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CASTLE PINES NORTH MASTER ASSOCIATIONMINUTES
 BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
 March 19, 2009
 
 1. CALL TO ORDER
 A. Introductions/Roll Call/Absences
 At 7:05 p.m., President Earl Millspaugh called the meeting to order with aquorum of the Board present.
 
 Directors Present: Shelley Hamilton Bruer, Anna Mallinson, Earl Millspaugh(left meeting 7:15 p.m.), Rex Lucas, Jim Steavpack, Andy Rhodes and Jeff
 Huff
 Directors Absent: None.
 
 Delegates Present: Joan Millspaugh, Andy Rhodes, Kim Hoffman, JenniferHavercroft, Suki Fitzgerald and Barbara Saenger.
 
 Delegates Absent: Maureen Shul, Jade Goldfogel, Carol Padilla, AlisonGibbens, John Keiley, Laurel Sjodin, Cheryl McDade, Dawn Besocke, Shirley
 Beer-Powell, David Necker, Michael Henry, Carol Langley-Finnegan and
 Richard Anderson.
 
 Staff: Tim Gamble, Garry Schaffer and Vickie Hunt
 Guests: Greg Miller, Eva Mitchell, Dick Lichtenheld, Kevin Bruer and WarrenLynge.
 
 B. Board Meeting Process; Homeowner Input Guidelines; Sign in to SpeakHomeowner Input Guidelines were made available to anyone that wished to
 speak at this meeting.
 
 C. Additions/Deletions/Modifications and Approval of AgendaMotion by Andy Rhodes to approve the agenda as presented with moving
 item 7C (Report from Repayment of Pre-Incorp Expenses Committee) to the
 first item under Staff Report and moving the Safety Task Force report to item
 number 1. under the City of Castle Pines North report; Seconded by Anna
 Mallinson; Motion Carried and Approved.
 
 2. Staff Reports
 A. Report from Repayment of Pre-Incorp. Expenses CommitteeThe members of this Committee are Earl Millspaugh, Suki Fitzgerald, Cheryl
 McDade, Joan Millspaugh, David Necker and Barbara Saenger Earl
 Millspaugh explained that the Committee had reviewed all invoices paid in the
 incorporation effort.
 
 Barbara Sanger read the report of the Committee. ,The Committeeconcluded that the City has a moral and ethical obligation to reimburse the
 Master Association for payment of expenditures made on behalf of the City
 incorporation.
 
 The report noted that in Master Association Board of Directors meetings asearly as January 2007 and throughout the incorporation process, delegates
 and residents were assured by board members and later elected officials, that
 the Master Association would be reimbursed for incorporation expenses
 through legal processes, notes receivable, warrants, and TRANS.
 The Committee recommends that the Master Association Board strongly
 pursue the re-payment of these expenditures in a timely manner.
 Motion by Earl Millspaugh that the Board should meet with the City to discuss
 the repayment and to provide any documentation to that end that the City
 may require; Seconded by Anna Mallinson; Motion Carried and Approved.
 
 B. Website  Tim Gamble
 Tim reported that he has posted the information on the community-widegarage sale in May to the website and that he has been uploading HOA
 documents as requested.
 
 3. Open Forum
 A. Homeowner Input
 Warren Lynge addressed the Board regarding the effort to establish a libraryin CPN. He reported that the library committee had obtained $15,000 in
 pledges. Warren asked the Master Association Board to pledge any amount.
 Jeff Huff personally pledged $100.
 
 4. Reports
 A. City of Castle Pines North
 Councilperson Jennifer Havercroft will ask the City Council to contactVickie Hunt to arrange a meeting between the City Council and the Master
 Association Board.
 
 1. Safety Task Force
 Jim Steavpack reminding everyone of the CERT training that will beconducted in April. Sign up forms were available at the meeting
 
 B. Metro District
 Andy Rhodes reported that the Metro District has negotiated the purchaseof water rights to provide 240 acre feet of water annually for $4.9 million.
 The District is working on noise abatement on well #5. The District is working
 on an office space sharing plan with the City. And the District is in the process
 of constructing water lines to the American Academy school
 
 C. Parks Authority
 Anna Mallinson reported that the Parks Authority is waiting on anagreement to be signed by the developer prior to moving forward with the
 construction of Lagae park.
 
 5. Approval of Minutes
 A. February 19, 2009
 Motion by Andy Rhodes to approve the minutes with corrections noted;Seconded by Jeff Huff; Motion Carried and Approved.
 
 6. Financial Report
 A. Monthly Financial and Statistics Report
 Garry Schaffer provided information on the financial status of theAssociation through February 28, 2009 answering questions asked.
 Garry asked approval to close an old bank account that has a zero
 account balance and received that approval from the Board.
 
 B. Acceptance of February 2009 Financial Reports
 Motion by Andy Rhodes to accept the February 28, 2009 financial reportsas provided; Seconded by Anna Mallinson; Motion Carried and Approved.
 
 C. Approval of March Payables
 Motion by Andy Rhodes to approve payment of the bills presented;Seconded by Anna Mallinson; Motion Carried and Approved.
 
 7. Old Business
 A. Banner Ads on CPN Website
 The Board decided to remove the banner ads and post the Easter egghunt in their place.
 
 B. Report from Social Events Committee
 Jim Steavpack reported that this Committee has scheduled a meeting forMarch 23.. The Committee members are Jim Steavpack, Kim Hoffman,
 David Necker, Allison Gibbens and Stacie Sneider. Jim reported that he
 has distributed a governance document to the Committee members which
 describes the Committee’s role. Jim reported on three events that are
 under consideration: The Community-wide Garage Sale, a 25th
 anniversary celebration of the founding of Castle Pines North, and a winter
 event. He asked that a flyer advertising an Easter egg hunt sponsored by
 the Solid Life Church be sent out to the community.
 
