Girdwood Area Plan Update Committee

March 22, 2017

Minutes

What:	Girdwood Area Plan Update Committee

Where:	Girdwood Community Center, 250 Egloff Drive

Date:	March 22, 2017

Time:	7:00PM

Call to order, Diana Livingston & Lewis Leonard, co-Chairs

Introductions and Welcome
Attendees are:

Henry Munter, CPG

Jerry Fox, GBOS/LUC member
Sam Daniel, GBOS and past volunteer on original GAP

Janice Crocker, community member,

Mike Edgington, newer resident, GBOS, helped convert PDF to word doc

Brian Burnett, Trails advocate, Alyeska Resort rep,

Schubert, Crow Creek Resident, construction contractor

Di Powers, LUC member, Crow Creek resident

Kyle Kelley, MOA Staff, resident

Andy Hehnlin, resident, contractor

Jessica Szelag, new resident, planning background

Margaret Tyler, MOA staff, resident

Diana Livingston, long time resident, worked on original GAP and on 2008 update committee

Lewis Leonard, worked on original plan and on 2008 update

Erin Eker, Realtor, resident, former GBOS member

Agenda Approved for March 22, 2017 Meeting (Janice Crocker/Lewis Leonard)

Old and New Business:

Election of Moderator for Meetings

Group decides to choose a moderator at the start of each meeting.

Election of Scribe for Meetings

Margaret Tyler will provide minutes/agendas with help of co-chairs for meetings

Meeting format and guidelines

1 hour meeting, every 2 weeks.

Determine committee and project goals

Update GAP, which was published in 1995

This is not a re-write, just an update

Jessica Szelag mentions that there are items missing from this plan:

Vision for the valley

Main goals/objectives for the community to focus on in future

Mission statement for plan.

Might incorporate sustainability, equitability, etc in to these elements in the plan.

Committee assets and expertise

LL provides technical writing skills

EE: experience from perspective of realtor and resident

HM: IT, recreation community interest, knowledge of upper valley lands

JF: Land use experience

SD: Volunteer management, prior experience in process of GAP creation

Likes Charette process to include as much of the community as possible

JC: Finance/Spreadsheets/data. Able to build website for the project.

ME: Researcher, analytical skills, software help

BB: Trails, recreation, running events for non-profits to make money.

DP: Crow Creek Road liaison, experience with last GAP

KK: Local Government relationship with Girdwood

AH: Insight on construction, land in Girdwood. Water table, drainage, snow storage.

JZ: Planning background in Seattle, fresh perspective

MT: Trail user, MOA support for meetings

DL: Fund management, connections in government, fundraiser

Expectations for and from members

Group assembled has many skills – plan on using them for this project.

Expect to attend meetings

Project funding

$10,000 in matching funds available from HLB, up to GAP to find the matching funds

Diana has been seeking funds to pair, but hasn’t found it yet.

May be able to match volunteer hours.

Resources
Electronic version of existing Girdwood Area Plan. PDF is on line, if members want a copy of the word doc, we can provide on disc or jump drive.

Results of 2008 Survey – Committee needs to review the survey information and determine what needs to be updated before community is surveyed again.

Files from past committee meetings – Group decided to keep these available if needed, but overall believe we are starting new.

Discuss Process and Procedure

Create website – need separation from MOA site for credibility.

Update and distribute survey

Community Charette (or 2)
Accrue plans from other agencies to extrapolate information and use as reference documents:

Trails Committee, USFS, Alyeska Resort, Chugach State Park, HLB and others.

Add new trails plan in to document

Task assignment and timeline

Jessica Szelag offers to research other Area Plans from other towns in the US

Janice Crocker offers to build simple website

Diana Livingston to work on budget

Need: Group discusses that there is need to find out from MOA about additional funding and what assistance city planners are able to offer. This may take political pressure from GBOS to have project funded during 2018 budgeting cycle.

Comments from the committee

Group discusses that this should be a topic at the MOA/GBOS Quarterly meetings until it has been completed.

Schedule next meeting

THU April 6, 2017 at 6PM

Adjourn 8PM (Janice Crocker/Di Powers)