Four Hills Village Homeowners’ Association
January 7, 2010 Board of Directors’ Meeting
Pat Hollis Zmuda, Secretary

The meeting was called to order at 7:09 P.M.

Joe Zmuda acknowledged guests present: Dan Christman, Chris Hanks, Carole Camacho, Marilou Cochran, all Four Hills residents; Isaac Padilla Assistant to Councilor Harris, Michael Brasher County Commissioner.

Board Members: Joe Zmuda, Roger Hartman, Pat Hollis Zmuda, Deborah Barnes-Mattie, Ernest Christman, Geneiva Meeker, Diane Hajek, Bob Hajek, Roger Mickelson, Ray Rieker, and Brad Gundlach were present. Habiba Akhil was absent.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

President (Joe Zmuda)

Vice President (Roger Hartman)

Secretary (Pat Hollis Zmuda)

• Are there any changes to the Minutes of December 3, 2009? If not, may I have a motion to accept the December 3rd minutes?

Roger Mickelson moved to accept the December 3, 2009 minutes; seconded by Ernest Christman; and passed.

Treasurer (Deborah Barnes-Mattie)

Security, Air Flights and Roads (Ray Rieker)

Architectural Control (Ernest Christman)

Covenants (Geneiva Meeker)

Membership (Diane Hajek))

Planning and Development (Roger Mickelson)

• Roger gave notice of a meeting concerning the East Gateway Development Plan on January 14, 2010 at 3:30 P.M. in the Planning Dept. Bldg. – Plaza del Sol. Public testimony will be allowed.
• On January 14, 2010 at 6:30 P.M. the East Gateway Coalition will hold a meeting at the Manzano Multigenerational Center.

Parks and Open Space (Bob Hajek)

Publications (Brad Gundlach)

Public Relations and Real Estate (Habiba Akhil) absent

NEW BUSINESS

President (Joe Zmuda)

• Results of the 2010 Board Election – We need a count in order to close the loop on the election. The Nominating Committee members will count the ballots and place the results in the Archives. This count is to be completed by this week-end. Additional information from the form/ballot will be needed by Diane Hajek.
• Roger Hartman will not be available to attend the Annual Membership Meeting on January 16th.
• Linda Kramer’s letter Revitalizing Four Hills referred to implementing a Beautification effort in Four Hills. The Board suggests Ms. Kramer’s letter be published in the Spring Chronicle (with her permission) and mentioned at the Annual Membership meeting. Everyone hopes there will be volunteers outside of the Board to assist with much of this work. Include this as an agenda item for the next Board meeting.
• Item – Rio Arriba issue with absent landlords; problem properties still exist with RVs and trash. This needs to be kept in everyone’s attention span.
• Suggestion – In future prints of Chronicle and Directory put out print / mailing work for 2-3 bids. They should have mailing services and bulk mail print. Agreed, Brad Gundlach, Diane Hajek and Roger Hartman will take ‘offline’ to solve.

Vice President (Roger Hartman)

• Roger H. states the Board should be ready to explain in more detail the items on the Treasurer’s Report.

Secretary (Pat Hollis Zmuda)

• Pat reminded everyone that Board members and Board-elect need to pay FHVHA dues and notify if they intend to attend the Breakfast. The latter is so we can have as accurate number count as possible for FHCC.
• Since Roger H. will not be at the meeting, Ruth Christman and Geneiva Meeker have volunteered to help the Membership Chairman work the tables for verification and admission.
• Breakfast count for Annual Meeting at this time is 156 per Pat.

At this point guests County Commissioner Michael Brasher and Councilor Harris’ Assistant Isaac Padilla were invited to speak to the Board and those present.

County Commissioner (Michael Brasher)

• Commissioner Brasher talked about the County budget; money being tight, perhaps $10M-$12M short.
• Goal Setting – Budget should address general assessment and identified goals.
• The County offers incentives to some businesses to operate in the community. He is hoping we come up with a process that special rules apply to incentives applications.
• Commissioner would like some ethics rules in place such as: Employees should not campaign for their supervisor who is running for office; Government access channel should not be used to promote candidates; Public Service Announcements – must be careful of appearance, abuse, and politicking.

