2016 Board Meeting

Eagle Ranch Property Owners Assoc. Board Meeting – November 30th, 2016

Location: Jim Sandusky's home

Called to order at: 1:08 pm

Members Present: Bob Robler, President; Chris Robinson, Vice President; Debby Graham, Treasurer;

Becky Robler, Secretary; Jim Sandusky, Member At Large.

Approval of Agenda: All members present approved the agenda with the stipulation that items could be added during the discussion.

Approval of Minutes: Jim moved to approve the minutes of October's meeting as mailed to Board Members. Chris seconded the motion. Motion passed unanimously.

Updates:

1. New owners

a. Lot 41 – Floyd and Brynda Aker; Currently lives in Colo Springs. He will be building a storage building soon to store equipment while building their house.

b. Lot 110 Ron Fowler – will not be building, will just be spending a few weeks on his property each year in his RV.

c. Bob said he did get a call from a Realtor asking about our stance on grow operations. She was told we actively oppose them and any commercial operation in this residential community. We need to get going on our covenant revisions and clarifications.

2. Road Maintenance: Mike Williams has brought in 18-20 loads of gravel, mostly on Nolan and Siegel. Four truck loads were placed at the entrance of Eagle Ranch Road and Burnt Mill Rd. He also put 1 truckload at Shadow Lane to protect the culvert that was mentioned at the last meeting and improve the mailbox area. He cut in the ditch that Jim brought up at the last meeting. He has straightened up the culvert at Nolan and Siegel and set forms, but has not yet poured the concrete. That should be done soon. Mike graded between Burnt Mill Rd and the cattle guards since there are no weeds there and it was pretty rough. He has not yet graded the rest of the roads, he is waiting until we get some moisture, because of the fire danger. All of the roads should be done by the end of the year. All of the work to be done this year should be around $10,000. The roads are looking the best they ever have. The question was asked what it costs to grade all the roads. Bob answered: “Routine grading is $120/mile and the construction work, like the culverts, is $120/hour.

3. Disposal of Assets: The generator and gas engine water pump are still for sale. There has not been any interest in these two items. We will re-advertise these in the Spring. But we may keep the generator for the entrance work we will be doing to run the tools.

4. Okman property (letter) – no response from Okman. Jim reported that they have the building up. So they are moving forward. We will have to decide what to do if they go into a commercial business. We may have to take them to court. A commercial business is in violation of our current covenants. The licensing board did grant them a license and it's grandfathered in for marijuana. They may expand and create a nuisance and impact the road negatively with increased traffic.

Treasurer Report:

Working off November's statement from the beginning of the month and the online information from the bank: There is currently $15,460.15 in the checking account. The last deposit was on 11/22 for $780.14 and the last check written was on 10/11/16 for $91.20. Savings has $68,051.56 (checked online on 11/30/16), with $2.10 accrued interest and $4.19 ytd interest. There are 2 more checks to deposit for a total of $200. Checks for the special assessment continue to come in.

The only changes to the delinquency list are that Theresa Agar came off and Medira paid $200 in October, but they still owe $100. We still have $17,670 plus interest owed from various lots.

Business:

1. Shadow Lane Mailbox - Lynden Newman wrote a letter asking for reimbursement for the 16 mailboxes he purchased. He did so because he did not want to go all the way to the mailbox on Eagle Ranch Road and little Burnt Mill, which is where he was told by the former Board President he would be assigned. He was advised by the Post office that if he started to use the boxes on Eagle Ranch Rd, he could not later relocate to Shadow Lane in the future. He had the post office put in a 16 box mailbox for a total cost of $1272.05. He would like us to pay him back. The former President said it was his choice to do this and so he bears the cost, since we had a box provided for him by the POA. Bob asked the post office who controls the keys to the boxes, and they do. They will not collect money for the keys to the boxes. Our options are: 1. Reimburse him for the $1272; 2. Tell him no. 3. Do a special assessment on the lots that would be using the boxes and reimburse him when that comes in.

There was some discussion, afterwards a motion was made by Becky Robler that if persons could move their mail box from its current location to the new boxes, then Mr. Newman can provide a list of lots that would use the boxes and the board will put out a special assessment of those lot owners for $79.50 per lot, forwarding the money received to Mr. Newman. If current box holders cannot be moved, then we will need to revisit the problem at another board meeting. Chris Robinson seconded. Passed Unanimously.

