04/19/2012 Regular Meeting KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
Assembly Regular Meeting
April 19, 2012
A regular meeting of the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly was held on Thursday, April 19, 2012, in
the Assembly Chambers of the Kodiak Island Borough Building, 710 Mill Bay Road. The meeting was
called to order at 7:30 p.m.
Mayor Selby led the Pledge of Allegiance.
Present were Mayor Jerome Selby, Assembly members Carol Austerman, Tuck Bonney, Jerrol
Friend, Dave Kaplan, Chris Lynch, Mel Stephens, and Louise Stutes. Staff members present were
Administrative Official Bud Cassidy, Finance Director Karl Short, Borough Clerk Nova Javier, and
Deputy Clerk Marylynn McFarland.
APPROVAL OF AGENDA AND CONSENT AGENDA
AUSTERMAN moved to approve the agenda and consent agenda.
VOICE VOTE ON MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
A. Regular Meeting Minutes of April 5, 2012, were approved under the consent agenda.
AWARDS AND PRESENTATIONS
Administrative Official Cassidy presented the Employee of the Quarter Award to Meagan
Christiansen, Grant Writer /Special Project Support in the Manager's office,
Mayor Selby presented the Student of the Month Award for April 2012 to Brendan Wehde, a Senior
at Kodiak High School.
Mayor Selby proclaimed the Month of April 2012 as the Month of the Military Child in Kodiak, and
encouraged all Kodiak residents to show appreciation and understanding to the military children in
our community, and to recognize their courage, sacrifice, heroism, and continued resilience.
CITIZENS' COMMENTS
Dr. Paul Zimmer spoke in support of the Providence Kodiak Island Medical Center and its partnership
with the Kodiak Island Borough.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
Assembly member Kaplan reported that the Kodiak College Advisory Board Committee met and
reported that college attendance had doubled in the last two years.
Assembly member Stutes spoke about the Southwest Alaska Municipal Conference (SWAMC)
meeting where the crew member data program was discussed.
Assembly member Stephens reported on the Kodiak Island Borough School Board work session
where the school budget was discussed in relation to the legislative funding package.
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PUBLIC HEARING
None.
BOROUGH MANAGER'S REPORT
Administrative Official Cassidy reported:
• Manager Gifford would be out of town until April 26;
• Mark Hickeys legislative report and KIB Finance Department's Popular Report for 2012 was
provided to the Assembly;
• hired new employees for the Borough's GIS Analyst position and Secretaries for the Finance
and Engineering & Facilities Departments;
• the Parks and Recreation Committee scheduled a Trail Summit meeting for April 24, in the
Kodiak High School Commons; and
• the draft Zoning, Subdivision, and Real Property code update was available for comment
until May 18.
MESSAGES FROM THE BOROUGH MAYOR
Mayor Selby offered his condolences to the Coast Guard families and the Coast Guard Command
that lost families and workers in the last week.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
None.
NEW BUSINESS
Contracts
None.
Resolutions
1. Resolution No. FY2012 -26 Authorizing the Issue of Kodiak Island Borough General Obligation
Refunding School Bonds, 2012 in One or More Series in the Principal Amount of Not to Exceed
$12,180,000 to Refund Certain Outstanding General Obligation School Bonds of the Borough,
Fixing Certain Details of Such Bonds and Authorizing Their Sale.
KAPLAN moved to adopt Resolution No. FY2012-26.
Interest rates on government bonds had been getting lower for some time. Because of this, the
Borough could refinance part of the 2004C and 2004D bond issues at a lower interest rate than we
were currently paying. Based on the current market, the Borough and State would receive a present
value savings of $595,856. As the market changed and until these bonds were sold, this amount
could change, both up and down.
ROLL CALL VOTE ON MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY: Austerman, Bonney, Friend, Kaplan,
Lynch, Stephens, and Stutes,
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Ordinances for Introduction
1. Ordinance No. FY2012 -19 Rezoning a Tract of Land Located in Old Harbor From R1- Single
Family Residential To I- Industrial (P &Z Case 12 -030, Sage Technologies, LLC).
STUTES moved to adopt Ordinance No. FY2012 -19 in first reading to advance to public hearing at
the next regular meeting of the Assembly.
A petition for the rezone of a tract of and in Old Harbor came as a request before the Planning and
Zoning Commission. Not only was this the site of a proposed communications tower providing
broadband service for community cell phone and internet, this area also included the Old Harbor
Landfill. The rezone to I- Industrial would allow the landfill and support activities to expand without
coming back to the Commission.
ROLL CALL VOTE ON MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY: Bonney, Friend, Kaplan, Lynch,
Stephens, Stutes, and Austerman.
2. Ordinance No. FY2012 -20 Amending Title 3 Revenue and Finance, Chapter 3.35 Real Property
Tax By Adding Section 3.35.085 Method of Determining the Assessed Value of Property That
Qualifies for a Low Income Housing Tax Credit Under 26 USC 42.
AUSTERMAN moved to adopt Ordinance No. FY2012 -20 in first reading to advance to public hearing
at the next regular meeting of the Assembly.
The property located at 2610 Mill Bay Road, known as the Fir Terrace Apartments, requested, in
accordance with AS 29.45.110(d), that the Kodiak Island Borough exempt their property from the full
and true valuation requirement of AS 29.45.110(a) and assess their property based on actual rents.
The assessor found that this property did qualify as a LIHTC property under 26 CFR 42 and the
qualification date was after January 1, 2001. To make a. decision on whether to honor their request or
not, according to the State Assessor, the borough must first adopt an ordinance to review such
requests on a parcel by parcel basis.
ROLL CALL VOTE ON MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY: Friend, Kaplan, Lynch, Stephens,
Stutes, Austerman, and Bonney.
Other Items
None.
CITIZENS' COMMENTS
None.
ASSEMBLY MEMBER COMMENTS •
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Assembly member Stephens reiterated his concern for the Kodiak High School Renovation design
and the need for a project manager.
Assembly member Stutes requested that the Borough Manager address the project manager request
for proposal for the Kodiak High School Renovation project at the next work session.
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Assembly member Bonney repeated the concern of a project manager being hired for the Kodiak
High School Renovation project.
Assembly member Friend expressed his condolences to the families of the deceased Coast Guard
families, and congratulated the student of the month.
Assembly member Kaplan congratulated the student of the month and employee of the quarter
Meagan Christiansen. Assembly member Kaplan also requested the deadline date for the recycling
RFP. The deadline was May 5, 2012.
Assembly member Lynch and Austerman expressed their condolences to the Belisle and Hopkins
families, and congratulated the student of the month and employee of the quarter.
Assembly member Austerman thanked Assembly member Stephens for the school district funding
information and addressed the need for a project manager for the high shool project.
Announcements
The next Assembly work session would be held on Thursday, April 26 at 7:30 at 9 p.m. in the
Borough Conference Room. The next regular meeting was scheduled on Thursday, May 3 at 7:30
p.m. in the Borough Assembly Chambers.
The Assembly and Kodiak Island Borough School Board would hold a joint work session on Tuesday,
May 1 at 6:30 p.m. in the Borough Assembly Chambers.
ADJOURNMENT
FRIEND moved to adjourn the meeting.
ROLL CALL VOTE ON MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY: Kaplan, Lynch, Stephens, Stutes,
Austerman, Bonney, and Friend.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:10 p.m
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Nova M. Javier, MM c Borough Clerk Adopted on: May 17, 2012
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