Municipality of Anchorage
P.O Box 390 Girdwood, Alaska 99587 http://www.muni.org/gbos	GIRDWOOD VALLEY SERVICE AREA BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Jerry Fox & Robert Snitzer, Co-Chairs Eryn Boone, Mike Edgington, Sam Daniel
Ethan Berkowitz, Mayor

September 18, 2017

GBOS Regular Meeting

Minutes Final

7:00 p.m. Girdwood Community Room

Call to Order 7:00 p.m. Jerry Fox, Co-Chair

Attending are: Jerry Fox, Eryn Boone, Robert Snitzer, Mike Edgington
Sam Daniel is excused.

Agenda Revisions and Approval
September 18 2017 Regular meeting agenda approved with changes below	ME/EB	4-0
Update from HLB on Industrial park moved to Land Use Report.
Chief Banning will give GFD report
August 21 2017 Regular Meeting Minutes Approved with changes below	RS/ME	3-0
Update GFD report to show that furniture was not received thru surplus channel
Update that GBOS/LUC meeting was not cancelled. It changed to include Girdwood Area Plan.

August 28 2017 Non-Profit Grant Presentation Meeting Minutes approved	RS/ME 3-0

Announcements:

Open House with Mayor Berkowitz is THU Sept 21, 2017 at 5PM Community Room.

Girdwood Fire Station Open House is THU Sept 21, 2017 at 6PM at the Fire Station.

Girdwood 2020 is holding a Kenai/Seward Highway safety stakeholder meeting on SAT September 23 from 10A-12P in the Girdwood Community Room.

Girdwood Rotary is sponsoring the Girdwood Health Fair SAT Oct 7 from 8AM-2PM in the Girdwood Community Room.

HLB Advisory Commission will meet in Girdwood on TUE Oct 10 from 12P-4P is their retreat. Meeting is 4PM-5PM in the Girdwood Community Room.

Both meetings are open to the public.

MOA/GBOS Quarterly meeting is scheduled for MON Oct 23, 2017 at 4PM in the Girdwood Community Room.

Introductions, Presentations and Reports:
1. Resolution of Thanks for half-pipe rebuild: Clint Kyffin, John Quesenberry, Kyle Bates

Kyle Kelley introduces that the original half pipe was an old ramp received from Elmendorf 22 years ago. It had been moved twice. Group of volunteers raised donations and received APF grant to work on this project.

Eryn Boone stated that she was impressed with how quickly this project came to fruition. Group worked quickly upon deciding to replace the half pipe.

Eryn Boone read resolution of thanks in to the record.

GBOS Meeting Agendas and minutes are available on line: http://www.muni.org/gbos

Motion:

Girdwood Board of Supervisors moves to provide Resolution of Appreciation to Clint Kyffin, John Quesenberry, and Kyle Bates for their work on the Half Pipe Ramp.

Motion by Robert Snitzer/2nd by Eryn Boone
Motion carries 4-0

Clint Kyffin is in attendance and receives a copy of the resolution.

2. Four Valleys Community School Presentation – Catherine McDermott

Catherine McDermott provides a history of FVCS, which is now the only community school in the state. FVCS grant hard funding of $20,000 from GBOS has helped achieved the following:

keep registration rates low through scholarships and financial aid

allows for the running track to be open for free for residents to use

expand summer programing to kids and adults

Thank you GBOS for the continued support for these important programs.

Upcoming events and news:

The next FVCS meeting is on October 5, there are 2 board seats open, please contact FVCS if you are interested in participating on the board.

FVCS and Girdwood Clinic are beneficiaries of the 2017 Mayor’s Charity Ball. They are still accepting donations for the auction.

FVCS Sports Swap is November 4.

3. The Herbal Cache, Susan Carse Presenting

This presentation is part of the required public engagement under licensing requirements. Herbal Cache has been open since July, 2016, although they have only sold marijuana products since February, 2017. Renewal of license is on the Assembly agenda for November. Renewal of the license occurs annually.

4. Gerrish Library and 2018 MOA budget - Girdwood Library Boosters and Mary Jo Torgeson, APL Director

Meeting room is crowded with residents who have come to hear reasoning for proposed library closure and receive direction on how to proceed.

Diana Livingston presents history of the Gerrish Branch of the Anchorage Public Library – Current location was built after community voted to tax itself for construction in 2002.

Total cost of construction was $6M. $3M came from State of Alaska grants, $1M came from Denali Commission; $500,000 from Rasmuson Foundation; $500,000 from other sources. $1M was approved to be raised from taxes in Girdwood, and repaid in 5 years.

