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Flood service lead details Kvichak Creek work and plans to fund Bruno Road revetment
Summary
Program lead Nick Chapman told the assembly the Seward Bear Creek Flood Service Area won a design grant for a Bruno Road revetment, removed 97,000 cubic yards from Kvichak Creek during FY26, and plans to build fund balance for construction targeted in FY30 at an estimated cost of about $1.5 million.
Nick Chapman, program lead for the Seward Bear Creek Flood Service Area, presented the service area’s FY27 priorities to the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly’s Committee of the Whole, describing recent restoration work, a newly awarded revetment design grant and plans to build fund balance for construction.
Chapman showed photos of an emergent summer situation at Queen Jack Creek and said the service area had been awarded a grant to design a revetment near Bruno Road. He summarized FY26 accomplishments: Kvichak Creek restoration removed about 97,000 cubic yards of material over roughly 1.5 miles; Salmon Creek work pushed 8,000 cubic yards; and Sawmill Creek work removed 3,500 cubic yards. Chapman said the service area intends in FY27 to clear downed trees at key sites, remove alder growth atop revetments, perform mitigation at Japanese and Sawmill Creeks, and fund design of a Box Canyon Creek revetment.
Chapman said the administrative assistant position will be restructured to full time, with up to 25 percent of that time chargeable to Human Resources to improve taxpayer services. He estimated the Bruno Road revetment construction cost near $1,500,000 and said the service area plans to build fund balance so construction can be pursued around FY30.
Assembly members praised Chapman’s accomplishments and asked about fund balances and construction timing; Mayor Macheaky and other assembly members credited the service area’s legislative successes, noting a prior capital funding share from the legislature. Chapman closed by reiterating the long‑term challenge of replacing diversion berms with riprap revetments over the next 15–20 years.
No formal vote was taken at the work session.
