Nov 11, 2010

The Lazy Mountain Community Council annual meeting at Lazy Mountain Bible Church was called to order at

6:30 pm by David Devilbiss. Board members present were, Lorri Van Diest, Mimi Peabody, Jay Van Diest,

David Hale. About 31 general members were present and a quorum was established, as 10 Community Council

Members constitute a quorum.

The meeting began with the Pledge of Allegiance.

Chris Gates moved to approve agenda, Lorri seconded and motion passed.

New Board Officers for 2011: President – Gerald Devilbiss

Vice-President – David Devilbiss

Secretary – Jay Van Diest

Treasurer – Michael Miller

Other board members for 2011 are Lorri Van Diest, Mimi Peabody, and David Hale

Minutes from Oct 14th were reviewed. Lorri moved to accept and Larry seconded. Motion passed.

Finance report: Michael was not present

Road service report: Pat Larrabee reported that $8900 was spent last month on our roads. He also said the CIP

list will move forward. Pat said if funding is available next year work might be done on Lazy Lady road as much

of it is not where it is platted to be.

Wolverine Dry Fire Hydrant update: John Vinduska said no work had been done yet and may meet with

Borough next week with ideas.

Wildfire planning team: no report. There are members on this team and the Borough has been given the names

and numbers.

Old Business: Voting Results from annual meeting. 108 absentee ballots were returned out of 125 requested.

Results were posted on the website. The vote total did not change the results of the vote taken at the annual

meeting. Discussion on quorum is that majority of votes were for a larger number but the 2/3 threshold was not

achieved for any bylaw changes.

SPUD followup. The vote at the annual meeting was to not submit the written report to the Borough. No action

was taken by the SPUD committee after the vote. Larry Devilbiss presented a resolution regarding the SPUD

asking the Borough to rescind the request for and disband the committee. David questioned that is shouldn’t be

voted on at this meeting but posted and voted on at the next meeting. Larry moved we vote on the resolution at

the Jan 20 meeting and Pat seconded. Motion passed unanimously.

Discussion meeting dates for 2011. Decided to meet the 3rd Thursday of January, April, September, and

October. Meeting dates are Jan 20, April 21, Sept 15, Oct 20.

Agenda items for Jan meeting are to be: SPUD resolution vote, Roads report, Fire Hydrant report, any other

existing ommittee report.

motion to adjourn. Seconded. Motion passed. Meeting adjourned at 7:15

MINUTES

Annual Meeting

Oct 7, 2010

The Lazy Mountain Community Council annual meeting at Lazy Mountain Bible Church was called to order

at 6:45 pm by Lorri Van Diest. Board members present were, Lorri Van Diest, Gerald DeVilbiss, Mimi

Peabody, Jay Van Diest, Tom Harmon, Michael Miller, and Karen Lopez. About 160 general members were

present and a quorum was established, as 10 Community Council Members constitute a quorum.

The meeting began with the Pledge of Allegiance.

Michael Miller moved to approve agenda, Jim Sykes seconded and motion passed.

Minutes from 9.9.10 were approved with change in one sentence to read page 9 instead of 6 and adjourned at

10:15.

Finance report: Michael says we have $339.54 in checking and $236.97 in savings.

Road service report unavailable as Pat Larrabee was not in attendance.

Wolverine Dry Fire Hydrant update. John Vinduska said no work had been done yet.

Discussion regarding ballot choices: pros and cons on issues of SPUD, Proxy voting, quorum amount,

absentee voting.

MSB asked for volunteers for the mountain wildfire plan team: Wanda Dittman, Greg Jeffers, and Christian

Cortes volunteered.

Discussed meeting dates for 2011. Jim Sykes moved to meet all months but June, July, August, and

December. Seconded by Carl Clarke. After discussion Larry moved to amend the motion to say “meetings

to be 4 quarterly and other times the board deems. Chris Gates seconded. Jim called for the question: 42 for

24 opposed. Main motion for 4 quarterly meetings and others as board deems passed 44 for 24 opposed.

