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1970-08-06 Regular Meetingn 0 n n 1 1 4 1 C F'EtIAi: ISLAND BOROUGH ASSS•raLY AELTING AUGUST 6, 1970 I CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order Ly Presiding Officer Betty Springhill at 7 40 P.A. in the Court Roan of the State Office building. II ROLL CALL Present Also present: Robert E. Grafe, Clerk- Treasurer, Dale E. Colton, Borough Assessor, Donna We;eewr, Carl huer and eight other people in the audience. III iiLIflESS OF PREVIOUS bF.LTIlds Absent betty Springhill, Presiding Officer Prone Wilton T. White, Borough Chairman Ed . iaughton T. T. Jackson Don Arndt Norm Sutliff A. Assembly - regular meeting - July 2, 1970 - :ir. Sutliff questioned the bank- ruptcy case against ilarine View Fisheries. Ur. Grafe stated we have until August 20 to take action on this, and are currently waiting for a schedule of claims and assets. Hr. Sutliff roved to accept the minutes as presented and asked for unanimous consent. Unanimous consent being given, the Presiding Offices declared the minutes so approvea. IV MINUTES OF 0T1221 idEETI X3S A. School Board - regular meeting - July 13, 1970 - There were no comments. B. School hoard - special meeting - August 3, 1970 - There were no comments. V attlacICATIais AND APP %PAIaCE REQUESTS A. Ratification of Planning & Zoning Commission Appointments - The Borough Chairman informed the Assembly members that Carl Huer, Gee Erwin, Coleman Constance, Charles Ldris and John Welch were the new proposed Planning and Zoning Commission members, with Carl Huer being the Chairman. itr. finite asked for the Assembly members contents and ratification of the members. There were no moments. iir. Sutliff roved for ratification, seconded by Xlr. Arndt. The motion was approved by unanimous roll call vote. /Ir. Huer thanked the Assembly for ratification and gave a brief outline of what the Planning and Zoning Commission had been working on. This included the proposed Plannrrg and Zonirg Ordinance, the heel subdivision request and the Bells Flats land. B. 24r. Floyd bard and Borough Assessor re Lot 14, Block 1, Leite Addition C. Borough Assessor - Foreclosure Property The Borough Chairman introduced the Borough Assessor to the Assambly and explained that Mr. Ward recently acquired his pro..er4 by foreclosure. There is an apparent problc., of u:.roaclrment en -r. '.:zed's property by Boers° buildings. '.hese 1 uildir gs were obtained by the Lorw;h through foreclosure. a r.: tira Monk. like tae property lines strnkihtued out and the irdmugh land offend: for sale so that the buildings trill lln lonjer be on his property. he saiu there also is the croblee of the lalx, awned by the Borough tying into his sewer line. air. Colton said he baa.yggi.ectEd the property and that the assessed value is $4,000.00 on the land and $14,000.00 on the buildings, but the buildings, if reassessed, would be considerably lower due to fire damage and water leakage. Mr. Colton said he also wanted to bring to the attention of the Assembly that the Borough owns slightly over $200,000.00 worth of lard and that now would be a good time to dispose of this property, placing it back on the tax rolls. 1 0 1 '1 1 1 14 R KODIAK ISLAND BOROUG. ASST IBLY - hiTIi•G - August 6, 1970 Page 2 Is. tltite suggested this be brought to the attention of the Borough Attorney and have hiss work out a way to sell this property. This would also serve as a way of solving :s "aril's problem. • Grate informed those present that he had requested the Division of Lands to look into the possibility of putting sore of our land up for sale at the same time of their proposed sale. Ito. White stressed that he feels the best thing to do is to rake this land available by whatever reans available in the best interest of the Borough. In view of the large amount of real estate that the Borough is in posses- sion of, the Borough doesn't gain any advantage in awning the land, there- fore, we should dispose of it. Lir. t &rite said he felt it would be