Minutes- 23 Mile Slough RSA Third Quarter Meeting
2017
September
29, 7-9 pm, 4800 Eielson Farm Road
Call to
Order at 7pm by chair Stu Davies at 4800 Eielson Farm Road
Present: Commissioners: Stu Davies, John Tobin, Jason Peters Residents: Robyn
Davies, Jake Hinkkanen, Ron Illingworth, Josh Jordan, Bill Montano, Dan Reese,
Warren Smith,
Introductions/Sign
in
Approval
of Agenda -John made motion to approve, second by Jason
Stu Davies - yes John Tobin -
yes Jason Peters-yes
Approval
of Minutes from 2-18-17 meeting- Discussion on the confusion of traffic counter
results which say traffic on stringer continues to decrease. Jason made motion to approve with the
removal of “Stringer traffic report continues to decrease”, second by John
Stu Davies - yes John Tobin - yes
Jason Peters-yes
Financial
Report- transfer of funds not needed at this time, review of handout of final
FY 2016/17 budget and FY 2017/18. Jason made motion to approve, second by John
Old
Business:
New
Business
1. Election of officers. Motion by Jason for Stu to be Chair and District
Rep and Jason Secretary. 2nd
by John.
Stu Davies - yes John Tobin - yes
Jason Peters-yes
2. Repairs/Maintenance work completed this summer- grading, pothole repair, machine clearing. Discussion included Stu’s request for residents to call
him when they think maintenance is needed on their road. He will wait to grade and plow on side
roads until residents call. Machine
clearing is expensive and brush on side is growing fast enough that every three
years is not working in some areas.
Appreciation was expressed to homeowners who clear their right of
way. Borough liability insurance
will not cover commissioners who use big equipment in the maintenance of the
road. Homeowners should check
their liability insurance for coverage in the right of way
3. Repairs/Maintenance to be completed- corners,
signs, grading, bridge, gravel to Skila, Calcium Stu reported he is working with Rural services to fix bridge
on OVT#2. Work to be done next
summer and could cost around $5-8,000.
Stu spoke with RS about Calcium and Michael said it was really expensive
and doesn’t work that well. Ron
reported the dust was not a problem for him. Request for Stu to email Mitch to fix signs: 35mph at 9
mile, T sign, curve and mile marker at 3 mile. Stu will email to Mitch to allow
Josh Jordan to coordinate the application of gravel ($1,500)on
Skila/Prince. Discussion of fill
in the right of way on Prince.
Jason made motion to send letter to landowner informing them of right of
way obstruction and request they let us know when they will be able to resolve
this problem. Stu seconded motion
Stu Davies - yes John Tobin -
yes Jason Peters-yes
4. Tax Cap discussion and vote – Stu made motion to keep tax cap at current
level. Second by John. lengthy discussion on the benefits of a
tax increase. Stu reported
he would step down if the vote was to increase taxes.
Stu Davies - yes John Tobin -
yes Jason
Peters-abstain
5. Project submittal Jason
made motion to submit the list of projects as identified on Agenda with the
exeption to move the acceleration lane up to #2 to reflect the communities
concern with entering highway during high traffic especially during the dark of
winter. Second by John
Stu Davies - yes John Tobin -
yes Jason Peters-yes
Public
Comments
·
Ron reported seeing
increased traffic from no-mans and state maintained road especially after
diversion of traffic by DOT,
Neighbors and visitors have expressed concern about brush growth beside
road and may have to consider mowing more than every three years. Discussion on how nice it would be to
get no-mans land to join RSA.
·
Jake led discussion on
difficulties of keeping road plowed especially during high snow years. Suggestions for improvements included
more frequent snowplowing on problem corners, using a delineator to mark
roadway
Commissioner
Comments
· District Committee- ARSAC meets infrequently
Next
meeting
·
Winter – after Feb 15th
Adjournment at 8:40