Board nominations: 3 positions open on for 2011, 3 names on the ballot. David Devilbiss, David Hale,

Michael Miller. David Hale and Michael Miller spoke for themselves saying they would like to serve on the

board. David Devilbiss was not in attendance but sent a letter saying he would like to serve. Nominations

from the floor were Ray Cordes, Wanda Dittman, Joseph Hale, and Larry Wood. Larry moved to close

nominations, seconded and passed. Ray, Wanda, and Joseph each said they would like to serve on the board.

Larry Wood was not in attendance but Carl Clarke spoke for him (unauthorized).

Ballots were cast. 52 absentee ballots were received by the meeting date. Absentee ballots are scheduled to

be opened Nov 5.

Wanda moved to not wait for the ballot counting but to post the results on the website when available. Larry

seconded. Motion passed.

Michael Miller moved to adjourn. Seconded. Motion passed.

Meeting adjourned at 9:00

(Part 2)

Thursday, September 9, 2010

The Lazy Mountain Community Council general meeting at Lazy Mountain Bible Church was called to order at 6:30 pm by Gerald DeVilbiss (VP)

as Lorri Van Diest was out of town. Board members present were, Mimi Peabody, Michael Miller, Jay Van Diest, Karen Lopez, and Tom Harmon.

About 47 general members were present and a quorum was established, as 10 Community Council Members constitute a quorum.

The meeting began with the Pledge of Allegiance.

Michael Miller moved to approved agenda. Larry Devilbiss seconded.

Jim Sykes asked to add a time for Lynn Woods about her time on the assembly.

Motion passed

Lynn Wood said she was thankful for her time on the assembly.

Jim Sykes moved to approve minutes from August 12, 2010. Michael Miller seconded. Motion passed.

Stump speeches from Candidates for Assembly: Bruce Walden, Warren Keogh, George Rauscher, Jim Tapley.

3 min. speech each. 30 seconds each to answer two questions

Finance report: Michael says we have $254 in checking and $236 in savings.

Road service report: Pat Larrabee not in attendance

Report from Council board nominating committee: Mimi said 3 seats are open and three people willing to serve next year are David Hale, David

Devilbiss, and Michael Miller.

Report from Council bylaw committee: Gerald passed around suggested bylaw amendments to consider at the annual meeting next month. Two

issues dealt with were voting: proxy or absentee and, quorum.

Old business: The SPUD draft was presented. Chris Gates moved that a sunset clause be added to read “this SPUD ceases to exist 5 years from

passage”. Scott Ogan seconded. Motion debated and Scott moved to close debate, seconded and motion passed to close debate. Motion to add

sunset clause passed 21 to 13. Scott moved to have the sunset clause reviewed by the borough attorney and if found illegal that it will be removed

by the annual meeting. Larry Devilbiss seconded. Motion passed unanimously.

Discussed SPUD process and revisions.

Tom Newman moved to close revisions on the SPUD. David Holladay seconded. Motion failed 20 to 8.

Larry moved to change ‘should’ to ‘shall’ on page 9 item D. Seconded by Scott Ogan. Motion passed 32 to 0. Scott Ogan moved “page 2 section

17.20.040 be eliminated”, which is a conformance required section. Chris Gates seconded. Larry Moved to extend meeting to 10:00, Jim Sykes

seconded. Motion passed.

Tom Harmon called for the question on Scott’s motion. Vote to end debate passed 27 to 1. Motion to strike the paragraph on page 2 failed 15 to

2.

C.I.P discussion. Tom Irwin moved to put forward last years CIP list. Jim Sykes seconded. Larry asked to add Koppenburg road update to the

list if it was not all ready on it. Chris Gates seconded. Vote on Larry’s request passed 17 to 8. Vote on Tom Irwin’s motion passed 23 to 2.

Bylaw changes. Larry moved to accept proposal 1 on proxy voting. David Holladay seconded and asked for both proxy options be added to

ballot for a choice. After discussion motion withdrawn.

Jim Sykes moved to put the proposal of the bylaw committee on the ballot at the annual meeting with no action. Chris Gates seconded. Larry

moved proxy requests be required to have a physical address and phone number which passed unanimous. Ray Devilbiss moved to remove the

word annual in the voting proposal. Chris Gates seconded, motion failed 19 to 4. Michael Miller called for the question and end debate, which

passed 27 to 1. Jim Sykes moved to extend the meeting 15 minutes and Chris Gates seconded. Jim’s motion to put bylaw committee proposals on

the ballot passed.

