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HomeMy WebLinkAbout12072011 PACAB Minutes City of Seward,Alaska Port and Commerce Advisory Board Minutes December 7, 2011 Volume 3, Page 178 CALL TO ORDER The December 7,2011 regular meeting of the Port and Commerce Advisory Board was called to order at 12:00 p.m. by Ron Long, Chair. OPENING CEREMONY The Board recited the pledge of allegiance to the flag. ROLL CALL There were present: Deborah Altermatt Darryl Schaefermeyer Steve Fink Bob Linville Comprising a quorum; and Bruce Jaffa Dan Oliver Were excused SPECIAL ORDERS,PRESENTATIONS AND REPORTS 1. Rail Road report, Louis Bencardino- 106 ships had visited in 2011. The 2011 Railroad print had been issued and features Seward. Sales had gone well at the recent craft fair. Northland had 2 vessels coming in. No word yet on the status of the Railroads Tiger Grant application. 2. Harbor Master Report— Moorage renewals were ongoing CVRF funding requests were being perused. The Fish Expo trip had gone well and was reported on. The windstorm in November had done some damage and it was being assessed and repaired. The harbor administration had been considering changing the label of"Transient Moorage" to "Visitor Moorage". 3. Chamber Report-Cindy reported on the Fish Expo trip as well. Seward's volume and vessel ranking were discussed. CITIZENS' COMMENTS ON ANY SUBJECT EXCEPT THOSE ITEMS SCHEDULED FOR PUBLIC HEARING Devon Putney was present and had concerns regarding annual moorage and the cost per month vs. annually.He did not feel it was fair and should be pro-rated and levied monthly to be fair to the user and more customer friendly. APPROVAL OF AGENDA AND CONSENT AGENDA City of Seward,Alaska Port and Commerce Advisory Board Minutes December 7, 2011 Volume 3, Page 179 Motion (Schaefermeyer/Linville) Approval of Agenda with the addition of Nomination and Election of Officers to New Business Item C. Board Vacancy, D. Discussion of Title 15, and E. Moorage Title 7 issues Unanimous Consent Agenda Approved as Amended Motion (Schaefermeyer/Linville) Motion to approve corrected November 2, 2011 Minutes. Motion Passed Unanimously Motion (Jaffa/Altermatt) Motion Nominating Altermatt as Board Chair and Schaefermeyer as board Vice Chair Unanimous Consent Motion Passed The board directed staff to add the moorage schedule for levying rates to the January 4th 2012 Agenda. The December 21, 2011 Work session was cancelled via unanimous consent. BOARD COMMENTS Linville would like to see the comparative between the rates in Whittier, Cordova and here. The Planning and Zoning revisions to Title 15 were generally discussed by the Board. CITIZENS' COMMENTS Putney was encouraged to apply for the open Board seat. BOARD AND ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSE TO CITIZENS' COMMENTS ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 1:37 p.m. Jac e C. Wilde Ron Long Executive Liaison Chair (Minutes prepared by Suzi Towsley who is no longer present to sign) City of Seward,Alaska Port and Commerce Advisory Board Minutes December 7, 2011 Volume 3, Page 180 (City Seal) ®� •®' OR A ' ° ° o G � o © •• m° • ••••••=•••• SEAL : ® c m• O • • tip I9 0 i