Village Condominium Association at Bolton Valley, Inc. |
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Village Condominium Association Annual Report
2006 Annual Meeting Minutes
Table
of Contents................................................................................................................................................ 1
Attendance................................................................................................................................................................ 2
Village Association Business....................................................................................................................... 3
Approved the acceptance of 2005 Village Annual
Meeting Minutes.................................. 3
Village 2007 Annual Meeting........................................................................................................................ 3
Solicit Directors to Board and Owners Committees:................................................................ 3
Property Agent Contract Renewed........................................................................................................ 3
Snow Removal Contract Renewed.......................................................................................................... 4
Lawn Care Contract........................................................................................................................................ 4
Before We Address Concerns, Lets Talk Successes....................................................................... 5
Property Insurance Coverage:................................................................................................................... 5
Regularly Scheduled Owners
Memos to Proactively Address Reoccurring Issues: 6
The Numbers:.......................................................................................................................................................... 7
Owner committees needed to reduce Assoc. operating
cost:............................................... 9
Village Assoc. Web Site and Owners Forum:.................................................................................... 10
Village Mission Statement......................................................................................................................... 10
Village decision making process............................................................................................................ 10
Roles and Responsibilities........................................................................................................................... 11
Village Treasure Update................................................................................................................................ 12
2006/2007 Village Budget.................................................................................................................................. 12
Special Assessments and Raising Assoc. Fees................................................................................. 12
Unit Carbon Monoxide Detectors.......................................................................................................... 12
Painting of Ramp/Tower Railings and Decks.................................................................................. 12
Vinyl Siding Contingence Plan.................................................................................................................. 13
Village Bylaws, Declaration Amendments and Rules & Regulations.......................... 14
Grills are expressly prohibited:.............................................................................................................. 14
Owners need board approval to modify anything in
the common areas or exterior of building: 15
The Board of Directors are empowered to impose
reasonable fines............................ 15
Village Maintenance Updates..................................................................................................................... 16
Proposed Major 2006 Projects.................................................................................................................... 16
Inappropriate Use of Trash and Recycling Sheds:....................................................................... 17
Village Maintenance Task List............................................................................................................... 17
Unit Window Replacement Project:...................................................................................................... 18
Hot Water Heater Aging Report............................................................................................................. 23
Village Owners Forum Open Issues List.............................................................................................. 24
Bolton Valley Updates................................................................................................................................... 29
State of the Mountain Update................................................................................................................ 29
Bolton Valley Fire District Update...................................................................................................... 31
Bolton Valley Presidents Council Update....................................................................................... 32
Appendix A – Village Financial
Statements...................................................................................... 34
Village Association Annual Meeting Minutes
Date:
Time:
Location:
Chair Person's:
Kurt Ries, Village Director
David Parot, Village
Director
Mike Nielsen, Village Director
Joseph Kareivis, Village Director
Please note the following information is presented by subject matter and not in chronological order.
Unit# |
Owner |
% of Vote |
Status |
123 |
Steven McLeod |
5.94 |
Not Represented |
124 |
David Parot, Alicia Apgar |
4.01 |
Present |
125 |
Scott Hempey |
4.01 |
Present |
126 |
Darlene Autery |
5.94 |
Present |
127 |
Heidi Hale |
3.3 |
Present |
221 |
Terese Ayers |
6.83 |
Not Represented |
222 |
Colleen Malloy |
6.83 |
Present |
223 |
Joann Schleman, Susie Dodge |
5.94 |
Not Represented |
224 |
Steve Silberg |
4.01 |
Not Represented |
225 |
Michael & Noranne Nielsen |
4.01 |
Present |
226 |
William Donahue |
5.94 |
Present |
227 |
Kurt Ries |
3.3 |
Present |
228 |
Mike McKenna / Rose-Mary Gillis |
6.83 |
Not Represented |
321 |
Charles McManus |
3.3 |
Not Represented |
322 |
Mary Francis Arnold |
3.3 |
Proxy |
323 |
John & Emily Johl |
5.94 |
Proxy |
324 |
Phillip McCullough |
4.01 |
Not Represented |
325 |
Joseph Kareivis |
4.01 |
Proxy |
326 |
Anthony Foti |
5.94 |
Present |
327 |
Heather Thibault |
3.3 |
Present |
328 |
Mina Isham |
3.3 |
Not Represented |
Per by-laws, a quorum is established by the “majority of owners” present, defined by twenty five percent (25%) of the votes present or represented by proxy in accordance with the percentages assigned in the Village declaration.
· Quorum established at 59.83%
· Minutes were unanimously approved
Next year's 2007 meeting is scheduled for the last Saturday of June.
·
Welcome Mike Nielsen to the board, replacing Dan Plimpton
· Mike was unanimously approved
Anyone interested being on the board of directors or any of the much needed owners committees, please contact Kurt Ries. The difference between a director and a committee members is the commitment of your volunteer time and the duration of your responsibilities.
Director responsibility:
Directors terms are a two year commitment and directors are assigned weekly actions to complete that will require around four to five hours week.
Committee responsibility:
Committees are a short term projects and commitment is finished once the individual task is completed.
Boylan Property Management Village Property Agent 2007 contract was discussed
· Boylan Property Management 2007 contract unanimously approved
Boylan
Property Management property agent contract
· Many positive and appreciative comments were expressed for Joe’s services.
Quality Touch Landscaping and Excavating 2006/2007 contact was discussed
· Quality Touch Landscaping and Excavating 2006/2007 contract unanimously approved
Quality Touch Landscaping and Excavating, Todd Fourier 2006/2007 snow removal contract costs may increase $5, from $65 to $70 per incident.
Discussion Topics:
It was discussed owners are generally pleased with Todd Fourier’s Quality Touch Landscaping snow removal services. Dave Parot is our point person for snow removal and lawn care. Contractors work with Dave as to when their services are needed. Dave has saved the Assoc. a substantial amount of money by only deploying these services when needed.
