6:05 pm, Steve Bailey announced a quorum was met.

Dave Zeemont, President, welcomed everyone and spoke briefly about the past year and about the Dona Ana Mutual Water Company.

Bob Crowley, Treasurer, presented the year-end financial report and the proposed budget for 2014. Assuming a positive vote on the annual assessment and special road resealing/repair assessment, the amount of total assessments will not increase from the last two years. Only two lots/houses have not paid this past year’s assessments. Both are involved in bank foreclosures. The Erosion Control Committee decided to rock the area to the West of upper Constitution Road, which is owned partly by Coronado Ridge and partly by Picacho Mountain. There is an agreement for PM to pay a portion of the rock project, but when it will be paid is not clear.

Speaking as the Erosion Control Chair, Bob also mentioned we had had a little rain the past year and that the drainage projects apparently were doing what they were supposed to. Bob sent out 10 letters to property owners whose properties were observed as being responsible for the major portion of water/silt runoff. Although a couple letters were met with hostile reactions, most were quite cooperative and listened to what was said. Bob and Kelly Dickson worked with these property owners to help solve the problems. Bob pointed out successful projects by Steve Butler, Lot 91, who had Kelly rock his vacant corner lot. It is a beautiful addition to the neighborhood and works to eliminate a large portion of runoff. Scott Baymiller, Lot 127, re-did his yard along Constitution in another beautiful solution to runoff. Bob also mentioned that as soon as the builder on Lot 98 finishes the home, the homeowner has worked out a plan with Bob and Kelly to restructure some of the lot and rock it. Lot 97 will be done at the same time. Two lots at the top of Constitution Road are currently working on solutions and the new home being built on Lot 84 will, according to plans, take measures to reduce runoff.

Larry Felhauer, Roads Chair, gave a presentation on the proposed schedule of the ongoing road resealing project. Each of the original phases of CR will be resealed approximately every five years. This application of sealant should make the roads last a much longer time before any very expensive major repairs/repaving will be necessary. Phase 1 is currently scheduled for resealing in 2016; however, money will continue to be collected each year so there will be enough to do the next cycle. Larry also addressed the issue of discoloration in some of the areas. There are several factors that can cause different colorations in an area, including different raw materials, well-travelled areas being less absorbent than the edges of road, light rain running off some color, among others. All of the discolorations experienced have no effect on the effectiveness of the sealant.

Carrie Gaddy, Landscaping Chair, presented her report for the past year. She mentioned that a schedule of projects that were finished in 2013 had been sent out earlier to residents. Some of these included some major drip system reworking (originals were 10 years or more old,) replacing grasses and plants at both gates, re-rocking both gates, and working on some islands and along Anthem Road center. Carrie stated that they were currently putting desert plants around the mailboxes and rocks will soon follow. Future projects include working on individual islands inside the gates. A few islands were replanted with trees, etc donated by nearby neighbors.

Dave Wright, Gates Chair, announced that Alan Shawala had joined the Gates Committee and was offering invaluable help in the mechanical evaluation and maintenance of the gates. (It might also be noted that Alan is also working with the Landscaping Committee fixing drips systems, helping plan and offering elbow grease on projects. Alan is also the one to report water leaks to; he can stop the leak and take appropriate measures. Thanks, Alan.)

The biggest problem lately has been the Anthem exit gate. The gates are over ten years old now and showing the wear of time. Several mechanical issues have been repaired on the exit and now it appears to be an electrical problem keeping it from working properly. The proper electrical parts have been ordered and we are waiting for Allied to get around to installing them. Also, #8 steel hinges (hardest steel) are being installed to keep up with the high amount of opening/closings every day. When needed, higher powered motors will be installed to handle the load. Dave tests the gates for emergency entry at least once a month and checks the backup batteries (for operation during power outages.) All is working well.

A brief discussion followed regarding whether we should just open up the gates permanently. This was met with an overwhelming response that we want to keep the gates operating.

The membership recognized the hard work efforts of Sharon Steinborn and Tim Henderson (working separately) to finally get the county to place stop signs at the Anthem gate area. Kudos for a job well done! Now if we can just get drivers from north of CR to observe the stop signs. Although the large majority of drivers respect the signs, there are always a couple who ignore safety. Remain cautious when entering or exiting Coronado Ridge.

William Webber, Design Control Chair, reported that 3 construction projects were currently under way. The house on lot 91 was almost completed and the dirt work/erosion control will take place after it is built. Lot 124 is currently working on the dirt work and walls. Contact William if there are any complaints/questions regarding any projects in CR. William stated that there were quite a few solar panel projects either applied for or approved and underway. If you are considering solar panels, or any project covered in the CC&Rs, contact William to get approval before starting. If in doubt, contact William.

Steve Bailey, Nominations Chair, conducted the nominations for Board of Directors. No other nominations were offered, and Dave Zeemont, President, Bob Crowley, Treasurer, and Larry Felhauer, Director at Large, were elected by acclamation.

Steve went over the different proposed changes to the CC&Rs, answering any questions members had. A discussion was held on the proposed change to how the Treasurer can sign checks. It was explained that, in order to take advantage of on line payments to our normal monthly bills, we would have to remove the requirement of two signatures on each check. About four years ago, Steve Bailey had proposed the change to the CC&Rs to require two signatures. Now, it was apparent that it would cause some problems. Although two signatures make it a little safer when writing checks, the benefits of having only one signature outweighs that. Steve pointed out that, bottom line, all Board of Directors are bonded and, if the worst happened, the insurance company would make Coronado Ridge whole again.

Another question concerned the procedure for making a complaint for perceived violation of CC&Rs by residents. A member stated that it was unfair to make a resident confront a neighbor first. The word “should” was used to let residents know they should try to contact the offending neighbor first. This could remedy many situations. However, any resident who feels uncomfortable talking with the offending resident will not have to. Steve answered other questions concerning the proposals then instructed everyone to take a few minutes to vote.

Volunteers William Webber, David Rea, and Alan Shawala retired to count the votes.

While votes were being counted, the Audit Committee presented their report. No problems were found.

Dave Zeemont spoke about the Dona Ana Mutual Water Company that was held the previous night. They had failed to garner a quorum but most items had been voted on in a special, little-publicized meeting back in November. Dave mentioned that workers were assigned to Picacho Hills so we would have someone to talk to consistently. The afterhours, emergency number is 644-4027. Call this number if you experience any water problems after normal office hours.

Results of the vote were announced before the meeting was adjourned. The Board members running had been selected by acclamation and all financial and CC&R proposals passed overwhelmingly. (Actual results were sent out the next day via email.)

With no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 7:50 pm.

Respectfully submitted,\ Steve Bailey, CRNA Secretary January 31, 2014 520-0668