Kenai Harbor Commission unanimously recommends City Council consider sunsetting the commission

The Kenai Harbor Commission voted unanimously Nov. 10 to recommend that the Kenai City Council consider sunsetting the Harbor Commission.

"I don't see the point of going on as a commission, at this point," said Lisa Gabriel, a Harbor Commission member who moved the recommendation. Gabriel, speaking by phone, told fellow commissioners she will not reapply when her term ends in December and criticized frequent lack of quorum and limited substantive work since completion of the bluff restoration project.

Director Frey, the city staff lead for harbor matters, told commissioners the body’s statutory duties include reviewing and recommending master plans for harbor or port development and advising council on…