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CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA
All-America City
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August 26, 2019 7:00 p.m. Council Chambers
David Squires 1. CALL TO ORDER
Mayor
Term Expires 2019 2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Sue McClure 3. ROLL CALL
Vice Mayor
Term Expires 2019 4. CITIZEN COMMENTS ON ANY SUBJECT EXCEPT
THOSE ITEMS SCHEDULED FOR PUBLIC HEARING
Suzi TOwsley [Those who have signed in will be given the first opportunity to speak. Time
Council Member is limited to 3 minutes per speaker and 36 minutes total time for this agenda
Term Expires 2019 item.]
Jeremy Horn 5. APPROVAL OF AGENDA AND CONSENT AGENDA
[Approval of Consent Agenda passes all routine items indicated by asterisk
Council Member (*). Consent Agenda items are not considered separately unless a council
Term Expires 2019 member so requests. In the event of such a request, the item is returned to the
Regular Agenda]
Sharyl Seese
Council Member 6. SPECIAL ORDERS, PRESENTATIONS AND REPORTS
Term Expires 2021 A. Proclamations and Awards —None
B. Chamber of Commerce Report
John Osenga C. City Manager Report
Council Member D. City Attorney Report
Term Expires 2021 E. Other Reports and Presentations [Presentations are limited to ten
minutes each, excluding Q&A.]
Kelley Lane 1. Kenai Peninsula Economic Development District
Council Member Presentation by Tim Dillon (Lane)
Term Expires 2020 2. Seward Pride Alliance Presentation (Townley)
Scott Meszaros
City Manager
Brenda Ballou
City Clerk
Holly Wells
City Attorney
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7. PUBLIC HEARINGS
A. Ordinances for Public Hearing and Enactment
1. Ordinance 2019-013, Amending City Code Title 6 — Purchasing, Contracts And
Professional Services, To Clarify That A City Of Seward Business License Is
Required To Perform Work For, Or Provide A Service To Or On Behalf Of, The City
Of Seward For The Life Of The Contract Or Agreement. This ordinance was
amended and introduced on August 12, 2019, and is coming tonight for public
hearing and enactment.
8. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
A. Items Postponed from Previous Agenda
1. Discuss high performance organization core principles. Postponed from June 24,
2019 and July 22, 2019.
2. Ordinance 2019-011, Amending Seward City Code Title 5, Revenue And Finance, To
Adopt Chapter 5.22 "Developer Reimbursement And Incentive Program for
Undeveloped Properties," Implementing A Process For Reimbursing Some Or All Of
Developers' Public Improvement Installation Costs. This ordinance was amended and
introduced on July 8, 2019 and was referred to administration for further
development. This ordinance came back on August 12, 2019, was amended, had a
public hearing, and was postponed to August 26, 2019 for another public hearing and
enactment.
9. NEW BUSINESS
A. Ordinances for Introduction—None
B. Resolutions
1. Resolution 2019-075, Authorizing The Cancellation Of An Interfund Debt Owed To
The General Fund From The Wastewater Enterprise Fund In The Remaining Amount
Of $1,219,150 Related To The Failure Of The Lowell Point Sewage Lagoon Liner
And Associated Dredging Costs Incurred In 1990.
2. Resolution 2019-076, Approving The 2020 Grant Year Budget For The Seward
Community Health Center As Required By The Co-Applicant Agreement Between
The City Of Seward And The Seward Community Health Center (CHC).
C. Other New Business Items
*1. Approval of the August 12, 2019 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes.
*2. Non-objection for the renewal of the Retail Marijuana License 417758 for The Tufted
Puffin, LLC.
3. Schedule a specific date for previously agreed upon six month review of the legal firm
contract-hired by the City Council to represent our municipality and its citizens'
interests. (Lane)
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4. Regarding the Seward Airport:
A. Discuss the August 15, 2019 meeting regarding the Seward Airport which was
hosted by the Alaska Department of Transportation (ADOT) and the Federal
Aviation Administration (FAA); discuss developing a plan to move forward with
the project; schedule an interagency town hall meeting to be hosted by council.
(Townley)
B. Schedule a town meeting to discuss the Seward Airport. (Squires)
5. Schedule a 2020/2021 Budget Kick Off work session on September 23, 2019 at 5:30
p.m.
6. Set achievable, measureable goals for the city manager to be used for the I" quarter
2020 evaluation. (Squires)
7. Discuss the electric outage of August 17, 2019, including costs, lessons learned, and
plans for the future. (Lane)
to. INFORMATIONAL ITEMS AND REPORTS (No Action Required)
A. On-going City Project and Goal List
B. June, 2019 Providence & City of Seward Financials
It. COUNCIL COMMENTS
12. CITIZEN COMMENTS [There is no sign in for this comment period. Time is limited to S minutes
per speaker.]
13. COUNCIL AND ADMINISTRATION RESPONSE TO CITIZEN COMMENTS
14. ADJOURNMENT
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