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HomeMy WebLinkAbout09222014 City Council Laydowns id 9hz4 ffec 00 A 00 Activity Attendance Report �✓- M ,1 544P The Teen Rec Room Pill ' „Lit 00 Month September Site: 336 3rd Ave Week 9-1 -9-6 9/1 9/2 9/3 9/4 9/5 9/6 Activity Mon Tue Wed Thur Fri Sat TOTALS Middle School 15 12 13 • 10 6 56 High School 2 8 11 • 11 14 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 Public Use 0 17 20 24 21 20 102 Hours Open = 7.5 7.5 7.5 8.5 5.5 36.5 Volunteer Hours Site: 336 3rd Ave Week 9-8 -9-13 9/8 9/9 9/10 9/11 9/12 9/13 Activity Mon Tue Wed Thur Fri Sat TOTALS Middle School 23 17 13 12 3 68 High School 12 9 15 9 7 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 Public Use 0 35 26 28 21 10 120 Hours Open = 7.5 7.5 7.5 8.5 5.5 36.5 Volunteer Hours Site: 336 3rd Ave Week 9-15 -9-20 9/15 9/16 9/17 9/18 9/19 9/20 (Activity Mon Tue Wed Thur Fri Sat TOTALS Middle School 14 18 14 9 55 High School 10 9 17 8 7 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 Public Use 0 24 27 31 17 7 106 Hours Open = 7.5 7.5 8.5 5.5 36.5 Volunteer Hours . .SEP 1 8 2014 i Date: September 22, 2014 / • To: The City of Seward, Mayor and Councilmembers From: Seward Senior Housing Group Re: Support legislation for a senior housing project (non-income based) in the city of Seward. We are looking at several parcels of property within the City of Seward for a complex consisting of six to eight units. We are asking for support by the City of Seward for this project. We have been meeting several months, and participants in this group are as follows: Margaret Anderson Jean Bardarson, Mayor Ray Collins, Hopei Community Resources Iris Darling, Councilmember Olen Harris, North Pacific Rim Housing Authority Lynn Hohl Kathleen Barkley Joyanna Gieseler,;Independent Living Center Eric Gurley, Hope Community Resources Lynn Hohl Marianna Keil, Councilmember Tanya Komakhuk, Chugach Alaska Corporation Garbriel Kompkoff, Chugach Alaska Corporation Melinda Maddox Sue Magyar Sue McClure, Borough Assembly Dian McRae Candy Norman Dana Paperman, Director Seward Senior Center Dave Phillips, Chugach Alaska Corporation Steven Rouse, Kenai Peninsula Housing Initiative Roy Scheller, Hope Community Resources Karen Sefton, FNBA Branch Manager Chris Sheehan, Seward Life Action Council 1 SEP 2 2 2014 Resolution 2014-076 public hearing: Monday, September 22, 2014 1 It has come to my attention that Scotty Bald has a prospective buyer for the cornerproperty that is the Marina Restaurant in the Seward boat harbor. There is an access problem th t needs to be addressed, due to the fact that the plats for 3 adjacent properties do not include an alley. As I understand it,the only time this change could be made in the lease agreement is when properties change hands, like now. History: The plat of( hat used to be)Linne's and my property in the boat harbor oes not include an alley. I di 't realize this until we had built Bardarson Studio in 1988. a leased the property from the city Jerry Lorz and I divided the lot so each of us could have half for our buildings. We shared a front deck, designed to encompass both businesses. We also shared the co on problem of having no access to our businesses in the ack. There is a utility easement onl lin a cyclone fence running down the middle of it. (I`m of sure about the exact outline of th easement but its not wide enough for a vehicle) I Neverthelesss it bec e apparent from the start,the need to negotiate with the Marina Restaurant to allow our cars to co e and go through the back of their property. We had used this route since 1988. In 1997 I egan to pay House of Diamond Willow and the Marina Restaurant(then owned by Joe Kim) $ 0 a year each for the privilege of driving through. House of Diamond Willow also paid the arina Restaurant$240.00. This arrangement wor ed fme until the owner of House of Diamond Willow(Dan Lors)put up a barricade to prevent o use of the delivery route to Bardarson Studio. Scottie Bald ultimately put up a barricade to p event Dan's access. Tempers flared. Running a business wi out a delivery access is disruptive to say the least, not only�to the affected business, but the ambiance of customers, since everything now has to a ter through the front door. It also r stricts access of service vehicles which would be better served by a rear entrance. These might elude garbage pick-up, fire trucks, ambulances, as well as PS, FED- EX,city utilities, and o course, owners and some employees. Presently the garbage ck has to double park on 4th Ave. in front of the Darling p .perty while garbage is hand came from 4th Avenue, down the side of the building and around o the back door,whereas when th building had access at the back,the garbage truck was able enter from the back. Parking is li ited on 4th Avenue. To use it for service vehicles disrupts e flow of traffic and is inconvenient. In 2005 I sold Bardarson Studio to Urie Mindenberg who owns the Breeze Inn Hots 1. Since they were adjacent, he was able to configure access