Betty Charnon presents that the library building opened in 2008. Prior to that it had been housed in the Girdwood School. Library has 100 programs per year serving 2000 people.
Josh Hegna, Girdwood k-8 librarian presents a video that the Girdwood School kids produced with clips of what they value at the Girdwood Library.

Mary Jo Torgeson speaks to the group. Request from the Mayor was a budget that reflected 10% cost reduction from all departments, including the Library. 10% of the library system budget is $837,000. The proposed budget that was submitted includes closure of the Girdwood Library, which saves $320,000. It also includes lower book budget, less technology, fewer open hours at the Loussac Branch, and reduced staffing. Girdwood cost per check-out is higher than other branches of the library system. Highest costs in library system are: staff, technology, materials.

Public attending the meeting bring up the following topics:
Lynn McNamara Girdwood created the library to address need in the community in 2008, taxing themselves to meet this need.

Girdwood is dark and wet for many months of the year, library is well-used

No public transportation to existing Anchorage library facilities

Road is dangerous and commute is time-consuming

Group questions if other options have been considered: using volunteers, shortening hours, using check-out kiosks instead of library staff.

Recommend that library administration look to the community for solutions before closing the branch.

Consider grants to keep the library open.

Consider fee for use of the library facilities.

Joan Frankevich states that the state needs to figure out a way to raise revenue for needed services, such as library and public safety. Alaskans pay the least in taxes in the US. Consider a tax to provide for community needs.

Mary Jo Torgeson explains that this is part of a lengthy budget process. Budget proposal goes to the department head, who submits it to the Mayor and then it goes to the Assembly.

Timeline for this process is:
October 10 – Budget goes to the Mayor
November 7 and 21 – Budget is heard by the Assembly.

It is recommended that Girdwood appear at the Assembly meetings if the closure is still in the budget at the November meetings.

5. Sub-Committee Reports:

Trails Committee – Kate Sandberg

Trails Committee made some additions to the Girdwood Trails Management Plan and approved them. There are other changes to be made in the future, as this is a living document with many parts.

Nordic Ski Club is working on replacing bridges behind the Our Lady of the Snows Chapel.

Girdwood Mountain Bike Alliance is working on grant application to do trail work on proposed trails.

Beaver Pond Trail work is done, GTC will be seeking reimbursement of grants through Anchorage Park Foundation.

Iditarod National History Trail work is pending permits from the Army Corps of Engineers.

Hand tram is up and running, rope will be tightened soon. Tram will close for winter sometime in October, most likely.

Girdwood Area Plan Review – Diana Livingston/Lewis Leonard

Lewis Leonard updates the group that the GAP met with LUC and GBOS earlier this evening and heard a presentation from the Anchorage Community Land Trust on how the Mountain View Area Plan was accomplished and approved from 2012-2016. Next meeting is scheduled for September 28.

6. Legislative Report – J. Johnston, J. Weddleton, S. LaFrance

Representative Jennifer Johnston presents that she is likely heading back to Juneau for special session in October. Governor has indicated the session will focus on public safety and the fiscal plan. Fiscal plan keeps getting tied to other measures, so if that continues, passing it will remain difficult.

$200,000 that was designated for Seward Highway safety is a stopgap measure, that funding doesn’t exist for next year, and is not much compared to cost of highway enforcement. Mike Abbott should be making formal announcement of how the MOA will use those funds in the coming days.

Group discusses that the highway is not just a Girdwood/Anchorage resource, but statewide one, impacting important revenue streams with the visitor industry and all commerce on the Kenai Peninsula.

Jennifer Johnston states that the statewide crime rate, drug issues and recession are all impacting the state trooper limited resources.

Jerry Fox asks Jennifer of her position on taxes, as this was brought up earlier by a resident.

Jennifer states that she has highest hopes on POMV: Percent of Market Value of the Alaska Permanent Fund. She also considers a possible low sales tax – perhaps 2% on non-perishables. This could be on the books with a 2 year sunset so that the amount of tax is reviewed and adjusted frequently.

Jennifer suggests that Girdwood consider franchise library if Girdwood facility is cut from the MOA budget.

Assembly members John Weddleton and Suzanne LaFrance address the group. Points about the closure of the Girdwood library are well taken. Community participation in the budget hearings can turn things around. Take note of the October 24 and November 7 dates when the budget is heard by the Assembly and attend those meetings.

