Skyline Mountain Special Services District
Minutes of Board meeting held April 22,2006
At Skyline Mountain Resort Clubhouse.

Meeting called to order at 6:08 p.m. by Chairman Roger Mace
Attending were Board members: R. J. Slater; Jay Hansen; George Scarlett; Monte Pugmire

Members in attendance:  (in addition to the Board members above): Bruce Honey D-20; Charles Riddle GC 10; Orson Stilson B67; Everett Taylor, SMR Board President B43; Ted Barbee M44; Janice Mace J43; Sharon Hansen L13; Dominick Bonino C4.

Minutes of the March 18th, 2006 meeting, having previously been submitted in draft form by e-mail to all board members, were moved for approval by Monte Pugmire with second by R J Slater.  Vote was 5-0 for approval as submitted.

Legacy/Sweetwater update: Roger was unable to meet with our attorney yet but will this coming week.  Nic Robertson has called as is really pushing us to move ahead.  Our question is whom are we really dealing with?  Loren Berry is the financial backing but is not an officer.  In fact, from a letter received from Loren Berry, Nicole Sorenson is the sole owner and decision maker with Loren’s company, Canyon Development maintaining an option to purchase their development.  This is not as it was originally presented to us and raises our level of concern.

Thad’s Peak well update:  Will Sunderlund says the 5000 gallon tank will be ready by the time the road is open to place it.  It will have a sensor switch on it so it will fill automatically thus increasing the amount of water that will be drawn from it and likely reducing water from the lower fill station.  The electronics have been ordered for this update.  The CLA valve has been ordered and after it arrives we will need to finalize it with the fittings and etc to connect it to our system.  Rick Houghton will transport the tank.

Dust Chem:  Jay will see if we could perhaps use a county water truck in the MgCl chemical dust control application project.  The responses back from the Birch Creek area have been overwhelmingly in favor with some even sending their checks with their return response.  It was moved and seconded to proceed with Dust Chem Company based on each area identified volunteering sufficient funds to pay the Dust Chem part with SSD bearing the balance of grading, watering, and preparation.  Vote was 5-0 in favor.

Monte was given the assignment to check the Birch Creek road and Juniper Drive and Thad’s Drive and have them opened up as soon as feasible so they can be ready for the Dust Chem and the transport of the water tank.

The Fire Grant people approved 180 tons of Bentonite Clay @ $30/ton to be delivered Wed 4/26. Bastian Trucking will haul for $10-12/ton.  Shelley Excavation will prep and install.  Monte will arrange to have the last little bit of water pumped out of the Fish Pond in preparation.  We will get a quote on piping Chick Springs from Juniper Drive to the Pond just to get a feeling for cost in case at the end of the Fire Grant funds may be available.  The Bentonite process should save significant amounts of the water.  The Resort has instructed the Golf Course that in the later summer as the water flow slows; they must draw down the water below a certain point so most of it will still be available in case of fire.

The agenda item to consider a vote on moving ahead with the Main Well pump, motor and control upgrades was tabled for the work meeting.  R J stated he didn’t think we had sufficient funds for this right now but Chairman Mace reminded him we have funds set aside to cover this when the decision is made to proceed.  We will review the Lazer Geo report and the Brotherson report to better understand.  Monte reported that the new controllers have built in motor saving electronics in them, which would offer protection against over or under voltage from the Mt. Pleasant Power Company. 

2006 water connections:  Monte made a motion to approve the 5 additional water connections for 2006 that were to be reviewed for approval according to the terms of the 2005 amendment to the 2003 water connection moratorium.  After some discussion, the motion was amended to approve 3 connections at this time on a first come first served basis according to the terms of the moratorium amendment.  This amended motion was seconded and the vote was 5-0 for approval.  At this time, there are only two known applicants for these permits.  Monte will write a letter to JoAnn Adams informing them of the Board’s approval of their connection request.  There is one additional supposedly coming from Jesse Baker, owner of one of the golf course lots.  If he were to request a connection and if he met the criteria, he would have to bear the cost of running the 6” line from the pipeline put in last year by Richard Gueverra to the Baker property, to be sometime in the future partially reimbursed by others along his street as they hook on.  Monte will inform Baker of this and suggest to Baker that these permits were approved on a first come first served basis and that Baker should write a formal request for one as soon as he is ready to proceed with building permit.

We need to have updated member address lists.  Monte will request 5 new ones from the SMR operations Manager, Janis Hanks.

George discussed the isolated “F” section and asked how we would be able to serve them with grading and road base etc.  It was mentioned that their access road is not ours.  We will discuss this at the upcoming work meeting.

The agenda item of 2006 capital spending of one time and regularly budgeted money for roads was tabled for further discussion at the work meeting.

Orson Stilson passed his test to be a certified chemical applicator for doing the vegetation control at the roadsides now that it has been cut and chipped at great expense.  Orson will get with Precision Control, Travis Osmond to identify the proper brush killing chemicals.  We will fund but will be reimbursed from the Fire Grant, the $4,000 for the spray equipment.  That Spray tank will be ready week of 4/26/06. 

There being no other items from Board members or District residents, the meeting was moved for adjournment at 7:50 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

LaMonte Pugmire, Sec/clerk, Skyline Mountain Special Services District.