HomeMy WebLinkAbout10082001 City Council Agenda
The City of Seward, Alaska
City Council Meeting
October 8, 20017:30 p.m. Council Chambers
Edgar Blatchford
1.Call to order
Mayor
Term Expires 2001
2.Pledge of allegiance
David Brossow
3.Roll call
Vice Mayor
Term Expires 2001
4.Special orders, presentations and reports
Margaret A. Branson
Council Member
A.Proclamations and Awards
Term Expires 2001
1.Fire Prevention Week..............pg 5
Michael Calhoon
Council Member
2.Domestic Violence Awareness Month..pg 6
Term Expires 2002
3.Proclaiming October 11, 2001 as Lights On
Afterschool Day..................pg 7
Stu Clark
Council Member
B.Borough Assembly Report
Term Expires 2001
Nathan Orr
C.City Manager's Report
Council Member
Term Expires 2001
D.City Attorney's Report
Vanta Shafer
E.Other Reports, Announcements and Presentations
Council Member
Term Expires 2002
5.Citizens' comments on agenda items not scheduled for
public hearingand items other than those appearing on
the agenda
[Those who have signed in will be given the first
opportunity to speak. Time is limited to 2 minutes per
W. Scott Janke
City Manager
speaker and 30 minutes total time for this agenda item.]
Patrick Reilly
A.Agenda items not scheduled for public hearing
City Clerk
B.Items other than those appearing on the agenda
Brad Meyen
City Attorney
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6.Approval of agenda and consent agenda
[Approval of Consent Agenda passes all routine
items indicated by asterisk (*). Consent Agenda items are not considered separately unless
a council member so requests. In the event of such a request, the item is returned to the
Regular Agenda.]
1.Scheduling an executive session at the conclusion of the council meeting for the
purpose of receiving legal advice regarding threatened litigation from Swalling
Construction, Inc.
7.Public hearings
A. Ordinances for Public Hearing and Enactment
1.Ordinance 2001-05, amending the Land Use Plan and Zoning designation of
that portion of Tract B, Park Place Subdivision that is to combined with Lot
1A, Block 7, Snowden Subdivision from Park to Urban
Residential............................................pg 13
8.Unfinished business
1. Council recommendation to the City Manager on how to allocate the $1 million grant
for the Seward Ship Drydock facility..............................pg 25
9.New business
A.Ordinances for Introduction
*1.Ordinance 2001-06, revising Seward City Code Section 9.05.228, allowing
for all Alice Picket Memorial Animal Shelter adoption fees and deposits to be
set by City Council resolution..............................pg 38
B.Resolutions
*1.Resolution 2001-120, authorizing the City Manager to enter into a lease with
Xerox for a replacement copier for the Fire Department for an amount not to
exceed $15,646.80 for the life of the contract..................pg 41
2.Resolution 2001-123, authorizing the City Manager to enter into a contract
with Metco, Inc. to provide plowing and sanding services for Lowell Point
Road for the 2001-2002 winter season, with an option to renew the contract
at the sole option of the City for the next three yearly terms.......pg 50
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*3.Resolution 2001-124, authorizing the City Manager to enter into a contract
with Seward Heavy Industrial to purchase a 250 kVA Generator, at a price
not to exceed $22,902 delivered FOB Seward..................pg 57
*4.Resolution 2001-125, authorizing the City Manager to enter into a contract
with Metco, Inc. to provide 1000 cubic yards of sand for $10,000 and covered
storage for 800 yards of sand for $1,200 per year...............pg 62
*5.Resolution 2001-126, approving the City Manager’s written finding that the
City’s Ambulance, known as Medic II, is no longer needed by the City of
Seward and donation of the ambulance to the Prince William Sound village of
Tatitlek...............................................pg 69
*6.Resolution 2001-127, supporting the enforcement of laws limiting the
performance of longshore work by alien crewmen for all cargo
loading/unloading operations at the Alaska Railroad Dock in the city of
Seward, Alaska.........................................pg 75
*7.Resolution 2001-128, authorizing the City Manager to pay for repairs to the
Transmission Line right of way access roads, at miles 18 and 22 at a price not
to exceed $15,000.......................................pg 93
*8.Resolution 2001-129, authorizing the City Manager to participate in the cost
of the Alaska Railroad sewer line expansions to enhance the ability of the City
to expand the sewer system to the airport and other property to the north of
the Railroad Dock, and to change the plastic pipe the Railroad planned to
install to ductile iron to be compatible with city repair facilities, for city of
Seward participation cost of $21,000.......................pg 100
9.Resolution 2001-130, authorizing the City Manager to purchase a new boiler
under State of Alaska bidding procedures, to be mounted in an existing city
truck and utilized as a “steamer”, for a cost
not-to-exceed $48,000.................................pg 106
*10.Resolution 2001-131, adopting an alternative method for the FY 2002 Shared
Fisheries Business Tax Program, and certifying that this allocation method
fairly represents the distribution of significant effects of fisheries business
activity in the Cook Inlet Management Area and authorize the City Manager
to apply for funds from the Seward Fisheries Business
Tax Program.........................................pg 127
11.Resolution 2001-132, authorizing the City Manager to accept the United
States Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration
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(EDA) $1,300,000 grant for the Seward Harbor Eastward expansion project
and appropriating the grant to the Capital Project Fund..........pg 131
*12. Resolution 2001-133, supporting the Alaska SeaLife Center’s State of Alaska
Min-Grant application...................................pg 176
C.Other New Business Items
*1.Rescheduling the November 12 City Council meeting to November 5 and the
November 26 City Council meeting to November 19, and scheduling a special
City Council meeting on November 14......................pg 183
2.Certifying the October 2, 2001 regular municipal election........pg 185
10.Informational items and reports
(No action required)
A. Proposed resolution setting Alice Picket Memorial Animal Shelter
adoption fees...............................................pg 186
B. A draft resolution supporting State of Alaska legislation authorizing the Alaska
Railroad to lease land for 55 years...............................pg 190
C.Seward Alice Pickett Memorial Animal Shelter September 2001
Report....................................................pg 191
11.Council comments
12.Citizens' comments
[5 minutes per individual - Each individual has one opportunity to
speak.]
13.Council and administration response to citizens' comments
14.Adjournment
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