2. Bridge replacement work – Chris and Bob met with Harold from Evraz. He did not like the idea of a regular culvert or an arch culvert, but he did like the idea of a box culvert or a bridge replacement. The cheapest for us would probably be a box culvert. Harold will meet with someone else at Evraz and Brad Zerfas tomorrow afternoon and present the idea to them. Hopefully we will then hear back from them telling us what is acceptable that will pass 160cfs and we can move forward. In the meantime Bob has been contacting engineers and prefab bridge companies. The cost will depend on the length of the bridge. For a single lane 50' long Big R will sell a bridge delivered to site for about $38,000, but we have to get the old bridge removed and have abutments and wing walls put in. This would be in the range of $40-60,000. So right now we can't afford to put a bridge in. Evraz is ok with us using the ditch road, and shutting the water off from November 15 to March 15th for a couple of weeks. We could build a temporary coffer dam, so the rancher can irrigate during this time if needed.

Bob brought up the point: “Should we do a special assessment just on the people who would benefit from the bridge directly, in addition to what others pay to accelerate the pot of money available.” After some discussion a motion was made by Jim to table the idea of a special district and assessment for an additional $100 per lot per year on Kaitlyn properties, and to bring it up at the next open board meeting in February. Seconded by Becky. Passed Unanimously.

3. Insurance – Bob took the policy we currently have and discussed it with two different insurance agents. Both said it is a really good policy for the board and POA. So if we are going to stick with State Farm, we will switch agents to Bill Mondragon. The last agent was VERY unresponsive to any communication. Coverage includes board liability, bridge claims, problems with Website, and use of the open space at St Charles. The deductible went up to $1000, so the premium went down. Debby Graham made a motion to pay the $725 premium cost from State Farm, stay with this policy and new agent. Seconded by Becky. Passed Unanimously.

4. Entrance improvements – Becky researched signs and needs of each entrance. Priorities are: 1. Eagle Ranch Rd off of Little Burnt Mill Rd. 2. Kaitlyn; 3. Reba Ct; 4. Eagle Ranch Rd at Burnt Mill; 5.Nolan; 6. Shadow Lane. This is based on current appearance and need. Becky has acquired several bids for fixing the entrances. The cheapest was $11,000 for all 6. If we did the work ourselves using treated 2x6's, 6”posts, new information signs, some new pedestrian gates and a decorative entrance sign, the cost per entrance would be just under $500/entrance. These would be easier to maintain than the current big posts (and less expensive). Because we would be doing the work in conjunction with persons along the road being improved, there would be no labor charge. We may only want to do 2-3 per year to keep the burden on the board manageable.

- Two contractors for information signs were priced. Examples and prices were passed around. A motion was made to purchase 6 – 18x18, green on white informational signs from roadtrafficsigns.com for approximately $269 plus tax and shipping by Debby Graham seconded by Jim Sandusky, passed unanimously.

- Decorative signs from ZZE Plasma Creations with an Eagle and the words “EAGLE RANCH” would be approximately $150 each for 6. A motion to purchase 6 of these for all the entrances now was made by Jim Sandusky, seconded by Debby Graham, passed unanimously.

- A motion to purchase the lumber, pedestrian gates and hardware for installation of first 3 priority entrances in the spring, with the work to be done in the Spring, was made by Debby Graham, seconded by Jim Sandusky. Passed unanimously.

5. Bylaw and Covenant changes (committee): We need to move forward with this. At the last meeting we had 3 persons that volunteered for the committee: Claudine Riccillo, Dan Hilbert and Cathi Scriven. Bob will be the board rep. The committee will make a proposal to the board and the board will make the decision at the next meeting, or at least by the annual meeting.

Meeting was adjourned at 2:52 pm

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Eagle Ranch Property Owners Assoc. Board Meeting – October 18, 2016

Location: Barkman Library, 3800 Jerry Murphy Road

Called to order at: 7:06 pm

Members Present: Bob Robler, President; Chris Robinson, Vice President;

Jim Sandusky, Member At Large.

Visitors: Eugene “Mike” McDonnell - Lot 15, Cathi Scriven – Lot 38, Horst Armbrust – Lot 55, Dan and Edie Hulbert – Lot 33, Claudine and Samuel Riccillo – Lot 102, Lyndon Newland – Lot 96, Dan Tobin – Lot 78, and Bill and Pam Pettijohn – Lot 18.

Approval of Agenda: All members present approved the agenda with the stipulation that items could be added during the discussion.

