will remind him gently of the Green Space Ordinance that lingered for 2 years and never went anywhere. Cassidy said that is on the list with zoning updates. AUDIENCE COMMENTS There were no audience comments. COMMITTEE MEMBER'S COMMENTS Patrick Saltonstall said he's looking forward to the Trails Plan. Pam Foreman said with the Buskin River - Kodiak Airport, we had asked you to ask the FAA consultant to let the borough see that plan. Cassidy said they said no, and then came to talk with us. We have a draft EIS sitting on the floor. We haven't reviewed it yet; the agency comment period has been extended until January 15th. We will be looking at it under the Coastal Management Plan. The biggest thing is gravel sites since we regulate gravel sites and they will be asking contractors of potential gravel sites to be able to locate where the materials are going to be coming from and that is probably our biggest role. Pam Foreman said we need to keep tracking it and whatever point is appropriate Parks & Rec needs to pipe up and say there are concerns about loss of access to fishing and all sorts Parks & Recreation Minutes Page 3 of 4 December 22, 2009 of things. She agrees with Sirofchuck that public comment period is really short. The agencies have a long time to review it and the public gets the short end of the stick. Hans Tschersich asked when the board members will be decided by the Assembly. Smith said it's on the December 29th Assembly Special Meeting Agenda. Mike Sirofchuck asked what the email policy is on teleconferencing. Smith said she contacted the Clerk's Office and Marylynn said the Assembly can teleconference at work sessions but cannot teleconference at regular meetings. Rick Lindholm requested to be excused on January 12th due to he'll be out of town. Mike Sirofchuck requested to be excused all of January and February due to he'll be out of town. Pam Foreman requested to be excused on January 26th due to she will be out of town. ADJOURNMENT COMMITTEE MEMBER WEST MOVED to adjourn. VOICE VOTE ON MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY CHAIR SIROFCHUCK adjourned the meeting at 8:15 p.m. KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH PARKS & RECREATION COMMITTEE ° 'For Mike uck, &air ATTEST By: Sheila Smith, Secretary APPROVED: January 12, 2010 Parks & Recreation Minutes Page 4 of 4 December 22, 2009