Kenai: 8/12/2026 Planning & Zoning Commission Regular Meeting

You're on the record. Thank you. I would like to call the August 12, 2026 Planning and Zoning Commission meeting to order. If you are able, please rise and join me in the Pledge of Allegiance.

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

Clerk, could you please call the roll? Thank you, Chair. Commissioner Woodard.

Commissioner Woodard. Here.

Vice Chair Dothan.

Yes, ma'am. Chair Keeton. Here. Commissioner Askin.

Commissioner Urszly.

Present. Commissioner Kraus.

Commissioner Fikes. Here.

You have a quorum. Thank you.

And number 3, approval of the agenda and the consent agenda. Public comments and consent agenda items are limited to 3 minutes per speaker, 30 minutes aggregated. Are there any additional revisions to the agenda? Or consent agenda from the commission.

All right, would the clerk please read the consent agenda items into the record? Do we need a— do we need a motion?

Can we have a motion for the—. Oh, sorry, we need a motion to, um, accept the agenda. And the consent agenda.

I make a motion to accept the agenda. Thank you.

Would the clerk please read the consent agenda items into the record? Second. Oh, we need a second. Sorry. The approval of minutes, regular meetings of June 24th, 2026, and July 29th, 2026.

And that is your consent agenda for the evening.

Thank you. Are there any public comments on any of the consent agenda items just read by the clerk?

Thank you. Unanimous consent?

Oh, I, I request unanimous consent.

Hearing no objections— or are there any objections? Hearing no objections, the agenda and consent agenda are approved.

As for item C, scheduled public comment, we have no scheduled public comments this evening. Item D, unscheduled public comment. Is there anyone from the public wishing to speak to anything that is not on the agenda? Please come forward, sir.

And if you could state your name and where you live— not your residence, but just if you live in Kenai. And can you go over to that chair right there and push the button on the microphone?

Thank you.

Hi, I'm Curt Wilcox at 3329 Beaver Loop Road, and I'm giving my address because, uh, my property adjoins the, uh, uh, notice of public hearing that I received today.

I actually received a, uh, notice a couple weeks ago, but it incorrectly identified the piece of property I'm concerned with, and just today I received a confirmation that it does indeed involve my property. So I'm not sure that I have time to prepare for the meeting to come because I've got quite a few issues with state agencies and federal agencies in the borough. Number 1, the pit, the cone pit run by Quality Asphalt is my adjoining neighbor. And I got a copy of their SWPPP report, which improperly identifies the creek that runs through our property, our Anajimus stream that originates on our property.

I have— I could show you the documents. I could show you the Fish and Wildlife provided the document of the same site showing an anadromous stream. So my issue with they wanting an additional use permit to dig into the buffer is gonna take quite a few documents to show why this is unacceptable.

I'm working now with Fish and Game, who's gonna do an onsite visit in the near future. I'm working with the DEC because they're the ones that approve the SWPP program to see if this is an acceptable omission.

Their own site plan shows the Anajimas Stream discharging into the Kenai River.

We've had other issues with QAP, which I have documents of that I'll provide at the next meeting in 2 weeks, and hopefully I have all the documents together that I want.

But I want the commission aware that this is not a simple matter. I'm probably going to have to have a lawyer represent me at this next meeting because it's above my expertise. I'm not a good public speaker, and I'm sad to be in this position, but I have 2 weeks to prepare.

That's my 3 minutes.

Uh, Mr. Wolcott, can you answer a couple questions for me? Certainly. Uh, which parcel number are you talking about? Are you referring to It's one—. Excuse me, 049-11020.

I have a copy of the notice sent 7/30. Okay. And the copy that I just received dated 8/10. Okay.

Um, Commissioner Fikes, you have something you want to say? I just had a question for you through the chair. Have you had an opportunity to talk to anybody at the Kenai River Center? I have not had that opportunity. I've talked to Fish and Game.

