HomeMy WebLinkAbout05222000 City Council Agenda
The City of Seward, Alaska
City Council Meeting
May 22, 20007:30 p.m. Council Chambers
Edgar Blatchford
1.Call to order
Mayor
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2.Pledge of allegiance
Stu Clark
3.Roll call
Vice Mayor
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4.Special orders, presentations and reports
David Brossow
Council Member
A.Proclamations and Awards
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B.Borough Assembly Report
Michael Calhoon
Council Member
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C.City Manager's Report
Jerry F. King
D.City Attorney's Report
Council Member
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E.Other Reports, Announcements and Presentations
Nathan Orr
1.Historic Preservation Commissioner
Council Member
Applicants: Iris Darling; Jeanne Galvano; Bill
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Hearn; and Kelly Martin.
2.Multi-Use Facility update, Kenai Fjords
Vanta Shafer
National Park Superintendent Anne Castellina.
Council Member
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5.Citizens' comments on agenda items not scheduled for
public hearingand items other than those appearing on
the agenda
[Those who have signed in will be given the first
opportunity to speak. Time is limited to 2 minutes per
W. Scott Janke
City Manager
speaker and 30 minutes total time for this agenda item.]
Patrick Reilly
A.Agenda items not scheduled for public hearing
City Clerk
B.Items other than those appearing on the agenda
Eric Wohlforth
City Attorney
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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
Regular Agenda.]
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
B.Resolutions Requiring Public Hearing
Resolution 2000-044, authorizing the City Manager to enter into a thirty year lease
agreement, with two five year options to extend, with James Pruitt, for a portion of
Tract A, North Harbor Subdivision, for the purpose of operating a gasoline station
and retail merchandise facility.
C.Other Public Hearing Items
1.Sending a letter of non-objection to the Alcohol Beverage Control Board for
a new Public Convenience Restaurant Eating Place License for Crab Pot, Inc.
dba The Crab Pot Restaurant.
2.Sending a letter of non-objection to the Alcohol Beverage Control Board for
a new Public Convenience Restaurant Eating Place License for the Railway
Cantina; Nachobad, LLC.
8.Unfinished business
9.New business
A.Ordinances for Introduction
1.Ordinance 2000-12, amending Seward City Code, Title 15, Land Uses
Allowed Table 15.10.225, to allow health clubs in the Harbor Commercial
Zoning District.
2.Ordinance 2000-13, amending the Seward City Code, Chapter 2.30, Boards
and Commissions, to allow for direct council appointments of board and
commission members by deleting the procedure requiring the mayor to first
nominate candidates for appointment.
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3.Ordinance 2000-14, amending the Seward City Code, Chapter 14.15,
Electricity, and the City of Seward Electrical Tariff, to adopt rules and rate
methodologies applicable to purchases of power from qualifying facilities.
B.Resolutions
*1.Resolution 2000-043, accepting the Alaskans for Litter Prevention and
Recycling (ALPAR) grant in the amount of $2,500 to ALPAR Special Project
Revenue account, and appropriating $2,500 to ALPAR Expenditures account.
2.Resolution 2000-050, amending the Seward Port and Harbor Tariff, including
addition of fees for equipment usage, used oil recovery services, changing
travelift fee calculation to quarter hour increments, eliminating the tiered rate
schedule for daily moorage in favor of a set rate per lineal foot of overall
length, and other minor fees and terminology changes.
3.Resolution 2000-051, authorizing the Harbor Uplands Platting Project,
appropriating funds from the Harbor Retained Earnings Fund, and awarding
a contract for professional land surveying services to complete the project.
4.Resolution 2000-052, awarding a contract to Swenson Construction, Inc., in
the amount of $50,000, for the construction of a generator control storage
building at the Fort Raymond electrical sub-station.
*5.Resolution 2000-053, adopting language clarifying billing procedures for the
electric tariff “Industrial” rate schedule.
6.Resolution 2000-054, authorizing the Comprehensive Plan Revision project
and awarding a contract for professional services to URS/Dames & Moore,
Inc.
C.Other New Business Items
*1.May 8, 2000 meeting minutes.
2.The Council shall appoint three, three-year, Historic Preservation
Commissioner appointments, and one, two-year appointment. The applicants
are: Iris Darling; Jeanne Galvano; Bill Hearn; and Kelly Martin.
3.Scheduling of council work sessions for the purpose of discussing the Seward
Marine Industrial Center Upland Boat Work Policy and computer based
management information systems.
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10.Informational items and reports
(No action required)
1.Request for proposals for development of a City of Seward Web Site.
2.Five hundred dollar educational scholarship to Seward High School Class of 2000
Graduation Candidate Debbie Sheehan, from the Alaska Association of Municipal
Clerks.
3.A Standard Form Contract for responding to inquiries from Qualifying Facilities
desiring to provide electrical energy to the City of Seward and having a design
capacity in excess of 100 kW.
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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