Homestead HOA (Jeffco)

2007 Annual Meeting

Mar 19, 2007

Introduction of Board Members:
President: Rosanna Patrona-Aurand
Secretary: Brenda Simpson*
Treasurer: Tom Leonard
Architectural Committee: David Hatch*
Maintenance Committee: *
Social Committee: Christy Pond
*Resigned or unfilled position

The Minutes from the Jan. 28th meeting were approved as written.

Architectural Committee: No news to report.

Maintenance/Water Committee: Position needs to be filled. If you have trouble with water drainage in the ditches in your area, the # for Road & Bridge Indian Hills shop: 303-271-5247.

Treasurer?’s Report: Tom provided the Annual Report and Proposed Budget for 2007.
The budget was approved by the board. As always, a copy of the report is available upon request.

Social Committee: The Directories are finished and available from Christy (303-325-7329) or Rosanna (303-697-0279). A big THANKS to Christy and Tom for gathering the information and to Ginny Riley for putting it all together.
We will be joining Golden Meadows again this year for our Summer Picnic. Date, location and other details to be announced.
Some interest has been expressed to have a Spring Clean-Up in the Homestead. If you are interested, let Christy know.
We are planning to have the Annual Car Show in the fall.
There are three open positions on the HHA Board of Directors. Let Rosanna know if you are interested.








Presentations by Guest Speakers:

Bill Lucatuorto, Fire Chief ICFD: Bill gave a tour of the new heavy rescue truck. They also recently received a new pumper. Both trucks are awesome!
Station #2 (on S. Deer Creek Road) is in the process of being remodeled.
The Fire Dept is in need of more volunteers and is in the process of recruiting. The main #: 303- 697- 4413.
The dates and locations for slash collections this summer are still being worked out.
If you have a cistern or hydrant on your property, please keep it free of snow, weeds, bushes, etc. If you have an unmarked cistern, let Bill know and he will get it flagged.
The Flea Market will be the w/e of July 20th at Station #3.
ICFD has classes available to the public. These include CPR, First Aid, and the dangers of meth labs. The Inter-Canyon web site is: www.intercanyon.org

Randy Barnes, Deputy Sheriff Jefferson County: Randy lives in Golden Meadows and became the liaison for our area to become more involved with the community. He offered several informational brochures: National Night Out, Leash Laws, Identity Theft and the Curfew Law. They offer seminars for crime prevention and avoiding identity theft. The main # to the Sheriff?’s office: 303-271-0211.

Todd Moore, Captain ICFD and Spokes Person for Community Wildfire Protection Plan: Todd gave a power point presentation about the roles and the process of the department, board, community and the county to get grants from the federal government to aid in protection from wild fires. Some things the community can do is to mitigate your property, apply for grants through the FD (the process is still getting worked out), improve access roads and talk with your neighbors. He is developing a core team to help with public education and will have a link to our website soon. He can be reached through ICFD main # or pager # 303-851- 0483.

Norm Lewis, Homestead Water Co: The water mandates have become more specific over the years and more rules have been incorporated. Testing for and filtering estrogen is the latest. It takes more time and money to meet these requirements. He has been adding calcium to the water to coat the pipes to help prevent lead and copper getting into the water. Lead pipes were banned in 1987. He has also increased the pH of the water to make it ?“softer?”. There mixed feelings as to using water-softeners. Norm says the salt used in these systems decreases the necessary anaerobic metabolism in the leech field. This could decrease the life of the leech field by 50%.
The # for Homestead Water Co: 303- 674- 7777.

The meeting was adjourned. The next meeting will be posted on the website.