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“Our infrastructure is dated and doesn't offer that accessibility, which if we don't continue to move forward and meet residents where they're at, I think it would raise the question as to whether or not we're really participating in open and accessible government activities. Increases transparency and overall, I think it will reduce the cost and burden on some of our staff.”

Prefix - Kenai: 06/03/24 City Council Meeting · Jun 3, 2026

“The AV infrastructure used for broadcasting and recording public meetings and other governmental communications, specifically, as we know the world, is post Covid very technologically driven. And that's how a lot of people communicate and connect with each other, with public agencies, with their government. And it has increased access and general ability to be part of the process that wasn't there before.”

Prefix - Kenai: 06/03/24 City Council Meeting · Jun 3, 2026

Terry Eubank “The majority of this is mirrored after the code that deals with recreational vehicles. Campers and RVs both require a primary structure on the property in order to have tents. Or if it's a vacant property, it needs to be adjacent to A property owner with a primary structure, it limits the length of time a tent can be erected to three consecutive days or seven days within a 30 day period where a recreational vehicle is limited to no more than 30 days.”

Prefix - Kenai: 06/03/24 City Council Meeting · Jun 3, 2026

“I move to amend Ordinance Number 3525, 2026 by amending the title to read an ordinance amending Kenai municipal code section 14, 20.320, definitions to provide definitions regarding tents and campgrounds and amending Kenai municipal code section 14.22, land use table and delete from the ordinance sections 1 and 3 and renumber existing section 2 and 4 to 1 and 2.”

Prefix - Kenai: 06/03/24 City Council Meeting · Jun 3, 2026

Terry Eubank “what this amendment does is it puts the funding in the budget to allow us to issue a grant. We still would have to work on a grant agreement with the club. The club. Obviously, I think, like Ms. Kasmore's testimony, they still have to get an agreement with the district to operate the pool.”

Prefix - Kenai: 06/03/24 City Council Meeting · Jun 3, 2026

“we are just here to thank you for considering the amendment to the budget that includes a grant for the utility costs should we be able to reach an agreement to take over operations of the Kenai pool. And we encourage you to vote for. That amendment and approval of the budget.”

Prefix - Kenai: 06/03/24 City Council Meeting · Jun 3, 2026

Terry Eubank “currently it's the responsibility of the administrative assistant and the airport manager at the airport to monitor the activity of, you know, landings and transient parkings and things like that at the airport. And I think that is where the hole is in our system is that requires them to actually see this activity. And then obviously they're only there during normal business hours.”

Prefix - Kenai: 06/03/24 City Council Meeting · Jun 3, 2026

Terry Eubank “during last year's personal use fishery, we received a complaint from members of a neighborhood about a piece of property. It's a vacant lot within the subdivision in the neighborhood that somebody had purchased. And there were. They had brought in sanitary facilities, they brought in dumpsters, they brought in some porta potties, but they had a number of tents that were housing people that were participating in the fishery.”

Prefix - Kenai: 06/03/24 City Council Meeting · Jun 3, 2026

“The AV infrastructure used for broadcasting and recording public meetings and other governmental communications, specifically, as we know the world, is post Covid very technologically driven. And that's how a lot of people communicate and connect with each other, with public agencies, with their government. And it has increased access and general ability to be part of the process that wasn't there before.”

Kenai: 06/03/24 City Council Meeting · Jun 3, 2026

Terry Eubank “I also want to recognize the efforts of Tyler Best and the Parks and Rec crew and Parks and Rec Commission again the public and now Council here tonight for adopting that Parks and Rec master plan. I think that's that is the first Parks and Rec plan that the City of Kenai has ever adopted.”

Kenai: 06/03/24 City Council Meeting · Jun 3, 2026

Terry Eubank “what this amendment does is it puts the funding in the budget to allow us to issue a grant. We still would have to work on a grant agreement with the club. The club. Obviously, I think, like Ms. Kasmore's testimony, they still have to get an agreement with the district to operate the pool.”

Kenai: 06/03/24 City Council Meeting · Jun 3, 2026

“we are just here to thank you for considering the amendment to the budget that includes a grant for the utility costs should we be able to reach an agreement to take over operations of the Kenai pool. And we encourage you to vote for. That amendment and approval of the budget.”

Kenai: 06/03/24 City Council Meeting · Jun 3, 2026

Kevin Buettner “the city itself does not have a, a noise ordinance or quiet hours. Um, it's generally self, um, what, self-enforced. Uh, so it could be in the CC&Rs. I haven't seen anything in that neighborhood. Um, we, again, the city couldn't enforce it, but if it is in the conditional use permit, then that would allow us to”

5/27/2026 Planning & Zoning Commission Regular Meeting · May 27, 2026

“I'd like to call for a vote on the amendment to PZ. 2026-10 For adding the quiet hours of, uh, yes, sir, 10:00 PM to 6:00 AM.”

5/27/2026 Planning & Zoning Commission Regular Meeting · May 27, 2026

Chair Keeton (Chair, Planning and Zoning Commission, City of Kenai)

“passed as amended”

5/27/2026 Planning & Zoning Commission Regular Meeting · May 27, 2026

Commissioner Fikes (Commissioner, Planning and Zoning Commission, City of Kenai)

“we were just trying to add some teeth to it. In the event that we have a negative impact on the neighborhood, we didn't really have a means for law enforcement to go out and respond and have a tool. So this was an idea during discussion to give them that tool.”

