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Home My WebLink About11022011 City Council Minutes City of Seward, Alaska City Council Minutes November 2, 2011 Volume 38, Page 700 CALL TO ORDER The November 2, 2011 special meeting of the Seward City Council was called to order at 5:30 p.m. by Vice Mayor Jean Bardarson. OPENING CEREMONY Police Lieutenant Tiner led the pledge of allegiance to the flag. ROLL CALL There were present: Jean Bardarson presiding and Marianna Keil Vanta Shafer Christy Terry Bob Valdatta* Ristine Casagranda *arrived at 5:38 pm comprising a quorum of the Council; and Jim Hunt, City Manager Johanna Kinney, City Clerk Absent — Mayor Seaward CITIZENS' COMMENTS ON ANY SUBJECT EXCEPT THOSE ITEMS SCHEDULED FOR PUBLIC HEARING Carol Griswold spoke how this meeting should be televised and her concerns in finding this information ahead of time and concerns with the existing priorities across the bay. Ron Long said PACAB met today and they appreciated the legislative priorities coming their way for review. He hoped staff would develop explanations as to why these items were a priority in some way or form. Bob Linville said the harbor should be friendlier to commercial boats. They were lacking a crane in the harbor. He suggested they put it on a priority list. APPROVAL OF AGENDA AND CONSENT AGENDA Motion (Keil /Shafer) Approval of Agenda and Consent Agenda Motion Passed Unanimous SPECIAL ORDERS, PRESENTATIONS AND REPORTS City of Seward, Alaska City Council Minutes November 2, 2011 Volume 38, Page 701 A presentation by the Seward Library was given on "Guy's Read" Program. NEW BUSINESS Resolution 2011 -083, Establishing The City Of Seward's Calendar Year 2012 State Legislative Priorities. Motion (Keil /Shafer) Approve Resolution 2011 -083 Councilmember Terry asked for a ruling for a potential conflict of interest as she worked for the Alaska Railroad and sat on the Community Outreach Board for the Alaska SeaLife Center. Terry also disclosed she attended the PACAB meeting today. Vice Mayor Bardarson ruled no financial conflict of interest existed. Assistant City Manager /Community Development Director Michelle Weston, who was attending via speaker phone, explained the priorities and noted other possible changes requested by citizens, PACAB and the Railroad. By unanimous consent, council suspended the rules to allow Tara Reimer Jones from the Alaska SeaLife Center to speak on the points for the center. Jones stated there was a priority to their requests, and the highest priority for them was $500,000 for the ASLC building replacement, to replace core building control and building systems and explained the importance of the need for system replacements. Motion to Amend (Terry /Casagranda) Amend Resolution 2011 -083, striking items nd and 7, $9- 50,000 —€or in Section 1 - State Funded Projects, Subsection A - Public Facilities. Motion Passed Unanimous Casagranda wanted to know why the city was asking for moving the hospital's CT scanner if it was budgeted. Bardarson said if the city was able to get this with state funds then city funds wouldn't be used. Weston reiterated it was good to have a wide range of priorities. Motion to Amend (Terry /Keil) Amend Resolution 2011 -083, switching Nei items 4, $250,000 for Alaska SeaLife Center Ozonation system replacement with item 5, City of Seward, Alaska City Council Minutes November 2, 2011 Volume 38, Page 702 $500,000 for Alaska SeaLife Center building system replacement, to replace core building control and security systems in Section 1 - State Funded Projects, Subsection A - Public Facilities. Motion Passed Unanimous Under Section B — Port, Harbor and Industrial Area, Weston said the $52.75 million figure came from R &M Consultants. She was not sure if that included dredging. Harbormaster Mack Funk noted a conceptual design and cost estimate from R &M and stated the plan showed