Articles of
Incorporation

The name of the Corporation is the NORTH FORK COUNCIL.

The period of duration or term of existence of said corporation is perpetual.

The purposes of the corporation, and the powers to effectuate the same, are as follows:

1. The general purposes of the corporation shall be to engage in lawful activities.
2. The ancillary purposes of the corporation shall be to do everything necessary, proper, advisable, or convenient for the accomplishment of the general purposes herein set forth and to do all things incidental thereto or connected therewith which are not forbidden by the Colorado Nonprofit Corporation Act, by other law, or by these Articles of Incorporation.
3. To have and exercise all the powers specified in the Colorado Nonprofit Corporation Act as now existing or hereafter amended.
4. To solicit, receive, acquire, possess, and take title to money and all other types of property by any and all lawful means of acquisition; to own, possess, invest, sell, loan, pledge, assign, mortgage, or otherwise manage and control or dispose of such money or other property in such manner as shall be determined by the Board of Directors; to expend, distribute, loan, give, or otherwise pay, assign, or disburse all or any part of such money or other forms of property to directly or indirectly further and effectuate the purposes of the Corporation, which purposes shall include but not be limited to the following: to protect and preserve the environment in the area or community hereinafter described in Article IV; to work for the betterment of the said area or community, and to advance the best interests of the residents of such area or community, through the following forms of action and others: to cooperate with county and other government officials, and to take such other and further actions as may be appropriate, with respect to security and law enforcement, fire protection, safe water quality and sanitation, prevention of over-use of the area, and proper maintenance of the local access road consistent with restrictions or limitations on use of such road, traffic control, and the general protection and preservation of the area or community hereinafter described, and the surrounding area.
5. To generally engage in, do, and perform any enterprise, act, or vocation that a competent natural person might or could do or perform.
6. The foregoing enumeration of the purposes and powers shall not be deemed to limit or restrict in any manner the general powers of the corporation.

The area or community referred to in Article III hereof is described as that portion of the canyon or valley commonly referred to as the North Fork of the Middle Boulder Creek, being bounded or limited at the lower or easterly end by the "Y" or fork (junction) in the road at a point known as Hessie Hill (near the old town site of Hessie) and being bounded or limited at the upper or westerly end by the campground referred to as Buckingham Park or the Fourth-of-July Camp Ground, being an area or community located generally west of the town of Eldora in the County of Boulder, State of Colorado.

The registered office of the Corporation is 1535 South Jersey St., Denver, Colorado 80224; and the initial registered agent at such address is Leonard A. Mues.

The address of the principal office of the corporation is 990 Stearns Avenue, Lakeshore Estates, Boulder, Colorado 80303.

The number of directors constituting the original Board of Directors of the corporation is five (5), and the names and addresses of the persons who are to served as the initial directors were:

Members of the corporation shall be limited to adult persons who own real property in the area or community hereinabove described, as more fully and more specifically provided in the By-Laws of the Corporation.