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1970-07-02 Regular MeetingKODIAK ISIAND BOROUGH ASSEBLY LflTII.G JULY 2, 1970 I CALL TO ORDER The meeting tas called to order by Deputy Presiding Officer Ed Naughton at 7 40 P.1.1. in the Court Room of the State Office Building. II ROLL CALL III 1 O O ri I 4 A 4 Present Absent Wilton T. thite, Borough Chairman Betty Springhill Ed Naughton, Deputy Presiding Officer Norm Sutliff Don Arndt T. T. Jackson Also present. Robert L Grafe, Clerk- Treasurer, Father Thomas Caiery, Gerald Redick, Rev. Robert Childs; Jce Floyd, Mr. Setters and several other people in the audience. MUTES OF PREVIOUS mEnnES A. Assembly - special meeting - June 12, 1970 B. Assembly - specia�meeta - June 22, 1970 C. Assembly - special meetings - June 2970 Mr. Sutliff moved to accent the minutes as presented for the above meetings . sew Wit. Arndt. There being no objections. the Deputy Presiding Officer declared the minutes so pQroved. IV MINUTES CF a143ER LIBSPINGS A. Planning & Zoning - regular meeting - June 24, 1970 - There were no comments. B. School Board - regular meeting - June a, 1970 - There were no cannents. V camIIAJICATICbt AND APPEAR4NCE REQUESTS A. Division of Lands letter re Port Lions timber cut - The letter was read to the As•ambly by Chairman *trite. It has noted by T. T. Jackson that the Assembly had decided before they had no objections to this small cut. ?Ir. Sutliff moved for of Timber Sale SC-200, seconded by_T_ T. Jackson. Mr. Arndt called for the question. T fe motion caii ed urian: imously by roll call vote. B. Kodiak Bible Chapel request to hold camp at Pillar Creek -- The Borough Chairman read the letter requesting the use cf Borough selected lands at Pillar Creek. Mr. Sutliff moved to awmgsve the rcnuest, seconded by. .ir. Arndt. The motion passed by a unanimous voice vote. VI PUBLIC HEARINGS A. Ordinance No. 70 -4-0, Tax ncemptians for Senior Citizens - The ordinance was read in full by Chairman '.)bite. fir. Jac9csan nnvei to adapt Ordinance 70 -4-0, seconded by fir. Sutliff. -- The meeting was recessed by Deputy Presiding Officer Ed Naughton and a public hearing opened. As there were no orients from the audience, the Deputy Presiding Officer declared the public hearing closed and reopened the regular Borough Assembly meeting. fir. Naughton oriented that he felt the ordinance should not contain the word "insured "; i.e. retired, insured man or war'', as he felt it would hurt those people who valid not have qualified for Social Security. Mr. Ubite felt it would be a good idea to strike the word "insured, Mr. Jackson also agreed. .1r. Jackson moved to amend the original motion to delete the word ':insured" in the first paragraph of the first page of t it ordinance, seconded by Mr. Arndt. Motion carri unanin asly_by roll call vote. n n I 4 q 1 KODIAK ISIFND BOROUGH ?SSu ffiI,Y i -s. ;nNG - July 2, 1970 Page 2 The question was called for, and by roll call vote, Ordinance 70-4-0 ,.as approved unanimously. B. Ordinance No. 70 -6 -0, Rezoning of USS 444 from Service Recreational to Industrial - The ordinance coos read in full by the Borough - t ;roved to adopt Ordinance 70 -6 -0, seconded by flr. Sutliff. the Deputy Presiding Officer recessed the regular meeting and declared the public hearing open. Father Connery gave background information. He said no that the Catholic school, etc. had moved, there was no longer any need for this land The Church needs to sell the land to obtain the money to pay off debts incurred by moving. The request for rezoning is to enable the purchaser to develop the land. There being no further discussion, the Deputy Presiding Officer declared the public hearing closed and reopened the regular meeting of the Borough Assembly. There being no ccnnents fran the Assembly, Mr Sutliff called for the question. By roll call vote, Ordinance 70-6 -0 was approved unaninwsjz. VII PIAamZ & ZWEG ITEMS A. Kva]heim - Reauest for zonin�oeption - The Borough Chairman informed the Assembly that the Kvalheim's were requesting the exception to enable than to put a trailer on their land, as it has to be moved due to the closure of the ACS Trailer Court. VIII OLD asINESS The Borough Chairman read the letter fran Robert E Grafe, Clerk - treasurer, informinng Itrs. Kvalheim that the Planning & Zoning Commission had approved the request, and that it would go to the Borough Assembly for final approval. :r. Grafe stated that Ir. Roy Madsen, the borough Attorney. had reamnended that Planning & Zoning not approve the rest. 'r. ;tadsen would like the Borough Assembly to consider not giving approval as it is in direct con- flict with the ordinance in effect in that area. Chairmen Mite cemented that there was already one trailer on the property and also a residential building. Ir. Arndt said this could possibly be a hardship case and suggested having a time limit on the exception. Mr. Naughton pointed out that because of the high costs involved in setting a trailer up on a lot, it Could have to be there for at least two years to make it pay. Mr. Jackson mated to the t due to the attorney a recommendation, seconded by Itr. Sutli tr. Su ffDfor t ie question, and the motion carried una ninn iiIy by roll calflote. A. Final of Fire Service Ag en reemt and Addendum - Both the Agreement and Ad�m were read in full by to Borough Chaiunan. He also explained the content of both to the Assembly. Mr. Sutliff mated for final approval of the Fire Service harems* and Addendum, seconded by Mr. Arndt. Mr. Itite cemented that there was a reduction in the millage rate. Mr. Sutliff inquired as to the Fire District boundaries. Itr. Finite said they were still the same. tir. Sutliff stated that the people in the Fire Service District will be taxed approximately two mills, but next year. same of these people will probably be deleted due to inaccessability. According to the new Agreement, the City has to agree with any boundary changes made by the Borough. J .) m i n ! n4 KODIAR I BORO GB ASST; IDLY tZETDG - July 2 1970 Page 3 Rev. Childs inquired if the Borough had a eater system. Chairman White informed him the Borough did not, but possible may in the future. If so. District. the would be responsible for supplying water in the Water Service Mr. Gera � area about both the Borotrgh - end City getting $5.00 per that both the `ems by fire protection. 