This ordinance would appropriate $775,000 from the Friends of the Juneau Public Libraries (FOJPL) for the construction of the new Mendenhall Valley Public Library.

The Friends of the Juneau Public Libraries have pledged $1,000,000 towards the construction of the Mendenhall Valley Public Library in Dimond Park. The first installment of $225,000 was appropriated in January 2013 for the planning, permitting and design work. This appropriation represents the second and final installment and is part of the local match for the $7,000,000 State grant received for this project.

This ordinance would appropriate an additional $18,175 for the 2011 State Homeland Security Program, an existing grant from the Alaska Department of Military and Veterans Affairs that was previously appropriated.  The new total award is $184,033.

These funds are slated to reimburse the City and Borough of Juneau, Capital City Fire and Rescue for travel costs, backfill, and overtime for participation in the Kodiak Hazmat Training Event.

There is no match requirement for this grant.

I recommend this ordinance be introduced and set for public hearing at the next regular Assembly meeting.

This ordinance would appropriate $20,000 for support services (wages and benefits) for the period April 15, 2014 through June 30, 2014 to provide a coordinated Emergency Management Program at all University of Alaska southeast regional campus locations.

Funding is provided by the University of Alaska Southeast.

This position will be under the supervision of the CBJ’s Emergency Program Manager.

The Assembly Finance Committee reviewed this proposal at its January 15, 2014 meeting and directed staff to proceed with preparing a memorandum of agreement between the CBJ and UAS and to prepare an ordinance to appropriate funds for the position.

I recommend this ordinance be introduced and set for public hearing at the next regular Assembly meeting.

This ordinance would appropriate $350,604 in bond interest income to pay bond debt. 

Funding provided by unexpended bond interest income from the following completed school district capital projects.  These will be closing with transfer ordinance T-952 at the February 24, 2014 Assembly meeting: 

Dzantik’i Heeni Covered Play Area                       $   3,794 
Adair Kennedy Turf Field Resurfacing                   $     414 

Additional funding provided by unexpended bond interest income from the following active school district capital projects.  The funding for these projects exceeds the amount needed to complete the projects: 

New High School in the Mendenhall Valley        $69,339 
Districtwide Major Maintenance Upgrades            $9,656 
Glacier Valley School Renovation                     $257,357 
Harborview School Renovation                             $7,724 
Juneau School District Site Improvements            $2,320  

The Public Works and Facilities Committee approved this action at its January 13, 2014 meeting.

The Juneau School Board approved this action at its February 11, 2014 meeting.

I recommend this ordinance be introduced and set for public hearing at the next regular Assembly meeting.

This Ordinance would appropriate to the Manager $1,150,000 of loan funds from the State of Alaska, Department of Environmental Conservation (ADEC), Alaska Clean Water Fund (ACWF) State Revolving Fund.  The estimated total project cost is $2.5 million.

Resolution 2667, adopted on November 25, 2013, authorized the City Manager to enter into this loan agreement with ADEC.  Resolution 2678 in the consent agenda is requesting an additional $1 million for this project.

The Public Works and Facilities Committee reviewed this action at its February 6, 2014 meeting and recommended forwarding to the full Assembly for approval.

I recommend this ordinance be introduced and set for public hearing at the next regular Assembly meeting.

This ordinance would appropriate to the Manager $200,000 of loan funds from the State of Alaska, Department of Environmental Conservation (ADEC), Alaska Drinking Water Fund (ADWF) State Revolving Fund.

The ADWF loan funds will be used to partially fund the design phase of the Water Main Replacement – Egan Drive, 10^th to Main Street capital improvements project.

Resolution 2668, adopted on November 25, 2013, authorized the City Manager to enter into this loan agreement with ADEC.

The Public Works and Facilities Committee reviewed this action at its February 6, 2014 meeting and recommended forwarding to the full Assembly for approval.

This ordinance would appropriate $2,163,096 for the Runway Safety Area capital project. 

Funding is provided as follows:
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) grant:                                   $2,037,219
Alaska Department of Transportation (ADOT) matching grant:              $61,039
Juneau International Airport (JNU) match:                                               $64,838

The FAA funds up to 95% of the project, with the remainder being split between ADOT and Juneau International Airport. This appropriation results from increases to two current FAA grants, two ADOT matching grants, and the local match requirements.  If the grant funds are not received, this ordinance will be de-appropriated. 

The Juneau International Airport match represents the value of fill material provided to the Federal Aviation Administration for this project.

The Airport Board reviewed this action at its February 12, 2014 meeting and recommended forwarding to the full Assembly for approval. 

This ordinance would rezone five properties in the Auke Bay area from
Waterfront Commercial and Light Commercial to General Commercial, resulting in the expansion of an existing General Commercial zone.

The Planning Commission reviewed this request at its November 26, 2013 meeting, and at its January 14, 2014 meeting recommended forwarding it to the full Assembly for approval.

