Audio file of March 11th Meeting in mp3 format

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

Proposed Bylaw Amendments  October 9, 2008

AMENDMENT Number 1

Proposed amendment strikes the last sentence in Article 12 Section C and replaces it with bracketed language and changes newspaper notice requirements from 14 to 7 days in line with borough requirements for community councils.

Article 12, MEETINGS, Section C

“General meetings shall require notice within the community council area.  Notice shall be placed in a newspaper of general circulation within the council area at least 14 [7] days and not more than 28 days before the general meeting is scheduled.  A sign shall be prominently posted several days prior to any meeting.  For the annual meeting and all other meetings, if the dues collected are sufficient to pay postage, notice shall be mailed to all general members and special members who have paid dues.

[Notice for the annual meeting and all other meetings shall be posted on the Lazy Mountain Community Council website at least two weeks in advance of the meeting.  A draft agenda shall be posted a week in advance of the meeting.  Mail notices will be sent to Community Council members who request mailed notices of meetings so long as mailing charges do not exceed 25% of the total amount in the LMCC bank account.]

AMENDMENT Number 2

AMENDMENT Number 1

Proposed amendment strikes changes notification requirements to bylaw changes by adding in the LMCC website as a main vehicle for notification instead of relying on mailing requirements.  Strikeout proposes to eliminate existing language.  Bracketed language denotes proposed additions.

Existing Article 15, AMENDMENTS

“These by-laws may be amended only at the annual council meeting unless the council board finds an emergency to exist, requiring an earlier general meeting.  Notice of any general meeting in which the by-laws are amended must include at least [14 days] notice mailed to each general council member as is required for the annual meeting. [posted on the Lazy Mountain Community Council website and shall include the proposed bylaw changes.  Notice of bylaw changes on the agenda shall be mentioned in published notices.]  Such notice must include notice of the proposed changes to the bylaws.  Changes to the by-laws shall require a vote of at least 10 members or a two-thirds majority of the general members present at the meeting, whichever is greater.”