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Board Changes

Bar D Ranch Admin

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Board Changes

Recent Events

Less than two weeks ago, the Association held a productive and positive Annual Meeting. We had great attendance, and constructive and civilized discussion on important topics.

Accomplishments

The board has been very active in updating and modernizing the approach to running the association. We believed we were making positive progress for the immediate and longer term good of the BDOA and future board members. Examples include:

Cattle
  • Negotiated a ne​w three year cattle grazing contract.
  • Negotiated a new agreement with the Park County Assessors office to ensure continued Agriculture Zoning for many BDOA members.
  • Visited every property and identified which properties fence out the cattle to identify what acreage is available to the cattle rancher. This allows the cattle rancher to bring only the cattle that can be properly supported.
  • Physically checked on several fence complaints and concerns.
Financial/Legal
  • Audited the last three years of financials and converted from paper based to electronic files.
  • Engaged a bookkeeper to handle ongoing accounting for the association.
  • Audited all Liens and Lien Releases by going through all Park County records on file for the Bar D Ranch. Identified several liens that should have been released and closed them out and found another lien that was closed out, but the Lien Release was never filed with Park County and recorded.
  • Negotiated settlements for several liens so they could be closed out and lien releases issued.
  • Worked with Park County Development Services to resolve some code violation issues on the ranch.
  • Reviewed over a decade of paper documentation that should have been sorted and appropriately destroyed years ago, per record retention standards.
Roads
  • Identified several concerns with the grader, including safety issues and that it is not covered by the BDOA insurance policies.
  • Negotiated road use contracts for multiple non-BDOA properties on the back of the Bar D Ranch so that those people using our roads help contribute to their maintenance.
Communication
    • Created a website, for free, to host valuable information for all owners as well as realtors and potential buyers on the Bar D Ranch.
  • Acquired plat maps for all lots and made them available to owners for no fee, electronically.
  • Digitized several BDOA records to make them available to the board.
  • Digitized several BDOA records to make them available to all owners.
  • Added a dial-in option for remote owners to be able to listen in and contribute to the Annual Meeting.
  • Developed a Communication Plan to improve communication and reduce abuse of board members – We would call this a failure because of recent events.

Plans

During the Annual Meeting, we discussed reconstituting the Road Committee and subsequently began initial planning for work that would begin this Spring/Summer. We believed that we were on the right track to resolve several issues around the ranch and were excited about the upcoming year.

Some of the plans included:

  • Review and inspect all perimeter fencing to identify missing fencing that needs to be installed and to repair fencing as needed. The fencing will likely require survey work to identify property lines.
  • Inventory all culverts and map their locations; identify ones needing cleaning, repair, or replacement.
  • Install snow fencing to help mitigate drifting.
  • Identify possible ways to raise the roads to make them less susceptible to drifts.
  • Identify options to address the washed-out areas of Rainbow Drive and Eagle Court.
  • Assess the health of the grader and make decisions about its disposal and potential replacement with something smaller, or other equipment, that can be run by multiple BDOA members.