Anchorage works under a tax cap that prohibits much additional muni taxation, meanwhile crime and drug problems are using more resources. Revenue sharing funds from the SOA are unlikely. Cuts to city budget are going to be impactful.

Youth member on the assembly will be selected through the Youth Advisory Commission. 16-19 year old individual will be selected for a 6 month term shadowing Assembly member.

Jerry Fox asks about the status of the ballot measure for parking enforcement in Girdwood. John Weddleton states that he has contacted the Assembly attorney, they need some of the language from GBOS and then will begin.

7. Gerrish Library Report – Claire Agni

Library was open 179 hours in August, with 2666 visitors to the facility.

Programs on going: Storytime on FRI at 11; Magic the Gathering on TUE at 3:30; Ozobots on SAT at 3; Wii gaming on Fri after school.

8. Liaison Report - Kyle Kelley
Summer Staff, Reilly Buck, has completed his summer employment with us. He did a great job working on various maintenance projects in the parks and got us caught up on many tasks.

Turf contractor will complete their services the end of this month.

Summer projects mostly complete, remaining is the Iditarod National Historic Trail work, but this is on hold while we wait for Army Corps of Engineering permits.

Tennis committee will purchase and install wind screens next spring.

Friends of the Skate Park, as discussed earlier, completed half pipe construction as well as construction of four other ramps this summer. They have raised $11,000 for work in the park.
Campground will close in early October. Ben Grothe has moved on from his role as Campground Host, we’ll be looking for a new host for 2018.

Girdwood Parks and Rec staff will work on park cleanup as the leaves fall, as this helps a lot with spring start-up.
Volunteers Jessica Szelag and the von Imhof Family did great work at Nina’s Wall this summer.

GBOS will discuss the 2018 grant distributions later in the meeting, Margaret will send notices to grantees this week to advise them of their funding.

Hand tram is open, Parks and rec will tighten the rope this week. Hand tram will be closed and locked after freeze-up/snow.

Cemetery committee met with CRW Engineering to provide their vision for the cemetery. CRW is to provide an estimate for costs associated with construction documents.

Work ongoing on culverts, ditching, grading, brushing, asphalt replacement and patching in preparation for winter.

Major projects are mostly complete – Egloff Drive is pending a light pole, other punchlist items are complete. Fire Station now has occupancy permit. There are smaller electrical and painting projects. Come check it out at the Uncoupling of the Hose on THU 9/21 at 6PM.

Lions Club is going to BBQ.

BUDGETS:
Roads expenses are $383,000 YTD, 64% of budget

Plenty in reserve for last quarter winter snow removal.

Roads 406 fund is $150,000.

Parks are at 61% of budget
Parks 406 fund is $291,000

Community room fund is $74,000

Undesignated fund is $310,000
IGC’s are on pace with budget.

9. Supervisor Reports

Public Safety – Kyle Kelley reports on Sam’s behalf.

Summer stats have been delayed while WPD is busy in summer season and Chief Schofield is recovering from an injury. We expect to have missing summer statistics for May, July and August before PSAC meeting in October.

Roads and Utilities – Jerry Fox

Most items already covered. Sweeps on bike path have been filled in with recycled asphalt, and lines have been painted to show drivers where bike path is at road crossings. Jerry does not approve of the placement of the lines, they highlight the lack of shoulder at the intersections.

Parks and Recreation/Cemetery – Eryn Boone

No additional report.
Cemetery update – no additional report.

Fire Department – Robert Snitzer

333 incidents YTD. Terry Kadel resigned and accepted a position in Homer as Assistant Chief. Manch Garhart is now Deputy Chief of Operations, a consolidated position.

Open house is September 21 at 6PM
Health Fair is October 7.

GFD currently has 36 members and is recruiting new volunteers.
Dial 911 in emergencies.

Land Use – Mike Edgington

No additional update, most items are on the agenda at this meeting.

Agenda Item LUC 1409-04: Update on Girdwood Industrial Park (Robin Ward, HLB)

Bid has been accepted and work should begin in a couple weeks. Plan is to work from October 1 thru November 1 on the sewer and road bed. Lights and paving are slated for summer 2018.

HLBAC has 2 board seats to be filled and 4 applications, all of which are related to Girdwood. Diana Livingston is retiring from the board, after years as a great asset and friend to the HLBAC.

Public Comment:

Sheila DeNuptiis regarding the Food Pantry in Girdwood.

Starting a Meals on Wheels program for those who need delivery to their homes.