It was discussed that the ramps/tower can get quite slippery, to augment snow removal and sanding by contractor
· Assoc. to place sand buckets at entrance to ramps for owners to use
It was discussed that Quality Touch Landscaping and
Excavating, Todd Fourier, did not renew his 2006 lawn care contract with
Village and the Village board secured a contract with Custom Homework’s, John Herr.
Custom Homework’s, John Herr 2006 contract cost for mowing and
trimming are $60 per incident. Raking, liming, fertilizing, mulching, ect,
$22/hr, plus materials.
·
These cost are actually less than Quality
Touch Landscaping and Excavating 2005 costs of Mowing $80 per incident
·
Big thank you for Joe Boylan quickly reacting
to secure Custom Homework’s lawn care contract after late notification
from Quality Touch Landscaping and Excavating was not renewing
Discussion Topics:
Dave Parot is our point person for snow removal and lawn care. Contractors work with Dave as to when their services are needed. Dave has saved the Assoc. a substantial amount of money only deploying these services when needed.
· Maintaining and verifying an accurate owner contact list, ie your questionnaire
· Keeping owners informed of Assoc. actions with memos, email and newsletters
· Controlled cost on budget, while Insurance cost tripled and funded $90k vinyl siding project
· Wentworth II condos assessing one bed room $5k for new vinyl siding
· Bills are getting paid and on time, no delinquent fees, contractors actually want to work for us
· All delinquent Assoc. fee owners are on payment plan
· Property Agent has keys for all units, continue to monitor
· Tracking Aged Hot Water heaters replacement
· Revised Bylaws, updated declarations and created Rules and Regulation doc
· Continue to address renters Code of Conduct issues
· Fire Sprinkler alarm and low temp monitoring installed
· Propane fixed pricing acquired, with Blue Flame
·
Removed Water/Sewer from owner assessments
· Managing trash/recycle bin costs
· Up to date on Income tax, we were not with past management
· Filed taxes $35 dollars, no payment, verses $1k in past
· Continue to solicit competitive bid on insurance
· Proactive annual maintenance on laundry machines tune-ups, waste drain lines snaked, fire extinguisher, smoke detectors and Chimney cleaning scheduled
· Regularly scheduled memos for reoccurring issues
In 2004 the Village Directors took
the initiative to solicit five insurance agencies in the area for quotes on
"Special Form Property Coverage" (risk) insurance. Village was being
required to hold this type of policy, at an increased premium rate, because of
the magnitude of the insurance fire damage claim on
·
About triple the cost of 2003 fiscal year
As
of May 2005 we are off high-risk insurance and lower our premiums by $2,674.56.
Village will need to continue to be claim free for additional discounts. We as
an Association need to demonstrate due diligence in eliminating as much risk as
possible; therefore, the following action plans are in place:
· Fire Sprinkler alarm and low temp unit monitoring installed
· Annual unit Smoke alarm, Chimney and Fire extinguisher inspections
·
Insulating
of building, water supply and drainage pipes to prevent freezing
· Tracking and replacing unit’s aged hot water heaters
·
Continue to
enforce no heating exclusively with firewood
·
Addition of
an outside ash disposal can for unit fireplace ash
·
Clearly
defined unit owners responsibility in by-laws, declarations and Rules and
Regulations
·
Property
Agent checking units for potential hazards during annual inspections
·
Strictly
enforcing grilling ban and VT fire codes
2006/2007
Insurance costs:
Insurance
cost increase of $1,400 annually went into affect with the March 2006 premium
renewal. Owners new insurance rate will take affect starting July 2006, the
start of Village fiscal year.
·
Total policy is $
12,352.00 first payment of $3,706.00
·
8 installments or $
1,081.00 plus $ 5.00 service charge
Statement from our Insurance agent:
This is
not due to a rate change but a coverage increase. One of the concerns in the insurance industry
is that because of property value and construction cost increases many
buildings are underinsured. That was the
case with VCA. The new re-construction
values are 1.1 and 1.3 million. That is
up from 945K and 850K. Unfortunately this is one of the downsides to our
property values increasing and there's not much you can do.
Board continues to solicit for less costly property
insurance:
Agent would not complete quote
without a 2nd means of egress from second and third story units. In
addition because of the magnitude of the insurance claim on
In 2007 we
will be three years claim free, hopefully can get better rate.
·
Owner suggested we
solicit Cool Insurance Agency for 2007 renewal
Winter/Pipe Freeze Owner Memo:
Reminders
to head off reoccurring winter issues of heating units during extreme cold
snaps, snow removal, parking lot etiquette and no primary heating with
firewood.
·
Mailed to each owner
in November
Unit Maintenance Memo:
Unit owners to yearly check
plumbing; ie, washing machine, dishwasher, garbage disposal supply/waste lines
and make necessary repairs.
·
Part of insurance
claim mitigation action plans
Spring Memo:
Memo reminder clean-up after pets, trash/recycling and schedule of
maintenance activities.
·
Mail in April
The number one comment at our
In 2003 a complete clean sweep, property agent, contractors, insurance; all new
· Using John Herr as our primary general contractors
· All Cycle trash removal is about the only contractor left
· Plenty of growing pains and many, many hours spent by your directors
To assist in quantifying and
prioritizing repair needs to the Village Condominium complexes A and B, an
independent contractor was hired to perform a building inspection on
To regain a handle on our budget, while financing major expenses such as vinyl siding, we started from a zero based, no frills, budget. We incurred major expenses in the following years to bring our building back to a maintainable state. The Directors continue to closely monitoring and scrutinizing our budget.
