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Attendance
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The
regular meeting of the Board of Directors of the Triview
Metropolitan District was called and held as shown above in
accordance with the applicable statutes of the State of Colorado.
The following Directors, having confirmed their continued
qualification to serve on the Board were in attendance:
Steve
Stephenson
Joe
Martin
Robert
Eskridge
Julie
Glenn
Joe
Belzer
Also
present were Larry D. Bishop, Sr., District Manager, Triview
Metropolitan District, Dale Hill, District Administrator, Triview
Metropolitan District, Chuck Ritter, Nolte Engineering, Thomas
Repp, Nolte Engineering, Pete Susemihl, Susemihl, McDermott and
Cowan P.C., Lynda Torres, Premier Urgent Care, Kevin Burnett, Red
Oak Consulting, Rick Giardina, Red Oak Consulting, Jim Kendrick,
OCN, and Mark Veenendaal, Citizen.
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Call
to Order
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Director
Steve Stephenson noted that a quorum of the Board was present and
that the Directors had confirmed their continuing qualification to
serve, and therefore called the regular meeting of the Board of
Directors of the Triview Metropolitan District to order at
approximately 4:00 pm.
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Notice
and Posting
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Mr.
Bishop stated that the meeting had been properly noticed and
posted.
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Introductions
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Introductions
of those present were made.
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Premier
Urgent Care
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Lynda
Torres presented the new Premier Urgent Care facility that will be
located in Monument Market Place. Emergency Room Doctors and
other trained emergency room personnel will staff the facility.
Premier Urgent Care has an established relationship with Code One.
The projected opening is January 2008.
The
Board expressed their appreciation for the information and Mrs.
Torres departed the meeting at this time.
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Approval
of Minutes
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Upon
motion duly made and seconded and carried unanimously the minutes
of the Regular Board Meeting of August 28, 2007and the minutes of
the Special Board Meeting of September 10, 2007 were approved.
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Presentation
of Financials
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Mrs.
Hill then presented the financials for July 2007 to the Board and
stated that having Well A-1 re-done resulted in a lower than
expected bottom line for July.
Mrs.
Hill informed the Board that we have receive two tap fees from
Remington Hills this month and that puts the District at about 62%
of projections for 2007.
Upon
motion duly made and seconded and carried unanimously the
financials were accepted as presented.
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Approval
of Bills, Invoices/Vouchers and Draw Requests
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Upon
motion duly made and seconded and carried unanimously the payment
of invoices and vouchers for August was approved.
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Discussion
of Revised Impact Fees
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Mr.
Rick Giardina talked the Board through a slide presentation on
calculating impact fees and Red Oak’s conclusion on what the
maximum supportable impact fees are for roads and bridges,
drainage and Parks and Rec on residential, commercial, office and
industrial development.
Mr.
Bishop inquired as to how other entities cover costs of
improvements without impact fees.
Mr.
Giardina responded that those costs are there and do not go away
and those costs must then be covered by other fees such as sales
tax dollars or property tax. Communities that adopt impact fees
historically have lower user fees. The fundamental premise for
impact fees is that you are shifting the cost of growth to those
who pay the impact fees, new development.
Mr.
Kevin Burnett then presented alternatives to the maximum
supportable impact fee.
Discussion
then followed on the methodology of setting the impact fees and
discrimination in collection of the fees.
Mr.
Bishop expressed concern over impact fees that could drive
commercial development to other areas.
Mr.
Giardina stated that as long as your fees are reasonable and
supportable then they don’t become an issue. Remember that we
are building backbone infrastructure to permit residents to get to
the commercial development.
Discussion
followed on whether to grandfather certain developments and
consensus was reached to not grandfather.
Discussion
ensued over the pros and cons of a sales tax rebate program.
Consensus
was reached to adopt the maximum supportable residential impact
fees and to adopt alternative three for the commercial, office and
industrial fees with a five year phase in plan by increasing the
COI impact fees by 10% each year until the maximum supportable
impact fee is attained.
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Approval
of Resolution 07-10 Change of Impact Fees
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Upon
motion made and duly seconded approval of Resolution 07-10 Change
of Impact fees carried unanimously.
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Presentation
of the Proposed Budget for 2008
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Mr.
Bishop presented the first draft of the proposed 2008 budget.
