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LAKE MONTEZUMA PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION
MONTHLY OPEN MEETING
DATE OF MEETING 4-6-2009
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER: 5:10 pm
BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Sharon Brooks, Janet Aniol, Steve Sprinz, Carole Penfield-Krowne, Karin Krippene, Maggie Holt.
OTHER RESIDENTS PRESENT: 2
GUEST SPEAKER: None
I. MINUTES: The minutes from March 2 and 16 2009 were approved..
II. FINANCIAL REPORT; Maggie reported that LMPOA has 240 current members. LMPOA has $17,738.63 in the general checking account, $10,372.76 in the Business Index CD[Eddie fund] and $4101.91 in the Money Market fund. See attachment A to minutes for complete report.
A motion was passed authorizing Maggie to transfer $12,000.00 from the general checking account to a separate interest-bearing account in order to segregate the Red Rock Development funds from the general operating funds.
Maggie is checking with Arizona Water Co. to see whether we can be exempted from taxes on our water bill. She also noted that APS is going for an increase.
III. PUBLIC INPUT
Carolyn Vandermale delivers the Bugle at 3:00 AM and keeps records of unusual or suspicious occurrences she notices. She will email her reports to Steve for inclusion on the website.
IV. COMMITTEE REPORTS
A. Transportation. Janet provided a written report. (See Transportation Report), attachment B to the minutes. Discussion was held that improvements to Montezuma Lake Road was recently removed from the 5 year regional plan. LMPOA needs to continue reminding the County of our local needs. Sharon will draft a letter for Board review.
B. Water. Karin provided a written report (See April Water Report), attachment C to the minutes. Karin attended the Verde Valley Water Users meeting last Tuesday and also a water workshop where the Chino Valley pipeline was discussed.
C. Park Developments. Sharon reported that the new gardener Alex Perez is going to replace the drip line, sprinkler heads, and timer. He also is trimming the trees and fertilizing. He has estimated 20 hours of labor. Chip Davis has indicated to Sharon that the County will split the park expenses with LMPOA on a 50-50 basis.
D. Community Plan. Sharon reports it is moving along and the target date is still September, 2009.
E. Planning and Zoning. The Board discussed the two issues outlined in Steve's written report. (See March P& Z Report)(Attachment D to the minutes). Steve recommended a positive reaction to Rimrock Super Storage zoning ordinance amendment H9031. Janet would like to see some conditions attached, including public trail access, reversion if property not built, and considering a 2nd access. Sharon voiced that this is a zoning change which is "eating up" our residential area and that Beaver Creek has a higher percentage of commercial zoning than other similar unincorporated areas. After further discussion, a motion was made that LMPOA object to the requested zoning change and recommend expansion of the use permit instead. The motion passed with 5 in favor and one abstention (Steve).
The second issue was the Open Space and Sustainable Development Options. The Board reached a consensus that option 441 (the "green" option) is better than option 442 and should be supported.
F. Publicity. No report
V. OLD BUSINESS.
Vision for LMPOA. Tabled
Grants/County Involvement with Rollins Park. (See above report)
Work Session at LMPOA storage unit. It was consensus that the weather is still too windy and unpredictable to schedule the session in April. It was also discussed that we might, after discarding unusable stuff, be able to go to a smaller storage unit.
Van grant. The proposal was presented to NACOG and Janet reported it was "well received", but there are numerous contenders for this grant. The final decision will be forthcoming in June.
VI. NEW BUSINESS.
Amending Articles of Incorporation. A motion was passed approving notice publication to all members in the Brighter Side. The vote cannot occur for 30 days after publication so it will have to be at the June meeting.
A motion was passed to table the remaining agenda items.
V ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 7:00 p.m.
Respectfully submitted
Carole Penfield-Krowne
Secretary
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