possible to work this out in the hest interest of the public. D. Letter - Alcoholic Beverage Control Board - The Borough Chairman read the letter to the Assembly, stating it was for information only, listing the licenses issued in the Borough area. There were no comments on the letter. VI PUBLIC hE.ARIICS - NONE VII PLAiimc & Z TEX ITaIS - I:�2 VIII OLD BUSEESS A. Final Planning Phase - rodiak high School Jlr. Grate stated that the School Board had taken positive action on this. If this final phase is approved, the next step would be to request a vote of the people as to interest on bonds and incorporating the swimming pool into the plans for the new high school. Mrs. Springhill stated that she understood that State funding of 50% was contingent on their approval of the plans, also. If they were approved, we would then :,eoone eligible for 50% capital funning two years later. IX NEW BUSINESS hr. Grate stated that :s.:iadsen and Ur. Lind would be having a meeting next week to discuss this and decide what needed to be done legally. The Borough Chairman stated that Lir. Cassetta is asking for the concurrence of the School Board and the .:orough Assembly in approving the plans as pre- sented. The Borough Clerk - Treasurer stated that hUD had given fir. Cassette a deadline date of August 15, and that approval of the plan does not mean that the Borough Assembly must go ahead with construction. Iir. Jackson roved to t the final _ -- of the Kodiak h' Schno , seconded y .ir. Arndt. Mr. Jackson sail.ue would never get this opportunity again: it would be up to the Zorougn to handle egnenses. firs. Springhill cnmentea that she felt this discussion had brought to light the Assembly needs further clarification of the LAUD Agreement. Hr. Sutliff called for the question. By roll call vote, the motion passed unanimously. A. Appli cation for Lease or Purchase of Land - Royal Large - The Borough ebai.>ywn renarkeu that this was :4r. Large's anneal application and that as a mutter of record, .ir. Large would like it to be known that he is inter- ested in purchasing this land. There were no oamnents. B. Time Dctensiat - ADL 31968 - Samuel Selvog C. Time Extension - ADL 35260 - Samuel Selvog 0 r) n fl i n 4 4 q 7 KODIAK ISLAND Erman{ ASSEZtLY iSETL' - August 6, 1970 Page 3 D. Time Extension - NIG 21667 - Samuel Selvog The Borough Chairman read i.ir. Selvog's letter requesting a time extension of six months on making payments on the above. `1r. Arndt moved to grant the above time extension requests, seconded by i•ir. Jackson. By roll call vote, the motion rcaasseo unanirously. E. Time Extension - ADL 39059 T. R. Jones - The Toro h letter f r om t;e i irisior. of Lands refering to ir. Jones' letter enter read reques a time extension of six months for payment on the above. For the record ;ir. Grafe stated that the Division of Lands granted the first request; this is actually the second request. i1r. Sutliff moved to grant the extension saconc.e1 Ly . action passcx. i a u �i:.ous roll call vote. 's. Jac: son. The F. Voucher s exp amen ture s was 41r. Jackson remarked that . The Borough Chairman mien and that the residents in for Month of June - The Borough Chairman onnatiou o the Assembly members only. An Grafe informed the Assembly that the auditors will be here next week. He said after the audit, an ordinance would be drawn up making adjustments against the contingency fund. There were no moments. G. Adjustment itepuest :o 2770-7 H. Adjustment �,eguest Lo a 7n 8 I. justament Requ_t _ 70 27 J. Adjustent Request - o P 70-2u K. Adjustment 12eguest o P 70 29 L. Adustent Request o P 70-30 �L Ad'ustnent Request •.io P 70 31 N. Adjustment t I'o P- 70 32 The all of the was recess by 1drs. Springhill so the members could look over ;As. Springhill. requests at once. The meeting was then reconvened by Nr. Sutliff read all of the r^ t requests at the same time s number au and moved to a all of the ecomtded by ' Ir. 