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>PAGOSA
LAKES PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOC
Thursday, March 11, 2004
MINUTES
President
Bohl called the regular monthly meeting of the Pagosa Lakes
Property Owners Association Board of Directors to order at
7:00 P.M. in the Pagosa Lakes Community Center, 230 Port Avenue,
Pagosa Springs, Colorado.
Board & Staff Members Present
David Bohl - President
Hugh Bundy - Vice President - absent & excused
Pat Payne - Secretary - absent & excused
Fred Uehling - Treasurer
Walt Lukasik - General Manager
Bill Nobles - Director
Gerald Smith - Director
Fred Ebeling - Director
Larry Lynch - DPE Manager
Lauren Lee - Recording Secretary
Approval of Agenda and Minutes
Agenda - A motion was made by Director Smith to approve the
agenda as submitted. Seconded by Director Nobles. Motion carried
unanimously.
Minutes of the February 12, 2004 Regular Board Meeting –-
Director Ebeling made a motion to approve written. Seconded
by Director Smith. Motion carried unanimously.
General Manager's Report
Sheriff's Department Animal Control statistical report for
the month of February 2004 were read into the record: 5 dogs
impounded, 1 cat impounded, 0 cruelty case, 4 dogs returned
to owner, 12 verbal warnings issued, 5 written warning given,
22 miscellaneous citizen contacts made and 0 summon issued.
Due to hiring and training of new animal control officers
by the County, there are no statistics for patrol minutes
or mileage. The New Officer for the Pagosa Lakes area is Cathy
Smith who used to be a dispatcher with the County.
The Fairfield timeshare units are completely booked for spring
break period. We expect the traffic at the Recreation Center
to be very heavy during this period.
In January two applications were received and in February
three additional applications for new construction starts
were received. In 2003, 13 applications were received for
the same time period. We believe that the winter snow conditions,
a previous overbuilding of spec housing and current economic
conditions have had adverse affect on applications. We are
expecting an increase in applications in spring.
The ECC will be studying and arriving at definitions for
“'commercial type truck' and its applicability to enforcement
in accordance with the language contained in the Declaration.
The Spring Edition of the Association newsletter is currently
being printed. It will be mailed within seven days of its
receipt from the printer.
Public Comments
None
Treasurer's Report
The February 2004 financial documents have been reviewed.
No discrepancies or irregularities were noted.
As noted in the Manager's report, assessment payments are
behind in relation to 2003. President Bohl noted that there
is a new budgeted line item for $25,000 for uncollected accounts.
Committee Reports
- Recreation Committee Report –- No meeting held in
February. Meeting minutes were presented to the Board from
the March 8th meeting.
- Lake, Fisheries & Parks and Lake Study Committee –-
Minutes from the February 3rd meeting were included.
- Ad Hoc Lake Study Committee –- Minutes from the
February 11th meeting minutes were included.
- ECC agenda and minutes were included in the DCC report
for your information. A committee report was included as
presented by liaison member Pierre Mion.
Old Business
Larry Lynch, Supervisor, Property and Environment,
gave the Board of Directors an update on the watershed project.
The watershed study initiated by PLPOA is focusing on two
aspects –- assessments and monitoring. The participants
will be doing some monitoring of inlet streams taking chemical
and sediment specimens for analysis. Goals are to reduce the
flow of sediment and to put a watershed master plan in place
by the end of the year. Other problems to be studied are stream
channel erosion and human caused impacts.
Larry informed the Board that the Association is working
with the county to develop water protection policies and regulations.
Plans are to determine structural improvements that could
be built such as detention or settling facilities and to examine
ways of protecting wetlands and developing new wetland areas.
The worst area of infiltration is the Cloman ditch. The major
water inflow into Lake Pagosa is from the upstream Cloman
Industrial area, which comes through the ditch, and it is
affected by any major construction activities in the area.
The total watershed study area includes 82,000 acres, 93
miles of streams, 491 acres of lakes and houses for approximately
8,000 residents. It includes Stollsteimer Creek headwaters
to as far south as Navajo Lake. The panel will hold public
meetings throughout the area before contemplating final recommendations.
New Business
- A timeline for the July 31, 2004 Annual meeting was given
to the Board of Directors.
- Skunk problem in PLPOA. Director Nobles discussed the
use of traps owned by Pagosa Lakes. He asked if the Association
should rent traps or lend traps to homeowners and require
a deposit. Director Nobles feels that our maintenance staff
should not be involved in the removal of skunks. Director
Bohl suggested the Association continue its previous policy
of lending skunk traps to property owners and assisting
them where necessary. The majority of the Board agreed with
the continuance of past policy.
- Signature cards for banking relationships were updated
to account for the removal of past Board members and for
the addition of new Board members.
- Affirmation of un-protested fines. Six violations were
submitted to the Board of Directors for affirmation of fines.
The violations consisted of three for Inoperable vehicles
and three for the dumping/storing of trash and debris. Director
Smith made a motion to affirm all fines. Seconded by Director
Nobles. Motion carried unanimously.
Correspondence
The Board of Directors received a letter from Property
owner Keren Prior requesting that the Board review voting
privileges. Her questions were based on current interpretation
of association bylaws, which considers a husband and wife
as joint owners and each with a vote on association questions,
while a single owner is allotted only one vote. Ms. Prior
claims that this discriminates against single property owners
who would get only one vote on an association questions. The
discussion was tabled in order to obtain a legal opinion.
Adjournment
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned
at 7:50 P.M.
Respectfully Submitted,
Lauren Lee/ Recording Secretary
Leona F. Payne/ Corporate Secretary
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