| Decision Id 10783 Decision |
Approved expending $20,345.16 from the Roads and Utilities Fund to repair and improve the West Road via a contract with All Tractor Works. |
Mermaid Ekena |
14 April |
| Decision Id 10779 Decision |
The Board approved a $2,500 contribution from the Depreciation Fund towards the drip irrigation makeover implement by the city on our behalf. Other funds will come from Placitas' and Grounds budgets |
Mermaid Ekena |
06 December |
| Decision Id 10773 Decision |
The Board established that the Common House Committee proposal to approve up to $9,000 from the Depreciation Reserves Fund to re-stucco Commons common element walls is ready for consideration at the Business Meeting. |
Mermaid Ekena |
18 July |
| Decision Id 10763 Decision |
Board consented to transferring $ 4128 from depreciation reserves so the cottonwood trees can be trimmed prior to Feast Day. |
Mermaid Ekena |
22 January |
| Decision Id 10761 Decision |
Grounds committee decided to bless the existing cottonwoods during Feast Day rather than plant a new tree. |
Mermaid Ekena |
22 January |
| Decision Id 10727 Decision |
The community garden proposal passed. It seeks to revive existing garden beds with $100 from Grounds to start. |
KristinB |
29 June |
| Decision Id 10708 Decision |
The proposal to repair the perimeter fence, which asks for $2050 from Depreciation, passed. |
KristinB |
21 August |
| Decision Id 10697 Decision |
The proposal to replace all path lighting throughout the Commons (except in the Plaza) was approved, with a friendly amendment to include the cost of labor in the proposal. |
KristinB |
10 September |
| Decision Id 10693 Decision |
The proposal to allocate $5000 for the repair of the Commons foot bridge passed. |
KristinB |
10 September |
| Decision Id 10690 Decision |
The proposal passed to make our compost process more efficient and more aesthetic by combining what has been two separate composting operations into one. Sponsors sought $2,500 from the capital improvement fund to replace the four existing compost bins, build four new bins, buy a wood chipper to reduce the volume of leaves, and build a wood panel fence to screen the bins from view from the West Road. |
KristinB |
10 September |
| Decision Id 10681 Decision |
The proposal passed to purchase four new Plaza benches, two metal and two wood/metal, for $752 (from Capital Improvements). |
KristinB |
25 July |
| Decision Id 10677 Decision |
The Board agreed to purchase two benches for the Plaza for $380, to be paid for from the Depreciation fund. |
KristinB |
25 July |
| Decision Id 10675 Decision |
The water leak detection ad hoc committee was authorized to spend up to $1000 on leak detection. |
KristinB |
25 July |
| Decision Id 10657 Decision |
The Board approved the use of $192.26 from Depreciation reserves to pay for the replacement of the Plaza irrigation vacuum breaker. |
KristinB |
23 November |
| Decision Id 10654 Decision |
The Board approved a $450 expenditure to purchase an electric lawnmower. |
KristinB |
21 June |
| Decision Id 10650 Decision |
The Placita A landscaping proposal passed its second meeting. |
KristinB |
21 June |
| Decision Id 10648 Decision |
The A Placita Landscaping proposal passed its first of two meetings. |
KristinB |
30 March |
| Decision Id 10634 Decision |
The clothesline proposal passed. It is a T-style clothesline that will be located down by the basketball house, behind Zelies house. Its main purpose will be the long-term hanging of outgassing materials. |
KristinB |
07 October |
| Decision Id 10633 Decision |
A proposal to purchase and install a collapsible, removable, umbrella clothesline either at the edge of the kitchen garden or in the swale bordering the fence of A7 did not pass. |
KristinB |
04 October |
| Decision Id 10631 Decision |
The bee proposal was approved and the two sites in the Orchard (one site for each of two hives) will be chosen via email. |
KristinB |
04 October |
| Decision Id 10630 Decision |
The water meter proposal passed its second business meeting. |
KristinB |
04 October |
| Decision Id 10626 Decision |
Bill put forward a proposal to install underground water meters on all unmetered yard hydrants and irrigation systems. These yard hydrants are located in the Placita A parking lot next to the A1 carport, Placita B next to B2, the Placita B fire lane next to B6, the Orchard, and Placita D. The Placita B fire lane and the Orchard can share a meter box.
