Board members present were: Alan Dinkelacker, Grant Sheehan, Bill DiLoreta, Lisa Rogers, Brian Kopec.

Board members absent were: Andrew Twillman.

Staff in attendance was: GM Hembree, AGM Edwards, CRM Gurley.

Amend Village reports- meadow village- reference to Aspen light re: entry lights.

Community Center- Note: no money spent so far on possible new community center.

While waiting for Land Stewards manager Bob Wilcox, the board reviewed the following items with GM Hembree:

• Annual Meeting Agenda— the board approved the draft of the annual membership meeting agenda, with a note that Dimension Build & Design would be making the presentation the day of the meeting.

• Resident agent papers— Andrew Twillman needs to sign the papers

• Nightingale Parking & Boat Racks Plan— GM Hembree handed out a graphic to go with plan narrative about boat racks and parking and generally reviewed the drawing with the board.

• Ben’s Bridge— The bridge will be installed on Tuesday, April 20.

Mr. Wilcox said he went to Stadler Landscaping Company, a local company, to see what that company’s expert could do to increase the number of trees per lot. This company’s drawings showed six trees per lot. Mr. Wilcox said he liked this plan better and believed that residents would as well. He said that he had a chance to review the plan with Aspen Village Committee chairperson Kathy Brown, who then commented that the Stadler plan was much better and "in the ballpark" than the one by Davey Tree. She said that the board might want to consider requiring funds for additional plantings on the lot but that she felt the developer was undertaking the matter in a serious manner. She said the shrub aspect of a landscape plan still needed attention.

Mr. Wilcox said that builders in Aspen were being required to supply two trees per lot and that Land Stewards would supply an additional four trees per lot; all of which would be native trees and predominantly hardwoods. He said he wanted to create a plan that would serve as a performance guideline, one that outlined certain requirements that were quantifiable so that Land Stewards had something it could measure the expectations against what it was doing. He said each lot would have a total caliper of 12-inches.

When asked about the height of a 2" caliper tree, Mr. Wilcox noted that different trees have different physical characteristics regarding height so that could not be determined as a constant among the various types. He said the caliper requirement is the standard and that would be the measurement to be used to set the guideline standard. Diane Shuey said that having trees of 2-inch caliper or more would be best on each lot rather than a large number of one-inch caliper trees. John Snow asked about use of evergreens; Mr. Wilcox said the type of tree was open for discussion but that he had a list of recommended trees.

A resident asked about what Land Stewards was intending to do regarding the reforestation of Eaglehead Drive. Mr. Wilcox said it would depend upon what is to be done regarding stormwater management. He said the company would have to find a better way to do that part of the project in order to lessen the impact on the trees along Eaglehead Drive. He added that Land Stewards would be looking at alternatives to do a better job and would present a plan for board approval when it is completed. Mr. Wilcox then said that Eaglehead Drive would not be part of the discussion at this time due to the lack of the final reforestation plan.

Frank Ellis stated that the original Brosius plan for the Eaglehead PUD called for Eaglehead Drive to be tree-lined.

John Cunha of Woodridge asked about two county tree plans to which developers must meet requirements; Mr. DiLoreta said Land Stewards ’ plan exceeds those requirements by 30 percent.

Karen Frazier of Aspen asked about guarantees on the trees. Mr. Wilcox said that LS would be posting a $25,000 rolling bond that would be in place for the reforestation effort overall. Director Sheehan asked Mr. Wilcox if LS would be willing to increase the number of trees it would place on each lot from 6 to 8 and increase the amount of the bond. Mr. Wilcox said that LS was only going to put four trees on each lot to enhance the two trees required by the builder. He said the $25,000 figure for the bond was not a scientific number and was open to suggestions.

Director Sheehan commented that the $25,000 bond amount was a bit low and recommended that the board require a higher amount.

Mr. Wilcox presented a copy of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on the reforestation plan to the LLA directors with a request that it be voted on at this time.

Mr. Ellis noted that the MOU did not address the matter of reforesting Eaglehead Drive; director Sheehan said that it could be addressed in a separate MOU.

Mr. Cunha asked how this MOU would impact the situation in Woodridge. Mr. Wilcox said that the job done by LS in Woodridge was not its finest hour and that his company’s intention is to create a separate and special MOU dealing specifically with the problems in Woodridge, including the weir wall.

Director Rogers said the board could tie the Woodridge project to the bond for Aspen. Mr. Wilcox said that would be fine, adding that the bond would apply to Woodridge first.

Several residents insisted that something was needed in writing to secure follow-up with Woodridge regarding the MOU. Director Sheehan asked that the minutes of the meeting reflect that conceptually the LLA board believed that a separate MOU needed to be developed by LS in the near future to deal with a reforestation plan for Woodridge that would be discussed and voted on in a public meeting.

MOTION: Director Kopec made a motion to accept the Aspen MOU, pending review by LLA legal counsel, as a draft that would in final version reflect a rolling bond of $50,000, and that each lot would have a total of six trees, each 2.5-inch caliper in size. Director Sheehan seconded the motion.

VOTE: The board voted 3-0 in favor of the motion; board members Dinkelacker and DiLoreta recused themselves from the vote.

MOTION; Director Rogers made a motion to require that LS come up with another separate MOU for Woodridge by May 30 that addressed the reforestation issue in the same manner, using a $50,000 rolling bond to guarantee the planting of the trees and which would be voted on by the board within the first week in June. Director Kopec seconded the motion.

VOTE: The board voted 3-0 in favor of the motion; board member Dinkelacker and DiLoreta again recused themselves from the vote.