I've initiated a contact with DEC, and they've— I have had a conversation with the Fish and Wildlife officer. He has referred me to the EPA contact that he gave me just today to because he thinks he'll be interested in this because it's— I take the setback, it's the definition the city is digging into the water table, which is the Kenai Borough in their new gravel ordinance recommendations or has prohibited this, and there's, there's a reason for it, but I need the documents to present to the commission to verify my facts. Right, that's why I was gonna suggest Nancy over at the Kenai River Center has experience with these kinda issues with residents, and she might be a great tool or resource. Also the Kenai Watershed Forum, but Nancy at the Kenai River Center right off of Funny River Road there. Mm-hmm.

Yeah, very, very helpful folks. I'll take that, and I know that Mitch McConnell is now Director of the inlet—. Inlet Keepers. Inlet Keepers. Or not Cook Inlet Keeper, but the watershed forum.

Okay, okay. And I'm also, I'm preparing a document to CC to these agencies, Cook Inlet Keeper, EPA, DEC, in the watershed forum, and now Nancy at the River Center.

But hopefully I get it all done in 2 weeks, and if I don't, I'll at least present evidence that I— it's in the making. But there's just so much wrong about this particular company.

I will, at the next meeting, or I could provide them now, show you what they did when they first took possession of the cone pit. And the first thing they did was dig up the buffer, and they didn't have permission to do it. I have a, a document with Elizabeth Appleby, who was the city planner at the time. I notified her immediately.

Um, the city is been very non-cooperative in approaching this particular gravel company.

Mr. Wolcott, I have one more question for you.

Where did you get the information that the stream was anadromous?

There's a catalog online. Okay. And this is the document that was provided to me by the Alaska Fish and Wildlife. Perfect.

Do you want me to submit these documents?

I think we'll be happy to take those from you.

Okay.

Okay, thank you.

Do you have anything else to add? Oh, I got plenty to add, but I guess I'll wait till—. We'll see you in a couple of weeks. We'll work something out. All right.

Okay, thank you for your consideration.

Okay, that brings us to consideration of plats. The plat before us tonight is Resolution PZ-2026-27, recommending that the preliminary plat Thompson Park 2026 Replat attached hereto be approved. Is there a motion to approve Resolution PZ-2026-27?

I make a motion that we approve Resolution PZ2027-27 recommending that the preliminary plat Thompson Park 2026 Replat attached hereto be approved.

Second. Thank you. Director Butner, can we have the staff report please?

Thank you, Chair Keeton.

A preliminary plat has been submitted by McLean Consulting Inc. on behalf of the property owners for a replat of Lots 4, 5, and 6, Block 6, Thompson Park subdivision, Township 5 North, Range 10 West, Section 6, uh, Seward Meridian, to create 2 parcels. Kenai Municipal Code Chapter 1410, subdivision regulations, State's preliminary plats or replats must first be submitted to the city for review and provide recommendation to the Kenai Peninsula Borough Planning Commission. The proposed replat meets a minimum lot size requirement of 7,200 square feet, or approximately 0.17 acres, for the Suburban Residential zoning district. Sizes of the proposed lots are approximately 12,066 square feet, or 0.277 acres, and 13,460 square feet, or 0.3 0.09 acres. City water and wastewater are already available in this area.

Property owners currently have water and wastewater services provided by the City of Kenai installed at proposed Lot 6A and available for installation to proposed Lot 5A along the adjacent Forget-Me-Not right-of-way. Direct access to the proposed lots is provided via Forget-Me-Not Road, a maintained paved city street. If approved, the owners will retain the 4025 Forget-Me-Not Road address for proposed Lot 6A and the 4045 Forget-Me-Not Road address for the proposed Lot 5A. The City of Kenai Public Works Department has reviewed the preliminary plat and has no comments. Therefore, staff finds that an installation agreement is not required for the preliminary plat.

Staff finds that the preliminary plat for re-plat of Lots 4, 5, and 6, Block 6, Thompson Park subdivision, Township 5 North, Range 10 West— sorry, 10 West, Section 6, Seward Meridian meets the following Title 14 Kenai Municipal Code sections and aligns with the intent of the Kenai Zoning Code. One, pursuant to KMC 1410.070 subdivision design standards, the preliminary plat for re-plat subject to the listed conditions provides utilities access easements, it provides a satisfactory and desirable building site, and the accessible water and wastewater systems are subject to the regulatory requirements overseen by the City of Kenai Public Works Department. Pursuant to KMC 1410-080 minimum improvement requirements, the right-of-way within the proposed preliminary plat exists prior to this plat. The right-of-way is continuation of an existing street and is determined acceptable access. Therefore, an installation agreement is not required.