The rationale for this project is that meters would reveal when there are issues such as leaks and would make us eligible for rebates from the City. The cost would be $3500 from the Capital Improvement Fund or $3000 if the digging were done by Commoners.
The proposal passed its first of two business meetings. |
KristinB |
04 October |
| Decision Id 10624 Decision |
Bee proposal: We approved the part about having bees on the property. We would decide on locations at the next meeting, contingent on Marjorie speaking with her doctor. |
KristinB |
04 October |
| Decision Id 10608 Decision |
We decided to proceed with purchasing a large cart from Carts Vermont for $441 to replace the smaller one that was decommissioned. |
KristinB |
04 October |
| Decision Id 10583 Decision |
Able Hands Landscaping (Tyson Reed, owner) will overhaul the drip irrigation system in the plaza. This involves going thru each zone and removing any extra, unneeded tubing and adding tubing and emitters where they are needed. Bury the lines 2". The emitters will be 1-2" above the soil to enable seeing water coming out of them. The pop up sprayers on the lawn will be adjusted and a sprayer will be added to cover the circle around the fountain. Fix the leak on the backflow preventer. Change out the pressure reducer to zone 5 or the reducer will be removed if necessary to get more pressure to that zone. |
KristinB |
19 August |
| Decision Id 10579 Decision |
The Board approved a proposal to upgrade the entrance to the West Road. The upgrade would include two retaining walls of 23 feet in length, plus bushes and trees. The water source would be graywater from D1 and a deep pipe irrigation system. |
KristinB |
19 August |
| Decision Id 10569 Decision |
The Board approved carrying over funds allocated for Plaza rejuvenation in 2012 (but not spent) to the 2013 budget. |
KristinB |
15 January |
| Decision Id 10568 Decision |
A proposal for re-grading the West Road and adding rolling dips was put forth, but no consensus was reached. The proposal is dead in its current form. |
KristinB |
02 January |
| Decision Id 10567 Decision |
Units are charged the city surcharge if they exceed the amount of water allocated. Bill will provide a written statement about this policy, to be included on the next water usage summary. |
KristinB |
19 November |
| Decision Id 10566 Decision |
Placita A requested that their 2013 placita allocation in the amount of $500 be available now so that they could complete their flagstone project. The Board approved their request. |
KristinB |
19 November |
| Decision Id 10559 Decision |
The Plaza rejuvenation proposal passed its section round of approvals and therefore passed. |
KristinB |
08 June |
| Decision Id 10558 Decision |
The Plaza rejuvenation proposal passed its first round of approvals. |
KristinB |
27 April |
| Decision Id 10551 Decision |
The materials are ready to go for flagstone path along the Common house toward the back door of the kitchen. The Board approved the funds for building the path. |
KristinB |
27 April |
| Decision Id 10543 Decision |
Ewen and Ken will collaborate on drafting a letter to the community about the damage to the plaza lights done by some children. |
KristinB |
03 April |
| Decision Id 10542 Decision |
The location of the solar dryer was approved: Alongside the kitchen wall. The dryer is T-type, 3 feet wide, 9 feet long. |
KristinB |
03 April |
| Decision Id 10541 Decision |
The location of the solar dryer was approved: Alongside the kitchen wall. The dryer is T-type, 3 feet wide, 9 feet long. |
KristinB |
03 April |
| Decision Id 10538 Decision |
Second approval of Placita C Proposal for capital improvement project to install a water meter, master shutoff valve and a repair project to repair the backflow preventer and rebury the irrigation valve box and drip lines in C Placita for $2083. |
SuzanneOtter |
03 June |
| Decision Id 10537 Decision |
Second approval of Plaza Path Lighting Proposal for $1706 |
SuzanneOtter |
03 June |
| Decision Id 10535 Decision |
First approval of Placita C Proposal for a capital improvement project to install a water meter, master shutoff valve and a repair project to repair the backflow preventer and rebury the irrigation valve box and drip lines in C Placita for $2,083. |
SuzanneOtter |
03 June |
| Decision Id 10534 Decision |
First approval of Plaza Path Lighting Proposal for $1706.00 |
