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03/21/1991 RMKODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH Regular Assembly Meeting March 21, 1991 A Assembly regular meeting of the Kodiak Island Borough was held March 1991, in the Assembly Chambers oftheKodiakIslandBoroughBuilding, 710 Mill Bay Road. The meeting was called to order at 7:32 p.m. The invocation was given by the Pastor Russell Schwarz of the Kodiak Bible Chapel followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. There were present: Jack McFarland, Betty Fitzjearl Suzanne Hancock Mary Monroe FITZJEARL, seconded by STEVENS seconded by FITZJEARL Presiding Gordon Gould Mike Milligan Gary Stevens comprising a quorum of the assembly; and Jerome Selby, Borough Mayor Donna Smith, Deputy Borough Clerk APPROVAL OF AGENDA moved to approve agenda as submitted. MOTION CARRIED APPROVAL OF MINUTES A. K.I.B. Assembly Meeting of March 7, 1991. HANCOCK Unanimous Voice Vote moved to approve the minutes of March 7, 1991. Assemblymember Gould asked to have added to his statement on page 92 of the minutes the following: "The board had interviewed three candidates and made recommendation to Lutheran Homes Society." VOTE ON MOTION MOTION CARRIED Unanimous Voice Vote Regular Assembly Meeting March 21, 1991 KIBS 104308 REGULAR MEETING ROLL CALL APPROVAL OF AGENDA APPROVAL OF MINUTES Volume XIV Page 64 .AWARDS AND PRESENTATION A. Student of the Month Mayor Jerome Selby presented the Student of the Month award to Venessa Panamaroff, Senior, Larsen Bay School. CITIZENS' COMMENTS A. Agenda Items Not Scheduled For Public Hearing None. B. Items Other Than Those Appearing on the Agenda None. COMMITTEE REPORTS Tom Hendel, Planning & Zoning Commission representative, appeared before the Assembly to report the Commissioners had postponed action on the review of the Lakeside Subdivision industrial lots rezone to allow discussion between the Assembly and City Council to take place. The Assembly would be notified of the date. At the next work session, the Commissioner's agenda would include possible changes to the mobile home section of the code. Mr. Hendel thanked the Assembly for their cooperation and added that the City Council would also be sending a representative to the Commission meetings. Assemblymember Gould, Hospital Advisory Board representative, said Mr. Edmond Myers of Chelan, Washington, had accepted the hospital administrator position and would start work on April 15th. Assemblymember Hancock reviewed her month as the representative on the Planning and Zoning Commission as a good opportunity for the Assemblymembers to learn what the Commissioners do. She announced the Kodiak College Council would meet the end of the month to discuss their funding future. Assemblymember Milligan reported the Cook Inlet Regional Advisory Council was trying to reach an agreement with the oil industry. He encouraged Kodiak citizens to apply for committee positions with the Council. He applauded the efforts of Mayor Jerome Selby and Mayor Bob Brodie for their participation in the Council. Regular Assembly Meeting March 21, 1991 KIBS104309 AWARDS AND PRESENTATION: STUDENT OF THE MONTH CITIZENS' COMMENTS COMMITTEE REPORTS Volume XIV Page 65 Assemblvmember Monroe noted that since the Mental Health Board had not met, she had nothing to report. Presiding Officer McFarland commended the Planning & Zoning Commissioners for their professionalism and expertise. He met with the Data Processing Steering Committee to discuss a disaster plan for protecting the data in the mainframe computer banks and cost savings. PUBLIC HEARING All ordinances and resolutions presented at this meeting were introduced by title only and copies had been made available to the public. None. MESSAGES FROM THE BOROUGH MAYOR Mayor Selby met with DOT planning staff to discuss the traffic flow at the "Y" intersection, airports, and roads. He briefed the Assemblymembers on the bills and the budget for the State. He said funding for the new hospital and Mill Bay Road looked promising, but oil spill funding legislation was going slow. Mayor Selby detailed the funding considerations for the NOAA Facility co- located with the Fish Tech Center. He reported the in- shore /off- shore issue was well received in Washington, D.C. He informed Assemblymembers that $120,000 had been obtained from federal parks monies for the purchase of the Salonie Creek rifle range. He explained that two van loads of oil containment boom was coming to Kodiak from Aleyska as part of the oil spill contingency plan. He was working on collection of the 1989 raw fish tax from the Exxon settlement. Mayor Selby presented the Assembly with a plaque in appreciation of Borough and community support to the USCG Kodiak Officer's Wives Club "Santa to the Villages" 1990 project. OLD BUSINESS Regular Assembly Meeting March 21, 1991 PUBLIC HEARING MESSAGES FROM MAYOR OLD BUSINESS A. Ordinance No. 90 -34 Requiring All Electric, Telephone, Cable Television, ORDINANCE Wires and Cables be� Installed aUnderground,nland NO. 90 -34 Establishing a Permit System for Excavation and Construction in Road Rights of Way in Borough Road Service Areas. KIBS104310 Volume