Summary of ECA Board Meeting May 22, 2018

Board Present: Zlatan Beca, Makarand (Mac) Dehejia, Monique Fridell, Al Muller, Lyle Schwartz, Rhonda Taller, Christopher Wemple

Others Present: ECA General Manager MaryAnn Hall, Assistant Manager Romaine Cureton, Jeremy Tucker (ECA legal counsel, Lerch Early & Brewer) and several CPR staff members

President’s Report:

ECA president Z Beca announced names of those heading up various committees:

—Budget & Finance: Jimmy Whalen

—Library: Stephanie Olshan

—Social: Judy Gann & Celesta Jurkovich

—Safety: Folake Funbunmi

—Newsletter: looking for additional members

Garage Project:

ECA General Manager provided a comprehensive report on the Garage Project and her notes were copied and put under every door in the Elizabeth the next day.

Here are some of the highlights of that report and other things learned:

Why it has to be done: There are serious structural problems that involve falling concrete and unseen holes in the concrete.

Frquency of such projects: CPR said the Elizabeth was very lucky that the last major repair was done 16 years ago. He indicated these kinds of repairs are required more frequently than that.

By-products of project: loud noise and dust. Lower floors will hear the noise more than upper floors.

The process involves 4 steps and will operate on multiple levels at a time:

—Chain dragging to find unseen holes in concrete (about 3 weeks).

—Concrete repairs (expected to start July 2 and depends on permit from Montgomery County)

—Application of coating to garage floor

—Paint vertical walls

Estimated duration of project: from June to early December.

Working crews: 2 crews working from 8 am to 5 pm Monday through Friday. (Noise starts at 9 am.)

No Guest Parking: beginning June 7, there will be no guest parking. It will be used to move cars out of work areas. 50 parking spaces will be worked on at a time.

Protecting your car: do not wipe concrete dust from your vehicle. It will scratch the paint. Notify GM and crew will use water spray to remove the dust. Plastic will not be issued to cover the cars. Move your car when asked and make arrangements for moving your car if you are on travel. Photos will be taken of your car before the project starts to establish baseline in case repairs are requested.

Work areas: Do not disturb working areas which will be established by plastic “curtains.”

Questions: go to ECA Management office. Do not approach workers—it will slow the process and you will not necessarily get correct information.

Communications: for the most part will be through BuildingLink.

Legal Report:

Legal counsel is preparing a bylaw amendment for building-wide non-smoking as is happening in other Montgomery County, MD condominiums.

Financial Report:

Since many financial activities have been moved in-house, the GM MaryAnn Hall has been able to recover additional funds.

Treasurer’s Report:

The ECA Treasurer Lyle Schwartz is calling for more input from the Budget & Finance Committee in advising the Board on a regular basis.

Management Report:

Landscaping—new spring flowers have been planted.

HVAC filters—GM Hall has researched the issue about the MERV rating. It is recommended that we continue to use MERV 4 filters and have them changed every 6 months. Higher MERV filters require more frequent change and may burn out the motor of the HVAC system if not properly attended to..

Window washing will be Saturday May 26 & Sunday May 27 just ahead of the garage project. Fall windowing washing will be in early November.

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