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.