[0:00] 6th meeting of the Eagleville Metropolitan District. Are there any changes to the agenda this evening? No, no changes. Thank you. May I have a motion to approve the consent agenda?

[0:13] Thank you. Motion by Fred, second, by Terry, all those in favor. We have one member of the public online. Michael, do you wish to speak tonight under public comment?

[0:30] You can raise your hand, your

[0:37] hand if you know how to do that, okay, okay, okay thank you.

[0:47] All right, next we have action item with an irrigation update from Steve and Brent.

[0:56] Yeah, moving right along, thanks Joanna, I appreciate that. A couple updates real quick regarding water I

[1:04] We did receive an email from Siri Roman with Eagle River Warner sanitation district, and with all the community efforts and all the communications up and down the valley,

[1:17] the community in May reduced the overall water usage by 28%.

[1:25] So, good job everyone.

[1:28] Every little bit helps and counts and appreciate everyone's efforts and I just want to make that official.

[1:35] Brent and I are going to talk about a couple different things.

[1:37] One will be kind of our drop management and strategy moving forward this summer and

[1:43] the other one will be an update on the irrigation delivery pipe.

[1:47] So, Brent and I will kind of tag team that just to kind of give you a brief update and

[1:53] overview of our district's management plan. It's basically the same plan that we've used on

[2:01] for separate occasions since 2002. It looks at voluntary reductions on all of our raw water

[2:10] irrigated turf, which includes the east end here, the 18-hole golf course, and the part three golf

[2:19] Of course, and we really have been implementing the strategy as needed when drought conditions

[2:25] do exist.

[2:27] We actually implemented our distraught management plans that started back in June 1.

[2:35] This month we have reduced our irrigation demands by 23 percent.

[2:41] moving forward our strategy calls out for an additional water reduction in the

[2:48] month of July for 30% and then as if drought conditions continue through

[2:56] August we're looking at reducing it by nearly half to 45%. So we've got some

[3:02] triggers and some some information that we use internally. The big thing is is that

[3:07] that we really communicate with our water engineer, Hilton and Williamson.

[3:13] They also work closely with the water authority and the water district on value-wide, not

[3:20] value-wide, but the upper-eagle river management plan.

[3:25] So we've got really three different plans that we've focused on.

[3:29] Plan A is kind of what we're into right now, and that's given what the current stream flows

[3:35] are in the river and what we're pulling off to reduce irrigation and then plan B kind

[3:41] of looks at taking it, you know, another step further, you know, kind of really reducing

[3:47] more water as I talked about as stream flows and conditions continue that we're on this

[3:53] same trajectory and then plan C is kind of a worst case scenario. So our plan is, you know,

[3:58] to continue to give monthly updates at board meetings as we go through, but if there's

[4:05] something in the main time or the interim that pops up, we'll certainly communicate

[4:09] with you via email.

[4:12] So we're excited about that and doing our part to help conserve water and be good to do

[4:18] it so the environment.

[4:23] and then Brent, you want to chat a little bit about where we are with the repair and the inspection of the irrigation delivery pipe.

[4:35] I did send out an email which I copied John Erickson on and Brent as well on to the board, kind of a quick update of where we were prior to this meeting.

[4:45] so if we had a chance to look at that and see where we are, some great news on the fronts

[4:51] of getting that fixed prior to getting into the, what we call the heart of the season,

[4:58] of the irrigation delivery pipeline. As Brent said, that's kind of the main vein,

[5:03] the artery of supplying water to the district. So, Brent, if you don't mind.

[5:09] So as you're aware, you know, the last six to eight weeks, we've been doing a lot of digging and exploring.

[5:17] So we did find a section that shows quite a few leaks.

[5:22] It's mostly where the joints are, where the two cement pieces meet.

[5:27] There are eight foot sections.

[5:30] Often there's a gasket in there, probably have some movement.

[5:33] and then we have a lot of routes that are coming in as well that are kind of

[5:37] spreading these gaps. So in this section it's between two manholes and we've

[5:45] been in collaboration with a company down on the front range at a Henderson

[5:49] Colorado. Kobloko Kobloko is their name and they actually have come up a few

[5:57] times already to kind of consult with us, look at it. We did do an inspection today with them,

[6:05] so actually having them go through it again so they can get an idea of what that scope might look

[6:11] like with cleaning out the roots, what kind of gaps they're seeing and what kind of a process we

[6:16] want to implement in correcting it. So that happened today. They are actually up in the valley working

[6:24] on some stuff for the AIMON treatment center and we're really hoping that they can come

[6:32] once we get through the proposal process and sign a contract, etc.

[6:38] get them onboard

[6:40] hopefully next week. The timeframe to get in there really the lot of the scope is cleaning

[6:46] it out and preparing it for the sleeve if you will. It's getting in there cutting the roots

[6:51] boots back, filling in some of the major gaps in between the connection points, and then

[6:57] doing their spray liner.

[6:59] They're anticipating around eight days of work.

[7:03] During that eight days, though work, I'll shut down the head gate so there's not water

[7:07] in there, but at nighttime we can put water in there to our small little amount until we

[7:13] get it fixed, and then same thing, the next day shut it down, et cetera.

[7:17] they'll actually kind of work from the top of the pipe downward. So the last part

[7:24] will be at the bottom. At that point we'll shut off the water, they'll cure that

[7:28] area and that needs to cure for about 12 hours and then we'll see. Let the

[7:35] that let the water through and hopefully that's our we're pretty positive. This is

[7:40] where it's at and it kind of all makes sense where it's gathering and going across

[7:45] Highway 6 when it's too much so pretty exciting with the news with also with

[7:52] their promptness and working with us has been a blessing as well. Yeah I think

[7:58] it's a great job Brent yeah I think it was pretty evident today from their

[8:02] feedback of getting inside the pipe going through the whole 150 foot section they

[8:08] really identified you know as Brent said some roots and voids and those joints and

[8:12] seems where the water is coming out. And that, you know, is the section that's most west

[8:19] of where we repaired that same area of pipe back in 07. So the reason why we never went

[8:28] any further is because we never found the manholes. So thanks to this exploration, you know,

[8:34] digging we found the manholes and now we're able to do the repairs that are needed. And what's kind

[8:39] unique about this process and what we're excited about is traditionally kind

[8:44] of odor technology you would kind of take like a sock and if you would stick

[8:48] it in like a pipe and you heat it up and it expands and gets hard it's like a

[8:52] resin. Well this technology as Brent mentioned they're spraying it out of an

[8:56] apparatus. So the beauty of that is is where our manholes are. You can't sleep

[9:03] where the manhole is you can only sleep the pipe this technology will allow us

[9:08] to seal any sort of seams or any potential future leaks around our manholes.

[9:14] So there's three manholes in that area that we'll be treating as well that's included

[9:18] in that estimate that we, that I sent in that email.

