The Board of Directors of the Pueblo West Metropolitan District met in special session at 109 East Industrial Boulevard, Pueblo West, Colorado, on March 30, 2009 at the hour of 9:00 o'clock a.m.

ROLL CALL: On roll call, Chair Hren, Director Abel, Director Vickers, Director Van Auken was present. Director Sloan was excused.

Also present were Judy Leonard, Administrative Assistant; and no citizens.

Chair Hren thanked the applicants wanting to serve on the board and to commit their time from their busy schedules to serve on the COA board. He said there were fourteen applicants to be interviewed who are willing and interested in serving on the COA board.

Chair Hren commented on the reconstruction of the Committee of Architecture and how architecture control and enforcement are very important to the citizens of Pueblo West and to that regard bring COA under the umbrella of our service plan. This will mean COA will be a part of the District like the other departments such as Fire Department, Parks and Recreation, and Roads Department that provide service to our citizens. He mention that the Triark board is spending the day interviewing the fourteen candidates for the position of serving on the COA board.

There were fourteen applicants that applied. Some of the applicants have served on the COA board at present and past. The fourteen applicants are listed below and in the order of interviews.

The applicants were asked a series of questions from the Board members with each one taking turns asking the applicants for their input. Questions asked were related to as to how long they had lived here, their understanding of COA, and what they think their position on the board would be doing. The Triark board also asked the applicants if they had any personnel involvement with COA as to applying for a fence, garage, etc. and how they felt about COA in general. The board would ask the applicant to explain their answers if they felt a better understanding was needed, such as how they perceived COA and if there were any inconsistencies and why. The applicants were asked if they had read the Declarations of Reservations or was familiar with them. Most of the applicants were familiar with them and had read some of them but not all. They were asked how they felt about the Declaration of Reservations and if they should be followed by all citizens. Chair Hren mentioned numerous concerns from the citizens that on land use inspections the citizens are not aware there is any covenants and there needs to be a way to educate the community so the question was asked who should be responsible for this. The applicants were asked how they felt about an appeal board and how they thought one should be structured. A question on wind generators was asked about how they felt about them and if they should revisit the issue and mentioned the concerns of other citizens as to the ascetics, property values, and height. The Triark board also asked the applicants about the lack of enforcement when tracts are built out to 90% and how they felt that should be dealt with or even knew that could happen. The applicants were also questioned on fee structure and what they thought could be done to raise more revenue for the COA department.

Each of the fourteen applicants answered the questions to the best of their ability and why the wanted to give their time to serve. The Triark board felt there were a lot of good candidates and appreciated the fact they all wanted to give something back to the community to make the community a better place to live. After further discussion from the Triark board and after all the applicants were interviewed the Triark board decided on five applicants and the appointments will be effective April 17, 2009.

Director Vickers made a motion to select the following candidates for the COA Board of Directors; Eugene Montoya, Kent Shelman, John Hill, James Maggard, and Stephen Shutt, vote unanimous. (Chair Hren, Director Vickers, Director Abel, Director Van Auken, voted aye, Director Sloan was absent.)

ADJOURNMENT: There being no further business to come before the Board, on motion by Director Vickers, and unanimously carried, the meeting was adjourned.

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