Girdwood Cemetery Committee

June 8, 2017

Minutes Draft

Call to order, 1PM Tommy O’Malley, Chair

Agenda Approved for June 8, 2017 Meeting

Minutes Approved from May 11, 2017 Meeting

Old Business:

Discuss amenities, structures group considers key to the construction

Need survey to document usable land prior to walk thru on July 16 but after Forest Fair. Boutet co has provided an estimate of the cost for this service @ $2750. This will mark the setbacks on the site as indicated on the preliminary map.

Motion:

Girdwood Cemetery Committee moves to pay The Boutet Company for survey of the cemetery site and marking the setbacks.

Motion passes unanimously

Tommy to set up time to hike the area with Carolyn Brodin from Trails Committee to discuss existing trails and likely trail routing for public trail to allow access via cemetery site to connect Beaver Pond Trail to Crow Creek Road, including bridge over California Creek

Group used sticky notes to designate likely areas on the map of large infrastructure items:

Parking lot across from turnaround on Crow Creek Road, Entry Arch/columbarium near parking lot; General idea of trail and bridge over California Creek. The remaining infrastructure should be discussed more fully with the community at walk-thru and with survey of land to guide location, including burial sites, memorial wall, veterans memorial

Discuss plans for community meeting to help in visioning process (SUN July 16)

Meeting set for SUN July 16 from 1-4PM at the Cemetery site. Invite public to come to walk-thru

Kyle to have 2 large maps laminated so that people can mark preferred locations of amenities & provide paper for lists.

Process timeline is:

Get survey by TBC (now)

Determine general locations of amenities/infrastructure at July 16 walk-thru (July)

Provide this information to CRW to develop cost estimate for engineering/construction documents (July/August)

Bring CRW estimate to GBOS to request funding for engineering/construction documents (August/Sept)

Cemetery funding

Currently funding falls under responsibility of the Girdwood taxpayers to fund. Bonding is likely option, but will require positive vote from full municipality. Community foundations/Denali Commission/Rasmuson Foundation

Group should check on how cemeteries have been funded more recently. Funding from burial fees

If site becomes municipal cemetery, then it would be funded through Anchorage areawide taxes. Management of the cemetery will fall under Anchorage Health and Human Services.

Cemetery website update

No update on Girdwood Cemetery inclusion on municipal cemeteries page of MOA website.

New Business	None

Public Comment:	None

Other Business:	None

Adjourn 2PM

Next meeting is THU July 13 at 1PM

Girdwood Cemetery Committee is a sub-committee to the Girdwood Board of Supervisors

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