Jim Sykes moved that council board meet to clarify ballot and absentee process. Michael seconded. Motion passed.

Jim Sykes moved to put on Ballot 3 options for the Spud vote: 1. No Spud, 2. Spud in draft form, and 3. Spud as amended. Chris Gates seconded.

Discussed motion and motion withdrawn.

Chris Evans moved to adjourn to unanimous consent.

10:15 meeting adjourned.

MINUTES

August 12, 2010

The Lazy Mountain Community Council general meeting at Lazy Mountain Bible Church was called to order

at 6:30 pm by Gerald DeVilbiss (VP) as Lorri Van Diest was out of town. Board members present were,

Mimi Peabody, Michael Miller, Jay Van Diest, and Tom Harmon. About 21 general members were present

and a quorum was established, as 10 Community Council Members constitute a quorum.

The meeting began with the Pledge of Allegiance.

Michael Miller moved to approved agenda. Pat Larabee seconded.

Jim Sykes asked to add in invitation to candidates for Assembly be invited to next months meeting.

Motion passed

Jim Sykes moved to approve minutes from May 13, 2010. Michael Miller seconded. Motion passed.

Finance report: Michael says we have $158.54 in checking and $236.06 in savings.

Road service report: Pat Larrabee said about $6,000 was spent in our area in July. Slumber road was

upgraded with about 20 loads of gravel.

Gerald introduced Dennis Brodigan with the MatSu Borough. Dennis said our community council had asked

for $50,000 to install a dry fire hydrant and that the borough had received the money. Dennis brought 3

other Borough reps to talk about dry fire hydrants and their use and purpose. Plans were passed around

showing how one was recently installed in another area. After the Millers Reach fire 17 were installed and all

had failed. They were put in at an average of $1700 each. Discussion was mostly about how to put one near

Wolverine Creek.

Chris Gates thanked the reps for coming and moved to appoint a subcommittee of 3 to work with

the Borough on planning and installation of the Hydrant. Michael Miller seconded. Motion passed.

Appointed to the committee were John Vinduska, Pat Larrabee, and David Devilbiss. John will lead the

subcommittee.

Old business: The SPUD draft was presented. As this is the first time many had seen the final draft it was

recommended that everyone read it.

New Business: Gerald stated the need for a bylaw committee and nominating committee to submit

recommendation to the full council at the September meeting. Appointed to the nominating committee were

Lorri Van Diest and Mimi Peabody. Appointed to the bylaw committee were Gerald Devilbiss, Jim Sykes,

Chris Gates, David Holladay, and Jay Van Diest.

Communications: The Community Improvement Project ( CIP ) from the Borough was presented. Pat

Larrabee had a copy that Michael will post on the LMCC website, lazymountaincc.org . If people have

comments the Borough has said they prefer comments by email. The address will be on the website also.

Two candidates for Assembly, George Rauscher and Warren Keough, were present and spoke for about 5

minutes each.

Meeting adjourned at 8:30

MINUTES

Thursday, May 13, 2010

The Lazy Mountain Community Council general meeting at Lazy Mountain Bible Church was called to order

at 6:30 pm by Lorri Van Diest. Board members present were, Lorri Van Diest, Gerald DeVilbiss, Mimi

Peabody, Jay Van Diest, and Karen Lopez. About 45 general members were present and a quorum was

established, as 10 Community Council Members constitute a quorum.

The meeting began with the Pledge of Allegiance.

Larry Devilbiss moved to approved minutes from 3.11.2010. Jim Sykes seconded and motion passed.

Jim Sykes moved to approve minutes from 4.8.2010. Larry seconded and motion passed.

Larry Devilbiss moved to approve agenda. No objections were made and motion passed.

Finance report: Michael says we have $93.16 in checking and $236.08 in savings.

Road service report unavailable as Pat Larrabee was not in attendance.

SPUD update: Michael Miller gave an update on the SPUD process.

No old business.

New Business: SPUD discussion. Jim Sykes discussed the history and process of the SPUD.