SuzanneOtter |
03 June |
| Decision Id 10523 Decision |
Approval of up to $400 for Grounds to remove the Juniper tree near Maud and Louise's house and find a suitable replacement, per the mediation agreement. |
SuzanneOtter |
03 June |
| Decision Id 10510 Decision |
The Board of Directors authorized the Grounds Committee to purchase two new benches. (Up to $500 of CIP funds). |
EllenB1 |
05 December |
| Decision Id 10493 Decision |
Grounds Committee announced that the Commons plaza will be closed off a month starting on April workday for reseeding. |
EllenB1 |
18 April |
| Decision Id 10491 Decision |
Board approved a Sustainability Committee proposal seeking $150 for 1.5 hours of
consultation time with Brad Lancaster, a water conservation expert, on (or about)
February 24. Payment from the Capital Improvement Fund. |
EllenB1 |
17 April |
| Decision Id 10470 Decision |
Cottonwood replacement tree Ad Hoc Task Force created. |
EllenB1 |
10 November |
| Decision Id 10468 Decision |
Ken authorized to purchase a new archway for the spot between Placitas B and C. $236 approved. |
EllenB1 |
10 November |
| Decision Id 10441 Decision |
Group requests that the grounds committee makes a list of people exempt from doing grounds work. |
JenniferStamm |
03 November |
| Decision Id 10387 Decision |
Approved a Sewer Cleanout to be coordinated with the city?s use of its rotoblade cleaning of its trunk line. They will clean theirs after ours is cleaned. It helped us years ago to do this. An estimate came in at $175/hour by the two companies that the city recommends. Overall it would cost $1400-1750 (including a video inspection of the inside of the lines). Agreed to pay for this out of the roads and utilities reserve fund. The sewer would be cleaned out from the main lines. Approved. |
EllenB1 |
12 October |
| Decision Id 10389 Decision |
Approved to have a water meter at each hydrant. Ken mentioned you need to replace or recalibrate a household meter every ten years, and we are reaching that point in our homes. |
EllenB1 |
12 October |
| Decision Id 10394 Decision |
Carol bought the bench and coffee table near the chicken coop in the orchard. Approved $300 to buy three more benches for the orchard area. They are non-endangered hardwood. Relatively well-made. They cost about $100 with shipping. |
EllenB1 |
12 October |
| Decision Id 10388 Decision |
CIP water pressure reducer. The project is almost complete. Total cost will be $2000. Preliminary approveal last month. Approved. |
SataraBixby |
02 October |
| Decision Id 10386 Decision |
1) Pressure Regulator (Tai) In some of The Commons we have the correct thickness of water pipe in some houses, in others we don?t. We?ve had some blow outs and leaks in our homes. I propose that we install a pressure regulator and relief valve |
SataraBixby |
19 September |
| Decision Id 10385 Decision |
We planted three trees in the orchard and one in the parking lot. That is a capital improvement expense, not a grounds expense. I propose that we spend $500 from the capital improvement process for the trees. Consensus to pay for them. |
SataraBixby |
17 September |
| Decision Id 10325 Decision |
The name of the Grounds Coordinator position will be changed to "Work Coordinator." |
LynnwoodBrown |
10 September |
| Decision Id 10248 Decision |
We can hire help for landscaping, at mimimum wage. |
LynnwoodBrown |
10 September |
| Decision Id 10066 Decision |
Proposal to use $1000 from landscaping budget for preparatory site work for parking on Alameda Easement (to coordinate with paving of Alameda) will be returned to Grounds Comm. for further consideration. |
LynnwoodBrown |
09 September |
| Decision Id 10377 Decision |
Ad hoc Task Force on grading and water harvesting formed. |
LynnwoodBrown |
09 September |
| Decision Id 10367 Decision |
A proposed water harvesting project for the 2 parking lots and the west perimeter road will not be considered for funding at this time; instead a participatory design workshop will be held, using the workshop budget. |
LynnwoodBrown |
09 September |
| Decision Id 10331 Decision |
We will allot up to $400 from the Capital Improvement Fund for installing a spigot at the west end of the D Placita at the same time as the installation of the already funded orchard spigot. |
LynnwoodBrown |
09 September |
| Decision Id 10330 Decision |
