B.        PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

C.        INVOCATION

D.        ROLL CALL

E.        COMMITTEE REPORTS

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.

G.       VACANCY, DESIGNATION AND SEATING OF ASSEMBLY MEMBERS

H.       APPROVAL OF MINUTES

*1.    September 19, 2006 Regular Assembly Meeting Minutes

I.         COMMENDING RESOLUTIONS AND PROCLAMATIONS

                         1.    Mayor's Proclamation "Recognizing the Seward Volunteer Fire Department 100th

                               Anniversary"   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . LAYDOWN

                        2.    Mayor's Proclamation "Proclaiming October as National Breast Cancer Awareness Month"  

                                 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . LAYDOWN

J.         PRESENTATIONS WITH PRIOR NOTICE (Limit to 20 minutes total)

1.    Glenda Landua, Citizen Corps Coordinator, KPB Office of Emergency Management with Hanna Watkins (5 minutes)

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

L.        REPORTS OF COMMISSIONS AND COUNCILS

M.       MAYOR’S REPORT

            1.      Assembly Requests/Responses

                    a.    Legal Opinion Regarding Sale of Glud Property for Volcano Learning Center. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LAYDOWN

            2.    Agreements and Contracts

                    a.    Spruce Bark Beetle Mitigation Program:

                            •    Approval of Contract with Breeds Forest Products for Soldotna Sports Center Slash Removal Project

                            •    Approval of Contract with Segesser Surveys for Kenai East #3 ROW Project

                            •    Approval of Contract with Segesser Surveys for Rachel Road ROW Project

                    b.    Approval of Contract Award to Hopkins Brothers Construction for Rocky Ridge Landfill Cover Material Acquisition

            3.         Other

                        a.    August Unemployment Figures for Kenai Peninsula Borough

                        b.    Litigation Status Report - September 28, 2006

N.        ITEMS NOT COMPLETED FROM PRIOR AGENDA - None

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

        1.    Ordinance 2006-19-19: Accepting and Appropriating Two State Grants Totaling $405,000 for School Equipment, Supplies, and Mini-Projects (Mayor) (Referred to Finance Committee)  Memo   Amendment Memo

        2.    Ordinance 2006-19-22: Accepting and Appropriating on Behalf of the Seward/Bear Creek Flood Service Area a State Grant in the Amount of $10,499.75 for Updating the Flood Hazard Mitigation Plan (Mayor) (Referred to Finance Committee)    Memo     Amendment Memo    Seward/Bear Creek Flood Service Area Board Recommendations

        3.    Ordinance 2006-19-23: Accepting and Appropriating $22,125 from the Alaska Department of Military and Veterans Affairs to Support the Activities of the Kenai Peninsula Borough Local Emergency Planning Committee (Mayor) (Referred to Finance Committee) Memo

        4.    Ordinance 2006-19-24: Accepting and Appropriating a Grant from the Alaska Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management in the Amount of $30,216 for the Kenai Peninsula Citizens Corps Programs (Mayor) (Referred to Finance Committee)   Memo

        5.    Ordinance 2006-19-25: Accepting and Appropriating a State Grant in the Amount of $100,000 for the North Peninsula Recreational Service Area (Mayor) (Referred to Finance Committee)   Memo    Amendment Memo

        6.    Ordinance 2006-34: Confirming the Assessment Roll for the West Brook Estates Road Improvement Assessment District (Mayor) (Referred to Finance Committee)   Memo    Assessment Roll   Policy

        7.    Ordinance 2006-35: Setting the Borough Sales Tax Rate at 2 Percent if Proposition 2 is Defeated (Mayor) (Referred to Finance Committee)    Memo    Amendment Memo

        8.    Ordinance 2006-19-31:  Emergency Ordinance Appropriating $250,000 from the General Fund for Flood Response Under the Declared Local Disaster Emergencies within the Kenai Peninsula (Mayor) (Hearing on 10/10/06)                                                                             LAYDOWN

P.        UNFINISHED BUSINESS

        1.    Postponed Items

                a.    Ordinance 2006-26: Amending KPB 5.12.105 to Require Late-Filed Senior Citizen and Disabled Veteran Property Tax Exemption Applications to be Filed by February 15 of Each Year (Germano) (Referred to Policies and Procedures Committee)    Memo

