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Home My WebLink About01022013 PACAB Packet SEWARD PORT AND COMMERCE ADVISORY BOARD Regular Meeting January 2, 2013 12:OOPM COUNCIL CHAMBERS 1. CALL TO ORDER Deborah Altermatt Board Member Term Expires 07/2013 2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Daryl Schaefermeyer 3. ROLL CALL Board Member Term Expires 07/2014 4. SPECIAL ORDERS, PRESENTATIONS AND Bruce Jaffa REPORTS Board Member Term Expires 07/2014 A. AKRR Representative- Louis Bencardino Daniel Oliver B. Harbormaster Report — Mack Funk Board Member Term Expires 07/2013 C. Chamber of Commerce Report- Cindy Clock Steve Fink Board Member D. Administration Report- Ron Long Tenn Expires 07/2014 Bob Linville 5. Citizens' comments on any subject except those items Board Member scheduled for public hearing. [Those who have signed in Term Expires 07/2014 will be given the first opportunity to speak. Time is limited Carl Hughes to 2 minutes per speaker and 30 minutes total time for this Board Member agenda item.] Term Expires 07/2014 Jim Hunt 6. Approval of agenda and consent agenda [Approval of City Manager Consent Agenda passes all routine items indicated by asterisk ( *). Consent Agenda items are not considered Ron Long separately unless a Board Member so requests. In the Assistant City Manager event of such a request, the item is returned to the Regular Mack Funk Agenda.] Harbor Master Suzi Towsley Executive Liaison City of Seward, Alaska PACAB Agenda January 2, 2013 Page 1 7. INFORMATIONAL ITEMS, REPORTS AND PRESENTATIONS — A. Coastal Villages update 8. UNFINISHED BUSINESS A. Annual Report to Council B. Comparative moorage rates 9. NEW BUSINESS A. Setting a topic for the January 16, 2013 work session. B. *December 5, 2012 Minutes 10. CORRESPONDENCE, INFORMATIONAL ITEMS AND REPORTS (No action required) - 11. BOARD COMMENTS 12. CITIZEN COMMENTS [5 minutes per individual - Each individual has one opportunity to speak] 13. BOARD AND ADMINSTRATIVE RESPONSE TO CITIZENS'COMMENTS 14. ADJOURNMENT City of Seward, Alaska PACAB Agenda January 2, 2013 Page 2 South Central Alaska 2013 Annual Moorage Rates (per foot) Seward $53.11 Homer $46.21 Kodiak* $41.00 Whittier** $65.81 Valdez*** $29.29 Average $47.08 * Kodiak revises its rates beginning July 1 ** Whittier rates are actually 2012 * ** Valdez has established a 10% increase for 2014 -- $32.21 Annual Basis (rate per foot) -- 50 foot vessel used for comparison; rates include sales taxes (Seward, Homer, and Whittier) and direct fees (for example in Seward the Capital Renewal and Replacement fee), but not indirect fees (Seward passenger fee) or vessel property taxes. Sales tax rates: Homer is 7.5% Seward 7.0% Whittier 2.5% The comparative rates also include fees. In Seward a CRR fee is charged that is based on the length of the boat: $60 per year for vessels up to 21 feet $120 per year for vessels between 22 and 44 feet $180 per year for vessels between 45 and 79 feet $$240 per year for vessels 80 feet and longer CRR fees amount to approximately $100,000 per year. That is the reason that I chose an arbitrary boat length of 50 feet. On the other hand, Seward's Passenger fees collected and paid by charter operators and tour boat companies are not included in the rate comparison table. In 2011 these fees totaled $557,420 or more than 19% of total harbor revenues. 3 Seward Port and Commerce Advisory Board Proposed 2012 Annual Report Carl Hughes was appointed to the board in January PACAB recommended that the additional 2011 Raw Fish Tax be allocated to the Harbor. PACAB studied and recommended tariff changes to pro -rate charges for new reserved /tenant moorage customers. At the same time a grace period was established for late renewals, but at additional cost. The Harbor was the second Alaska harbor (following Homer) to earn the distinction as a designated Clean Harbor. Nine months later there are still just two Clean Harbors in the state. PACAB met with the City Council in a work session. PACAB sponsored a public meeting on the alternatives of the SMIC expansion for Coastal Villages. PACAB sent letters to the Alaska Congressional delegation urging federal funding for the Alaska Railroad. Both the Harbormaster and