2020-10-08 Work Session
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Kodiak Island Borough
Assembly Work Session
Thursday, October 8, 2020, 6:30 p.m.
School District Conference Room
Work Sessions are informal meetings of the Assembly where Assembly members review the upcoming
regular meeting agenda packet and seek or receive information from staff. Although additional items not
listed on the work session agenda are discussed when intr oduced by the Mayor, Assembly, or staff, no
formal action is taken at work sessions and items that require formal Assembly action are placed on
regular Assembly meeting agenda. Citizen’s comments at work sessions are NOT considered part of the
official record. Citizen’s comments intended for the “official record” should be made at a regular Assembly
meeting.
Page
1. CITIZENS’ COMMENTS (Limited to Three Minutes per Speaker)
2. AGENDA ITEMS
3 - 4
a.
Presentation On Tsunami Hazard Maps From, Dr. Elena
Suleimani Of The Geophysical Institute, University Of Alaska
Fairbanks.
Tsunami Flyer
b.
Staff Update On Kodiak Fisheries Research Center
3. MANAGER COMMENTS
4. CLERK’S COMMENTS
5. PACKET REVIEW REGULAR MEETING, OCTOBER 15, 2020
Items may be added during the work session for inclusion on the Regular Meeting agenda. The
item title needs to be provided/developed at the work session in enough detail to give assembly
and public reasonable notice.
AWARDS AND PRESENTATIONS
1. Nuisance Bears, Nate Svboda
PUBLIC HEARING
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
NEW BUSINESS
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CONTRACTS
1. Contract No. FY2021-03 With Discover Kodiak For Destination Marketing And Tourism
Development.
RESOLUTIONS
ORDINANCES FOR INTRODUCTION
1. Ordinance No. FY2021-18 Rezoning A Portion Of Tract 37, Township 30 South, Range
20 West, Section 32, Seward Meridian From C - Conservation To R1 - Single Family
Residential And Pl - Public Use Land (Zoning Will Correspond To Lots Created By
Abbreviated Subdivision S21-002).
2. Ordinance No. FY2021-19 An Ordinance Of The Assembly Of The Kodiak Island
Borough Amending Various Chapters Of KIBC Title 17 (Zoning) To Address Issues
Such As Necessary Updates, Errors And Omissions And Procedural Clarification.
3. Ordinance No. FY2021-20 Rezoning Lots 1, 2 And 3, Block 13, Aleutian Homes
Subdivision, From R2-Two-Family Residential To B-Business.
4. Ordinance No. FY2021-21 Budget Amendment For CARES Funding To Provide
$272,200 To The City Of Kodiak For Shared Covid-19 Expenses.
OTHER ITEMS
5 - 8
a. Finance Department Handout
6. ASSEMBLY MEMBERS COMMENTS
7. MAYOR’S COMMENTS
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KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
STAFF REPORT
OCTOBER 8, 2020
ASSEMBLY WORK SESSION
Kodiak Island Borough
SUBJECT: Presentation On Tsunami Hazard Maps From, Dr. Elena Suleimani Of The
Geophysical Institute, University Of Alaska Fairbanks.
ORIGINATOR:
RECOMMENDATION:
DISCUSSION:
ALTERNATIVES:
FISCAL IMPACT:
OTHER INFORMATION:
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Presentation of Tsunami Hazard Maps of
Akhiok, Chiniak, Old Harbor, Ouzinkie
and Port Lions
Dr. Elena Suleimani Geophysical Institute University of Alaska Fairbanks The Alaska Tsunami modeling group at the Geophysical Institute, UAF has finished the tsunami inundation modeling and mapping project for five communities on Kodiak Island. In this project, we used numerical modeling of various potential tsunami events. Potential tsunami sources include megathrust earthquakes in the Gulf of Alaska, and a megathrust earthquake in the Cascadia subduction zone. Numerical modeling results, combined with his-torical observations in the region, are intended to provide guidance to the communities in tsunami hazard assessment, evacuation planning, and public education for the reduction of future tsunami risk.
