09/28/2005 Regular Meeting
KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
GRAVEL TASK FORCE COMMITTEE
REGULAR MEETING-SEPTEMBER
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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,
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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ATTEST
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Sheila Smith, Secretary
Community Development Department
DATE APPROVED: November 7, 2005
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