JANUARY CONDO BOARD MEETING

Your condo board, along with property manager Jodie Marion, met for the second time on Wednesday, Jan. 14.

Minutes will be available after the next meeting, when they are accepted by the board. In the meantime, here is a general summary of some of the things we discussed.

*We still do not have a full financial picture of OCSCC 953, because Brigil has still not turned over the numbers — even though the turn-over meeting was almost two months ago.

*Specific areas of concern remain unresolved: 1) contracted painting of unit doors;  2) no identification of parking spots in snow;  3) water runoff and pooling at back of #70 and side of #80;  4) front door problems (lack of weatherstripping and levelling on some, door closers malfunctioning);  5) utility door not secure.

Our property manager continues to press Brigil on all of these issues and will report to us when any of them have been settled.

*We have discussed the idea of No Parking signs along the west side of the street and proceeded with asking the City of Ottawa to provide them. Just to be absolutely clear: these signs would be on our section of Prestige Circle (i.e. where the buildings are) and would refer ONLY to the west side of the street — the sidewalk side. The prohibited area would extend from the parking lot entrance of Buildings 1 and 2, to the parking lot entrance of Building 4. With parking restricted like this, we won’t have cars parked on both sides of the street impeding navigation, especially in winter.

*Our property manager has requested quotes from three engineering firms with a view to conducting our Performance Audit and Reserve Fund Study. This must be done by the fall and will provide us, and Brigil, with a detailed look at all the building deficiencies that must be corrected.

*We have decided for the time being not to obtain quotes for parking control services, which Buildings 1 and 2 have. Although we have only five Visitor spots to serve all residents of 60-70-80-90-100, we continue to rely on residents’ awareness and goodwill. If there are problems down the road, especially when more units are sold, we will re-visit the situation.

*Condo rules are still evolving. The ones we all signed on to when we moved in here remain our guidelines for now. But our property manager is supplying the board with sample rules from other condo corporations so we can see what additional areas should be addressed and subsequently right-sized for our situation. Once we vote on a new set of rules, they will be enforced. Any resident objecting to a specific rule will, within a specific timeframe, be able to request a residents’ meeting to discuss it.

The next meeting of the OCSCC 953 condo board will be held on Tuesday, Feb. 10.