Friday, May 25, 2012

On the Agenda: Installing 1,000 LED Streetlights in Fairbanks, Alaska

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FAIRBANKS NORTH STAR BOROUGH PLANNING COMMISSION ASSEMBLY CHAMBERS, BOROUGH ADMINISTRATIVE CENTER 809 PIONEER ROAD, FAIRBANKS, ALASKA AGENDA
7:00 p.m. June 5, 2012
A. ROLL CALL
B. MESSAGES 1. Chairperson’s Comments 2. Communications to the Planning Commission 3. Citizen’s Comments – limited to three (3) minutes a) Agenda items not scheduled for public hearing b) Items other than those appearing on the agenda 4. Disclosure & Statement of Conflict
C. *MINUTES 1. Minutes from May 15, 2012 PC Meeting.
D. APPROVAL OF AGENDA AND CONSENT AGENDA Approval of Consent Agenda passes all routine items indicated by asterisk (*) on agenda. Consent Agenda items are not considered separately unless any Planning Commission member or citizen so requests. In the event of such request, the item is returned to the general agenda.
E. CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS HP 2012-015 Application by the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities for local government approval of the Steese Highway MP 5 – 11 Resurfacing project. This project will pulverize and repave approximately six and a half (6.5) miles of the Steese Highway from the Chena Hot Springs Road overcrossing to the weigh station in Fox. The existing pavement on this section of the Steese Highway is over twenty years old and the condition is now worn, cracked, rutted, and past its useful service life. Other improvements are set to include repaving approaches, upgrading signing, upgrading striping, replacing damaged guardrail, replacing the cross culvert at Engineer Creek, repaving the Alyeska Pipeline Viewing Area parking lot, as well as other minor improvements.
F. PUBLIC HEARING HP 2012-014 Application by the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities for local government approval of the FMATS LED Street Light Conversion – Stage II project. This project is proposing to convert approximately 1000 streetlight units from high pressure sodium (HPS) to light-emitting diode (LED) technology. These streetlight conversions will be performed at various locations inside the City of Fairbanks and the City of North Pole. The purpose of this project is to reduce Fairbanks’ and North Pole’s maintenance and operations cost by replacing existing HPS streetlight units with LED streetlight units. CU2012-012 A request by Mark and Anne Rippy for conditional use approval for a guest house in the Rural Residential zone on Lot 3, Salcha Estates West. (Located on the east side of Weston Drive, south of Yankovich Road)
G. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
H. NEW BUSINESS
I. COMMISSIONER’S COMMENTS Commissioner Activity Reports 1. FMATS 2. Title 17 Rewrite Project 3. Comprehensive Plan Advisory Board 4. Other J.
ADJOURNMENT

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