The following summary of accounting
information is derived from financial reports handed out at the
Summary
of accounting information since 2003:
As
of
Profit and Loss Net Income = $16,358.89
A/R Indicating Delinquent Assoc. Fees = $29,297.60
Balance Sheet indicating Checking Account = $10,287.16
-01/12/04 when
Actual Operating expense = $86,416.49
2003/2004 Budget Net Income = -$14,739 negative
As
of
Profit and Loss Net Income = $33,697
A/R Indicating Delinquent Assoc. Fees = $9,860.48
Balance Sheet indicating Checking Account = $23,911.17
These actuals include funding of the major repairs needed, see maintenance task list for details, along with insurance cost tripling.
Actual Operating expense = $51,138
2004/2005 Budget Net Income = $14,630
-This does NOT include siding and bank loan payments
As
of
Profit and Loss Net Income = $20,711
A/R Indicating Delinquent Assoc. Fees = $3,720.71
-This is a low as it has ever been
Balance Sheet indicating Checking Account = $43,288.88
These actuals include funding of the major repairs needed, see maintenance task list for details.
Actual Operating expense = $50,565
2005/2006 Budget Net Income = $2,512
-This includes Siding and Bank loan payments
We have cut the 2002/2003 operating expense by $35,851.49 (41%) !!!
We reduced 2002/2003 Delinquent Assoc. fees by $25,576.89 (87%) !!!
All this with insurance cost tripling while completing major repairs including vinyl siding with no special assessments or increases to Association fees.
· Folks if this does not impress you nothing will…
As
of
Profit and Loss Net Income = $9,801.92
A/R Indicating Delinquent Assoc. Fees = $1,475.24
Balance Sheet indicating Checking Account = $39,738.58
These actuals include the complete set major repairs needed, see maintenance task list for.
Actual Operating expense = $56,944.90
Proposed 2005/2006 Budget Net Income = -$10k negative
This includes:
-Siding and Bank loan payments
-
-Grade Parking lot
-Railing, Porches, paint/repair
-Ramp foot surface sanding/staining
Village
operating expenses are flat:
As you can see by our Village operating expenses are pretty flat between last fiscal year and this one. This is mainly due to the tremendous amount of tasks your directors handle at no cost to you. Our directors are swamped and are unable to take on any additional tasks. To continue to reduce/maintain operation costs, ie your Assoc. fees, the Assoc. will need to either hire additional contractors at a direct cost to owners or…
·
Clean laundry room
· Clean grounds
· Blue flame gas fixed pricing / coop
· Participation in Assoc. board
· Participation in the Fire District
·
Participation in the town of
· Assist in keeping trash and recycle rooms clean
· Monitoring inappropriate use of trash and recycling shed
· Committee needed to manage storerooms
· Committee needed to solicit condo insurance
· Committee needed to solicit unit water meters
· Committee for roof over mail boxes
Owners
Committee formed to propose a plan, to the board, to manage storerooms
· Scott Hempey, Darlene Autery and Anthony Foti
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:
· Not enough sheds for 21 owners
· Divide storage sheds up for individual owner use
· Not much room to store bicycles, sporting equipment, etc…
· Managing Locks and Keys
· Theft, cannot go against Assoc. insurance
· Unit owner insurance cover theft and damage
· Should not be property agent cost to manage
· Deposit to cover damage or trash removal costs
· Need Owner committee to manage
Owner committee formed to organize Village
party
· Darlene Autery, Heather Thibauit and William Donahue
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.
·
Proposing
gathering after 2007 Village Annual owner meeting
·
Cost
should not be covered out of Assoc. budget
Kurt
Ries, Village Director
http://users.adelphia.net/~kries/
Password is ‘garth’
· Control operating costs, with continuous property improvements
· Keep Assoc. cost to owners at a minimum, no frills budget
· Follow approved decision making process
· Keep owners informed, Village web site, email list, newsletters and memos
· Insuring owners’ wishes and concerns, are addressed with Owner’s Forum
· Continue to promote a sense of community
The
Village Owners Forum, maintains two lists, posted to our Village web site, if
your concerns/suggestions are not on these lists it is not being addressed and
you need to notify us.
Committee Action Items/Owners Forum Open Issues
List:
·
A list of
concerns, suggestions and solutions from the unit owners
Maintenance Task List:
·
A list of
building maintenance task needs for our complexes
On
a weekly bases the Village Directors discuss these tasks with our Property
Agent, Joe Boylan and because of the quantity, available resources and costs
we:
·
Prioritize
the tasks
·
Balance the
action with the finances available at the moment
·
Assign
actions to board/committee members and/or property agent
To reduce operation expenses the Village board and committee members, at no cost to you, have taken on much more responsibility than in the past, including:
Mike Nielsen --- Village
Director
-Replacement window inventory
-Exterior building light inventory
-Communal Grilling area plan
-Regularly scheduled memo to head off
reoccurring issues
Dave Parot --- Village
Director
-Bolton Fire District
-Building/Unit Surveillance
-Maintenance Task items point person
-Lawn maintenance point person
-Snow removal point person
-Renters Code of Conduct action
-Propane Fixed Pricing
Joe Kareivis – Village
Director
-History of Assoc. and prior maintenance
tasks
-Past minutes and budgets
-Kept us from repeating our past mistakes,
insuring our continued success
-Renters Code of Conduct action
Kurt Ries – Village
Director
-Chairs Association meetings
-Provides meeting minutes
-Solicits Insurance agencies for quotes
-Works with legal resources
-Revise/updates bylaws, declarations, and
Rules and Regulations
-Aged Hot Water Heater replacement
-Maintains Village Maintenance task list
-Maintains Owners Forum action items
-Maintains Owners Forum website
-Manages vinyl siding bank loan
-Keeps close eye on Village budget
Joe
Boylan – Village Property Agent
-Maintains Village administration records
-Delinquent Assoc. fee success story, right balance of compassion and forcefulness
-No more late fees on bills like prior management
-Using competent and owner respected contractors
-Very receptive to working closely with the board
-Assoc. management experience has proven invaluable
-Manage Trash collection costs
Owners
Committee formed to propose a plan, to the board, to manage storerooms
· Scott Hempey, Darlene Autery and Anthony Foti
Owner committee formed to organize Village
party
· Darlene Autery, Heather Thibauit and William Donahue
Kurt Ries, Village Treasurer
· Proposed 2006/2007 budget was reviewed, discussed and unanimously approved
·
Village Fiscal year is July 1s t 2006 through
· See Appendix A – Village financial statements
The Assoc. is not planning
on any special assessments or raising Assoc. fees at this time. The Village
Assoc. fees have not gone up in 5 years despite successfully completing major
maintenance projects needed to bring our building back to a maintainable state.