This ordinance would rezone three properties located between Twin Lakes
and the Lemon Creek area from D-5 to D-15 as an expansion of an existing D-15 zone. 
 
The Planning Commission, at its November 26, 2013 meeting, reviewed this request and recommended forwarding to the full Assembly for approval.

This resolution would authorize the City Manager to enter into loan agreements with the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, Drinking Water Fund, to provide funding as follows:

Alaska Drinking Water Fund (ADWF):
Salmon Creek Secondary Disinfection                                     $1,000,000
Last Chance Basin (LCB) Capacity Improvements                  $2,000,000

The Salmon Creek Secondary Disinfection Project involves the assessment of levels of disinfection required, facility permitting, and the design and construction of a secondary disinfection process at the Salmon Creek Water Treatment Facility.  This project is necessary to comply with the new mandated US Environmental Protection Agency Surface Water Treatment Rule requirement to provide secondary disinfection of surface water sources which becomes effective in 2013.  The City and Borough of Juneau applied for and received an extension to have an approved secondary disinfection system in place by no later than October 1, 2015. This ADEC loan in the amount of $1,000,000 will enable us to complete this project.

The Last Chance Basin Well Field is diminishing in production capacity. 
The LCB Capacity Improvement project will include the design, creation
and installation of two new wells and the rehabilitation/relocation of the five
existing wells in the Last Chance Basin Well Field in order to meet peak
drinking water demands. 

The terms of the low interest loans under the Alaska Revolving Loan Fund programs are 20-year repayment at a 1.5-percent interest rate.  The project loans will be re-paid with Water Utility customer revenues.

The Public Works and Facilities Committee passed a motion of support for the resolution at its February 6, 2014 regular meeting and recommended forwarding to the full Assembly for approval.

This resolution would authorize the de-appropriation of $600,000 from an ADOTPF grant on the North Douglas Highway Extension.  This funding was absorbed into a larger (~$2.9M) DCCED Grant during the last Legislative session.  This is a housekeeping measure to remove duplicate funding from the project. 

The Public Works and Facilities Committee reviewed this request at its February 6, 2014 meeting and recommended forwarding to the full Assembly for approval.

I recommend this resolution be adopted.

This request would authorize the transfer of approximately $288,022 to existing or newly-created Capital Improvement Projects (CIP) and the closure of two completed CIP’s. The transfers are listed in the attached Impact of Budget Action (IBA)worksheet.  The worksheet details the transfer amounts and available funds for each project.

The Public Works and Facilities Committee approved these transfers at its January 13, 2014 meeting.

The Juneau School Board approved these transfers at its February 11, 2014 meeting.

I recommend approval of these transfers.

The following liquor license renewals are before the Assembly to either protest or waive its right to protest these renewals.  The Finance, Police, Fire, and Community Development Departments have reviewed the above businesses and found them to be in compliance with CBJ Code. 

In the event the Assembly does protest any of the renewals of these licenses, CBJ Code 20.25 requires notice, with specificity regarding the nature and basis of the protest, to be sent to the licensee and provides the licensee an opportunity to exercise their right to an informal hearing before the Assembly.

Beverage Dispensary License #175: Q Enterprises Inc., d/b/a Breakwater Inn Restaurant & Lounge; Location: 1711 Glacier Ave., Juneau

Beverage Dispensary License #550: Imperial Bar Inc., d/b/a Imperial Bar; Location: 241 Front Street, Juneau

Beverage Dispensary License #772: NYT Inc., d/b/a Rendezvous; Location: 184 S. Franklin Street, Juneau

Beverage Dispensary License #4349: Fishbone, LLC d/b/a Rockwell; Location: 117 Franklin Street, Juneau

Restaurant/Eating Place License #851: Rodfather's LLC, d/b/a The Broiler; Location: Nugget Mall, 8745 Glacier Hwy., Juneau

Restaurant/Eating Place License #1416: Taku Glacier Lodge Inc., d/b/a Taku Glacier Flightseeing/Salmon Bake; Location: Taku River, CBJ Borough

Package Store License #3507: Carr-Gotttstein Foods Co. d/b/a Oaken Keg Spirit Shops #1820; Location: 3011 Vintage Blvd., Juneau

Restaurant/Eating Place License #3733: Catapult, Inc. d/b/a Flight Deck; Location: 2 Marine Way Suite 128, Juneau (Merchant's Wharf)

Beverage Dispensary License #3755: Tailwind Inc. d/b/a Hangar on the Wharf; Location: #2 Marine Way, Juneau (Merchant's Wharf)

Beverage Dispensary - Duplicate License #4788: Tailwind Inc. d/b/a Hangar on the Wharf Pizzeria Roma; Location: #2 Marine Way Suite 104, Juneau (Merchant's Wharf)

Beverage Dispensary - Duplicate License #4797: Tailwind Inc. d/b/a Hangar on the Wharf Ballroom; Location: #2 Marine Way Suite 105, Juneau (Merchant's Wharf)

Beverage Dispensary License #4842: Up The Creek Inc. d/b/a Twisted Fish Company; Location: 550 S. Franklin Street, Juneau

Wholesale-General License #4943: Specialty Imports Inc. d/b/a Specialty Imports; Lcoation: 540 W. 8th Street, Juneau

Beverage Dispensary Licenses #3695: South of the Bridge, LLC d/b/a Louie's Douglas Inn: Location: No Premises.