Q.       NEW BUSINESS

        1.    Resolutions

                *a.    Resolution 2006-085: Certifying the Results of the October 3, 2006 Regular Borough Election (Long @ the Request of the Borough Clerk) (Referred to Policies and Procedures Committee). . . . LAYDOWN

                *b.    Resolution 2006-086: Authorizing the Administration to Amend the Lease and Operating Agreement for Central Peninsula Hospital to Change the Date Notice of Termination Shall be Given (Mayor) (Referred to Finance Committee)    Memo

                *c.    Resolution 2006-087: Supporting the Efforts to Preserve and Restore the Jesse Lee Home (Long, Mayor) (Referred to Legislative Committee)    Memo

                *d.    Resolution 2006-088: Updating Borough Policies Regarding Employee Travel and Per Diem and Reimbursement of Business Meals (Mayor) (Referred to Policies and Procedures Committee)

                            Memo    Travel Policy    Travel Meal Reimbursement    Travel Authorization    Travel Reimbursement

                *e.    Resolution 2006-089: Authorizing the Mayor to Contract with Robertson, Monagle & Eastaugh to Represent the Borough Regarding the Proposed “Critically Endangered” Listing of the Cook Inlet Beluga Whale and Transferring $25,000 from the Legal Department Budget to the Nondepartmental Budget for the Contract (Mayor) (Referred to Legislative Committee)  Memo

        2.         Ordinances

                *a.    Ordinance 2006-19-26: Appropriating $160,000 of Interest Income from Bond Proceeds to Fund the Purchase of Equipment for the Central Peninsula Landfill (Mayor) (Hearing on 11/21/06) (Referred to Finance Committee)    Memo

                *b.    Ordinance 2006-19-27: Accepting and Appropriating a State Grant in the Amount of $3,154.25 to Complete the Update of the Borough’s Coastal Management Plan (Mayor) (Hearing on 11/21/06) (Referred to Finance Committee)    Memo

                *c.    Ordinance 2006-19-28: Appropriating $117,500 of Interest Income from School Bond Proceeds to Fund School Capital Improvement Projects (Mayor) (Hearing on 11/21/06) (Referred to Finance Committee)    Memo

                *d.    Ordinance 2006-19-29: Accepting and Appropriating a State Grant in the Amount of $75,000 for a Water Tanker for the Bear Creek Fire Service Area (Mayor) (Hearing on 11/21/06) (Referred to Finance Committee)    Memo

                *e.    Ordinance 2006-19-30: Accepting and Appropriating a State Grant in the Amount of $30,000 for Fire Station Improvements for the Lowell Point Emergency Service Area (Mayor) (Hearing on 11/21/06) (Referred to Finance Committee)    Memo

                *f.    Ordinance 2006-36: Amending KPB 20.04.040 Regarding Plat Waivers (Martin) (Hearing on 11/21/06) (Referred to Lands Committee)    Memo

                *g.    Ordinance 2006-37: Eliminating the Sunset Date of Ordinance 2005-29 Relating to an Appointed Board of Equalization (Sprague) (Hearing on 11/21/06) (Referred to Policies and Procedures Committee)    Memo

        3.    Other

                a.    Petition to Vacate a Portion of Cardwell Road and all of Puckerbrush Street 33-foot Right-of-Way Dedicated by Shannon Subdivision (Plat KN 80-72) and Associated Public Utility Easements, within Section 33, Township 4 North, Range 11 West, Seward Meridian, Alaska; and within the Kenai Peninsula Borough; KPB File 2006-209; Petitioners: Jack R. and Sarah H. Hill of Soldotna, Alaska; Location: West of Sterling Highway in Soldotna (Referred to Lands Committee)

                        [Clerk’s Note: The Planning Commission approved the above referenced vacation by majority vote at its regularly scheduled September 11, 2006 meeting.]

                *b.    Petition to Vacate Hobie Court, a 40-foot Right-of-Way and a 50-foot Radius Cul-de-Sac Dedicated by Hobart Subdivision 1996 Addition (Plat KN 98-10), within Section 23, Township 4 North, Range 11 West, Seward Meridian, Alaska; and within the Kenai Peninsula Borough; KPB File 2006-192; Petitioners: Jerry C. and Carol Hobart & Jason C. Hobart of Soldotna, Alaska; Location: West of Sterling Highway in Soldotna (Referred to Lands Committee)

                        [Clerk’s Note: The Planning Commission approved the above referenced vacation by unanimous consent at its regularly scheduled September 11, 2006 meeting.]

