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Planning commission approves River Center bank stabilization permit after public questions about access and costs
Summary
The Planning Commission granted a conditional use permit to the Kenai Peninsula Borough River Center for bank stabilization, elevated platforms and a wooden-slat protective fence within the Kenai River 50-foot setback; a public commenter questioned borough ownership, access and project costs; staff said the permit authorizes work in the setback, not contracting or funding.
The Kenai Peninsula Borough Planning Commission on Feb. 23 approved a conditional use permit allowing bank stabilization work, replacement of elevated light-penetrating platforms, revegetation and installation of a wooden-slat protective fence within the 50-foot Kenai River habitat protection setback at the River Center property (514 Funny River Road). Morgan Aldridge, a planner with the River Center, told the commission the work responds to increasing foot traffic that has removed vegetation and destroyed earlier stabilization efforts and that the project meets borough standards.
The permit covers removal of an existing elevated platform and installation of a new platform system, revegetation using coir logs, brush layers and vegetative mat, and a toe revetment using cabled spruce…
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