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adults. Colorado Parks and Wildlife has put a brochure on line
NEWS FROM THE LARKSPUR that you can print and share with your family. It is available
at http://cpw.state.co.us/Documents/Education/LivingWith-
FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT Wildlife/LivingWithLions.pdf.
Mike Grill, Board of Directors
for the LFPD... Parks and Wildlife has an extensive discussion of mountain
lions in our state in two parts and includes a printable chart
LFPD Mission Statement designed especially for teaching children what to do if they
Dedicated to our community through encounter dangerous wildlife. Part one of the mountain lion
quality services, compassion, and ex- discussion is at http://cpw.state.co.us/learn/Pages/Living-
cellence. withWildlifeLion1.aspx.
Calls for Service Summary In fact, you need to explore the entire CPW site and book-
mark it. Bears are coming soon, if they’re not already out.
~KDale
LFPD Call Statistics - January 1 thru Feb 28, 2018
MARCH NEWS FROM
Fires
0
Fires 0
EMS 28 PERRY PARK WATER
EMS
28
Alarm Activations 2Activations 2 James Matchett...
Alarm
20
Other
Other 20
TOTAL 50 The March regular Board Meeting of the
50
TOTAL
Perry Park Water & Sanitation District was
Upcoming Events called to order at 4:30 P.M. on the 21st with
three Directors present. Director LaCrosse
IMPORTANT! LFPD Board of Directors Public Meeting and Director Peterson had both received
on April 12 excused absences, and the Director quorum of minimum three
was met.
At the next LFPD board meeting the public is urged to attend
to meet the candidates for the upcoming May 8th election to The first order of business was the approval of the minutes as
the Board of Directors. The next LFPD Board meeting will be amended of the February21st regular meeting and that approval
Thursday, April 12 at 7 p.m. at Station 161, located at 9414 was unanimous. Disbursements totaling $121,944.80 were then
Spruce Mountain Road. During this meeting the community unanimously approved.
will have an opportunity for new candidates to meet the sitting
Board, ask questions, and respond to questions from residents A Water and Sewer Service Feasibility Study for a Poncho Road
attending the meeting. development had been completed and was unanimously accept-
ed by the board. Following this, the Tenderfoot Gulch Project
If you’re interested in serving as an election judge for the May was conditionally accepted by the board. Next, the district had
8th election please contact election official Jodi Warner at 303- received an unsolicited proposal from Thrive Broadband LLC
681-3284. Participants will be compensated for their time.
regarding an easement to accommodate a Fiber Hut and related
fiber optics network components on district property. Given the
On behalf of the entire Larkspur Fire Protection District fam- present number of projects in work in the district, the district
ily, we thank you for your continued support – and please stay
safe! manager was instructed by the Board to advise Thrive there was
no interest in doing so at this time.
LIVING IN LION COUNTRY
The District Systems Report for February submitted by Semo-
There was a video on MSN’s news cor was then reviewed and operations were noted as normal.
page not long ago about “rare sight- The Monthly Staff Report submitted by District Manager Diana
ing” of a mountain lion family, Miller was also reviewed. The District Manager further advised
mom and three half-grown cubs, in the Board that four bids had been received for the Sage Port
southern California. Huh. Check Waste Water Treatment Plant Improvements and the low bid of
out some of the pictures our lo- $498,000 will be accepted.
cal, Larkspur area mountain lions.
Nothing rare about our local sight- While there were no specific comments from the audience of
ings. It is obvious that we share our two residents in attendance during the time set aside for audi-
rocks and woods with a number of ence participation, at several points during the preceding meet-
Photo from Jim Collier lions, including our own large-fe- ing discussions, questions from them were raised and answered
line families! by district and board personnel. The meeting was adjourned at
That being the case, we need to learn to live with them. We 5:25 p.m. As always, additional information is available on the
need to learn to protect animals and small children—as well as
district website, www.ppwsd.org.
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