08-25-2017, 08:39 AM
The road professional did give a powerful 3 min owner input which probably shook up some of the reps who've been a part of the chip seal agenda, who are still sitting on the board today, and a couple former reps were present in the peanut gallery. Although this person's words echoed what watchdogs had questioned boards over the last 2 1/2 yrs since the chip seal agenda began in HPP and ignored, this time was different because we have 5 brand new people on the board who have shown to be bylaw followers, and appear not to have a stance one way or the other about chip seal so far. The majority of the main pushers of chip seal aren't on the board any longer. The brand new reps inherited this mess and they have my sympathy as it's a pretty big mess that will entail careful decisions after doing their research before they know how to proceed for the best interests of HPP. They're taking their jobs seriously.
The DOH fine had become intertwined with chip seal by the previous board as chip seal was supposed to be the new proposal to mitigate dust in HPP after the fine was issued....per the GM and former reps reports at board meetings earlier this year. Now that the chip seal failing roads has been brought to the forefront recently, the board obviously has some big issues to deal with.
There's only 1 layer of chip seal on all the roads....and appears it was set up for failure from the word go. Anyone who's done their research knows you don't put 1 layer of chip seal down and expect good results, so the question is how did this happen? The foundation of the roads are another problem which could mean that the chip seal needs to be ripped out (at some point in time). This description was given by someone who lives on one of the newly chip seal roads.."the road is moving". Putting a second layer won't help a road who's foundation is the issue. The road professional spoke about ratio of oil and chips when describing why the chip seal roads are failing.
There's been no professional engineer involved during the chip seal project. When watchdogs asked about engineers and contractors over the past 2 1/2 yrs, one of the former reps who resigned in Jan 2017 (due to the impending district recall), claimed she was the engineer....she told a lot of people she had a civil engineering and electrical engineering degree....and said the contractor is the GM.
The board announced the exec session held before the last board meeting from 6-7:30 PM was to meet w/HPP's attorney about the DOH fine. I've heard the DOH fine was ultimately issued because minimum efforts by the past 3 boards to stop fugitive dust weren't taken as our current condition w/no gravel on the roads has/will generate fugitive dust. The DOH inspects roads when there's a complaint. This is our first DOH fine ever and it would seem fair to conclude it's because there's no gravel on our roads.
The DOH fine had become intertwined with chip seal by the previous board as chip seal was supposed to be the new proposal to mitigate dust in HPP after the fine was issued....per the GM and former reps reports at board meetings earlier this year. Now that the chip seal failing roads has been brought to the forefront recently, the board obviously has some big issues to deal with.
There's only 1 layer of chip seal on all the roads....and appears it was set up for failure from the word go. Anyone who's done their research knows you don't put 1 layer of chip seal down and expect good results, so the question is how did this happen? The foundation of the roads are another problem which could mean that the chip seal needs to be ripped out (at some point in time). This description was given by someone who lives on one of the newly chip seal roads.."the road is moving". Putting a second layer won't help a road who's foundation is the issue. The road professional spoke about ratio of oil and chips when describing why the chip seal roads are failing.
There's been no professional engineer involved during the chip seal project. When watchdogs asked about engineers and contractors over the past 2 1/2 yrs, one of the former reps who resigned in Jan 2017 (due to the impending district recall), claimed she was the engineer....she told a lot of people she had a civil engineering and electrical engineering degree....and said the contractor is the GM.
The board announced the exec session held before the last board meeting from 6-7:30 PM was to meet w/HPP's attorney about the DOH fine. I've heard the DOH fine was ultimately issued because minimum efforts by the past 3 boards to stop fugitive dust weren't taken as our current condition w/no gravel on the roads has/will generate fugitive dust. The DOH inspects roads when there's a complaint. This is our first DOH fine ever and it would seem fair to conclude it's because there's no gravel on our roads.