to the building through his property, but he was not willing to extend it to the Darling property. Here is city council's pportunity to make things right. The Darling property is Ian -locked. The corner property is for s e. If the lease remains as it has been, the owner in the mid le will be forever at the mercy o the one on the corner(presently, Marina Restaurant).Now i the time to stipulate that access to a other 2 properties by being included in the sale agreeme t and the lease agreement. Respectfully submitted Dot B darson Report to City Council 22 SEPTMEBER 2014 Seward Chamber of Commerce, CVB The SEGP Alternative Energy group meets at the Community Library on Wed at noon, the SMIC group meets at the same place at 9:15 am on Friday. In hopes of furthering our awareness and educating our community, the Energy group is looking at an Energy Fair in Seward in November. "Getting Ready for Winter" . . . or "Winter! Here it Comes, Ready or Not!" We hope to engage the City Electric Dept, AVTEC, AHFC, AEA and others. Chamber interior remodel is in full swing and right on schedule. Our temporary digs at the Holiday Inn are working out well — convenient, warm & cozy all in a professional setting © This past Tuesday, Providence hosted a Board & Community Luncheon to discuss Local needs/priorities. Primary Care Providers, Hospital Safety Officers, Support of No on Ballot Measure 2 were just a few of the suggested needs. Rick Rogers brought the Resource Development Council to Seward for an outreach trip last Wednesday. After a lunch at Chinook's — the bus took the group to visit SMIC, AVTEC, AKRR, Aurora Energy Services, the ASLC — for a look at the industry that drives Seward. Coming up 'r The Chamber Board has plans to discuss Seward's great shore fishing this year, the expectations for future years and how to incorporate it in the economic development plan. Chamber staff is working with our webmaster on a new & improved version of a community calendar — sewardevents.com. And there were 12,350 visitors as of Aug 22, 2014, which is on par with the last four years of data. f Meet the Candidates Night — This Thursday from 6:00 — 8:00 right here in Council chambers. KPB Mayoral & City Council candidates. Call in questions at 224-4044 'c Senator Peter Micciche will be our guest speaker at the October 3rd Chamber Luncheon. Noon at the Breeze Inn conference room. 'c Seward Music & Arts Festival - This weekend at the cruise ship terminal. Oxygen & Octane Expo Dena' ina Center Oct 3 — 5 * ATIA Fall Conference in Fairbanks Oct 6 — 9 \ AK Chamber Fall Conference & Policy Forum in Girdwood Oct 20 — 22. The Seward Chamber is a co-sponsor of the Maritime Industries Position (Assessment of Alaska's Maritime Industries and designation as a Priority Industry) written by Doug Ward and submitted by the Ketchikan Chamber of Commerce. The economic value of Alaska's maritime industries has not been assessed because of the way economic data is typically organized. The recently published Alaska Maritime Workforce Development Plan found that this sector is the largest private industry sector in the state, comprised of over 500 businesses employing over 70,000 maritime workers. We encourage the Alaska Chamber to support designation of the Alaska Maritime Industry Sector as a Priority Industry in Alaska and that the state prepare a consolidated analysis of the Sector identifying subsectors, capacity, demand, and strategies for growth. (Assess& Elevate the Status to increase Growth) .' Also at State Chamber, Melissa Houston has been invited to speak on Strategic Doing to the Local Chamber Director's Roundtable, as well as at a break-out session. 'r Pacific Marine Expo in Seattle November 19 — 21 (Cindy, Mack, Andy - AVTEC) 'c Chamber Board: Declarations due Oct 31. Ballots sent electronically Nov 3rd, voting ends by Nov. 15th. New members attend December meeting and begin term in January. 'r You can get Community Awards nomination forms from seward.com — just click on Members and scroll to the bottom of the page. Person of the Year, Business Person of the Year & Business Site Improvement © We had a heck of a lot of fun at last year's Annual Meeting and Community Awards Presentations — it'll be fun to see what Erin has up her sleeve for January 2015! i r Tt e4 021/11O N r, ei, . ,-- , , cod Ld /0 : CO iN1 G ( 4-- iAit LA .a t d t' A- 0 rIA, it & 10 .i1 apt . ul 41) li:4-: , l_attruj,., r , 1,0 01114-- )6Y .. --.-a A,�mow.:.... . .. ` . 0 GBOS meeting highlights electricity rate increase z and school construction f — - J By Marc Qonadieu good. It has impacts that are '` a Turnagain Times Correspondent operational, and it also has '"41 s i d o impacts that are rate based." \ )' U The GBOS met Monday In short, the bad news, o night, highlighted by a pre- he said, was that Girdwood x sentation about upcoming residents could expect an � r. -t' hanges to be implemented increase in electric rates by �i '''''"` ',a A by Chugach Electric As- around 10 percent in the sociation, which includes near future. The reason for ` Zelectricity rate increases. the increase is due to loss ` ti, There were also updates on of wholesale power sales to i ..