[9:22] So we're really excited about that and then just the ability of these guys is being, you

[9:27] know, professional and an intent of our needs and coming up and really wanting to work

[9:33] with us.

[9:34] Otherwise, we've had a couple of other bids and folks look at it, but they can't get

[9:39] to us till late summer, early fall, and that's just not going to work for us.

[9:44] So, we're really happy about that, and we're happy to answer any questions.

[9:49] If no one has any questions, then perhaps a motion can be made to use the $100,000 to make

[9:56] the emergency repair on the pipe.

[10:01] How much have we spent so far, so the 100,000 is for the repair and then we approved 100,000, how much of that 100,000 have we spent?

[10:10] Roughly about 80, but there's still maybe some stuff under that line item that we had to dig and so that trench is still open.

[10:20] So once that's done, we still have to go back and clean up the site.

[10:23] I don't know exactly what that is going to cost.

[10:26] If we can save some money, we'll certainly do that.

[10:29] But we feel comfortable with that $100,000 to address the repair of the pipe and also

[10:35] to fix the three manholes that are in that area as well.

[10:41] And I think that would be sufficient.

[10:44] And then hopefully, you know, we'll be able to report back with some savings.

[10:48] It's just hard to say right now because they were just here today and we're going to get

[10:53] That formal proposal, right tomorrow, and we just don't know what that number is.

[10:59] I just have two questions, I'm just curious.

[11:02] So we're not reading anything x-ray from on top.

[11:05] Is it like a rotor ruder or how are they getting in there?

[11:08] Is it some kind of, they crawl and ask me?

[11:12] They crawl, they go through, they get in there and they crawl.

[11:16] They have a training facility in Henderson on site where they go through special training with their employees.

[11:23] And they have like a little cart that they get on and they go through and they're they're highly specialized in train and they do this

[11:30] All over the nation and they're really you know good at doing this and there's you know

[11:35] There's so many so much pipe you know in the ground

[11:38] You know in Colorado that they're in Aurora and all the way on the western slope

[11:44] They're all over really making these repairs and it and they're a great company

[11:49] But I mean, from our experience, we're blessed to be able to have them come up and partner

[11:54] with them.

[11:55] But yeah, they get inside.

[11:56] The diameter isn't very big.

[11:57] What is it?

[11:58] 30 inches.

[11:59] And when I told them that, they're like, wow, this is like a living room.

[12:01] So they get into even smaller.

[12:03] Like lots of aerobic.

[12:04] Yeah.

[12:05] And so this company too, I just learned about there are across the nation.

[12:09] They have bases in Florida and the Carolina's up in the Washington State, Utah, et cetera.

[12:15] So he was kind of telling me some of the stories about alligators being in there and stuff.

[12:19] So I was like, well ours is pretty clean because they have to test.

[12:22] Make sure there's no harmful gases in there and stuff before they go through.

[12:27] And of course ours was great.

[12:29] But yeah, that's what they do.

[12:30] Thank you for those details.

[12:32] Yep.

[12:32] And then what is our present flow?

[12:34] I thought once you said we went from like 14 inches to 7 or are we still?

[12:39] So a long time ago we were able once we got the correction in 07, we were able to have

[12:45] at least 20 to 24 inches in there flowing.

[12:49] Over time it's just gotten worse, probably more roots, some more expansion, more movement

[12:54] in those joints.

[12:56] Last year at this time we were around 15 inches and then by August we were down to 7 and

[13:04] so we've been at lucky number 7 cents.

[13:08] And that's not much.

[13:10] Yeah, and just a quick reminder, there's probably some other areas of a pipe,

[13:14] for next year that we'll be working with to try to come up with some numbers and

[13:19] some budgetary figures for board consideration on some other areas that might be in question.

[13:25] But we're confident that this repairable will get us going.

[13:31] Is it because it's a liner, future tree roots, because roots are a big problem in Eagleville, as we all know, with our pipes.

[13:40] Is it preventative at all, like if roots start to try and penetrate the pipe, would that liner fight it off or hold it?

[13:49] It does to some degree, as you know, concrete is one of the most

[13:54] poorest surfaces that you can deal with with this resin.

[13:59] It's like a hardened, you know, rock where it's just going to kind

[14:04] of, you know, roots are going to, they're looking for their

[14:07] easiest, easiest path.

[14:09] So once they kind of hit that harder substance, they will, they

[14:14] will move in other areas, but also it'll be incumbent up on the

[14:18] district to make sure that we once they clean it out is that we go through and every three,

[14:24] four or five years that we kind of do root mitigation on the surface because that pipe through

[14:30] that section is only inches deep in some areas. So I think it's going to be a combination.

[14:36] Yeah, and I also learned too that with those gaps, those roots are getting in there and kind

[14:41] of expanding and the stuff, but once you have this hardened plastic resin in there, he says

[14:46] because you can't hit it with a hammer or anything like that, it is so solid.

[14:51] So I think once you have that all in there, especially when you fill in all the gaps

[14:55] at the connection points, and then you spray that resin.

[15:00] Those routes probably won't be able to find any water. So they're just getting hit and dry plastic. So that was my thought, too, is like the water's not even going to be accessible anymore because it's all solid through there.

[15:14] Any more questions for staff before we entertain a motion? Some great questions. Interesting, right? Learning more about pipe than you thought.

[15:30] I make a motion to approve access to a

[15:37] $100,000 for the irrigation repair.

[15:40] Second.

[15:42] Thank you, motion by Betsy, second by Terry, all those in favor?

[15:45] Hi.

[15:49] Thank you, staff.

[15:50] Thank you.

[15:51] Good update.

[15:52] We'll keep you apprised of progress and how it's all going.

[15:58] All right.

[16:00] Communications update with Kristen.

[16:05] Just in time.

[16:09] Man, there's a lot of construction out there.

[16:12] Holy smokes.

[16:16] Yes, apologies for being a few minutes late.

[16:22] I think I was just going to highlight, you know, we continue to really just do a ton.

[16:28] A lot of our messaging is just really focused on water and fire.

[16:32] We've got great partners in both Eagle River Water and Sand and Hugh Fairfield Smith and his

[16:40] team at Eagle River Fire, providing us with monthly, if not more frequent, updates and

[16:48] then Chris and Rachel and team are awesome about getting that information out quickly.

[16:54] I think we've done a ton of extra extras of late, and so in addition to my, you know,

[17:03] kind of regularly scheduled programming, so it's been terrific.

[17:09] So as we are all kind of starving for the latest and greatest on those two topics.

