Canyon Area Residents for the Environment
25958 Genesee Trail Road, PMB-203, Golden Co. 80401-5701
MEETING MINUTES- CARE MONTHLY BOARD MEETING
MEETING MINUTES- CARE MONTHLY BOARD MEETING
Minutes July , 1999
Attending:President Jeff Holland opened meeting at 7:20 p.m. at Mount Vernon Country Club.
NAME AREA
Colin Barton Genesee Foundation
Deb Carney Paradise Hills
Jill Cleveland Liberty Wire Star (for Sprint PCS)
Wayne Gallo Grapevine
Al Hislop Paradise Hills
Jeff Holland Pinecrest Road
Mehdi Jafari Anasazi Way (Riva Chase)
Walt Kaesler Genesee Village
Ron Larson Panorama Estates
Carole Lomond Lookout Mountain Park
Annie Mackiewicz Sprint PCS
Don Patton Paradise Hills (alternate)
Joan Schwarz Columbine Glen Trail
Linda Shanks Friends of Colorow Hill
Bob Smith Idledale
Chris Weglinski Sprint PCS
Introductions:
Approval
of Minutes:
Motion made to amend minutes of the June 10 meeting to reflect no report
for HOA Mentoring. Minutes approved as amended.
Treasurer's
Report:
Treasurer’s report at end of June showed a current balance of $1,199.31.
This does not include cash and check contributions received for
T.H.R.E.A.T.
(Tower Hazards & Radiation Exposure Above Tolerance) account of Antenna
Tower Committee. Those funds are being accounted for to the board.
Delegates' Reports:
Idledale: Bob Smith explained Lariat Loop Mountain Gateway program to Idledale Homeowners Association.President's Report:
HOA (Homeowners’ Association) Mentoring: Bob Smith proposed meeting with Jeff Holland to develop guidelines to promote mentoring among area homeowners associations.New Business:Wildfire: Joan Schwarz urged mountain residents to take dead and thinned tree limbs and brush to Ralston Elementary School 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, July 10. This is a JeffCo chopper/shredder site on this date only. Residents are encouraged to create/maintain defensible space as some protection from wildfire in heavily forested mountain residential areas. Annual Fire Forum likely will be in Evergreen in February.
Lariat Loop Heritage Alliance (CHAPS): No Report
Beaverbrook watershed/Chavez Trail: Don Patton reported a proposed agreement in the negotiated settlement City of Golden/Clear Creek County acreage/watershed issue. Matter is expected to be settled this summer in court. CARE members advocate a solution that safeguards waterways, watershed and reservoirs serving CARE communities.
Transportation: Walt Kaesler reported highlights of the Colorado Intermountain Fixed Guideway Authority met May 12 include: proposed route from DIA to Eagle County Airport with stops in Arvada, Golden, Evergreen, Idaho Springs, Georgetown and other I-70 communities; testing complete by 2003, project completed by 2008; public votes on the plan in 2000 and 2003; Colorado School of Mines students are involved in several practical studies with the guideway.
Land use: No Report
Antenna Tower Committee/THREAT: Deb Carney reported latest hearing with JeffCo commissioners on June 29 included many excellent presentations by area residents, including three teenage girls who worry additional antennae will divide and ruin their community. The final hearing is July 13 at 9 a.m. Commissioners are expected to vote on the rezoning request that day.
On June 24, CARE sued the Federal Communications Commission appealing its refusal to review the environmental impact of the proposed supertower. The FCC has rejected CARE’s claims the proposed tower would significantly impact the environment or nearby historic sites. The community is encouraged to submit written comments to the FCC on the potential impact of the proposed tower and transmission building on historic properties by July 23. Contact Deb Carney for details.
Also in June, JeffCo obtained its own equipment to measure electromagnetic radiation. Its measurements at several Lookout Mountain tower sites showed EMR levels exceeded federal standards.
A community potluck is scheduled at 6 p.m. July 14 at Deb and T.J. Carney’s home, 21789 Cabrini Blvd.
CARE has appealed JeffCo Board of Zoning decision to allow Fox Channel 31’s additional HDTV antennae on Lookout Mountain. CARE and area residents have sued Jeffco for permitting this additional antenna.
CARE also opposed the tower proposal on Mt. Morrison.
The T.H.R.E.A.T. fund-raising dinner and silent auction May 23 was well attended and successful.1999 CARE Artist Studio Tour: Bob Smith reported meeting with Carole Lomond and Linda Fine to discuss establishing a steering committee for the CARE fund-raising tour set in late September/early October. Artists contacted are excited about the idea; approximately 20 local professional artists will be included in the tour.
Presentation by Sprint PCS employees and consultant from Liberty Wire Star
representing Sprint PCS request to JeffCo for rezoning in Riva
Chase
at 1044 S. Grapevine Road. Rezoning affects 10-acre Grosvenor’s Ridge parcel
now site of two antenna towers: 1 tower serves AT&T,
Western
Wireless and US West Wireless; 1 tower serves Air Touch. Rezoning
would replace Air Touch tower with a stealth tree (antenna
tower
camouflaged with plastic to look like a tree) that would serve Air Touch
and Sprint PCS. CARE expressed concern about present and future electromagnetic
radiation emitted from the towers, as well as potential for additional
antennae to be permitted in this mountain residential area. CARE members
will measure EMR and meet with JeffCo Planners on the issue.
UPCOMING EVENTS CALENDAR (Advise Jeff of updates and additions)
7/13/99 JeffCo commissioners Lookout supertower rezoning hearing, 9 a.m. @ Taj.The meeting was adjourned at 9:50 p.m.7/14/99 Potluck community get-together, 6 p.m. @ Carney’s home, 21789 Cabrini Blvd. (children invited). Celebrate finish of Supertower hearings.
8/12/99 Regular CARE meeting, 6 p.m., potluck dinner @ Holland’s, 23078 Pinecrest Rd.., Lookout Mountain, 526-7387.
8/23/99 Lariat Loop Heritage Alliance meeting, 7 p.m. @ TBA.
Respectfully,
Linda
Shanks
303
526-9567
lcshanks@denver.infi.net
7. New Business
Respectfully,
Linda Shanks, secretary
303
526-9567 lcshanks@denver.infi.net