Video Clips
Quoted moments from Alaska public meetings, hearings, and press conferences.
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“I'd like to thank all the councilmen for their due diligence and hard work in this matter. It's not easy”
Regular City Council Meeting ·
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Kevin Buettner“Approximately 10 to 15 acres of these uplands are suitable or may be suitable for residential development.”
4/29/2026 Planning & Zoning Commission Regular Meeting ·
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Kevin Buettner“The City of Kenai seeking to rezone portion of one 81-acre parcel located at 10060 Kenai Square Highway from Conservation to the Suburban Residential Zoning District. Purpose of the rezone is to allow for low to medium density residential development adjacent to existing residential neighborhoods”
4/29/2026 Planning & Zoning Commission Regular Meeting ·
1:01
Michael Bowles“what your ordinance does is it masks tax, the raising of our taxes with a $75,000 tax exemption, and knowing that a future assembly can come in here and raise the levy to 10, knowing that a future assembly can always remove that 10 mill rate cap and raise it to God knows what in the future.”
Assembly Regular Meeting - May 19th, 2026 ·
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Michael Bowles“what my ordinance aims to do is remove a tax, which is the area-wide tax, area-wide property tax, and replace it with a sales tax. And at the same time, it puts guardrails and barriers in place that a future assembly cannot bring back an area-wide property tax.”
Assembly Regular Meeting - May 19th, 2026 ·
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Bill Gamble“I think it's really bad precedence to deny an assembly member the ability to have their legislation at least heard and discussed, whether you agree with it or not. I'd like to hear all of the details and the arguments on any piece of legislation. And I just think it's terrible that you just take somebody's work and flush it down the toilet because you don't like it.”
Assembly Regular Meeting - May 19th, 2026 ·
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Stephanie Nowers“I think it's it's really important to have public input, and this is just another idea on the table. I've heard loud and clear that people want lower property taxes, and this is one way to get there, that it just gives people ideas. And I think it could generate ideas from the public that would be good for us.”
Assembly Regular Meeting - May 19th, 2026 ·
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Michael Bowles“I would like to pull Ordinance 26-065 from introductions, and I move to postpone indefinitely.”
Assembly Regular Meeting - May 19th, 2026 ·
0:25
Tyler Best“On April 2nd, the draft City of Kenai Parks and Rec Master Plan was presented to the Parks and Rec Commission for review and discussion. No changes or recommendations were provided by the commissions or members of the public in attendance.”
05/07/26 Parks and Recreation Commission Meeting ·
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Autumn Carlson“I know you mentioned that we were doing like a work study session. Do you have like a preferable like date range that you're looking at by any chance?”
05/07/26 Parks and Recreation Commission Meeting ·
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Autumn Carlson“Regarding the work session, I was just inquiring if you were looking into preferable dates.”
05/07/26 Parks and Recreation Commission Meeting ·
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Tyler Best“Last night, City Council approved to do a work session before their next meeting to go through a similar presentation that you guys went up.”
05/07/26 Parks and Recreation Commission Meeting ·
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Kevin Buettner“Staff finds that the proposed variance request meets the criteria for issuance of a variance permit as set forth in Kenai Municipal Code Section 1421.8 and hereby recommends that the Planning and Zoning Commission approve the variance permit”
5/13/2026 Planning & Zoning Commission Regular Meeting ·
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Kevin Buettner“You have 5 yes votes. The application is passed.”
5/13/2026 Planning & Zoning Commission Regular Meeting ·
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Chair Keeton (Chair, Planning and Zoning Commission, City of Kenai)
“I drive bus up and down those streets, and I know how many kids are out there when I come up to do a stop, and there are a lot of kids there. And putting it on CACNU is better. There are more stops on CACNU than there are on Candlelight. And I think that blocking off the access to CACNU is the right thing to do.”5/13/2026 Planning & Zoning Commission Regular Meeting ·
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Kevin Buettner“Granting the variance will improve safety and bring the property into code compliance by reducing access to a single entry point. The building will be placed in the northwest corner with the northeast used for snow storage and a 20-foot east setback, ensuring clear visibility at Cacnew Way and Candlelight Drive. The north side will function as a side yard with a 10-foot setback exceeding the 5-foot minimum required for the zone.”
5/13/2026 Planning & Zoning Commission Regular Meeting ·
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Kevin Buettner“the granting of the variance shall not authorize a use that is not a permitted principal use in the zoning district in which the property is located. The granting of the variance will resolve the double frontage, furthermore allow for the site plan to comply with city requirements for the construction of 2 new multi-family structures, which is, which is needed commodity within the community.”
5/13/2026 Planning & Zoning Commission Regular Meeting ·
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Kevin Buettner“Special conditions or circumstances are present which are peculiar to the land or structures involved, which are not applicable to other lands or structures in the same land use or zoning district. Findings: Subject property currently has double frontage access. With the proposed build, the double frontage will be eliminated, eliminating a secondary traffic conflict point.”
5/13/2026 Planning & Zoning Commission Regular Meeting ·
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Council Member Cassata (Kenai City Council)
“campgrounds and consolidated outdoor sports complexes, um, less maintenance. This all sounds super great. I think it provides an opportunity for members of our community to pitch in. We have user groups for all of these types of facilities who I think want to fund improvements”05/20/2026 City Council Work Session ·
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Chris Mertl“grass is cheap to put in, but horrible to maintain. It's the most expensive landscape that probably Tyler and his crew maintains right now.”
05/20/2026 City Council Work Session ·
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Chris Mertl“We talked about expanding and consolidating the Kenai Green Strip and the Memorial Ballpark into a community event space, moving the Little League fields, getting those moved over, and then taking that space along with Municipal Park to create it into a seasonal campground parking.”
05/20/2026 City Council Work Session ·
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Chris Mertl“You meet all the metrics for facilities except pickleball.”
05/20/2026 City Council Work Session ·
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Council Member Cassata (Kenai City Council)
“I think having gotten into this position through my continuous desire to see more parks and rec facilities and consolidation, I'm really excited to see this.”05/20/2026 City Council Work Session ·
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Chris Mertl“once this is adopted— it's developed through a public process, it's been adopted by the commission and hopefully by yourselves— so this becomes a vision for the community And it shows that people that will be providing opportunities for grant money knows that everybody's behind this.”
05/20/2026 City Council Work Session ·
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Chris Mertl“They have 2 buildings. It's the Kenai Recreation Center and the multipurpose facility, otherwise known as the ice rink. 14 Parks and public open spaces, 4 playgrounds. Those are in some of those 14 parks, 14 developed athletic fields, 2 beaches and wildlife viewing areas.”
05/20/2026 City Council Work Session ·
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Chris Mertl“consolidating all the sports fields, all the baseball, soccer, rugby into the sports complex. Expand that, make it one stop instead of having ball fields at— oh, I see a yeah. So instead of having fields scattered all over the town, it's going to make it easier for Tyler and his crew.”
05/20/2026 City Council Work Session ·
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“Do you think you can make the 11th work since it sounds like that's when Sonya's available? I can do the 11th. Okay, let's plan maybe for the 11th.”
5/12/26 Beautification Commission Meeting ·
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“I'm available on both the 11th and the 18th. I would prefer the 18th just because usually the beginning of the month is when I'm pretty busy or usually out of town.”
5/12/26 Beautification Commission Meeting ·