Approval of Minutes: Chris Robinson moved to approve the minutes as mailed to Board Members. Jim Sandusky seconded the motion. The only discussion was to ask if visitors wanted to hear the minutes read aloud and the consensus was to not read the minutes. Motion passed unanimously.

Updates:

1. Road Maintenance: Bob Robler indicated that roads are now maintained by a contractor, All Seasons Excavating rather than ERPOA equipment with hired operators. Dan Tobin indicated he really appreciated the roads being properly graded now. Suggestions for improvements included concerns about the culvert at Shadow Lane and Little Burnt Mill Road, the cattle guard on Eagle Ranch Road, the culvert at Siegel Way and Nolan Drive, and the need for a drainage ditch on Eagle Ranch Road just west of Burnt Mill Road. Bob Robler indicated he would look into these concerns.

2. Street Name Signs: Bob Robler indicated that new street name signs had been purchased and installed at a cost of approximately $1000. He thanked volunteers for assisting with the installation including Chris Robinson, Jim Sandusky, Tom Ossner, Alan Lucas, Bob Robler, and Becky Robler. Chris also thanked the volunteers and added that he thought the signs were a nice improvement. Several visitors expressed thanks as well.

3. Disposal of Assets: Bob Robler indicated that the Board was in the process of disposing of assets that were previously used for road maintenance. The grader, water tank and trailer, submersible pump and hoses, and fuel cell were sold and the funds were added to the savings account. The generator and gas engine water pump are still for sale. There has not been any interest in these two items.

Treasurer Report:

The Treasurer (Debby Graham) was absent and excused. Bob Robler relayed the report from Debby that there is over $80,000 in the bank with about $12,000 in the checking account for operating funds and about $68,000 in the savings account for bridge replacement and emergency funds as needed.

(Note: The recorder was not operational up to this point due to operational error by Bob Robler. Horst helped Bob with turning on the recorder and the rest of the meeting was recorded. Up to this point the minutes are based on Bob’s memory so any corrections or additions are appreciated. )

Business:

1. Property owner questions or comments: Question from person present: I was assuming I could come with comments, but would you prefer we go to the web site? Answer: Comments would need to be transcribed at some point so a note or emailing the board is the best way to get them in accurately, whichever is easier.

2. Proxy form: Feed back received: one said it is unethical and immoral, another said they had no problem with the form but disagreed with the covenant proposal change; another liked the form and covenant change, one asked “do we have an attorneys opinion?” Answer is no, not yet. One comment that the form should only be for one meeting not 180 days. Persons at the meeting agreed that the form should be only for one meeting. One person was concerned that the form was “bias”; it was suggested that the wording be changed so that a lack of return of the proxy be for an abstention instead of a vote agreeing with the board, and then the vote would only need 75% of the votes of the persons that did return a proxy or attend the meeting.

3. Bridge replacement work: Chris had some conversations with the EVRAZ company. So far no permission to put in a culvert and no commitment on anything. He did find out that the minimum flow under the bridge must be156cfs. Now we will need to work with an engineering firm to come up with a design. Someone said it was previously done in the past. The president said the past paperwork that is available to the board didn't include a design. A conventional bridge would would be easy for EVRAZ to sign off on because of the flow allowed, a culvert would rust out in 25-30 years and would be more difficult to get by EVRAZ because any failure would be catastrophic. Concrete would last longer than a steel culvert, but would cost more. We are setting aside money for the bridge. The special assessment goes to this fund.

4. Insurance requirements: We do have a policy, the president requested a policy copy from State Farm, but has not received anything in 3 months, even after repeated requests. There is one paragraph that was found that “explains” the policy, but is not readily understandable. When a different agent looked at it and explained it, it looked like we have a Condominium policy. Currently the board is looking for a new agent and policy due to their lack of responsiveness. The current policy is $700/year and no one, including State Farm, can explain what that covers. When talking to other agents, a one million dollar liability policy to cover the bridges would cost $2,500. Several other insurance companies weren't willing to cover the bridges at all. If something catastrophic concerning the bridges happened and we weren't covered, then all the person who made a claim could do is get what we have in the bank as an organization. A separate policy for the board is $500 to $700 a year. If someone sued the board for a decision made, the policy would protect them. The board would not serve if this is not in place. Motion was made to move forward to get board liability only at this time by Chris, seconded by Jim and passed unanimously.

