Ordinance 19-06 Amending FY2019 Budget To Fund Anticipated Seawall Repairs

CITY OF HOMER
HOMER, ALASKA

City Manager

ORDINANCE 19-06

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF HOMER, ALASKA, AMENDING THE FY 2019 OPERATING BUDGET TO FUND ANTICIPATED REPAIRS TO THE SEAWALL BY ESTABLISHING AUTHORITY IN THE 2019 BUDGET FOR EMERGENCY REPAIRS TO THE SEAWALL. 

  
WHEREAS, The Homer City Council adopted Emergency Ordinance 11-49(S) which created the Ocean Drive Loop Special Service District; and

WHEREAS, The Special Service District was created to raise tax revenues from benefited property owners to support maintenance and repair of the seawall they own which is located on their properties; and

WHEREAS, As a tax-exempt property owner along the seawall, the City contributes $10,000 annually to a Seawall Reserve Account for the City’s portion of repairs to the seawall; and 

WHEREAS, Repairs to the seawall have to be performed on an emergency basis in order to prevent further damage and remain in compliance with the Army Corps of Engineers permit for the seawall; and

WHEREAS, Due to the unpredictability and the immediate need to do the repairs, the work is completed by East Road Services under the direction and supervision of the City Engineer; and

WHEREAS, Annual repairs to the seawall are impossible to predict, yet past history offers a range from $0 in 2013 to $102,125 in 2017 with average costs from 2014 to 2018 of $36,193; and 

WHEREAS, The City has already spent the maximum allowable amount under the procurement code, just under $10,000, in repairs in 2019 on the seawall from one winter event on January 15, 2019; and

WHEREAS, In the event that the 2019 repairs exceed $36,193 additional authority will be requested; and

WHEREAS, Based on linear feet, the property owners are responsible for 82% of the wall repairs and the City is responsible for 18% of the wall repairs.

NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY OF HOMER ORDAINS: 

Section 1. The Homer City Council hereby amends the FY 2019 Operating Budget by appropriating $36,193 from the Seawall Maintenance Reserve and Ocean Drive Loop Special Service District for the purpose of repairing and maintaining the seawall as follows:

Appropriation/Transfer From:
Account                                          Description                                                                         Amount
808-0375                                        Ocean Drive Loop Special Service District (82%)          $29,678. 

156-0369                                        Seawall Maintenance Reserve                                          $6,515.

Section 2.  This ordinance is a budget amendment ordinance only, is not permanent in nature and shall not be codified.

ENACTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF HOMER, ALASKA, this ___ day of ____________, 2019.

CITY OF HOMER

KEN CASTNER, MAYOR 

ATTEST: 

MELISSA JACOBSEN, MMC, CITY CLERK 

YES: 
NO: 
ABSTAIN: 
ABSENT: 

First Reading:
Public Hearing:
Second Reading:
Effective Date:  

Reviewed and approved as to form.

Katie Koester, City Manager                                                                    Holly C. Wells, City Attorney
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