Video Clips

Quoted moments from Alaska public meetings, hearings, and press conferences.

Clips from City of KenaiClear

Timothy Petty

“if this passes and moves forward, when is the estimated time that the projects would be started and what's the projected time that they would be completed?”

Kenai: 07/08/26 City Council Meeting · Jul 8, 2026

Timothy Petty

“I also wanted to say thank you for Tidewater and am looking forward to seeing the success of this project and the collaboration with our city. It's a great opportunity to work together.”

Kenai: 07/08/26 City Council Meeting · Jul 8, 2026

“back in the '90s and maybe before, when I was a younger engineer developers did come forward looking to develop this property and found it problematic in its layout and perhaps the zoning too, which wasn't something I was concerned too much about. But running the water, sewer, and roads was a difficulty, and it just never happened. So it's been sitting here all this time. So now we've got a developer that's going to have some skin in the game.”

Kenai: 07/08/26 City Council Meeting · Jul 8, 2026

Timothy Petty

“if they want part of the property now, the appraisal for their consideration for properties in 5 years from now would require a new appraisal 5 years from now for that. Is that how that would work?”

Kenai: 07/08/26 City Council Meeting · Jul 8, 2026

Timothy Petty

“If Tidewater does not get all the properties under their jurisdiction, will the planning still move forward, or is there contingents for that if that doesn't happen, sir?”

Kenai: 07/08/26 City Council Meeting · Jul 8, 2026

Mark Hall

“I'm right across the street from where all this is supposed to happen. I'm kind of glad they're pulling this, but I would love to not have to come down to one of these things again for townhouses coming down in nice little area where we got single-family dwellings.”

Kenai: 6/24/2026 Planning & Zoning Commission Regular Meeting · Jun 24, 2026

Mark Hall

“when we start getting townhouses built in here with families that don't have any vested interest in where they're living at, things are going to be problems. We're going to have— it's a dead-end road right now. The traffic would be tremendous on that thing.”

Kenai: 6/24/2026 Planning & Zoning Commission Regular Meeting · Jun 24, 2026

Clayton Weingartner

“That's what we're really trying to build the system around, is an early detection tool for measles. Then also for a certain subtype of influenza A, H5N1, also known as avian influenza, or you probably have heard it called bird flu.”

Kenai: 06/17/24 City Council Meeting · Jun 17, 2026

Clayton Weingartner

“These auto-samplers are a little pricey. Most wastewater treatment plants already have them. If, for instance, there's some— there's a need of one at your wastewater treatment plant and you guys would like to engage in the sampling, we can provide them for you. They're a little pricey, but we will cover all costs and maintenance.”

Kenai: 06/17/24 City Council Meeting · Jun 17, 2026

Clayton Weingartner

“This is done with trend tracking. We do this 1 to 2 times a week, and it really— looking at concentrations throughout the week and throughout the months really gives us an idea about disease and community disease trends in your community.”

Kenai: 06/17/24 City Council Meeting · Jun 17, 2026

Clayton Weingartner

“we can look at the presence of certain disease pathogens like COVID, which also called SARS-CoV-2, influenza, RSV, measles, and pox. Once we get those results from the lab, it's reported to public health”

Kenai: 06/17/24 City Council Meeting · Jun 17, 2026

Clayton Weingartner

“We collect the samples, they're transported to a lab. We have two labs stood up in Anchorage for this. One is the Department of Environmental Conservation's Environmental Health Lab, and the other is University of Alaska Anchorage AIMS Core Facility.”

Kenai: 06/17/24 City Council Meeting · Jun 17, 2026

Clayton Weingartner

“I also oversee our wastewater monitoring program, and that is what I'm here to talk to you guys about today.”

Kenai: 06/17/24 City Council Meeting · Jun 17, 2026

Clayton Weingartner

“These are our pathogen targets or disease targets. The ones in red are the ones we currently have online here in Alaska. Most notable, I wanted to bring attention to measles.”