Because needed repairs could exceed our 2006/2007 maintenance budget for the
year special assessments and raising Assoc. Fees were discussed at the
Rising Assoc. Fees:
It was discussed rising Assoc
fees, a reasonable percentage, would not yield needed funds for 1.5 to 2 years
and repairs are needed this summer.
Special Assessment:
If a special assessment
were to be imposed on the owners, there is a high probability the Assoc. would
have problems collecting all the assessments in timely manner and could
contribute to delinquent Assoc. fees increasing. It is not so much some of the
owners will not pay, it is more of an issue they cannot afford to pay.
It
was discussed to have property agent, during September 2006 annual unit
inspections, install plug into wall outlet style Carbon Monoxide detectors for
around $25-$30 in units that did not already have detectors. The cost of the
Carbon Monoxide detectors will be bill directly to owners and the Assoc. would
absorb the cost of installation.
· The installation of Carbon Monoxide was unanimously approved
It was discussed that the board felt uncomfortable, without approval from the owners, in authorizing these repairs that would need to be funded out of Assoc. cash reserves and probably could not be covered in annual owner’s fees.
· The Painting of Ramp/Tower railings and Decks was unanimously approved
As a reminder it was discussed that a contingence plan was unanimously approved at the 2004 Village Association Annual Owners meeting approving the board for an owner special assessment up to $20,000, only if needed.
The Assoc. is cutting
the budget very close with the vinyl siding loan payments, however barring any
unanticipated major expenses the board believes the vinyl siding loan payments
can be funded without the need to raise owner Assoc. fees or an owner special
assessment.
As a contingence plan
to insure the Assoc. does not default on the vinyl siding loan a pre-approval
for up to a $20k owner special assessment to cover any Assoc. unforeseen major
expense was sought and approved at the 2004 annual owners meeting. It was
discussed that the pre-approval would be in place for duration of the vinyl
loan payments and the board would not feel comfortable moving forward with the
loan without this contingence plan in place.
Note, the board would
not assess owners the $20k unless there was an unforeseen major expense the
Assoc. could not cover. The thinking is $20k assessment + $20k in cash reserves
would about pay off the $43,438 bank loan.
Kurt
Ries, Village Director
The use and the storage of charcoal and propane grills are expressly prohibited on balconies, wood patios or in common areas. Barbecue grills may only be used in designated grilling areas approved by the Village Association board of directors. Owners should recognize that in accordance to Vermont Fire Codes, NFPA 1 3-4.7 and NFPA 1 30-3.3.8.2, all types of barbecue grills and their storage in and around public buildings are subject to regulation as to size and usage.
Communal
Grilling Area
· Topic was discussed and unanimously decided not to pursue grilling area at this time
Communal
Grilling Area concerns include:
·
Cost to construct, how elaborate
·
Cost to maintain
·
Allocate cost in Assoc. budget
·
Location, between buildings
·
Approval from owners adjacent to the area
·
Hours of operation
·
Enforce hours of operation
·
Propane and/or charcoal
·
Lawn chairs and grilling paraphernalia
·
Waste container
·
Who will police the area
·
How does the Assoc. address complaints
·
Noise ordinance
·
Fire hazard, fire extinguishers
·
Comply w/ VT fire codes
To address concerns with common look, voiding siding warranties and water infiltration issues all owners need approval by the board to modify anything on the common area / exterior of building.
· This includes Windows, doors, propane gas lines, etc…
10. No improvements,
alterations, work, painting or other activity affecting the exterior of the
buildings covered by the Declaration, including but not limited to alteration
of Units windows and doors, shall first be approved by the Board of
Directors. Approval shall be requested
in writing sent to Boylan Property Management,
To change negative behavior and assist in enforcing approved Bylaws, Declarations, Rules and Regulations the ability to fine an owner after due process was added to Rules and Regulation document.
Guidelines for board to fine owners for non compliance
· After due process, minor infractions could be $20-$50 dollars a day
· Gross infractions a $100 a day, but recommended not to go any higher
· When fines hit a substantial amount of money a lien is place in the property
Kurt Ries, Village Director
1.)
-First priority of repair, safety hazard
-Pretty much ate our entire budget
-2005 repair estimates were $5k - $6k
-2006
repair estimates escalated to $20k - $30k
-Budget can only support about $10k/yr allocated to tower
repair
-Looking at alternatives including spreading out cost
over 3 years
-Joe B working with several contracts for viable
alternatives
-Jim
Woods Lake View construction, tmp fix bid $1,500 approved
-Tmp repair to last 4-5 years
2.) Grade Parking Lot
-01/26/06 Received quote from
Fourier
-2" reclaimed asphalt, $2,700 / regrade
driveway plus 15 yrds gravel $1,500 = $4,200
-05/19/06 Dave to work with Todd to
finalize and make recommendations to board
3.) Ramp Railings, Porches Paint and Repair
-Would like to use remaining
maintenance budget
-Owners
number one requested task
-Dependant on Tower repair cost may
not be able complete
-Repair and patch painting est.
