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09/28/2005 Regular Meeting KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH GRAVEL TASK FORCE COMMITTEE REGULAR MEETING-SEPTEMBER MINUTES NOV~: 2:5~ ~ CALL TO ORDER The regular meeting of the Gravel Task Force Committee was called to Mary Ogle on September 28, 2005 in the Borough Conference Room. ROLL CALL Committee Members Present Absent Excused Others Present Mike Anderson X Mary Ogle - Chair Tom Abell X Community Development Gary Carver X Dave King X Bill Oliver X Melvin Squartsoff X Andy Teuber X Thomas Trosvig X Gene Anderson X Howard Weston X A quorum was established. APPROVAL OF AGENDA Mary Ogle MOVED TO APPROVE the agenda as presented and it CARRIED by unanimous voice vote. OLD BUSINESS There was no old business. NEW BUSINESS A. Introductions Mary Ogle - Community Development Department Director. She will be the staff of this committee, so you will contact her department about meeting notes, meeting times, and any information you may need. Her staff will also provide technical data meaning maps or research you may need done. Once they go further into the request for action by this committee towards the end they will be making recommendations to the Planning & Zoning Commission about zoning ordinances so her staff will be your technical advisors, ~_ __._11 <:t::) Wt;ll. Bill Oliver - He works for Brechan Enterprises since 1985 as the chief financial officer, but he won't work for them after the first of the year. He doesn't bring any particular talents to the committee other than an interest in rock source since he has been here. THOMAS TROSVIG - He and his wife owns Norwegian Wood Farm & Feed, and he also works part time for Horizon Lines. He is a resident of Bells Flats and has been Gravel Task Force September 28, 2005 Page 1 of 4 interested in the gravel out there. He has served on the Womens Bay Service District and the Womens Bay Council. It is more of a community interest in civic things. DAVE KING - He works at Southern Alaska Forwarding, is on the Planning & Zoning Commission, and is the president of Kodiak Island Sportsman's Association. TOM ABELL - He is representative from the Borough Assembly, retired from Brechan after twenty-five (25) years of running a concrete plant. With the Bells Flats pits being up in the air it is time the Borough found a long term source to supply the town with cost effective gravel. ANDY TEUBER - He represents Koniag, Incorporated. Ogle thanked everyone and reminded them of why they are there. The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly, on the recommendation of the KIB Planning and Zoning Commission, establishes a Task Force committee to assess the sand, gravel and earth materials resources of the road system region of the borough, development policies for earth resource management, and to make recommendations to the KIB Planning and Zoning Commission and the Borough Assembly on management approaches, procedures, and policies. The goal of the committee is to provide for the sustainable long-term availability of sand, gravel, and earth materials in support of orderly and economical growth and development in the Kodiak Island Borough and to reduce to the maximum extent possible any undesirable impacts and conflicts arising from the extraction and use of these resources. Ogle stated the question now is how do we achieve this goal. The Assembly and the Planning & Zoning anticipated this and set detailed parameters of what the committee is suppose to do. The committee will: 1. Compile a comprehensive inventory and description of past and existing gravel and earth material sources and sites to include: Ogle stated she won't read those but they are basic property and material information. First we will do an inventory of what's out there now, and what sites we have already used. 2. Compile a comprehensive inventory and description of potential future gravel and earth material sources and sites to include: Ogle stated we would have to do some sort of geological exploration of potential sites, then they will see feasible sites. 3. Describe, generally, the estimated community need for various types of gravel and earth material in future development projects projected for a 20 to 30 year time-frame, to include: Ogle said \X/e ,XliII see \x/hat \X/e have, find potential sites, and then hovv much from these sites do we really need. And last, the recommendations to Planning & Zoning Committee for anticipated code changes to reduce to the maximum amount possible undesirable impacts and conflicts rising from the close proximity of a resource extraction uses & residential uses. COMMITTEE MEMBER ABELL stated that it would be nice if the Borough would supply what they have for a list of gravel sources at this time so we could see on paper. Gravel Task Force September 28, 2005 Page 2 of4 They do need to know what is out there and what the long term use is. With the native corporations sitting on lots of land that would be a zoning change it would be nice if they were invited to the table or a meeting to tell us of their thoughts for the future. They need private enterprise, so they can do as they are now, leasing pits so they don't have to go out to buy them. He feels we need to have multiple so there isn't a price gouge. If all those people were invited to the table that would make it easier for the task force to see what was out there to inventory. The Assembly approved some test drilling at the Salonie Creek area, and the money was provided for it but it has never been done. I believe it was $30,000 was to be a split with a contractor on the island that the Borough would pay for the testing and they would do the work for free. It has never been done so it can't be brought forward, so that would bring to a head the Salonie Creek thoughts. They need to see if it is a viable source. Ogle stated that her staff can certainly find and inventory past and existing gravel and earth material sources, getting the information about the type of material, estimated volume of the material extracted, estimated remaining volume, and quality of material. We would just have to go to whoever the company is. COMMITTEE MEMBER KING stated it should be in the records because every time someone asks to use the gravel pit they have to state how much they are taking out and the time frame. Ogle asked where those records kept. If it's Borough land, they use to have a land manager that would keep track of leases, but they haven't had that position filled in years. COMMITTEE MEMBER KING commented that it goes through Planning & Zoning every time. COMMITTEE MEMBER ABELL stated that quality is highly important for the simple factor of what happened with Quality Construction last year. When it comes to concrete, if the concrete isn't good enough it doesn't get to sold to government projects. Quality is a major factor. Now they have to bring someone in with education, he doesn't' have the knowledge on the testing or what quality means. COMMITTEE MEMBER TROSVIG stated as they look at these potential sources they'll just have to have some testing done. Ogle asked if the existing companies are Brechan, and Quality Asphalt. COMMITTEE MEMBER TROSVIG stated Quality Asphalt is no longer in business here, and the existing extractors are Anderson Construction, De Hart Construction, and Brechan Enterprises. COMMITTEE MEMBER ABELL stated that nearly every extractor has a lease with the city for Near Island. COMMITTEE MEMBER TROSVIG stated that Lash Construction has been doing some extraction on their property at \1.1 omens Bay. COMMITTEE MEMBER OLIVER stated the only real gravel pit is in Bells Flats. Ogle stated the goal says that they are suppose to be doing this evaluation on the road system and she knows there are parties interested in sources off the road system that would require a road being built. Gravel Task Force September 28, 2005 Page 3 of 4 COMMITTEE MEMBER OLIVER said there is a granite deposit to the right of Anton Larsen Bay at Chakamanoffwhich would be a five (5) mile extension of Monashka Bay Road that should be looked into. COMMITTEE MEMBER ABELL inquired are they trying to develop Borough pits for lease, if he owned a piece of land and wanted to make it a gravel pit, he would develop it and sell it, but he doesn't feel that you would ask a government to come in and build the road for you. COMMITTEE MEMBER TROSVIG stated that if they are going to inventory the rock assets on the road system, both public and private, they need to think about any possibility. He said that is solid granite, a big mountain. COMMUNICATIONS There were no communications REPORTS Meeting schedule: November 7, 2005 at 5:30 p.m. in the KIB conference room AUDIENCE COMMENTS There were no audience comments. COMMITTEE MEMBERS' COMMENTS There were no committee member comments. ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at 7:30 p.m. KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH GRAVEL TASK FORCE COMMITTEE y / '-- -~ By: Chair ATTEST By: \SJJ)p.J2D ~~ Sheila Smith, Secretary Community Development Department DATE APPROVED: November 7, 2005 Gravel Task Force September 28, 2005 Page 4 of4 I _~m___~~~___ j