January 2022 monthly meeting

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Topic: Starr Creek Special Road District’s Zoom MeetingTime: Jan 10, 2022, 07:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meetinghttps://us06web.zoom.us/j/83021433398?pwd=VTJqSFZnVVR2VnFUaTFEMnRXbUc0dz09 Meeting ID: 830 2143 3398Passcode: 588345One tap mobile+13462487799,,83021433398#,*588345# US (Houston)+16699006833,,83021433398#,,,,*588345# US (San Jose) Dial by your location        +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)        +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)        +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)        +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)        +1 929 205 6099 US (New York)        +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)Meeting ID: 830 2143 3398Passcode: 588345Find your local number: https://us06web.zoom.us/u/keoXiphFfs

Starr Creek Special Road District

January 10, 7 PM via Zoom

The meeting of the District Commissioners is to conduct the business of the district. A public audience is welcomed.  Public discussion on agenda topics will begin after initial discussion by the commissioners. Discussion will be limited to civil discourse as observed by the commission.

                 Meeting Agenda

Welcome: Meeting call to order

Commissioner introduction and attendance

 Motion to approve Meeting Minutes:

December 6, 2021 regular meeting (see attached)

  Financial Report: December transactions and balance

 –  Old Business:

  1. Motion to approve payment to Camo Construction for monthly maintenance
  2. SS Monthly road maintenance report; 

-After a six-week absence, our landscaper has quit.  I am currently looking for a replacement and checking with our insurance company about the possibility of hiring casual labor for the work 

– I am checking to see if there is some way to roto-root the rocks that the fire truck can’t budge in the Hideaway culvert 

– I spoke with Jimmy Smith about the proposed culvert on Hemlock and evidently, he is having trouble with the cable company not showing up to do locates and that stops the whole process, also, one of his crew came down with Covid so now it’s the cable guy and weather that’s holding up the project.

  1. In progress topics to report on: sign installation, tree limb trimming and ditches. 
  2. Report on contacting Matt Goheen for district records.

–  New Business

  1. Discuss the concerns of neighboring residents regarding the end of Evergreen Road and private property.  The log blocking the use of Evergreen was partially removed by the district in 2017 to accommodate the easement users on the private road that is in the district. (see documents at the following link)

https://drive.google.com/drive/u/1/folders/13osPhJX9rTRdD2QCKG1QgaQLOzo7wCtT

  1. Private road sign replacement request.

– Policy reading #1:

In an effort to provide a district policy pertaining to residential driveway culverts the following points were discussed at the December meeting:

  1. Culverts installed by residents for their driveways will be maintained in equal parts by the homeowner and the district.
  2. When the district sets up to blow out debri from culverts, it will be arranged  for all of the district culverts that are needing this maintenance.  
  3. Residents on the drainage side of roads are obligated to install an appropriately sized culvert, at their own expense.

Set time and date for next meeting: 

        February 7, 2022, 7PM for Zoom meeting.

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(attachments)

Minutes Starr Creek Special Road District (UNAPPROVED)

December 6, 2021, 7 PM via Zoom 7:04

Welcome: Meeting call to order

Commissioner introduction and attendance; Sharre Smith, Justen Palmer, Michael Guerriero, with residents; Leslie and Bob

 Approval of Meeting Minutes:

November 1, 2021 regular meeting SS Moved to approve, JP seconds and motion carried.

  Financial Report: November transactions and balance: 

$21751.47 account balance, paid $195 to CAMO construction, $17.18 utilities and account interest of .28.  

 –  Old Business:

  1. MG Moved to approve payment to Camo Construction for monthly maintenance, JP seconds, motion carried.
  2. SS Monthly road maintenance report; sign installation, tree limb trimming and ditches. Culvert maintenance and Yachats Fire Department arrangement.

SS Moved to hire MG to install 3 signs, yield at foothills and SCSC one stop sign at Hideaway and Star Creek.  AT $500. JP Second, discussion. Kinion may have signs to sell.  Motion carried.

Manager of SWLCWSD, he said that with a map of the culverts, he could use water to blow out the culverts that are near the fire hydrants.

The fire department could do the rest. 

SS will be flagging for additional brush work.

  1. SS Report on contacting the attorney RE: public records  

SS comments on the letter.  There was discussion about our obligations  and the attorney’s concerns if we accept incomplete records.  MG volunteered to request, in a letter, the records from Matt Goheen. 

About the site and blog,  we discussed the efficacy of the entries and MG objectioned to the content.  MG made a motion to pay the attorney the $220 for the consultation.JP, seconds, motion carried                                  

 –  New Business

In an effort to provide a district policy pertaining to residential driveway culverts the following was discussed:

  1. Culverts installed by residents for their driveways will be maintained in equal parts by the homeowner and the district.
  2. When the district sets up to blow out debri from culverts, it will be arranged  for all of the district culverts that are needing this maintenance.  
  3. Residents on the drainage side of roads are obligated to install an appropriately sized culvert, at their own expense.

 Set time and date for next meeting:  Jan. 10, 2021, 7PM for Zoom meeting.

Leslie asked about the culvert on Hemlock with concerns about the amount of water that enters her driveway, SS added her observations. MG offered his observations.  Will be going ahead with the project as soon as possible.  

  Meeting ends at 8:03.

Published by starrcomm

Years ago, actings an assistant to a USFS engineer, I took part in the monitoring of all dirt roads within the district, and during those years, I traveled thousands of miles on every kind of dirt road you can imagine. checking for erosion, blocked ditches, culverts, creeks, berms, the impact of travel, slopes, and runoff. Up to the snow-line and back. Along roads that followed rivers dotted with giant tailing piles and deserted dredges leftover from mining along with the miles and miles of ditches used to move water to feed the giant cannons used in hydraulic mining. Into and out of wilderness areas, we followed one-track’s that led to established hunting camps and roads that were built for patented mining claims without the availability of a blade to cut the grade in the mountain. Access roads for tracts of timber going up for bid and the temporary roads inside a logging show. Skid roads to landings, to haul roads to get the logs back to the access road. Dust abatement, water, oil, and plant-based had to be considered. Haul roads often down-sloped and dicey, enough to make an experienced city driver get out of the truck and walk off the job. I’ve been down roads that looked more like a goat track, high above the creek bed, with the distance between the outside tire and air measured in inches. Enough to have me scribbling my last wishes on my lunch bag while keeping an eye on the upper bank for something to grab onto if the truck went over the edge. For those years, we covered every road within an area probably the size of Lincoln county. In my off time, I sometimes played at mining gold, In smaller waterways, using shooter damns, and dredging in the larger creeks. You could say that I have more than a passing acquaintance with dirt and water. I guess you could say it was my love of dirt and water, ad the challenges they present, that drew me to this position. I look forward to getting things done.

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