the PACAB chair participated in the Economic Partners trip to Seattle in April. Bruce Jaffa, Daryl Schaefermeyer, and Steve Fink were re- appointed to the board. PACAB studied and recommended changes to the harbor wait list. PACAB studied and recommended changes to electrical deposits for reserved moorage customers and electrical customer charges. PACAB studied and recommended 2013 project priorities. City of Seward, Alaska Port and Commerce Advisory Board Minutes December 5, 2012 Volume , Page CALL TO ORDER The December 5, 2012 regular meeting of the Port and Commerce Advisory Board was called to order at 12:08 p.m. by Darryl Schaefermeyer, Vice Chair. OPENING CEREMONY Jaffa led the pledge of allegiance to the flag. ROLL CALL There were present: Darryl Schaefermeyer, Vice Chair, presiding, and Bruce Jaffa Steve Fink Bob Linville Carl Hughes Comprising a quorum; and Deborah Altermatt Dan Oliver Were excused Also present were Norm Regis, Deputy Harbor Master Mack Funk, Harbor Master Suzi Towsley, Board Liaison Louis Bencardino, Alaska Railroad Tim McDonald SPECIAL ORDERS, PRESENTATIONS AND REPORTS 1. Rail Road report, Louis Bencardino- The Railroad had hosted the Holiday Festival and 2 coal ships at their Dock as of late. They had also had 14 vessels including the Noble Discoverer, Nannook and the Arctic Endeavor. A training session had been conducted that morning, was loud and somewhat unsettling as it could be heard all over town, but was a onetime event. The Rail Roads Annual report for 2013 was presented to the Board. 2. Harbor Master Report — Mack reported on his trip to the Fish Expo in Seattle, harbor personnel prepping for the new year and moorage renewals, the vessel wash down pad was nearing the construction phase of the process, the Coast Guard building was nearly done, and three resolutions had been sent to council. 3. Chamber Report- Cindy Clock presented the board with new Chamber Pamphlets and the schedule for 2013 which included: Polar Bear Jump, January 19, Anchors Aweigh boat show, February 6 -10 s City of Seward, Alaska Port and Commerce Advisory Board Minutes December 5, 2012 volume , Page Harbor Opening, May 18 Thank the Troops Events, May 18 -27 Halibut Tournament, June 1 -30 Silver Salmon Derby, August 10 -18 More info available at www.sewardchamber.org 4. Administration reported on Coastal Villages Region Fund report included in the packet, the Library /Museum was nearly done. A ballast water discharge had taken place at SMIC, was reported to the Department of Environmental Conservation and a clean -up plan was underway by the contractor. City Personnel involved would track their hours involved. CITIZENS' COMMENTS ON ANY SUBJECT EXCEPT THOSE ITEMS SCHEDULED FOR PUBLIC HEARING There were none. APPROVAL OF AGENDA AND CONSENT AGENDA Motion (Linville /Fink) Approval of Agenda With Corrections Unanimous Consent Motion Passed Motion (Fink/Linville) Motion to set the topic for the topic for the December 19, 2012 work session as "Annual Report Review" and "Comprehensive Harbor Rates Comparisons ". Motion Passed Unanimously The board discussed their availability throughout the busy holiday season. CITIZENS' COMMENTS Tim McDonald stated that he wanted CVRF to come here but was upset that other alternatives for building a harbor had not been thoroughly explored, in his opinion. BOARD AND ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSE TO CITIZENS' COMMENTS Thanks to the board ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 1:32 p.m. Suzi Towsley Deborah Altermatt Executive Liaison Chair LP City of Seward, Alaska Port and Commerce Advisory Board Minutes December 5, 2012 volume , Page (City Seal) 7 January 2 0 l 3 January 2013 February 2013 SuMo TuWe Th Fr Sa o TuWe Th Fr Sa 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 27 28 29 30 31 24 25 26 27 28 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Dec 31 Jan 1, 13 2 3 4 City Offices Closed 12:OOpm PACAB Mtg 7:OOpm P &Z Mtg co m u v 0 7 8 9 110 11 6:OOpm CC WS; Ord 2C N m 14 15 16 17 18 7:OOpm CC Mtg 6:OOpm P&Z WS 6:30pm HP WS 7:OOpm Seward Fish ar co v 21 22 23 24 25 6:OOpm CC WS; Budge 6:OOpm Prevention Co. 7:OOpm Prevention Co. 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