[17:16] Also focusing on, you know, we've got that little bit of rumor mill out there about how

[17:22] the EVMD uses this water and so we've really tried to get ahead of that and

[17:29] continue to get that information out there in various capacities about how

[17:35] we are also adhering to the restrictions. So that's been good. Working on, believe

[17:44] it or not, we've got our next newsletter coming up. This version will be both

[17:49] digital and in print just because we've got a lot of people walking around the

[17:54] community and we've got these awesome kiosks so we'll be doing that in July and

[18:00] then yeah I don't think I did want to maybe suggest to the board in talking

[18:10] about the coffee and operate chats Terry might have a better report out but you

[18:16] You know, my intent with establishing those was really to create a lighthearted, easy way

[18:22] for folks to drop by for a cup of coffee or a soda pop or whatever, and just kind of

[18:29] get the latest and greatest from board members and from staff.

[18:35] And the first one in May, I don't think anyone showed up.

[18:39] And that could be for a variety of reasons.

[18:44] But, you know, I would love the board's opinion if, you know, maybe the interest isn't there.

[18:51] Unfortunately, I did get some pretty negative feedback on the June 1.

[18:56] And I just think it's worth, I don't know if you all have had any feedback.

[19:00] I just think it's worth a discussion around, again, revisiting the intent of these gatherings

[19:07] and, you know, whether or not we should continue them or not or make sure we're all under

[19:14] the understanding of the intent.

[19:17] You know, I think the June one was, you know, was very focused on one particular subject

[19:23] matter, on operations, and that's fun to bring up subject matters and operations in the form

[19:32] of questions and dialogue, but if it's not constructive dialogue, this type of communication

[19:39] isn't constructive to me. So I would just suggest that you guys maybe have a little discussion

[19:45] about it. I don't know if now is the right time, but that

[19:51] would be my thought.

[19:53] I think the intention is for anybody who has any need for communications of any type, there

[19:59] people talking about West Park and about signage and definitely pick of all it's

[20:05] their opportunity to communicate so I thought it was very constructive and it

[20:10] gives them an opportunity to chat with the board member and Steve or as they

[20:14] don't always have that and Steve's time is very valuable so keep it as a

[20:19] communication tool more

[20:24] communication the better yeah and I think I think we have

[20:29] a ton of communication tools, and unfortunately I'm seeing too much on social, you know,

[20:37] the accusation that there isn't enough communication, which isn't true at all, and there's so

[20:43] many great efforts by your staff, and it's so transparent, you know, I work with a lot

[20:50] of government entities, and there's not one thing I would add to improve your transparency

[20:57] and your accountability and your staff and so I just I want to temper the you know I don't think we're talking about many many people but they are very loud and it's increasingly mean and I just as a huge supporter of you all and of your staff. I just don't want to continue venues that aren't productive.

[21:23] Yeah, it was helpful to have two-way communication, much of our communication is one way, so anytime there's two-way people appreciate it.

[21:37] Well, Terry, can you tell us how many people did you have in the show or?

[21:43] I think there was seven, Steve.

[21:45] I think, yeah, nine including you and I.

[21:51] It was primarily focused around pickleball and the needs and the wants and desires of the court's facility.

[21:57] and, you know, those people are, you know, in Terry, they're passionate about pickleball

[22:03] and their courts and they're proud of that facility and, you know, there's certain things

[22:09] and certain, I think, expectations that they want that's a little bit challenging for

[22:16] the current staff to deliver.

[22:18] So that, you know, we always want to give the best and put our best foot forward, whether

[22:23] Whether it's of the courts or the pond out here projects we do or the golf course, we

[22:30] really take pride and ownership of all the amenities that we have and it's a little

[22:35] bit challenging for us because we want the best over there, but we don't have the resources

[22:40] when that was, when that court facility was redone back in 2017, no one really knew how

[22:49] busy it was going to be because it was you know the courts had deteriorated

[22:54] and Pickleball wasn't really a thing and so you know we developed it as you

[23:02] know it's kind of make it a multi-use facility where you have four permanent

[23:07] Pickleball courts and you had a multi-sport court with a basketball hoop and then

[23:11] And you also had two tennis courts on the south side.

[23:18] And you had the room there where the restroom is and the storage.

[23:22] And the other room was kind of like, well,

[23:25] we don't know what we want to do with it as a district.

[23:28] Early on, we hosted several meetings there.

[23:32] And there's been functions.

[23:33] Boy Scouts have met over there.

[23:35] We do rent that room out when we rent the courts.

[23:40] and then that room is also available for like when the football ballers have their pot luck, you know, we allow them access over there.

[23:49] But, you know, now it's grown to be, you know, it was very few people there in the beginning. Now it's, you know, very popular.

[23:58] You know, if we look at adding four more additional courts as we had chatted about, you know, over the recent months, it's just going to only add to the demands

[24:08] and currently, you know, I really can't designate the time to be over there to address the needs, you know, of the Pickleball community.

[24:19] And Chris, you know, she helps, you know, Vicki out with programming and taking impairments and all that.

[24:25] She doesn't have the time. She can't focus on that. Brent is, you know, he's handcuffed with all he has to do.

[24:34] And, you know, those guys gave up nearly four plus hours the other day to, excuse me, to

[24:41] power wash the courts and clean them they haven't been done all year.

[24:44] And, you know, it's just all those extra demands, the staff can't absorb it.

[24:49] As I've mentioned in my reports, you know, for many months, is that at some point as a district

[24:55] and as a community, we probably need to chat more about how do we want and see that

[25:01] that facility functioning moving forward?

[25:05] So that's perfect.

[25:07] I think it was a very constructive conversation then.

[25:11] We learned a lot.

[25:12] We learned that we're growing and you need to respond and maybe hire a designated

[25:17] maintenance person who swings both ways and, you know, they clean the courts.

[25:22] That was great, but, you know, it might need to be done more often and as they grow,

[25:27] staffing more, and they were saying, Steve, we know you're so busy.

[25:32] So we're happy to be the eyes and ears and voice for you and let you know what's going on over there and help you.

[25:39] It wasn't at all negative. It was just how can we be helpful and making sure

[25:47] this facility as it grows can have its needs met and I thought it was very productive and you learned a lot

[25:54] We learned a lot and there's some really good suggestions for the future. So it served its purpose and communication

[26:02] So you don't have to come here and waste time at meetings or try and get your time some other time

[26:08] And then a couple people didn't want pick a ball down at West Park

[26:12] So that was also pick a ball and that was also understood for them

[26:16] So it was really good communication by people who had needs

[26:21] So thank you for summarizing that I

[26:25] Would just step in though. I don't think attending these meetings are a waste of time, right?

[26:30] Like for any governmental entity, your public meetings are the biggest tool you have to communicate.

[26:38] And I'll pick on the town of Ale, they meet twice a month.

[26:44] EVMD meets one month, there's a regular schedule, and there's strong engagement in all of our municipalities.

[26:52] I say on it down at the county, you know, that it's ingrained with the governmental entity.

[26:57] This is the number one place to come and express public comment.

[27:02] I think with West Park Combs, I have never seen an outreach effort bigger than what you

[27:08] guys deployed last summer.