The following liquor license transfers are before the Assembly to either protest or waive its right to protest these transfers. In addition to the transfers, there are also applicants for Restaurant Designation Permits which are before the Assembly to approve or deny. The Finance, Police, Fire, and Community Development Departments have reviewed the above businesses and found them to be in compliance with CBJ Code.

In the event the Assembly does protest any of these transfers, CBJ Code 20.25 requires notice, with specificity regarding the nature and basis of the protest, to be sent to the licensee and provides the licensee an opportunity to exercise their right to an informal hearing before the Assembly.

Beverage Dispensary License #644 Transfer & Application for a Restaurant Designation Permit
Transfer of Ownership, Name Change, and Location FROM: BCM, Inc. d/b/a Marlintini's Lounge
Transferring TO: Wolfpack Ventures, LLC d/b/a Salt Alaska
Location – 200 Seward Street [Note – this is the Zephyr location. ABC Staff will be administratively transferring the Zephyr liquor license to a “No Premises” location as soon as this BCM to Wolfpack transfer goes through.]

Restaurant/Eating Place License #2641 Transfer & Application for a Restaurant Designation Permit
Transfer of Ownership and Name Change FROM: Sprazzo, LLC d/b/a Sprazzo
Transfer TO: Saffron, LLC d/b/a Saffron
Location – 112 N. Franklin

Restaurant/Eating Place License #2812 Location Transfer & Application for a Restaurant Designation Permit
Genuine Venters, LLC d/b/a Tracy’s King Crab Shack location transfer
FROM: 356 S. Franklin Street
TO: 406 S. Franklin Street

NEW Restaurant/Eating Place License #5279
Russian Alaska, LLC d/b/a Samovars
Location: 245 Marine Way, Juneau

Alaska Statutes – Title 4 govern the issuance of liquor licenses and there are population limitations as to the number of licenses of certain types allowed to be issued within each municipality. For this Restaurant Eating Place (REP) type of license, there is 1 license per 1500 +1 population allowed. The Alcohol Beverage Control (ABC) staff calculates the population figures once a year with the last one done April 29, 2013 showing that Juneau has population base for a total of 22 REP licenses.

Juneau currently has 20 Restaurant Eating Place licenses issued. ABC has sent notification of this new REP application and one other that will be coming to the Assembly at its March 17 meeting. If both those applications were approved, Juneau would have its maximum of 22 REP as allowed by our population base at this time. If someone else were to file an REP application within 30 days of the filing of this license application, they would be considered competing licenses and it would be up to the ABC Board to determine which license application to approve.

The Finance, Police, Fire, and Community Development Departments have reviewed the above business and found it to be in compliance with CBJ Code.
In the event the Assembly does protest the issuance of this license, CBJ Code 20.25 requires notice, with specificity regarding the nature and basis of the protest, to be sent to the licensee and provides the licensee an opportunity to exercise their right to an informal hearing before the Assembly.

This ordinance would authorize the Lands and Resources Division to dispose of 12 City owned lots in the South Lena Subdivision over the next 8 years.

The first South Lena Subdivision land sale was conducted in the Spring of
2007.  The City offered 43 parcels, of which 32 were sold.  In 2010, the 11 remaining lots were offered in a land sale, but only two of those
lots sold. 

In recent years, 3 of the original land sale lots have been conveyed back to City ownership due to various circumstances, bringing the total lots available for sale to 12.

Since 2010, the demand for available buildable lots has increased, and the
Lands and Resources Division proposes to offer for sale a few lots at a time through occasional Lena land sales over the next few years to avoid saturating the market.

Municipal sewer does not reach Lena Point and there are no current plans to
extend municipal sewer to Lena Point in the future. Therefore, purchasers
will be responsible for installing their own onsite wastewater treatment and
disposal systems (OWTDSs). 

At its December 8, 2013 meeting, the Assembly Lands Committee recommended forwarding this Land Disposal action to the full Assembly for
approval.

After this ordinance was introduced at the Assembly January 27, 2014 meeting, the ordinance was amended.  Version (b) includes a requirement that the apparent high bidder give notice of the title company selected for closing (Section 9(a)(5)), a requirement that purchasers obtain title insurance (in order to protect the City and Borough from liability when it acts as a lender) and pay all closing costs (Section 10), and a clarified map (Exhibit A).