Food Bank has monthly food boxes for seniors age 60+

Food Pantry will be attending the Health Fair, stop by for more information and enrollment.

Pantry service in fall is: October 8 and 22; November 5 and 19; December 3 and 17.

Dinner served at the Methodist Church once a week during the resort’s shoulder season.
Leave donations with Glacier City Realty or the Clinic.

Sharon Lynch regarding the Ball Field.

Gate needs work and outfield fence is showing wear. People climb over it when they lose their discs at disc golf course. Also trim on bench is breaking off.

Kyle states that the outfield fence is on the list for work next summer. We’ll check on the trim. Thank you for letting us know.

OLD BUSINESS:

10. Invasive weed program: Review of previous approval to use herbicides as part of the program.

GBOS approved use of herbicides for invasive weeds after long public process and successful program last year. Complaint from a resident this fall has delayed spraying on Timberline and the soccer field. Spraying was posted but not performed last week as scheduled pending further discussion.

Tim Stallard, contractor, restates previous presentation that invasive weeds cause ecological and environmental harm to the area. In our case, the Reed Canarygrass gets in to wetlands and eventually creeks and rivers and cause harm to salmon habitat. Solution used on these weeds is 1.5% solution from a concentrate. Posting statement is as required by MOA prior to spraying and is based on consumption of concentrated dose

Paul Wharton states that he is concerned for their family dog. Posting has information from the MDSR and sounds quite forbidding, stating that if material is ingested, it’s similar to Raid and Off and help should be sought from Poison Control. He suggests digging the weeds or using some other non-poison technique.

GBOS discusses that the concentration of the solution, the length of time of toxicity and the overall benefit of getting rid of the canarygrass before it takes hold in the meadows have all been weighed previously and again at this meeting. They decide to proceed with program, if weather and staffing permit. They request that Tim have staff stay at the spray sites until the solution has dried to reduce risk of exposure of animals when toxicity is highest.

11. Review of CRW Engineering report for pedestrian activated crosswalk sign at Hightower/Egloff and Alyeska Highway. Request work session to review.

CRW report provided to GBOS to review over the next month. Overall cost is estimated at $120,000, however there are elements of the project that are already in place. Kyle expects cost approximately $100,000 once those elements are removed from the plan. Kyle will present design proposal in October.

12. Update on possible Municipal charter change to allow Girdwood’s designated public safety provider to provide parking enforcement.

This came up earlier in conversation with John Weddleton. GBOS needs to provide language for request for parking enforcement.

13. Review of 2018 GBOS Non-Profit Recreation Grants and funding distributions among grantees: Four Valleys Community School, Little Bears Playhouse, Challenge Alaska, Girdwood Community Club, Girdwood Art Institute, Glacier Valley Transit, Alyeska Ski Club. Grantee presentations were held last month.

Four Valleys Community School.
2018 is the second year that FVCS is recommended to be hard-funded for $20,000 in the Girdwood Parks and Recreation budget. FVCS programs closely match the goals of this funding, and FVCS continues to improve their programs to meet the needs of the community.

Motion:

GBOS moves to fund Four Valleys Community School with $20,000 parks and recreation grant.

Motion by Mike Edgington, 2nd by Eryn Boone

Motion carries 4-0

Other Grant applicants:

GBOS members completed worksheets on the other applications, these worksheets are available for public review and may explain some of the funding more thoroughly than will be covered in this meeting.

Little Bears	Challenge	ASC	Art Camp	KEUL	GVT	Total
Mike	$ 7,000	$ 6,000	$ 4,000	$ 4,000	$ 5,500	$ 3,500	$ 30,000
Eryn	$ 6,000	$ 8,000	$ 4,000	$ 3,000	$ 5,000	$ 4,000	$ 30,000
Jerry	$ 8,500	$ 4,800	$ 4,500	$ 4,000	$ 4,000	$ 4,200	$ 30,000
Sam	$ 8,000	$ 7,500	$ 1,200	$ 3,800	$ 5,500	$ 4,000	$ 30,000
Robert	$ 6,000	$ 8,000	$ 4,000	$ 3,400	$ 4,600	$ 4,000	$ 30,000
Average	$ 7,100	$ 6,860	$ 3,540	$ 3,640	$ 4,920	$ 3,940	$ 30,000
Less overage	$ -	$ -	$ -	$ -	$ -	$ -	$ -
Revised Average	$ 7,100	$ 6,860	$ 3,540	$ 3,640	$ 4,920	$ 3,940	$ 30,000

