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Okay. Oh, join.
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We're going to retry it. Let's see if it comes back on. As that's loading, we're recording on on
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each phone. Any comments or concerns or additions to be added to the board
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discussion to this point?
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We use state your name just so it's on here.
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And you're asking that I'm glad Roy's here to answer that I will say as a newly elected board chair
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Richard, I continued to be amazed at the decisions that have been made to put us in the situation that we're in.
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And that's Craig and his leadership, it's Monten and his attention as a clerk to the finances and everything else.
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We had to work the budgets around, move dollars around to exercise the college well.
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And that was a $70,000 expense.
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The trading of the water share for the O-12 lot was just a trade.
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It didn't have a financial implication.
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it had a balance sheet implication and it was a wash, but I'm thrilled with the financial
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condition of the FST. Every month, we have our feet to the grindstone. We have to make those
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monthly contributions to the restricted accounts. We make those. I don't have any doubt Richard
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that we'll be able to make our loan payment in November when it comes to.
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Our collections are good, we have a few, and we'll cover those in our closed meeting,
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but we have a few accounts that are passed to one or two that go back to 2015.
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But we're taking action with those, so I think the answer to your question is the finances
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were solid and we pay a lot of attention to them.
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In that other thing I was looking at was the Elk Meadows.
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What do you about the Burns Creek Phil Station?
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Are you talking about the land?
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Well, it would be the, it's the Elk Meadows well.
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If it's a Phil Station, then it would probably be the
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Birch Creek Phil Station or something like that.
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We haven't even gotten it.
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I'm going to have to recall the transmission line left off the road, that's what you think
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on the mountain?
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No, that will follow the road.
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That's a lot of line.
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Yeah.
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It's in the master plan.
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Any law that it would go by, those people would be able to connect.
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Of course, you can only get to six months out of the year.
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So, we'll cross that bridge when we get to it, but we've got to get to the finals.
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And I would say, Richard, this has been a discussion.
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Every law has a utility easement down the law line.
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And on the map, it looks great.
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just go right straight down, but you couldn't even get equipment as steep as that is from the
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talk about Meadows 2. That's the reason there's so many switchbacks, but it wouldn't make any sense
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to go down a utility line. If the long term, how long is long term, 20 years, 40 years, 50 years,
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The road is the best place but it's a long distance and we accounted for that in the
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grant application that we put in. In 2019 numbers a full distribution system for
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for Birch Creek down to D1, which is right down at the bottom, was $6 million, round numbers.
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That was 2019, and we, for this grant application, we went through some fairly significant
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well-documented calculations to say our estimate today just to the bottom of Birch Creek would
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be about $4.5 million.
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Now, once you're at the bottom of Verge Creek, it's actually pretty easy to put a distribution
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line on down Verge Creek Road to all of those lots.
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So we're planning, we're applying for grants, we're doing the things as best we can to be
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able to keep our system growing.
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Let's not forget, we have the same opportunity at Thad's Peak.
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We have a lot up above Thad's Peak that we could put a story's tank on
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and start distribution down that path as well.
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It was our decision.
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We have Thad's Peak now.
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We put a million dollar facility in Thad's Peak.
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We need to look at something for Birch Creek as the next priority.
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It's just, it's a zigzag road down to Birch Creek.
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Other questions, Craig?
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With the early spring, I'm coming with our town.
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Jeremy was just up there, what, yesterday?
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So give us the update.
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Hold on ground.
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They have the hold up.
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They go up.
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The materials have been started.
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I think we're going to be up there today too.
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New work is good.
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I see.
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So they were ready to pour cement.
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We just want to make sure they don't miss our side.
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They're going on the couch.
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Before they get the couch.
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And all they have put it up after the tower.
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Oh, I can put it up back.
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And I think Jim.
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Jim, Michael, let's talk with you.
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Oh, we have pictures.
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If you want to see Craig, you can come up and look at it.
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This is right now, good pictures.
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So it's moving forward. Jim is working on the batteries for the current solar.
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on the community wildfire committee call a couple of weeks ago there wasn't a
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field we're trying to search government surplus for a new siren this is an
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old siren. But it will do.
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And it's not going to have the same distance as a new one. But we'll
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continue to look and we need that siren functioning to see if it covers the whole resort or the
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We certainly with now the property of metals could look at a poll and a siren there.
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We need the siren. We have the poll. We need the installation. So there are options there
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that we would explore.
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Other questions?
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We're still not back online.
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If you can go on your email and allow me, then maybe I can start it on my computer.
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there, so
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maybe it's not needed.
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Yeah, I think I'll call for a motion to adjourn the board meeting and to open a closed meeting.
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An executive meeting?
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Do I have that motion?
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Do we need to state anything legally why we're going to a closed meeting and what we're going to discuss?
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I can certainly do that in quick summary.
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We're going into close meeting. There's some open contract things that meet to be discussed. We also have the property considerations that are under way. There's one personnel issue and a couple of legal discussions that need to be had.
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So, we will terminate if I can get a motion to adjourn.
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Make a motion that we adjourn.
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And, going to an executive session, I have that motion.
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Do I have a second?
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Second.
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Mike makes that motion, month, second to any, everybody, all those in favor say aye.
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Aye.
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Hi. Hi. And we've lost on online.
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I'll take a bite in that break.
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Yeah, five minute break. I'm getting a text that my son Trent and K are still on.
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We'll tell him don't worry about it. We're done.
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Thank you and thanks Craig and we're done for stopping.
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Good job.