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2011-04-12 Regular Meeting I� sC(EU I.s KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH • 111 PARKS & RECREATION COMMITTEE I MAY 2 3 2011 , , MINUTES ! i April 12, 2011 Regular Meeting _ _________ 7 p.m. in the,KFRdariference ROMS OFFICE CALL TO ORDER CHAIR SIROFCHUCK called to order the April 12, 2011 Parks & Recreation meeting at 7 p.m. ROLL CALL Requested to be excused were Hans Tschersich due to being out of town, Patrick Saltonstall due to having company from out of town, and Rick Lindholm due to being stuck in Akhiok. Committee members present were Mike Sirofchuck, Pam Foreman, Jeff Huntley, Andy Schroeder, Sandra West, and Willy Bethea. Excused members were Hans Tschersich, Patrick Saltonstall, and Rick Lindholm. Absent members were Kevin Murphy, Ian Fulp, Chris Lynch, Peggy Rauwolf, Norm Wooten (Alternate), Casey Janz, and Brent Watkins (Alternate). A quorum was established. Community Development Department staff present was Duane Dvorak and Sheila Smith. COMMITTEE MEMBER HUNTLEY MOVED to excuse Hans Tschersich, Patrick Saltonstall, and Rick Lindholm. VOICE VOTE ON MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY APPROVAL OF AGENDA COMMITTEE MEMBER SCHROEDER MOVED to approve the April 12, 2011 agenda. VOICE VOTE ON MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETINGS COMMITTEE MEMBER FOREMAN MOVED to approve the March 22, 2011 minutes. VOICE VOTE ON MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AUDIENCE COMMENTS AND APPEARANCE REQUESTS John Neff stated that if the first full draft is going to be ready in May, when will we have the chance to change it because it's definitely not going to be the right draft. Sirofchuck explained the planning and approval process to Neff and the audience, and stated we're working on the sections and draft is subject to change. A full first draft will be presented at the Trails Plan public meeting and everyone will have opportunity to read it and give their input. Neff expressed dissatisfaction stating there should be notification to the public so the plan doesn't just slide along. Amy Wagner stated 99% of the land is Coast Guard or native land and she asked what the grounds are for those properties. CHAIR SIROFCHUCK said part of the plan is what we would like to see happen with trails on the road system and a big part of that is maintaining access to current trails, and also Page 1 of 4 Parks & Recreation Meeting Minutes April 12, 2011 investigating and advocating for increased access and more trails on the road system. One thing the Trails Plan does is it gives us the power to apply for grants, purchase land, help preserve trails, advocate for land owners to allow trail use on their land, etc. Jeremiah Wagner asked if there is any talk or recommendations on closing any trails. Does Alta have any recommendations for closing any trails to motorized vehicles? CHAIR SIROFCHUCK said there has not been any mention of closing any trails. Alta doesn't make recommendations, the committee does. This draft is based on our input and the input Alta received from the public. Alta is writing the plan based on what we, the borough asked them to do taking into account the public testimony, email, and written comments they've received. Jascha Zbitnoff stated we haven't received any email updates since the November public meeting at Northstar. CHAIR SIROFCHUCK apologized and said he will ask the Community Development Department to include an email announcement about Parks & Rec meetings. We didn't realize that wasn't happening. Sirofchuck informed the audience of the next 2 meeting dates. Todd Hiner stated he wondered how many committee members are pro 4 wheelers and motorized vehicles. CHAIR SIROFCHUCK said our charge is to do our best to represent the entire community and that means all trail users and general public. Nathan Benton asked when is the final determination and voting type action going to take place where you can take the public's comments and opinions and make a vote based upon what the public wants. CHAIR SIROFCHUCK stated the committee is in the process of working with the consultants to create the first draft of the plan, and a draft is the first version and is subject to change. Our goal is to have a general public meeting mid May and at that time present the complete first draft of the plan to the public for public input. Then we will take your input and work with the consultants to incorporate that into the plan, and then when this committee feels comfortable with the Trails Plan we will send it to Planning & Zoning who then will have public hearings on the plan. When P &Z is satisfied they will send it up to the Assembly and they will have public hearings. It's not the Trails Plan for the Borough until the Assembly votes to accept it as the Trails Plan. Matt Corriere asked when the public meeting will take place. CHAIR SIROFCHUCK said we're hoping for mid May. We can take your