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The City of Seward, Alaska
City Council Meeting
December 18, 2002 7:30 p.m. Council Chambers
1. Call to order
Edgar Blatchford
Mayor
2. Pledge of allegiance
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3. Roll call
Stu Clark
Vice Mayor
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4. Special orders, presentations and reports
Margaret A. Branson
A. Proclamations and Awards
Council Member
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1. Centennial Citation by the Alaska Legislature.Pg 5
Willard E. Dunham
Council Member
B. Borough Assembly Report
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C. City Manager Report
Nathan Orr
Council Member
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E. Other Reports, Announcements and Presentations
Vanta Shafer
5. Citizens' comments on any subject except those items
Council Member
scheduled for public hearing.
[Those who have signed in will be
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given the first opportunity to speak. Time is limited to 2 minutes per
Robert Valdatta
speaker and 30 minutes total time for this agenda item.]
Council Member
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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
W. Scott Janke
Regular Agenda.]
City Manager
Jean Lewis
City Clerk
Brad Meyen
City Attorney
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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 2002-12, amending Title 5 Revenue and Finance, Chapter 5.50, real property
tax, making certain technical corrections to the exemption for exterior aesthetic enhancement
and providing a partial exemption for real property owned and occupied by persons who
provide fire fighting or emergency medical services in the City and providing for an effective
date
2. Ordinance 2002-13, increasing the City sales tax from three percent to four percent,
beginning April 1, 2003
3. Ordinance 2002-14, amending Seward City Code Section 8.30.025, revising annual
business license fees for charter boat operators to support the annual purchase of salmon
smolt for release in Resurrection Bay
8. Unfinished business
A. Items postponed from previous agenda
1. Resolution 2002-125, adopting the Parking Enterprise Fund Budget for calendar year
2003
B. Other Unfinished Business Items
1. Resolution 2002-123, authorizing the City Manager to enter into an agreement with Tryck
Nyman Hayes, Incorporated (TNH) for review and update of the City of Seward’s spill
prevention, control, and countermeasures plans for an amount not to exceed $18,950 and
appropriate funds
2. Resolution 2002- 133 authorizing the City Manager to enter into an agreement with S&R
Enterprises Inc. for disposal of four derelict power scows at the Seward Marine Industrial
Center (SMIC) for an amount not to exceed $23,580
3. Resolution 2002-135, authorizing the City Manager to enter into a Special Contract for
electric rates with Seward Terminal, Inc
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4. Resolution 2002-136, authorizing the City Manager to enter into a land and facilities use
agreement with the Alaska Railroad Corporation (ARRC) for the purpose of holding several
events related to the upcoming centennial celebration on ARRC property during 2003
5. Resolution 2002-137, authorizing the discharge of fireworks by the Seward Volunteer
Ambulance Corps
6. Resolution 2002-138, authorizing the City Manager to reduce the electrical rates and
charges tariff for the City of Seward small general service class of customers by five percent
(5%) effective January 1, 2003
*7. Resolution 2002-142, approving amendment No. 1 to the contract with Sandra Wassilie,
High Tide Writing, to retain her professional services as the Seward Centennial Events
Coordinator for the year 2003
9. New business
A. Ordinances for Introduction
B. Resolutions
*1. Resolution 2002-143, amending the City Parking Fees Schedule for City-owned
parking lots
*2. Resolution 2002-144, authorizing the City Manager to terminate the lease
agreement with CIRI Alaska Tourism Corporation (formerly known as Alaska
Heritage Tours, Inc.) d/b/a Kenai Fjords Tours (KFT) for tidelands adjacent to the
Alaska Sealife Center
*3. Resolution 2002-145, appropriating $8,000 from rock sale revenues to the Public
Works Department to complete clean-up of the City’s Fourth of July Creek Rock
Quarry
C. Other New Business Items
1. Go into executive session for the purpose of discussing Providence/Wesley
contract negotiations and giving direction to the City Attorney.
10. Informational items and reports
(No action required)
A. Seward Alice Pickett Memorial Animal Shelter Memorial 2002 November Report.
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B. Washington D.C. Lobbyist Report by Brad Gilman
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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