[27:10] It was over a year of in-person outreach and survey work.

[27:16] And then you could add on these meetings, Eagle Valentell, you know, there's a ton of

[27:22] in-person opportunity for feedback and so I, you know, I don't think this is the most

[27:29] appropriate place to come in and especially if pickle balls on the agenda or whatever

[27:37] your topic de jure is or what you're passionate about or care about or want to weigh in on.

[27:44] I do think it's, you know, the onus is on our constituency to check the agendas and, you

[27:52] of every meeting, we rarely, every once in a while, we have a change of date.

[27:57] But they're, you know, it's the third Thursday of the month, same time, same location.

[28:02] You've got high five, so I don't, I hope that you guys support the idea that this is not a waste of time.

[28:10] Yeah, and just to kind of follow up with that, we have made some adjustments to our e-blast and

[28:15] our communication to put those meetings and those times and dates and you know just the

[28:20] facts and the board recaps all those things at the top of the e-blast so they're more

[28:26] up front so we'll kind of you know see how that goes but I think that was a you know

[28:31] a good step in the right direction I think too since we're on not that anyone's going to

[28:39] But maybe a lot of the communication because we are the ones that makes the decision.

[28:47] Steve is not the person that makes the decision in regards to capital improvements.

[28:52] I mean, he does help us guide the ship, but we are the captains.

[28:58] And when it's being attacked on Facebook, when it's being attacked here, when it's being

[29:03] attacked out in public via email, it's not the right channel.

[29:08] And he does a wonderful job, all of our staff.

[29:11] There's a reason why we've had these people that have worked for us for 20 plus years for some of them.

[29:20] And all of our phone numbers are listed on the website.

[29:24] We all have email addresses, but yet everything they feel has to funnel through Steve.

[29:29] So I've been, you know, I don't know if we can do a campaign to try to train people.

[29:34] We're not meanies, we're all, you know, we're all here for the same goal to support the best community that we have and to use our dollars wisely to make sure that we're keeping up and keeping our amenities in good shape.

[29:51] Couldn't agree more, I think all those methods of communication are important.

[29:56] But this meeting, unless you're on the agenda, is not a two-way street.

[29:59] You say your-

[30:00] It's three minutes, and then it's crickets. So if you want to have a communication, it was an opportunity for communication, and it was very positive. And Steve is a stepping stone to coming to us. And often it's not put on the agenda unless Steve presents it as something that should be put on the agenda. So it's all good. There are all forms of communication. It's not just Steve. I would hope. I don't think public comment goes to crickets.

[30:27] I have pretty routinely seen if something comes up in public comment that's not an agenda, it comes on the agenda the next month, or there is a mansion item.

[30:38] So I, again, I really, I think this, I ran out of the board because it did go to crickets for like 10 years.

[30:44] So people are still feeling that way.

[30:47] So perception is reality.

[30:50] And until, you know, they have two way conversations.

[30:52] and maybe, you know, they'll have to start calling board members as well.

[30:56] But it's just nice to have a conversation with a board member and Steve

[31:01] as a stepping stone to a board meeting if you're not on the agenda.

[31:07] I'm just going to bring this back to Kristen's question about coffee chats,

[31:12] operate chats going forward.

[31:14] I mean, the intent was, I mean, I did have a great one.

[31:18] The first one I did last year.

[31:19] There could have been a lot.

[31:21] It could be that I mean.

[31:22] That's what we're doing.

[31:22] The turnout of a year.

[31:25] And yes, it is a great dialogue.

[31:27] But the important thing to remember

[31:28] is you're wearing your board hat

[31:30] when you're sitting in that meeting.

[31:32] And you don't speak for the board,

[31:34] but you're listening and you bring it back to the board.

[31:37] Steve's hearing as well.

[31:39] So that's what the intent is.

[31:42] And you can have a perfectly great dialogue.

[31:44] Maybe you won't make decision.

[31:46] You're not going to make a decision,

[31:47] but you're going to bring it back, and that's the point.

[31:52] And I think they're very positive,

[31:56] we just need turnout.

[31:57] We'll keep trying.

[32:00] I forget who's that for July, but...

[32:02] The pressure's up.

[32:03] Maybe it's Fred, maybe.

[32:05] September.

[32:07] That means that maybe I have July.

[32:09] You have July?

[32:10] That's right.

[32:11] They're gone for you.

[32:14] Bring it.

[32:15] Yeah, I'm still on the key.

[32:17] No, I kind of agree. I think they're positive. I think they're good. We had a mediocre turnout at the one

[32:24] I was at last time. There was two or three people, but it was all positive kind of comments.

[32:29] I think the two things for me is setting expectations of what it is and I think it's a time to gain understanding.

[32:35] Like I want someone to come in and say, hey, why did you make that decision? Tell me the background like Steve told me this.

[32:41] I mean I think that's being accusatory.

[32:44] Yeah, like I don't want, it's not a time to like argue a point,

[32:47] it's to understand a point and to kind of have more time

[32:50] to dig into the background on something

[32:53] and it would be great if that's how we could kind of frame it.

[32:56] Like, this is how you better understand the decisions

[32:59] that are being made because we have more time to talk

[33:01] about it in a dialogue.

[33:03] And then also I think the next part of it is maybe just us

[33:06] getting also better at pulling that back to meetings.

[33:08] like the one that I was at, there was tons of suggestions.

[33:12] Like, what about this?

[33:12] What about fishing the pond?

[33:13] What about trash pickup?

[33:15] You know, there's a lot going on and, you know,

[33:18] something that I, like I could also probably do better

[33:21] is making sure that we take those ones back

[33:23] that are appropriate.

[33:24] A lot of them end up being POA issues or community issues

[33:27] and that's a great opportunity for education.

[33:30] And then taking the ones that actually are related

[33:32] to EVMD back and discussing it more.

[33:35] But I think they're good, I think I'd like to see us

[33:38] keep doing them. Right. And I agree with that and did any want to go to the

[33:43] hops and hangouts last night for the POA? No. I didn't hear about it. I'm sorry

[33:51] you were there. I wasn't there. I think you were there. My husband saw you there.

[33:56] My husband went.

[33:57] Who was it outside?

[33:59] Oh.

[34:01] There's a bigger summary coming here inside.

[34:03] Take the credit.

[34:04] I was there.

[34:06] There were a lot of people.

[34:08] I didn't know they were outside.

[34:10] I was inside.

[34:10] Alex happened upon it and said that there was a handful of people.

[34:13] It wasn't a big crowd but there was a couple of people there which was great to say.

[34:16] That is a reminder from previous public comment last month that the POA would like to partner

[34:22] with you guys on some events.

[34:24] So don't forget that.

[34:26] All right, well, that's awesome feedback.

[34:28] I don't know if you guys have any other thoughts.

[34:33] OK, thank you, Kristen.