When: Thursday, October 8 at 6:45 pm
Where: School District Conference room
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Kodiak Island Borough
Finance Department
Memorandum
Mayor and Members of the Assembly
Michael Powers, Manager
Dora Cross, Finance Director
Coronavirus Relief Fund (CRF) — spending update
10/07/20
On June 11, 2020, the Borough was authorized by the State of Alaska to receive $5,792,500.90 of
Coronavirus Relief grant funds. Grant payments to the borough are set up in three separate allotments:
$4,836,893 (initial payment), $477,804 (eligible to receive when 80% of initial payment is spent),
$477,804 (when 80% of prior payments have been spent). All funds must be spent by December 30,
2020.
As of the date of this memo, the borough has spent the following CRF funds:
Amount Snent
Reportins Period
$202,759
March 1—June 30, 2020
$41,465
July 2020
$48,190
August 2020
$894,481
September 2020
$409,394
October 2020 (as of the 7th)
$1,596,289
Total Spent (as of October 71h)
Attached is information about a CARES Act exchange program the Alaska Municipal League (AML) is
proposing to set up.
From: Alaska Municipal League <membersupport a,akml.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 7, 2020 1:27 PM
ALASKA
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Introducing a CARES Act Exchange
We are just under three months from the deadline to finalize incurred costs that are
allowable under the CARES Act, and to expend all CARES Act funding that has been
allocated to local governments. That total -- 5568 million -- is a significant investment
in local government.
There are a couple scenarios in front of us:
• Some communities spend down all three tranches early and may still
have unmet need
Some communities have just enough and meet the December 30 deadline
Some communities spend down most of what they were allocated, but
not all
Some communities never applied for, nor received, their allocation, and
don't plan to
Basically, some will have Iess than they need, some will have more, and for some it
will be just right.
AML proposes to set up a CARES Act exchange program, so that members who have
more than they have identified expenditures for can share excess with those who have
greater levels of need. We know that this pandemic and economic crisis has been
experienced differently by many. Let's not leave money on the table, when some local
governments and some communities may really need it.
The process is straightforward:
• Notify us (lisafQakml.org) if you believe that you will have more than
you can use; we'll start tracking this
c Let us know if this is coming from your first, second, or third tranches
• For those who haven't accessed their funds and don't plan on using them,
we encourage you to draw them down, and share them with those who
need it — right now there is nearly S 10 million out there unclaimed
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• For any member that has identified remaining need, or is confident in
being able to distribute additional funds before Dec. 30, contact us with
an estimated amount necessary
• We'll connect those who need it with those who have some available,
and leave the transfer to you — we think this is more straightforward than
trying to set up an account and act as some kind of middle -man in the
process
• Treasury guidance provides ways in which this is reported, and all
CARES Act rules apply; the original recipient will still need to complete
the reporting to OMB
• AML will help with reporting, access to funds, or other needs along the
way; matchmaking will be on a first come basis and we'll do the best we
can
There is some urgency to all of this, with three months to go. We hope that in working
together we can all expedite the process as much as possible.
Why not just leave it all alone?
At some point, OMB will probably notify those who haven't applied for their
allocation that they have a new deadline to do so by, after which they revert to the
State. I wouldn't be surprised if similar communications are sent to those who haven't
accessed their second tranche by the end of this month, or the third tranche by the end
of November. We don't really know dates or deadlines yet, but you can imagine that it
is in the State's interest to not have unspent funds, and to reappropriate for their use as
much as possible.
There are certainly things that the State could use it for, and the process for doing so
probably involves something like the following:
• Anything that is left may need to be appropriated, which would involve
the legislature
• That could probably even happen in the early days of the legislative
session, as the expenditures would already have been incurred, and the
appropriation really just a fund source change
• The exception here would be if they want to apply it to new spending,
like an additional round of business grants, which would require at least
an RPL process
Otherwise, the State can comb through its expenses since March and use
the CARES Act funds similarly to how local governments have been:
• They could pay Troopers and VPSOs salaries, saving themselves
as much UGF as possible for use to fill the budget gap in FY22
• They could evaluate AMHS costs and apply it there, avoiding
some of the winter schedule reductions
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• They could review school, university, and hospital costs, or all of
their agency operations, to see if there is anything there that was
adjusted due to the pandemic
There are some good reasons to leave it at the State, if the local government chooses to
do so. If we can help the State save money, then maybe there is less pressure next year
to pass costs to local governments or cut essential programs — though there is no
guarantee this would result in these kinds of beneficial outcomes. It may be just as
beneficial to keep these funds local, strengthening local governments, local businesses
and residents who are struggling during this difficult period.
Nils Andreassen
Executive Director
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