The Kenai City Council unanimously passed an ordinance that would accept and appropriate two grants from Derek Kaufman Fund through the Alaska Community Foundation and one donation from the Friends of the Kenai Community Library for the purchase of a bike repair station. The Kenai Community Library received two $1,000 grants for general support from Derek Kaufman Fund, a Hilcorp donor advised fund of the Alaska Community Foundation and the Kenai Community Library received $1,500 from the Friends of the Kenai Community Library.
City Manager Paul Ostrander said:
“As you can see here, we’ve got two $1,000 grants from the Derek Kaufman Fund, which is actually a fund that was started by one Hilcorp employee, very generous employee and then also Hilcorp itself. The funds are managed by the Alaska Community Foundation. Basically, they’re just looking to make impacts in the state of Alaska. They provided two $1,000 grants; both were unsolicited to the library for just general support of the library. Then, with the combination with that, those funds with the $1,500 from Friends of the Kenai, it enables us to install the bike repair station.”
A bike repair station is a small installation consisting of an air pump; tools attached via cable to fix, maintain, and adjust bicycles; and hangar arms to hold a bicycle above the ground. In addition, libraries have become popular locations for bike repair stations in recent years. According to the City, the Kenai Community Library is located at a great mid-point for cyclists who utilize local bicycle routes and patrons who use their bicycles to get to and from the library.
In passing the ordinance, the city thanked the Hilcorp donors and the Friends of the Kenai Community Library for their generosity and support.