Tower $3k and Porches $6k
-Getting quotes from John Herr, for full repairs
-Unanimously approved at 06/24/06 owners meeting
4.) Ramp foot surface repair/replacement
-John Herr quotes
-$3-5k for Decks, includes brown railing trim
-Ramps and stair case $3k
5.) Gutters replacement
-About $4/$5 dollars a foot
-Estimate Bldg A & B installed 3rd
floor only w/ down spouts $4-$5k
-This is probably not in the budget
for 2006
6.) Building B rock wall
-This is probably not in the budget
for 2006
-Joe B and Todd will continue to
repair as it falls down
7.) Laundry
Room Improvements
-Joe
B has done several improvements already
-Any major improvements probably not
in the budget for 2006
-Will evaluate budget 08/06 for
funding spruce up repairs
8.) Trash/Recycling
sheds Improvements
-Joe
B has done several improvements already
-Any major improvements probably not
in the budget for 2006
-Will evaluate budget 08/06 for
funding spruce up repairs
9.) Move
& Replace/Repair Village Condo sign
-This is probably not in the budget
for 2006
-Will have sign posts painted with
the rails/trim
10.) Carbon Monoxide Detectors
-Directors felt this was important
even though no funding for 2006
-Plug into wall outlet, $25-30
-Unanimously approved at 06/24/06 owners meeting
Board
propose, and owners approved, at annual owners meeting to have property agent
install during September 2006 annual unit inspections. For units that did not
have detectors already bill owners for the cost of the detector. Assoc. would
absorb the cost of installation.
It was discussed that the Assoc. pays several hundred dollars 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 owners assistance in monitoring
It was discussed to assist owner I doing the right thing, to have a bulk item trash day, where an owner with pickup could haul items to dump and charge owners accordingly.
· Assoc. looking for committee members to plan and execute
Current versions of the Village Maintenance tasks and Village Owners Forum lists were provided.
· See Village web site or contact Owners Forum for the most current versions
Mike Nielsen,
Village Director
Window inventory was
provided to all owners with Annual Meeting notification and agenda. Mike is
maintaining an inventory of windows in our buildings that have not been
replaced.
The Assoc. is going to keep
focused on owners to replace these windows to insure our building are weather
tight. Please be certain to update Mike, when your windows are replaced.
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·
2007 Memo needed to
owners on replacing windows
Important Note:
For
windows and doors owners replace after vinyl siding was completed in spring of
2005, the Assoc. is not funding the expense for vinyl siding contractor to
return and complete window installation; including replacement of aluminum clad
on exterior window trim or window trim. Unit owners will be billed for these
types of expenses.
Village Exterior Doors and Window Replacement Policy:
To insure
uniformity, proper operation and that the integrity of the vinyl siding,
insulation, and trim are not compromised, only materials and contractors
approved by the Village Association Board of Directors are permitted to install
exterior doors and windows, including sliding glass doors, at the Village
Condominiums.
If an
owner would like to use materials or contractors for exterior doors and
windows, including sliding glass doors, other than what is approved by the Village
board of directors, the owner must acquire written approval, prior to any work
being performed from the Village Board of Directors.
Explanation:
The Board
of Directors of Village Condominium Association at
In doing
such, the owners at the
Per
Village Bylaws and Declarations owner are responsible for repair and
replacement costs associate with the exterior doors and window.
In the
spring of 2005 vinyl siding was installed that included insulation and aluminum
clad to the trim on the exterior of buildings A & B.
At the
Approval
Process:
At the
sole discretion of the Village Association board of directors bases their
material and contractor approvals on, but not limited to, the following:
·
Competitive cost on
materials and labor
·
Quality of workmanship
·
Warranty on materials
and labor
·
Ensure that the
exterior siding is not compromised.
·
Ensure replacement
windows and doors are uniform
·
All Season honoring
vinyl siding warranties performed by another vendor
Village
Association Approved Window and Door Materials and Contractors.
As of
All Season
Siding, Contact Donna Hatin
57 River Rd. Suite 1033
Essex JCT, VT 05454
Tel
802-872-9727
Fax
802-879-4444
The Assoc.
is also looking to approve other contractors, be certain seek approval before
committing to contactor.
Approved
Materials:
Vinyl new
construction Simonton, Prism Platinum windows
Village Condominium Window Replacement Project
Windows
are listed by unit number, location in accordance to the interior and floor if
applicable (for two floor condo units only). Measurements were not taken. North
Side refers to the side of the building facing the parking lot. All windows
listed are old windows and need to be replaced.
Village Condominium Window Replacement
Unit Number |
Windows to be
replaced |
123 |
North: 1 –
kitchen 1 –
entrance South: 1 –
triple pane |
124 |
North: 2 –
bedrooms West: 1 -
sliding glass door South: 1 –
sliding glass door 1 -
deck facing DR |
125 |
North:
NONE East:
NONE South: 1– bedroom 1 –
triple pane 1 –
sliding glass door |
126 |
North: 1 –
entrance 1 –
kitchen 1 –
bedroom South: 1 –
Bedroom 1 –
sliding glass door |
127 |
North:
NONE South:
NONE |
221 |
North: 1 –
2nd floor entrance East: 2 –
2nd floor small bathroom |
222 |
North: 2 –
1st floor bedrooms 1 –
2nd floor entrance 1 –
2nd floor kitchen South: 2
sliding glass doors (1st and 2nd floors) |
223 |
North: 1 –
kitchen 1 –
entrance 1 –
bedroom South: 1 –
LR |
224 |
North: 1 –
bedroom West: 1 –
bedroom 1 –
LR South: 1 –
sliding glass door 1 –
deck facing DR |
225 |
North:
NONE East:
NONE South:
NONE |
226 |
North: 1 –
entrance 1 –
kitchen 1 –
sliding glass door South: 1 –
bedroom 1 –
triple pane 1 –
sliding glass door |
227 |
NONE |
228 |
North: 1 –
1st floor bedroom by 127 entrance 1 –
2nd floor entrance West: 2 -
1st floor small bathroom 1 –
1st floor triple pane South: 1 –
2nd floor LR |
321 |
1 –
small bathroom |
322 |
North: 1 –
entrance 1 –
Living Room (LR) South: 2 –
LR 1 –
sliding glass door |
323 |
South: 1 –
triple pane |
324 |
North: 1 –
bedroom West: 1 –
bedroom 1 –
LR South: 1 -
sliding glass door 1 –
deck facing DR |
325 |
North:
NONE East: 1 –
LR 1 -
sliding glass door South: 1
–deck facing LR |
326 |
North: 1 –
entrance 1 –
kitchen 1 –
sliding glass door South: 1 –
bedroom 1 –
triple pane 1 –
sliding glass door |
327 |
South: 1 –
sliding glass door 1 –
triple pane |
328 |
None |
-05/11/06
In an effort to mitigate water damage to your unit and curtail insurance claims against our Association, we are tracking electric hot water heater in our units for being past their manufactures suggested end of service to be flagged for replacement by the unit owner. Hot water heater are either purchased by the owner or rented from Green Mountain Power. If rented by Green Mountain Power they will be replaced at no charge with the signing of a three-year rental lease. However, the Village Association is requiring a drip pan be installed at the owner’s expense for about twenty-five dollars.