John Otter will be given until the next Exec. Comm. meeting to come up with a plan for the use or disposal of the steel stored in the orchard area. |
LynnwoodBrown |
09 September |
| Decision Id 10334 Decision |
A proposal to re-sod the Plaza was tabled until the Annual Meeting. |
LynnwoodBrown |
09 September |
| Decision Id 10287 Decision |
Wildlife Enclosure interest group formed. |
LynnwoodBrown |
09 September |
| Decision Id 10286 Decision |
Proposal on how to pay for $4000 of past arroyo work and $1750 of future arroyo work (from existing funds) approved. |
LynnwoodBrown |
09 September |
| Decision Id 10281 Decision |
Up to $4000 authorized to repair arroyo. |
LynnwoodBrown |
09 September |
| Decision Id 10279 Decision |
We will purchase semi-truckload of compost, to be used on common land or bought by individuals or placitas. |
LynnwoodBrown |
09 September |
| Decision Id 10275 Decision |
Grounds Committee charged with coming up with actions to respond to drought. |
LynnwoodBrown |
09 September |
| Decision Id 10269 Decision |
Grounds Comm. decision: Grounds Manager position created, to be paid $150 /month for 6 months. Alec Walling appointed. |
LynnwoodBrown |
09 September |
| Decision Id 10249 Decision |
The Board approves Don Altshuler's agreement as developer to contribute for landscaping of the Common grounds. |
LynnwoodBrown |
09 September |
| Decision Id 10205 Decision |
The Grounds Committee request for $10,000 was denied until they give us a better understanding of how much money will be needed to complete the Plaza. |
LynnwoodBrown |
09 September |
| Decision Id 10193 Decision |
Grounds Committee request for $10,000 more from the Construction funds was tabled. Meanwhile, we will solicit suggestions for other desired uses of excess Construction Fund money, so as to come up with a Master Plan for it, before using it for any one thing. |
LynnwoodBrown |
09 September |
| Decision Id 10172 Decision |
The Grounds Committee is mandated to research the possibility of setting up a tool bank for the Commons. |
LynnwoodBrown |
09 September |
| Decision Id 10148 Decision |
Placita landscaping budgets should give first priority to elements important to whole community (outside lighting, sidewalks, sprinkler system). |
LynnwoodBrown |
09 September |
| Decision Id 10121 Decision |
Money from landscaping fund and C.H. budget for four different items totalling $1770 approved. (Vegetable garden, power tool rental, placita carts, bike rack.) |
LynnwoodBrown |
09 September |
| Decision Id 10116 Decision |
Grounds Comm. authorized to spend up to $300 for C.H. bike rack. |
LynnwoodBrown |
09 September |
| Decision Id 10111 Decision |
Gardening subcommittee of Grounds Comm. formed. Money for garden to come from landscaping fund. |
LynnwoodBrown |
09 September |
| Decision Id 10115 Decision |
A specific proposal from the Grounds Comm. (about what?) should be brought forward for each placita. |
LynnwoodBrown |
09 September |
| Decision Id 10109 Decision |
The selection of different features and final details of Main Plaza design will be referred Grounds Comm. with authority to make final decisions. |
LynnwoodBrown |
09 September |
| Decision Id 10091 Decision |
Eric Williams and Lucy Hanna given permission to fill pits on placitas with mulch from PNM. |
LynnwoodBrown |
09 September |
| Decision Id 10078 Decision |
All-day workshop on Grounds Comm. issues will be held. |
LynnwoodBrown |
09 September |
| Decision Id 10074 Decision |
General concept of Wetlands approved, provided that design issues and cost can be favorably worked out. We will proceed to the next level of design. |
LynnwoodBrown |
09 September |
| Decision Id 10076 Decision |
The fence along the south edge of the Commons will be extended another 60 feet to block off all houses from the road, and a gate will be added. $800 from the Grounds fund was authorized for this. Final fencing required for the garden will be considered later. |
LynnwoodBrown |
09 September |
| Decision Id 10058 Decision |
A separate account approved for money set aside for landscaping of Plaza and placitas; the two signers will be Lynnwood and Don. The general group, with recommendations from the Grounds Com., will decide how and when to use the money. |
LynnwoodBrown |
09 September |
| Decision Id 10035 Decision |
Grounds Comm. formed to address questions of grading of common areas. |
LynnwoodBrown |
09 September |
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