Woodland Hills Sanitary
District
June 2023 Minutes
Roll
Call: Attending the meeting were board members
Garry Colasardo, Jared Nooney and Jim Stewart.
Also present were Lois Lund.
Garry called the meeting to order at 6:34pm.
Adoption
of Agenda: The
agenda was adopted with a 3-0 vote.
Secretary’s
Report: The minutes from May were approved with a
3-0 vote.
Income
Report
May
highlights:
Water
Report: A
pressure transducer failed in May and caused the Lark Lane tanks to run
dry. Clearwater manually started the
pump to fill the tanks and the transducer was replaced within 24 hours and
normal operations were resumed. The
failed transducer was sending a reading of 35 feet (full tank level is 30 feet)
even though the tank was empty. The
SCADA system was adjusted to sound an alarm if the Lark Lane tanks have a
reading over 27 feet.
Two
water meters failed to provide remote reads and were replaced under warranty.
Water Loss Statistics |
Gallons Pumped |
Gallons Sold |
Loss Rate |
May 2023 |
468,241 |
413,500 |
11.7% |
May 2022 |
407,396 |
350,700 |
13.9% |
May 2013 |
851,000 |
425,912 |
50% |
May 2008 |
512,800 |
361,857 |
29.4% |
Road Report: A tax deposit of
$6,550.63 was received.
Jared and Jim met with Mike Towey of Towey Design
Group and asked his team to proceed with a study of the road system in Woodland
Hills.
June 16 update:
A resident asked about the cost and I realized I made no mention of the
expense. Towey Design will be
conducting the survey at an hourly rate with a cap of about $10,000.
Old
Business: Election notices were published in the Rapid
City Journal. The election date will be
July 25. There are two vacancies with
Garry's term ending and Jim is filling out Bobby Sadler's term which also
expires.
Garry
said that Simon will be delivering gravel to the well-house road on Monday,
June 11.
New
Business:
The board discussed the proliferation of short-term rentals in Woodland Hills
(essentially Air B&B) and could the water policy be used to somehow
restrict their operation? The water
policy says the district will supply water for normal domestic household
use. Could a short-term rental be
considered a commercial business and could we change the policy to stop water
to a business?
A
South Dakota resident tried to use a community association’s declaration that
only permitted property to be used for “residential purposes” . After a resident began renting their
property as a short-term rental another resident filed suit alleging that the
short-term rentals unambiguously constituted a commercial purpose. The trial court, court of appeals and the
South Dakota Supreme Court all found that short-term rentals are considered a
“residential purpose”. Wilson v.
Maynard, No. 29307.
The
Meade County commission would have to pass a county-wide ordinance to prohibit
short-term rentals but that would be highly unlikely because of the effect on
people renting their homes for the Sturgis motorcycle rally.
Board
member comments: none
Resident comments: none
The
meeting was adjourned at 7pm.
The
minutes are prepared by Jim Stewart, Secretary WHSD.