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Call to Order
The July 17, 2012 Special Meeting of the Seward Planning & Zoning Commission was
called to order at 7:00 p.m. by Chair Roach'.
Opening Ceremony
Commissioner Fleming led the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag.
Roll Call
There were present:
Sandie Roach' presiding, and
Dale Butts Cindy Ecklund
Tena Morgan Martha Fleming
comprising a quorum of the Commission; and
Donna Glenz, City Planner
Dwayne Atwood, Planning Technician
Excused was: Bixler McClure
City Administration Report
City Planner Donna Glenz updated the Commission on the following business items:
• Introduced and welcomed new Commissioner Martha Fleming.
• PACAB was scheduled to hold a meeting on Wednesday, July 18 at noon in Council
Chambers.
• The Resurrection Bay Conservation Alliance completed the bank vegetation along lower
Scheffler Creek. Interpretative signage was to be installed.
• The City had acquired two foreclosure parcels. One parcel was in the Crawford
Subdivision in the Resurrection River area, and one was along First Avenue between
Madison and Monroe streets.
• A Dairy Hill Drainage project grant was accepted by the Seward City Council on July 9,
2012. The Homeland Security Emergency Services grant totaled $349,982, and CRW
Engineering was to be the contractor.
• The City of Seward was to hold a meeting with FEMA Region X representatives on July
23, 2012. The main topic was coastal Risk Mapping for the areasbetween Lowell Point
and the Seward Marine Industrial Center.
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• The City of Seward would participate in the annual Permitting & Agency Information Day,
which was scheduled for July 24, 2012 and would include several state and federal
agencies.
• A welcoming party was planned for the Japanese exchange students from Obihiro, Japan
on July 25. A second party for the group's departure was planned for Monday, July 30.
• Political signage was being addressed with letters to the candidates and notices to local
newspapers. City Code requires that campaign signage not be posted more than 30 days
before an election.
Other Reports, Announcements & Presentations — None
Citizens' Comments on any subject except those items scheduled for Public Hearing — None
Approval of Agenda and Consent Agenda
Motion (Ecklund/Butts)
Approve the Agenda and the Consent
Agenda
Motion Passed Unanimous
The following items were approved on the Consent Agenda:
June 5, 2012 Regular Meeting Minutes
Unfinished Business Items requiring a Public Hearing — None
New Business Items requiring a Public Hearing — None
Unfinished Business — None
New Business —
Resolution 2012-10 of the Planning and Zoning Commission of the City of Seward,
Alaska, recommending Kenai Peninsula Borough Approval of the preliminary replat
of Lots 26-28, Block 13, Original Townsite of Seward, Wilson Replat, creating one lot
to be known at Lot 26A, located at 312 First Avenues
Glenz noted the location of the proposed replat and the property owner's intent to vacate
interior lot lines. The Single Family (R-1) Zone property included a single family residence.
Motion (Ecklund/Morgan)
Approve Resolution 2012-10
Roach' commented that she was pleased to see plat actions that vacate interior lot lines
when homes are built across those interior lot lines.
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Motion Passed
Unanimous
Informational Items and Reports (No action required)
2012 Planning and Zoning Meeting / Work Session Schedule
FEMA Region X July, 2012 Newsletter
Seward Highway Bridge Repair Notice
Commission Comments
Butts said the staff work for the packet was appreciated and he also welcomed new
Commissioners Martha Fleming and Bixler McClure.
Ecklund noted the first annual Bookin' for Books trail run would be held Saturday, July
21 to raise funds for the Imagination Library program, which mails books to children. .
Fleming thanked the Commission for being supportive.
Morgan also welcomed the new Commissioners, Fleming and McClure.
Roach' thanked staff for the efforts to prepare the meeting materials.
Staff read into the record that the June 5, 2012 Planning & Zoning Commission regular
meeting minutes were approved on the consent agenda.
Citizens' Comments — None
Commission and Administration Response to Citizens' Comments — None
Adjournment
Sandie Roach'
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