Larry Devilbiss moved to vote on the SPUD at the 2010 Annual Meeting. Jay seconded. Motion passed.

Lorri presented LMCC communications. Mailbox for LMCC is up at Shawn Drive.

Spring Clean Up scheduled for second Saturday in May, the 15th. Potluck scheduled for noon at the Fire hall.

Michael Miller moved to adjourn. No objections.

Meeting adjourned

MINUTES

Thursday, April 8 2010

Presiding Officer Lorri Van Diest called this Lazy Mountain Community Council general meeting at Lazy Mountain

Bible Church to order at 6:30 pm. Board members present were Lorri Van Diest, Mimi Peabody, Tom Harmon, Karen

Lopez, Michael Miller, Gerald Devilbiss and about 40 general members were present, a quorum was established, as 10

Community Council Members constitute a quorum.

The meeting began with the Pledge of Allegiance.

Larry Devilbiss moved to approve the agenda, Michael Miller seconded and the agenda was approved.

Approval of March 11, 2010 Minutes: The minutes were not available.

Financial Report: There is in checking $50.21and $236.08 in savings.

Roads Report: $5644.99 was spent on contract, complaints on Mars Ave. Pat Larrabee went to an MSB meeting and

drafted a letter of recommendation for a better driveway permitting process using volunteers. It cost $25 for a driveway

permit with an application.

Presentation: Alaska Farmland Trust by Margaret Adsit

Margaret discussed voluntary conservation easements for farmland and the importance of preserving farmland,

and the need to expand Alaska’s agricultural infrastructure. The AFT focuses on most threatened lands. Margaret

mentioned several ways that community members can help the Farmland Trust.

Special announcement from Buffalo Mine Soapstone Community Council: by Gillian Leach

There is a proposed mine site east of Moose Creek by Usibilli that will be an open pit strip mine. Usibilli wants to put in

test pits and a road to access the area. It is very close (within ½ mile of the mine) to residential areas so there is much

concern. Mining may begin in 2012 and export coal to Asia and other foreign countries. 200 to 300 acres of open pit

and blasting every day is possible, and lots of trucks hauling the coal through the valley with no dust control plan. There

is a neighborhood group that has formed and community members are welcome to email coalcommittee@hotmail.com

to ask questions and join the group.

SPUD Planning Team report:

Chris W-E stated the 1st meeting was1 year ago in May. The Comp plan was approved in Fall of 2007. The

SPUD is a codification ordinance formed from recommendations and issues that are controversial. The SPUD is

currently in draft form and comments will be taken until 5pm May 6, 2010. There is an open house on April 21st at

Academy Charter School from 6pm to 8pm. Lorri discussed how to handle the voting on the SPUD, we will discuss the

SPUD in May and possibly continue into future meetings. Jim Sykes clarified how the process works: we can approve,

amend, and/or reconsider certain components. Lorri said through the whole process change can happen and anyone can

comment in the borough. The planning team will take in the comments and do revisions and then the LMCC will talk

about it on May 13th. Chris (don’t know his last name?) does not want the borough to act without a concrete resolution

from the LMCC. But the LMCC will need to vote on the SPUD before it goes forward. Larry Devilbiss said that the

Assembly is the only entity that can put zoning into place. Michael Miller said that all comments would be brought to

planning team. Jim Sykes thanked the planning team for all their work on the SPUD. Lorene Lynn suggested that

comments be made at the open house to planning team members so they will be informed. The entire SPUD as whole

will be voted on by the LMCC before anything happens, Jim said the process will be similar to the Comprehensive Plan

process and it will be read out loud at the May 13, 2010 LMCC meeting. Ray Devilbiss is concerned. Ken Klunder

opined that a SPUD could be used as a tool so that the community does not have to be reactionary to unwanted

developments. He said our neighborhood is threatened and could become a mess without regulations and we should

figure out what we want in our community. We have something wonderful on Lazy Mountain and we should take a

good look at the document. Lynn Fuller requested that the LMCC board work with the planning team to create a

timeline. Chris W-E clarified that the role of the planning team is to condense the different interests together and to

bring the document together and the team does not set the agenda, but he said a delay would be unhelpful. Jim invited

everyone to have cake to celebrate his birthday. Margaret addressed a concern about a change in assembly and they may

not vote what the community wants because elections occur before our annual meeting.