„ the progress of the Gird- Homer Electric Association t - -,i wood K-8 School rebuild- and Matanuska Electric As- ing and the final list of the sociation. H 2015 Capital Improvement "When they [MEA] Projects. leave," said Steyer, "we're Phil Steyer of CEA started going to see a bump that's I"4 ... • with a presentation about up- going to be even bigger. We , ,.: coming operational and rate predict, and we're trying -changes that will affect Gird- hard to hold that increase to wood residents. maybe 10 percent. It's not " "So we have these going to be easy because 6't changes underway in the rail they contribute a lot." E belt," said Steyer. "People p always say change is good, See Page 7, '? as - , ` but, in this case, it's not so GBOS Meeting E [.. c CC 1,, UA y � C a x CO 41 m ,,S z J 0 Turnagain Times September 18, 2014 Page 7 GBOS Meeting Continued from page 1 HEA is now producing its "Your Facebook page is Kelley, the municipal liaison "Costs for extra work this past own power, he said, so it has very, totally, worthlessly in- for Girdwood, read a letter summer are still being quant stopped purchasing it whole- active," Leonard said. "There from Calvin Mundt, Project tified by the contractor, and sale from CEA. MEA is in were two outages in the last s Manager for the Anchorage once these costs are negotiat- the process of phasing out five weeks. I looked on the School District Facilities, ed and contract modifications its wholesale purchasing of Facebook page for days after concerning the progress of written, there will be a better power from CEA. This dc- that and there was nary a word rebuilding the Girdwood K-8 idea of remaining contingency crease in wholesale power about it." School. Currently, the steel funds." sales by CEA means that rates "We use our Facebook page erection for the addition is The other main item of will increase due to fixed costs for power outage reporting," getting built with bolts being business at the meeting was of generating less power. Steyer responded, "but some- tightened and welds being the final list of Girdwood "The reason these things times that reporting doesn't placed. "The connections for Capital .Improvement Proj- go up is we have a certain happen right away. What I try the elevated running track are ects for 2015. This list priori- amount of fixed costs that are to do is get something on there in place," Mundt wrote, "so tizes funding requests from spread across a"broad number after the fact." the option of building the ele- the Legislature, with empha- of kilowatt hours," Steyer Steyer said there were two vated track at a future date has sis being given to one project said. "When suddenly they go recent Girdwood outages ' been preserved." to.ensure it receives funding away,we don't have the same in a week caused by ravens The mention of the elevat- during tight budgetary times. number of kilowatt hours getting into an exposed part ed running track.as a future The GBOS designated the sales to spread fixed costs of the substation. The intru- option and not a current Comprehensive Road and across, and the unit price goes sion created an electric arc project raised questions from Drainage Study as its top pri- up for everybody else. It's that shorted out the system -community members in atten- ority because its results will even worse when Matanus- and electrocuted the ravens. dance.They wanted to know if determine future growth and ka Electric leaves us because He said CEA is looking into something needed to be done development in Girdwood. they were a larger customer putting protective material on to advocate for construction This study will identify road than Homer[Electric]." the substation to prevent a re- _ of the elevated running track issues and assess drainage When it came time to ask currence. as it was originally planned. issues to specify where im- questions, audience member In other business, Kyle Whether or not the track provement is needed. The Lewis Leonard mentioned I can be completed depends on data from the study will allow some recent Girdwood power the calculation of summer cost road and drainage projects to outages and the lack of local 1 overruns for unexpected work be prioritized and funds to be information about them. He and what is left from contin- used more efficiently instead then delivered a critique of the gency funds. The final costs of on a case-by-case basis. CEA's Facebook page, which will not be available until No- There was also discussion is supposed to keep customers vember. about adding an amendment informed about outages. "The remaining budget to the CIP to include addi- appears adequate to complete tional funding for the Arlberg the project," Mundt wrote. Avenue extension. Girdwood 041 resident Diana Livingston higher than expected cost stated that the project was of wetlands mitigation is likely to fall short of funding driving the