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WATER Continued from page 8 PERRY PARK METRO DISTRICT
Your dollars, your voice
“changed’ from irrigation use to municipal use. The decision to
proceed was unanimous. All board members were in atten-
dance at the May 11 board meet-
The District Systems Report for March submitted by Semocor ing. The board covered the 4th
was then reviewed and discussed. Operations were best de- of July celebration, the Firewise
scribed as normal. It was noted that the vacation of the Wauco- Committee update, including an
nda water line near the dam would be completed before the end application for a large State Fire
of April. The Monthly Staff Report submitted by the District Assistance Grant, discussion on
Manager was also reviewed. Good news here was the issuance the Perry Park roads and update from Douglas County, main-
of seven building permits to date.
tenance of PPMD-owned properties. The board also agreed to
continue and the free daffodil program.
There was no audience participation and the meeting was ad-
journed at 5:10 p.m. As always, further information is available BOARD MEMBERS
on the District website, www.ppwsd.org.
President Randy Johnson
VP Derek Meredith
MAY
Asst VP Stacie Sneider
Treasurer Vanessa Dao
The May, 2017, regular meeting of the Perry Park Water & Secretary Valerie Duringer
Sanitation District was called to order at 4:30 p.m. on the 17th
with all directors present. The first order of business was the MINUTES - The minutes for the April District meeting were
approval of the minutes of the April 19th regular meeting which reviewed and approved.
was unanimous. However, Director Peterson did abstain as he
was not in attendance at that meeting. Disbursements totaling TREASURER’S REPORT
$205,822.92 were next unanimously approved. The PPMD has hired a CPA who will be completing the month-
ly financial reporting as well as resubmitting the 2017 first
Matthew Dempsey of the district’s Ehlers Consultants was in quarter reports. The board expects that some minor changes
attendance to review in detail a modified financial management may be made and anticipates approving the reports at the May
plan for the district as a result of a rethinking and reprioritizing meeting.
of the district’s Capital Improvement Program. The revised plan
would comprehend $8.20M of expenditure as opposed to ac- NEW BUSINESS
complishing the complete Master Plan expenditure of $20.38M.
Plans are now being made to hold a supplemental board meet- 1. Perry Park Roads and Gateway Entrance
ing to further discuss the district’s borrowing needs. A Letter
of Engagement was then introduced to retain the services of PPMD contacted Douglas County and are happy to report that
Collins Cockrel & Cole as the district’s general counsel. A mo- Perry Park asphalt roads are scheduled for an asphalt overlay
tion was subsequently made and unanimously approved to do starting in 2018. Douglas County will begin construction within
so by the Board. the next 18 months on a safer and efficient ingress and egress
into our community.
The District Systems Report for April submitted by Semocor
was then reviewed and discussed. Operations were normal ex- 2. PPMD Property Maintenance
cepting the continued issues on Wauconda Drive with yet an-
other main line break in close proximity to the previous line The board is considering both minor and major improvements
break under the dam spill way. This break has proved to be for several PPMD owned properties including Wauconda Park
very difficult to repair as the line was found to be 16 feet under and the Perry Park Gateway Entrance. The Wauconda Park
the road surface (versus the normal 6 feet) and below the water playground equipment is in need of repairs along with all
level of the reservoir. A number of homes on Wauconda were around improved park maintenance. With the scheduled wid-
without service for variable times, but service has now been ening of the Gateway entrance there will be no major improve-
restored to all including the country club canteen while finish ments until that work is completed, but the area will be cleaned
work is completed on this very difficult incident. up and will remain in maintenance mode until the county com-
pletes its work. The board is starting the design process for the
The Monthly Staff Report submitted by District Manager Di- new Gateway entrance monument and landscaping in an effort
ana Miller was then reviewed. There were two residents in at- to have both design plans and a contractor in place once the
tendance and they made several suggestions regarding both the county has completed the new turn lanes.
district operations and the Capital Improvement Program plans.
The meeting was adjourned at 6:35 p.m. As always, additional
information may be found on the district website, www.ppwsd. Continued on page 11
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