A. CALL TO ORDER

B. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

C. INVOCATION

D. ROLL CALL

F.  APPROVAL OF AGENDA AND CONSENT AGENDA

(All items listed with an asterisk (*) are considered to be routine and non-controversial by the Assembly and will be approved by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless an Assembly Member so requests, in which case the item will be removed from the Consent Agenda and considered in its normal sequence on the agenda.

*1. January 18, 2005 Regular Meeting Minutes

*2. January 18, 2005 Special Meeting Minutes

2.  Presentation of the Government Finance Officers Association's Distinguished Budget Presentation Award for the Fiscal Year Beginning July 1, 2004 (5 minutes)

J.  PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEMS NOT APPEARING ON THE AGENDA (3 minutes per speaker; 20 minutes aggregate)

K.  REPORTS OF COMMISSIONS AND COUNCILS

L.  MAYOR'S REPORT

1.  Agreement and Contracts

a.  Spruce Bark Beetle Mitigation Program:

• Approval of contract with Tinker Creek Surveys for Highland Drive #2 Surveying Project
• Approval of contract with Alaska Map Company for GIS and Data Base Training Support for KPB Spruce Bark Beetle Mitigation Program
• Approval of contact with Skookum Construction for James Road #1 ROW Project
• Approval of contact with Skookum Construction for James Road #2 ROW Project
• Approval of contact with Skookum Construction for Sterling Highway NE #3 ROW Project
• Approval of contract with Doug Koch Tree Service for Sterling Highway NE #5 ROW Project

c.  Approval of contract with Cooper and Company to locate photo control points used to assess the feasibility of a gravel pit in the Cooper Landing area

d.  Approval of bid award to Mullikin Surveys for surveying services to facilitate the conveyance of municipal entitlement lands in the Cooper Landing area

2.  Other

a.  Sterling Senior Citizens, Inc. Progress Report for the Sterling Moose River Manor Senior Housing Project

b.  Central Peninsula Landfill Operations Update - January 19, 2005

M.  ITEMS NOT COMPLETED FROM PRIOR AGENDA

N.  PUBLIC HEARINGS ON ORDINANCES (Testimony limited to 3 minutes per speaker)

1.  ENACTED AS AMENDED Ordinance 2005-01: Repealing KPB 3.04.310(A) Regarding Health Insurance Premiums (Mayor) (Referred to Finance Committee) [Vote: 8 Yes, 0 No, 1 Absent]  Memo  Amendment Memo

2.  POSTPONED UNTIL 02/15/05 Ordinance 2005-02: Amending KPB 2.56.040 to Incorporate the Goals of the City of Soldotna Action Plan into the 1995 Soldotna Comprehensive Plan (Mayor) (Referred to Lands Committee) [Vote: 8 Yes, 0 No, 1 Absent]  Memo   Memo  Memo

3.  ENACTED Ordinance 2004-19-33: Rescinding an Unused Appropriation of $60,000 to the School Capital Improvement Fund and Returning the Funds to the Land Trust Fund (Mayor) (Referred to Finance Committee) [Vote: 8 Yes, 0 No, 1 Absent]  Memo

O.  UNFINISHED BUSINESS

P.  NEW BUSINESS

1.  Bid Awards

*a. Resolution 2005-012: Designating the Newspaper and Awarding the Contract for the Publication of the 2005 Property Tas Foreclosure List, the Delinquent Personal Property Tax, and the Delinquent Real Property Lease Lists for the Tax Year 2004 (Mayor) (Referred to Finance Committee)   Memo

*a. Resolution 2005-013: Accepting a $45,000 Grant from the Alaska Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, for Emergency Management Operations (Mayor) (Referred to Finance Committee)  Memo

*a. Ordinance 2005-04: Enacting KPB 5.08.025 Establishing Guidelines for Service Areas to Borrow Money from the General Fund for Capital Acquisitions (Martin) (Hearing on 03/01/05) (Referred to Policies and Procedures Committee)

