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MINUTES
CITY OF FORT COLLINS
NATURAL RESOURCES ADVISORY BOARD
OCTOBER 2, 1985
6:00 p.m.
Board Members Present:
Dave DuBois Denise LaRue
Gil Fechner Ari Michelsen
Bill Fischer (alt.) Pat Sousa
Tim Johnson
Board Members Absent: (all excused)
Suzanne Bassinger Bob Sanz
Scott Duncan (alt.) Tod Schwartz
Staff Present:
Roger Krempel Andrea Lapointe
Don Yon Edith Felchle
At the beginning of the meeting it was stated that, in the minutes of
the previous meeting, in the Instream Flow section, the sentence, "It was
agreed that Scott Duncan would present the letter," should be deleted since
the decision to have Duncan present the letter to Council was actually made
immediately following the meeting. It was stated that it was not necessary
to send out corrected minutes.
Instream Flow
It was moved and seconded to ratify the Instream Flow recommendation
to Council which had been made at the previous meeting. The vote was
unanimously in favor of the ratification.
It was stated that when the recommendation was presented to the City
Council, they asked the Board to meet with the Water Board in order to come
up with a consensus recommendation from the two boards. The joint meeting
will be held on Friday, October 18th, at 4:00 p.m. (during the regular
Water Board meeting) in the Light and Power conference room located at 700
Wood Street.
Needs Survey
In Sanz absence, LaRue reported that Sanz had informed her that he
would have the Board's needs survey completed soon and would present
findings to the Board.
Committees
It was stated that since the Board is presently meeting twice per
month, committees would not be asked to meet right away, unless a specific
need arose, so that Board members would not find themselves overburdened
with meetings.
Bylaws Review
Fechner led the Board in a review of the proposed bylaws. The review
was completed through Article III. Recommended changes are as follows:
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Throughout the entirety of the proposed bylaws, the words "president"
and 'vice-president" should be replaced by "chair" and 'vice -chair".
Article III
Section 1
. . . the initial order being decided by the chair.
Article III
Section 2
The Board shall elect in July from its membership a chair and a
vice -chair each elected for a term of one year. There shall be no
limitation on the number of terms the chair or vice -chair may serve. A
secretary shall be provided by the Department of Natural Resources.
Article III
Section 4
The manager and staff of the Department of Natural Resources and the
City Attorney shall be support staff to the Board.
Adjournment
At, 6:40 the meeting adjourned to CSU to hear Larry Simpson, Neil
Grigg, Uli Kappus, Chuck Wanner, Gerry Horak, and Gary Hickman speak on
"Managing Colorado's Rivers: The Cache la Poudre," a presentation of the
Colorado Section of AWRA on management issues surrounding Northern
Colorado's Cache La Poudre River.
Other Items
Immediately after adjournment the following matters were brought
before the Board for information purposes.
It was stated that proposed dates for the visit to the home of Larry
Moss are either Sunday, November 3, or Sunday, November 10, 1985. The date
for the visit will be decided upon at the next meeting.
Krempel stated that Tom Curren, Director of the Larimer/Weld Council
of Governments, has stated a desire to speak to the Board regarding the
Poudre Trail. After some discussion, it was decided to have him make his
presentation at the October 21st work session. It was also decided that
the Parks & Recreation Board would be invited to the meeting to hear
Curren's presentation.