'vaughton. - i r . Colton explained to the Assembly that on the larger amounts, the amounts pity ro transferred from the personal. property rolls to the real ;lr. Sutliff called for the tion. roll tail a�aovmad unatunmpusly. vote, is mdse X CHAIMAN'S REPDKP A. mar. !Mite introduced Donna Weisser to the Assembly. Donna has been working in the Assessing Department and will continue to do so' until she leaves in the fall. B. m eUoromgh Chaiu�n also ccanented that the Assembly will son be petition for annexation with the city from residents in the Island Lake and Spruce Cape Road areas. This would mean a within the Borough and also a difference in taxes, but would cause no p he felt most people are ted that this would be the area possibly would for the annexation. on a four year step basis be taxed accordingly. ') 0 ., , i 1 4 .1 q KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH rssuaix 1.alraING - August 6, 1970 Page 4 C. The Borough Chairman inquired as to the status of the ACS Trailer Court. i:ir. Grate informed the Assembly that there are two trailers occupied and several unoccupied trailers left at this time. i:ext week, steps will have to be taken to determine the necessary legal action. Mr. Jackson and Mrs. Clark have several spaces available for the occupied trailers. The Lorough Chairman remarked that iir. Grafe had asked him if the Assembly should set asi..,c- aporoximately $2,000.00 out of revenue to take care of cleaning the ACS grounds, etc. Iir. "bite asked if the Assembly members Were in concurrence. They were, and there was no further discussion on this matter. XI ASSUIliLY CQ•i•,i:2n's A. Is. Liaughtoxn asked if the cleared off space from ACS Trailer Court would be used as parking spaces ..rs. Springhill stated that the School Board would decide what they wanted to do with it. B. iir. Sutliff remarked that since the Borough no longer receives any inane from the ACS Trailer Court property, it ought to get the money fran the City sine it is Borough money. ir. Grafe oannented that it was tied into a City CD and the Borough and City would like to leave it this way until it expires, then transfer the money at that time. C. Itr. Sutliff remarked that he was a little concerned with the situation with the U. S. Forest Service. Le feels the Forest Service is completely ignor- ing the wishes of the people in this area and he was wondering if the Borough should consider taking sane action on this. The Borough Chairman suggested that perhaps a resolution should be drawn up stating the Borough was against the Afognak lumber Cut, and then sent to the proper representatives. r. Sutliff :roved to draw up a resolution protesting the Afognak Timber Cut, seconded by i•ir. Arndt. By a roll call vote, the motion passed unani- mously. Nt. Sutliff also remarked that he felt the Fish and Game Department was not giving the Borough the proper protection regarding this particular timber sale. The Assembly requested the Borough Chairman to express their feelings against this treatment to the Governor. D. :tr. Sutliff requested the Borough Cabman and Clerk - Treasurer to look into the tax situation regarding the bankruptcy of iarine View Fisheries. Ur. Grafe stated the referee in the case claims the Borough did not file within the deadline, and that Ilr. ,•adsen is, at this time, looking into this. E. 14r. Jackson said he thought perhaps a special election 'Should be held re- garding the annexation of the Island Lake and Spruce Cape Road areas, because if it did pass, several Assembly members would have to be replaced. 