174 N. Washington Street in Monument, Colorado
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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:
Joe
Belzer
Julie
Glenn
Joe
Martin
Mark
Veenendaal
Robert
Eskridge
Also
present were Larry D. Bishop, Sr., District Manager, Triview
Metropolitan District, Dale Hill, District Administrator, Triview
Metropolitan District, Thomas Repp, Nolte Engineering, Pete
Susemihl, Susemihl, McDermott and Cowan P.C., and Jim Kendrick,
OCN.
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Call
to Order
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Director
Joe Belzer 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 5:00 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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Election
of Officers
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Mr.
Belzer opened the floor for nominations for President of the Board
and upon motion made Julie Glenn was nominated and Mrs. Glenn
declined the nomination. Upon motion made and duly seconded Mr.
Robert Eskridge was nominated. There being no further
nominations, nominations were closed and Mr. Eskridge was elected
President of the Board with Mrs. Glenn abstaining.
Mr.
Eskridge then opened the floor for nominations for the Vice
President and upon motion made and duly seconded Mr. Joe Martin
was nominated and elected as Vice President unanimously.
Mr.
Eskridge then opened the floor for nominations for the
Secretary/Treasurer and upon motion made and duly seconded Mr.
Mark Veenendaal was nominated and elected as Secretary/Treasurer
unanimously.
The
following are the newly elected officers of the Board of Directors
of Triview Metropolitan District:
Robert
Eskridge President
Joe
Martin Vice President
Mark
Veenendaal Secretary/Treasurer
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Recognition
of Steve Sheffield
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Mr.
Bishop then presented Mr. Sheffield to the Board and informed the
Board that he had past his “B” Water certification in the
State of Colorado on his first attempt and that this is a
monumental accomplishment. The Board congratulated Mr. Sheffield.
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Sign
Resolutions 07-09 and 07-11
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With
election of officers the unfinished business from last month’s
meeting, signing the resolutions, was completed.
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Approval
of Minutes
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Upon
motion made and duly seconded the minutes of October 23, 2007 were
approved unanimously with one minor change.
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Presentation
of Financials
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Mrs.
Hill then presented the financials for September 2007 to the Board
and informed the Board that we have reallocated the expense
concerning the Prebles Mouse from the Enterprise fund to the
General Fund.
Mrs.
Hill informed the board that the District has received three tap
fees for the month, two from Walgreens in Monument Ridge and one
from Classic.
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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Mrs.
Hill informed the Board of unusual expenses incurred during the
month. Upon motion duly made and seconded and carried unanimously
the payment of invoices and vouchers for October was approved.
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Approval
of Rate Increase for 2008 Resolution 07-12
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Mr.
Bishop presented a spread sheet depicting water and sewer rate
comparisons of some of the entities in northern El Paso County and
discussion followed.
Mr.
Bishop further updated the Board on the recommended 10% rate
increase for water and 20% rate increase for sewer to be able to
maintain our loan agreement and meet the reserve requirement.
Discussion
then ensued on whether or not the higher usage blocks are priced
too low. Mr. Bishop then agreed that conservation is often forced
through higher rates for higher usage.
Upon
motion made and duly seconded the rate increase for 2008 carried
unanimously.
It
was noted that Woodmoor Water and Sanitation District has changed
their block structure as well as authorizing 7.5% rate increases
through 2013.
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Approval
of IGA with the Town for Operations and Maintenance for 2008
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Mr.
Bishop presented the Annual IGA for Operations and Maintenance of
our water system with an increase in price to include the
maintenance of TMD’s sewer collection system.
Upon
motion made and duly seconded the approval of the IGA with the
Town carried unanimously.
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Approval
of Addendum establishing the Pikes Peak Regional Water Authority
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Mr.
Bishop explained to the Board the purpose of approving the
Addendum establishing the Pikes Peak Regional Water Authority is
to permit the City of Fountain to become a member.
Upon
motion made and duly seconded the approval of the Addendum
establishing the Pikes Peak Regional Water Authority carried
unanimously.
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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 95%.
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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. Mr. Bishop updated the Board on INVEnergy.
Mr.
Bishop informed the Board of the continuing efforts of PPRWA to
acquire a satellite well field and renewable water supply for the
entities in Northern El Paso County.
Mr.
Bishop added that the PPRWA is a viable political organization and
is planning a presentation to State Legislators to inform them of
the organization and its goals on Friday, November 30th,
2007 at the Town Hall, Town of Monument.
Once
again Mr. Bishop reminded the Board of the cost of membership and
that he was looking at whether or not to continue, due to the
financial constraints of the District realizing that opting out
now and then wanting to re-join at a later time may be more
costly.
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Monument
Car Wash Approval of Contract
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Mr.
Bishop presented the Monument Car Wash contract to the Board and
went through the details of the contract.
Upon
motion made and duly seconded the Monument Car Wash contract was
approved unanimously.
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New
Water Tank/ Expansion of Treatment Plant B
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Mr.
Bishop updated the Board on awarding the contract to Weaver
Construction, adding that it is a 22 week project and that
coordination is taking place with Donala Water and Sanitation
District to provide water to Triview during plant shut down if
that becomes necessary.
Mr.
Repp informed the Board that everything has been submitted to
Regional for permits and that Nolte will be spending fifteen hours
a week on site overseeing the construction.
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WWTF
Expansion
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Mr.
Bishop presented the Expansion budget with the total estimated
construction completion costs.
Mr.
Bishop updated the Board on the status of the loan application for
the additional funding necessary to complete the expansion.
Discussion
and questions from the Board followed.
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DMR
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Mr.
Bishop presented the Discharge Monitoring Report for the month of
October 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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Monument
Ridge
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Mr.
Bishop updated the Board on the current status of Monument Ridge
and efforts in obtaining the deed to the water rights.
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404
Permit
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Mr.
Bishop reported that TMD had met with consultants and the Town
concerning some sedimentation that had been deposited in permitted
areas of Triview from offsite and that a plan was being formulated
on clean up of the sediment.
Mr.
Bishop further reported that we are close to submitting our plan
for compliance.
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Ballot
Question and Future CIP
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Mr.
Bishop informed the Board on several options that are available to
fund future infrastructure to serve future growth.
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Engineer’s
Report
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Mr.
Repp updated the Board on Promontory Pointe.
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Attorney’s
Report
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The
Attorney had nothing further to report.
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Public
Comment
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There
was no public comment.
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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 6:15 p.m.
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Larry
D. Bishop, Sr.
Manager
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