Discussion then followed on the
draft budget concerning rates and the amount of future rate
increases. Mr. Bishop updated the Board on interest expense and
capital improvement projects proposed for 2008. Mr. Bishop
requested that each member of the Board review the proposed budget
and submit comments to him prior to the October meeting when the
proposed 2008 budget will be presented again.
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Pump
Stats
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Mr.
Bishop presented the pump stats with an added total depicting the
water being used from the Phelan Water Purchase Agreement and that
accountability was at 94%.
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CIP/Annexation
Status
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Mr.
Bishop updated the Board on the changes to the CIP Status.
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PPRWA
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Mr.
Bishop reported on the activities of the Pikes Peak Regional Water
Authority. He updated the Board on the Water Infrastructure study
and ongoing quest for renewable water.
Mr.
Bishop stated that the study has gone over budget by about
$30,000.00 and that Triview Metropolitan District’s share of
this additional cost is $10,000.00 and recommended that the Board
authorize payment.
Upon
motion made and duly seconded approval to pay the additional
$10,000.00 for WIPS carried unanimously.
Mr.
Susemihl reported that Pikes Peak Water Authority is getting
stronger politically and that real progress is being made on a
plan for renewable water.
Mr.
Bishop explained that the goal is to obtain some renewable water
to relieve the stress on the Denver Basin Aquifers and to conserve
this finite source of water.
Direct
re-use and indirect re-use was discussed on how to utilize this
additional water resource.
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MCI
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Mr.
Repp reported that the line is in and being pressure tested.
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New
Water Tank/ Expansion of Treatment Plant B
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Mr.
Repp reported that the cost estimate is being finalized and that
we are expecting comments from the State this week and we are
proposing to advertise for bids on October 8, 2007.
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WWTF
Expansion
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Mr.
Eskridge reported on the tour that was taken on September 15, 2007
and commented that it is a well run plant.
Mr.
Veenendaal also commented that he thought that the tour was very
worthwhile and that it increased his knowledge of what Triview
Metropolitan District does and informed him on where his money is
going.
Mr.
Bishop presented the expansion budget for the month. He informed
the Board that we are in the middle of completing our application
for additional loan money from the Colorado Water and Power
Resources Development Authority to pay for the additional costs.
Mr.
Bishop explained that some of the expansion will cover phase III
and one of the things is to install electrical panels to operate
the Ultra Violet disinfection system in phase III at an estimated
cost of $200,000.00. This money will come from the contingency
fund.
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DMR
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Mr.
Bishop presented the Discharge Monitoring Report for the month of
August stating that the plant is doing very well and that all
parameters are well below the discharge permit requirements for
the month.
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Tri-Lakes
Leadership Conference
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Mr.
Bishop reported on the Tri-Lakes Leadership Conference and
informed the Board that he was invited to the conference by Mr.
Rick Blevins. The conference was very well attended and covered a
number of topics and was well worth his time.
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Tri-Lakes
Marketing Group
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Mr.
Bishop updated the Board on his presentation on the Denver Basin
Aquifers to the Tri-Lakes Marketing Group.
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Monument
Ridge
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Mr.
Bishop presented the latest letter from Monument Ridge
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December
Board Meeting
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The
Board set the December board meeting for December 11, 2007 at 4:00
p.m. and determined to hold the 2008 budget public hearing at this
meeting.
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Engineer’s
Report
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Mr.
Repp reported that Promontory Pointe had resolved their erosion
control issues.
AM
West moved their schedule up a month to equip well A-8 to get
ahead of the weather.
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Attorney’s
Report
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Mr.
Susemihl commented that Steve Stephenson is one of the best board
members he has ever worked with.
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Public
Comment
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There
was no further public comment.
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Other
Business
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Mr.
Gorham B. Stephenson submitted his resignation from the Board of
Directors of Triview Metropolitan District effective the morning
of September 26, 2007.
All
board members and staff expressed their heartfelt appreciation for
the hard work and dedication of Mr. Stephenson and stated that he
will be greatly missed.
Mr.
Bishop requested that Mr. Stephenson returned for the October
Board meeting.
Mr.
Veenendaal indicated that he would be interested in sitting on the
Board of Directors of Triview Metropolitan District.
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Adjournment
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There
being no further business to come before the Board and upon motion
duly made, seconded and unanimously carried the meeting was
adjourned at approximately 7:05 p.m.
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Larry
D. Bishop, Sr.
Manager
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