buildings included in the cost estimate, though it was likely this money wouldn't be forth coming and it could be better for the private sector to provide. Keil said the $52.75 million included conceptual items. Motion to Amend (Keil /Casagranda) Amend Resolution 2011 -083, striking item Se i n u t H --- in Section 1— State Funded Projects, Subsection B — Port, Harbor, and Industrial Area. Motion Passed Unanimous arm Motion (Casagranda/ ) Have the list of priority items bulleted instead of numbered. Motion died for a lack of second. Motion to Amend (Keil /Shafer) Amend Resolution 2011 -083, adopting the laid down PACAB recommendations pertaining to Subsection B — Port, Harbor, and Industrial Area except for item number five, which was deleted in a previous amendment. PACAB recommendations of Subsection B included: (2) Full funding ($23 million) for the State of Alaska, Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, Municipal Harbor Grant Program to provide ($1.1 million) matching funds to replace "D" Float in the Seward Small Boart Harbor. Strike: {1) $775,000 for building a .r City of Seward, Alaska City Council Minutes November 2, 2011 Volume 38, Page 703 Add: (4) $500,000 to pave the apron and add a wash down pad at the 50 ton travel lift. Strike: : ! . - . . . (8) $4.5 million for adding moorage (T, U, and V floats) along the north side of the Seward Small Boat Harbor. Add: (9) $100,000 for a card -lock crane at the travel lift dock. Motion to Amend (Casagranda /Keil) Secondary amendment to Resolution 2011- 083, to switch item 7 ($1.7 million for doubling the railway capacity of the ship lift (syncrolift) and associated upland improvements to meet new requirements for repair work on Coast Guard vessels as the Seward Marine Industrial Center and ..,, new item 8 ($4.5 million for adding moorage along the north side of the Seward Small Boat Harbor) in Subsection B — Port, Harbor, and Industrial Area. Secondary Amending Motion Passed Yes: Keil, Casagranda, Shafer, Terry, Bardarson No: Valdatta Primary Amending Motion Passed Unanimous Motion to Amend (Shafer /Keil) Amend Resolution 2011 -083, changing the amounts from $300,000 to $450,000 on item 3, Subsection C — Electric. Motion Passed Unanimous Motion to Amend (Terry /Shafer) Amend Resolution 2011 -083, in Subsection E — Public Safety, strike (3 ) $' . miltion f r a Iaddcr truck, and add (3) $450,000 for a rescue truck. ..rl Motion Passed Unanimous City of Seward, Alaska City Council Minutes November 2, 2011 Volume 38, Pa re 7O 1 t Motion to Amend Keil /Shafer ( ) Amend Resolution 2011 -083, moving item 2 in Section 2 — Cruise Ship Head Tax or Cruise Ship Gambling Tax, "$9.6 million for Phase 1 of the East Dock Extension: 300 feet to improve access for cruise ships. Phase 2 would include an additional 200 feet extension for $6.4 million. This would provide space for the research vessel the R/V Sikuliaq" to Section 3 — Statewide Projects, as a new item 4. Motion Passed Unanimous By unanimous consent, council suspended the rules to allow PACAB Chair Ron Long to speak on the Cruise Ship Head Tax. Long stated PACAB supported the project of extending the Railroad Dock, but it didn't appear there would be funding for it. If they were put in other categories, it may be eligible. For uses where the primary beneficiary was for the public at large, he and PACAB did not think the Railroad's hopes for expansion was best suited for this section. Motion to Amend (Shafer /Keil) Amend Resolution 2011 -083, Section 2 — Cruise Ship Head Tax or Cruise Ship Gambling Tax, item 7, to read as follows: S- 50,000 $75,000 for Seward • Emerjzencv Services operational response to cruise ship passengers and cruise ship emergencies. Motion Passed Unanimous Motion to Amend (Keil /Terry) Amend Resolution 2011 -083, Section 2 — Cruise Ship Head Tax or Cruise Ship Gambling Tax, striking item 8, $2 million • 11' . :l' ... Motion Passed Unanimous City of Seward, Alaska City Council Minutes November 2, 2011 Volume 38, Page 705 Motion to Amend (Keil /Shafer) Amend 2011 -083, striking the language t h n RV Sikulia in Section 3 — Statewide Projects, new item 4. Motion Passed Unanimous By unanimous consent, the rules were suspended to allow Ron Long to speak to this issue. Long said the Bear Creek Fire Department had been looking at an alternative request to look at the subdivisions be joined somewhere off the highway to provide secondary means of ingress and egress for emergency response vehicles. Motion to Amend (Terry /Shafer) Amend Resolution 2011 -083, striking item 6," . • . . • • • • • . • .. " from Section 4 — Beneficial Legislation. Motion Passed Unanimous Motion to Amend (Casagranda/ ) Amend Resolution 2011 -083, amending x..11 item 3 as follows: " .. ••• - €acility, ilncreasing backup generator capacity for Providence Seward Hospital Medical Clinic, • • ! " under Section 1 — State Funded Projects, Subsection A — Public Facilities. Motion died for a lack of second. Main Motion Passed Unanimous Resolution 2011 -084, Establishing The City Of Seward's Calendar Year 2012 Federal Legislative Priorities. Motion (Shafer /Keil) Approve Resolution 2011 -084 Councilmember Terry disclosed the same affiliations as stated during Resolution 2011- 083 and asked for a ruling on a possible conflict of interest. Bardarson did not find a conflict existed. City of Seward, Alaska City Council Minutes November 2, 2011 Volume 38, Page 706 L aw Motion to Amend (Keil /Terry) Amend Resolution 2011 -084, striking item 4, "$ - - ,! H , , .. _ • . . Rem" and increasing the amount in item 10 to read as follows: "Fri-million $2.3 million appropriation to the Army Corps of Engineers of O &M Dredging in the Seward Small Boat Harbor" in Section A — Appropriations and Grants. Motion Passed Unanimous Main Motion Passed Unanimous COUNCILS' COMMENTS Shafer stated it was cold outside and hoped everyone stayed warm. Keil thanked Bardarson for running a tight meeting. Terry thanked the Vice Mayor. She said this was an unusual year and hoped next year they would have more backup and explanation with the legislative priorities. Terry appreciated PACAB Iwo and Weston providing input. Casagranda said the last time the council approved the priorities council had very little time and felt the priorities were jammed through and felt it was the same this year. She hoped next year they would have more time. Valdatta introduced himself to the new City Manager. Bardarson welcomed Mr. Hunt. She appreciated Hunt, Harbormaster Funk and Michelle Weston for being here this evening and also thanked Weston for pulling these resolutions together. Bardarson let the council and public know she had a conversation with Kent Dawson who would be in Anchorage November 15 -18, 2011 and would like to meet the new Mayor and City Manager in person so she, in addition with Shafer, Seaward, and Hunt would be meeting with Dawson on November 18, 2011. After the meeting, they would meet with AIDEA representative Ted Leonard and either Dawson Hoover or Nick Souza from the Coastal Villages Region Fund. CITIZENS' COMMENTS Ron Long thanked council for requesting PACAB to go down this list and they appreciated the opportunity. COUNCIL AND ADMINISTRATION RESPONSE TO CITIZENS' COMMENTS City of Seward, Alaska City Council Minutes November 2, 2011 Volume 38, Page 707 Hunt recognized Executive Liaison Suzi Towsley's efforts to get these ready for council today. Keil hoped with the new City Manager and Harbormaster, there should be more opportunity for public involvement. ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 7:24 p.m. ,o/n) tcle,ttoe e 4all i etV14, Johanna Kinne /d an Bardarson Sity Clerk, CMC Vice Mayor (City Seal) w A Po t � • • r 2„ a • • p r a e • �, > ' * ***; t OF 0�' . ya � ��iiS�tG29 1 * � j