Owners
Forum Open Issues:
The following is a
list of Village Owners wishes, comments and concerns and are updated regularly
on the Village Association web site, to insure details are not lost and issues
are being addressed. Note, if your comments or concerns are not on the
following list, they are not getting addressed. Please update the Owners Forum
to insure your concerns are being addressed.
We are soliciting
for resources to assist in bring the tasks to fruition. Two owners over coffee can complete one task
in a few hours versus, two resources performing all the tasks takes weeks.
The following is
the current Owner’s Forum open issue list:
Owners Forum Open Issues List:
-05/16/07
1.)
Owners would like to use common area storerooms:
Typically what happens is Assoc. ends up paying to have storage sheds cleaned out and dispose of trash. As a result the Assoc. has paddle locked the common area storage rooms. A few issues that will need to be addressed in managing storerooms:
Owners Committee formed to propose a plan, to the board, to
manage storerooms
2.) Miscellaneous
unit owner issues
Please,
let’s all be responsible for our own destinies and have open friendly
communication with our neighbors and discuss conflicts openly and politely.
With a little give and take mentality, most if not all conflicts can be
resolved to the mutual agreement of all involved.
Owner committee formed to organize Village party
It was discussed to
help promote a sense of community and to assist in address owner conflict
issues getting the Village owners together for a gathering outside of Assoc.
business would be very beneficial.
3.)
Cleaning up after pets and running loose
This is an ongoing issue with ours and other Assoc. on the mountain and of course without catching the pet in the act and a convincing way correlating the infringement with the pet owner, the violations are very difficult to enforce. The Assoc. empirically can really only appeal to the pet owner's to be responsible.
The
Village Assoc. has addressed with the following:
-Signs posted on each Village complex to
clean up after your pets
-Revamped Bylaws and Rules and Regulates to
better clarify Assoc. polices
-Regularly scheduled memos to all Village owners reiterating Assoc. polices
-Continue to work with other Assoc. to help curtail the issue
-Continue to review Assoc. policies at Annual owners meetings
-Board discussing furnishing a plastic bag
dispenser for pet cleanup
In
addition, via the BV Pres Assoc Pres Console, Bolton Animal Control officer was
notified of issues with pets running loose and these types of associated
issues. Prompting a memo from the Town of
All
the Assoc., on the mountain, are encouraging their residents to call the Bolton
Animal Control officer to help enforce town ordinances on these types of
infringements.
From Village R&R
d. The pet is permitted to
eliminate only in areas designated for that purpose. In cases of feces being
dropped in inappropriate places(common areas, walkways, parking lots, etc.),
owners are expected to immediately clean up after their pet with a “pooper-scooper,”
plastic glove or some other device of choice of the owner.
e. The pet, if outside, is at
all times to be under voice or leash control and in the
presence of the owner (i.e., within sight or hearing) or other responsible
adult. Otherwise, the pet is to be kept indoors.
4,) USPS mailboxes not convenient to
Village
The
mailboxes are currently on
Move Postal Mail Boxes to
Village property
-BV poured new platform poured mail box
-11/21/06 Post office moved mail box to
new platform
-10/21/06 Owners concerned of access to
existing mailboxes
-10/21/06 Pres meeting,
-Kurt to add to next years wish list and
committee actions
-Need committee to propose maintenance room
mailbox
Dave spoke with
-maybe OK to put post boxes in enclosed area
-Probably need 24 boxes, come in banks of 16
& 8
-16 bank comes with larger package boxes
-Need actual cost, but probably around $800
+ TM
7.) Unit Water Meters
-Would insure owners paying fair share of water/sewer costs
-Water/Sewer cost
no longer managed by Assoc.
-Concern keeps coming up
-Not aware of any of the Associations that have meters on the MNT
-Owner committee needed, if would like to pursue
8.) Snow Removal Concerns
-10/28/06 Owner concerned no plowing or
shoveling for early season snow
-02/06/07 Owner call to Joe B about the
poor job Assoc. is doing
-02/14/07 Owner caused issue w/ moving his
car after big snow fall
-02/20/07 Dave got call from
owner about shoveling roof and cracks in walls from shifting
building
We went to coarser aggregate of
rock this snow season because the sand and salt of past seasons was not staying
in place very well. The larger aggregate rock appears to working for better,
for the most part, by staying in the parking lot and not getting washed out to
the sides. I will also insure the topic is discussed at our up coming Village
directors meeting.