*b. Ordinance 2005-05: Enacting KPB Chapter 5.19, Providing for a Transient Accommodations Tax and Providing for the Submission to the Voters of a Proposition Authorizing the Borough to Impose this Tax (Glick) (Hearings on 03/01/05, 03/15/05 and 04/05/05) (Referred to Policies and Procedures Committee)

c. SET FOR PUBLIC HEARING ON 03/01/05 Ordinance 2005-06: Authorizing the Lease and Sale of land in the Cooper Landing Area to the Cooper Landing Senior Citizen Corporation, Inc. at Less Than Fair Market Value (Mayor) (Hearing on 03/01/05) (Referred to Lands Committee) [Vote: 8 Yes, 0 No, 1 Absent]

*d. Ordinance 2004-19-35: Appropriating $213,956 to the Special Assessment Fund for West Brook Estate Road Improvement Special Assessment District (Mayor) (Hearing on 03/01/05) (Referred to Finance Committee)

*e. Ordinance 2004-19-36: Accepting a $100,200 Grant from the Denali Commission and Appropriating the Grant and Additional Funds of $41,800 to the Solid Waste Department for Burnboxes in Nanwalek and Seldovia (Mayor) (Hearing on 03/01/05) (Referred to Finance Committee)

*f. Ordinance 2004-19-37: Accepting and Appropriating a $9,000 Grant from the State of Alaska for a Floodplain Management Workshop (Mayor) (Hearing on 03/01/05) (Referred to Finance Committee)

*g. Ordinance 2004-19-38: Accepting an Ambulance from the Southern Region Emergency Medical Services Council, Inc. and Appropriating Matching Funds in the Amount of $7,500 on Behalf of Kachemak Emergency Services (Mayor) (Hearing on 03/01/05) (Referred to Finance Committee)

February 15, 2005 07:00 PM Regular Assembly Meeting Soldotna

T.  PENDING LEGISLATION (This item lists legislation which will be addressed at a later date as noted.)

Ordinance 2004-19-34: Accepting $909,700 from the State of Alaska for Keystone Drive Road Improvement and Appropriating the Grant to a Road Service Area Capital Project Account (Mayor) (Hearing on 02/15/05) (Referred to Finance Committee

Ordinance 2005-03: Amending KPB 5.12.050(B) to Require a Filing Fee for Appeals to the Board of Equalization (Mayor) (Hearing on 02/15/05) (Referred to Policies and Procedures Committee)

Ordinance 2004-19-28: Accepting and Appropriating a State Grant in the Amount of $75,000 for Construction of a Road to the Cooper Landing Senior Housing Site (Mayor) (Hearing Postponed to 03/01/05) (Referred to Finance Committee)

Ordinance 2004-35: Amending KPB Chapter 1.12 to Provide For Economic Summaries to be Attached to Proposed Ordinances (Glick) (Postponed until 03/01/05) (Referred to Policies and Procedures Committee)

Ordinance 2004-36: Amending KPB 5.18.430, Sales Tax Computation - Maximum Tax, By Increasing It From $500 to $1000 (Mayor) Postponed until 03/01/05) (Referred to Finance Committee)

Resolution 2005-006: Approving the Construction of Access Through Borough Land to the Cooper Landing Senior Facility as a Road Construction Project Pursuant to KPB 16.41.190 (Mayor) (Hearing Postponed to 03/01/05) (Referred to Lands Committee)

U.  INFORMATIONAL MATERIALS AND REPORTS

V.  NOTICE OF NEXT MEETING AND ADJOURNMENT

The next meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly will be held on February 15, 2005, at 7:00 P.M. in the Borough Assembly Chambers, Soldotna, Alaska.

This meeting will be broadcast on KDLL-FM 91.9 (Central Peninsula), KBBI-AM 890 (South Peninsula), K201AO-FM 88.1(East Peninsula).

Copies of agenda items are available at the Borough Clerk's Office in the Meeting Room just prior to the meeting. For further information, please call the Clerk's Office at 714-2160 or toll free within the Borough at 1-800-478-4441, Ext. 2160. Visit our website at www.borough.kenai.ak.us for copies of the agenda, meeting summaries, ordinances and resolutions.