Kenai: 06/17/24 City Council Meeting · Jun 17, 2026

Speaker A

“memorandum of agreement with the Alaska Department of Health for participation in the wastewater monitoring program, brought to you by the administration.”

Kenai: 06/17/24 City Council Meeting · Jun 17, 2026

Speaker B

“I just want to reiterate all the thank yous to the Kenai Senior Connection for their work and their effort to make the March on Meals a success this year. Just pretty incredible, the amount— $120,000. I'm still kind of wowed by that.”

Kenai: 06/17/24 City Council Meeting · Jun 17, 2026

Clayton Weingartner

“we really want to implement a robust and scalable wastewater monitoring system in Alaska. We want to continue to use it for routine monitoring of certain diseases like COVID, influenza, but we also want to have this available for, you know, when the next COVID COVID-19 comes around or, you know, the next disease that's really concerning, that we already have this infrastructure in place, that it's there and readily available for us when that new pathogen emerges.”

Kenai: 06/17/24 City Council Meeting · Jun 17, 2026

Clayton Weingartner

“We are working along with some public health nurse, that's Julie Bunch, that's in the area, as well as several community members. If the, you know, community council approves this work, next steps will be for me to schedule a visit to come meet with the operators and kind of do an assessment of the facility. And then, if you guys are game, they will start testing as soon as that happens.”

Kenai: 06/17/24 City Council Meeting · Jun 17, 2026

Clayton Weingartner

“we cover all costs. The only thing we can't do is reimburse for any time. For instance, if an operator needs to drop off the sample at FedEx and it takes 30 minutes from the job to a FedEx location, we don't really have any ability to kind of offset those costs, but everything else we pay for.”

Kenai: 06/17/24 City Council Meeting · Jun 17, 2026

Clayton Weingartner

“utility partnerships are the backbone of making this work. Without the utility operators' buy-in and engagement, this is not a sustainable effort.”

Kenai: 06/17/24 City Council Meeting · Jun 17, 2026

Clayton Weingartner

“Samples are collected from the wastewater treatment plant. We also can sample from other locations, but at the wastewater treatment plant, they're already sampling and for their routine wastewater discharge permit requirements, so it's really easy for us to kind of just take a slice of that wastewater. This testing provides information about the community as a whole and does not identify individuals.”

Kenai: 06/17/24 City Council Meeting · Jun 17, 2026

Denali Daniels

“there's no time limit. So, and so, and as— I mean, excuse me, I'm getting out of my reporting hat, but I would be curious to see what the data looks like after the summer to see if we need to tighten that up.”

Kenai: 6/10/2026 Planning & Zoning Commission Regular Meeting · Jun 10, 2026

Denali Daniels

“3, 3 Or more. Thank you. So, um, for that clarification. So all the other stipulations were removed. There's some concern that people wouldn't be able to use their property to camp, like for the kids and whatnot, but, uh at least we got something on the books.”

Kenai: 6/10/2026 Planning & Zoning Commission Regular Meeting · Jun 10, 2026

Butner

“We're also hopeful that this might actually get some culverts between Cemetery Creek, the city cemetery, all the way down to North Beach so that juvenile salmon can get up into the freshwater streams and have a good life cycle.”

Kenai: 6/10/2026 Planning & Zoning Commission Regular Meeting · Jun 10, 2026

Denali Daniels

“the camping deal that came from this body, it was passed by council, but it was, um, There's some amendments, some changes to it, basically just cutting it down to more of a— if it's a campground versus not. So 2 or more tents is kind of where we— where they landed.”

Kenai: 6/10/2026 Planning & Zoning Commission Regular Meeting · Jun 10, 2026

Ersley

“Director Buener, that's exciting that you submitted the grant for the, the lighting on, uh, Lawton and, uh, Tinker., and I'm happy to see that he got it submitted.”