Unit # |
Orig Installed |
Age |
Replace |
Gals |
Model |
Owner |
Replacement |
#125 |
4-Jan |
0.6 |
|
|
|
Hempey |
|
#225 |
3-Feb |
1.5 |
|
50 |
|
Nielsen |
|
#325 |
Apr-95 |
9.4 |
M |
80 |
Bradford & White |
Kareivis |
75 Gal |
#126 |
Apr-98 |
6.4 |
|
50 |
Bradford & White |
Autery |
|
#226 |
Nov-81 |
22.8 |
Y |
80 |
Vaughn |
Donahue |
|
#326 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
Foti |
|
#127 |
1-Aug |
3.1 |
|
80 |
Bradford & White |
Hale |
|
#227 |
Nov-81 |
22.8 |
Y |
80 |
Vaughn |
Ries |
50 Gal |
#327 |
Nov-81 |
22.8 |
Y |
80 |
Vaughn |
Thibauit |
50 Gal |
#228 |
Jul-97 |
7.1 |
|
80 |
Bradford & White |
Mckenna |
|
#328 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
Isham |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
#221 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
Ayer |
|
#321 |
Dec-81 |
22.7 |
Y |
80 |
Vaughn |
McManus |
75 Gal |
#222 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
Malloy |
|
#322 |
Dec-81 |
22.7 |
Y |
80 |
Vaughn |
|
Replace already est 2002 |
#123 |
Aug-99 |
5.1 |
|
80 |
Bradford & White |
Mcleod |
|
#223 |
3-Oct |
0.9 |
|
75 |
|
Dodge |
|
#323 |
Dec-97 |
6.7 |
|
65 |
Bradford & White |
Johl |
|
#124 |
3-Jan |
1.6 |
|
50 |
|
Parot |
|
#224 |
3-Sep |
1 |
|
|
Owner Purchased |
Silberberg |
|
#324 |
Dec-81 |
22.7 |
Y |
80 |
Vaughn tank |
McCullough |
Owner purchased 03/2003 |
Kurt
Ries, Village Director
Owners Forum Open Issues List:
-05/06/06
1.)
Typically what happens is Assoc. ends up paying to have storage sheds cleaned out and dispose of trash.
-Not enough sheds for 21 owners
-Divide storage sheds up for individual owner use
-Store Bicycles, sporting equipment
-Lock and Keys?
-Theft
-Should not be property agent cost
-Owners committee was formed to make proposal to board to manage
2.)
Pls elaborate on the FT acronym and the concern or issue? There are currently no restrictions/guidelines on the number of residents to number of bedrooms. Any restrictions must be carefully balance with all twenty one of our owner’s needs and wishes.
Kurt>>The Village Condominiums has four types of owners:
Full time residents
Weekenders
Investment/long term renters
Investment/short term renters
These types of owner's requirements differ depending on owner needs and wishes and are quite often diametrically opposed.
The Assoc. has many legal restrictions, ie The Vermont Statutes, Title 27: Property, Chapter 15: CONDOMINIUM OWNERSHIP ACT. and our Bylaws and Rules and Regulation documents are written in such a way as not to infringe on these owner rights. Residents and the Assoc. need to respect an owner’s right to rent their units and to be very careful not to hamper/restrict an owner’s ability to rent their unit.
-As of
3.)
Kurt>>This is true, in our Village Rules and Regulations section D, number 4, states Lessees are not permitted to keep pets on the premises.
Is there an issue or concern?
-As of
4.)
Feces contain e.coli, & poop drains into mtn. brooks & streams which eventually flow out of taps. Why isn't there strict enforcement of waste removal?
Kurt>>Please advise of suggestions for more strict enforcement of waste removal.
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
-Plastic bag dispenser for pet cleanup mounted in recycle shed
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
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.
We are looking for someone like yourself to head up an Assoc. committee to, make recommendations and see if the issue can be further addressed.
-As of
5,)
The mailboxes are on
Kurt>>If this is big enough concern with you and other residents, we would be looking for someone like yourself to head up an Assoc. committee to pursue with the various Assoc. on the mountain, the resort and post office.
6.)
Kurt>>As you and I discussed in October, the Assoc. is currently getting estimates on gutters professionally installed, and if approved at the owners annual meeting we will pursue.
I am currently working through the analysis of our budget
to present a viable business case for the gutter installation and to prioritize
all our improvement efforts for recommendations at our
7.) Unit Water Meters
-Would insure owners paying fair share of water/sewer costs
-Water/Sewer
cost no longer managed by Assoc.
