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Board Members: Jeff Ryder, Giny Landgreen, Clyde Horn, Rick Lowen, Luther Greulich
BMC & Personnel: Diane Sollinger, Tom Weaverling
Owners & Residents: Lauren Dame, Dan Solitz, Jean Kern, Paula Rogers, Phyllis Fisher, Jeanne-Marie Moore, Esther Erford
Moved to approve Rick, Second Jeff, passed unanimously.
Paula Rogers has given up the Newsletter Production and no one has spoken up
to volunteer so far. Interested volunteers please contact the office.
Emergency Preparedness information on the WT website has been updated with
info about cell phone usage best practices.
We revived the “Emergency Preparedness Committee”. The EPC is composed of:
Giny, Phyllis, Dan, Clyde and Jean [after Sept.] Giny is chair and Tom
Weaverling is the BMC building liaison. Focus will be on what we as a community
need for emergencies and sharing that information.
Architecture & Design: Recommended that we spend $299.00 for blinds in the
office. Motion made by Giny, seconded by Rick, passed unanimously.
The garage walkway roof has been repaired and final painting will be completed
sometime during the summer.
Plates, glasses, & soft drinks plus pita and hummus have been purchased for the event.
$7599 in Trust account, $2219 at end of month with only 3 units in arrears for minor amounts. First payment [$16,000] back to reserve to make up for the Insurance Loan Payoff [~$27,000] was made. Balance in reserve is $83,817.
Window Washing service will furnish a firm date by this Friday and Owners will
be notified well in advance of the washing service.
Tom Weaverling will be taking 2 vacation days, June 16-17. A substitute will
clean the lobby, laundry room and empty all the garbage cans for those days.
The EntryGuard security system will be replaced 5/20/16.
Diane recently found out that we have an assumed business name, Willamette
Towers, in addition to our legal name, Willamette Towers Condominium. The
assumed business name is due for renewal ($50 fee). Board approved the
renewal. Motion to pay the fee for 2 more years of registration was
made by Luther, seconded by Clyde and passed unanimously. Jeanne-
Marie will check on what advantage we get for having both names registered for
our use.
Actiongrams are all completed. Luther noted the $200 increase on the Otis fees
for the year and that is in the contract we got with the elevators.
1st floor painting is completed but may be modified by Tom by adding a
complimentary paint color on the faces of the columns along the hallway to
make it a bit more stylish. This will be discussed at the next meeting.
We officially thanked BMC for a stellar year of performance as our management
company.
Smoking is still going on in the building so please report any incidents via
Actiongram or call to the office.
Earthquake Insurance pros and cons will be investigated and discussed at the
next meeting. The topic was raised before but was not chosen to be purchased
at the time. Time to re-evaluate.
Bike exit may be changed from North end to South end doors after the
installation of a disability access door auto-opener system. This is to save the
walls just inside the door as people appear to be leaning their bikes against the
wall to open the door which mars the paint and the wall.
A new committee has been formed to research “Original Equipment
Replacement”; specifically, for the building's windows so we can maintain a safe
building environment and retain a uniform appearance in our window hardware
and function, all this at a reasonable cost. An official reminder of the owner's
responsibilities about service and repair of their unit's windows is being
formulated and will be discussed at the June meeting. Tom, Luther, Dan and
Clyde will be on the committee to find replacement parts.
Engineers that will evaluate the need/methods of resurfacing the top level of
the garage will be found by BMC and reported to the Board. The engineering
study is part of the 2016 reserve expense plan. Garage repair expense is
scheduled in our Reserve plan for 2021.
General Meeting - Thursday, June 23, 2016 at 4:00PM