1994-09-26 Regular Meeting °-- IVD O RIGINAL
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KUUPAK iSLANU BOROUGH
WOMENS BAY SERVICE AREA
CLERK'S OFFICE REGULAR BOARD MEETING
SEPTEMBER 26, 1994
A Regular Meeting of the Womens Bay Service Area Board was
held September 26, 1994 in the Womens Bay Fire Hall, Sargent
Creek Road, Kodiak, Alaska. The meeting was called to order
at 7:00 PM.
ROLL CALL
There were present:
David Conrad Chairperson
Laurie Madsen
Ed Gondek
Jean Barber Vice Chair
Bob Tarrant
John Burt, arrived late
Absent: George Lee
comprising a quorum of the Board.
Guests: Bill Pender, Bill Williams
REGULAR MEETING
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
Agenda approved, unanimous voice vote.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Minutes of May 10, 1994.
Spelling corrections were noted and made. No other changes
requested.
MOTION
Voice vote for approval of May 10, 1994 minutes.
VOTE:
Unanimous voice vote. Minutes approved as corrected.
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CITIZEN'S COMMENTS
Mr. Bill Pender and Mr. Bill Williams introduced themselves.
Williams stated that he was present to represent Mr. David
Geddes on the Alitak Drive issue as Geddes was not present
due to health problems.
COMMITTEE COMMENTS
None.
OLD BUSINESS
Conrad opened the meeting to discussion of old business.
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Fire Department:
Conrad stated that Mutual Aid Agreements with the Coast
Guard and Kodiak Island Fire Departments have been
completed. The Division of Forestry Agreement was still in
the works.
The R.C.F.P. Grant purchases have been completed and that
the paperwork was the only item remaining. As soon as all
the invoicing was in and the bills paid the Borough Finance
Dept. would process the paperwork for the Grant Matching
Funds.
Conrad stated that the Fire Department has had a large
amount of interest by Coast Guard personnel. This is a good
thing in that many of the interested people are "Fire
Trained" as they are members of the Base Department.
The W.B.V.F.D. has been considering creating a committee to
draft some personnel rules and some job descriptions and
requirements for department members. The Fire Officers would
like to see some of the Service Board Members be involved in
the process. Please contact the Chief if interested.
An issue that would be coming up in the near future will be
to obtain and post M.S.D.S. and a Right To Know station for
the Fire Department. In addition, a safety review will be
conducted and we anticipate obtaining safety items such as
eye wash stations, blood born disease prevention and spill
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Conrad stated that the request for the $10,000.00 transfer
from the Special Revenues Fund in the proposed budget had
not been done by the Borough. To access these funds now, we
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will have to request that the Borough draft an ordinance for
review and approval of the Assembly to transfer these funds
that were slated to paint the Firehall and to replace the
garage doors.
Madsen asked if work on the structure was subject to the
Davis Bacon Act?
Conrad stated that he believed it was and that this would
effect the cost of the proposed projects due to the
increased wage prices and administration costs.
General discussion relating to the proposed projects
continued.
MOTION
A motion was made to contact the Borough to replace the
existing garage doors at a price not to exceed Five Thousand
Dollars ($5000.00) and that the funds be transferred from
the Fund Balance section of the Budget for capital
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improvement.
Madsen,
seconded by Tarrant.
Vote on motion:
Ayes: Barber, Gondek, Madsen, Tarrant,
Conrad.
Noes: None
Motion Carried: Ayes: 5 Noes: 0
The Board discussed the issue that the proposed budget had
been "ignored" and that no contact was made to discuss the
proposed budget at the time of submission.
A general discussion relating to the responsibility of the
Borough and the Service District pertaining to buildings and
roads was conducted. The Board decided to have the
Chairperson attend the next work session and ask questions
relating to the "costs" and "responsibilities" of the
entities involved.
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Road Service:
Conrad requested that the Board open this portion of the
meeting by discussing the Alitak Road issue as that was why
the guests were present.
Conrad stated that in the minutes from the last meeting, the
Alitak Road residents had contacted the Board to look at the
washed out section of the road.
