04/28/1988 Work SessionPresent:
Kodiak Island Borough
ASSEMBLY WORK SESSION NOTES
April 28, 1988
7:30 p.m. - Borough Conference Room
Lonnie White, Presiding
Ken Gregg
Jack McFarland
Staff: Jerome Selby, Mayor Gaye Vaughan, Clerk
Linda Freed, Community Development Director
Absent: Alan Austerman
Ann Barker
Tom Merriman
Wayne Stevens
The following representatives of the school district were in attendance:
School Board President Suzanne Hancock, Board Members Bill Oliver
and Dave Herrnsteen, Supt. John Witteveen and Asst. Supt. Dennis
Nicholson.
SCHOOL DISTRICT FUNDING Board President Hancock thanked the
assembly for their generous support in the passage of Resolution No.
88 -27 -R. There was a general discussion of foundation formula, Pacific
Rim studies funding and migratory workers funding which would include
the bilingual program and classrooms for children at the Afognak lumber
camp.
POWER SALES AGREEMENT Bill Eberhardt, KEA, presented a proposal
for the school district to buy energy from the Terror Lake spill over at
5.64. KEA would install a new boiler at the high school and charge 2¢
per kilowatt to pay back cost of boiler. There will be a 15% reduction
in heating cost from heating with oil. A clause needs to be added to
the agreement for boiler insurance and liability during the two year
period. Witteveen noted that the district is looking into burning waste
oil from the boat harbor. There are boilers that can burn it. The city
has a problem of disposing of 20,000 gallons per year. The high school
has a slot for a fourth boiler and KEA's proposal will lower the cost of
electricity for the entire community. The assembly will approve the
agreement at its May 5 meeting and the school board will approve it at
its May 23 meeting.
LONG RANGE FACILITY PLANNING Witteveen noted that there is 5 to
6 years planning involved prior to building a new school. There is a
large unpredictable impact if the Navy homeports in Kodiak. The
district is trying to shift some students from Main to East, but, even
with six additional classrooms, there will not be any extra room. He
suggested a small elementary school at Monashka Bay which would be
capable of adding to at a later date. The discussion also brought out
the possibility of putting the $2 million for Peterson upgrade into a new
school on Aviation Hill. The federal government would be more willing
to help with funding if the preliminary plans are done. Facilities will
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April 28, 1988
work on estimates after Old Harbor school is completed. Selby noted
that it would be five to ten years before water and sewer are installed
at Womens Bay.
The school district representatives left the meeting and the assembly
continued to discuss the following:
AIRPORT PLANNING Steve Pavish, Janet George and Pat Beckley from
DOT Planning were present to discuss possible borough lease of airport
leasehold property. Wayne Stevens reviewed the status of the current
Markair and Alaska Airlines airport leases. Pavish noted that Kodiak
must have facilities before trying to become a regional transportation
hub and there is an opportunity for the borough to take over the
leasehold land. Currently Sitka, Ketchikan, Juneau are operating
airports. If the assembly is interested, Pavish said DOT would work
with the borough. DOT would provide assistance at no cost if the
borough took over the entire airport operation. He noted that the
airport cannot operate solely on aviation revenues, even with landing
fees. There needs to be concessions, car rental, restaurants, etc.
Parking is the second source of revenue after landing fees at airports
around the country. Airport operators are also running fuel operation
as another revenue source. Stevens will invite Norm Isrealson to
May 12 work session to discuss feasibility study.
MARITIME REFUGE Linda Freed reviewed her draft comments regarding
the Maritime Refuge.
SHOAL REMOVAL Mayor Selby noted that the Corps of Engineers will
come up with cost estimates. There are federal match funds for up to
$3 million. Selby will sign the pledge as proposed by the city and a
resolution will be added to May 5 agenda.
PACKET REVIEW The clerk provided the assembly with a copy of an
application by Jerry Cloudy for the Architectural Review Board. The
assembly questioned a school district maintenance employee serving on
the board. Mayor Selby will review with John Witteveen.
Regarding the purchase of desk top publishing software and equipment
by the Community Development Department, it was noted that John
Parker is starting a type setting business and that Austerman's
Printing has been sold.
The mayor noted the Budget Consideration List in the assembly's
folders and asked that they keep those items in mind during budget
review. Those are "extras" and not included in the budget. He asked
that they suggest others which might have been overlooked. Presiding
Officer White noted that the $8400 for operation of the homeless shelter
should be added to the nonprofit list and that amount trimmed from the
other nonprofit agencies.
The Alaska Municipal League Joint Insurance Agreement will be added to
the May 5 agenda in order for the assembly to opt out. Even though
adequate information was provided by the borough, the quote offered
was poorly written and left out many important items.
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MAYORS' CONFERENCE City Mayor Brodie, and Council Members lani
and Blackburn, joined the assembly. Mayor Brodie reported on his
recent trip to Juneau for the Alaska Mayors' Conference. He noted
that Attorney General Schiable had indicated that Kodiak should be
getting a new District Attorney in the next 30 days. Mayor Brodie also
met with Commissioner Hickey who relayed that there are no funds for
Mill Bay Road. He also indicated that the clean up funds from the
bridge, etc., will be in limbo all next year as the Governor has
indicated he will veto any new capital improvement projects. The mayor
also noted that the Mayors' Conference had adopted a resolution urging
FY 86 level funding of municipal assistance and state shared revenue
and also a resolution urging state shared revenue for small communities
be set at $50,000. He went on to discuss the FITC and that the city is
willing to build the facility with revenue bonds and lease /purchase to
the university. Mayor Brodie had presented the Finance Committee with
a letter to that effect. The committee supported the idea and passed a
resolution urging the legislature to explore all avenues of funding.
The assembly indicated its stand is to support state construction. It
has been indicated that the governor has a problem with the
lease /purchase concept.
KITS Mayor Selby reviewed the KITS meeting of April 28 by noting
that DOT will not build the pedestrian walkway along Benny Benson
Rd. He also noted that there will be no funding for Mill Bay Road
reconstruction, Chiniak Road, Kalsin Hill, the bike path maintenance.
DOT will be conducting speed studies on Spruce Cape Rd. and
Monashka Bay Rd. Regarding the bridge at Pasagshak, Fish and Game
has said pilings can be put in during May. If funding were available,
Larsen Bay breakwater could be built in 1989 and Ouzinkie in 1990.
There is money in Congress' budget for Kodiak breakwater design
completion.
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