HomeMy WebLinkAbout03222023 PACAB Special Meeting Minutes City of Seward,Alaska Port and Commerce Advisory Board Special Meeting Minutes
March 22,2023 Volume 4,Page 117
CALL TO ORDER
The March 22,2023 special meeting of the Port and Commerce Advisory Board was called
to order at 12:00 p.m.by Chair Bruce Jaffa.
OPENING CEREMONY
Chair Bruce Jaffa led the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag.
ROLL CALL
There were present:
Bruce Jaffa, presiding; and
Lynda Paquette Carl Hughes
Benjamin Smith Fr Woelkers
comprising a quorum of the Board; and
Stephen Sowell, Assistant City Manager
Norm Regis, Harbormaster
Brenda Ballou, City Clerk
Excused—Woelkers,Atwood
Absent—None
Vacant—One
CITIZEN COMMENTS ON ANY SUBJECT EXCEPT THOSE ITEMS SCHEDULED
FOR PUBLIC HEARING—None
APPROVAL OF AGENDA AND CONSENT AGENDA
Motion (Hughes/Paquette) Approval of Agenda and Consent Agenda
Motion Passed Unanimous
The clerk read the following approved consent agenda items:
There were no items on the consent agenda.
SPECIAL ORDERS, PRESENTATIONS AND REPORTS
Proclamations & Awards—None
Administration Report
City of Seward,Alaska Port and Commerce Advisory Board Special Meeting Minutes
March 22, 2023 Volume 4,Page 118
Assistant City Manager Stephen Sowell said there would be a special city council
meeting on Tuesday, March 28,2023 at 5:30 p.m. to discuss the new public works shop.
Paquette asked what the public input process would be for updating the city's Strategic
Plan. Sowell said he was currently working on a framework to align the Strategic Plan with the
Comprehensive Plan.
Harbormaster Norm Regis said the latches on the fire suppression boxes and life ring
boxes had been fixed;now all the fire extinguishers and life rings were in place. The last step was
to send a water sample to the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and get
their sign off on the water permit.
Other Reports and Announcements —None
Presentations
Presentation from Homer Electric Association about Heat Pumps and Net Metering
by David Thomas,Tyler Cheatwood, and Hannah Smith.
NEW BUSINESS
Resolutions
Resolution 2023-001,Amending The 2023 PACAB Priorities.
Motion (Jaffa/Paquette) Approve Resolution 2023-001
Jaffa said this resolution would restore two of PACAB's priorities that had been removed
at the council meeting on November 14,2022 because it was thought that PACAB would not have
enough time in their meeting schedule to address those priorities. However, both of the removed
priorities were supported by city code.
Sowell suggested the title be amended to recommend that council approve the priorities,
rather than the way it is stated that PACAB was amending their priorities. In addition, there were
a few spelling and grammatical mistakes that needed to be corrected as housekeeping items.
Motion to Amend (Jaffa/Paquette) Amend Resolution 2023-001 in the title by
striking the word "Amending" and
replacing it with, "Recommending City
Council Amend."
Sowell said this would be provided to council for approval.
Motion to Amend Passed Unanimous
City of Seward,Alaska Port and Commerce Advisory Board Special Meeting Minutes
March 22, 2023 Volume 4,Page 119
Main Motion Passed Unanimous
INFORMATIONAL ITEMS AND REPORTS—None
CITIZEN COMMENTS—None
BOARD AND ADMINISTRATION COMMENTS & RESPONSE TO CITIZEN
COMMENTS
Sowell thanked HEA for the presentation today and for their outreach to the community
overall.
Regis thanked HEA for the presentation today.
Smith appreciated the community outreach events from HEA. On the topic of mini-split
heat pumps, he could personally attest that they worked very well here; he knew several people
who had them and they were pleased. As well, Smith said very few people he had spoken with in
Seward using solar panels had been disappointed, so that was another option he supported.
Hughes thanked HEA for their presentation.
Paquette appreciated the HEA presentation and thought it was very informative. She gave
a shout out to the snow plowing crews; the roads looked great.
Jaffa thanked HEA for coming and thought the information was valuable. He thanked
PACAB for voting him in as chair. He thought the city did a great job at clearing the snow from
the roads,but the state was not doing such a good job.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 1:39 p.m.
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