Sunday, March 31, 2019
November 2018 Meeting Minutes
The Last Frontier Land Owners’ Association held their quarterly meeting in the Western Town of Gabriella on November 3, 2018 at 1:00pm. Brad Hance, Jim McKennon, Bob Nelson, Jim Nelson and Joe Wolford were the Board Members in attendance. Landowners Steve Phillips and Cratie Sandlin also attended.
A motion to accept the minutes from the August 2018 meeting was made by Joe Wolford and seconded by Steve Phillips. The motion carried and the minutes were approved.
A motion to accept the agenda for this meeting was made by Cratie Sandlin and seconded by Joe Wolford. The motion carried and the agenda was approved.
A motion to accept the Treasurer’s report for this meeting was made by Cratie Sandlin and seconded by Steve Phillips. The motion carried and the report was approved. The report is included as a separate post.
We normally get our road base material from Double H Ranch through Coy Craig. We would like to explore getting crushed rock from the quarry on NM 12 near the Green Gap junction. Unfortunately, the owner of the quarry, Dick Wellborn, is difficult to contact by phone. Perhaps someone could contact him by mail or in person to discuss our proposal to buy rock. The A-1 road base that we previously purchased is working well, but too expensive for widespread use. It was put down in front of Sandlin’s place, covering the two turns near Scout’s Drive.
Is there a standard we try to maintain our roads to? Yes, emergency vehicles must be able to pass (Ambulance & Fire).
Horse Peek wants us to buy road base for Frontier Trail and they want us to pay for one load for every one they buy. But they insist on A-1 gravel (and its associated high transportation cost). We will offer $500 toward their project and they can get whatever they want. The Board voted “no” on grading Frontier Trail for Fall (wait to see how winter weather shapes up).
There was a suggestion of locking well access with a combination lock for prevention of unauthorized water use. Need access for Fire Department. This proposal was tabled. We haven’t had any water thefts since we started our surveillance program.
How much water per lot is allowed by bylaws? Well rules in general? The Bylaws don’t address a “gallons per lot” water limit. Our two community wells each are allowed 3 acre-feet of water per year. This equals about 2 million gallons per year for the whole subdivision. If you take the total number of lots as 173, that works out to 11500 gallons per lot per year, or 32 gallons per lot per day. If you’re just staying for the weekend, two 55 gallon drums of water would be a fair amount. If you live in the Last Frontier on a full-time basis, the Bylaws do require that you have your own well installed within two years of becoming full-time. I don’t recall the Bylaws saying that the well must be producing any minimum gallons per hour though.
Nance well is currently working. West Well needs to be used regularly to maintain water rights.
Gabriella Church is going to get sheetrock repairs, so might not be available until May.
In order to keep the Board going, we need people who are willing to run for election. The elections are usually non-competitive (the number of openings typically equals the number of candidates, so getting elected is almost certain). If we don’t keep the Board going, Catron County will take over road maintenance and raise taxes.
Joe Wolford made a suggestion to increase the amount we keep in emergency reserve. We are going to stay with the current reserve of $4000.
Brad Hance asked about someone to help with filing liens against delinquent landowners. Jim McKennon stated that there is someone located in Reserve that will file liens (for a fee), but didn’t have specific information.
Cratie Sandlin wanted to post the number of permanent residents and mentioned that if we have enough the Fire Station might qualify for a free defibrillator.
Meeting adjourned at 1:45 pm : 1st Philips, 2ndJim Nelson.
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