HomeMy WebLinkAbout08312015 City Council Special Meeting Minutes City of Seward,Alaska City Council Special Meeting Minutes
August 31, 2015 Volume 39, Page 603
CALL TO ORDER
The August 31,2015 special meeting of the Seward City Council was called to order at 7:00
p.m. by Mayor Jean Bardarson.
OPENING CEREMONY
Vice Mayor Marianna Keil led the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag.
ROLL CALL
There were present:
Jean Bardarson presiding and
Marianna Keil *Ristine Casagranda
Christy Terry David Squires
Dale Butts Iris Darling
*Casagranda arrived at 7:01 p.m.
comprising a quorum of the Council; and
Jim Hunt, City Manager
Johanna Kinney, City Clerk
Absent—None
CITIZEN COMMENTS ON ANY SUBJECT EXCEPT THOSE ITEMS SCHEDULED FOR
PUBLIC HEARING—None
APPROVAL OF AGENDA AND CONSENT AGENDA
Motion (Keil/Terry) Approve Agenda and Consent Agenda
Motion Passed Unanimous
There were no consent agenda items.
Special Orders,Presentations And Reports
Presentation by Andy Baker from Your Clean Energy consulting.
NEW BUSINESS
Resolution 2015-078, Authorizing The City Manager To Submit A Grant Application To
Alaska Energy Authority For The City's Heat Loop System Project, And Should The
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Application Be Approved By Council And The City Be Successful In Its Application To Alaska
Energy Authority, The City Shall Appropriate$85,000 For Required Matching Funds.
Motion (Terry/Casagranda) Approve Resolution 2015-078
Long thanked all the players involved with this study. An initial contract was entered into
with Your Clean Energy to develop an economic evaluation of a Starter District Heating System.
Based on the results given tonight,administration was wishing to apply for a grant to pursue a closed
heat loop system project, using the saltwater of Resurrection Bay to generate energy.
Butts asked if the grant would be able to repay the initial study costs. Long didn't think it
would but there could be some potential in kind matches the city may be able to recover.
Motion to Amend (Terry/Casagranda) Amend Resolution 2015-078, replacing
$800,000 with$850,000 in the 7th Whereas,
and replacing $80,000 with $85,000 in the
8th Whereas and Section Two.
City Clerk Johanna Kinney clarified through administration the grant acceptance would
still come back for formal,approval and official appropriations would be authorized at that time.
Long confirmed this and noted if the amount of the grant was less,the city's match would also be
less as well.
Motion to Amend Approved Unanimous
Keil thought Andy Baker gave a great presentation tonight. It sounded like a benefit to the
community.
Darling asked if it was similar to the City of Kodiak. In response, Keil said Kodiak used
wind turbines to generate energy.
Squires asked administration why they didn't go for more grant funds. Long said it depended
on how much the city wanted to provide as a match.Long trusted Baker's recommendations based
on his success rates and added he would be concerned with asking for too big of a share as the grant
funding was slowly decreasing over the years.
Main Motion Passed Unanimous
COUNCIL COMMENTS
Terry said Baker had been presenting to the Port and Commerce Advisory Board(PACAB)
for a few years now, and this seemed like a great time to move forward on alternative energy. It
sounded like a great project and made a lot of sense. She thanked both Andy Baker and
administration for their work on this project.
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Squires thanked Baker for the presentation and the good information. He thanked Building
Inspector Stefan Nilsson for his daily work on the drilling project. Squires thought administration
needed to look at another generator for this project in case of electric failure.
Bardarson thanked Andy Baker for his presentation and appreciated everyone's efforts in
this study. It was exciting to move forward on a renewable energy project.
CITIZEN COMMENTS—None
COUNCIL AND ADMINISTRATION RESPONSE TO CITIZEN COMMENTS—None
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 8:17 p.m.
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