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Conifer
Mountain Homeowners Association
Meeting
Minutes
December
7, 2002
The
fall meeting of the Conifer Mountain
Homeowners' Association (CMHOA)
was held on
Saturday, December 7, 2002 at
10:00 am at the Elk Creek Fire
Station No 3.
Meeting
was called to order by the new
board President, Ted Morris. Agenda
for the meeting was as follows
Introduce
new board members
Discussion of water rights
Re-establishing CMHOA web page
Lot owned by the CMHOA
Wireless service for Conifer Mountain
Mountain Resource Center
Staunton Park
New
board members were introduced
President
Ted Morris
Vice President Bill Farr
Secretary Jocelyne Morris
Treasurer Carol Haskins
Member-at-large Jerry Greyson
Member-at-large David Kittrell
At
the previous CMHOA meeting, water
rights were discussed, and how
the wells in Kings Valley affect
the homeowner's on Conifer Mountain.
This issue was discussed in length
again. Through research and other
sources, permits in Kings Valley
are legal, and CMHOA has no legal
standing against the residents
of Kings Valley if our wells are
dry or low.
Concerns
were raised that some homeowners
have had well problems, such a
low recovery, and no water, resulting
in new drilling.
The
suggestion was made to create
group of homeowners whose purpose
would be to make a study to check
wells on Conifer Mtn. and make
guidelines.
A
previous water study showed no
trends in the decrease of water
on Conifer Mtn.
One
suggestion was to adjudicate your
well. This process gives you (individual
homeowner) water rights. It requires
filing paperwork and paying a
fee to the water court in Greeley.
However, the association cannot
do this for all homeowners. Each
homeowner should adjudicate his/her
own well, if desired.
A
water committee was suggested,
and a sign up sheet was started.
The
CMHOA website is up and running.
However, it is still under construction.
Jerry Greyson will be the webmaster.
The web address is www.conifermountain.org.
Suggested
items to put on the website are
association communications, water
rights information, local homeowner's
business information, bulletin
board.
Ideas
for website can be directed to
Jerry Greyson or left as a comment
on the site's home page.
On
the subject of communication,
it was requested that no one put
any bills on the Conifer Mtn.
signs that are at the entrances.
In addition, Carol Haskins mentioned
that someone stole one of the
meeting signs. The sign was at
the Kings Valley entrance.
Some
homeowners' suggested that it
would be a good idea to decorate
the Conifer Mtn. signs for the
holidays. Since it was too late
for this year, a committee will
be formed. The committee will
meet and suggest decorations for
the signs for next year.
Kate
Rosenthal from the Mountain Resource
Center in Conifer was in attendance.
Also a Conifer Mtn. resident,
she explained that the resource
center (located next to Safeway),
offers classes in family relations,
budgeting, and other social issues.
Their website link is available
on the CMHOA website.
The
lot owned by the association was
discussed and the issue was what
should the association do with
it. The property taxes have doubled
in the past year, and several
people raised the issue that we
should either sell the lot, or
do something with it.
At
one time, there was a verbal agreement
with the three adjacent lot owners
that they would reimburse the
association for the taxes, in
return for the association not
selling or building on the lot.
However, the payment of these
taxes is voluntary, and the association
has no legal agreement to collect
the tax reimbursements, which
are in arrears.
Several
suggestions to do with the lot:
-
Sell it
-
Convert to a public/private
park/picnic area to homeowners'
use. (picnic tables, horseshoe
pit, no fires)
-
Mitigate the area, so it will
increase value. (need volunteers
to do this)
Other
concerns rose about turning the
property into a park:
-
Teens
loitering on the property
- noise, trash issues
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Liability
issues
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Other
non-Conifer mountain residents
using the property
-
"Policing"
the property.
A
park committee was formed and
a sign up sheet was started.
A
presentation by Brad McGann of
Wispertel was made to inform people
of the availability of wireless
internet service on Conifer Mountain.
Wispertel had equipment set up
to demo their services.
The
issue was brought up about the
availability of the communication
tower on the top of the rocks
next to the fire station, to be
used for wireless internet antennae.
However, Brad of Wispertel indicated
that the tower is not required,
since there are 3 antennae already
on Conifer Mtn. providing wireless
internet service.
Joe
Brand from the Colorado State
Parks was in attendance to discuss
the status of opening Staunton
State Park. The park is in a holding
pattern due to other parks being
developed, in addition to access
issues. Information about the
park and when it will be completed
can be obtained by contacting
Joe Brand.
Joe
discussed that matching funds
from the state for wildfire mitigation
are available to homeowners. It
requires you to use the funds
to supplement your expenses to
mitigate your property.
To
call for mitigation analysis,
residents can contact the Jeffco
emergency services, the Colorado
State Forestry or Elk Creek Fire
Dept.
The
meeting was adjourned at 12 noon.
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