Kenai: 6/10/2026 Planning & Zoning Commission Regular Meeting · Jun 10, 2026

Dothit

“the 3/10 was what was decided on as a little bit of something, but, um, the time frame, which is what we were looking for, I believe didn't get put on. And I think the biggest contest on that was the, the 30 days versus 5 days.”

Kenai: 6/10/2026 Planning & Zoning Commission Regular Meeting · Jun 10, 2026

Dothit

“that was the issue that Councilman Grimme brought up that she didn't like, was that there was a discrepancy between the two because they didn't match, and she didn't understand why they didn't match. And that was a big contested issue, and so that just got thrown out completely.”

Kenai: 6/10/2026 Planning & Zoning Commission Regular Meeting · Jun 10, 2026

Dothit

“the biggest contestion that came up is that there was some misalignment on timeline for— they allowed RVs to be 30 days in code, and the tent camping regulation was only 5 days”

Kenai: 6/10/2026 Planning & Zoning Commission Regular Meeting · Jun 10, 2026

Butner

“We also have been working on a couple of grants. So we did a Safe Routes to School— or no, just kidding— Safe Streets for All that mimicked a Safe Routes to School grant application for improved sidewalks and street lighting along Lawton and Tinker.”

Kenai: 6/10/2026 Planning & Zoning Commission Regular Meeting · Jun 10, 2026

Speaker A

“The other public meeting options would be we have city council meeting on July 17th and then we have one city council meeting in July and then there's two in August as well. But they may kick it back to the advisory of this body as well. But I don't know how that would go.”

Prefix - Kenai: Parks & Recreation Commission · Jun 4, 2026

Speaker A

“I don't think there's a major legal barrier to go forward with that. And I think I can better spell that out. And in our next meeting where you'll see Angie's letter and our correspondence on it, where I can have that all written down for you guys and have that well spelled out on it. But on some of it, I think there's just a level of simple disagreement between myself and Angie.”

Prefix - Kenai: Parks & Recreation Commission · Jun 4, 2026

Speaker A

“Not through this body there wouldn't be because that's our next regular meeting where that would get addressed at.”

Prefix - Kenai: Parks & Recreation Commission · Jun 4, 2026

Speaker A

“I'm frustrated that I have to send my family to neighboring communities to access opportunities that are unavailable here due to restrictive policies. Many other Kenai residents are doing the same. Let's encourage participants and make the most of our facilities, not push young adults elsewhere”

Kenai: Parks & Recreation Commission · Jun 4, 2026

Speaker A

“Nikiskee Rec center has found a way to manage 14 year olds to show up at their weight room. I just think that pushing kids away who are trying to stay active and healthy is unreasonable and many gyms in the area are 14 plus.”

Kenai: Parks & Recreation Commission · Jun 4, 2026

Speaker A

“My son who's 16 years old went to had used the facility at a time or two and was turned away because he didn't have parental consent with him. As you see tonight, there was three people utilizing the gym. When he was turned away to use the weight room, there was zero people in the facility using it.”

Kenai: Parks & Recreation Commission · Jun 4, 2026

Speaker A

“I think a parental consent that says yes, they can access the weight room like other gyms in our surrounding areas. And we're not pushing kids away. And any misbehaving kids are kicked out. And you guys manage it like you do the gym.”

Kenai: Parks & Recreation Commission · Jun 4, 2026

Speaker G

“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

Speaker B

“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

Speaker G

“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

Speaker B

“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

Speaker B

“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

Speaker G

“if a family does put a tent in their front yard for their kids to camp in off and on all summer, as my kids did, or as my son completed his camping nights to earn his Eagle Scout in the backyard, that was seven nights.”

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

Speaker G

“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

Speaker G

“City Manager Eubank's example that he gave was in response to a. A specific complaint that involved tents that had a dumpster and had a biffy on site. So they were providing sanitation options for their garbage and their human waste, but they were sleeping in a tent, not a camper.”

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

Speaker B

“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

Speaker G

“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

Speaker G

“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