Your new condo board, elected at the 2008 AGM, met for our first meeting and we are all ready to get back into the swing of things since fall has arrived. Alot of work has been done this summer and the complex is looking great! The painting and Phase One decks are just about complete. We have a few notices for you, please see below.
1. Ultimate Property Management Inc. - In an effort to increase the turnaround time on our requests we have been assigned a new property manager Carole O'Neil, please help me welcome her. Please keep in mind even though this is our third property manager, Judy Walker is the main manager of our property and continues to oversee our account on a daily basis and manages our contracts. We have renewed our contract with Ultimate Property for we feel that have helped us get back into positive situation enabling us to manage Mountviewparc properly going forward. The board has built in a condition of a 2 business day response to concerns they receive in writing from Mountviewparc owners.
2. How to submit a request/concern - For the fastest resolution please include the following when contacting Ultimate. Your Phase #, Address, Home/Cell phone#, full name, detailed description of request/concern. Include any other information you feel necessary for Ultimate to proceed with your request immediately.
3. Phase One Deck Installment - The decks are near completion and the privacy walls will be re-installed by the end of next week. The order has been placed for the gates and installment will commence when the shipment arrives.
IMPORTANT: some of you responded that you would like to purchase a gate but did NOT send the cheque, please contact Ultimate ASAP for payment had to be received by Sept 15 to have a gate ordered, as instructed on the letter.
4. Phase One Deck Lattice - The board has made a decision, lattice and storage will not be permitted under the new decks. This is in an effort to maintain a consistent look and feel throughout the complex and prevent rodents from nesting under the decks. Spring 2009 we will ensure the landscaping company grooms the area under the deck and sprays for weeds.
5. Garbage - We have received some concerns from owners about garbage disposal. It is a city bylaw that owners must store garbage in plastic bags and in a container till garbage pick up. Owners can put their garbage out for pick up the night before or morning of the scheduled pick up..no earlier and no later. Here is the link out ling the city bylaws, specifically section 24 and 25 http://www.calgary.ca/DocGallery/BU/cityclerks/20m2001.pdf
6. Please let Ultimate know if you have had any trouble with a black cat getting into your garbage bins. We have had a few instances to date and if it continues the cat will be deemed a stray and will have to be dealt with.
7. Budget - Over the next two months all the outstanding invoices from the work done this summer will be settled (upon completion of the work). The November condo meeting agenda will be reserved to set out the 2009 budget for 2009.
If you would like any further information please contact Ultimate Property.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
8 comments:
Hi, just for clarification, the bylaw does not require your garbage bags to be in a "container" - just the garbage bags are fine and if they are in a container then the bylaw specifies about the container itself.
Cheers.
Garbage - We have received some concerns from owners about garbage disposal. It is a city bylaw that owners must store garbage in plastic bags and in a container till garbage pick up. Owners can put their garbage out for pick up the night before or morning of the scheduled pick up..no earlier and no later. Here is the link out ling the city bylaws, specifically section 24 and 25
What about the previous board decision to allow the lattice and the owner's expense of buying and putting up the lattice. How can the rules change from one board to another? Will owners of current lattice be compensated because the board changed the rules now? It may be helpful for someone to go through all the old board minutes and compile a document containing all past board decisions. Thank you.
Phase One Deck Lattice - The board has made a decision, lattice and storage will not be permitted under the new decks. This is in an effort to maintain a consistent look and feel throughout the complex and prevent rodents from nesting under the decks. Spring 2009 we will ensure the landscaping company grooms the area under the deck and sprays for weeds.
If you're no longer going to allow lattice, will the company that took it all down now be disposing of it? Not all of us have access to trucks or means to get rid of this "garbage". Since it wasn't our decision to get rid of it, I think the board should be disposing of it. Please advise.
I understand that it's a 'consistent' look that we are all striving for but I thought the new board was open to our input and suggestions? Why didn't we have a say in whether the lattice stays or goes? Personally I don't like how it looks without the lattice. The lattice gives a tidy and finshed appearance. Why don't owners have more say in these types of decisions about our units?
The Board invited input from owners three separate times: once in the notice that went out when the deck project began, once in the newsletter, and again on this blog. The only feedback received on the blog was one owner who indicated they voted for no lattice.
Apologies. I reviewed the newsletter and input was welcomed. There was an assumption lattice was being kept and re-installed as it had been kept and sat on the grass along with the deck dividers all summer since deck construction began. The lesson here is for owners to get more actively involved in communication/decisions regarding our condos.
Worth mentioning - I'm not whining about the board. You deserve credit for getting projects going and it's been a positive change from how things were run in the past.
Just like to thank everyone on the Condo board for all your hard work this year. I am so pleased with how our condos are looking. I would also like to thank you so much for putting up the handrail going up the stairs to get to my and my neighbors' condos. They are really appreciated by all of us.
Sincerely yours,
Owner of Condo Unit 619
I heard that there might possibly have to be an assessment/lump sum of money for Phase I property owners this January because of all the work done on the patios etc. I was wondering if this is just gossip or if it is a possibility. Also if it is a possiblity for Phase I, I was wondering if Phase II owners may also be in the same boat as they also had work done.
Thanks, Concerned Broke Owner
Post a Comment