Ambassador II Condominiums

Monday, September 8, 2014
President: Brien Sherman
Vice President: Venus Chan
Treasurer: Jay Heath
Secretary: Shaun Ross
Member At Large: Anand Singla (absent)
Association Manager: Jack Taylor

Homeowners Forum
● One homeowner was present at the meeting this month.

Meeting was called to order at 6:30pm. The August 2014 minutes were approved as written.

Treasurer’s Report
For period ending August 31, 2014.
Bank, Savings and Investment Accounts
Checking: $53,858.91
Washington Federal Replacement / Special Assessment Reserve CD: $331,203.28
Sound Credit Union Savings: $211,206.79
Petty Cash: $100.00
Total Assets: $596,368.98

Committee Reports
● The security committee is looking into options to add more security to the property. There are three distinct projects (garage doors/gates, pedestrian entry doors, & video surveillance) that’ll need to work together. The committee will look into getting bids.

Security
● Reminder: Please consider having your packages delivered to your workplace or in the case of Amazon consider utilizing their lockers at select 7Eleven stores.
● Please don’t store any item in the lockers that you are unwilling to lose, as the storage lockers continue to be a favored target for thieves.
● CONTINUED REMINDER TO ALL RESIDENTS: Please wait for the garage door/gate to close completely before proceeding to your parking space or away from the building. It takes less than a minute for the door/gate to close. Homeowners with renters, please discuss this with your tenants. It’s their security too.
● A few of the antiloitering strips were damaged outside the garbage room. They have since been repaired.

Rules
● While on the property, dogs should be leashed at all times outside your unit. Please pickup after your dog and consider using Citronella collars to curb barking.
● Warm weather continues into autumn. Remember that neighbors can still hear noises coming from surrounding units. Please be aware of all audio levels and remember to shut off any wake up alarms. Your neighbors will appreciate your consideration.
● Please avoid playing video games that require jumping around, as the pounding on the floor resonates down to the ceiling of all surrounding units. Please also avoid doing calisthenics or other jumping exercises in your unit. Your neighbors below will be greatly appreciative.
● Please continue to refer to Cleanscapes or the City of Seattle website for what is recyclable: http://www.cleanscapes.com/seattle/recycling_guidelines/residential/. Thank you! Almost none of the packing inside shipping boxes is permitted in recycling bins. Styrofoam, peanuts, and air bags go in the garbage.

Old Business
● The courtyard area and garage exterior concrete walls on E Howell St and Summit Ave were pressure washed on August 28th & 29th. In addition, the garbage room and lower levels of both east building stairwells were pressure washed.
● A soft spot on another 5th floor deck was found. Preliminary inspection looks to be a simple repair, however. We’ll have to wait and see once the floor is opened up. Work is scheduled for later this fall.
● The annual HOA meeting was Wednesday, August 13th. Minutes were sent to all homeowners.
● Pruning of the alley trees was performed on August 26th. Davey Tree Experts were able to save the northernmost tree. Ivy was also removed. One diseased vine maple tree was removed from the courtyard planter as scheduled. We’re in the process of removing the stump. The disease is a common fungus that is contagious among certain plants. Unfortunately, we will likely lose other plantings to this disease and may lose some shade loving plants now that they have more sun exposure. It will be some time before anything
can be planted permanently in the area around the removed tree.

New Business
● We’ve asked Davey Tree Experts to return to the property. We have discovered that an additional alley tree stem will need to be removed, as it’s still damaging the fence.
● No new Board members were elected at the Annual Meeting. The positions of the Board members will remain the same, please see above.
● Our autumn window and vent cleaning has been scheduled for Thursday and Friday, October 2nd and 3rd. Please remove your screens in advance so that the windows may be cleaned.
● ATTENTION ALL HOMEOWNERS: Everyone may be contacted by an attorney regarding storage lockers. There is a dispute regarding ownership of “parking space #2” in the alley garage. Owners who own storage lockers numbered 46 through 65 are the only affected units. The Board has discovered documentation favorable to the homeowners. At this writing the Board does not know if the dispute over the former parking space is resolved.
● The Board is looking into replacing the fixtures at the top of each courtyard pole light. We’d like to eliminate the light pollution the current fixtures project and direct the light down towards the pavement. Three bulbs are out and are not likely to be replaced, as they add no illumination to the courtyard.
● Our annual Reserve Study, 201415 version, is available on the website. We remain in a very good financial position.

Meeting adjourned: 7:25pm.
Next Board meeting is scheduled for Monday, October 13, 2014 at 6:30pm in Unit E108.
Ambassador II Condominium Homeowners Association:
506 E Howell St, Seattle, WA 98122
( https://ambassador2.com)