City Council Regular Meeting 03/09/2020 06:00 PM City Hall Cowles Council Chambers

CALL TO ORDER, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

AGENDA APPROVAL (Addition of items to or removing items from the agenda will be by unanimous consent of the Council. HCC 2.08.040.)

MAYORAL PROCLAMATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS

PUBLIC COMMENT ON MATTERS ALREADY ON THE AGENDA

RECONSIDERATION

CONSENT AGENDA (Items listed below will be enacted by one motion. If a separate discussion is desired on an item, that item may be removed from the Consent Agenda and placed on the Regular Meeting Agenda at the request of a Councilmember.)

• a.Homer City Council Unapproved Special Meeting Minutes of February 12 and 14, 2020 and Regular Meeting Minutes of February 24, 2020. City Clerk. Recommend adoption. 

• CC 021220.pdf (0.07 MB)
• CC 021420.pdf (0.08 MB)
• CC 022420.pdf (0.13 MB)

• b.Memorandum 20-036 from Deputy City Clerk Re: Liquor License Approval for Down East Saloon. Recommend approval.

• Memo 20-036 Liq Lic Renewal CC.pdf (0.12 MB)
• 2300 Down East Saloon.pdf (3.44 MB)
• Memo HPD Down East No Objection 3.3.20.pdf (0.12 MB)
• Liquor License HPD Memo - Renewal.pdf (0.12 MB)
• 2300_2020-02-28_ABC_Non_Obj_Letter.pdf (0.12 MB)

• c.Memorandum 20-037 from City Clerk Re: Travel Authorization for Councilmember Aderhold to attend the Local Government Climate Action Workshop, March 19, 2020 in Anchorage, Alaska. Recommend approval.
  
  

• Memo 20-037 Travel 2020 AML Winter Conf.pdf (0.12 MB)
• itenerary.pdf (0.02 MB)

• d.Resolution 20-022, A Resolution of the Homer City Council Approving the City Manager Contract and Authorizing the Mayor to Execute the Appropriate Documents. Mayor/Council. Recommend adoption.
  
  

• Reso 20-022 City Manager Contract.pdf (0.02 MB)

VISITORS

• a.Public Health Nursing, SPH and HVFD Joint presentation, COVID-19: What the Community Should Know and City/Public Health Preparedness (15 minutes)

ANNOUNCEMENTS / PRESENTATIONS / REPORTS  (5 Minute limit per report)

a.   Committee of the Whole Report

b.   Worksession Report

c.   Special Meeting Report

d.   Mayor's Report

e.   Borough Report

f.   Library Advisory Board

g.   Planning Commission

h.   Economic Development Advisory Commission

i.   Parks Art Recreation and Culture Advisory Commission

j.   Port and Harbor Advisory Commission

k.   Americans with Disabilities Act Compliance Committee

PUBLIC HEARING(S)

• a.Ordinance 19-47(S-2), An Ordinance of the City Council of Homer, Alaska, Repealing Homer City Code 2.76 Economic Development Advisory Commission, Requiring Economic Finding to Accompany Recommendations from City Commission, Establishing an Official Mayoral Appointment to the Kenai Peninsula Economic Development District Board of Directors City of Homer Seat and Encouraging Appointment of Task Forces to Address Timely Community Issues Creating an Annual Process for the City to Review and take Action on Prioritized Economic Development Issues, and Amending Homer City Code 2.58.020 Creation of City Boards and Commissions to Delete (e) Economic Development Advisory Commission. Lord/Venuti. Introduction February 10, 2020 Public Hearing and Second Reading February 24, 2020

  Memorandum 20-033 from Councilmember Lord as backup
  
  

• PHN & Affidavit.pdf (1.47 MB)
• ORS 19-47.pdf (0.02 MB)
• Ord 19-47(S-2) Repeal HCC 2.76.pdf (0.02 MB)
• Memo 20-033 Amendments to 19-47.pdf (0.14 MB)
• EDC Minutes 011420 Excerpt Re Ord 19-47(S).pdf (1.19 MB)
• EDC Minutes 111219 Excerpt Re Repeal HCC 2.76.pdf (1.35 MB)

• b.Ordinance 20-10, An Ordinance of the City Council of Homer, Alaska Amending the 2020 Capital Budget by Appropriating $10,000 to the Homer Foundation to Create a Library Endowment Fund and Amending the 2021 Operating Budget by Creating a Line Item for Library Endowment Fund Expenditure and Revenue. Aderhold/Venuti. Recommended Dates Introduction February 24, 2020, Public Hearing and Second Reading March 9, 2020.

  Ordinance 20-01(S), An Ordinance An Ordinance of the City Council of Homer, Alaska Amending the 2020  Capital Budget by Authorizing the Expenditure of Appropriating $10,000 to the Homer Foundation to  Create a Library Endowment Fund and Amending the 2021 Operating Budget  by Creating a Line Item for Library Endowment Fund Expenditure and  Revenue. Aderhold/Venuti.

  Memorandum 20-038 from City Manager as backup
  
  

• ORS 20-10.pdf (0.02 MB)
• Ord 20-10 HPL Endowment Fund.pdf (0.02 MB)
• Ord 20-10(S) HPL Endowment Fund.pdf (0.02 MB)
• Memo 20-038 Library Endowment Fund Substitute.pdf (0.12 MB)

• c.Resolution 20-020, A Resolution of the City Council of Homer, Alaska Establishing a Field of Interest Fund with the Homer Foundation, Outlining the Process for Oversight of those Funds and Authorizing the City Manager to Execute the Appropriate Documents. Aderhold/Venuti. Follows Ordinance 20-10.

