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PRB-1 and CC&R's
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Phil Kane wrote: Yeah but... The building official is SUPPOSED to be an engineering type! -- 73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane I'll give you an example of how it works in the REAL World..... We, (Local Residents) wanted to have the Borough (County) build a small bridge across a 30 ft wide creek, so that we could connect two seperate Road Systems, locally. There was a bridge in this location, built by the Army Corps of Engineers in WWII, that had decayed, and collapsed 30 years ago, but the abuttments were still in good shape. The Required Permits to install the new Bridge were all in place, EXCEPT for the Alaska Dept. of Fish & Game's Habitat Division, which needed to pass on the permit, because the creek was a Salmon Spawning System. Now you have to undestand that this is a nothing project, ($60KUS) on a nothing creek, (There are literally thousands of similar Creeks in our neighborhood - Neighborhood = 100 Square Miles) in the middle of NoWhere, Alaska. Habitat Division was staffed by "Greenie" Fish Biologists with absolutly NO Knowledge of Civil Engineer, and little pracatical experience outside the Degreed University Program they came from. It took us Three (3) Years of "Blood, Sweat, and Tears" to get the last signoff, and it finally took the President of the Alaska Senate, to hold up the Budget for ADF&G in Committee, untill they were within 24 Hours of having to send everyone home, because they couldn't Pay them. The first Official Act of the, then New Governer, Frank Merkowski, 15 minutes after he was sworn in, was to eliminate the ADF&G Habitat Division, fire ALL the Biologists, and transfer the Permitting to the Depatment of Natural Resources. Two weeks later there was an Ad in the Help Wanted of all the Alaskan Papers looking for Civil Engineers with PE Stamps, and Fish Habitat Experience, to work for Alaska's DNR. They hired three, in short order, and the backlog of 8 years of Permit Applications (500+) were dealt with in then next 9 months. During the previous 8 Years only 12 permits were issued. Bruce in alaska -- add a 2 before @ |