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Fruita City Council Minutes 10 April 3, 2012Councilor Fuller noted that the Lower Valley Fire Protection District’s Election would be held onMay 8, 2012. The process is that people have to go into the Fire Station to get the ballot, fill out theballot and then bring it back to the station. Councilor Fuller said he sent all the Council members alist of the candidates as well as a new District map. He said he would get back to the Council in afew weeks about when the ballots would actually be available.Councilor Fuller recalled that last year, there was an Open House at the Fire Station for people tohave an opportunity to meet the candidates as well as the existing members of the Board who arebeing retained. It has not yet been scheduled, but Councilor Fuller said he would report back to theCouncil about the date.Councilor Fuller stated that he has been talking to several people that drive buses for the SchoolDistrict and they have settled their labor issue. He said he was wondering if there has been bettercommunication between the School District and Grand Valley Transit with regard to possiblyhelping with the bussing of students.Councilor Mascarenas said she was hoping to discuss that at the GVRTC meeting, butunfortunately, it was cancelled.Councilor Fuller stated that Rural Economic Development is a program that is run out of theDepartment of Agriculture for home loan purchases. Currently, the City of Fruita is within thedistrict that allows for that financing to take place, which means essentially that people get 100%financing and no mortgage insurance requirement. In October of 2012, because of the census datafrom Fruita, it is quite possible that the City of Fruita will be carved out of the program because thepopulation number is no longer considered rural.Councilor Fuller said that Mayor Henry sent a letter to Scott Tipton, Scott Tipton in turn sent theletter to the Department of Agriculture asking for at least some consideration. He said the programis a valuable one; upwards of 40% of houses sold in the last couple of years in Fruita have takenadvantage of it. Councilor Fuller said through the program, people can essentially buy a $300,000home with virtually no money down and it would be a blow to the real estate market in Fruita if theprogram is terminated for the community. The current area extends all the way out to the Utahborder.Mayor Henry said that the underwriting criteria are such that once the City goes over 10,000 people,they are no longer eligible to participate in the program. A city can be exempted, but for somereason, the City of Fruita was not exempted in the last budget. Firestone is another city that alsowas not exempted.Councilor Fuller stated that Housing Resources settled with the Hollow Creek Homeowner’sAssociation through arbitration. They have agreed to build a certain number of houses with aminimum square footage of 1,400 – 1,450 square feet and will go up to 1,600 – 1,700 square feet.There are a little over 30 lots and there is a specific mix of the number of houses they will build; butmainly they will build the larger houses. Housing Resources has also agreed to put in front yardlandscaping, which is not part of their traditional program. Councilor Fuller called it a goodsettlement for Fruita and should move fairly quickly.
Fruita City Council Minutes 11 April 3, 2012Councilor Moss said he understood that the homeowners of the Hollow Creek Subdivision wouldalso be able to manage their own covenants, so the City of Fruita would not need to be involved.MAYOR HENRYMayor Henry reported that on April 10 th , he was invited to be part of a presentation to the GreatOutdoors Colorado (GOCO) Board in Denver. He said the GOCO people encouraged an expansionof the current application for Phase I of the Colorado Riverfront trail which runs from the RedlandsParkway bridge to the Walter Walker Wildlife Area.Mr. Kinney said he recalled that the City would be breaking ground in August for Phase II, which isa detached hard-surface trail leading from the Visitor’s Center to 18 ½ Road. Phase III will go from18 ½ Road to hookup with the end of Phase I and the moneys are committed to finish it out.Mayor Henry noted that GOCO recognized that the missing trail connection would be from Fruitato Loma and the connection to the Kokopelli trail. GOCO encouraged modifications to theapplication to include that, and Mayor Henry said he was making the application when he goes toDenver on April 10 th . Steve Aquafresca, Katie Steele and Greg Linza will be going to thepresentation with Mayor Henry.The GOCO Board will be in the area on Friday, April 13, 2012 to take a tour of the trail and willhold a meeting at the Fruita Community Center at 1:30 p.m. They will participate in an electronicflyover from Palisade clear to Loma.9. ADJOURNWith no further business before the Council, the meeting was adjourned at 8:12 p.m.Respectively submitted,Debra WoodsDeputy City ClerkCity of Fruita
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