Meeting Minutes, July 14, 2017

July 24, 2017 
1624 NW Sarkisian Dr., Seal Rock

Call to Order

6:00 pm
Members Present: Rick Hill, Alex Derr, Sue ValentineNeighbors present: Almut,  Jonathan Hoy , Kate Alexander

Financial Report

$2779.54 in Checking.
$3045.94 in one CD.$5153.61 in the other CD.

Old Business

Tree trimming

Bill Heavenston, Steve Burke, Steve's brother-in-law (whose name I have unfortunately forgotten), and Rick Hill trimmed roadside trees around our entire loop. They hauled all the brush to a vacant lot, with the owner's permission. Rick is going to rent a chipper for his personal use and we will chip the roadside brush tomorrow. 

Volunteer appreciation event

Sue is planning a BBQ to thank the volunteers who built the new walkway and have been trimming trees around the loop. Details TBA.

New Business

Eclipse planning 

We discussed eclipse weekend planning with the members present and with input provided before the meeting by neighbor Avital Miller. We are all concerned that the eclipse weekend's increased population pressure will result in blocked roads, damaged property, litter, and other upset to our peaceful community. 

We resolved the following:
- The road is public. The road district may not control traffic, or charge for access or parking. 
- The road district is not a homeowner's association. It may not dictate how individual homeowners control access to their property. For example, if a homeowner wishes to charge for parking on their property, it is not withing the road district's purview to allow or disallow this. 
- The road district accepts and greatly appreciates donations. If a homeowner wishes to share their eclipse windfall, we will graciously accept it. 

Aside from that, we agreed as neighbors that vigilance will be in order for the weekend. Some friendly but firm communication with visitors may be required, and any of us should feel empowered to speak up and keep our community safe. 

Speeding

Kate brought up concerns about people speeding on our roads. We all agreed this is a safety issue. 

Ideas we discussed include:
- Speed bumps. Not legal on a public road. 
- Speed humps. Tightly controlled by the county. We don't have funds for the traffic study or installation. 
- Speed limit signs. The minimum speed limit on a public road, outside of a school zone, is 25 mph. We can't legally post a lower limit.
- Speed trap cameras. Road committee has not investigated this.
- Radar speed signs. As with speed trap cameras and speed limit signs, the legal limit on our roads is 25 mph, but we want people to drive even slower than that. Advertising a 25 mph speed limit is likely to encourage people to drive faster than they already do. 
- Requests to rental agencies and homeowners who rent their homes. We can ask that renters be asked to drive 15 mph or less on our roads. This might help. Alex will start with Bayshore Rentals and known landlords. 
- Individual contact with offenders may also be effective. 

Etc.

We paid the recent bill for the paving loan. 

Next monthly meeting

TBD

Adjournment

7:00 pm