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PARKS & RECREATION COMMITTEE
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February 22, 2011 7 p.m. in the KIB Conference Room
CALL TO ORDER
VICE CHAIR SALTONSTALL called to order the February 22, 2011 Parks & Recreation
meeting at 7 p.m.
ROLL CALL
Mike Sirofchuck, Hans Tschersich, and Pam Foreman requested to be excused.
Committee members present were Jeff Huntley, Patrick Saltonstall, Andy Schroeder
(arrived 7:04 p.m.), Rick Lindholm, Sandra West, and Willy Bethea. Ex Officio members
present was Casey Janz.
A quorum was established.
COMMITTEE MEMBER BETHEA MOVED to excuse Mike Sirofchuck, Hans Tschersich, and
Pam Foreman.
Community Development Department staff present was Bud Cassidy and Sheila Smith.
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
COMMITTEE MEMBER HUNTLEY MOVED to approve the agenda.
VOICE VOTE CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETINGS
Andy Schroeder arrived at 7:04 p.m.
COMMITTEE MEMBER HUNTLEY MOVED to approve the February 8, 2011 minutes.
VOICE VOTE ON MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
AUDIENCE COMMENTS AND APPEARANCE REQUESTS
Nancy Wells who represents the Kodiak Early Childhood Coalition gave everyone a
brochure and stated this is the Best Beginnings Project. She came to give the committee
information about their project stating one of the results from their assessment needs
assessment done last year identified that they need a weatherproof and safe toddler /young
child playground in Kodiak. There is no safe weatherproof building or playground for
toddlers or young children. Outdoor playgrounds don't work well for toddlers and pre-
school kids with the rain and winds. They will be addressing finding a mechanism to
provide a playground that is safe and secure. A lot of different agencies involved are
addressing different things that have to do with the quality of life for families and children
under the age of 8 in Kodiak. She hopes in the future she will be back to tell where they are
going and they're looking at funding. They had hoped that Rural Cap would be pursuing a
new building for Head Start. There isn't any movement on this yet but we are hoping to do
some grant writing around planning and we're talking to other agencies. Best Beginnings is
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supported with grant funds through the Legislature, but it's basically for community
partnership and networking.
Brief discussion.
OLD BUSINESS
A) Trails Plan
Cassidy stated he's had conversations with Gilpin and he feels it's time to get a draft out.
You do have another chapter to look at which is in your packet tonight. Cassidy let Gilpin
know that we take time to read the information so if you have comments get them to Sheila
or bring them to your next meeting.
VICE CHAIR SALTONSTALL told staff to make sure that Sirofchuck, Tschersich, and
Foreman are emailed the packet.
During discussion an error was pointed out that in Table 2 - there are no trails from Saltery
Cove to Woodland Drive. COMMITTEE MEMBER WEST asked why there is a gap in the
urban trails map between Mission Road and Spruce Cape Road.
B) Mill Bay Beach Stairs
Cassidy said we're moving forward on the Mill Bay Beach stairs. We have a term contract
with an engineering firm so we don't have to put out an RFP. We have a grant that expires
the end of the fiscal year that is about $40,000, and matching that is for Island Lake's Trails
so it fits in well with one of the Assembly's Strategic Plan's goals is to provide access to Mill
Bay Beach. Most of the parking lot is in the state right -of -way. The borough owns a small
piece of the land and the coastline belongs to the State of Alaska so they'll be dealing with 3
entities in getting permits, access. They'll probably have to get a State of Alaska Tideland
permit and a Corp of Engineers permit. These are ADA stairs, and it will probably be
$60,000 or $70,000 just for the engineering, permitting, and possibly the construction.
Most of that will be paid for by that grant and we'll probably pull money out of the Parks &
Rec maintenance budget for the rest.
Discussion of stairs vs. walking ramp.
NEW BUSINESS
A) Training for Volunteers
Cassidy stated we're working with West and Schroeder getting the bike trail from here to
Deadman's Curve. The Assembly is going to Juneau in March and they'll be showing a
poster on the bike path because it's rated high on the CIP List. The desire is to get in to clear
vegetation and the state requires an insurance certificate from the borough. It went to our
insurance company and their concern is that any volunteers out there have some minimal
training on personal protection gear and how to use the equipment.
COMMITTEE MEMBER SCHROEDER said that Island Trails Network can provide some
training and he would prefer it to be part of the day's volunteer work session.
COMMUNICATIONS
There were no communications.
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REPORTS
The next Parks & Recreation meetings will be on March 8, 2011 and March 22, 2011 at 7
p.m. in the KIB Conference Room.
Cassidy stated he won't be here on March 22nd and he'll have Dvorak fill in for him.
AUDIENCE COMMENTS
There were no audience comments.
COMMITTEE MEMBER'S COMMENTS
There were no committee member comments.
ADJOURNMENT
COMMITTEE MEMBER HUNTLEY MOVED to adjourn.
VOICE VOTE ON MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
VICE CHAIR SALTONSTALL adjourned the meeting at 7:45 p.m.
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APPROVED: March 8, 2011
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