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Assembly reviews zoning amendment for pet‑related uses and final FY25 budget amendments
Summary
The assembly reviewed a planning-and-zoning code amendment to define pet‑related uses and considered an ordinance to amend the FY25 budget for a set of capital and operating transfers, including funding to complete facility repairs and to advance the Kodiak Fisheries Research Center seawater intake project.
The assembly reviewed multiple packet items at its July 10 work session, including a zoning code amendment and the final FY25 budget amendment ordinance.
Planning staff reported that planning and zoning commissioners voted 5–0 on May 21 to recommend an amendment to Title 17 to define pet‑related uses and to locate those uses in appropriate zoning districts as permitted or conditional uses. Community development staff is available to take the assembly through the specific code changes at future meetings if members request a fuller walkthrough.
On budget matters, the manager presented an ordinance that would amend the FY25 budget to account for out‑of‑cycle revenues, completed projects with returned balances, and transfers to continue several capital efforts. The package contains 11 items including small transfers to close completed projects (for example, roof and HVAC replacements), a transfer of roughly $300,000 within the renewal and replacement fund for continued underground storage tank (UST) removal and monitoring, and a $250,000 transfer from the Kodiak Fisheries Research Center fund to capital projects for seawater intake-part replacement (staff said pump delivery is about 15 weeks away at the time of the meeting).
Staff said some transfers are internal within the general fund to cover staffing and project changes and that completed-project refunds would be handled per the borough’s fiscal procedures. Assembly members asked for clarification on specific line items and on how returned FY25 grant money is handled; staff said they would provide the exact fiscal mechanics and any ordinance language needed to govern returned funds.
Staff also noted other packet items for future meetings, including an assisted‑living code amendment and the maritime museum’s requested parking variance (postponed to September).