Motion:
Girdwood Board of Supervisors moves to fund the 2018 GBOS Non-Profit Recreation Grant applicants as follows:

Little Bears Playhouse granted	$7,100

Challenge Alaska granted	$6,860

Alyeska Ski Club granted	$3,540

Girdwood Art Institute granted	$3,640
Girdwood Community club granted	$4,920

Glacier Valley Transit granted	$3,940

Motion by Eryn Boone, 2nd by Mike Edgington

Motion carries 4-0

14. Review of Girdwood capital budget
Kyle Kelley provided a report that shows all the capital projects and capital account balances maintained for the Girdwood Service Area. GBOS has hard copies, the information is projected on the screen for the audience to see.

There are two budgets for the GVSA, operating and capital. The operating budget was reviewed over the last few months and was approved in August. Capital budget is tied to projects and savings accounts.

Projects:

Fire Station rebuild

Grant funds of $5.7 million.

This project is about to be wrapped up, and is expected to be within budget. There may be overage of $10-15,000 due to paving of the parking lot behind the library. There may be a request to use encumbered contingency funds to cover this overage. This should be finalized in December. $350,000 from GBOS for fire dept contingency fund is currently tied to the project. When the project is finished and closed out in December, the funds will go back to the Undesignated Fund

Girdwood Fire Dept. 406 Capital account

Account was previously called the vehicle replacement fund, however essentially it is a savings account to use for whatever items are necessary for the fire department to operate.

Replacement of vehicles is very expensive, there’s a list of vehicles and timeline for their refurbishment/replacement that the Fire Dept and GBOS is budgeting for over the years. Also separate account to save for building.

Currently fund has $442,000 and there will be request to draw against that amount for turnouts and other department items later in this meeting.

Roads 406 Capital Account:
$150,000 in capital fund
Report also shows grants that we received for roads projects.

$83,000 in reserve and earmarked for work on fish passage culverts at Davos, Mt. Hood and Donner. Culvers carry most of the water on that side of the valley, and are failing. Total cost to complete the project is estimated to be $800-$900,000, so we will continue to save toward this project. Design documents and preliminary permitting are complete, once we have the funds we can work on this project.

Parks 406 Capital Account:

$290,000 in the account.

Plan to pay for flashing light at Egloff/Hightower from this fund.

2018 budget adds $75,000 to this account.

Mike Edgington asks about Cemetery Capital Account. $20,000 allocation annually for the last couple years for cemetery are held in operating fund. Last year’s allocation was used for survey of the property. Unused funds fall in to the Undesignated fund and could be reallocated to a capital account. Cemetery Committee is required to request expense of funds through the GBOS. This system is flexible. Cemetery Funds could be reallocated to a different project at any time. CRW has been asked for an estimate for the next step, now that they have information from the committee on what vision the committee has for the cemetery. Once this estimate is received from CRW, GBOS will need to review and decide what they want to do.

15. Girdwood Fire Department Request for 406 capital funds to purchase extractor, turnout gear, and furnishings for the new fire building additions. Request for approval to use 406 funds and fire department expansion contingency funds.

Requests are:

Extractor $9,000.

This is a new request for equipment that has failed recently and is out of service. This is basically a washer for protective gear, and is vital for the safety and operation of the fire hall. GFD has considered repair, but the cost of repair is close to the cost of replacement, and the machine is approaching the end of its expected use.

Office Furniture $15,000.
GVD previously requested funding for office furniture for the new station, and then delayed that request while they pursued surplus options available through the MOA. It has now been determined that the surplus furniture available is not adequate. This request includes 3 complete desk sets, small conference table, chairs.

A/V for the Conference Room $10,000.

Muni specs and required city contract vendor require that we bring this up to other station’s standards within the MOA. Originally budgeted at $20,000, the total cost is really $30,000. This request makes up the balance needed, and there is no other vendor for these items.

Fitness Equipment $15,000.

2 Treadmills for exercise room. This is needed as fire department members are required to stay close to the station in order to respond to calls. No other procurement efforts have been successful.

Turnouts $26,000.

This is part of turnout replacement plan as previously presented.

Immediate request is for $34,000 for the Extractor, Office Furniture and A/V. Extractor is a new request, needed for safe operation of the GFD. The office furniture and a/v have been discussed previously. Fitness equipment and turnout replacement will be discussed and reviewed for approval at October GBOS meeting.

GBOS requests update of equipment and gear replacement plan for next 10 years.

