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HomeMy WebLinkAbout08312015 City Council Special Meeting Minutes City of Seward,Alaska City Council Special Meeting Minutes August 31, 2015 Volume 39, Page 603 CALL TO ORDER The August 31,2015 special meeting of the Seward City Council was called to order at 7:00 p.m. by Mayor Jean Bardarson. OPENING CEREMONY Vice Mayor Marianna Keil led the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag. ROLL CALL There were present: Jean Bardarson presiding and Marianna Keil *Ristine Casagranda Christy Terry David Squires Dale Butts Iris Darling *Casagranda arrived at 7:01 p.m. comprising a quorum of the Council; and Jim Hunt, City Manager Johanna Kinney, City Clerk Absent—None CITIZEN COMMENTS ON ANY SUBJECT EXCEPT THOSE ITEMS SCHEDULED FOR PUBLIC HEARING—None APPROVAL OF AGENDA AND CONSENT AGENDA Motion (Keil/Terry) Approve Agenda and Consent Agenda Motion Passed Unanimous There were no consent agenda items. Special Orders,Presentations And Reports Presentation by Andy Baker from Your Clean Energy consulting. NEW BUSINESS Resolution 2015-078, Authorizing The City Manager To Submit A Grant Application To Alaska Energy Authority For The City's Heat Loop System Project, And Should The City of Seward,Alaska City Council Special Meeting Minutes August 31, 2015 Volume 39, Page 604 Application Be Approved By Council And The City Be Successful In Its Application To Alaska Energy Authority, The City Shall Appropriate$85,000 For Required Matching Funds. Motion (Terry/Casagranda) Approve Resolution 2015-078 Long thanked all the players involved with this study. An initial contract was entered into with Your Clean Energy to develop an economic evaluation of a Starter District Heating System. Based on the results given tonight,administration was wishing to apply for a grant to pursue a closed heat loop system project, using the saltwater of Resurrection Bay to generate energy. Butts asked if the grant would be able to repay the initial study costs. Long didn't think it would but there could be some potential in kind matches the city may be able to recover. Motion to Amend (Terry/Casagranda) Amend Resolution 2015-078, replacing $800,000 with$850,000 in the 7th Whereas, and replacing $80,000 with $85,000 in the 8th Whereas and Section Two. City Clerk Johanna Kinney clarified through administration the grant acceptance would still come back for formal,approval and official appropriations would be authorized at that time. Long confirmed this and noted if the amount of the grant was less,the city's match would also be less as well. Motion to Amend Approved Unanimous Keil thought Andy Baker gave a great presentation tonight. It sounded like a benefit to the community. Darling asked if it was similar to the City of Kodiak. In response, Keil said Kodiak used wind turbines to generate energy. Squires asked administration why they didn't go for more grant funds. Long said it depended on how much the city wanted to provide as a match.Long trusted Baker's recommendations based on his success rates and added he would be concerned with asking for too big of a share as the grant funding was slowly decreasing over the years. Main Motion Passed Unanimous COUNCIL COMMENTS Terry said Baker had been presenting to the Port and Commerce Advisory Board(PACAB) for a few years now, and this seemed like a great time to move forward on alternative energy. It sounded like a great project and made a lot of sense. She thanked both Andy Baker and administration for their work on this project. City of Seward,Alaska City Council Special Meeting Minutes August 31, 2015 Volume 39, Page 605 Squires thanked Baker for the presentation and the good information. He thanked Building Inspector Stefan Nilsson for his daily work on the drilling project. Squires thought administration needed to look at another generator for this project in case of electric failure. Bardarson thanked Andy Baker for his presentation and appreciated everyone's efforts in this study. It was exciting to move forward on a renewable energy project. CITIZEN COMMENTS—None COUNCIL AND ADMINISTRATION RESPONSE TO CITIZEN COMMENTS—None ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 8:17 p.m. Jo anna Ki• 1, CMC J-an Bardarson Ci , Clerk Mayor (City Seal) moss®eea®®®® c`1 OF se .44 °•°°s°°a.°eao°° mid ° j���77ii77 �yT a a� e EAM , ° e Oyu T— 9%.% o° O P k � olo�;''p�, 90_°o°aeoan a `: OF SA, .o°��� P®a�aeoQ��Bee�R "