[34:36] All right, up next we have management updates.

[34:39] Mark, what do we start with you?

[34:43] Are you ready?

[34:44] I'm ready.

[34:47] OK, quick update on my numbers information

[34:51] compared to what I sent in the packet last week.

[34:55] Food and beverage is up again for the year-to-date compared to last year by about

[35:02] 9%, almost 10%. Green's fees overall, 9% up also.

[35:11] Retail merchandise in the shop is

[35:13] down 2%. Punch cards up about 15% were at 106 last year, actually 102 last year,

[35:23] 124 so far this year.

[35:29] Willow Creek the par 3 is 13% off that places cranking down there

[35:34] right now too. And with all the lacrosse access to the new field and brings a lot more people

[35:41] to the property that are buying ice creams and sitting on the patio and using the restroom

[35:46] so there's more traffic coming through there.

[35:50] Rounds of golf, as of now we're up 9% in numbers of people.

[36:00] 5,097 last year, today this year we're up to 5,600 so we're getting to see more people there too.

[36:07] People are loving the course, too, by the way.

[36:09] Loving the conditions of the greens for sure, loving the greens, loving the greens.

[36:16] That's what I'm hearing a lot of.

[36:18] That's off to you guys, for sure.

[36:21] Groups last year, for the entire year, they had 733 individual group T times booked.

[36:29] This year on the book so far we have 738, so, and there'll be some more groups coming

[36:34] through, so that's up to.

[36:36] So for my first year everything looks pretty consistent and up, I like to see it.

[36:44] Quick notes.

[36:44] So we lost a couple employees, one went down to you guys, down to maintenance.

[36:48] Another guy left us for an excavating job working on the Whole Foods project.

[36:55] We were able to replace those guys with in house people, we didn't have to hire anybody else.

[36:59] So that's working out, it's given our staff more hours.

[37:02] Closing down the range leading up to the closure of the range went seamless, I think a lot of time on the laminating machine making signs and then the next day making more signs.

[37:11] and is keeping everybody as up-to-date as we possibly could.

[37:16] There's not been one curveball thrown at us yet saying why is the range closed, you know?

[37:21] And you can see the action out there now, too, so it's not what are they doing?

[37:27] It's like, wow, they're in the middle of it right now, and they're...

[37:30] It's amazing it's going to be three to four weeks at where they're at right now.

[37:33] To me, I don't know, but it's pretty neat to see.

[37:36] I bet you those people at Hole 19 have nothing obtrusive now, it's probably they're probably

[37:42] like wow. I mean that's been there those have been there for a long time, right?

[37:49] Yeah. You have a place there, right? Don't you, Terry? You have a place? Yeah.

[37:56] What's that?

[38:00] I bet, right? All the big machinery.

[38:05] I'm doing daily updates through Instagram. I'm just

[38:09] going down and taking photos every day and just updating the public on what's going on

[38:12] with it so they can see.

[38:17] We're getting good turns out turnouts for this

[38:19] Majon thing going on at the clubhouse. I'd love to grow that. Anybody play Majon?

[38:28] It's on your list. I might pick it out and see if we can't build it because it's

[38:33] kind of neat to see. Being a Majon player myself, I appreciate it. It's good for the

[38:41] but yeah, we'll see.

[38:43] First T is in their third week of their first session.

[38:46] They have one more week next week.

[38:47] It's been going great for them.

[38:49] Ladies on the links, also great.

[38:52] Women's clinics.

[38:53] They don't start yet.

[38:54] They'll start in July.

[38:55] For Men's League on Sunday,

[38:58] we're not going to do it this Sunday,

[39:02] but the next coming Sunday we have for Men's League.

[39:04] It's going to be the first horse race,

[39:06] which I'm learning about the horse races.

[39:09] So that's a pretty big deal

[39:10] for the men's league. You're looking at me funny. Do you know what that one is? I think I understand

[39:14] it. So they all tee off, right? They all tee off in their groups, and then after the first whole

[39:22] three or four teams are eliminated. But everybody stays out and kind of goes as a group and cheers

[39:26] everybody on. Then they get to the next hole, and then after that hole, more groups are eliminated.

[39:31] Then it gets down to just a couple groups, and there's some money on the line. So it's

[39:35] It's a pretty big deal, I guess.

[39:37] I'm really happy to hear there aren't real horses.

[39:40] The ponies, they're ponies.

[39:48] We had demo days booked for the driving range, for some of our manufacturers.

[39:53] We kind of rescheduled those because of the range work.

[39:55] So towards the end of July into August, we're going to have a bunch of demo days out there

[40:00] for people that are interested in trying clubs out, getting clubs fitted by in clubs.

[40:04] We'll keep you updated on all that.

[40:06] T times go to seven o'clock tomorrow.

[40:09] So peak time starts tomorrow.

[40:12] Restaurant will be staying open later.

[40:14] I'm going to serve food until seven.

[40:19] Last call for alcohol will be seven, 30.

[40:21] And then that whole facility will shut down at eight o'clock

[40:23] every night, which I think is an hour later than what

[40:25] they've done in the past years.

[40:27] So that should be good, I think.

[40:30] That's awesome.

[40:31] And we should promote that a lot.

[40:33] That's great. That's huge. Thank you.

[40:36] And yeah, and at the pool too, because she's staying up until eight, isn't she?

[40:41] Are we doing eight, the pool is open to eight?

[40:44] Yeah.

[40:46] Yeah, we're doing a fair amount of food delivery down to the pool.

[40:48] That's pretty busy for us.

[40:51] But things are good. I mean, the thick of it right now, and I love it.

[40:55] Keep it up.

[40:56] Hey, Mark, you said the food beverage is up 9%.

[40:59] Can you be more specific? Is it the whole 11?

[41:03] Is it the clubhouse? Is it the BevCard? Or is it all three? I'm just curious, if you're seeing growth in a suit.

[41:11] I don't have, I just put jotted numbers down. I'll get it and get it to you specifically what it is.

[41:17] Okay, I was just curious if there was an area that was growing more than one.

[41:21] I mean we have uncrustables at hole 11 this year, which was a pretty big deal.

[41:27] It is a big deal. That was my idea and people love them and we have the big uncrustables I found out today.

[41:32] the five-and-a-half ounce ones, I'll find out, I'll find out.

[41:37] Okay, I'm just curious, yeah, yeah, I will.

[41:40] I know you're getting from me and the grandkids.

[41:43] The encroachables, everything.

[41:46] We are.

[41:48] And the horse race, T's off at six o'clock, right?

[41:52] Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[41:54] Yeah, and we'll show it doesn't impact anymore.

[41:56] No, not at all.

[41:57] No, but then we send an e-glass to remind her to the community

[42:01] because that technically is the BWHNR when people start coming out just to give the community heads up any time we have those events.

[42:09] Gotcha. The dog park is not open yet.

