TIMBERON DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL Minutes of the Meeting Held January 08, 2011 IN ATTENDANCE: Everett Putney Cal Tyler Mary Tyler Frank Hodnett Fran Trendler Gwen Adams Bobbie Brown B. F. Adams Bill Brown Rick Merrick Burt Rubinowitz J ackie Fioretti The TDC meeting was called to order by President Everett Putney at 10:00 AM. Allegiance to the flag was given by all and a prayer was given by Pastor, Frank Hodnett. Everett asked if anyone wanted the minutes read from the last meeting. Jackie Fioretti advised there is a correction to the minutes as follows: The Treasurer position will be vacant effective January 01, 2011 and not 2010. A motion was made by Fran Trendler to accept the minutes as corrected and it was seconded by B.F. Adams. The minutes were approved. A November, 2010 Treasurer’s report was given by Fran Trendler. A motion was made by Bobbie Brown and seconded by Bill Brown to accept the November report as given. Motion approved. Fran gave the Treasurer’s report for December, 2010. A motion was made by B. F. Adams to accept the December report as given and it was seconded by Bill Brown. The motion was approved. Bills totaled $1,025.29, which included the remaining balance to duplicate 500 Fire DVD’s. Bill Brown made a motion to pay our bills and Cal Tyler seconded the motion. The motion was approved. After our meeting in November, 2010, the TDC Executive Board met by telephone and agreed to make a $250.00 donation to the Timberon Baptist Church Food Bank. A motion was made by B.F. Adams to approve the $250.00 paid in November and Bill Brown seconded the motion. The motion passed. Pastor Frank Hodnett advised 1,500 lbs. of food was delivered to 30 families in Timberon in December 2010. In January 2011, 2,100 lbs of food was delivered to 42 families. He expects there will be about 48 families in February. Qualifications to participate in this program have to be met and it is based on income. The paperwork is sent to the Roadrunner Food Bank in Albuquerque and the decision to receive the food is made by them. Each family receives 50 lbs of food for the month. The cost for this program is $2.50 per month per person. The first Wednesday of each month someone from Timberon has to pick up the food in Albuquerque. There has to be over 50 families before the Roadrunner Food Bank will deliver the food to Timberon. Frank thanked the Timberon Development Council for their donation to this needed project. Old Business: The Scholarship Committee (Linda Lea, John Howell, Joan Schug and Mary Lou Rodriguez) met and produced a draft application for our approval. Those present at the meeting reviewed the draft and suggested the application be printed in the Mountain Times Newspaper in order to get the word out so the March 15th deadline can be met. Everett Putney made a motion to limit the Scholarship Fund to two participants at $500.00 each. The motion was seconded by Bill Brown and it was approved. Burt will ask Linda to make the changes prior to sending the application to Kathy Worrell for the newspaper. Everett thanked the committee for doing a great job. Rick Merrick reported on the BLM (Bureau of Land Management) Grant. Two items were left, the first one was the 500 Fire DVD’s with labels at $1.65 each. These have been ordered and Fran Trendler advised we should receive them this next week. The second item is clearing the hazardous corners. Rick has been working with Ricky Cox, BLM Fuels Management Manager on the “Hazardous Fuel Reduction” project. Rick has been clearing long runs on both sides of the road. Some of the corners cleared are those on Dixwood, Homewood and he is working on Tonto. Rick advised the next business meeting is scheduled for January 20, 2011 at 7:00 pm at the TDC Office. Fran Trendler will send postcards to the Timberon Business’s to remind them of the meeting. The Business brochures are distributed on an ongoing basis. Items that will be discussed will be the upcoming Fly In, ATV, Golf and July 4th activities. July 4th Celebration activities are still being discussed. A committee is needed to determine what and when. If you are interested please contact TDC. Everett mentioned he did contact the band that was at the Fireman’s Ball in October and they want $1,000 for 6-8 musicians and play 3-4 hours. This will be discussed again at next month’s meeting. Action has been taken by the TDC Board of Directors to rescind the previous action of the Council to allow only officers to sign on the bank account. B. F. Adams made a motion to authorize the Facilitator, Fran Trendler to sign checks on TDC’s bank account. Burt Rubinowitz seconded the motion and it was approved. Fran agreed to continue the Treasurer’s duties until a new Treasurer is elected. If you are interested in the position please contact Everett Putney or Rick Merrick. Rick Merrick advised the State Forestry Block Thinning Project on Bear Lane has started. The Timberon Development Council sent the first mailing and we have received a response totaling 75 acres. TDC gave the information to SCMRC&D (South Central Mountain Resource Conservation & Development) who will write the Grant and submit it to State Forestry. The grant money is expected around March. TDC will be included in the information sent to the property owners. Everett advised we are waiting to receive the first draft of the letter from RC&D which after approved will be sent to the property owners. Bobbie Brown gave a report on the Fiskar Beautification Grant. She advised she didn’t have enough information to submit the grant. She felt applying for the grant is premature and we should wait until the Gazebo is installed. The electric company was contacted and it will cost $50.00 for someone to do a feasibility study on providing electricity in Mary Glover Park. A Proposal will need to go to the county for approval. She passed around different plans for a gazebo. Bobby Brown made a motion for TDC to pay $50.00 to Otero County Electric Company to send a staking aid to determine the feasibility of providing electricity in the Mary Glover Park. Burt Rubinowitz seconded the motion and it was approved. Bill Brown gave a report on the proposed New Mexico Pilot Association Fly In. The proposed week ends for the Fly In are the weekend of May 14th and May 21st. It was agreed by those present that the weekend of May 14th is the first choice. Bill will convey this to the Association. They are looking at a guided ATV tour, golf, dinner, breakfast etc. There was discussion in having some of these functions in the Red Barn. Rick Merrick gave a report on the WUI (Wildland Urban Interface) Grant. TDC is planning to do a mail out for the fourth time. Money is available for thinning private property. Rick will be attending a WUI meeting on January 12, 2011. If you are interested in having your property thinned please contact Rick Merrick. New Business: Everett Putney advised we received an email from Shantel Keune requesting TDC to allow Shantel and Judy Underwood to pursue grants under the TDC 501c3 status for the operation of the community swimming pool for this summer. Bill Brown made a motion to allow Shantel Keune and Judy Underwood to pursue grants for the swimming pool using TDC’s 501c3 status. The motion was seconded by Fran Trendler and the motion was approved. B. F. Adams advised he is ending the sale of the 2010 “Putting on the Lips”. He has collected over $800.00 which will go to the School Boosters. Rick Merrick advised we need more members and maybe we would get more people to attend our meetings by moving them back to the community lodge. There will be more on this later. Jackie Fioretti advised we need an Audit Committee to review the books prior to getting them ready for the CPA to work on our taxes. Fran Trendler advised she would ask Charlie Ross and Kent Huisingh if they would do it again. B. F. Adams made a motion and seconded by Bill Brown to adjourn the meeting at 12:30 pm. Motion passed. Our next meeting is February 12, 2011 at 10:00 am at 1841 Sacramento Drive. These are open meetings and the community is invited to attend. Respectfully submitted, Jackie Fioretti, Secretary