'r White eumplainee Borough and City do receive this. 2tr. Uaughton stated that this is not given just for fire protection service it is given for Pro- viding the fire protection; the money then goes into the general fund. :r. Arndt oagnented that there was a large equity in the fire truck given to the City by the Borough. Mr. Arndt called for the Question; by_roll call vote, the notion to the Fire Service Agreement�d Addendum passed unanizciyq _ B. Final approval of City/Boroushh Water & Sewer FPePral the Borough Chairman explained what TFie Agreement consisted o `e - Federal funii was now available on an area wide basi ou He said nl Chairman read the Agreement in full. Bo3h rm Mr. Sutliff moved ir. Sutliff called th for the on. secondev Er. Arndt. unanimously.Stiwm_L�' roll call vote, the motion carried IX i3•.T\ BUSINESS A. Application for Liquor License - Saltery Creek Lodge - informed the Assembly that -ss - arch Leasure was the The Born. Chairman iii. Grafe explained that iir. and firs. Leasure are leasing pro They actually a road hamcP ". tr. Grafe a1 informed osecpresn rch that the A Scoholic leverage Control Board must approve this ap ABC Board. The Assembly is only all provide an investigation for the required the ABC :card. The Assembly is ed to give its' commendation to decision. Mr. Grafe said the applicant then notified by the ABC Board of their and that the plicant had posted the required notices, Alaska National applicants character is regarded quite highly by the Guard in Anchorage. Ur. Sutliff moved to state the Borough Assembly had no objection to the ca at Sal Creek Lodge, seouled b. i+i. Arndt. 'ir. Sutliff question, by caial — ll vte_the motion carried unanimously. B. Adjustment recuest R -70-3 C. Adjustment Request R -70-4 D. Adjustment Request R-70-5 The requests were read in full by the Borough Chairman. tr. Sutliff moved to ? rove the three adiustrent Fr. Jackson. tdr. Sutliff calledd or the quegf f ' motion carried unanimously. i$ roll l vote, the X QDEORI N'S REPORT A. The Chairmen read the list of scheduled Borough Assembl Assembly members information. Y meetings for the B. The C hair an stated that before the next regular meeting, the members will copy of proposed changes to the land disposal ordinance. C. a Borough Chairman explained the recreation program funding to the mete present in the audience. The Assembly does not have recreati on pacers and the City did not include the recreation program in their budget. The question is whether the Borough or the City or the school can find a way to a th a recreation pZ`a". t¢. White felt the summer recreation in the audience said par t of the school budget. Mr. Redick and Rev. Childs obtained dier program was needed, but even if funding access to the facilities would were requested help from the Assembly. tar. Grafe said the B obtained. Thy}• Borough Assembly .1 KODIAK ISLAND BO%N.I;F3 ASSEMBLY i r"F. .TII G - July 2, 1970 Page 4 could give a recamenlation to cut the I Street playgound fund of $25,000.00 and reduce it by $7,500.00, and place it in the recreation psuysan, inasmuch as the I Street playgoune. nuwian most likely will not proceed for another year. fir. Grafe also suggested that the remainder of the $25,000.00 be placed with the City's CD's at the en& of the current fiscal. year. Rev. Childs and iir. Redick said $4 500 00 was for a summer recreation pro- gram and $3,000.00 for a winter program. Ha-never, such a large sue is not needed now that same of the summer time has passed by XI ASSE33LY Cad•SSl1s A. i,r. Arndt asked about the centralizing of all Borough accounting. Mr. Grafe said he will have a report outlining the concept of a central treasury for the next regular meeting. B. Mr. Jackson said he had a problem as a landlord. He had heard that land- lord's could no longer take their tenants to Small Claims Court when they did not pay their rent. The Borough Chairman caaeented that he felt this was a false rumor, as the amounts for Small Claims had been increased. :Ir. Jackson said that at one tire, all landlords had to pay a fee to cover costs in Small Claims Court. XII AUDIENCE al .t MIS A. Mr. Floyd thanked the Assembly for listening to the orients on the recrea- tion program. B. The Teen Club representatives said they needed adult volunteers to get the Club going. Rev. Childs said there was a limit as to what could be done without any adults involved. XIII ADJOURNINP There were also two Teen Club representatives in attendance, cannenti.n7 on the recreation program. Mr. Jadcsan moved to give the Borough Chain= and the Boroush Clerk - Treasurer the authority to settle the ratter with the School Board, seconded by .Ir. Sutliff. '.Ir. Sutliff called for the question. Br roll call vote, the motion carried unanimous . The meeting was adjourned at 9 40 P.E. by Deputy Presiding Officer Ed Naughton. ATTEST: APPROVE . Wilton T. Mite, Borough Chairman Robert E. Grafe, Cl 4 1 1 .±