Group discusses that furnishings and a/v were removed from the original construction bidding for the fire hall because it was known that construction alone was going to cost almost all of the funds available through the grant.

Motion:

Girdwood Board of Supervisors moves to approve expense not to exceed $34,000 from the Fire Department 406 capital account for the purchase of a new extractor for $9000, office furniture for $15,000, and A/V equipment for the conference room for $10,000.

Motion by Mike Edgington, 2nd by Eryn Boone
Motion approved 4-0.

Motion:
GBOS moves to allow the meeting to extend past 10PM.

Motion by Robert Snitzer, 2nd by Eryn Boone

Motion carries 4-0

16. Agenda Item LUC 1708-06:	Girdwood Trails Management Plan. Second presentation of the Girdwood Trails Management Plan. Request GBOS for Resolution of Support for the plan.

Kate Sandberg, Brian Burnett and Carolyn Brodin present that after 4 years of work on the plan, the Girdwood Trails Committee has produced a trails management plan. Plan has been approved by the GTC by a vote of 9-0 and LUC has recommended that GBOS write a Resolution of Support by a vote of 6-0 at their regular meetings earlier in September, 2017. Plan draft is on line at www.muni.org/gbos under Trails Committee. Copy of current document is available at the library. This document will continue to be updated and refined to continue to meet the goal of providing a framework for trail work and development.

Eryn Boone reads Resolution 2017-11 Resolution of Support for the Girdwood Trails Management Plan in to the record.

Motion:

Girdwood Board of Supervisors moves to approve the Resolution of Support for the Girdwood Trails Management Plan as written.

Motion by Eryn Boone, 2nd by Robert Snitzer

Motion carries 4-0

17. Agenda Item LUC 1708-07:	Girdwood Community Club second presentation regarding No-fee Lease for their facilities in Girdwood Park. Request GBOS Resolution of Support for the no-fee lease.

Lewis Leonard presents that the Girdwood Community Club requests support for another no-fee lease for the land on which the KEUL building sits. The building is owned by Girdwood Community Club, the land belongs to the MOA. Current lease expires in 2018. LUC recommended that GBOS write a resolution of support for this at their regular meeting on September 11 by a vote of 7-0. Draft language was presented last month, Lewis requests that mention of KEUL operating “below poverty level” be added to the Resolution. This language is added to the document.

Robert Snitzer reads Resolution 2017-10 Resolution of Support for the Girdwood Community Club’s continuation of a no-fee land lease for their facilities in Girdwood Park in to the record.

Motion:

Girdwood Board of Supervisors moves to approve Resolution 2017-10 Resolution of Support for the Girdwood Community Club’s continuation of a no-fee land lease for their facilities in Girdwood Park with “below poverty level” addition to the original draft.

Motion by Robert Snitzer/2nd by Eryn Boone.

Mike Edgington states that the new language, adding “below poverty level” is unclear and should be removed from the Resolution of Support.

Motion withdrawn.

Motion:

Girdwood Board of Supervisors moves to approve Resolution 2017-10 Resolution of Support for the Girdwood Community Club’s continuation of a no-fee land lease for their facilities in Girdwood Park as written.

Motion by Eryn Boone, 2nd by Mike Edgington
Motion carries 4-0

18. Request for renewed GBOS Resolution of Support for Lower Iditarod National Historic Trail for use in the RTP grant application.

Girdwood Parks and Rec is helping to write a grant application for $50,000 RTP grant to work on the Lower Iditarod National Historic Trail. This portion of the trail was determined and easement set aside for it in platting of the Girdwood Industrial Park. Grant application requests a Resolution of Support to be provided in the application packet.

Brian Burnett adds that this resolution will keep clear the position of GBOS regarding construction of this trail.

Eryn Boone reads Resolution 2017-12 Resolution of Support for construction of the Girdwood Iditarod National Historic Trail in to the record.

Motion:
Girdwood Board of Supervisors moves to approve 2017-12 Resolution of Support for construction of the Girdwood Iditarod National Historic Trail, as written.

Motion by Eryn Boone, 2nd by Robert Snitzer

Motion carries 4-0

NEW BUSINESS:

19.	Discuss topics for MOA/GBOS Quarterly meeting scheduled for MON October 23 at 4PM in the Girdwood Community Room.

Items currently on the agenda are: Seward Highway enforcement, Library funding in the Municipal Budget, Areawide vote to allow parking enforcement by non-APD officers in Girdwood.

Action Item Updates as assigned:

Request for Executive Session:

Other:
Adjourn 10:20PM