Old Business

Mailbox: Lorri got a mailbox for free to be set up next to the Lazy Mountain Bible Church:

LMCC: 16005A E. Shawn Dr. Palmer, AK 99645; Gerald made a motion to pursue a locking box

and Michael Miller seconded, the motion passed unanimously, LMCC will get a locking box.

Clean Up: May 15th, 2010; noon picnic time, John V. is getting bags and keeping them at the fire station; clean

up to begin at 9am. Don’t sneak your own trash! Pot luck at noon: LMCC will buy hamburgers and hot dogs; Jake

Anders will bring a grill using propane. Karen Lopez will bring 50 hamburger buns, Chris W-E will bring 60 hot dog

buns, Lorri will bring cooler of drinks, David Devillbis will bring plates, Jim Sykes will bring napkins, Ken Klunder will

bring condiments, Lorene will bring cups, Jim Sykes moved to spend $40 to buy hamburgers and hot dogs, but the

ROTC will donate the hamburgers and hot dogs. The motion failed. The ROTC will provide the meat products.

Margaret Adsit will bring desserts! Jim will make chips. Willy P. will make sign for the clean up.

New Business

Incorporation: revenue sharing program is back, but it would require a change in bylaws that can only occur at

annual meeting. Gerald Devillbiss reminded the community that we already voted down incorporation and thinks we

should no longer discuss the topic. Discussion occurred about having this on the agenda at all meetings and some are

for it and some are not. LMCC discussed having another community come who has been incorporated for more than a

year.

Susitna Matanuska Area Plan: DNR document comments due May 5th, 2010

STIP Project Criteria comment period April 5th to June 7th, 2010; this is about criteria not projects

Comments: Gary Lorusso stated LMCC is place to voice opinions about the community and we should be able to talk

about whatever we want. And he has a bylaw question about the membership list that utilized voter lists and property list

b/c it is important that voting occurs with just members. Michael suggested you can go to website and get newsletter to

learn about happenings. Ken thinks the voting issue is important and wants it on the agenda for the next meeting so that

our membership list won’t be an issue for voting. The list was just updated last year.

Michael moved to adjourn and Karen seconded the motion. The meeting was adjourned at 8:19 pm without objection.

MINUTES

Thursday, March 11, 2010

The Lazy Mountain Community Council general meeting at Lazy Mountain Bible Church was called to order

at 6:30 pm by Lorri Van Diest. Board members present were Tom Harmon, Lorri Van Diest, Gerald

DeVilbiss, Mimi Peabody, Jay Van Diest arrived late, and Karen Lopez. About 28 general members were

present and a quorum was established, as 10 Community Council Members constitute a quorum.

The meeting began with the Pledge of Allegiance.

Jim Sykes moved agenda be approved. Motion seconded and passed.

Approval of last months meeting postponed as Jay was not at the meeting yet with the minutes.

Finance report: Michael says we have 34.21 in checking and 210.31 in savings. $120 was given to the Lazy

Mountain Bible Church as a thank you/donation for the use of the building for meetings in 2009. $190 went

to web hosting service.

Road service report: Pat Larrabee said the amount used in January for road service was around $5,000+.

Dust control has been a big topic at road service meetings lately. They are looking for an alternative to

Calcium Chloride. Driveway permits will be the topic of next week’s road service meeting. Currently no

permits applied for in our area.

Jim Sykes moved to accept minutes from last months meeting that Jay has now made available. Seconded.

No objection.

SPUD update: Lorri says no public review available yet. A meeting of the SPUD team with MSB is posted

for March 24th 6-8PM.

Old Business: NRMU (natural resource management units) comments close March 15.

Jim Sykes moved that Lorri look into LMCC acquiring a PO Box in Palmer. Pat seconded. Motion passed,

one opposed.

Lorri presented LMCC communications. MSB would like comments by email.

Spring Clean Up scheduled for second Saturday in May, the 15th. MSB will supply dumpster and bags.

Michael will contact John Vinduska who usually runs it.