[42:14] It doesn't close. I'm realizing that it doesn't really close.

[42:19] There are some residents who are oblivious to that, yes.

[42:26] All right.

[42:26] Hey Mark, I just wanted to say thank you kind of as a follow up from last month's meeting, which thank you high five.

[42:32] I was able to watch since I missed it, but for kind of operationalizing some of the comments

[42:38] we've had in the past about the range having more people down there, just kind of educating,

[42:44] watching, and all that, I thought that was awesome, so thank you.

[42:47] That was a new welcome.

[42:48] That was one of the ones, Stephen, I talked about me coming on board, one of the key pieces

[42:52] was range management for sure.

[42:56] And my entire staff is, it's second nature for them now, whether it's my range you're going

[43:01] down every hour and a half for my car. Guys buzzing down everybody's there there's a lot of a lot of face time all day

[43:07] So it's good. Yeah, and that's huge and I mean when we talk about listening and everything

[43:10] I mean that was one of those things that's

[43:13] Direct operational change after feedback. So it's cool. Yeah, I was gonna say the same thing just from listening to the community and

[43:20] Take an action.

[43:27] Thank you, Mark. Yep

[43:29] Brett all right guys

[43:32] So as Mark mentioned, peak season starts tomorrow so we've really been building up to that

[43:41] point with training staff getting our moheights down trying to get the course to that level

[43:48] and I think we're starting to hit that stride.

[43:53] Been doing some cultural practices out there.

[43:55] I kind of mentioned that in my board packet.

[43:57] We try to do that at least once a month, every four weeks and that's just kind of doing

[44:02] and some verification and top dressing to smooth out the surface.

[44:05] And I think you see the benefits of that as you go.

[44:10] Staffing is filled out, kind of have our varsity crew at this point.

[44:14] So that's kind of working out great.

[44:18] Kind of like Mark mentioned, we did fill in our second assistant spray tech position,

[44:24] which is a full time position.

[44:25] So in the past two months, we filled two full time positions down there,

[44:30] which is a blessing, and the two gentlemen have hit with stride.

[44:37] Our new second assistant irrigation tech is Mr. Casey Brown, and he has an extensive history in the golf industry,

[44:48] and so I think him bringing on his expertise has also been pretty beneficial.

[44:54] We're only four days in, but it's been a great four days.

[44:56] So I'm pretty excited about that.

[45:00] Also, kind of with Park and Rec, yeah, we've been putting in some extra effort at the courts, as Steve mentioned, and then also with our new synthetic field, seeing a lot of activity over there, not only just with the micro soccer and stuff at this week with seeing all the lacrosse players throughout the world. It seems like enjoying the facility. So that was been pretty impactful over there.

[45:28] there. I think they're probably seeing that the facility is pretty special and pretty

[45:34] proud of what's being produced over there. A lot of the turf grasses coming back from

[45:40] the sod and stuff like that so that's kind of looking good over there as well so pretty

[45:44] proud of that. As you can see we got our annual flowers in but as we've kind of been updating

[45:52] you throughout the year we have significantly reduced our annuals that we've put throughout

[45:58] the community. And those are mostly on raw water. There's very few that are on potable water.

[46:05] So that kind of brightens things up as well. We've kind of, you know, mentioned all the drought

[46:12] situation and stuff like that. The new irrigation system has been a blessing. We finally are kind

[46:20] of hitting our stride with that. I'm learning a lot more about it. It's kind of like getting a new

[46:24] car you have to kind of open up and start using it to see what you need to tweak.

[46:29] So that's been exciting and I think that's been a great timing on our part in terms

[46:35] of getting that with the conditions that we're experiencing as well.

[46:40] Had some pictures in there for you, some moheights, stuff like that from the superintendent

[46:44] chat, but if anyone has any questions.

[46:50] Oh, when the alarm's went off the other day, did we get any rain?

[46:54] no so it's been 29 days since the gauge has been wet so we're going on 30

[47:01] tomorrow and as you can see it's just hot windy so June is living up to its

[47:06] reputation as being the driest month that we experience but praying on a great

[47:11] to lie coming wet a summer ever get out your umbrellas your cardigans your

[47:16] scarves, it's going to be cold, so we're hoping for the best

[47:20] we're ever this summer.

[47:24] So it tried, well, I don't know.

[47:26] I guess yeah, but it can rain after six.

[47:29] Yeah, yeah, or after eight.

[47:32] How is the calibration of our new irrigation system going, you

[47:38] know, getting it to sense and go in the right places and all of

[47:43] that?

[47:43] Yeah, so it is a work in progress.

[47:48] For me, just learning the central computer and stuff is a whole new ballgame from what

[47:53] we had, but it's pretty exciting.

[47:55] We did just recently get our two weather stations installed.

[48:00] So now we have one on the east end here, which is great, because our community is so linear.

[48:05] So it's nice to get different readings, but all it's been reading lately is hot and windy.

[48:11] So we know that.

[48:12] And then yeah, just there's a lot of fine tuning because when they're going out there and they're replacing the satellites and stuff

[48:19] They're human and maybe they didn't put a wire back. So why is that dry spot there?

[48:23] You go and you have to do a lot of investigating, but all in all the the process has been a success

[48:28] But it's still going we're still working on some of our mapping so to go from one

[48:35] Company to another and

[48:37] transporting all that data has its challenges and it takes time, but it's been

[48:43] working out. Does that answer your question?

[48:49] All right any other questions for

[48:51] Brent? All right Steve, you're up. All right thanks Joanna. As you can tell from

[48:57] those two guys they're busy and a lot of stuff's happening in the community

[49:01] we're in the as they say the peak season the heart of our recreational

[49:05] opportunities here in the community and as I mentioned in my report you know the

[49:09] The courts facility continues to be busy, a lot of activity over there.

[49:14] The pools busy, we've added some new programming over there, opportunities for kids to jump

[49:20] in on the swim team and swim school.

[49:23] We're also going to bring back movie nights this summer.

[49:27] So there'll be two opportunities for movie nights swim over there.

[49:32] The first one will be on July the 4th.

[49:35] I forgot what the new what the movie was

[49:38] Yeah, surfs up. Yeah, surfs up and then the other date to be termined, but

[49:44] Appreciate Joey and her team. They do a great job over there our new assistant

[49:50] Pull manager Patrick from over day of on he's been a blessing and it's hit the ground running and does a great job

[49:56] Helping and Joey assist her and her daily chores over there and then filling in

[50:02] and managing the pool while she's gone.

[50:04] So happy to have him on as well.

[50:07] So lots going on at the pool.

[50:10] And then one of the staffing updates,

[50:13] our previous Pavilion Manager, Mary Ann,

[50:17] who was with us for the past four seasons,

[50:20] has moved on.

[50:21] And we wish her all the best of luck in her new adventures.