Sand buckets for
stairwell/parking lots
-01/07/07 Salt buckets in place on each ramp
-Owners car got buried
-Joe B spoke with Mike Gallas
-No additional issues to date
9.) Parking Issue
Village Bylaws, Rules and
Regulations does not limit the number of vehicles occupants from an owner
rented unit can have in the lot.
From Village Bylaws
Section 5.08 Restrictions on Use
of Units: Rules and Regulations.
8) Unit Owners shall have
priority regarding use of parking spaces, and the executive board shall
promulgate such rules or regulations relating to parking as to further the
purposes of this section.
From Village Rules and
Regulations
E. Vehicles:
1. Each unit is entitled to one
parking space near the unit. Specific locations may be designated by the Board
of Directors if authorized at an annual meeting of the Association. All other
cars will park in the unreserved parking areas of the resort. No additional
motor vehicles or trailers, boats or recreational vehicles (registered or
unregistered) are to be parked in condominium parking lots, except temporarily
and for short durations, but then only with prior written approval of the Board
of Directors.
It was discussed 01/31/06 that
there a several actions the board could take, but will need several hours of at
least one director’s or committee members time to take the lead on the task
from beginning to end. Property Agent can assist in such matters but should
only be taking action prescribed by the board.
-No
directors or owner committee members were willing to take on task
-Including
in spring memo to all owners
10.) Satellite Dishes Placement
-12/01/05 Owner mounted
Satellite Dishes on roof chimneys of complex, since been removed
-12/22/05 Brice, Village legal resource responded
to Kurt’s FAA questions
Assoc. is OK to enforce unit
deck only mounting
Owners continue
to be concerned with ascetics of Satellite
Dishes mounted to unit decks. According to FAA regulations an Assoc. cannot
prevent the installation of Satellite Dishes; however we can restrict were they
can be mounted as long as an acceptable signal can be received.
11.) Association
to solicit other condo insurance company for cost savings and less stringent
restrictions
Vermont Fire codes do not permit open flames or usage of gallon size propane barbecues on communal habitats. In addition, Village has retained a reduced insurance rate for banning grills because of the high fire risk they create.
12.) Inappropriate use of trash
and recycling shed
It
was discussed 2006 Annual Owners meeting that the Assoc. pays extra a year for
trash contractor to pick up items owners inappropriately disposed of in and
around trash/recycle shed, ie dishwashers, tires etc…
Assoc.
continues to monitor trash/recycle shed, along with annually distributing memos
to all owners in regards to proper disposal of garbage and recyclables.
-Assoc. currently does not have a viable
plan to further address these issue and would
appreciate owner’s assistance in monitoring
13.) Rugs on
floors of upper units needed for noise abatement
Many units have non-carpeted floor installed, please be cognizant this can create a fair amount of noise for your down stairs neighbors. Please do what you can to reduce foot traffic noise in your unit.
14.) Building
Maintenance and Assoc. Management concerns
15.)
Owner concern:
Yesterday I came home to find
that my unit had been entered for some check of the sprinkler system. Whomever
it was who did whatever they did had to go up into the attic through my bedroom
closet, getting blow insulation all over the floor which was not cleaned up.
Then, I discovered out on the
Northwest facing deck that the sprinkler system "deadleg" - for lack
of a better term - must have been purged, resulting in what looks like a case
of rust colored explosive diarrhea all over the side of my unit. And, whoever
did whatever they did made no attempt to clean it up and that rust is going to
stain the siding that the association had installed.
I would like to have a chance to
speak with those individuals to express my concerns.
Concern # 1 - my unit was
entered without 24 hour notice in a on-emergency situation. Why?
Concern # 2 - what is going to be done to address this
godforsaken mess that is all over the siding? Also, if someone comes to clean
this I want to be contacted to coordinate with them. They will not - as of now
- do it by going through my unit.. They can use a sprayer and a ladder.
Owner concern:
I was very unhappy today to come
home and see that someone had obviously been inside my house to inspect
something. I do not recall being
notified of the need to enter my condo.
It is my understanding that it was required to give notice when it is
required to enter a unit, unless there is an emergency. Could you please let me know why someone
entered my unit unannounced, and confirm what the policy is?
Owner concern:
Unauthorized entrance of unit,
lights left on
Owner concern:
Someone was in the condo
yesterday. Apparently they needed to get
into the electrical panel. They took
everything out and didn't put anything back (which was ok). However, they didn't leave any note or
anything to let me know what was going on.
Do you have any clues?