Tom Harmon moved to adjourn. Pat seconded. No objections.

Meeting adjourned

MINUTES

Thursday, February 11, 2010

The Lazy Mountain Community Council general meeting at Lazy Mountain Bible Church was called to order at 6:30 pm by Lorri Van Diest. Board members present were Tom Harmon, Lorri Van Diest, Gerald DeVilbiss, Jay Van Diest, and Karen Lopez. About 28 general members were present and a quorum was established, as 10 Community Council Members constitute a quorum.

The meeting began with the Pledge of Allegiance.

Michael moved to approve agenda. Pat Larrabee seconded. Discussion: Alex Strawn asked to include the MSB tower ordinance for discussion under new business. Motion approved with change.

Approval of January 14, 2010 Minutes: Michael moved to approve the minutes and Pat Larrabee seconded. The motion passed.

Recognition was made by Lorri to Ray and Kristi for making the new LMCC meeting sign. It is a reflective metal sign and is very visible at the intersection of Clark-Wolverine and Strawn Dr. Michael Miller was also recognized for his work on the LMCC website and research and purchase of recorder for the meetings.

Finance report: Michael says we have 202.01 in checking and 335.31 in savings. $120 will be given to the Lazy Mountain Bible Church as a thank you/donation for the use of the building for meetings in 2009.

Discussion: review of voting article in the LMCC bylaws. Bylaw change from voting at the October 2009 annual meeting: Article 5 section D addition to read, “secret ballot voting may also be used.” When an issue for voting arises during meetings a member may request secret balloting. Voting for that issue will then be by secret ballot (paper and pen/pencil) and not by raising hands.

Discussion: Article 12 section C regarding agenda for meetings. Items on agenda will have a designation for voting or discussion. In an attempt to communicate clearly with the community the agenda that is posted 7 days in advance on the website will show what is to be voted on at the meeting. Items not on the posted agenda may be added for discussion but not for voting. The new item may then be added to the next month’s agenda for voting if needed. If a member has an item they wish to have included in the agenda they may contact Lorri at 775-0223 or by email which is posted on the website. At the end of each meeting will be a time for members to add an item to the next month’s agenda. Lorri stated she would like to keep the meetings to one hour if possible.

Road service report: Pat Larrabee said the amount used in January for road service was $5644. The optional maintenance account has $66,66760. Available balance as of Feb 3 for RSA in our area so far is $126,587 which is higher than the last few years’ average of around $98,000. Pat attends the general RSA supervisors meeting on the third Thursday of each month in Wasilla. Pat says there are some bridge issues currently in the MSB and the RSA sent a letter to John Duffy requesting funding for bridge improvements.

Spud report: Lorri talked with Eileen Probasco at the Borough to get an update on the SPUD process. No draft yet for public review. There may be a meeting of the SPUD committee near the end of February. When the date is known it will be posted on the website. MSB guidelines for the SPUD process are posted online also. There will be plenty of time for community to make comments and give input.

MSB communications: Lorri again presented the very large notebook from the Borough on the Natural Resource Management Units Plan (NMRU). She said people from the community can read the plan on the Borough website under the Community Development tab, select Land Management then Asset Management Plans. The comment period ends on March 15, 2010. About 540 acres near Wolverine Lake is included in this plan.

Discussed the community council acquiring a mailing address. Lorri will look into different options available.

Subdivision Review: Part of the Boroughs procedure for subdivision of land is for community councils to review the land survey and provide comments if any are made. We reviewed ‘Millers Place’ which is a 10 acre parcel being split into two parcels. No comments were made. We also reviewed ‘Backdoor Acres’ which is a 10 acre parcel being split into two parcels. No comments were made.

Discussed the new Tower Ordinance the borough has been working on for about 2 years. Alex Strawn participated in and led much of the process along with others in our community. Comments on the ordinance may be made until February 24th. Some of the main items pointed out were the amount and height of towers in the Borough. The ordinance encourages co-location of towers i.e. more than one company or user for each tower.

Jim Sykes asked to have revenue sharing added to the March agenda.

Spring clean up planning added to the March agenda also.

Helen Munoz said a meeting was scheduled for Feb 16 at the Red Beet in Palmer to discuss the downtown Palmer roads.

