Summary of ECA Board Meeting June 24, 2019

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Board Present: Lyle Schwartz, Zlatan Beca, Jimmy Walen, Christopher Wemple

Absent: Makarand (Mak) Dehejia, Elisa Siegel

Others Present: ECA General Manager MaryAnn Hall, Assistant Manager Romaine Cureton, Jeremy Tucker (ECA Legal Counsel, Lerch Early & Brewer)

Highlights of the meeting:

President’s Report:

Resignation of Rhonda Taller.  She and her husband owned two units.  Elections matter. Let go of the past.  Elect new people and get the hall renovation done. (Notes from her letter that she asked be read into the record.)

Merv filters brought up again. Decided that we will use 4/5 pleated filters as available. Merv 8 will be provided at no cost but only after owner signs a waiver regarding the problems associated with Merv 8.

Legal: None

Management Report

Garage Project: Project is 56% complete.  More weekend work.

HVAC maintenance delayed because a failure of the Key Link System. West side will be completed by June 28 when work begin on the East side.

Unit 1801 condemned: discovered after a leak detected in 1701.

Committee Reports

Fitness Center:  July 17, 2019, town hall meeting to renovate the fitness center.

Storage Room: Dangerous junkyard. Asking for help.

Motion: Approved 2 motions to improve control of water temperature in the pool and to replace the exhaust fan.

Motion: Approve a replacement refrigerant monitor control panel in boiler room.  This affects a/c.

Comments from the Floor

--A number of people voiced concern about getting 3 bids for various jobs especially those involving plumbing issues.

--Lunch hour for the staff in management needs to be accommodated.

--July 4 party at Friendship Heights Village Center.

--Compliments for the newsletter.

--Number of expressions of concern about checking condensate lines and other sources of water in the individual units.

Next meeting: July 23, 2019.

Summary of ECA Board Meeting May 28, 2019

Board Present: Lyle Schwartz, Zlatan Beca, Makarand (Mak) Dehejia, Elisa Siegel, Christopher Wemple, Jimmy Whalen

Absent: Rhonda Taller

Others Present: ECA General Manager MaryAnn Hall, Assistant Manager Romaine Cureton, Jeremy Tucker (ECA Legal Counsel, Lerch Early & Brewer)

Highlights of the meeting:

PRESIDENT’S REPORT

Lyle Schwartz touted two accomplishments of the previous Board: the revised Employee handbook under the leadership of Rhonda Taller and passage of the no smoking bylaw which was approved May 1, 2019, and goes into effect August 21. The smoking ban which covers the entire property includes visitors, guests, and contractors.

Schwartz stated there is no known end date for the garage project and there is a undetailed plan for hiring a temporary part time person to join the management team.

MANAGEMENT REPORT

Garage Project:

General Manager reported that the garage project is 46% complete and the Association has paid $600,405.85 for this project so far. Work will sporadically happen on the weekends with jackhammering.

Budget:

The approved 2019-2020 budget was distributed to all owners either under their unit doors or through the mail for non-resident owners. A copy can be found on Building Link.

Maintenance:

Condensate leaks have occurred since air-conditioning has been turned on in the face of hot, humid weather. Management has delayed maintenance which was compounded by confusion over acquisition of the appropriate Merv filters.

Resident Garage Door:

The door was hit by a car and broke. Because a set of springs were in house inventory, the door was repaired immediately.

MOTIONS DEALING WITH OUR LOAN

Three motions dealing with our loan were approved by unanimous vote. This includes making the 4^th prepayment on the load for $75,000 for fiscal year 2018-2019, re-amortizing the loan (to lower the interest rate), making three prepayments of $150,000 each in fiscal year 2019-2020.

Next Meeting: June 25, 2019