5. Entrance improvements (committee): The entrances are in a state of disrepair. After discussion, a committee of Ed Scriven, Debby Graham, and Becky Robler will come up with design suggestions and estimated costs for the 6 entrances. We can post information at the entrances for those that don't log into the websites. Also a walk through gate for horses should be incorporated at each. It was a consensus to use some type of metal for durability.

6. Bylaw and Covenant changes (committee): We know we have some issues with the wording of the by laws and covenants. Some things are out of date (address and names) , some things need to be clarified and improved. It needs to be in language easier to understand and interpret. Some properties are currently out of compliance. After significant discussion a committee of Kathi Scriven, Claudine Riccollo, Dan Hulbert and Bob Robler will form and review all Bylaws and Covenants, introduce a Variance Clause, and introduce a Penalty Clause.

Meeting was adjourned at 8:15pm

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JULY

Eagle Ranch Property Owners Assoc. Board Meeting – July 13, 2016

Location: 5968 Reba Ct

Called to order at: 5:10 pm

Members Present: Bob Robler, President; Debby Graham, Treasurer;

Chris Robinson, Vice President; Becky Robler, Secretary;

Jim Sandusky, Member At Large.

Note: A special Board Meeting was held immediately after the Annual Meeting on June 25, 2016. Board members elected officers as noted above.

Approval of Agenda: All members approved the agenda with the stipulation that items could be added during the discussion.

Treasurer Report:

Debby did not have an official report as she has not received updated information since the Annual meeting. The Annual meeting statement balance for checking was $25,784.09 and savings $28,048.76. Total $53,832.35.

Our bookkeeping system isn't set up as an accounts receivable system. There was discussion regarding writing off the assessments that we cannot collect at some point. Further discussion on this topic is needed.

We no longer have a good mailing address for the Rocco property. The owner is somewhere in California.

Discussion of collection agency. Generally there has been little past benefit from using a collection agency. The property lien is our best tool at this point. The collection agency takes 30% of whatever they collect from a property owner. The collection agency won't take delinquent accounts to court and cannot call them or send notices if the property owner tells them to by state law. It was decided to stop giving the collection agency any new accounts. If persons don't pay, we will file a lien only.

Special assessment: Colorado State law limits amount of yearly assessments to $400.00. Special assessments are intended to be for something specific. The last 3 years it was for the road grader payments. We will identify this year on the mailings that the special assessment is for road and bridge improvements. A question was asked “Should we increase the normal assessment to $300?” (item was not discussed further). A motion for the special assessment of $100 for the coming year was made by Chris, seconded by Jim, approved unanimously by vote of the Board.

New Business:

Road Maintenance Contract/Approval

Mike Williams, who did the last road grading work for $120/mile for normal grading or $120/hour for road improvement grading will continue to be the ERPOA maintenance contractor. He graded every road and put down 170 tons of gravel that Tommy ordered and placed in areas that needed improvement. Total cost was about $2200 for all grading and gravel delivery was just over $5000. Mike indicated we probably need to grade the most traveled roads 2-3 times a year and the others once per year. Mike recommended that weeds be mowed so he can bring the gravel from the sides to the centers of the roads. A suggestion was made to hire property owner(s) to mow the weeds regularly. Spraying has been ineffective. In the next newsletter we could ask if persons living on the roads in question would like to mow and be reimbursed on a contract basis per mile of road.

Road Improvement Priority List: This was sent out to all board members. Feedback and suggestions were asked for at a future date when board members have had a chance to look them over. Concerns for the condition of the road between the cattle guard and county roads were voiced. This area is our responsibility and it will be addressed. There is a culvert that Rye Telephone owns that is plugged that causes drainage problems. Jim said he would call Rye and request they clean it out.

Road Signs: One thing that keeps coming up at all the annual meetings was road signs. Cost to buy signs that are large enough, green and white, and reflective, would be right around $1000 for all 10 signs, which includes the sign, bracket, post and concrete but does not include installation. We could ask for volunteers on a weekend to help. We could rent an auger and use the water tank. We will have to flag the locations and call for Utility locations first. Motion was made to purchase the signs and move forward with the installation by Becky, seconded by Chris. The motion was passed unanimously. Becky will order the signs, pay for them and give the bill to the treasurer for reimbursement. At that point Volunteers will be sought to help with installation.

At some point we also need to re-do the white signs at entrances. The web-site on them is wrong and some entrances are missing signs.

Big posts at the end of Kaitlyn were discussed. They fell down, as are many at each of the entrances. Prior board had decided to remove them as they failed and replace them with a continuation of the split rail fences at each. Chris has looked for split rails and has not been able to find them. We could put in treated 2x4s instead. It wouldn't be quite the same, but better than the wire.

