MINUTES BVRI BOARD MEETING August 1, 2010      

ATTENDING BOARD MEMBERS:

- Dave Morley

- Katherine Aitken-Young

- Barbara Goodrich

- Eric Jung

- Ron Murphy

- Ann Porteus

- Gary Willard

- Jeff Gouveia

- Sue Garratt

ABSENT BOARD MEMBERS:

- Jack Wedgwood

- Mitzi Nelson

- Paul Petersen

- Gordon Ritter

- Ron Rossi

- Randy Mancini

GUESTS:

- John Dralla

- Terry Woodrow

- Rick Stephens

The meeting was called to order by Board President Dave Morley at 10:00 Am in the County Services Building in Bear Valley, California and via telephone conference bridge for those members unable to attend in person.

Membership--we have 334 current BVRI members--an all time high. Tom Ward Jr. has done a great job of reminding beach users about membership privileges including using the beach!

The picnic went well. We had about 200 people so we didn't lose as much as we have in previous years. It was a good community event. Juilo Guerra (guitar and vocals) provided hours of entertainment for picnic attendees.

MOTION: Sue Garratt moved that the proceeds of the raffle this year be given to the Bear Valley Parents Group.

SECOND: Barbara Goodrich seconded the motion.

All members in favor.

None opposed.

MOTION: Ron Murphy made a motion to allocate $100 to purchase a gift certificate to Headwaters as a thank you to Julio Guerra for providing great entertainment at the picnic.

SECOND: Katherine Aitken-Young seconded the motion.

All members in favor.

None opposed.

Guest: Rick Stephens discussed a proposal for a Frisbee golf course proposal for Bear Valley that would leverage some of the common area land behind Orvis and lower Schimke. Dave Morley shared a letter from a property owner protesting the placement of the course on common area near his home.

Discussion: Rick has been approached with a request to have a more difficult Frisbee golf course created than the one that already exists. Rick reviewed the proposal for the new course which includes a provision for the course to be set up to blend in with the environment.

Next steps:  Rick to present the proposal at the General Meeting on September 5.  BVRI will then assess whether the board will take a position in support of the course or not. At 2 p.m. on September 5th, there will be an opportunity for Board members and the public to walk the course with project proponents.

Minutes from the 5/24/10 Board Meeting were distributed via email for final review.

Katherine re-sent to those board members who have not yet approved.

Fire safety inspections are underway. Some lot owners received letters last year and did not take any action to clean up their property. In this case the BVRI inspection reports for those lots will be turned directly over the sheriff for additional follow up.

There was discussion with Sheriff Rick Stephens about what action can be taken regarding fire hazard lots in the Old Sub.

Barbara Goodrich provided an update: (1) Commercial rates have been adjusted in accordance with BVWD policy.  (2) BVWD is offering a design standards workshop the morning of its 8/16 meeting, open to the public. (3) Phill Coffman has taken the lead in amending BVWD bylaws, the most important change of which is changing the election process so that homeowners have a larger impact than under the current "unimproved land value" method.  This bylaw change is expected to be contentious.  (4) BVWD is looking to do a rate study.  (5) There is a change to Water District Board meeting schedule. Meetings will now be held at 9:00 am (instead of 1 p.m.) on the 3rd Monday of every month beginning in September. (6) General Manager Julio Guerra's sampling results indicate that the outflow is of such high quality that in most respects, BVWD already meets tertiary equivalent standards.  Discussion followed that there is no need or plan to build a tertiary plant at this time.

Board member Eric Jung highlighted that BV Lake is also cleaner than ever this year which may have a positive effect on the outflow as well. He inquired about whether Julio was aware of this.

Barbara Goodrich is directed to invite Julio Guerra to present the current status of BVWD and take questions at the BVRI General meeting.

Meeting was held on Tuesday at 10. All voted in favor of the new rate structure presented and supported by BVRI.

The BVRI board recognized all the work done by John Dralla to research and prepare the proposal that was accepted.

Discussion. Exploration of Bulk Plane as a standard measure for home size. The ARC will re-examine design specs, and revisit its authority in this situation.

No new homes. One deck improvement underway.

Everything is going well this summer. Tom Ward, Jr. is doing an excellent job as beach attendant.

MOTION: Sue Garratt made a motion to allocated $1,000 to clear the dead trees at the small beach and one by the BBQ area at the big beach.

SECOND: Barbara Goodrich seconded the motion.

All members in favor.

None opposed.

Discussion: Homes in basin with runoff to lake water. Overlay the Bear Valley village on a topographical map to identify which homes are in the basin.

Target the October timeframe for the next newsletter including: Snowmobile rules, upcoming election, fire inspection results.

Common area fuels reduction and chipper. Won't have information about this program until mid-August this year.

Dead trees on common areas will be addressed first using Cal Fire crews and common area fuels reduction funds.

Barbara Goodrich expressed thanks on behalf of the BVMF for the BVRI donation of $1000 to support the festival.

Discussion. Sue Garratt and Ron Rossi will serve on the committee.

Plan is to hold the cabin in a state of arrested decay. No improvements planned.

Race to be hosted by the mountain on the weekend of October 9 and 10.

Learn more about the race here: http://toughmudder.com/

Will be held labor day weekend on Sunday, September 5 at 4:00 pm

This meeting was announced to the community in the spring newsletter and also by way of email. BVRI will include an agenda item regarding "long-term transportation planning" - a proposal to assess Bear Valley for winter snow-clearing.  Because of the major impact on the community of this and the proposed Frisbee golfcourse, Barbara Goodrich requested that residents be given an advance agenda so that they're aware of the long-term issues which will be addressed at the annual meeting.

Sunday, September 5, at 5:00 pm  (following general meeting)

Sunday, October 3, 2010 10:00 am

Dave Morley adjourned the meeting at 11:50 am

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