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| Castle Pines North Master Association Approved Minutes for January, 2002 |
| Board of Directors Meeting held on January, 17th, at 7:00 pm: | |||||||||||||
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| President Linda Nuzum called the January 17, 2002 meeting of the CPN Master Association Board of Directors to order at 7:10 p.m. Introductions of all in attendance were made. A quorum was established. | ||||
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Approval of Minutes October 18, 2001 Minutes November 29, 2001 Minutes |
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Open Forum Swift recommended to the Board that Castle Pines North participate in community clean-up activity for Earth Day. Swift will get information to Kathleen Nash and Susan Novreske for the newsletter/website and also contact Don Bobeda for information on his experience with this type of activity. |
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Update: The Parks Authority will be doing planning for the new South Park this year. Work is continuing to determine if the South Park should include a Recreation Center. An architect has determined that a Rec Center building could be built on the site that has been designated. The Authority is currently interviewing professional recreation planning consultants who would perform a feasibility study that will answer questions such as operating and maintenance costs, market area analysis, and expected fees and revenues. Once those facts are gathered, the consultant will facilitate public meetings, and an independent scientific survey will be conducted to measure the extent of homeowner support for having a CPN recreation center. Once those steps are completed, the boards of the Master Association, Metro District, and Parks Authority will be able to determine whether CPN should move forward with the Rec Center project, and the Master Association will be able to vote on whether a supplemental dues assessment would be required in 2002. Creager requested that the consultants look at having the Metro District sponsor the financing rather than using Master Association dues; Nuzum noted that there would be a formal evaluation of the best entity to sponsor the financing, but that the initial advise from bond counsel had been that for CPN's particular situation, it was best to plan for having Master Association dues guarantee the financing. In response to questions from the floor, McDade reiterated that "Certificate of Participation" funding does not put homeowners at risk, and Towne reported that from her past experience in recreation planning, studies have shown that home values go up as much as 12% when there are recreation amenities in the community. |
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| B. Development & Design Review: |
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Nuzum noted that the Design Review Committee would focus on the DRC's legal role as defined in the Master Association's Declaration and Design Guidelines. Linda Sweetman-King has volunteered to chair this committee, and bring her expertise in this area. |
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C. Action Committees: Safeway King Soopers Lagae Ranch Lagae Road BP Amoco |
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| Roads/Traffic Creager reported that the County had just cleaned Castle Pines Parkway and Monarch today. Sweetman-King reported that it was part of the County's obligation under the Clean Air Act to clean the streets throughout the County. No volunteers came forward at the meeting to chair the committee to follow up on road/traffic concerns. |
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| Schools CPN's 2nd Elementary School, to be location on a portion of the CC20 parcel at Castle Pines Parkway and Monarch, is progressing through the site planning process. The Schools Committee will contact the School District to schedule a review of the plans and traffic flow, and work with the District on attendance areas and other transition issues. |
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| Telecommunications Towne is aggressively going after Qwest and the Public Utilities Commission to remove the phone-line "distance charge" assessed to Castle Pines North residents. A representative from Qwest will be at the next meeting on February 21st. Discussion that the meeting with the Qwest representative should be a working session to identify solutions to the distance charge and issues with planning the phone and internet infrastructure to serve our community. It was suggested that we compile a list of questions to send to the Qwest representative prior to the meeting. Towne will follow up on this list. Towne also discussed ways that that people in the community can participate in the effort to eliminate the distance charge. Once we determine the best course of action, she will write information to be sent to via e-mail and the newsletter encouraging people to write to Qwest and/or calling the Public Utilities Commission (Terry at 303-894-2827). |
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D. Metro District: For the first time in the history of the District, the assessed valuation of the property in the District exceeds its debt -- the assessed value was $69 million and the debt is $57 million. The improved financial condition allowed a mill levy reduction for 2002 (which will be discussed in a newsletter article), and next year the Metro District hopes to renegotiate the line of credit, which would allow the District to pay off more principal. |
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| F. Social Events: Nuzum summarized the plans for Social events for 2002, as discussed with Carla Kenny at the Master Association's Planning Session on January 10th. For 2002, the Master Association will continue with the Easter Egg Hunt, the Summer Picnic and the spring Community Garage Sale. Consideration will be given to a second Garage Sale in the fall. This year, we will have a Fall "adult" event rather than the Holiday Tour of Homes, as it has been difficult to get participation during the busy Holiday season. |
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G. Newsletter/Website: There was also discussion of putting together a package structure for placing ads on the website, the relationship with businesses that sponsor the Association's events, and developing a business partnership program. Nuzum, Shul, Swift, McDade, and Hamill have volunteered to work on various aspects of this program. |
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A. Builders' Signs B. Airport Traffic Patterns |
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New Business: B. New business items for next meeting At the next meeting, we should also add an agenda item regarding the specific use of funds from the Holiday Home tour that will be used to benefit parks in CPN. C. 2002 Committees |
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Management/Financial: The Accounts Payables were modified to reflect the change made to the amount paid to the Colorado Secretary of State for the Annual report. Sweetman-King motioned to accept the Accounts Payables as modified; Shul seconded; motion approved and carried. 2002 Budget After review and discussion of the options, the budget was revised to cut $5,094 from the Management Fee expense, add $6,000 to advertising income, and make other minor revisions to bring the budget into balance. McDade will prepare and distribute the final budget document. |
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| Meeting Dates: Next Board Meeting: February 21st at 7 p.m. at the Community Center |
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Adjournment: Respectfully submitted, Linda Derback, Recording Secretary |
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Castle Pines North Homeowners Association Telephone and Fax: Address: Contact the Castle Pines North Homeowners Association (CPNHOA) by e-mail. |
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