Pursuant to KMC 1424-010 minimum lot requirements, the preliminary plat meets city standards for minimum lot size in suburban residential zoning district of 7,200 square feet. With a proposed size of, uh, the size of proposed Lot 5A measuring approximately 13,460 square feet and Lot 6A measuring approximately 12,066 square feet. Pursuant to KMC 1420-020 General Requirements, the preliminary plat meets city standards for minimum lot width and depth and access utilities. Compliance with the maximum lot coverage, maximum height, and setbacks will be reviewed during the building permit Staff finds that the proposed preliminary plat for Thompson Park 2026 Replat meets the general standards of Kenai Municipal Code Chapter 1410, Subdivision Regulation, and Chapter 1424, Development Requirements Table, and hereby recommends that the Planning and Zoning Commission recommend approval of Resolution Number PZ2026-27 for a replat of Lots 4, 5, and 6, Block 6, Thompson Park subdivision Township 5 North, Range 10 West, Section 6, Seward Meridian to the Kenai Peninsula Borough, subject to the following conditions: that all further development of the property will conform to all federal, state of Alaska, and local regulations.

Thank you, Director Butner. Is there anybody from the general public— I'm sorry, is there anybody from the general public that would like to speak to Resolution PZ2026-27. Anybody online, Clerk? There's nobody online. Thank you.

Um, can we have unanimous consent? Somebody like to make— ask for unanimous consent?

I'll ask for unanimous consent.

Second. Thank you. Unanimous consent was requested. Are there any objections?

Clerk, could you please call the roll? Or no, unanimous consent, we've got it, never mind.

And seeing no objections, the motion passes.

This brings us to Item F. We have no, uh, items for public hearings. Item G, we have no unfinished business. Item H, we're going to open the discussion, action, approval, Ordinance Number 3539-2026, amending the Kenai Municipal Code Section 14.20.030, Establishment of Zones and Official Map to Add Airport Light Industrial. Is there a motion to recommend approval of Ordinance Number 3539-2026?

I make a motion to approve the action approval Ordinance Number 3539-2026, amending the Kenai Municipal Code Section 14.20.030, establishing the zones of the official map to add airport light industrial.

Second. Thank you.

Director Butner, can we have his staff report please? Sure, pretty short and sweet. Uh, so every year we look at our code just kind of go through, um, especially with zones, just make sure that everything, you know, up snuff. However, this year when we went through the code, um, now that I've been here a little over a year, starting to find the error of my ways, um, the ordinance 2884-2016 was recommended for approval back in May 2016. This is when we established airport light industrial, and that established the zone, established land uses, put them on the land use table.

One thing it did not do is add it to the official list of actual zones that are approved by the city. So it's kind of been under the radar for the past 10 years, um, which, which is fine. Just, we just omitted that one piece of code. So this ordinance that we're putting forth to council is just to add it to the official list of our codes that are found on the zoning map and clear up an administrative oversight that has snuck under, under the radar for a little bit.

Thank you. Is there anybody from the general public that would like to speak to the ordinance number 3539-2026?

Is there anybody online? There's nobody online. Thank you. Um, yeah.

Seeing no one, or— well, we, we will bring this back to the commission. Discussion from the commission? Does anybody have anything they would like to ask about it? Yes, through the chair, is there a difference between the light industrial and the airport?

Through the chair, Commissioner Fikes, there is. It's, uh, very subtle, but the airport light industrial really specifies aeronautical or aeronautical-related aviation-related uses. So there are a small handful of uses that are allowed in light industrial that are not at airport, um, and vice versa. That list is fairly small because we don't have a lot of like heavy industry in town. Um, but for instance, um, certain things are permitted by right in ALI, Airport Light Industrial, which could be necessary aviation-related equipment that isn't even industrial, like they needed to put up a new windsock or something like that.