                *c.    Petition to Vacate a Portion of Skywagon Street Right-of-Way Dedicated by Paradise Airpark (Plat KN 2005-91), within Section 13, Township 5 North, Range 10 West, Seward Meridian, Alaska; and within the Kenai Peninsula Borough; KPB File 2006-207; Petitioner: Kent C. Bangerter of Soldotna, Alaska; Location: North of Sterling Highway on Skywagon Street in Soldotna (Referred to Lands Committee)

                        [Clerk’s Note: The Planning Commission approved the above referenced vacation by unanimous consent at its regularly scheduled September 11, 2006 meeting.]

                *d.    Petition to Vacate a Portion of Byrd Drive (Changed to Bird Street Resolution SN 2005-05) a 33-foot Right-of-Way and Associated Public Utility Easement on the East Boundary of Tracts 4A, 4B and 4C Dedicated by Heistand Subdivision Resubdivision of Tract 4 (Plat KN 77-25); within Section 28, Township 5 North, Range 9 West, Seward Meridian, Alaska; and within the Kenai Peninsula Borough; KPB File 2006-206; Petitioners: Patsy and Elmer Bird, Patsy Dinnebeck and John Winters of Soldotna, Alaska; Location: Southeast of Funny River Road (Referred to Lands Committee)

                        [Clerk’s Note: The Planning Commission approved the above referenced vacation by unanimous consent at its regularly scheduled September 25, 2006 meeting.]

                *e.    Petition to Vacate English Court (Changed to English Avenue Resolution SN 97-05) a 50-foot Public Right-of-Way and Associated Public Utility Easement Dedicated by English Estates (Plat KN 76-178); within Section 11, Township 7 North, Range 12 West, Seward Meridian, Alaska; and within the Kenai Peninsula Borough; KPB File 2006-214; Petitioners: James R. and Nora Satathite of Nikiski, Jim and Nancy Lethcoe of Arizona and Judy A. Miller of Kenai, Alaska; Location: West of Island Lake Road in Nikiski (Referred to Lands Committee)

                        [Clerk’s Note: The Planning Commission approved the above referenced vacation by unanimous consent at its regularly scheduled September 25, 2006 meeting.]

                *f.    Petition to Vacate a Portion of Hank Lane (Name Changed from Bonnie Street Resolution SN 2004-10) Centered Between Tracts D and E Dedicated by Coyote Hill 1985 Subdivision (Plat HM 85-70) AND Vacate Hank Lane North of Tract A Dedicated by Coyote Hill Subdivision Unit 4 (Plat HM 83-133) AND Vacate Hank Lane North of Tract A Dedicated by Coyote Hill Subdivision Unit 3 (Plat HM 82-93); within Section 28 and 29, Township 5 South, Range 12 West, Seward Meridian, Alaska; within the Kenai Peninsula Borough; KPB File 2006-225; Note: Alternate Right of Way is Proposed to be Dedicated; Location: North of East End Road in Homer (Referred to Lands Committee)

                        [Clerk’s Note: The Planning Commission approved the above referenced vacation by unanimous consent at its regularly scheduled September 25, 2006 meeting.]

R.        PUBLIC COMMENTS AND PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS (3 minutes per speaker)

S.        ASSEMBLY MEETING AND HEARING ANNOUNCEMENTS

            October 24, 2006        7:00 PM          Regular Assembly Meeting                Soldotna

T.        ASSEMBLY COMMENTS

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

           1.    Ordinance 2006-27: Changing the Name of Central Kenai Peninsula Hospital Service Area to Healthcare Service Area of the Central Peninsula, and Changing the Number of Members of the Board from Seven to Nine (Mayor at Request of Central Kenai Peninsula Hospital Service Area Board) (Tabled on 06/20/06) (Referred to Policies and Procedures Committee)  Support Resolution

            2.    Resolution 2006-029: Reclassifying Certain Borough Land in the Sunrise Area Pursuant to KPB 17.10.080 (Mayor) (Tabled on 04/04/06) (Referred to Lands Committee)   Staff Report          Planning Commission Action   Other  Attachment A

V.        INFORMATIONAL MATERIALS AND REPORTS

W.       NOTICE OF NEXT MEETING AND ADJOURNMENT

                                    The next meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly will be held on October 24, 2006, 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.