Some News to Share

 

Pool Building
There will be a delay in opening the pool of at least 2 weeks as there was a defective part that prevented the skylights from being installed according to our schedule. Without the skylights, the plywood/membrane that was supposed to temporarily seal the skylight openings did not work due to the heavy winds that accompanied the rain two weeks ago. As a result, they leaked quite significantly.

The project should proceed as follows:

1. It is expected that the skylights should be installed this week or next. The new skylights are white in colour to match the rest of the new roof.
2. There are a few minor repairs to be done to the ceiling due to the leaks we experienced. The contractor is absorbing the cost.
3. There are some repairs to be done to the tiles in the pool itself.
4. The tile floor will be cleaned. (more about that below)
5. The pool itself will be painted. There is an 8 year warrantee on the paint we have chosen.
6. The pool paint needs to dry (which can require  2 weeks).
7. The pool will be filled with water.
8. The water will need to be heated before it is comfortable.
9. We are discussing lowering the temperature of the pool by up to 1 degree F (to 84.5 degrees F) as the water temperature has a profound impact on the condition of the pool roof. The air temperature of the building needs to be 1.5 degrees F higher than the water.
10. We need to improve on the fans that are currently installed over the pool. We are investigating “smart” fans.
11. Depending on the efficiency of the smart fans, there is a chance we will not have to install PVC.

In summary, it will probably be at least another 4 weeks before the pool will be usable.

Dryotron
As part of the pool project, we have been paying particular attention to ventilation in the pool building. In so doing, we have determined that a relatively significant repair of the Dryotron is required. Depending on lead time, it may be accomplished before the pool building is reopened for swimming. If not, it may require closing the pool for another 2 days later in the fall.

Tennant Floor Scrubber
We took delivery of a Tennant Model T300e Floor Scrubber last Friday. The Tennant is particularly intended to improve the cleanliness of our garage floors. The tests we performed before we decided to buy were very impressive.
We will also use the machine to clean the tile floor of the pool building.


Exercise Room / Party Room
The Exercise Room and the Party Room both were repainted last weekend and they look great. We also installed new LED lights in the gym. These are the same lights that will be installed throughout the pool area. Thanks to Paulo and his brother on a job well done.

PH1 Garage Ramp - Safety Lights
In order enhance safety entering our garages, we are currently testing a light system on the PH1 garage ramp. 

There are 2 lights - an Orange light and a Red light. 

Here how the lights are supposed to work.

• If the garage door is closed when you arrive and you use your key or remote, the lights will not turn on. It indicates you have enough time to safely proceed down the ramp without the door closing.
• If you arrive when the garage door is open and the light is orange, you have time to enter the garage.
• If it is red when you arrive, you must use your key or remote to proceed safely.
• If the garage door is open when you arrive and you did not use your key or remote, the orange light is a warning that someone is probably exiting the garage. You should wait before entering.
• If the light is red when you arrive and without using your key or remote the orange light turns on, it indicates someone is exiting the garage.

In summary,

• If the red light is on, it is not safe. 
• When both lights are off, it is safe.
• When the orange light is on, proceed with caution

Annual Meeting
The annual meeting takes place next Sunday at 13:00. There were no additions to the agenda requested for this year.

RAMPE DE GARAGE PHASE 2 - PHASE 2 GARAGE RAMP

This message is to a very small minority of our co-owners

Everyone knows that our DCO specifies that co-owners are expected to provide 12 post-dated cheques to pay their condo fees.

Of our 199 co-owners, this month, the deposit on the 1st included 176 condo fees. There are some people who have credits in their accounts and another 12 people pay electronically by internet. For the rest, some bring one cheque every 1st of the month. Others simply pay late.

We wish to remind you that if you cause us to make an extra trip to the bank, you will be charged an administrative fee of $5. This month, there were 4 cheques that just came in under the wire and another 4 cheques that just missed the first deposit. These cheques were dated the 1st but not delivered on time to be included in the first deposit. Therefore it required an extra trip to the bank and those people were charged $5.

The best way to avoid these charges is to provide post-dated cheques as per the DCO. Alternatively, the office can provide the details of how to setup an electronic transfer which is free for TD Canada Trust clients.

However, if you insist on delivering one cheque at a time dated the 1st of the month, please deliver it at least a day in advance to ensure we don’t have to make an extra trip to the bank. We don’t want your $5. We want to motivate you to help us be more efficient.

Ce message s'adresse à une petite minorité de nos copropriétaires.

Vous savez tous que notre Déclaration de copropriété précise que les copropriétaires doivent fournir 12 chèques postdatés afin de payer leur frais de condo mensuels.
 
De nos 199 copropriétaires, ce mois, le dépôt du 1er incluait 176 chèques pour les frais de condo. Quelques personnes paient d'avance et 12 autres paient par voie électronique par Internet.  Pour le reste, quelques uns donnent un chèque le 1er du mois. D'autres tout simplement paient en retard.

Nous tenons à vous rappeler que si nous devons nous déplacer plusieurs fois pour effectuer les dépôts des paiements en retard, un frais administratif de $5.00 vous est chargé. Ce mois, il y a eu 4 chèques qui sont arrivés tout juste et 4 autres chèques qui ont raté le premier dépôt.  Ces chèques étaient datés du 1er mais ont été reçus au bureau après le dépôt du 1er et nous avons imputés des frais de $5.00 au compte de ces copropriétaires.

La meilleure façon d’éviter ces frais est de fournir des chèques postdatés pour l’année tel que stipulé dans notre DCO.  Le bureau peut également vous donner les détails pour vous permettre d'effectuer des transferts électroniques qui sont gratuits entre clients TD Canada Trust.
 
Toutefois, si vous insistez pour donner un chèque à la fois en date du 1er de chaque mois, s'il vous plait assurez-vous que vos chèques parviennent au bureau au moins un jour avant le 1er pour être inclus dans le dépôt du 1er.  Nous ne voulons pas de votre $5. Nous voulons seulement vous motiver à nous aider à travailler de manière plus efficace.