A letter that had been sent by Mr. Gedes to the Board was
distributed. In this letter, Gedes requested that the road
section be rebuilt. He stated that a previous Board had
stated that when funds were available that the road would be
repaired.
Conrad stated that he had discussions with both land owners
effected by this washout and the one owner wanted the road
repaired and the other did not.
Conrad stated that at the last meeting it had been decided
to bring the two parties together at a meeting to hear all
sides of the issue.
The area was reviewed on the map to acquaint the members
with the land division.
Conrad requested that Mr. Pender state his views on the
issue.
Pender stated that he lives at 1102 Alitak Drive. He stated
that one reason he purchased this land was because it was
basically a dead end road and for the tree buffer and
privacy of the area. He stated that he had no problems
relating to the road or the road maintenance to this date.
He stated that he was concerned that if the road was
repaired, the asthetic of his property would be destroyed in
his opinion. He added that he would be in favor of looking
at alternatives, such as the installation of a cul -de -sac or
the placement of dead end signs.
Mr. Williams was introduced and given the floor.
Williams requested that a note from Mr. Gedes stating that
Williams was present to represent Gedes be entered into the
minutes. Williams stated that he did recognize and
appreciated Penders position.
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Williams asked if the Borough still received State Funding
based on the road mileage in the Service Area.
Conrad stated that the Borough still does receive monies
from the State but did not know how this funding was based.
Williams stated that if mileage was the method for
calculating funding, that the Borough was being funded for a
portion of road that no longer exists. Secondly, that Mr.
Gedes simply wants the road put through to stop people from
using his driveway as a turnaround.
Third, the future use of the Borough held land should be
examined as to how this roadsection would effect the land
use. He stated that if the road was not repaired the road
section should be abandoned and split between the land
owners. Williams asked if the discussion could continue this
evening and be tabled to the next meeting to allow him to
discuss alternatives with Mr. Gedes.
Barber stated that her concern was that if a fire was to
occur would the Fire Department have access.
Gondek stated that he has driven his dump truck and trailer
on this road section without difficulty and could foresee no
access problems to either property for the Fire Department.
Mr. John Burt arrived and joined the meeting.
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Gondek stated that if the road is to remain in its present
condition, that a name change should be considered for one
of the sections to eliminate any possible confusion as to
the section being referenced.
Williams stated that this has been a platted Borough road
from the start of the Service District and has fears that if
this road was to be abandoned, what could be done to other
platted roads in the area.
General discussion pertaining to the passed development of
the roads opened.
Madsen stated that she was in favor of tabling discussion
until the next meeting until all parties could think about
the discussion held this evening.
Conrad requested that this issue be tabled until the next
meeting to allow the parties to further discuss the issue,
and to expedite the remainder of this meeting.
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] NEW BUSINESS
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) Mr. Tarrant requested that the Board consider placing Stop
] signs at the intersection of Mi66lebay Drive and Salmonberry
Drive due to the dangerous nature of this intersection.
} He Stated that due to the grade of the road and conditions
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) bad accident.
\ General discussion on this topic continued.
} Conrad Stated that he had been called into a assembly Work
) Session to discuss the Speed control problems in the ;
Borough. He Stated that the problem was basically the
j enforcement issue as it relates to the State Troopers.
j General discussion pertaining to law enforcement and
] neighborhood watch, in the Borough was conducted. ;
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The Board decided to d=art a letter to the State Troopers .
) requesting that the patrols of the area be increased if
] possible, and that all the members would sign the letter.
\ Conrad thanked Jean §aloe= for her Service on the Service
) District Board for the past two years.
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He Stated that the Board Should keep in mina that two Seat
] are open for the Board and that members Should encourage
) people who are interested to run as write in candidates.
) Meeting date of November 7, 1994 was tentatively Set.
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MOTION
A motion was made to adjourn.
Madsen,
seconded by Gondek.
Vote on motion:
Voice vote, unanimously approved.
ATTEST:
PRESIDI O n FFICE n R SECRETARY
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