• Reso 20-020 Establishing Endowment Fund Policy.pdf (0.02 MB)
• HF Field of Interest Fund Sample Agreement.pdf (1.08 MB)

• d.Ordinance 20-11, An Ordinance of the City Council of Homer, Alaska Approving the Disposal of the City’s Interest in a .21 Acre Portion of the Existing Sterling Highway at its Intersection with Lake Street at no Cost to the State of Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, and Authorizing the City Manager to Execute the Appropriate Documents. City Manager. Introduction February 24, 2020, Public Hearing and Second Reading March 9, 2020
  
  

• ORS 20-11.pdf (0.02 MB)
• Ord 20-11 Conservation Easement.pdf (0.02 MB)
• 120519 Homer Lake St Rehabilitation Property Acquisition request.pdf (0.26 MB)
• 121120 Email from Al Burton.pdf (0.72 MB)
• HomerLSH489_road.pdf (0.87 MB)
• Homer Parcels EVOS.pdf (1.84 MB)
• Parcel 1 City of Homer Title Report 0228-2760096 (003).pdf (3.28 MB)

• e.Ordinance 20-12, An Ordinance of the City Council of Homer, Alaska Amending Homer City Code Chapter 17.02.040 Initiation of the Special Assessment District to Update the Steps in the Special Assessment District Process. City Clerk. Introduction February 24, 2020, Public Hearing and Second Reading March 9, 2020
  
  

  Memorandum 20-031 from City Clerk as backup

• ORS 20-12.pdf (0.02 MB)
• Ord 20-12 SAD Initiation.pdf (0.02 MB)
• Memo 20-031 SAD Amendment.pdf (0.12 MB)
• Memo 20-031 attachments.pdf (0.84 MB)

• f.Ordinance 20-13, An Ordinance of the City Council of Homer, Alaska Amending Homer City Code 2.72.010 Homer Planning Commission Established; 2.64 Port and Harbor Advisory Commission Section 2.64.010 Commission – Creation and Membership; and Chapter 2.67 Economic Development Advisory Commission Section 2.76.010 Commission – Creation and Membership to Remove the Mayor and City Manager or Designee as Consulting Members of the Commissions. Aderhold. Introduction February 24, 2020, Public Hearing and Second Reading March 9, 2020.

  Ordinance 20-13(S), An Ordinance of the City Council of Homer, Alaska  Amending Homer City Code 2.72.010 Homer Planning Commission Established;  2.64 Port and Harbor Advisory Commission Section 2.64.010 Commission –  Creation and Membership; and Chapter 2.67 Economic Development Advisory  Commission Section 2.76.010 Commission – Creation and Membership to  Remove the Mayor and City Manager or Designee as Consulting Members of  the Commissions,and Amending Homer City Code 2.58 Boards and Commissions to add the Mayor, City Manager or Designee as a Consulting Member to all Boards and Commission and Define the Role of a Consulting Member. Aderhold.

• ORS 20-13.pdf (0.02 MB)
• Ord 20-13 Remove Consulting Member.pdf (0.02 MB)
• Ord 20-13(S) Define Consulting Member.pdf (0.03 MB)

ORDINANCE(S)

CITY MANAGER'S REPORT

• .City Manager's Report
  
  

• City Managers Report with Attachments.pdf (2.61 MB)

PENDING BUSINESS

NEW BUSINESS

RESOLUTIONS

• a.Resolution 20-023, A Resolution of the Homer City Council Issuing a Request for Proposals for a Lobbyist to Represent the City at the State Capital. Smith.

• Reso 20-023 Lobbist RFP.pdf (0.02 MB)
• RFP LobbyistFinal 2011.pdf (0.02 MB)
• 2020LobbyistDirectory.pdf (0.38 MB)

• b.Resolution 20-024, A Resolution of the City Council of Homer, Alaska Authorizing Friends of the Homer Skatepark to Perform Revitalization Activities at the Skatepark with the Understanding that all Improvements will be Moveable in the Even that the Skatepark Requires Relocation in Association with Plans for the Homer Education and Recreation Complex and a Proposed Future Multi-Use Community Center. Aderhold.

• Reso 20-024 Skatepark Improvements.pdf (0.02 MB)
• 010620 FOHSP updated letter.pdf (0.13 MB)

• c.Resolution 20-025, A Resolution of the City Council of Homer, Alaska Supporting House Bill 198, An Act Relation to Aggravating Factors Considered at Sentencing. Aderhold.
  
  

• Reso 20-025 HB 198 support.pdf (0.02 MB)
• HB0198A.pdf (0.47 MB)

• d.Resolution 20-026, A Resolution of the City Council of Homer, Alaska Expressing Support for Continued Federal Funding for the Kachemak Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (KBNERR) because KBNERR is the only Reserve in Alaska and because the Activities of the Reserve Support the Economic of the Kenai Peninsula, Understating of our Marine Environment and Future Planning for the City of Homer. Aderhold.  

• Reso 20-026 KBNERR Support.pdf (0.02 MB)

COMMENTS OF THE AUDIENCE

COMMENTS OF THE CITY ATTORNEY

COMMENTS OF THE CITY CLERK

COMMENTS OF THE CITY MANAGER

COMMENTS OF THE MAYOR

COMMENTS OF THE CITY COUNCIL

ADJOURNMENT

Next Regular Meeting is [DAY], [DATE], at [TIME] p.m. All meetings are scheduled to be held in the City Hall Cowles Council Chambers located at 491 E. Pioneer Avenue, Homer, Alaska.