EL RANCHO FLORIDA METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

REGULAR MEETING – MARCH 4, 2009

A regular meeting of the Board of Directors was held on March 4, 2008, 5:30 PM at 755 East Second Avenue, Suite 2B. Board members present were:

Steve Swisher – President

John Krispin – Vice President

Tony Rocha – Secretary

David Shipps – Treasurer

Jack Wasserbach

Ray Smith – Water Operator was available for this meeting and Marsha Moreland – Administrator was present. The meeting was called to order at 5:35 PM.

MINUTES:

The minutes of March 4, 2009 were approved as submitted.

WATER REPORT:

Ray Smith reported that there is a 1% deviation in the gallons pumped versus sold. He will be meeting with Timberline Controls for suggestions on the District’s control upgrades. There are about 10 broken meters that he will be replacing in the next couple of months. The meters will be replaced with new meters not rebuilt ones. Ray will continue to monitor the text wells for the water level information.

There was a lengthy discussion on how the filling of the new well for chlorination and testing will be done. It takes about 10.28 days to fill the tank, according to Ray, with normal water usage occurring as well. The tank will be filled twice during that time and drained one time. Ray will give more thought on just how the testing of the tank will transpire.

TANK BIDS:

Bids received were from: ENGINEERING AMERICA, INC. (EAI WEST) @ $ 219,800

SHEARER & ASSOCIATES, INC. @ $ 229,287

A motion was made, moved and passed to accept the bid from EAI WEST for the tank at $219,800.

ENGINEERING STUDY RFP:

Ken Charles and Jack have been working on a RFP for the engineering study. The District should apply for a Rural Water Study Grant of $10,000.

The ad will be placed in the Herald in the next couple of weeks.

ROADS:

Bonds Construction and Jack will be discussing the ditch cleaning and calls will be made for locates to be done prior to cleaning the ditches. The location of where they will be cleaning will be discussed at the next meeting.

Target date for the Mag Chloride application should be around May 1st. John will be contacting Desert Mountain before the next meeting.

Weed spraying should be done in April but Jack wants to talk with George Thompson before then to make sure he is using the appropriate chemicals.

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CLASS II PERMIT:

The permit has been submitted to the County by Brett DiSpain. The easement is a drainage easement but should allow for the tank structure to be placed since it is called a ‘Tank Site Easement.’ April 10th is the date for the County to review the application.

ACCOUNTS PAYABLE:

The following payables submitted were approved by the Board:

Brennan Oil $ 9.00 #4674

Pinnacol Assurance 535.00 4675

LPEA 435.00 4676

Earl McFarland Ins. 120.00 4677

ColorQuest 282.00 4678

Qwest 39.79 4679

Honnen Equipment 434.12 4680

Donna Emenegger 26.40 4682

Basin Co-Op 65.06 4683

Marsha Moreland 1888.44 4684

UNCC 50.82 4685

Ray Smith 1232.00 4686

Tony Rocha 62.99 4687 (Reimbursemt. Check)

George Leonard 221.88 4688

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TOTAL $ 5,402.50

There being no further business the meeting adjourned at 7:30 PM.

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Secretary