Meeting Minutes for May 2025 Board Meeting
May 2025 Board Minutes
Meeting was called to order at 6:35pm. The April 2025 minutes were approved as written.
Monday, May 12, 2025
| President: (vacant) | Vice President: Jonathan Budiardjo | Secretary: Amy Zhu |
| Treasurer: Brian Heuston | Member at Large: Kate Guttridge | Association Manager: Rachel Caponera |
Homeowners Forum
- One homeowner attended the meeting this month.
Treasurer’s Reports
- For the period ending April 30, 2025
| US Bank Checking | WaFd Bank Replacement / Special Assessment Reserve | Sound Credit Union Savings | Petty Cash | Total Assets |
| $201,437.86 | $371,799.70 | $227,841.02 | $100.00 | $801,179.02 |
| Announcements – New email for submitting all long- or short-term maintenance requests and ideas: maintenance@ambassador2.com – When entering or leaving the garage, you must wait for the gate to close before proceeding. Violations are fineable. – Only park in your assigned spot. – Friendly reminder to not leave personal items outside your door. |
Business
- We have a new association manager as of this month. Welcome, Rachel!
- We are rescheduling a fire alarm repair for the x04 stack, but trying to find a day that will give enough notice. Hopefully this will finally resolve the problems with the alarm system in that stack.
- We did not perform well on the fire inspection, as 50% of the units did not give access.
- We were given a grade of “yellow”, and a grade of red would incur a fire watch costing a few thousand a month.
- Fire extinguishers must also be replaced by next inspection.
- There have been several security incidents, including stolen bikes and a broken door to the garbage room.
- There are no signs of forced entry in the bike room, leading us to believe that the thief had a key.
- We are starting with more low-cost measures to deter theft in the bike room, such as tinting the windows, but it might be necessary to re-key the building (costly) eventually.
- We will be asking Bulger to install an astragal and get some quotes for rebuilding the garage door.
- The board has approved a bid from V&R roofing to repair the roof without anchors for now, as the anchors almost double the price. We will look at getting those installed down the road.
- One of the side walls seems to have a water intrusion that originates from outside. We are seeing whether it’s possible to limit mitigation to that unit alone as a stopgap measure, but we may need to hire a building envelope consultant to find the source, then repair and redo the stucco.
Security
- Previous Month Reported Incidents: Vehicles Reported Stolen: 0; Locker Break-Ins: 0; Package Thefts: 3
- Promptly report all security incidents to board@ambassador2.com (thefts, break-ins, broken doors/locks, etc.).
Meeting adjourned at 7:57pm.
Next Board meeting is scheduled for Monday, June 9th, 2025 at 6:30pm in the Fitness Center.
| Monthly Rule Reminders – Do not leave garage remotes in your vehicle (Rule 4.10). Small remotes that attach to key chains can be purchased from sites like Amazon (needs to be LINEAR with 8 dip switches). – You must wait for the garage gate to close completely before proceeding away from the building or to your parking space. Failure to do so can result in a fine. (Rule 3.17) |
Association Contact Information
| Association Manager | Rachel Caponera, Property Concepts(206) 935-7951 rachel@propertyconceptsinc.net | Report issues to Property Concepts**. For emergencies outside of normal business hours, call the Property Concepts emergency line at 206-935-7951 and email board@ambassador2.com to alert the board. |
| Ambassador II Board | board@ambassador2.com** | If you don’t receive a response from the board within 48 hours, please contact Ashley; your email may be treated as spam until it is added to the allow list. |
| Announcement Email List | Email board@ambassador2.com to opt in to the list (please specify your unit). | Open to all residents and owners. |
| Forum for residents and owners | www.facebook.com/groups/ambassador2seattle/*Building and Unit Number MUST be provided with requests to join the group. | This forum is for communication between residents and owners. Messages posted here are not monitored and will not alert the board or Property Concepts. It is not a reliable way to contact board members. |
** Renters are only permitted to contact Property Concepts and the Board for Emergencies and Urgent Security Issues (e.g. building point of entry that is compromised). Otherwise, the renter must contact the unit’s owner/owner’s representatives.