ALPOM&R Association
<br />November 5, 2012 Board Meeting Minutes
<br />(11/20/12 — Draft —v2)
<br />Animas La Plata Operation, Maintenance and Replacement Association
<br />Minutes for November 5, 2012 Meeting which was held at 12:42 PM
<br />in the ALP OM &R Office Conference Room, 125 Smelter Place, Durango, Colorado
<br />1. Call to Order /Review Agenda
<br />12:42 PM —The meeting was called to order by Chairman Jason John. ALP Office Manager, Carly
<br />DeLong called the role. The Chairman declared a quorum was established.
<br />Association Board members present were: Manuel Heart, Randy Kirkpatrick, Lena Atencio, Jason John,
<br />Charles Blassingame, and Tim Feehan. Mike Brod was present by conference call. Alternates present
<br />were: Celene Hawkins, Aaron Chavez, and Scott McElroy. Other participants were: Jennifer Hunt, Ryan
<br />Christianson, Jack Rogers, Liz Taylor, Mark Chiarito, Ron LeBlanc, Barry Longwell, Tyler Artichoker, Greg
<br />Hoch, Vicki Vandegrift, Gregg Boysen, Cathy Metz, Bruce Whitehead, Bob Wolff, David Smith, Amy Huff,
<br />Kathleen Ozga, Russ Howard, Tom Miller and Carly DeLong.
<br />Manual Heart made a motion to move Item 7, Annexation of Reservoir, to the first topic of
<br />discussion. Randy Kirkpatrick seconded the motion. Voting yea were: Manuel Heart, Randy
<br />Kirkpatrick, Lena Atencio, Jason John, Charles Blassingame, Mike Brod and Tim Feehan. The motion
<br />passed.
<br />2. Annexation of Reservoir
<br />Kathleen Ozga, Bureau of Reclamation Land and Recreation Group Chief Western Colorado Area Office,
<br />attended the meeting to discuss the Annexation issue. She reported the BOR is in the process of
<br />negotiating a Recreation Lease Agreement with the City of Durango to be the BOR's recreation partner
<br />so that the Lake Nighthorse facility can be opened to the public about one year from now. Kathleen
<br />further reported the BOR looks for the capability of law enforcement as part of the recreation
<br />partnership. The BOR usually has agreements with State Parks who can provide the law enforcement
<br />element. If the City were to manage recreation without annexation, the Sheriff's Department would
<br />provide the law enforcement capability for the Lake Nighthorse area; however, the Sheriff's
<br />Department resources are spread very thin. If the City of Durango annexed the Lake Nighthorse area,
<br />the City could provide the law enforcement capability to the Lake Nighthorse area. The BOR has not
<br />decided to go forward with the annexation as of yet; today's meeting is an opportunity to discuss the
<br />pros and cons of annexation. Further, the first part of the process is for the BOR to submit an
<br />Annexation Application to the City of Durango, if that is accepted by the City, then the BOR would
<br />negotiate an Annexation Agreement with the City which lays out the various terms and conditions and
<br />which could address and alleviate the concerns of all parties.
<br />Cathy Metz, City of Durango Recreation Director, stated representatives of the City are present in
<br />today's meeting to hear the Association's perspective and concerns. Greg Hoch, City of Durango
<br />Planning Director, reported the City Council's consideration is subject to two processes; an
<br />informational public meeting and a public Planning Commission meeting. The first informational public
<br />meeting is scheduled for this Thursday, November 8, 2012 and is required to put the Lake Nighthorse
<br />property within the Comprehensive Plan boundary. The City Charter requires any land to be annexed
<br />also be in compliance with the Durango Comprehensive Plan. At this point in time, the City's
<br />Comprehensive Plan does not encompass the Lake Nighthorse area. The City staff proposes that the
<br />process to add the Lake Nighthorse area to the Comprehensive plan could take place in
<br />November /December of this year and then once the Comprehensive Plan is amended the formal
<br />annexation process could start, however, it will not start unless there is a petition submitted by the
<br />BOR that initiates the process. The formal annexation process would then entail two public hearings;
<br />one with the Planning Commission and one with the City Council. Before the City Council decides
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