'i'he Borough Chairman stator that he felt this was a good point, but that there was not time to do this. bit. eaughton remarked that he felt this was provided for in State law. F. Bur. Arndt askew about the status of the ACS land right next to the school. The Borough Chairman informed hone that this is one of the things being looked into along with the annexation. G. firs. Springhill cemented on the paving at the hospital. She said the Sisters were very happy to have it done, but there were complaints about children rid bicycles along this area and also a problem with motor- cycles. There also is a question as to liability if any of the children were hurt. • KODIAK ISiAND BODCO31i ASSli-n y • TP.:G - August 6, 1970 Page 5 iir. Grate stated the Grey Nuns are responsible for having liability insur- ance. Be was requested by the Assembly to call Sister _:ary Leo to ..eter- uuse the status of the liability insurance. Jr. Grafe was also requesteu by the Assembly cancers to call the City :Tanager aria inform him of to continues ca. ;plaints about the bicycles and motorcycles. The Borough Chairman felt it :night be a good idea to ask the police to Zone si keep as quiet as possible and to out up a 'Quiet - Hospital i:. ,1r. Grafe informed the Assembly me±ers that the locks had been changed on entrance. Building ana the front uoor would now be used for the meeting XII AUDLEIC CUZENiS - i:OiiE XIII ALUOCa..fudj ATTEST: The meeting was adjourned at 9.32 P.N. by Presiding Officer Betty Springhill. APPROVE: h tOn a. .fi± ppryKlgh C1iatrnan M E M O R A N D U M TO: FROM: SUBJECT: R -70 -7 GARY ABSTON P -70 -27 P -70 -28 P -70 -29 P -70 -30 P -70 -31 C. J. RHOADES P - 70 - 32 CHARLES HARTMAN k.m. Borough Assembly - Meeting of August 6, 1970 Dale E. Colton, Borough Assessor ADJUSTMENT REQUESTS Listed below are the adjustments that the Assessing Department is requesting passage on by the Borough Assembly: R -70 -8 WILLIAM F. HARTMAN The house on this property was destroyed by fire in May of 1970 and we have been requested to adjust our tax for one -half of the 1970 year. This 1/2 year tax amounts to $21.84. KINNEAR & WENDT, INC. ROXANNE FISHERIES, INC. NORTHERN PROCESSORS, INC. PAN ALASKA FISHERIES, INC. Mr. Abston advised us that his improvements burned to the ground in June of 1968 and he would like us to adjust our assessments and taxes for 1969 and 1970. The two year tax amounts to $18.84. Mr. Rhoades states in 1968 and would the 1969 Personal that we would have The Hartman's left like to be deleted Property Tax Roll. amounts to $1.83. These four adjustments request that we transfer the assessments on the floaters from personal property to real property. If passed, these accounts would go out on the Supplemental Real Property Tax Roll. Taxes collected would remain the same - the difference being that the subject accounts would pay the tax rather than the City. that he and his wife left Kodiak therefore like to be deleted from Property Tax Roll. The 102 Penalty collected amounts to $5.59. Kodiak in 1968 and would therefore from the 1969 Supplemental Personal The 102 we would have collected 1 x 1 0 1 ) 1 4 I M E M O R A N D U M TO: BOROUGH ASSEMBLY Meeting of June 4, 1970 FROM: ASSESSING DEPARTMENT DATE: May 8, 1970 The attached Adjustment Request - No. R -70 -1 concerns the property of the Berg - Deveau Building Co. and we request the passage of same inasmuch as this company has been duplicating their tax payments for the past two years. The Assessing Department had been charging taxes on land known as Part of Lot 8 in Block 16 of the Kodiak Townsite and these parcels were in fact included in the property taxed and known as Lot 4 of Block 2 of the New Kodiak Subdivisions The 1968 and 1969 tax on these two parcels amounts to a total of $126.07 which we feel should be refunded to the Berg - Deveau Building Co. thleen May Acting Assessor 0 1 1 ADJUSTMENT REQUEST DATE: May 8, 1970 NAME: BERG- DEVEAU BUILDING CO. ADDRESS: BOK 2487 - KODIAK, ALASKA DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY: (2 parcels) REASON FOR CHANCE: Berg - Deveau Building Co. has been paying taxes for the past two years on these two parcels when in fact the land is included in Lot 4, Block 2 of the New Kodiak Subdivision. This had been questioned several times by Mr. Berg; however, he continued to pay the tax and the problem was never resolved. After much research, we did determine that this was a duplicate payment on the same land. YEAR: 1968 VALUATION rrmv a. T... CI h; ; — , : 0 * sUGB v:: atie..: TAR (1969) ASSESSED VALUE: 69.23 ADD: SUBTRACT: _ 69.23 CORRECT TOTAL: -0- PREPARED BY: Katie Mav A ING 888 OM KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH 415 - 160 -1000 add ACCOUNT N0. 