Disposal of Assets:

Assets include: Generator, fuel tank with electric pump, water pump and a submersible water pump, trailer with the water tank and road grader. Since we don't need them anymore we should get rid of them and put the money into roads. Jim suggested we keep the Generator. We are not aware at this point what the original value of the items were, Debby will check with past board members to see if there were records of this information somewhere. Once we have the information we can put the items on Craigslist for sale. Mike Williams may be interested in the grader but he needs specific information on it. We also need to find the final payment information on the contract for the grader and any titles for the trailer and grader. We will talk more and agree on final prices for the items by email and then initiate the sale, once we have the information we need.

Kaitlyn Bridge: Debby stated that the bridge is a huge liability and we need to do something soon. But there were no suggestions. Chris has spoken to CF&I about the bridge informally before about cutting off the ditch flow to put in columns. They stated they only have flow in there for Farris' farm in the past. So the board thinks they may consider a culvert. Chris will initiate contact with EVRAZ to discuss what we can do. An engineer may be needed to let us know the best/most cost effective thing to do to make sure it is safe and/or cover the top.

We need to be setting aside money for Kaitlyn Bridge. A motion was made by Bob that “At least 50% of the special assessment should be specified to go to Bridge improvements. Also $25,000.00 of the current savings should to be tagged for Bridge improvements. The motion was seconded by Chris and was passed unanimously.

Property Owner Requests: Bob stated that we as a Board will probably be getting numerous requests for information: ie: can owners rent the property out, have a grow facility etc. In the future if a question comes up we should notify each other before giving an opinion and get a consensus. All Board members agreed with this.

Clarification of member roles: Members read duties for their offices as stated in the bylaws. Duties were clarified so there wouldn't be overlap.

Board communications: Meeting times and dates were discussed and the consensus was to schedule meetings in advance to allow others to attend. Meetings could be cancelled if not necessary. After much discussion, it was decided that we would have the Annual meeting on the 3rd weekend in June as usual, and have meetings for the public in October and February on the 3rd Tuesday at 7pm at a library branch.

Next board meeting will be August 16th, at Jim Sandusky's house at 5pm.

Next open meeting will be October 18th, Tuesday, at 7pm; at the Barkman Branch Library – 1300 Jerry Murphy Rd. This will be published on the Web site and newsletter only.

Other Business:

Insurance: We don't have any information. Bob will contact Tom Ossner. We will get a copy for the Board to review and approve our coverage.

Savings account: Chris asked what our balances should be. Discussion was that we should have yearly expenses escrowed in savings and keep money for special projects. We need to build up money for Kaitlyn in the next few years. After that we just need what we will spend per year. Debby asked about possibly investing in short term CDs. Rotating 90 day CDs may give us some more income with acceptable accessibility.

Road base: We are switching the gravel purchase from Tezak to a local company that has Class 6 road base. The savings will be about $100/truck load allowing us to place about 20% more gravel for the same cost.

Meeting was adjourned at 7: 04 pm

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APRIL

Eagle Ranch Property Owners Association Special Board Meeting – April 19, 2016

Present – All

Location – Robler Residence

The meeting opened at 6:39 pm

The purpose of this special board meeting was to discuss the possibility of hiring a contractor to grade our roads. Bob Robler had contacted four contractors that had a grader business, to see if they could look at our roads, and if interested, give us a proposal for the road grading, using their own equipment. One contractor declined, due to having done grading for many years and was getting too old to take on this task. Another contractor did not submit a proposal to Bob. The other two proposals, which are attached to the hard copy only of these meeting minutes, were discussed in our meeting today. Bob went around the various roads of our ranch with each contractor, so that they would have an idea of what type of work was involved in getting our roads graded. Both contractors are fully insured. One of the contractors had a concern with the load limit of 25 tons on the Kaitlyn bridge. We discussed different ways of transporting the road base across that bridge. One of the contractors prefers to use clean water on the roads, in preparation for the grading, so the water truck expense is higher, than it is for the other contractor. Both contractors are willing to grade the roads the first time, to see how we like their work, and then decide if we want to continue with one of them on a contractual basis.

As a side note, Ken Simpson stated that our savings account balance is $57,261, and that there are 21 lot owners who have not paid their 2016 Common Assessment, and that we have about $20,000 in past dues and fees.