cost overrun on the and unable to be completed Arlberg Extension,so the road as planned. She suggested has been shortened as a result. adding this request to the CIP The cost of wetlands .mitiga- while also requesting funding tion for the extension is esti- for a parking lot, restroom fa- mated to be between a half- cilities, and a trailhead at the million and a million dollars, end of the extension. while further extension of the Board member David road is estimated to be another Chadwick observed how the million dollars. LAADov.r>1,) c \2-1— 0 SEP 222014 Resolution 2014-076 public hearing: Monday, September 22, 2014 It has come to my attention that Scotty Bald has a prospective buyer for the corner property that is the Marina Restaurant in the Seward boat harbor. There is an access problem that needs to be addressed, due to the fact that the plats for 3 adjacent properties do not include an alley. As I understand it,the only time this change could be made in the lease agreement is 4en properties change hands, like now. History: The plat of(what used to be) Linne's and my property in the boat harbor does not include an alley. I di 't realize this until we had built Bardarson Studio in 1988. We leased the property from the city Jerry Lorz and I divided the lot so each of us could have h f for our buildings. We shared a front deck, designed to encompass both businesses. j We also shared the common problem of having no access to our businesses in the 'ack. There is a utility easement only, with a cyclone fence running down the middle of it. (I`m riot sure about the exact outline of the easement but its not wide enough for a vehicle) Neverthelesss it beca apparent from the start,the need to negotiate with the Marina Restaurant to allow our cars to co a and go through the back of their property. We had used this route since 1988. In 1997 I egan to pay House of Diamond Willow and the Marina Restaurant(then owned by Joe Kim) $ 0 a year each for the privilege of driving through. House of Diamond Willow also paid the arina Restaurant$240.00. This arrangement wor ed fine until the owner of House of Diamond Willow(Dan ors)put up a barricade to prevent ouse of the delivery route to Bardarson Studio. Scottie Bald ultimately put up a barricade to p event Dan's access. Tempers flared. Running a business wi out a delivery access is disruptive to say the least, not only to the affected business, but the ambiance of customers, since everything now has to e i ter through the front door. It also r stricts access of service vehicles which would be better se ed by a rear entrance. These might elude garbage pick-up, fire trucks, ambulances, as well as 'S, FED- EX,city utilities, and o course, owners and some employees. Presently the garbage ck has to double park on 4th Ave. in front of the Darling p .perty while garbage is hand carried from 4th Avenue, down the side of the building and around o the back door,whereas when the building had access at the back,the garbage truck was able enter from the back. Parking is limited on 4th Avenue. To use it for service vehicles disrupts ' e flow of traffic and is inconvenient. In 2005 I sold Bardarson Studio to Urie Mindenberg who owns the Breeze Inn Hot,1. Since they were adjacent, he was able to configure access to the building through his property,but he was not willing to extend it to the Darling property. Here is city council's portunity to make things right. The Darling property is lan -locked. The corner property is for s e. If the lease remains as it has been, the owner in the mid a will be forever at the mercy o the one on the corner(presently, Marina Restaurant).Now i the time to stipulate that access to a other 2 properties by being included in the sale agreeme t and the lease agreement. Respectfully submitted, Dot Bardarson RECEIVED SSP 18 2014 Date: September 22, 2014 CITY CL_ RK To: The City of Seward, Mayor and Councilmembers From: Seward Senior Housing Group Re: Support legislation for a senior housing project (non-income based) in the city of Seward. We are looking at several parcels of property within the City of Seward for a complex consisting of six to eight units. We are asking for support by the City of Seward for this project. We have been meeting several months, and participants in this group are as follows: Margaret Anderson Jean Bardarson, Mayor Ray Collins, Hope Community Resources Iris Darling, Councilmember Olen Harris, North Pacific Rim Housing Authority Lynn Hohl Kathleen Barkley Joyanna Gieseler, Independent Living Center Eric Gurley, Hope Community Resources Lynn Hohl Marianna Keil, Councilmember Tanya Komakhuk, Chugach Alaska Corporation Garbriel Kompkoff, Chugach Alaska Corporation Melinda Maddox Sue Magyar Sue McClure, Borough Assembly Dian McRae Candy Norman Dana Paperman, Director Seward Senior Center Dave Phillips, Chugach Alaska Corporation Steven Rouse, Kenai Peninsula Housing Initiative Roy Scheller, Hope Community Resources Karen Sefton, FNBA Branch Manager Chris Sheehan, Seward Life Action Council