Fairlington Glen Draft
#2
Board of Directors Meeting
January 4, 2007
(4820 S. 31st St.)
Members Present: Bob Patrician, President; John Fuller,
Vice-President; Margaret Windus, Treasurer; Jasper Thomson, At-Large; Alison
Burns Trimble, Secretary
Others present: Beth Cousino, Management Agent, Cardinal;
Ricky Solares, On-Site Manger; Jim Venturino, Shiflett and Associates
Co-owners present: Tevis Smith (Ct 10); Maynard Dixon (Ct
16); Mary Helen Madden (Ct 4); Bob Wilson (Ct 12); Charlie Robbins (Ct 13); Leo
Campbell (Ct 9); Meekhofs (Ct 9)
The meeting was called to order by Bob Patrician at 7:31pm.
The Residents’ Forum was postponed without objection until after hearing from
Jim Venturino who came to speak to the Board about the Verizon FIOS product and
its neighborhood implementation plans.
Verizon FIOS
Jim Venturino, of Shiflett and Associates, discussed the
plans of Verizon to lay new fiber optic cable to enable bundling of local phone
service with Internet and Television capabilities. This new system is called
FIOS. Mr. Venturino represents a sub-contractor authorized by Verizon to
develop plans to install “drops” from the fiber optic cable laid in the street
to each individual home. The Board has been presented with options which may minimize the amount of trenching which might occur
should all or many of our 352 units request the FIOS service when it becomes
available in our area. Verizon has the right of way to lay
new cable however it sees fit. Options for minimizing trenching include: running
decorative molding up the backs of building units; allowing access to attic or
basement areas in each separate building and placing one Network Interface
Device on each building. The service drops include installing a 4” storage box.
The service would not be active until a customer work order was initiated and a
technician installs the final cabling from the drop box wherever it is located
within the unit. The Board will be gathering more information directly from
Verizon before signing the license agreement for design work. FIOS service may reach our area in the fall
or possibly winter of next year.
Minutes
04.01.07.01
MOTION Approve the minutes of the December 5, 2006 Board meeting as submitted. The motion carried 5-0-0.
Residents’ Forum
Mary Helen Madden informed the Board about a water
leaking/mold problem she has discovered in her unit. Ricky has been working
with her and her insurance company to identify the source of the water damage.
Cardinal is working with Ms. Madden and her upstairs neighbor to resolve the
issue.
Charlie Robbins raised concern about not receiving a full
years worth of assessment coupons. Beth Cousino said books would be mailed to
all Glen residents who did not elect Direct Deposit before the beginning of
February.
Maintenance Schedule
Bob Wilson presented the Maintenance schedule that has been
developed by the Maintenance Committee in conjunction with Ricky Solares. Bob
highlighted the need to use a higher capability software program than we
currently own (such as Access) to keep track of the work done and to replace
the hand written logs Ricky has been keeping. The new software database would
make it easier to sift through the information and create better data for
making reserve spending decisions.
04.01.07.02 MOTION Authorize
the Maintenance Committee to purchase a software program to be installed on the
Glen Office computer for the purpose of tracking maintenance work done by Glen
Staff. The motion carried 5-0-0.
Covenant Hearing
04.01.07.03 MOTION
Move into closed session for the purpose of hearing a covenant matter and to
discuss personnel policies. The motion carried 5-0-0.
04.01.07.04
MOTION Move into open session.
The motion carried 5-0-0.
04.01.07.05 MOTION
Move to adjourn. The motion carried. 5-0-0.
The meeting was adjourned at 9:47pm. A strategic planning
meeting will be held at 3525B S. Stafford on Thursday, January 11 at 7:30pm.
The next regularly scheduled meeting is Thursday, February, 1, 2007.
Respectfully submitted by,
Alison Burns Trimble
Secretary