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Home My WebLink About07261999 City Council Agenda The City of Seward, Alaska City Council Meeting July 26, 19997:30 p.m. Council Chambers Bob Satin 1.CALL TO ORDER Mayor Term Expires 1999 2.PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Edgar Blatchford 3.ROLL CALL Vice Mayor Term Expires 2000 4.SPECIAL ORDERS, PRESENTATIONS AND RE- Patrick J. Callahan PORTS Council Member Term Expires 1999 A.Proclamations and Awards Recognizing Willard Dunham and Sharon Anderson Marie A. Gage Council Member for their years of service as Port and Commerce Term Expires 1999 Advisory Planning Commissioners. Jerry F. King B.Borough Assembly Report Council Member Term Expires 2000 C.City Manager's Report Nathan Orr Council Member D.City Attorney's Report Term Expires 1999 E.Other Reports, Announcements and Presentations Vanta Shafer 1.Introduction of four students from Obihiro, Council Member Term Expires 2000 Japan, who are in Seward participating in Seward's Sister-City Exchange Program. 2.Introduction of new Chamber of Commerce Executive Director, David Paperman. W. Scott Janke City Manager 5.CITIZENS' COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEMS NOT SCHEDULED FOR PUBLIC HEARINGAND ITEMS Patrick Reilly OTHER THAN THOSE APPEARING ON THE City Clerk AGENDA [Those who have signed in will be given the first opportunity to speak. Time is limited to 2 minutes per Eric Wohlforth City Attorney speaker and 30 minutes total time for this agenda item.] City of Seward, Alaska Council Agenda July 26, 1999Page 1 A.Agenda items not scheduled for public hearing B.Items other than those appearing on the agenda 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 Councilmember so requests. In the event of such a request, the item is returned to the Regular Agenda.] 7.PUBLIC HEARINGS [Limit comments to 5 minutes. Those who have signed in will be given the first opportunity to speak.] A. Ordinances for Public Hearing and Enactment 1.Ordinance 99-10, amending the Seward City Code, section 15.10.140, definitions; 15.10.315(E), nonconforming lots and lot groups; 15.10.220, development requirements.................................pg 1 2.Ordinance 99-11, amending Title 9, Health and Safety, Chapter 9.05, Animals and Fowl, regarding trapping...............................pg 9 B.Resolutions Requiring Public Hearing Resolution 99-099, a resolution authorizing the City Manager to enter into a two-year no cost License Agreement with the Phoenix Resurrection Foundation, an Alaskan 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, to license a parcel of land located along the beach front immediately south of the Small Boat Harbor breakwater, an area of approxi- mately 17,500 square feet in size, more or less, in order to construct a full-scale replica of the S/V Phoenix and the facilities necessary to do so. THE ABOVE ITEM WAS DELETED IN ORDER TO PROVIDE ADDI- TIONAL PUBLIC NOTICE ON THIS TOPIC IN THE LOCAL NEWSPAPER C.Other Public Hearing Items 8.UNFINISHED BUSINESS A.Items not Completed from Previous Agenda B.Items Postponed from Previous Agenda Resolution 99-082, finding it is in the public interest and necessary to form an improvement district resulting in the construction of electrical, water, and sewer extensions and road improvements for the area described as follows: Lots BO, BR, BS, BW, BX, BY and BZ Forest Acres Subdivision..................pg 13 9.NEW BUSINESS City of Seward, Alaska Council Agenda July 26, 1999Page 2 A.Ordinances for Introduction Ordinance 99-12, amending Seward City Code, Title 5, Revenue and Finance, to provide for a real property tax exemption for exterior aesthetic enhancements...............................pg 20 B.Resolutions *1.Resolution 99-100, authorizing the city manager to approve a purchase order in the amount of $14,400 to Follett Software Company for the purchase of software, supplies and technical services for the Seward Library to complete the automation of the library’s collection.....................pg 24 2.Resolution 99-101, authorizing the City Manager to accept a $34,564 grant from the State of Alaska for new, and repairing old, curb cuts that are compliant with the American with Disabilities Act (ADA), and building and repairing sidewalk cuts for handicap parking, and installing ADA compliant sidewalks and providing matching funds in the amount of $6,389 from the Capital Acquisition fund..................................pg 27 3.Resolution 99-102, accepting a fiscal year 2000 Municipal Capital Matching Grant for a Fire Department fire hose replacement, and appropriating $47,393 to the Fire Department Fire Hose Replacement Capital Project Fund, of which $40,000 is appropriated from the State of Alaska Grant Revenues, and $7,393 from the General Fund Fund balance........................pg 35 4.Resolution 99-103, determining it be in the public interest to proceed with the special improvement district called the Marathon II Electrical Improvement District...............................................pg 45 5.Resolution 99-104, authorizing the City Manager to enter into a contract with Kodiak Lumber, Ltd., dba Afognak Logging, an Alaska Corporation, to supply rip-rap for a project at Point Mackenzie................pg 50 C.Other New Business Items 10.INFORMATIONAL ITEMS AND REPORTS (No action required) A.Department Monthly Reports...................................pg 53 B.Alaska SeaLife Center Weekly Update............................pg 79 C.A draft resolution urging all citizens to discuss and consider the State of Alaska balanced budget plan to be voted on September 14, 1999..............pg 81 D.City of Seward October 5, 1999 Election Calendar...................pg 85 11.COUNCIL COMMENTS City of Seward, Alaska Council Agenda July 26, 1999Page 3 12.CITIZENS' COMMENTS [5 minutes per individual - Each individual has one opportunity to speak.] 13.COUNCIL AND ADMINISTRATION RESPONSE TO CITIZENS' COM- MENTS 14.ADJOURNMENT City of Seward, Alaska Council Agenda July 26, 1999Page 4