Bob mentioned that one of the contractors might be interested in purchasing our grader, which we had purchased from Evan’s Earthworks. After some more discussions of what work needed to be done on the roads, Tom suggested that Bob should contact the contractor of our choice, to see if he can do the road grading shortly, as we currently have wet roads, due to the weather. All board members agreed with that suggestion.

Ken reminded Tom that the association newsletter needs to be published shortly and that the 2017 budget needs to be finalized. Tom also mentioned that we have one homeowner who was concerned about the possible marijuana business wanting to start up on their street. She was not interested in heading up a marijuana committee, but perhaps something could be printed in the newsletter, where the lot owners can reply on a ballot as to preventing marijuana growing being part of our covenants.

The meeting was adjourned at 7:40 pm.

Board of Directors

President - Tom Ossner

Vice President - Ken Martin

Secretary - Horst Armbrust

Treasurer - Ken Simpson

Member-at-Large - Bob Robler

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FEBRUARY

Eagle Ranch Property Owners Association Board Meeting – February 23, 2016

Present – All

Location – Martin Residence

The meeting opened at 6:48 pm

1. Lawyer Visit – Tom and Ken Simpson will meet with our association lawyer to discuss several topics. One being a letter to be written by the lawyer to the owner of one lot, as to cleaning up the trash left behind and covenants not being followed. Another item will be to see how additions or changes to the covenants can be made without having a quorum of members. Tom is also waiting for an email from another association’s president on how covenants can be changed in their association. Tom mentioned that he had a conversation with a person, who wants to buy a lot on Nolan Dr. for the purpose of having a legal marijuana grow, if our covenants allow it. Horst wanted to know if the lawyer can suggest to us how the covenants can be enforced. If we go through the trouble of changing our covenants to not allow a marijuana business grow on our ranch, then we must be able to enforce that change, as well as other covenant restrictions, which are not being observed now by several home/lot owners. Bob wanted to know if we can obtain the grazing rights from the Red Creek Ranch Development company. Ken Simpson wants to discuss the Quintana judgment with the lawyer.

2. Treasurer’s Report – Ken Simpson gave the board members a handout of the Income and Expense Statement (see attached), for the 2015 calendar year, as well as a Delinquency Report, as of Jan. 31, 2016. He explained some of the items contained in the Delinquency Report. Ken stated that the bank balance as of 1-31-16 is $15,881.88, and as of today (02-23-16) is $17, 591.88. The savings account balance as of today is $28,047.37, for a total balance of $45,639.25. He mentioned that as of today 36 of the 107 lot owners have paid their 2016 Common Assessment, leaving 71 X $200, or $14,200 still being due. Ken wants the board to consider getting a Certificate of Deposit, rather than having just $5.- of interest for our accounts. Tom suggested getting a $10,000 CD.

3. Board Resignations – Horst, Ken Simpson, Ken Martin, and Tom will all resign from the Board of Directors at the end of this term (June 25, 2016 – Annual Meeting). Ken M. mentioned that he can continue helping out with our website support. The license expires in 2018. All four board members are willing to help their replacements. We are hoping that there will be enough volunteers to fill the four board positions, but if not, then we have to find a way to keep the association running, perhaps by hiring a management company to run the ERPOA.

4. Kaitlyn Bridge – Tom addressed the covering of Kaitlyn bridge, as to what material to put on it, and also that one of our home owners is interested in bidding on covering the bridge. Bob mentioned using a culvert for the bridge, when abutments were discussed.

5. Road Grading – Tom mentioned the need of a water truck when doing road grading, and the cost and expenses of obtaining one were previously rejected by Bob and Horst. The cost of doing the grading by Evan, who now lives in California, verses using our own equipment was mentioned by Ken S. Tom explained the problems he had of trying to get contractors to do the grading, before the grading contract was awarded to Evan. Tom also explained the cost and liability involved in using our own grading equipment and needing to drive it on public roads, in order to get to our various ranch roads. Tom would like a committee, consisting of Bob and Horst, to look into who could possibly do the grading of our roads, and with what equipment. The person would have to be available on a short notice, in case there would be a washout on a road, needing immediate attention. Ken S. mentioned needing a water supply, when doing the grading, and Tom explained what our current situation is and we discussed the need to pursue it in the future.

The meeting was adjourned at 7:53 pm.

Board of Directors

President - Tom Ossner

Vice President - Ken Martin

Secretary - Horst Armbrust

Treasurer - Ken Simpson

Member-at-Large - Bob Robler