Certain things like that don't need any kind of permit other than maybe a building permit, um, that are allowed. Aviation fueling, other, like a fixed-based operator, anything like that, um, that is directly related to aviation is going to be permitted by right, whereas light industrial, it may be— it might be conditional if it's allowed at all. But it's a very, it's very nuanced, but it's not a very great difference of what is allowed. I will say this is not the only issue we've had with the zone. One of the first things I found when I got here is that airports weren't allowed in the airport light industrial zone, which was interesting, which is why I was asking.

Yes, but that has since been fixed. This is kind of our last go-round.

Anybody else?

Okay, unanimous consent. Somebody want to do unanimous consent? Uh, through the chair, I'd like to request unanimous consent for the action approval item, ordinance number 3539-2026. Second. Thank you.

Is there any discussion or objections? Hearing none, unanimous consent, uh, this action approval has passed. Director Butner.

May we have your report, please? Uh, again, I'll try to make this short and sweet. Um, no official report. I'll be supplying another update for code enforcement next month. We just close out the month.

We would like to kind of see where we're at making progress with that. Um, so that'll be something that'll be putting in the packets probably for the second— or for the second meeting every month, um, just so you guys can kind of see what we're doing around town in case you hear, um, anything from any of the members of the public. Do want to say that there is, I think I said this before, but there is officially a planning conference for Alaska this year. It'll be December 7th and 8th. It'll be, it's a week of AML, but we're opening it up before AML.

Right now there's not an official commissioner's training. First year back with a brand new board, it's a bit daunting, but we are planning on about 10 CEUs. So, um, people with, um, planning credentials or anything like that, there'll be plenty of training for that. But we are looking to put on an interactive, like, Zoom-based commissioner's training hopefully in the spring, and then actually have an official commissioner's training track at the upcoming planning conference next year. So getting on our feet this year, and then we'll start running next year.

But wanted to let you know that it's coming back.

That's good to hear. Uh, Commissioner Fikes? Oh, what? Oh wait, I'm going to skip mine tonight. That's okay, go ahead.

Okay, you threw me. Um, let me see, let me see. Oh, August 10th. I have one from the 20th, but you guys probably already read that one, so let's go with A ordinance authorizing the Kenai Peninsula Borough to enter into a long-term lease agreement with the city of Seward for the operation and management of a surplus school facility. So this is a win-win for the community and for the, uh, borough.

So the borough, had they, uh, retained the school that was voted to be shut down, they would have been looking at operating and maintenance in the neighborhood of $200,000-$225,000 $100,000 a year. So this is a similar agreement that the borough had extended to Homer with a similar school. And so, yeah, and it carries over in the event that there's any kind of an emergency, that building, that facility is open. It's my understanding it's going to be operated as a community center. So, uh, like I say, that was a great, great deal there.

And then they took a look at an ordinance authorizing the sale of certain parcels owned by the borough. Via live public outcry. And there's a list if you'd like to go to the borough website, you can see the list of that. And that will be coming up, I believe, the end of this month, first part of September. Yeah.

So we approved the list. There was one question. There was the new program, if people are familiar with it, for purchasing of borough lands. In residential areas. There's some incentives there for locals to try and capture that.

However, it was my understanding that this list comprised did not qualify because there weren't any parcels that were selected. But I did see two that were in Kenai, like off of Deepwood Court, I think it was, or Wooded Glen. So yeah, I'm not sure because there was limited discussion on that one. So I was a little fuzzy on that. But anywho, you can go ahead and pull up the website and see if there's anything of interest in there.

And then we moved on to a right-of-way vacation in the Sterling area, and this right-of-way vacation was on Bangert Court, Sleepy Hollow subdivision, uh, near the Longmere, uh, subdivision, and there was no issue there, and so that was ultimately approved. And then we had a similar right-of-way vacation, this time in the Nilchik area. And that one was ultimately approved. And then that brought us to the, uh, Kalifornsky Beach area. And this particular right-of-way was at the end of Naxted.

And if anybody's familiar with that, you're gonna go past the college and turn onto Bonita, at which point then you can turn onto Naxted, I think is what it is. Yeah. And take that all the way to the end And there is a property that sits on the corner that's like the last developed house. And unfortunately, their property was extending. I believe there was a building or some kind of a structure, a garage or something that was 20 foot into the building setback.