 The Board discussed the need to advertise the garage sale. Motion byJim Steavpack to approve the expenditure not to exceed $700 for
 advertising.; Seconded by Jeff Huff; Motion Carried and Approved.
 Shelley Hamilton Bruer noted that the City is planning a 4th of July
 celebration. The Mayor has asked that the Master Association consider
 contributing up to $2,000 as a sponsor of this event. The social committee
 will discuss this request and get more details from the City party planners.
 The Board discussed the insurance coverage needed by the Master
 Association to host social events. Vicki Hunt will check with the Master’s
 insurance agent on this matter and report back with her findings.
 
 C. Report from Repayment of Pre-Incorp. Expenses Committee
 This item was moved up to Staff reports.
 D. Report from Delegate Involvement Committee
 Jeff Huff reported that this Committee had not met, yet. The members ofthis Committee are Jeff Huff, Rex Lucas, Alison Gibbens, Jennifer
 Havercroft, Carol Langley-Finnegan and Barbara Saenger.
 
 E. Report from Contribution to Chamber of Commerce Committee
 Jeff Huff reported that this Committee had not met, yet. The members ofthis Committee are Jeff Huff, Jennifer Havercroft and David Necker.
 
 F. Report from Email Alert Committee
 Anna Mallinson reported that this Committee had been combined with theWebsite Redesign Committee. Committee members are Anna Mallinson,
 Shelley Hamilton Bruer, Jennifer Havercroft, Carol Langley-Finnegan,
 Alison Gibbens, Cheryl McDade and Maureen Shul. Anna provided a
 detailed list of Committee recommendations for the Board’s consideration
 and approval which are summarized below.
 
 The Committee recommends that the Board adopt a process for reviewingand verifying authorized users of the Email Alert System. The Committee
 had reviewed the legal opinion from the Master Association’s attorney
 regarding sharing email addresses The Committee recommended that
 the content of emails should be used to promote community-wide events
 that are sponsored/co-sponsored by the Master Association. The
 Committee made recommendations concerning the frequency and format
 of email alerts.
 
 Anna requested Board approval for the Committee to meet with thewebsite contractor. The Board approved this request. Anna requested
 that a form be designed for access to the email alert system. Vickie will
 draft the form and provide it to Anna for approval.
 
 G. Website Redesign Committee
 See report above.
 H. Report from Community Directory Committee
 Jim Steavpack reported that Don Bobeda could only pay $3000 toward thecost of the directory, instead of the originally agreed upon amount of
 $6,000 The directory publisher has agreed to reduce the cost to $9,000 to
 accommodate this change. Jim provided a revised contract.
 
 I. Verizon Cell Tower (Approved Pending Recommendation by DRC)
 Vickie Hunt reported that the referral from Verizon had been received andgiven to Bill Ader of the Design Review Committee for action.
 
 J. Meeting Between City and Master Board (March 12th)
 Vickie Hunt reported that the meeting scheduled for March 12th has beenpostponed to a date to be determined.
 
 K. Board Retreat (Date TBD)
 It was noted that a date has still not been determined for the retreat. JimSteavpack asked Vickie to pick two weeks in April and request the Board’s
 availability.
 
 8. New Business
 A. Reschedule April Meeting Date
 Jim Steavpack announced that the April meeting date has been changedto April 15th due to a conflict with the CERT training, which is scheduled
 for the Community Center on April 16th.
 
 B. Request to Waive Late Fee and Interest
 Discussion and action on these requests was tabled for executive session.
 C. Board Code of Conduct
 The Board discussed whether a Code of Conduct should be drafted. Itwas decided to place this item on the agenda for the retreat.
 
 D. Legal Opinion on Sharing Email Addresses
 The Board reviewed a legal opinion from Winzenberg Leff Purvis andPayne regarding the sharing of email addresses in the possession of the
 Master for use in their email alert system. The legal opinion was that
 since the form used to gather the email addresses stated that they would
 never be shared or sold, the Master should not share them with any other
 entity including the sub-Associations.
 
 E. CPN Library
 The Board discussed the presentation by Warren Lynge and variousamounts to be pledged. The Board requested that the pledge form be
 posted to the front page of the website
 
 Motion by Jim Steavpack to pledge up to $2500 by matching the totalamount of pledges contributed by CPN members from garage sale
 donations up to a maximum of $2500. Motion was not seconded.
 Motion by Jim Steavpack to pledge $2,500 to the CPN Library; Seconded
 by Jeff Huff; Motion Carried and Approved. .
 
 F. Master Association Communications Coordinator
 The board debated the need for a communications coordinator. Afterdiscussion, it was decided to defer action on this item to the Email Alert
 Committee.
 
 9. Additional Homeowner Input
 Kim Hoffman recommended that no contractor be hired to manage eitherthe social events or prepare communications for email alerts. Warren
 Lynge thanked the Board for their pledge to the CPN library.
 
 10. Next Meeting
 A. Regular Meeting
 The next meeting of the Master Association Board of Directors will be heldon April 15, 2009 at 7:00 p.m.
 
 11. Adjourn
 Motion by Andy Rhodes to adjourn this meeting; Seconded by Rex Lucas;Motion Carried and Approved.
 The meeting was adjourned at 9:15 p.m.
 
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