Questions about future impacts of the Alaska LNG Project ruled the Kenai Chamber of Commerce Luncheon this afternoon.
We had each candidate recap what they think they could do if elected or re elected to the council to help Kenai prepare for the impacts of that project.
Incumbent Tim Navarre…
Navarre: “Well I think it has to work with the community of Nikiski as well as the city of Soldotna and working together we can find real solutions and solve some of our common problems that will come with that big of an opportunity and at the same time we can better prepare ourselves for the opportunities that come from this, the positive ones.”
Incumbent Mike Boyle…
Boyle: “All we gotta do is look towards North Dakota, and I don’t know that we’re going to experience something that big, and I’m sure that we won’t but if we looked at places that weren’t ready for these things and then we can plan for those difficulties so that we can eliminate them before they happen.”
Holly Spann…
Spann: “It’s very important that we research and get a little more information so that we can better plan for it, I think it’s going to bring a lot of traffic to Kenai and help support our small businesses and possibly get more jobs out there for people, we just have to do our research and better plan for it.”
Henry Knackstedt…
Knackstedt: “The influence I’d have would be through my years at the Planning and Zoning Commission naturally I have a very good idea of where our strengths and weaknesses are and where the businesses that are going to be satellite businesses to that LNG could relocate or locate as they’re coming in and some of those areas are the north side of the Kenai and also out at Marathon Road where we’ve developed the Industrial Park.”
Those four candidates are running for two seats on the Kenai City Council and will be decided on in the October 7 elections.