So this right-of-way was trying to be developed or vacated to assist with that. But because of the positioning of the lot being on a corner with Knackstedt and another street, they had to postpone it last meeting. So they brought it back, worked with staff, came up with some adjustments to where it was a win-win for staff and a win-win for the homeowner. So that one was ultimately approved. So that was kind of an interesting process to go through.

And that brings us on to number 6. And this one, same thing. They came before the borough looking for a right-of-way vacation in the Seward area. But during the process, they realized they didn't have all of the information needed. Uh, there were some comments received during the application period, and so they decided to withdraw, and they'll possibly bring it back with some, uh, changes later on.

So then we moved on to a conditional use permit in the Ridgeway area, and this one there was quite a bit of discussion on. And so what this was looking at doing is off of Spruce Avenue. There's these small buildings, if you're familiar with them, right on the river kind of thing. And so when I say small buildings in this particular area, there's kind of some pretty unique codes that they try and tackle with the borough to try and protect the 50-foot habitat of the Kenai River. And so this conditional use permit was for an oversized elevated light penetrating deck to this cabin.

So when they came to the borough, the homeowner said, I have a 480-square-foot cabin that I would like to construct, presented the drawings, and the 480 was the exact amount, nothing more, you can go less but nothing more. The drawings he presented to the borough were for that. But when it was all said and done and somebody went by, there was a deck on the back of the structure and an overhead 2 story. So there all of a sudden appeared a double-decker deck that was extending into this 50-foot habitat. And so it was brought up, you know, is it better for permission or is it better for forgiveness?

And so there was a lot of discussion, and that's what it basically boiled down to, is that's not what you presented for approval. And when you got the borough's approval, this wasn't part of it. And then it didn't meet code because that back deck extended into the 50-foot But then there was some vagueness because the overhead one coming off of the upper deck had all the light exposed and the weeds and the grass could then grow because it was above. But then they said, well, if you're going to step off and drop in, you're going to trample those. So you're not really protecting those.

So it was kind of interesting to see how, you know, you have the best of intention with code and design, but then still executing it you're going to come up with somebody who's going to try and be unique in their proposal. So anywho, the vote came down to a no can do, must remove. So they will be getting a, um, visit from the borough. And so after that, we had some director's comments. And last meeting on the 20th, we had, um, some interesting comments in the Sterling area.

Um, yeah, I'm a little rusty on my geography, but I think in the Scout Lake area, Husky Street and Mykiss and another one— there was 3 streets involved that all led to the river. And so it came up with, well, when I pull up GIS, that says that that's public easement. So you drive a car down there, you park, and you go wade into the river and you start fishing. Well, there's all kinds of people, "Not on my land! Not in my backyard!" So there's nothing we can do.

You can't change public access. So the particular case that was coming up before us last meeting was a gentleman who unfortunately had property right next to this and was experiencing some horrendous things with people defecating and urinating right in front of his grandchildren, right on his property. Wasn't just wading out and fishing right there by the easement, and the people would come down in front of their shoreline property and try and come onto their property. There was a whole lot of testimony. And so ultimately there wasn't anything that we could really do to restrict access, but we weren't necessarily going to expand it.

And so then when the director came back this time, he was asking the borough and the planning commission if they wanted to have a brainstorm session with Bureau of Land Management, DNR, and possibly the borough as to, you know, what, what is our role in this? How can we improve it but not deny it? We want to respect property owners' rights. We don't want to trample them, but we also want to respect what is a public easement. And so then we're going to try and tackle that, I believe, next meeting.

That's our homework to try and kind of do some research and stuff and You know, not everybody's going to be happy, we know that, but you know, at the end of the day, there's very limited local access is what it boils down to, the Kenai River. And so that's what a lot of people are like, you know, some of the testimony, I've been going here since I was 12 years old and now I'm bringing my kid with me, you know, and I've never had an issue. And, you know, but the next person will be like, well, I've come down here and there's been piles of human waste and this and that. So, you know, do they put an outhouse out there? Do they put a sign up?

Is it assigned by the borough? Is it assigned that the BLM provides? So those are all topics of discussion I thought was kind of interesting that came about. So we'll see what that looks like next meeting. So do you have any thoughts?

I'd be happy to share.

You said that public easement, is that right? Or public access? Is it an access or is it an easement?