5/27/2026 Planning & Zoning Commission Regular Meeting · May 27, 2026

Alex Douthit “I would just like to see I didn't see it in the application specifically as part of rule. You said you would have the quiet hours. Is this something— I didn't see it in there, maybe mistake through the staff.”

5/27/2026 Planning & Zoning Commission Regular Meeting · May 27, 2026

Chair Keeton (Chair, Planning and Zoning Commission, City of Kenai)

“that area of Inlet Woods is blowing up. There's so many people there and it's getting bigger. Almost seems like every day you drive through there, there's more foundations going in. Um, starting that kind of a trend now, I think, is important so that people understand that It's a working family neighborhood, and there are people and children that need to be to sleep at a certain time”

5/27/2026 Planning & Zoning Commission Regular Meeting · May 27, 2026

Alex Douthit “I know we've done these in the past and can quiet hours being on the actual conditional permit as a stipulation. I know you've attested to being new to that, so I would just like to add that, um, to that 10 to 6 like you had granted. You're already going to have it, it's in your regulations, but that way it's on our actual permit also.”

5/27/2026 Planning & Zoning Commission Regular Meeting · May 27, 2026

Alex Douthit “this is kind of a standard thing that we've done on multiple other short-term rental. This is a conditional use permit. It's substandard to the actual regular neighborhood, and so if we don't put it in now, it's nearly impossible to do it later.”

5/27/2026 Planning & Zoning Commission Regular Meeting · May 27, 2026

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 · May 8, 2026

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 · May 8, 2026

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 · May 8, 2026

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 · May 8, 2026

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 · May 21, 2026

Chris Mertl “there's a lot of grass that's being mowed, and we're not sitting out there in our bikinis getting sun. There's a lot of grass that's being maintained that probably doesn't need to be maintained.”

05/20/2026 City Council Work Session · May 21, 2026

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 · May 21, 2026

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 · May 21, 2026

Chris Mertl “You meet all the metrics for facilities except pickleball.”

05/20/2026 City Council Work Session · May 21, 2026

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 · May 21, 2026

Chris Mertl “this really lines out everything that's in the document and spells it out of what you're supposed to be doing, or the recommendation actions for 0 to 5 years, 5 to 10, and then 10 years beyond.”

05/20/2026 City Council Work Session · May 21, 2026

Chris Mertl “Currently for 2026, you have roughly just short of half a million for operations, $825,000 for personnel. For a total of roughly $1.3 million with another $120,000 for capital improvements.”

05/20/2026 City Council Work Session · May 21, 2026

Chris Mertl “in all of our surveys we've done with all the communities, everybody is missing the pickleball. So, it is the largest growing sport right now in the United States.”

05/20/2026 City Council Work Session · May 21, 2026

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 · May 21, 2026

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 · May 21, 2026

Chris Mertl “He's going to have one shop there. His crew can go and do all their work at one place rather than lots of windshield time going back and forth. It's also going to help out with the volunteers.”

05/20/2026 City Council Work Session · May 21, 2026

Chris Mertl “right now it's only roughly 20 acres there, but there's a lot of undeveloped parkland around it. You've got over 50 additional acres that you could bring into that park to create it.”

05/20/2026 City Council Work Session · May 21, 2026

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 · May 21, 2026

Chris Mertl “facility consolidation. You have Tyler and his crew driving all over the place maintaining ball fields all over the community. You have lots of concessionaries. You've got 3 snack shacks scattered throughout the community.”

05/20/2026 City Council Work Session · May 21, 2026

“I'm okay with keeping it at 6, but we could move to 5:30, we can move to 6:30, we could do 5, but I know that's tough for when people are just getting off work. So maybe 5:30, like a 5:30 to 6:30, then it's not too late in the day.”

5/12/26 Beautification Commission Meeting · May 13, 2026

Tyler Boyes “In the packet, you will see our Keaney Planting Days. Volunteers needed. This is a super fun day. We do plant— we plant flowers from 10 AM to noon. We meet just in front of City Hall here, and we do a cookout.”

5/12/26 Beautification Commission Meeting · May 13, 2026

Tyler Boyes “The Parks and Recreation Department last coordinated the beautification, uh, commission garden effort in August of the previous year, which was held on a Tuesday.”

5/12/26 Beautification Commission Meeting · May 13, 2026

“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 · May 13, 2026

“I would say, uh, definitely Leif Hansen and the visitor center, and then we can play it by ear if there are any other major improvements that you'd like to highlight, the work of staff, then we could highlight that at that time.”

5/12/26 Beautification Commission Meeting · May 13, 2026

“Tuesdays in August, um, the 4th I'm not available, the 11th and the 18th I would be available. 25Th is getting a little later in the month, um, more school time and things like that.”

5/12/26 Beautification Commission Meeting · May 13, 2026

“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 · May 13, 2026

“I'm looking forward to the planting days. That is something my family and I looked forward to every year, and we usually try to ride our bikes down.”

5/12/26 Beautification Commission Meeting · May 13, 2026

Tyler Boyes “what I'm hearing right now is, so what we're going to aim for is August 11th, Tuesday at 5:30, Leaf Hanson Visitor Center, maybe another spot in there.”

5/12/26 Beautification Commission Meeting · May 13, 2026

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