415- 160 -1100 ADJ. N0. R-70 -1 Part of Lot 8, Block 16 - Townsite Addition c68h 56.84 7 1 l n I 1 4 n .. C O V E R M E M O Adjustment Request No. R -70 -2 was passed by the Borough Assembly on May 12, 1970. The voting was as follows: Mrs. Springhill YES Mr. Sutliff (out of town) Mr. Arndt YES Mr. Jackson YES Mr. Naughton YES All penalty and interest charges; therefore, on the property known as Lot 1 of Block 10 of the New Kodiak Subdivision vested in the name of Elks Lodge #1772, has been forgiven. (from Wilton T. White) M E M O R A N D U M TO: BOROUGH ASSEMBLY Meeting of June 4, 1970 FROM: ASSESSING DEPARTMENT DATE: May 18, 1970 Attached hereto is Adjustment Request No. R -70-2 asking the Assembly to forgive the penalty and interest owing on Lot 1 of Block 10 of the New Kodiak Subdivision in the name of the Elks Lodge #1772. It was decided to accept payment in the amount of $9,821.59 as full payment on this account and to waive the penalty and interest as there has been some discrepancy over the actual land boundaries and confusion over the actual title to the property. By passage of this Adjustment Request we will have brought the Elks to a current status on their real property taxes. • thleen May Acting Assessor 1 r1 t) 1 ADJUSTMENT REQUEST DATE: May 18, 1970 . 1 4 l - NAME: B. P. 0. E. ELKS LODGE 111772 ADDRESS: P. 0. Box 846 - Kodiak, Alaska KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH ACCOUNT N0. 3 00 -100 -0100 ADJ. NO. R -70 -2 DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY: Lot 1 of Block 10 of the New Kodiak Subdivision REASON FOR CHANGE: Forgiveness of Penalty and Interest charges from 1968 and 1969 taxes YEAR: 19 68 & 69 PENALTY INTEREST VALUATION gindeditiMEABS ASSESSED VALUE: 967 76 967 71 ADD: SUBTRACT: 9R7 76 967 21 CORRECT TOTAL: PREPARED BY: Karla n / . , ACTINGASSESSO 1 0 1 n I 4 4 9 c. ADJUSTMENT REQUEST KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH DATE: June 29, 1970 NAME: Alsatian Weea . Tar - ACAA ADDRESS: Ras 7116 - ¢Mia14 Alaska DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY: the 't of Aleek IS Aleutian Suhdivisim REASON FOR CHANGE• at 8ari ra se aac - i ft ahmld hw. ha__ __a_This he a d n : h fi - i 1961• YEAR: 19_Z0 ASSESSED VALUE: ADD: SUBTRACT: CORRECT TOTAL: 8 3 _45 A me PREPARED BY: eats May ACCOUNT NO. 070 -o60 -moo ADJ. NO. 8 - 711_5 VALUATION CITY & BOROUGH TAX BOROUGH TAX (2-395 4 ADJUSTMENT REQUEST DATE: June 26, 1970 1 ) 7 KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH ACCOUNT N3. 040-010 -0300 ADJ. NO. R -70-4 NAME: Huey 4 Rachel Seville ADDRESS: Box 2575 - Kodiak. Alaska DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY: Lot 3 of Block 1 of the Allman Leland* Subd. REASON FOR CHANGE: Clerical error - the improvements column on the criminal assessment notice showed $8.000.00 which should have been the total of the land and the lnorovseup The improvements actually should have shown 34.375.00. An sdtusted assessment notice has been sent to the YEAR: 191t VALUATION CITY & BOROUGH TAX BOROUGH TAX ASSESSED VALUE: 11.625 ADD: SUBTRACT: 3.625 CORRECT TOTAL: 8. PREPARED BY: Pate MAY 1 1 r) n ADJUSTMENT REQUEST DATE: Juan 22, 1970 NAME: Ralph I. and Lila R. Williams ADDRESS: Box 2076 - Kodiak, Alaska DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY: Lot 6 of Block 4 of the Millar Point Alaska Subdivision - First Addition REASON FOR CHANGE: Williams had advised them in July of 1969 that they were relinquishing their right to the land; however, the State had not informed the Borough until this date. YEAR: 19 ASSESSED VALUE: ADD: SUBTRACT: CORRECT TOTAL: PREPARED BY: tau Mn 1 4 A 9) This was land purchased from the State and Mrs. DELETE FROM TEE 1970 TAI ROLL. VALUATION CITY & BOROUGH TAX BOROUGH TAX 1,475 1,475 -0- KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH A&lus_ 7 NO. v -7M9 A/C 7M N0.