Well, the term is public easement, but as you get into testimony and stories and experiences, it's referred to as access. But if you're the unfortunate homeowner next to that and it's a negative experience, then again it becomes easement and not access. And these are the semantics that, like I say, the borough is trying to figure out their role in it. It was my understanding that Husky was the one of least contention, that an individual could theoretically drive down there, wade into the water, pretty reasonable. Most people, 80% of the time, never had any confrontation.

Mykiss and the other street, and I apologize, I don't remember the name, but it was pretty much a Smith Wesson, I'm gonna come out and we're gonna have a little discussion about where you're not supposed to be. And so that I was like, wow. And then another one shared that they were out there again fishing in the river, and this is a public river. You can't tell people where to go in a public river, in a waterway, right, right. So apparently a guide had pulled up to somebody and told them, you know, get out, basically get out of my fishing hole kind of thing.

And so they took down the guide's number and supposedly was able to report that to somebody. So, but like I say, I've never heard or experienced that. So it was kind of interesting, like I say, to hear from the local community over an extended period of time about how it's getting harder and harder to find these places to go. I know there's places down, again, off of Neckstead behind the college to fish, out there by Sterling on Mycas and these other ones, but like I say, if you don't have that hidden knowledge or whatever, it's kind of like a little gem that locals in the area kind of seem to know, you know, 5, 6 o'clock, I can get off work and head right down there, so. I don't know, we'll see what it— what happens with that.

Well, that's certainly interesting. Um, Council Member Daniel, you're next. Thank you. That is an interesting report and interesting meeting there. Uh, speaking of interesting, our council meeting was somewhat interesting as well.

Uh, the highlight of the night— well, there's two highlights. One, uh, Ryan Coleman took his voted office as our new chief of police. That was very exciting. I'm glad that, that he did that, and he looked forward to working with him. The other highlight though of the night was we had a lot of public testimony in regards to a tax exemption for property, for primary property of $75,000, kind of like what the borough has, and there's another veterans piece to it.

I can't remember what that one is off the top of my head. Anyways, long story short, a lot of public testimony and the takeaway is that there'll be a work session on it the next council meeting at 4 o'clock, or before the next meeting at 4, to see what that looks like and that's something that, um, that we can entertain. So that, that's exciting. That was a really positive, uh, conversation too. Wasn't, wasn't, uh, one of those ones that, you know, like you said, with Smith Wesson and pitchforks coming out at you.

So that was good that, that, that, that conversation was had. And then moving on to the business, there's a This is a housing assessment report that was given to us by the Kenopenske Economic Development District. That was an interesting report. Our growth is still fairly strong. I'll give you a couple highlights of the numbers in here.

I was surprised that we have a 7.8% population growth in Kenai. The borough as a whole is 10.7%. So that was fairly surprising to me. And we have more kids moving in than out. And that our economic conditions are actually fairly healthy.

Like, wage growth is at 5.9% in this area, in Kenai. But there are some challenges too. So not a lot of— and a lot of probably in this body know this— not a lot of houses in that, you know, affordable range. There's a lot of like single-family homes for families, but not a lot of that smaller, you know, housing that can work for, you know, a single person or somebody on a tight budget. That's kind of one of the black marks in the report.

But anyway, so it was interesting. Some stuff we knew, some stuff like, oh, okay. So, but we are working in the right direction, especially this body with some of that rezoning recommendations for some higher density in certain areas. So that was a net positive all the way around. I mean, positive things.

We still have some, you know, some of that to work through, but that was a good report. If you need a copy, I can send send one out to you, so, uh, or the clerk can. Um, let's see here. So back to the public hearings, a couple good big ones here.

Um, I ordered some at 35, 35, 2026, uh, recommending for public, uh, removing the public purpose on a few parcels. Uh, there's one off of Beaver Loop, I believe that was a fire station. You can help me if I'm wrong here. Mr. Butner, and then the other handful were off of— was that Peninsula? Yep.

Um, that would be great probably for housing potentially. So those have been— so that recommendation was approved. Uh, another, uh, also another big win, we approved the, that funding for the economic development block grant. A little surprise there with the, uh, the funding that we couldn't do the the extension. Is that correct, Evan, with the, the water, the loop?

