MEMORANDUM

To: Ronald Drathman, Assembly President

Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly Members

Thru: Mike Navarre, Borough Mayor

Thru: Lisa M. Parker, Planning Director

From: Max J. Best, Borough Surveyor

Date: December 22, 1998

Subject: A resolution classifying a parcel of land in the Seward area as Preservation for flood mitigation purposes.

Subject parcel is located in the Seward area on Old Nash Road, and more particularly described as the west 132 feet of the east 330 feet of Government Lot 6, Section 35, T1N, R1W, S.M., Alaska, lying south of Old Nash Road, containing 0.91 acres more or less.

KPB Ordinance 98-36 was enacted accepting and appropriating a grant from the State of Alaska to fund in the acquisition of a National Flood Insurance Program insured structure. The borough received Statutory Warranty Deed recorded in Book 92, Page 640, Seward Recording District for the land proposed for classification.

Subject parcel was inundated by the 1986 and 1995 floods with two single-family structures being affected. To reduce flood losses to the National Flood Insurance Program insured structures, one structure is proposed for relocation to the Bear Creek Fire Station to serve as a storage area and the other structure has been demolished.

A classification of Preservation will comply with requirements per the Flood Mitigation Grant Agreement between the KPB and the State of Alaska.

Public notice of proposed classification was published in the Seward Phoenix Log November 5 and November 12, 1998. Notice was sent by regular mail to all owners and/or leaseholders of record within one-half mile of the proposed classification.

Notice was sent to all KPB agencies. Comment received by the Kenai Peninsula Borough Coastal Management (KPBCM) staff agrees with the proposed classification of Preservation based on the severe flood hazards in the area. Other agencies stated no objection to the proposed classification.

The Planning Commission held a public hearing on the proposed classification December 14, 1998. A motion to recommend approval of the Preservation classification passed by unanimous consent.

Notice was sent to all KPB agencies. Comment received by the Kenai Peninsula Borough Coastal Management (KPBCM) staff agrees with the proposed classification of Preservation based on the severe flood hazards in the area. Other agencies stated no objection to the proposed classification.

The Planning Commission held a public hearing on the proposed classification December 14, 1998. A motion to recommend approval of the Preservation classification passed by unanimous consent.