Gold Hill Town Meeting

Monday, October 10, 7:30 p.m. Community Center

Agenda

1. Call to Order

2. Approval of Minutes of last meeting

3. Treasurer’s Report

-John to read the report sent by Adriana

4. Committee Reports

a. Community Planning/Trails

b. Historical Zoning

c. Forest Mgmt/CWPP

d. Fire Department

-Gretchen to give a report from the last fireboard        meeting

e. Weed Mgmt

f. Historic Gold Hill

g. Mining

h. Gold Hill School

5. Old Business

6. New Business/Announcements

-Rummage Sale Report- Deb Yeager

–  Please vote November 1, 2011. Even in an off year there are important issues on the ballot.

The ‘mountain forest improvement district’ is a Boulder County ballot initiative that proposes to create a Mountain Forest Improvement District as a recommendation of the Citizen Advisory Team concerning the Community Wildfire Protection Plan. This would be the entity that would “plan and implement forest improvement projects in wild land-urban interface areas, including projects to reduce hazardous fuels and protect communities.”  For more information you can look up 2011 ballot initiatives at www.bouldercounty.org.

–  Allen Bishop from Boulder County Amateur Radio Emergency Services (BCARES) came to speak at our mountain mayors meeting

-Message from Amy Hardy:  I have continued to attend the Mountain Mayor’s meetings.  We had a meeting two weeks ago and Allen Bishop from Boulder County Amateur Radio Emergency Services (BCARES) came to the meeting to talk about using HAM radios as a method of communication in the case of an emergency in the mountains.  Allen and BCARES played a very valuable role during the Fourmile Canyon Fire and he has been working with the Sheriff’s Dept. as well as local fire chiefs.  There are plans to install an antenna on the Gold Hill fire barn as well as in Ward.  There is already one in Nederland and they are looking at installing one in Jamestown as well.  The intention is to create a Mountain Emergency Radio Network that will enable the small mountain towns west of Boulder to continue to communicate with authorities as well as one another in the case that mainstream communications fail. The goal of MERN is to provide clear information during an emergency and eliminate the rumor mill.  BCARES is workings in conjunction with local fire departments and Foothills United Way to provide the radios and training for any local that wishes to learn the HAM radio system.  This training will provide the individual with a federal certification in HAM radio operation.  These trainings are from 9am to 3pm on October 22^nd at the Nederland Community Center and October 29^th from 9am to 3pm at the Gold Hill fire barn.  Following these training dates will be test dates for the federal exam.  Please contact Amy Hardy at ahardy105@nullyahoo.com if you have any questions.