Moose Pass
Advisory Planning Commission
Minutes
for 5 January 1993
Moose Pass
Community Hall
1905 hrs.
Present were Ann Painter, Mark Staubel,
Jeff Estes, Rick Smeriglio, and Ellen O'Brien. Also present were Red Smith and
Larry Smith who had requested to make a presentation to our group,
Results of the vote on the plan were
announced and the Moose Pass Plan was accepted. Rick agreed to send a letter to
the Borough to inform them of our acceptance of the plan. A photocopy of the
Moose Pass water wheel logo will be sent with the letter with a request to have
it displayed on the cover. After discussion of the inaccuracy of the Borough
mailings to area residents it was agreed to send a corrected list for future
mailings to the Borough.
A letter sent to the MPAPC but meant for
the "Moose Pass Chamber of Commerce" from the U.S.D.A. Forest
Service, Chugach National Forest regarded grant proposals. It was decided that
Jeff would deliver it to Jack Taylor and the Sportsman's Club.
The group discussed combining the next
Sportsman's Club meeting with a presentation Ed Martin from the Borough
Planning Dept. would like to make regarding logging in the Moose Pass area,
At 1930 hrs
Terry and Steve Brady of Husky Forest Products arrived to assist the Smith's in
their presentation.
A presentation was given by Red Smith
regarding logging in the Moose Pass area and a proposed plywood plant at Crown
Point, He expressed a desire to create jobs and gave a figure of eventually 400
jobs at this "major timber processing mill".
Terry Brady displayed samples of planned
products of laminated lumber, plywood and edge glued panels. They explained
that 40 to 80 acres would be needed for siting the plant not including support
industries.
At 2100 hrs the presentation and
questioning were completed. MPAPC members discussed how to use and disseminate
the information presented The group decided that the meeting with Ed Martin
might take too long to be combined with the Sportsman's Club meeting. Rick
agreed to contact Ed Martin to set up a time convenient with him,
2130 hrs‑
meeting adjourned.