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Seat
on APG open in wake of Cox resignation
By Christy Scott
The Alpine Sun
ALPINE — Alpine residents who are interested in becoming members of the Alpine Planning Group will soon have a chance to interview for an empty seat on the board. The vacancy is available due to the recent resignation of new member Harold Cox.
A replacement member will be voted in at the next APG meeting. Unlike the case earlier in the year, when Caree Lesh stepped down shortly after being elected to a seat and Ned Holmes was sworn in as the next highest vote getter in the November elections, the rules for this position are quite different.
"Any officially declared vacancy in the membership of the Group that occurs after the January meeting (mid-term vacancy) shall be filled by a majority vote of the remaining members of the Group," the APG’s standing rules document states. "No such vacancy shall be filled any earlier than the next succeeding regular meeting."
"I would ask that all interested parties attend the next meeting of the APG on Thursday, May 26, as a vote on the replacement will be on the APG agenda that night," Price wrote in a follow-up memo.
The group’s standing rules explain the process for selecting a new member.
"Any person present or represented who has submitted a signed letter of application will be considered (Alpine Planning Area Residents only for Group vacancies). The Chairperson will call on candidates in alphabetical order. Each candidate will be allowed five minutes to give a short statement of application for appointment."
The candidate will be interviewed by the APG members and must provide specific information, including occupation and financial interests in Alpine (if any). After the interview members will have the opportunity to nominate the candidates they support, to place the name in nomination will require a second.
After nominations are closed, and before voting, there will be an opportunity for the public to comment.
For further information, one may visit Alpine
Planning Group.
New road
The possibility of a new road in the area of Hanover Place and Tompau Place was discussed in length by APG members and the public at the April 27 meeting. The board reviewed the county’s replacement tentative map to support the division of 31.5 acres in the area into nine new residential lots. The new road would primarily serve this development.
"They’re talking about putting a new road right here behind most of our homes," said Mark Hanson, a resident of Hanover Place, "when there is a perfectly good road already in place."
Several residents of the area were on hand at the meeting to speak out about the new road. Their major point was that a road already exists in the area, Tompau Place.
"They’re much better off extending and improving this road rather than build a completely new road," said Hanson.
"What’s going to stop this guy from any more development," said Pete Home, a resident of
Tompau. "We can’t stop him from developing, but the road is really the major issue right now."
After discussions the APG members voted to approve the subdivision with a few conditions, such as requiring the applicant to use Tompau as the main access instead of placing a new paved road in the area.
Chairman Mark Price also requested that the applicant attend future APG meetings when this issue will be discussed so that questions from members and the public may be answered.
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