comments and you can also submit comments on the Trails Plan website, kodiaktrails.com. Written comments are the best because it all goes in the official record as part of all the materials that went into the trails plan. We will ask Community Development to send out an email to the stakeholder list to announce the meetings. Neff asked what the Trails Plan scoring table is because there isn't anything to explain what it means. Dvorak explained that it's a by- product from a prior meeting and is an email that he sent to Gilpin based on discussions at a meeting, and it is taken out of context of the plan, it is from Page 2 of 4 Parks & Recreation Meeting Minutes April 12, 2011 him taking notes. You need to read the plan and look at the table in the plan with the supporting info. Neff stated why can't you do a little better, you have unlimited amounts of money you have raped off the Federal Government and our tax dollars. CHAIR SIROFCHUCK said this is a matrix that we are working on trying to figure out how to evaluate trails and it's not finished. You need to read the whole plan to understand it. Nathan Benton stated it feels like you are being deceptive when you change the meeting that is scheduled from 7:30 at one location to another location and a half hour earlier. OLD BUSINESS A) Trails Plan The committee discussed and reviewed the material from Gilpin. Any changes or additions were given to Dvorak to relay to the consultants. CHAIR SIROFCHUCK excused himself from the meeting at 8:45 p.m. and turned the meeting over to Pam Foreman. COMMITTEE MEMBER FOREMAN told the committee to read ahead and read the rest of the material marked green in the packet to be prepared for the next meeting. NEW BUSINESS There was no new business. COMMUNICATIONS There was no communications. A) Municipal Airport Fencing Dvorak stated the property owner at the end of Larch Street was talking about the city fencing off this trail where people have cut through along the lake from Lilly Lake Condos crossing between the lake and the runway by King's Diner to get to the Mill Bay corridor. The city had a study done by DOWL Engineer's for the Airport Improvement Plan. They have a $900,000 grant to do airport improvements and they have to spend it or lose it. They're putting up fencing and will be moving towards compliance. People have been walking across the runway oblivious to the air traffic. COMMITTEE MEMBER HUNTLEY MOVED to recommend they put a man gate in. Dvorak stated in lieu of a recommendation tonight staff could extend an invitation to Mark Kozak to attend the next meeting to discuss this issue. VOICE VOTE ON MOTION FAILED. The noes were Pam Foreman, Jeff Huntley, Andy Schroeder, and Willy Bethea. COMMITTEE MEMBER FOREMAN requested that if Gilpin wants us to review anything new that we can get it prior to the meeting when there is this much material to review. REPORTS The next Parks & Recreation meeting will be on April 26, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. in the Kodiak Fisheries Research Center Main Conference Room and May 10, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. in the KIB School District Conference Room. Page 3 of 4 Parks & Recreation Meeting Minutes April 12, 2011 AUDIENCE COMMENTS There were no audience comments. COMMITTEE MEMBER'S COMMENTS Andy Schroeder said we found a way to link the trail system better, we have found lands to purchase and he thinks the mileage of trails will increase, but unless we are willing to go into some certain areas and change some behaviors and change the way it's used we're not going to reduce those user conflicts. He hears about user conflicts and user groups alienating one another and we need to give them each their space. His overall view of how to do that is to take the motorized use and build more motorized trails but outside of population areas and export that activity away from neighborhoods. This is where Schroeder falls on the Russian Ridge thing. We need to be willing to change uses of some of the trail systems if we want this trails plan to succeed. Sandra West stated she thought we did pretty good tonight. Jeff Huntley stated as he said earlier he was probably the instigator of all these people showing up. Someone asked me what was going on and I showed them the packet from the last meeting and that was their interpretation. There were about 5 or 6 people who read it and they all said the same thing; this sounds anti ATV. Pam Foreman said we need to utilize the communications that were originally set up to use which is the email system to let them know when the meetings are. ADJOURNMENT COMMITTEE MEMBER BETHEA MOVED to adjourn. COMMITTEE MEMBER FOREMAN adjourned the meeting at 9:50 p.m. KODI K ISLAND BOROUGH '''K• &REC'EA ■ COMMITTEE By: /. sti ! _: t Mike Sirofchuu hair ATTEST M “`�) By: e ne YTI d Sheila Smith, Secretary Community Development Dept. APPROVED: April 26, 2011 Page 4 of 4 Parks & Recreation Meeting Minutes April 12, 2011