[50:24] And we're blessed to have Rachel,

[50:28] who has been primarily helping us part-time with some of the admin needs and assistant

[50:35] Chris specifically with resident cards and also helping Mary Ann with the pavilion.

[50:40] She's jumped in and she's our new pavilion manager and so it's great to have someone

[50:45] on staff, someone has a tremendous skill set to help continue and foster the growth that

[50:52] we've seen with the pavilion and renting that over the past few years.

[50:55] So happy about that, if you see her, let her know.

[50:59] Congratulations on that.

[51:02] And then just kind of speaking on communications

[51:04] and listening to feedback from the community

[51:08] last week, Brent and I met with a lot of the folks

[51:13] over on Tom Ricken Court.

[51:15] We met with them previously this spring looking at some of their

[51:20] questions and concerns regarding some of the dead trees

[51:23] up above their property and some of the impact that a potential wildfire might have on them

[51:28] and discussing some of the mitigation efforts that the Metro District has done.

[51:33] You know, you can see those piles up there and we were really blessed to have you join

[51:38] us last week to represent the, you know, the fireside of things.

[51:43] He's a great professional and, you know, took his time away from what he was doing to meet

[51:48] with us all.

[51:49] It really came up with a great plan and just had a great organic conversation with those

[51:55] homeowners.

[51:56] It turns out what they're probably going to end up doing is doing a collaborative agreement

[52:02] with the Eagle Valley Wildland so that they can treat all the homeowners' property there

[52:09] at Tarmigan Court collectively, they'll get more bang for their buck and they'll go through

[52:14] through Hugh, they'll do an agreement from the Metro District side.

[52:18] I'll kind of help facilitate and spearhead that.

[52:21] But each homeowner will pay equal portions based on the amount of work to do.

[52:29] If you're not familiar, those properties go, basically, you know, once you kind of get

[52:34] passed the set back from the home, it really goes straight up the hill and it's unbuildable.

[52:41] but yet, you know, the timber there is pretty fragile and so, you know, you have to get

[52:46] a professional in there and they're excited.

[52:48] They were just very excited and blessed to have Brent and I really facilitate that.

[52:53] Reach out to Hugh and kind of facilitate the meeting working with him and then from our side,

[53:01] you know, next year we'll look at, you know, what Metro District Clans we want to look at treating

[53:06] if any next year and kind of getting back into a cycle back on Metro District

[53:11] proper to to help keep those things clean but hopefully as Brent said we're

[53:16] we're praying on a you know a nice wet summer that will lead into a snowy

[53:21] winter and they'll be able to get out there and burn those piles that they've been

[53:26] up there so excited about all that and once again just opportunities that the

[53:30] Metro District does listen and that we do care about the community and we do

[53:36] everything we can to help facilitate projects between the Metro District and our residents.

[53:43] On the heels of the Welfare Medigation, just want to give you a quick update on the

[53:48] Chipping Program. They should be out here soon coming through Eagle Vale. This will be the

[53:56] last one for a couple months. They are going to pause the Chipping Program for the months

[54:03] So July and August, they're really focused on their resources on more on wildfire prevention

[54:11] and being ready available to tackle anything that might pop up an emergency situation.

[54:19] And then we've been communicating, again, working with you and his team, communicating a lot

[54:25] of the ready preparedness, you know, through our e-blast, through our social media, kind

[54:32] of getting folks prepared just to help educate and promote, you know, what their vision

[54:38] is from their side as far as communicating with the community and get the community on board

[54:43] with what they need to do to make themselves prepared.

[54:49] That's kind of kind of hit if anybody has any specific questions.

[54:53] I'm happy to answer those or anything that might not be on my report.

[54:59] Steve, what is the response been like for West Park people wanting to be on a steering committee?

[55:07] That's a great, great question.

[55:10] I think we're up to nine that want to be on that committee.

[55:14] So I'll hear and we'll probably meet probably in late July, early August, once we get an opportunity to come up for air and then bring that back together and then hopefully there in that same time frame Brent and I will kind of put an RFQ out there for folks that maybe come that professionals in the industry, the irrigation industry to kind of maybe take a look at our irrigation system there at West Park.

[55:43] work and give us some kind of direction and guidance along those lines as well.

[55:50] I would encourage us to keep it to ten or less people.

[55:55] If we have to pick for you, that's what I mean, we can do that, don't you agree?

[56:01] We can pull names out of the hat, but yes, the smaller the committee, the more in my mind

[56:07] just historical evidence will show that smaller groups are more effective and more productive.

[56:15] So I think originally we said we wanted like three or four people to the community to join

[56:21] the staff and our consultants. It probably will be a little bit bigger than that, but we'll kind

[56:28] of tackle that and report back next month once we have a little bit more information.

[56:33] And ask any of them if they would like to be on the finance committee, because we know we'd just meet you in

[56:38] 10 million. Oh, in front, Fred's on there too. Yes, I told Steve, I watched Mentor in Town, Council last night, and

[56:50] the town of Avon has asked for Mentor in to send a letter of support for their purchase of 78 acres for the state

[56:58] Land Board? From the State Land Board. So I've asked Steve to follow up with Eric to find

[57:09] out what the status is since it's part of our community.

[57:17] So you're saying they didn't

[57:18] ask us for a letter? Okay. Steve, I have a question. I was reading on the traffic calming.

[57:26] So the three-way stop signs can become permanent because that just means it gets wood posts or how does what does that look like?

[57:34] And then I saw also that you said that the orange delineators, that's the orange flags that are kind of tattered and gone right now.

[57:43] Are those get replaced or do they just go away?

[57:45] So the orange flags are temporary.

[57:49] they're almost going on their own, but the orange delineators are the kind of

[57:56] the safe routes to school that are on your long eagle road. We replaced a lot of

[58:01] those, but once you kind of get past the arc and start heading south towards the

[58:06] school, people like to target those quite a bit, but I think we had some

[58:11] vandalism as you probably saw on our e-blast earlier this spring of I don't know

[58:16] 25 of them 30 of them that were probably look like they were karate chopped with a device or

[58:23] something but anyhow those are the orange delineators but yes so the three-way stop we would convert

[58:32] the the standard eagle county pole with our that would match our design criteria with a wooden pole

[58:42] and then in order for that to become permanent there is a saw cut along that

[58:47] radius as you're coming east on Eagle Drive or Eagle Road and you turn to go

[58:53] up to the clubhouse that radius needs to get tightened up when they built the

[58:58] road they kept paving inward so it makes that radius previously you know

[59:05] really a place to accelerate and gain momentum it can still you know if you're

[59:10] If someone's going to kind of do a California row or kind of just tap the brakes, they still

[59:15] kind of with its radius as it currently exists, can still kind of roll past their pretty

[59:20] fast.

[59:21] So we'll tighten that up as part of the overall project.

[59:25] I would say let's get rid of the orange flags because they look pretty shoddy.

