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HomeMy WebLinkAbout08012012 PACAB Minutes City of Seward,Alaska Port and Commerce Advisory Board Minutes August 1, 2012 Volume 3, Page 199 CALL TO ORDER The Port and Commerce Advisory Board was called to order at 12:02 p.m. by Deborah Altermatt, Chair. OPENING CEREMONY Chair Alternatt led the pledge of allegiance to the flag. ROLL CALL There were present: Deborah Altermatt Darryl Schaefermeyer Steve Fink Dan Oliver Comprising a quorum; Bruce Jaffa, Carl Hughes and Bob Linville were excused. Also present were:Ron Long,Mack Funk,Johanna Finney, Sarah Spanos,Christy Terry, Cindy Clock, and Louis Bencardino. SPECIAL ORDERS,PRESENTATIONS AND REPORTS 1. Railroad Report- • The Railroad dock was expecting 15 more cruise ships and 17 more cargo vessels. • The next coal ship was expected August 25,2012. • The freight building,formerly Henderlong's building.was to be leased to Carlisle. Carlisle's building would then be leased to Northland starting October 1,2012. • More Crowley barges were expected to moor over the winter through May 1,2013. ■ work was expected to begin within a month of the meeting, on the completion phase of the fenders on the Cruise Ship Dock. 2. Harbormasters Report- • Metco.had started work on the dredge disposal site at SMIC. • Coastal villages submitted five vessels to the harbor waitlist. • work on the new harbor software system was ongoing. • R&M Consultants to design the D-Float Replacement. work on scope and cost of the design was ongoing. • Harbor crew completed the new concrete boardwalk across Port Drive from the Railroad Depot. • The power scow"Otter" sank at the T-Dock Monday night July 30, 2012. Storm Chasers was attempting to re-float the vessel. • A boat capsized on Friday night,July 27,2012,and three men were in the water off of SMIC. Matt Chase and his son Logan were on the beach when they heard them City of'Seward,Alaska Port and Commerce Advisory Board Minutes August 1, 2012 Volume 3, Page 200 and could see one in the water and calling for help. Three vessels responded,the Maverick, the Orion(Carl Hughes son's boat) and the City fire boat. Two of the three people were rescued. The wreck from the"Daring"had been removed from SMIC. 3. Chamber of Commerce Report-Jim Lee,President of the Seward Charter Boat Association,has called a meeting for Saturday,August 41h at 8:04pm at the Holiday Inn. Andy Mezirow has new information regarding Charter Boat Fishing. • Chamber Board of Directors met with the City to focus on completion of the SMIC harbor. The State Chamber Director will be at this Friday's Chamber Luncheon. * Last Friday was the Strategy Nets meeting. Steve Fink, Deborah Altermatt and Mack Funk were in attendance. Next meeting will be September 181n. • Small Business Development seminars will be offered by Brian Zack from the Kenai Peninsula Borough here in Seward on August 8th from 10:00am to noon and then again from 1:00 to 3:o0pm. 4. Administration Report- • Ron Long Thank you to the current and new board members of PACAB for their participation. • After the last City Council meeting there was a request to see what the cost would be for Northern Economics to do a public presentation of their recently completed $7,500 report. • During the recent administrative"project meeting",the discussion of putting in a new crosswalk over Port Ave to connect the new concrete boardwalk with the north side of Port Ave. Administration will bring the proposed crosswalk to PACAB later for recommendations. • Bill Zack is Seward's new Kenai Peninsula Small Business Development Association and will schedule appointments in Seward,if the need is determined to exist. 5. CITIZENS' COMMENTS ON ANY SUBJECT EXCEPT THOSE ITEMS SCHEDULED FOR PUBLIC HEARING There were none. 6. APPROVAL OF AGENDA.AND APPROVAL of THE MINUTES 1. Deborah Altermatt requested an addition to the agenda, item 7A to include the Anchorage Economic Development Council Luncheon Report. Motion (Oliver/Fink) Approval of the amended agenda and the PACAB meeting minutes from July 18, 20120 City of Seward,Alaska Port and Commerce Advisory Board Minutes August 1, 2012 Volume 3, Page 201 Motion Passed Unanimously 7. INFORMATION ITEMS,REPORTS AND PRESENTATIONS- A.Anchorage Economic Development Council Luncheon Report. Altermatt attended the 2012 AEDC Annual outlook Luncheon on July 25,2012. • Mayor Sullivan reported the Corps of Engineers should have their port expansion report in September/October,the Federal Grant program incubating new business growth has been good and he referred to the Ship Creek project as the"last Pacific Ocean Waterfront Property to develop". • Director Bill Popp reported the 2015 outlook,the numbers are good. Anchorage Consumer Index is up from the middle. Retail jobs have increased and government jobs have decreased. Seeing continued growth in air passengers,also an increase in overseas passengers. Air freight is increasing, steadily coming back but slow. • All this information can be found at the AEDC.org website. + (Altermatt attached report) S. UNFINISHED BUSINESS None Altermatt asked City Clerk Johanna Kinney if this month PACAB should recommend opening the PACAB Chair and Vice Chair positions. Finney agreed with this recommendation. 9. NEW BUSINESS A. Resolution 2012-04. Motion (Schaefermeyer/Fink) Resolution opened up for discussion. Unanimously approved. Funk handed out attached changes to the 2012 and 2013 Harbor Tariffs. Motion (Altermatt/Schaefermeyer) Motion to amend Resolution 2012--04. Striking"June and September through" in 2012-2013 Harbor Tariff Subsection 200 (b) second paragraph; and striking "September" and replacing with "January"in resolution 2012-04,Section 3* Vote on amended resolution, Oliver,Fink and Schaefermeyer-Yes,Altermatt -No. Motion to amend Resolution 2012-04 passes 3 to 1. Vote to approve Resolution 2012-04 with amendments. Unanimously Approved. City of Seward,Alaska Born and Commerce Advisory Board Minutes August 1, 2012 Volume 3, Page 202 B. Topic for August 151h Work Session. Funk handed out attached list of priorities._ Board_appreciated the hand out. 10. CORRESPONDENCE,INFORMATIONAL ITEMS AND REPORTS None BOARD COMMENTS Fink—Thanked the Sealife Center for providing behind the scenes passes for the KFT captain. It was great. Schaefermeyer—Sealife Center was having their Seafest Weekend this coming weekend. Altermatt—Dan Oliver recently gave a great presentation on the Sikuliaq. Altermatt has asked Oliver to present this presentation to PACAB in September and has asked the board to promote the upcoming meeting regarding this presentation. great job to the Chamber on hosting the Economic Strategy Nets meeting. CITIZENS' COMMENTS-None BOARD AND ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSE TO CITIZENS' COMMENTS ADjo NT- The meeting was adjourned at 1:14 p.m. Sarah Spanos eborah Altermatt Personnel officer Chair (City Sear � Of SEA '4 �::�,p or v io SEAL 4 : i °® � o0 4 Ole!i pIN ID �t y� x.