The meeting was called to order at 6:33pm by President Bob Gorrell.
Board members present were: Bob Gorrell (BG); Lynn Koch (VP) (LK); Orin Safier (Treasurer) (OS); Chris Daul (Secretary) (CD); Ed Majka (EM) and Jerry Saxton (JS). Representing Director Tony Hull was delegate Joan Fenicle. Also attending were: Judy Labovitz; Steve Vaughn and Scott Stevens.
Treasurer’s Report: OS submitted a financial report.
Membership Committee: JS noted that he had sent out draft letters for Board review. It was also stated that district representatives would be enlisted to followup with members where contact information was missing. LK noted that she had signed up six new members.
Political/Legal Committee: EM reported that the last P/L meeting had been cancelled so that members could attend the Bernalillo Council meeting where a resolution was passed establishing a four month moratorium on mining in Bernalillo. EM reported on his meeting with Fisher representatives and that they were going to reapply to Bernalillo for annexation of their property. ED submitted notes of his meeting. ED also reported that LaFarge has approached Bernalillo about annexation. It was noted that Bernalillo Mayor Jack Torres has suffered a heart attack and it is unknown as to what action Bernalillo will be taking regarding these matters in the near future.
IT Committee: OS reported that there had been a response to our advertisement for a webmaster. A meeting will be scheduled with the applicant and certain Board members as an interview. OS also reported that he had researched using iContact. LK made a motion that was passed for OS to contract with iContact.
Communications Committee: CD reported that ES-CA had an article in the August issue of the Signpost. An advertisement will be placed in the September Signpost concerning the candidates’ forum on Sept. 20th.
Watchdogs: SS and LK reported that new members have agreed to be Watchdogs.
LPT: Steve Vaughn reported (on behalf of Dick Ulmer) that the Trust has raised over $30,000 but that it will need close to $100,000 in order to pay for total estimated legal costs. The LPT is reviewing the option of intervening in the County lawsuit against LaFarge or possibly filing their own lawsuit against LaFarge.
I 25/Rt. 550/Rt. 165: BG reported that a meeting has been scheduled for August 13, 2014 with the 3rd party engineer that has been studying the interchange, based upon ES-CA comments.
Candidates’ Forum: EM reported that seven of the eight candidates have agreed to attend. Gary Miles, who is running for Sandoval County Commission, declined to attend.
Member Appreciation Party: JS reported that the event is scheduled for September 28, 2014, from 5-7pm at the Placitas Library.
Hospital Tax: ED reported that the County tax for UNMH Regional and Presbyterian RUST hospitals will be up for reauthorization in 2016. ED said the P/L Committee will begin research on this issue and report to the Board as to whether ES-CA should support/oppose/or take no position on the reauthorization.
At-Large Director Nominations: BG reported that the following people have been nominated to run for the 3 at-large director positions this year: Bob Gorrell; Susan Fullas; and George Franzen. Orin Safier is not running for re-election and Lynn Koch is undecided at this point.
Algodones Flooding: CD noted that a meeting is scheduled for August 6, 2014, in Algodones to discuss the recent flooding issues. CD will attend the meeting on behalf of ES-CA.
BLM Buffalo Tract Disposition: The Board discussed preparing a list of survey questions concerning uses of this property. The final draft will be circulated by BG for Board approval and then a survey will be sent to all ES-CA members.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:22 pm.
The next meeting is in the process of being rescheduled since the regularly scheduled meeting falls on Labor Day. A notice will be posted in the Forum.