-Keeps coming up
-Not aware of any of the Associations that have meters on the mnt
-Owner committee needed, if owners would like to pursue
8.) Quality Touch Landscaping spreading small rocks
I called Joe the other day
regarding Quality Touch Landscaping spreading small rock out of their spreader
opposed to a salt/sand mix, I am not thrilled about my car getting hit, not to
mention it really doesn't do much for traction. Joe told me to call the company
directly which surprised me b/c I was under the impression that I was paying
him to deal with these issues through assoc. dues, am I wrong? I did however
call the company just asking for an explanation on why they chose small rock
and have heard nothing back. I just don't want to watch my car get hit with
rocks again, it really does a number on the paint.
Kurt>>I am terrible
sorry about your vehicle getting hit with rocks being spread on the parking lot
for traction by our contracted snow removal agent. Of course this is not
acceptable and needs to stop immediately.
We contacted Todd of Quality Touch Landscaping to be certain this does
not happen again and mentioned he could not return the phone call as no return
phone number was provide on the answering machine.
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.
9.) Bldg B, unit owner
had mice concerns
-Joe B consulted with Ron Hier of L/R PEST ELIMINATION SERVICE
-Buildings are about at sealed as they can be
with the installation of ext installation and siding
-10/15/06 Unit owner refused entry into
their unit
-10/24/05 Poison was distributed in Bldg B common attic space
-01/31/06 Added to Maintenance task list
-As of
10.) Bldg B owner
concerned with cluster flies
-01/31/06 Joe B took action item to consult
with exterminator
-01/31/06 Added to Maintenance task list
-05/09/06 Pest Pro mentioned use strips, spraying does not last more
than a few days
11.) Several owners had
concerns about laundry room etiquette
- It was
discussed
-Greatly inconveniencing other owners from
using the facilities
-Joe B took the task of sending memo to all
owners and placing sign on machines
-
-05/08/06 No additional complaints to date
12.)
It was discussed the MOD
Rules and Regulation document being mounted in units that are in the MOD rental
pool does have provisions for limiting parking. However the Village Bylaws and
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
13.) Satellite Dishes Placement
-12/01/05 Owner mounted Satellite Dishes on
roof chimneys of complex, since been removed
-12/22/05 Village legal resource responded to Kurt’s FAA questions,
Assoc. OK to enforce
unit deck only mounting
14.) Associate
to solicit other condo insurance company for cost savings and less stringent
restrictions
15.) Inappropriate use of trash and recycling shed
It was discussed 2005
Annual Owners meeting that the Assoc. pays several hundred dollars 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
16.) Can a ground floor unit owner install ground level patio
on the common area off their unit’s deck.
It was discussed at the
17.) Unit owner conflict issues
The Assoc. is in the process of contacting our
Assoc. legal resource for the third time now, with these latest altercations.
Two actions items came out of the Annual owners meeting on the topic:
·
Other owners to help, a support group
approach, you have several friends at the complex including your directors
willing to help
·
Assoc. sponsor a letter to offender from
the owners, with the numerous list of concerns, Assoc. legal resource to review
Bob
Fries, Owner of
Business
plan is on track
-Skiers attendance down 18% from last season
-Martin Luther and Presidents weekends were disappointing
-According Burlington Free press other VT resorts are down about the same
Opening
day ski season
-Traditionally Day after Thanksgiving
-Weds – Sat night skiing
Adding mon & tues
Resort
improvements
-New lift made a big difference
-Proposing a progressive snow park with low to the ground ramps/rails
-Remodeling main lodge Ladies bathroom, maybe mens
-New wedding pavilion completion end of August
-First wedding September 20th
-Eventually going to need to replace Wilderness lift, parts are becoming scarce
-Proposing to extend Mighty Mite to flat area between midstations
-Maybe proposing snow making on Wilderness, maybe able to grandfather permits
Mountain
Biking again this summer
-1st & 3rd weekends of the months
-Not using on new lift, $10k to add bike holders
-Using Wilderness another year
New
Ski Instructor Ed Gill
-Rated in the top 100 ski instructors
-Worked at Stowe
HWY
89 ramp exit
-Nothing in the plan
-Town has no money
-Effort is on the town
-Not being driven by resort, could be considered self serving
Redstone
development updates
-Still no firm plans at this time
Picnic loop is zoned as single housing dwellings
-Could be develop in 10 to 20 years?
Town Rezoning
-Broadway Forest District
-25 acres per dwelling
-19 lots, conceptually
-Possible development as soon as this summer
-Cannot build above 2,500 feet, ie just below lift one mid-station
Time
share update
-Their activity seems to have slowed down a bit
-Buyers are using the units and they are continuing to sell
BV/Redstone
Nordic trail improvements
-Proposing to hire full time groomer for Nordic trails
Summer
events, Mnt Biking, BAC, etc.
-Busy Summer
-Pow Wow next to sports center/Village - July 9/10
-Mtn Biking 1st weekend of each month
-Disk Golf on picnic loop
-Doe camp
-Off road Land Rover events on Wilderness
1984
storm water permit lapsed update
-Nelson Minerly, engineer and Mel Croshier working together on plan
-Better to renew/grandfather in than get new permit
-Affects resort and six condo Assoc., prior to LCA
-Estimate cost for various Assoc. , $150 renewal and engineering, along with $55 each year
-Several permit requirements the resort needs to complete by Village property
Kurt
Ries, Village Director
Ken Richards, previous
owner of Black Bear Inn was the primary person driving the Fire District
-Nelson Minerly has a keen interest but is
not a resident
-Ken has sold the Black Bear, there is a
good chance this is a dead initiative, unless residence react
now to join the Town committee
Folks if you do not step up now and assist
the Fire District it will not come to fruition !!