[59:33] Great suggestion.

[59:33] I'll take them down.

[59:35] Great suggestion.

[59:38] Any other questions for Steve?

[59:42] I know we're doing a lot for drought prevention and the numbers of reduction are great and most of it is coming out of probably irrigation schedules for parks and course.

[59:52] I was wondering if at any point you've compiled a list of the other things that we're doing, we've got an email at the pool of the other numbers.

[1:00:00] And I like their restricting showers. You know, there's just, I think there's probably a lot of small things happening. It'd be kind of interesting to put it all together in one space. Yeah, we could, we could tabulate it. It's a, it's a lot whether it's, you know, as Brent mentioned, you know, we reduced the number of annuals here. You probably noticed on the entries, the new rock. So that's a permanent thing where we've gone to no irrigation there at all of our entry ways and just relying on

[1:00:29] the perennials that have been there in the past and going more to a zero-scape but a minimal

[1:00:36] landscape that still adds value to that to, you know, like for example, when in the past when

[1:00:44] we have cleaned the courts, we used the hose bib there at the courts facility which is

[1:00:50] portable water. This year, we used raw water, we tapped into an irrigation sprinkler head

[1:00:58] and that is adjacent to the courts and ran two hoses off that, so we actually used raw

[1:01:05] water to clean the courts versus the potable water.

[1:01:08] So we're just every little opportunity we can come up with to try to help do our part

[1:01:15] as I said earlier, we try to do that, but yeah, it would be kind of neat at the end or midstream

[1:01:21] to kind of do a tally and a list of everything that we've done.

[1:01:26] To

[1:01:29] Lauren's point, I think that'd be great to put in our newsletter's success of, you know, 28% reduction and that whole news just now about non-potable water being used to let everyone know that we're doing our part and have you join the effort.

[1:01:47] Yep,

[1:01:51] we'll start communicating the effectiveness of our reduction in water.

[1:02:02] All right.

[1:02:02] Great.

[1:02:02] Thank you, Steve.

[1:02:03] Chris, do you have any updates for us?

[1:02:11] Excuse me.

[1:02:11] I was just going to say we completed our last orientation yesterday.

[1:02:19] And yeah, that went really well.

[1:02:21] All of them have gone well, and we've got pretty much everybody onboarded.

[1:02:26] And so hopefully things will start evening out a little bit in my office, we'll see how that goes.

[1:02:36] Well, not really, she's, you know, on a curve, Bob, ball with first bank and PNC and everyone trying to get the direct deposit over to her and transferring.

[1:02:48] So it's always something.

[1:02:50] I'm trying not to think about that right now because Monday and Tuesday are going to be loads of fun.

[1:02:58] Yeah, so yeah, just trucking away, trying to keep my head above water right now.

[1:03:06] Thankfully, I have Steve to make it a little easier.

[1:03:09] At least makes me laugh periodically. Does anybody have any questions?

[1:03:15] I know you guys mentioned it earlier, but just thanks again for putting the board report at the top of the E-blast.

[1:03:20] I thought that was great, kind of after the feedback.

[1:03:23] I thought it was just interesting to hear the conversation

[1:03:25] and then see that in the e-bossed.

[1:03:27] One thing I did want to ask about is, and I know now

[1:03:30] I was not the time, but going forward,

[1:03:33] if we had a plan of, I don't know if you ever connected

[1:03:35] with Sherry Moore about the social events.

[1:03:38] I just kind of wanted to close that loop.

[1:03:40] I honestly, I answered her first email,

[1:03:44] but I have not had time to even think about that right now,

[1:03:48] So I apologize. Hopefully in the next like week or two we can see about doing that

[1:03:54] And see when I can get together and yeah, I'm not

[1:03:58] Adjusting you start event planning right now. Yeah, yeah, no, sorry. I just have not we have not had time

[1:04:05] Yeah, that's that's totally fine, but I like I just I thought some of our comments are good like with the Christmas thing or something else

[1:04:11] more down the road events, so that was good at some point.

[1:04:15] Yeah, I think the idea, once we kind of get past all the heavy operational load is that we can get with them if they're still

[1:04:25] wanting to chat with us and plan more things for the off season and maybe get some sort of schedule that the board could buy in on that looked at things for

[1:04:39] 2027. That's awesome. Thank you. Right,

[1:04:47] moving on to financial reports. Thank you, John.

[1:04:51] Thank you. Excuse me. Overall, you know, things are going well. On the revenue side, we're kind of

[1:04:59] looking right at where we should be with regards to property taxes, sales tax continues to trail budget

[1:05:05] a little bit. But we are ahead of last year slightly. So I mean, there's some good news there, but we'll

[1:05:10] We'll have to see how that continues to go.

[1:05:13] As Mark mentioned in his report, you know, overall, kind of across all departments, revenues

[1:05:18] are generally up over last year.

[1:05:22] Swims a little behind.

[1:05:25] I think that's important due to, you know, with the weird calendar, that's kind of dependent

[1:05:30] on the calendar falls each May when that opens.

[1:05:33] And then, pavilions while ahead of last year's numbers.

[1:05:37] So overall revenues look really good.

[1:05:42] Fred, just not exactly what you were looking for in your question, but with regards to F&B,

[1:05:48] at least through May, the revenues are up primarily in beer and liquor sales.

[1:05:54] So not necessarily where it's happening, but that's what people are buying compared to last year.

[1:06:00] When you have ten holes open, you have more time to have a liquor.

[1:06:05] So on, again, revenue, everything's looking good.

[1:06:08] On the expense side, we're kind of for operating expenses, almost, I think across every department,

[1:06:15] better than budget right now.

[1:06:17] I think a lot of that is due to timing, you know, when we place orders for, you know,

[1:06:25] agricultural products for brand or fuel or whatever might vary on that sum.

[1:06:30] So, I think we'll see how that continues to go and see if we have some savings or if we'll catch up to those as we get really, you know, capture the full swing of it in the June financials.

[1:06:40] But, you know, right now on the expense side, everything's kind of looking really good.

[1:06:45] And then as we talked about and as you are aware on the capital expenditures, kind of projects are underway.

[1:06:51] And then obviously the only real change there has been with regards to the irrigation work.

[1:06:57] and so we'll have that change there as well but really that's kind of my

[1:07:03] highlight for for this month. Any questions on the financials?

[1:07:13] All right.

[1:07:15] Crews in along. Thank you John. Any other business this evening?

[1:07:23] Seeing none I

[1:07:24] will take a motion to adjourn.

[1:07:27] It's a really good job, you're getting a step.

[1:07:32] Emotion?

[1:07:32] Oh yeah.

[1:07:33] So moved.

[1:07:35] All right, thank you.

[1:07:36] Thank you.

[1:07:36] All those in favor.

[1:07:38] Bye.

EVMD Meeting 6/18/2026

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