05/16/1988 Joint Work Sessionand, from the city of Kodiak:
ASSEMBLY /COUNCIL JOINT MIORK SESSION NOTES
May 16, 1988
7:30 p.m. - Borough Conference Room
Present: Lonnie White, Presiding
Ann Barker
John Parker
Staff: Jerome Selby, Mayor Shirley Berns, Deputy Clerk
Bob Brodie
Al Cratty
Joe Perrozzi
Chris Blackburn
Lou iani
Jim Ramaglia
Alan Austerman
Tom Merriman
Wayne Stevens
Staff: Gordon Gould, City Manager Nancy Jones, Deputy Clerk
1. GENERAL COMMUNICATION, INC. (OCI)
Richard Dowling, GCI vice - president - Engineering and Operations,
informally announced that GCI would be serving the Kodiak area
commencing in early fall. In the beginning the company will provide
interstate and international long distance service, however, if GCI's
request is approved, the company will also provide intrastate long
distance service at a later date.
2. AGREEMENT WITH =BOK ATTORNEY
Matt Jamin explained that representatives of several different Alaska
municipalities which have been impacted by the oil spill met recently in
Anchorage to discuss the possibility of negotiating a single expense
reimbursement agreement with Exxon. This agreement would extend similar
treatment to all municipalities by Exxon. A copy of the proposed
expense reimbursement agreement was included in the work session packet
for review and will be presented to Exxon by the mayors.
3. MATT JAM'S REPORT ON THE BOROUGE'S CLASS ACTION SUIT
Mr. Jamin presented a brief report on the litigation extending from the
oil spill. He said there were over 100 direct action suits by fishermen
as well as numerous class action suits. He explained that the court
will consolidate the suits and all cases will be dealt with as one giant
case. The first major conference on the case will be held on July 1 and
he said the Kodiak Island Borough will be the only municipality named.
He noted, however, that all the other municipalities were behind the
borough and were maintaining communication. The intent of this class
action suit against Exxon was to obtain as much money as possible
without lengthy litigation, he added.
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4. CONSOLIDATION COMMITTEE FINAL REPORT
Tom Peterson reported that the Consolidation Committee's final report
was finished and the date set for a public hearing was June 12. The
results of the public hearing will be incorporated in the report and
presented to the K.I.B. assembly at their meeting on June 15. The
recommendation of the committee was for the borough put to a vote of the
people three questions: 1.) consolidate by Home Rule 2.) consolidate by
General Law or 3.) maintain the status quo. He stated that C &RA pre-
ferred consolidation by Home Rule. He also noted that the assembly was
not obligated to accept the results of the committee's report.
5. SHELTER FOR THE HOMELESS
Gordon Gould reported the lease for the Shelter for the Homeless was on
the Kodiak City Council's May 25 agenda. The lease had been reviewed
and approved by the Shelter Board. Also, he said the Shelter for the
Homeless had received $40,000 from the state of Alaska in addition to
the funding from the city and the borough.
6. BOROUGH CONTRIBUTION TO AMBULANCE AND LIBRARY OPERATIONS
Noting it was budget preparation time, the council discussed to cost of
providing library and ambulance service to borough residents. It was
noted that a survey showed 45 percent of the library's users lived
outside the city limits and 35/45 percent of the ambulance calls were
beyond the city limits. He thought the borough should help balance the
budget.
There was also a brief discussion on increasing water and sewer rates
and the reasons for requesting these increases.
7. BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT PROCEDURES
Jerome Selby said there were two questions regarding Board of Adjustment
procedures that needed to be addressed. The first would be considering
merging the city of Kodiak and the borough's BOA procedures. The second
would be to consider the Planning and Zoning Commission's recommendation
to designate the K.I.B. Assembly as the hearing body. Bob Brodie said
the matter would be discussed at the next meeting of the City Council,
and a letter would be sent to the borough with their findings.
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