XIV Page 66 This ordinance was originally introduced as a result of an outcry from Bells Flats residents over a cable television company digging up the service area roads. The assembly had requested the drafter of the ordinance to devise a permitting system for anyone excavating in the right -of -way and to extend the ordinance to include a mandate for all utility lines to be installed underground. At a work session and public hearing on the ordinance, representatives of local utility companies emphatically spoke against any ordinance which would mandate all utility lines to be installed underground but voiced non - objection to a permitting system. Ordinance No. 90 -34 was passed in first reading on October 4, 1990, and public hearing was held on November 1, 1990, at which time it was postponed until March 21, 1991 to allow the utility companies to work with the borough on new language. STEVENS, seconded by GOULD If passed, the motion would substitute the original ordinance for an ordinance entitled "An Ordinance Establishing a Permit System for Excavation and Construction in Road Rights -of -Way in Borough Road Service Areas." Assemblymember Stevens summarized the substituted ordinance which was a permitting system for excavation, construction, repairs and maintenance in road rights -of -way in road service areas. VOTE ON MOTION Ayes: Noes: MOTION CARRIED NEW BUSINESS A. BID AWARDS BID AWARDS None Regular Assembly Meeting March 21, 1991 moved to amend by substitution and set for public hearing on April 4, 1991. Fitzjearl, Gould, Hancock, Milligan, Monroe, Stevens, McFarland None Unanimous KIBS10 NEW BUSINESS Volume XIV Page 67 C. H. RESOLUTIONS RESOLUTIONS 1 . Resolution No. 91 -10 Authorizing Submission RESOLUTION of Application for a Community Development NO. 91 -10 Block Grant (CDBG) for Under the DCRA /Rural Development Fund Program. (Island Provider) Resolution No. 91 -10, if adopted, supports a local business's application to participate in the CDBG Lender Participation Plan. MILLIGAN, moved to adopt seconded by FITZJEARL Resolution No. 91 -10 Presiding Office McFarland asked the applicant, Mark Olsen, to speak to the resolution. Mr. Olsen, representing Olsen Enterprises dba Island Provider, asked for the Assembly's support in sponsoring his application. His service would provide barge services to the villages, processing camps, logging camps or wherever the port of call. When asked what the request was for, Mr. Olsen replied it would be operating capital as the vessel had been purchased and was ready to go into service. Assemblymember Gould favored the resolution and urged business owners to contact Tom Peterson of the Department of Community & Regional Affairs to apply for loans. He specified that the role the Borough plays was as an administrator. Mayor Selby detailed the intent of was for new jobs and opportunities disadvantaged and low income areas economies as a result of the funds VOTE ON MOTION TO ADOPT Ayes: Noes: None Unanimous ORDINANCES FOR INTRODUCTION None. MOTION CARRIED Regular Assembly Meeting March 21, 1991 KIBS104312 the program which for businesses in to develop new available. Gould, Hancock, Milligan, Monroe, Stevens, Fitzjearl, McFarland ORDINANCES FOR INTRODUCTION Volume XIV Page 68 D. OTHER ITEMS OTHER ITEMS 1. Purchase of Copier. MONROE, seconded by MILLIGAN Noes: None VOTE ON MOTION Ayes: moved to authorize purchase of Xerox 5034ZTA copier from Xerox Alaska of Anchorage in an amount NTE $8,645. The Presiding Officer asked Mayor Selby for a staff report. Mayor Selby reported the copier would replace an old copier showing signs of deterioration and age that had become expensive to maintain. He told the Assembly the old copier would be moved to the baler facility where there was less demand for copies. He recounted that the funds for the copier was in the current budget. Hancock, Milligan, Monroe, Stevens, Fitzjearl, Gould, McFarland MOTION CARRIED Unanimous INFORMATIONAL MATERIALS (No action required) INFORMATIONAL MATERIALS A. MINUTES OF OTHER MEETINGS MINUTES OF OTHER MEETINGS 1. Kodiak Island Hospital Advisory Board meeting of February 13, 1991. B. REPORTS REPORTS 1. KIB Financial Report for February 1991. C. OTHER OTHER None. CITIZENS' COMMENTS None. Regular Assembly Meeting March 21, 1991 HIBS 104313 CITIZENS' COMMENTS Volume XIV Page 69 ASSEMBLYMEN'S COMMENTS Assemblymember Fitzjearl encouraged citizen participation in the budget preparations during April, May, and June. Assemblymember Gould announced the CT Scan at the hospital was operational and invited the community to an open house at the hospital on March 23rd from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Presiding Officer McFarland announced the "Town Meeting" on taxation would follow the adjournment of this meeting; the Assembly would meet in work session on Thursday, March 28th, in the Borough Conference Room; and, the next regular assembly meeting would be Thursday, April 4th, in the Assembly Chambers. There being no further business to come before the assembly, the meeting adjourned at 8:02 p.m. ATTEST: B rough erk Regular Assembly Meeting March 21, 1991 KIBS104314 ASSEMBLYMEN'S COMMENTS Volume XIV Page 70