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4 Responses to “Wilton Advisory Council Meeting!”

1. Ken Konecki says:

   March 2, 2009 at 7:00 pm

   I will be there! If anyone has questions or suggestions about the website….bring ‘em!
2. HKonecki says:

   March 11, 2009 at 12:15 am

   I attended that meeting tonight. Very informative. I realized how important it is to get involved in our community and the services that are available to it.
3. Ken Konecki says:

   March 11, 2009 at 12:33 am

   Thanks for coming Heidi…I understand you might get more involved! Awesome!!
4. Ken Konecki says:

   March 21, 2009 at 4:37 pm

   Here are the official minutes of the Meeting:

   Sacramento County Department of Regional Parks
   Wilton Cosumnes Service Area 4B
   Minutes for February 11th, 2008
   Dillard Elementary School at 7:00 pm

   Attendance:
   Council Members:
   Eugene Rose 916-687-6349 rosarancho@frontiernet.net Present
   Julie Craig 916-687-8617 CraigRanch@frontiernet.net Not Present
   Randy Upham 916-687-6117 rupham@frontiernet.net Present
   Mary Morgan 916-687-7688 memorg@frontiernet.net Present

   Staff Members:

   Amber Veselka 916-875-6205 veselkaa@saccounty.net Present

   Public:

   Fran Soto

   The meeting was called to order by Mary at 7:05 PM at Dillard School.

   Approval of Minutes-
   January Minutes-Randy approved the minutes and Gene seconded the motion.

   Amber passed out the MSA newsletter, The Conduit and the County number list.

   Mary received a check for $150 from the Wilton Garden Club for money towards the
   purchase of a living Christmas tree. Mary also sent out a letter to all the community
   groups to see if they would like to participate and contribute towards the Living
   Christmas Tree project.

   A.
   Old Business
   a)
   EGUSD Still pending. Julie was not present so we don’t know if the school
   rental was paid for yet.

   B.
   Living Tree
   The Rawlings emailed Mary about wanting to donate the tree in their front yard. Mary
   and Gene went to check out the tree, it is a cedar about 18 years old and 25 feet tall! It is
   a very nice tree with Wilton local history. If we pursue this tree we must first figure out
   1) if the tree is too big for the space at the Fire Dept. 2) find an outfit that would be able
   to move the tree, 3) get information from expert on chances of survival if moved. Gene
   estimates $1000-1500 to move it.

   Gene and Mary went to nurseries around to see if they had any potted trees but they
   weren’t as big and were not in very good shape. Villages Nursery said a 14-foot
   Colorado blue spruce can be ordered from Oregon for about $1,100-1,200 + taxes. It
   would be about 1000 pounds and would require CSA to have equipment ready to unload
   the tree. However, you wouldn’t know what it looked like or how full it was until it
   arrived. Could also get a 8-foot tree for $600 + and still responsible for unloading.
   Mary will research and see if she will have to go to CPAC.

   C.
   Park Developments Update
   Lot / Boundary Line Adjustment
   Evan went to the Fire Board to present on January 21st . Gene and Mary were shocked at
   the meeting when Evan said he wanted to withdrawal everything he’s done for the
   County. Dan saved it and handled it so well asking Evan if the FD requested going
   forward with the project if he would do it, and Evan agreed. Dan said they would need to
   talk to Parks to work things out. The Fire Department, CSA, Supervisor Nottoli and Pat
   Brazil set up a meeting on March 30th at 9am to go over the MOU. Items to be
   discussed will be the joint agreement between the Fire Dept and CSA. Pat will sit down
   with County Counsel ahead of time to get information. Other things to be determined
   and discussed will be shared costs, an easement, maintenance, size of holding tank,
   metering, etc.

   Mary called Ralph Nix to pick his brain. He told Mary the only important things would
   be shared use, maintenance and electricity. Ralph told Mary the costs that were quoted
   were very high. Amber is presently trying to get an estimate from Water Resources for
   maintenance costs for a well of this size. We will not know the actual numbers until we
   go out for bid for the project. Randy stated we have to remember the prevailing wages
   are a cost we will have to incur.

   Gene did some research on wells in the area. Dillard School well is 360 feet deep and 10
   hp pump. There is only 1 well, serving both the domestic and irrigation. They use a back
   flow prevention valve. Gene said it can be done, and it can be done cheaper.

   The Advisory Council is getting nervous about the costs for this park. There are lots of
   soft costs and the Advisory Council are wondering if they are going to have enough
   money to even build it! Want to know if the JTS funding is secure before we go ahead
   with all these other costs. Advisory Council would like Jill or Celine to send a letter to
   JTS to make sure this money is secure and can’t be used for general purposes. Is it
   readily available when we are ready to use it? Gene wants JTS to define what they mean
   by hard construction.

   Advisory Council wants to know what the soft costs of park development will be and if
   they will be able to make it with the money they have? Gene doesn’t want to waste all
   this time and energy on this if we won’t be able to launch this project. With the economy
   being down the CSA is not getting as much with property taxes and sales taxes.

   D.
   Loss of Marquee / Discussion on replacement and costs
   Building and marquee burnt down. Gene wants to put a tripod sign up at the same
   location because you can see it from all 3 directions. The family is upset and will not
   even discuss the marquee right now. Have to figure out a good place to put up another
   one. Mary suggested the old Town Hall. Gene will research replacement costs for the
   marquee. Amber will check with County to see if the marquee would be covered by
   insurance. Gene passed out a hand out with costs of purchasing a new marquee.

   E.
   Community Services Grant
   If Wilton Park doesn’t happen, Gene thinks the CSA should give a community services
   grant to the History Group for the public use of the old Town Hall building.

   F.
   Budget Update
   Advisory Council went over the compass budget sheets and GL reports. Everything
   seems to be on track. Amber also provided a Wilton Activity Report with Funding
   Sources and Expenditures to date listed. Advisory Council asked for a better breakdown
   of expenditure costs.

   G.
   Foundation / Non-profit Status
   In the works, Randy will hand deliver when finished.

   H.
   Vacancies on the Council Update -Recruitment
   The Advisory Council is hoping to get some feedback from Fran’s article about
   volunteering. Mary has paid the webpage bill and the website is back up. After talking it
   over with webmaster it was discussed we should start to post blogs to try to recruit board
   members. It would be a good public relation tool and we could post the agenda and
   approved minutes for all to see. It would help to get the information back to the public
   and we could use the blog as a form of recruitment.

   I.
   Ethics Training
   Mary completed the online training.
   Reminder to everyone else!!

   •
   Next Meeting date was set for Tuesday March 10th, at 7pm.
   •
   Meeting Adjourned at 8:35pm

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