Councilor Harris’ Assistant (Isaac Padilla)

• Mr. Padilla states new entrances into Four Hills at this time are stopped.
• Mr. Padilla talked about a plan to make Southern Blvd. a collector street. Parsons-Brinkerhoff was hired to do a study on this – using ‘Council funds’ of $150K. A roundabout, using an unused triangle of land could be constructed for about $1.5M. City is waiting for cost estimates on 3 different plans. Councilor(s) have spoken to Winston Brooks (APS Superintendent) about a public school (magnet school) specializing in technology being built in the Southern/Juan Tabo corridor and trying to get funds now to redesign Southern Blvd. Monies would be from a ¼ cent tax from ten years ago. Councilor Harris would like to get “pot of money” for this while it is still available, to improve traffic flow patterns through Southern Blvd. Joe Zmuda pointed out the plan as presented would not work when I-40 & Central is closed down. Mr. Padilla says they are hoping for a resolution at City Council to secure funds for this plan on January 20th. They would like our support, now, even though there has been little time to consider this. They think the cost for the Southern Blvd. improvement and re-design could be $3M-$4M.

Ray Rieker moved to offer support for the concept of the Southern Blvd. re-design and improvement; seconded by Brad Gundlach; and passed with 7 votes for, 2 votes against, and 2 abstaining.

Treasurer (Deborah Barnes-Mattie)

• Present Treasurer’s Report. May I have a motion to accept the Treasurer’s Report?

Roger Mickelson moved to accept the Monthly Treasurers’ Report; seconded by Roger Hartman; and passed.

• Roger Mickelson suggested that the Annual Treasurers’ Report be amended prior to the Annual Meeting, to be more understandable to the Membership. (Deborah Barnes-Mattie and Pat Hollis Zmuda agreed to meet and revise categories to be clear for the Membership and the Board).

Security, Air Flights and Roads (Ray Rieker)

• Aaron Jones was to be here to address security problems encountered during the Holiday Season; however, he is not present.
• Aaron (IPS) was involved in the apprehension of culprits in the Soplo burglaries during the Holidays. Garage doors being left open ‘just for a minute’ contributed to these incidents.
• On December 10th around 10:00 A.M. there was a large (10,000#) explosion on the Base. Ray has collected data on this test shot. Ray has met with residents about test data and their (residents) options. If anyone else had problems, they should contact Ray Rieker at 846-4229.
• Last Wednesday several vehicle windows were broken, mainly on Stagecoach / Wagon Train.

Architectural Control (Ernest Christman)

• The property at the entrance to Four Hills Village on Four Hills Rd. has been sold and the new owners are planning a substantial renovation and expansion. The contractor wants to hold an Open House when complete, (sometime this summer). He, the contractor is interested in improving this entrance property as “an incentive to others to improve their properties.” The new owner has plans to invest approximately $200K; with a 1400 square foot addition. He expects to have plans for Ernest next week.

Covenants (Geneiva Meeker)

• “Barnyard Property” status – The owner/resident of this property had written a letter objecting to the covenants that prohibit such animals. The resident was present to appeal the covenant, stating these were not ‘agricultural animals and fowl’; they were just pets. He requested more latitude stating he had checked with the City & County about the legality of such animals in Four Hills. He stated he felt it “invasive” for his backyard to be photographed. But he said he did agree that covenants should be enforced. After much discussion it was agreed that the resident would restate his letter to FHVHA agreeing to remove the chickens and ducks by a finite time (when the weather is warmer).
• Concerning the other item with this resident, he states the overly bright light has been removed, so it will not be bothering neighbors.
• Geneiva reports that problems are being resolved and clean-up is on-going on Rio Arriba. The RV will be removed next month.

Membership (Diane Hajek)

• 2010 Membership count per Diane is 196.

Planning and Development (Roger Mickelson)

• Changes in the EPC Hearing Schedule – Roger M. elected to ‘pass’ on this for tonight.

Parks and Open Space (Bob Hajek)

Publications (Brad Gundlach)

• Brad has been receiving phone calls for ads. We will make it a policy to collect money due for ad(s) before Chronicle goes to print or remove the ad.

Real Estate (Habiba Akhil) absent

Next meeting is scheduled for January 16, 2010 (Annual Membership Meeting)
Next Board meeting is scheduled for February 4, 2010.

Motion to adjourn…

Ray Rieker moved to adjourn the meeting at 9:20 P.M.; seconded by Bob Hajek; and passed.

Respectfully Submitted,
Patricia Hollis Zmuda
FHVHA Secretary