Pat moved to adjourn and Michael seconded.

Meeting adjourned

The Lazy Mountain Community Council general meeting at Lazy Mountain Bible Church was called to order at 6:30 pm by Lorri Van Diest. Board members present were Mimi Peabody, Tom Harmon, Lorri Van Diest, Gerald DeVilbiss, Jay Van Diest, and Karen Lopez. About 25 general members were present and a quorum was established, as 10 Community Council Members constitute a quorum.

The meeting began with the Pledge of Allegiance.

Approval of November 12, 2009 Minutes: David Holladay moved to approve the minutes and Pat Larrabee seconded. The motion passed.

Road service report: Pat Larrabee said they did not have a roads meeting in December. The phone number to call for complaints on road work is 745-9816. Some work they would like to see done is raising the road bed of Slumber Road. Sometime in the future Lazy Lady Lane may need to be re-aligned to be placed within the road easement. The intersection of Shawn Drive and Clark-Wolverine could use improvement as well.

Financial Report: Michael was unable to attend this meeting.

Spud report: David Hale gave an update on the Spud process. Discussed getting a current draft on the website so the community is aware of what it contains and can comment. Some understood that the comment period would be ending on January 15, 2010. There was some confusion as to when the comment period was and if the current draft could be posted. The Borough attorney needs to review the document before it is sent back to the community for review apparently. David Holladay moved to extend the Spud Committee member comment time for an additional 3 weeks after we receive the final draft back from the Borough attorney. Jim Sykes seconded. Motion passed. Lorri said she would contact the borough about the extension the next day, January 15.

Michael was able to purchase a tape recorder for the council and it will be available for the February meeting.

MSB communications: Lorri presented the very large notebook from the Borough on the Natural Resource Management Units Plan. She said people from the community can read the plan on the Borough website under the Community Development tab, select Land Management then Asset Management Plans. The comment period ends on March 15, 2010. Lynn Woods commented that the work on this plan started 2 years ago. Carl Clark said he read through a copy at the Palmer Library and that it looks like the unit in our area is 540 acres near Wolverine Lake.

Helen Munoz said there will be a meeting in downtown Palmer on Feb 4 to discuss the alternatives to making one- way streets through downtown. She said it will affect everyone in the area.

Jim Sykes suggested the council acquire a post office box to facilitate mail delivery when council members change. Jim asked for clarification on the resolution sent to the Borough regarding Ken Klunder being appointed to the planning commission. Lynn Fuller moved we reiterate our support for the resolution. Karen Lopez seconded. Motion passed.

Discussed agenda items for next months meeting.

Jim Sykes moved we adjourn.

Treasurer Michael Miller called this Lazy Mountain Community Council Board meeting to order at Lazy Mountain Bible Church at 6:05 pm. Board members Michael Miller, Tom Harmon, Mimi Peabody, Pat Larrabee, Paul Morley and Karen Lopez were present. A quorum was established because at least 4 members present.

Absentee Ballot Counting:

Michael Miller, Tom Harmon, and Karen Lopez verified signatures of absentee ballots.

Michael Miller, Tom Harmon, and Karen Lopez counted absentee ballots.
Board Election Results:
4 top votes:
Lorri Van Diest: 55
Jay Van Diest: 55
Gerald Devilbiss: 43
Mimi Peabody: 38

Remaining votes:
Jim Sykes: 35
Pat Larrabee: 31
Paul Morley: 22
Larry Devilbiss: 12
David Hale: 6
David Hayes: 1
Matt Speckles: 1

Bylaw Amendment results:
1. Article 3. Purpose. Yes votes: 27; No votes:49: Amendment failed
2. Article 5. Voting. Yes votes: 66; No votes: 12: Amendment passed.
Article 5. sec D. shall now read: Voting on other matters considered by the council may be by show of hands if such a vote will permit accurate counting of votes. Secret ballot voting may also be used. Each general member present is entitled to one vote.
3. Article 8. Council Organization. Yes votes: 33; No votes: 42. Amendment failed

4. Incorporation of Lazy Mountain Community Council
Yes votes: 25; No votes 54: The proposal failed.