During the Kenai River personal-use dipnet fishery this July, if you want to park at the beach or camp on the beach, you'll have to pay more to do so. On Wednesday, the Kenai City Council approved a resolution that raises the fees for parking and camping from 15-dollars each to 20-dollars each.
Kenai City Manager Rick Koch estimates that the change will bring in an additional $31-thousand. The increased revenue from the change will help offset costs of installing some fish cleaning stations on the beach, and what Koch calls the city's increased management of fish waste. The cleaning stations are part of a larger effort by the city to reduce the levels of certain bacteria found by the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation during the dipnet fishery last year.
City council members Mike Boyle, Bob Molloy, and Ryan Marquis voted against the changes. Marquis says he wants to see a discount on the fees for City of Kenai residents. Boyle says he is preparing an ordinance for that purpose.
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