-Contact Fire District board member Dave Parot if interested
-Lynda M. DesLauriers is chair of water
district now, has not been very responsive
-Dieing from lack of interest
-Have to be full time BV resident to vote, about Timberland to Broadway
-3 wells dug at BV area
What are the benefits of Fire District verse privately held corporation?
-Fire District may not reduce resident’s costs, but can control costs
-Currently the most profitable entity of mountain
-Fire District municipality would be non-profit, and owned by residents
-Currently Redstone has 10% profit margins
-Fire District would have control over rates
-
-Fire District can obtain rebates for residents on water saving devices
-Residents have control over future development and tying into system
-Fire District has no business plan for fixing infrastructure or insuring potable drinking water
Emanate domain presiding still on hold for Fire District to purchase infrastructure
-Hoping Redstone will come to their senses
Roger McCormick and Ken Richardson
have law suite pending against
-Excessive rising of sewer rates
-Not aware of any movement on these case in quite some time/years
Redstone is making repairs to the septic system
-New wells have been drilled
-Current water is surface, well water is better
-Usage went from seasonal to 80% year around residents
-Redstone has control to tie into waste water treatment plan this side of Joiner Creek
Village Assoc. has taken Water and
Sewer cost out of your assessments
-The above mention turmoil was a primary driving factor
-Along with artificially inflating Village Assessments rates to perspective buyer
-Bolton Water quality report and research posted to our Village web site
Steve McLeod Drinking Water Quality Report
-Assoc. not going to be involved, as unit
owners we are involved
-Steven McLeod discussed his finding and
write-up
-Steve’s
write-up along with the
-Darlene’s water quality findings are posted to the Village web site ad well
Kurt
Ries, Village Director
Propane
Costs:
There are several options including Propane Coop that shows good potential in lowering our heating cost, however for Village, the board is unable to find resources for a committee to explore lower pricing for our owners.
-Black Bear pays .89 w/ Agway and Associations pay 1.49 -- 2004/2005 pricing
-06/22/05 Blue Flame memo fixed pricing going up $1.49 to $1.80
-07/27/06 Blue Flame memo fixed pricing going up $1.80 to $1.95
Village, Wentworth, Courtside I & II and
Bear Run Condos are all at special Blue Flame fixed pricing of $1.95 per gallon
until end of June/July 2007. The $1.95 fixed rate offered to the Associations
on the mountain are less than Blue Flames standard prebuy pricing.
Village units use an average of 200 - 400 gals
a heating season
Standard Blue Flame 2006/2007 Prebuy pricing is
as follows:
-400
gals - $2.79
-500 -
700 gals - $2.19
-1000
gals - $2.14
Propane
Coop:
-One supplier for all Assoc. should be able to offer better price point
-If supplier is not Blue Flame Assoc. Assoc. will need to buy propane infrastructure
-Village has 20 out of 21 units heating w/ propane
-Village 3 bedroom unit 2003/2004 uses about 750 gal’s propane
-Village propane infrastructure buy-out total 3,779.86 - 2004 dollars
-A Coop would tie all the Assoc. into single vendor contract
2004/2005 dollars:
1.49 - .89 = .60 cents Gal saving
19 units x 750 gals = 14,250 gals x .60 = $8,550 total savings
3,779.86 cost / 8,550 saving = .4 years to pay off infrastructure costs
Courtside Owners Meeting May 2006:
Courtside I reacted
favorably to purchasing the propane infrastructure. An internal committee will
be formed to determine how to pass the costs (and savings) along to the gas
users in the association if this proposal passes.
-Still working out how to distribute charges as not all units have propane heat
-$11k for infrastructure, have buried tank
-Agway had no interest
-
Pres.
council has $980 in checking
-Donated by each Assoc.
-Kurt is encouraging not to spend/waste on legal fees for the water sewer disputes going on
-Nelsen looking into how distribute funds back to Assoc.
Pets,
Associations getting many complaints about pets running loose
-Town has lease law, however clause of under voice control
-Could jeopardize Assoc. master policy
-Believe Village is covered w/ our revised Bylaws and R&R
-Nelson wants to hold meeting with Assoc. and resort
-Kurt suggested this is not a resort or Assoc. issue to enforce
-Per Town of
-Assoc. having a common R&R doc would help in these types of situations
-Penalties for not cleaning up pet droppings, $25 first offense, $50 second offense
-John Herr Prop Agent using camera
-CC1 changed bylaw/RR voice control is not an option
Storm
Water Permit Explanation:
Mountain Operations and Development (Bolton Valley Resort) has received a letter from the State of Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation, Water Quality Division. It states that one of our storm water systems is currently discharging without a valid permit in violation of 10 V.S.A. $1264. Your Association was part of the original permit that expired in 1986.
To continue further with this
permitting process we will need signatures from each duly authorized
representative of the following Associations on the Notice of Intent To
Discharge Storm water: Courtside I,
Courtside II, Village, Liftline, Sports Club Condominiums, Wentworth I,
Wentworth II, Wentworth III, the
- Permit belongs to the resort
-1,400 expired permits State did not notice
-All needed Assoc. signatures obtained in 2005
What has been done?
BVR/MOD obtained an extension until
What do the Assoc. need to do?
Well before permit extension runs out:
1.) Assoc. read the following information and understand the issue
2.) Assoc. representative sign
the attached NOTICE OF INTENT (NOI)
3.) Pay cost of reinstating old permit
Early estimates, one time $150 for engineer and annual cost of $55 per impervious acre and $50 file fee per Assoc.
-Do we want to use are Pres console funds ($980) for the cost of renewing the permits?
Update on renewing Storm Water Permits:
Melody Crosier asked me to thank all of you for your
cooperation in the process of renewing the original permit. Chenette Associates
will bill each association $ 150. for his engineering inspection and doing the
“leg work”. The following is a breakdown of total impervious acreage permit fee
due the State of