Guemes Island Planning Advisory Committee
March 4, 2024
Meeting Called to Order: 6:40 pm
Board Members Present: Michael Brown, Allen Bush, Steve Orsini, Kathy Malley, Jep Burdock, Gabe Murphy
Members of the Public Present: Michael Gray, Lisa Charnock
March Meeting Agenda: Approved
February Meeting Minutes: Approved
Treasurer’s Report:
GIPAC Account: $5022.76
Bill from Kyle $260
Public Comment: Brief public comment about minutes that lead into the first agenda item.
Updates/New Business:
Gabe has purchased a website domain, guemesplanning.org, hosted/managed through WordPress.
A conversation was had regarding the new website, web interfaces in general, the pros and cons of different platforms, etc…
Allen and Gabe will work over the next couple months to get the website set up in phases, starting with the basics, then migrating historical content as time allows. Links to our site will be shared with other community organizations to link on their sites. We can also post flyers with QR codes at community hall and ferry dock in order to help get the word out.
Gabe is also in the process of setting up a Google for Nonprofits account for GIPAC and will be notifying board members as email and drive storage gets set up. This will be a place to store GIPAC ongoing collaborative work, communications, etc…
Bylaws revision:
Kathy and Gabe presented the second draft of the bylaws revision that enables more flexibility in board operations. It was approved unanimously by the board. It will be available on our new website as soon as it goes live.
SKAT meeting:
Michael sent a thank you letter to Crystle Stidham, the CEO of SKAT, thanking her for coming to present on the island as well as attending our ferry committee meeting.
The board intends to continue to have conversations with the SKAT folks regarding bus service related to Guemes. (On and off the island)
We may have been the first stop on their presentation tour throughout the county.
They have a survey they are distributing to communities, and GIPAC intends to facilitate the survey distribution to islanders the best we can.
A conversation was had about the different aspects of the SKAT, what exists elsewhere, how people use transit. An additional conversation was had about parking on either side of the ferry.
Public Comment at the Commissioners:
GIPAC commented on Feb 27th and asked the Commissioners to approve C23-1.
Today, Mar 4th, the shorelines master plan was on consent agenda, someone was presenting, and Janicki asked him to remove seawater intrusion language for Guemes Island out of the consent agenda because they want to implement it separately later in the year. Steve gave a quick summary of the history of the effort.
Future GIPAC effort: Reengage with Keith in the health department and work towards a rainwater catchment template.
The board entered a brief executive session to discuss legal matters.
Meeting was adjourned 8:40pm
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