10/23/2018 Regular MeetingKODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
PARKS & RECREATION COMMITTEE
DEC 19 2018
MINUTES
October 23, 2018 Recreation Summit 6 p.m. -Assembly Chambbrs-'—•--f
CALL TO ORDER
CHAIR SALTONSTALL called to order the Recreation Summit of the Parks & Recreation
Committee at ? p.m. in the Assembly Chambers.
ROLL CALL
Requested excusal was
Committee members present were Patrick Saltonstall, Ben Millstein, Steve Paulson, and
Paige Simeonoff. Excused members were Bob Bassham, Shane Thompson, and Helm
Johnson. Ex -officio members absent were Dennis Symmons, Ron Bryant, and Corey
Gronn.
A quorum was established.
COMMITTEE MEMBER MILLSTEIN MOVED to excuse Bobby Bassham, Shane
Thompson, and Helm Johnson.
VOICE VOTE ON MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
Staff present was Daniel Mckenna-Foster and Jack Maker.
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
COMMITTEE MEMBER PAULSON MOVED to approve the agenda.
VOICE VOTE ON MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
RECREATION SUMMIT
A. Recreation summit:
• 5 min. Introduction — CHAIR SALTONSTALL gave an introduction
• 5 min Overview— Daniel Mckenna-Foster gave an overview
5 min Trends/Observations — Mckenna-Foster gave a report
• 10 min. Survey discussion — Mckenna-Foster reported on the survey
Phillip ? said that Mckenna-Foster said he was happy with response rate right up until
this point with 260 something responses to the questionnaire. He doesn't know if you
have anyway of determining how representative those people are of the community
as a whole. Does the borough or city ever consider doing door to door canvassing.
There's probably a socioeconomic class of people who take online surveys and then
there's parts of the community that don't respond to that type of outreach. Social
networks weren't tied into media where the survey may be advertised or distributed.
He just wanted to know what type of outreach you had considered in terms of people
throughout the community being able to weigh in even if they don't take online surveys
very often.
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Mckenna-Foster said in giving a survey, it started out asking for feedback with borough
employees. We sent it to NOAA, Fish & Game, Kodiak School District, the Borough,
Island Trails, Bells Flats Community Facebook page. We put out paper surveys at Big
Ray's, 58°, and Orion's. We put it on Facebook, Kodiak Christian School, Chamber of
Commerce, U.S. Coast Guard online bulletin board, the Police Department, and the
refuge.
20-30 min. Mapping/CIP prioritization activity — They broke out to allow the public
to mark areas on the maps that are of recreational interest. Mckenna-Foster
reported on the CIP List
? spoke (inaudible, didn't turn microphone on) of trying to do trail maintenance on all
of the existing trails like Barometer, Pyramid, and Sharatine. In the spring it's obvious
where the trails are, ITN put signage up, people would look at the Audubon map to
see these trails. There is a need in the community to have trail maintenance done on
some of the trails. He wonders if there is any nucleus for this because a lot of trails
have several different land owners'. Are the State of Alaska, Coast Guard, and other
land owners' receptive to trail maintenance and people utilizing their trails? Is there
nothing done ever or?
Tanisen Peeples said she recently moved here from Juneau which has an amazing,
extensive trail network. Most (inaudible) Forest Service land and she worked for a
summer with an organization called Trail Mix, who was in charge of building and
mostly maintaining trails. She has been on the Kodiak trails and trails can deteriorate
quickly. People start widening the trails. With a few pieces of equipment and a few
people, it can make a lot of improvements. We need to better the trails and maintain
them for the future.
Amy Williams, Discover Kodiak Executive Director said the situation we have in Bells
Flats with bear viewing this season we could use some assistance in making it safer.
She's talking to the appropriate powers about making a seasonal speed limit to try to
slow people down. Bear viewing platforms, better parking and signage, and things like
that to keep people safe. She would also like a bike path from Bells Flats to town.
She's also concerned about is a path that goes from the cruise ship to Deadman's
Curve.
Larry Van Daele said with regard to the bear viewing platform, there was at least a
few years ago potential funding from DOT and also from the cruise ship tax. Work with
the Fish and Game folks and DOT for that. It wouldn't have to be a CIP item. In his
role of Fort Abercrombie State Parks Citizens Advisory Board Chairman, he talked to
several of you tonight and he likes the idea of integrating what we do with the State
Parks, not only Abercrombie but the Busking and Pasagshak, into what you are doing.
2 min. Wrap up/conclusion
REPORTS
A. Meeting Schedule:
• November 27, 2018 regular meeting -6 p.m.-KIB conference room
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AUDIENCE COMMENTS
Comments were taken under Recreation Summit.
COMMITTEE MEMBER COMMENTS
Patrick Saltonstall said that everyone is welcome to stay to draw on the maps.
ADJOURNMENT
COMMITTEE MEMBER MILLSTEIN (microphone not used, inaudible) MOVED to
adjourn.
VOICE VOTE ON MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
The meeting was adjourned at ? p.m.
TION
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Saltonstall. Chair
ATTEST
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Community Development Department
DATE APPROVED: November 27, 2018
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