Yeah, but we could at least get the project done, so that was a, that was a good thing, a win there. And the only other one worth noting, I think, is 3534. That ordinance was just an interesting one, um, that has a lot of discussion on the council. Basically, a lot of grants will come to the body and they'll discuss it, but it's like a lot of smaller grants, you know, because it takes staff time to put them together. So, uh, I was put forth to, you know, accept grants that were $10,000 or less.

Uh, I shouldn't say automatically, but give the city manager authority to accept those, and we'll just see them in the consent agenda just to move things along, which is, uh, which was good. And we still can make sure and go, okay, we know who we got these for and we can thank them for it. Discussion was, well, should we accept it $10,000 or less, or under $10,000? It was ultimately passed as under $10,000. $100,000.

And that was the extent of the meeting. If you have any questions, let me know.

On that ordinance that was coming around for the tax break, is that in addition to the borough, or is that just something the city's—. It would be the city. It'd be the— you know, the borough has theirs and the city would have it on the city part. So you could stack them? No.

Well, so if you already have a borough one, you wouldn't be eligible for this? Well, nothing's been proposed yet specifically, but the way that it was presented was you're exempted the $75,000 on the borough, you'd be exempted on the $75,000 on the Kenai side, because right now there's no exemption on the Kenai side. Okay, but again, there's no— we'll have a work session on it. There's no ordinance pending or anything like that, but the way it was discussed, that was what the members of the public were looking to accomplish. And so right now, our city staff is working those numbers to present to the body to see what that looks like financially, if that's feasible or not.

So those are the work session on Wednesday at 4. So you all want to come give us some input, we'd love it.

Does that answer your question though? Yes, yes, we had a discussion and everybody was saying how you could stack it, and I was like, I don't think so. So that's why I was curious.

Um, I would like to see that report on the housing and, uh, wage and growth, and I think that would be really interesting read. W, uh, through the chair, I'll email it to the commission tomorrow. Thank you.

Okay, that brings us to J, additional public comment. Are there any members from the public who would like to address the commission at this time? Is there anybody online? There is nobody online. Okay, next meeting attendance, August 26th, 2026.

Please note that the next meeting is August 26, 2026. Is anyone planning to be absent or attending remotely?

I will be absent and out of town.

Okay, anybody else? Okay, thank you. That brings us to letter L, commission comments and questions.

Ms. Erdsley? No comment at this time. Thank you. Ms. Woodard? Uh, early voting's going, so come visit us.

That's right, get out and vote. Commissioner Fikes? All good. Excellent. Well, I just want to say that I'm loving this Kenai weather.

I went down to Washington State where it was blistering hot, and I just was miserable the entire time I was there. I'm so glad to get back here to reasonable weather. And thank everybody for attending.

That brings us to M, pending items.

All of the following items will return to the Commission for a public hearing on August 26th, 2026, in accordance with KMC 1420-280. They were noticed for a public hearing in the July 29th meeting, which failed to have a quorum. It was stated at that time that all items on that agenda would be carried forward to a future meeting. For item M1, the applicant requested withdrawal of their application on August 3rd, and that was Resolution PZ-2026-20, was recommending approval of rezone of parcels 04923002, 23003, and 23004 with the physical address of 5940 and 5968 Kenai Spur North Fern Street from limited commercial to rural residential. The second one that we will— the first one that we will hear is Resolution PZ-2026-21, granting a conditional use permit for the operation of 6-space recreational vehicle park.

Resolution PZ-2026-22, granting a conditional use permit for surface extraction of natural resources. On KPB parcel 04901069. Next will be resolution PZ-2026-23, granting a conditional use permit for surfex extraction of natural resources on KPB parcel 04901070. The next will be resolution PZ-2026-24, granting a variance permit for surface extraction of natural resources on KPB parcel 04910— 01069 within the setback. The next will be Resolution PZ-2026-25, granting a variance permit for the surface extraction of natural resources on KPB parcel 04901070 within the setback.

The last will be Resolution PZ-2026-26, granting a variance permit for subsurface extraction of natural resources on KPB parcel 04911029 within the setback. That brings us to letter N, the adjournment. Seeing no further— oh, does anybody have any comments?

No. Seeing no further business before the commission,.