HomeMy WebLinkAbout04132009 (2) City Council MinutesCity of Seward, Alaska
April 13. 2009
CALL TO ORDER
City Corutcrl Minutes
Volume 3R, PuKe 58
The April l 3, 2009 special meeting of the Seward City Council was called to order at 10:05
p.m. by Mayor Clark Corbridge.
OPENING CEREMONY
Police Chief Tom Clemons led the pledge of allegiance to the flag.
ROLL CALL
There were present:
Clark Corbridge presiding and
Bob Valdatta
Betsy Kellar
Willard Dunham
comprising a quorum of the Council; and
Kirslin Vesel, Acting City Manager
Jean Lewis, City Clerk
Cheryl Brooking, City Attorney
ABSENT -None
Marianna Kcil
Tom Smith
,Tear Bardarson
CITIZENS' COMMENTS ON ANY SUBJECT EXCEPT THOSE ITEMS SCHEDULED
FOR PUBLIC HEARING - Nane
APPROVAL OF AGENDA AND CONSENT AGENDA
Motion (Kell/Smith)
Approval of Agenda and Consent Agenda
Resolution 2009-029 was removed from the consent agenda.
Motion Passed
Unanimous
The clerk read the following approved consent agenda items:
Resolution 2009-030, Supporting Seward Police Department "Recovery Act: Office Of Justice
Programs: Office Of Juvenile Justice And Delinquency Prevention FY09 National Youth
Mentoring Programs: Application In "1'he Amount Of $20,000.
Resolution 2009-031, Supporting The Seward Police Department's "Recovery Act: Assistance
,,,_ To Rural Law Enforcement To Combat Crime And Drugs: Category I: Combating Rural
Crime" Application In The Amount Of $7.5,000 For Traffic Radar Enforcement Equipment
And Digital Dash Cameras.
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Resolution 2009-032, Supporting The Seward Police Department's "Recovery Act: Assistance
To Rural Law Enforcement To Combat Crime And Drugs: Category IV: Facilitating Rural
Justice Information Sharing" Application In The Amount Of $170,000 For The Purchase Of
A Digital Storage Unit, Programming, Networking, And Mobile Data Terminals.
PUBLIC HEARINGS
Resolution 2009-021, Authorizing The City Manager To Proceed With The Acquisition Of
Lots AW, AV, AU, MM, DA, DB, DC, DE, DF, DG, QQ, And Tracts 1, 2, 3, And 4 Of Forest
Acres Subdivision In Seward, Alaska For $429,000.00, And Appropriating Funds, For The
North Forest Acres Levee/Road Project.
Acting City Manager Kristin Erchinger stated the fish and habitat pem~it only authorized
in-water work from May ] 5 to July 15. in order to get in the water by May 15, the city must have the
permit in hand. Erchinger informed these resolutions were ti me sensitive, and that the city must own
nine parcels with restrictive covenauts in place, which was the mitigation put on the project to offset
fish and habitat. Another timeframe was the 30-day waiting period after any property purchase,
which left little time to negotiate and also meet these windows for purchase and constriction.
Erchinger declared appraisals were completed by MacSwain & Associates, and a technical advisor
was also hired by HDR, to ensure the city had solid figures and was in compliance for the land
acquisitions, in case the next step of eminent domain was needed.
Erchinger stated the city would be paying the full value for some parcels and give a ten
percent signing bonus to not postpone the project for another year. The negotiated price was
$429,000. She stated to fully complete the project o f land acquisitions there were some parcels that
did not have final appraisals yet. Another land acquisition was set for a special meeting tomorrow,
with restrictive covenants on all the aforementioned properties awaiting approval at the end of those
meetings tomorrow.
Notice of the public hearing being posted and published as required by lacy was noted and thepuhlic
hearing was opened. No one appeared to address the Coancil and the public hearing tivas closed.
Motion (Smith/Bardarson)
Motion Passed
Approve Resolution 2009-021
Unanimous
RECESS
Motion to Recess (Bardarson/Kcil)
Council recessed this special rrteetang until tomorrow, Tuesday, April 14, 2009 at 5:00 p. m. or as
soon thereafter° the scheduled 5%~ecial Meeting at that dcry was adjourned, becaatse addressing the
restrictive covenants (Resolution 2009-022) nnt.rl he approved after art agenda item on that already
scheduled Special Meeting.
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The meeting was recessed at 10:26 p.m.
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City Clerk
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