KCAW was unable to broadcast Tuesday night’s (1-27-15) meeting, due to technical issues. Below you’ll find a full video recording of the January 27th, 2015 Assembly Meeting, courtesy of the City and Borough of Sitka and recorded by Dan Etulain.

A full video of the meeting is below: 

To view the full agenda and the video broken out by meeting item, visit the City and Borough of Sitka’s website.

Time Stamps in red. 

X. UNFINISHED BUSINESS

B. ORD 15-01 Authorizing a lease amendment to the tidelands lease in Alaska Tidelands Survey 1160 to Wade and Gretchen Parrish (Begins at 00:21:20)

C. ORD 15-02 Adjusting the FY15 Budget (Begins at 00:22:00)

XI. NEW BUSINESS

New Business Items

D. 15-003 Appoint Doug Osborne to an unexpired term on the Health Needs and Human Services Commission (Begins at 00:24:00)

New Business First Reading as Amended

E. ORD 15-03A Plans to issue a Request for Proposal(s) for an entity to take on the responsibilities for planning, coordinating, promoting and executing all phases of conventions, tourism and marketing for Sitka. Formally dissolving the Sitka Convention and Visitor’s Bureau under the City’s oversight once the Request for Proposal(s) is awarded. The CBS will provide a percentage of bed tax revenues for funding purposes (Begins at 00:25:40)

New Business First Reading

F. RES 15-01 Authorizing the application for a loan increase to the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation under the Alaska Clean Water Fund for the Channel, Lake, Monastery and Landfill lift stations (Begins at 00:56:45)

G. RES 15-02 Supporting a community playground at Crescent Harbor Park (Begins at 01:05:30)

H. RES 15-03 Approving the City’s participation in a proposed refinancing by the Alaska Municipal Bond Bank of certain of the Bond Bank’s general obligation bonds, which provided funds to purchase the City’s General Obligation Refunding Bond, 2005, and General Obligation Bond, 2008, under loan agreements between the City and the Bond Bank; and authorizing the City’s finance director to approve a revised schedule of principal and interest payments with respect to the City’s 2005 Bond and 2008 Bond, in accordance with the loan agreements, if the Bond Bank successfully refinances its bonds (Begins at 01:09:30)

I. RES 15-04 Approving the sale of Block 4, Lot 17 building and property at Gary Paxton Industrial Park to Ed & Clara Gray D.B.A. Monarch Tannery, and authorizing the Municipal Administrator to sign the agreement (Begins at 01:17:40)

J. RES 15-05 Approving the sale of Block 4, Lot 12A, Lot 13, Lot 9C and Block 4, Lot 11 building and property containing the former water treatment plant at Gary Paxton Industrial Park to Silver Bay Seafoods, LLC, and authorizing the Municipal Administrator to sign the agreements (Begins at 01:41:00)

K. ORD 15-04 Modifying Chapter 4.24 of the Sitka General Code, Hotel, Motel and Bed and Breakfast Transient Room Tax, by adding Section 4.24.070 which creates a special revenue fund entitled “Visitor Activities Enhancement Fund,” which directs that all bed taxes collected are deposited in the fund, and which sets forth policy as to how such funds may be appropriated and used (Begins at 00:41:50)

L. ORD 15-05 Adjusting the FY15 Budget (Begins at 02:50:19)

M. ORD 15-06 Adding a new title to Sitka General Code entitled “Title 7, Marijuana Regulations” to regulate and tax the use, possession, manufacture and sale of marijuana as well as provide penalties for violation as defined in Chapter 7.30, Section 7.30.010 entitled “Public Consumption” (Begins at 02:51:10)