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2007-02-28 Regular MeetingSpoke with Tony Drabek re egress into Woodland Acres, through Coho Lane. Drabek said that nothing was in the plan this year for any type of connection from the Natives of Kodiak (Spruce Cape) subdivision onto Coho Lane. Chair spoke to Bob Scholze (KIB Assessing Dept.) re alignment of Ocean Drive. Borough has a piece of property on the far side of Ocean Drive. Scholze felt there may be a possibility to realign the street, to improve safety issues, using this property. Chair tried to meet with Borough Manager re Service Area-wide property taxation; due to Manager's unavailability this has been postponed to a later date. OLD BUSINESS: A. Coho Lane Access -Plover to Woodland Drive TUTTLE concerned that grade is too steep to provide bus services on access road; reporting that there are no street lights in the area, no Streetlight District either. SPALINGER felt it should not be too difficult to add grades to Coho Lane. There should be a way to determine if there is a way to come up to Borough specifications in re to grading in this area. MAHONEY mentioned there are drainage issues on the west side of Coho Lane. There has been flooding in this area in the past. Suggested there may be a way to direct drainage in another way to eliminate drainage onto the properties. S. ARNDT told TUTTLE there is no way that buses will be able to make the grade from Coho onto Woodland Drive. TUTTLE felt there should be a way to look into making the grade less steep. SPALINGER said regardless whether the buses can/can't make the grade there should be something that can be done to provide an emergency egress. MAHONEY asked the Board for a consensus to look into the emergency egress issue. Direction was given to the Chair to meet with the Borough Manager and Facilities Director to pursue an abbreviated feasibility study to determine options for the access issue and to report back to the Board. B. SELIEF LANE RECONSTRUCTION S. ARNDT reported that he was unable to get any information re this project prior to this meeting. He would try to bring information to the Board at the next meeting. MAHONEY foresees the need to repave the paved roads within the Service Area and recommends that the Board look into options of repaving the roads, so that all are fairly treated within the Service Area. He suggested coming up with a 10-year plan. LORENSON asked why not establish an assessment district for these areas. S. ARNDT said that right now the option would be to establish an assessment district for all the roads to be repaved and/or paved. S. ARNDT contended that pavement is not cheaper than gravel, to patch asphalt becomes very expensive. He mentioned Mel Stephan's suggestion that the Borough take on area wide road powers. Earnings from the road powers could be spent on these types of projects. As of now nothing is being done to follow through on Stephan's suggestion. There are not only just residences, but certain roads are thoroughfares, Sharatin is an example, some roads are more \\Dove\Departments\EF\Service Districts\Service Area No. t Board\Agendas and Minutes\Service District Minutes\Service District Minutes 2007\Minutes 28 Feb 07.doc Page 2 of 4 ~ ~ arterial than a collector type of road. Issues are many. To reconstruct roads will require an assessment district be established. ADINOLFI asked where the Board could start with following up on the 10-year Plan. MAHONEY suggested that public hearings would probably be required to begin the process; he spoke about prioritizing the roads. SPALINGER feels that specific areas (such as Katmai) that need repaving will need to be assessed, repairs are made and those residences are charged the assessment. That is what is done in the past. Felt it was fair to do it that way, rather than the whole service area paying for streets that the residents don't access through an increased mil rate. MAHONEY feels the public should tell the Board whether they want pavement or not. All service areas should voice their desire to have paved roads, including the maintenance on the paved roads. He knows that everyone wants pavement, and the only reason Woodland Acres was not paved was due to the cost, but if they want and it can be done area wide and raise everyone's level a little bit it could probably proceed. Borough has the option to loan the service area the money to begin the paving of the roads. Taxes would help repay back that loan. TUTTLE asked the Board how to restart the paving project in the Woodland Acres area, creating a new assessment district for just that area and whether there was an option for the residents to have a transferable tax on their properties vs. a one time shot for the home owners. S. ARNDT told the Board that the Assembly is already working on trying to get funding for the paving project, presently in front of the legislature. C. REALIGNMENT OF OCEAN DRIVE Board briefly discussed options and ideas to realign Ocean Drive. D. AREA-WIDE STREET LIGHTS Intent of S. ARNDT is to continue pursuing street lights throughout the Service Area. He would like to see this item included with the next election. The idea is for everyone in the service area to pay a monthly fee for street lights. Upon questioning by ADINOLFI, S. ARNDT told the Board that his interest in this project was spurred by residents' inquiries into the subject; also due to the increase in population year after year, it was a safety issue. The idea is to light not only intersections, but also along certain roads within the area. CHAIR asked S. ARNDT to bring more information to the next meeting. E. AREA-WIDE PROPERTY TAXATION CHAIR would like all residents living within the service area to pay property taxes, no exemptions for those properties abutting the State road. His intent is to meet with the Borough Manager to discuss options. He will get back to the board when he has met with the Manager. NEW BUSINESS: A. BUDGET PLANNING FOR FY08 S. ARNDT presented the proposed budget to the Board. Public Hearing will be held March 21, 2007. TUTTLE and K. ARNDT were excused from the meeting at 8:00 p.m. \\Dove\Departments\EF\Service Districts\Service Area No. 1 Board\Agendas and Minutes\Service District Minutes\Service District Minutes 2007\Minutes 28 Feb 07.doc Page 3 of 4 B. WEBPAGE DISCUSSION Board was briefly updated on the new Borough website. Suggested by Board Members that the website be utilized by the Board; public should be directed to the website for information on the Service Area. KIH'Engineering /Facilities Department PUBLIC COMMENTS None. BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS SL. ADNIOLFI. None. S. ARNDT. Asked that the meeting on March 21S` be scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Board members discussed and decided to keep the meeting at the scheduled time of 7:00 p.m. K. ARNDT. None. C. LORENSON. Opted for 7:00 p.m. meetings. E. MAHONEY. Glad that the Malutin and Watkins ROW issue was addressed. P. TUTTLE. None. G. SPALINGER. None. MEETING SCHEDULE: Regular Meeting/Public Hearing scheduled for March 21, 2007 at 7:00 p.m. to be held at Bayside. ADJOURNMENT: There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 8:15 p.m. BY: Date: ~ ~~ ~~ Je APPR ED BY• Date: E M oney, air Se ice Area No. 1 oard \\Dove\Departments\EF\Service Districts\Service Area No. 1 Board\Agendas and Minutes\Service District Minutes\Service District Minutes 2007\Minutes 28 Feb 07.doc Page 4 of 4