Ambassador II Condominiums

The board met this month on Monday the 9th. It has been a fairly quiet month – most of the activity pertained to gathering quotes from vendors for both our landscaping, north stairwell repair and janitorial services. The west building roof replacement has been scheduled for August.

Next month our annual homeowners meeting will be on Wednesday the 15th of August at 7:00PM in the exercise room. All residents and owners are encouraged to attend.

The July 2007 board meeting’s minutes can be viewed by clicking here. Our 2007-2008 annual budget has been posted to the documents page, and can be viewed by clicking here.

The board met as usual for the June 2007 HOA meeting. Of note our garage door for the Summit garage has been replaced and the new one is both stronger and lighter than the old version. We have scheduled our West Building roof replacement for July, and are collecting bids for a rebuild of the north stairwell.

The weather is getting warm and we would like to remind unit owners that we encourage the comfort of our residents via air conditioning units accepting that they meet certain restrictions to ensure the safety of our residents. Please read the minutes for details about air conditioners and our Rules and Regulations surrounding them.

The June 2007 board meeting’s minutes can be viewed by clicking here. Our 2007-2008 annual budget has been posted to the documents page, and can be viewed by clicking here.

The Homeowners Association board met this month on on Monday the 14th. The primary topic of discussion this month was repairs for the building. As most residents know, a visitor has damaged our garage door and we have Cressy door (our garage door contractor) working as quickly as possible to repair it. We will likely need to purchase a new door, but Cressy is hopeful that by the end of this week the door will be at least partially repaired. In the mean while we have significantly increased the number of security patrols to the building. Please be aware that until repairs are possible the Summit garage door will not be able to close and no valuables should be left in cars.

We are also in the process of receiving quotes to replace the roof on the West building. The roof is nearly due for replacement, and with the reoccurring leak in one unit a completely new roof is in order. The new roof falls under our standard operating budget.

On the topic of budgets the board has approved a 3% increase in homeowners dues for the 2008 fiscal year. This is 1% below the cost of inflation and will continue to provide for a healthy investment into our emergency reserves.

The May 2007 board meeting’s minutes can be viewed by clicking here.

There is generally very little to discuss in December so the HOA board did not meet this month. The only items of note are that a new door is being installed in the garbage room, our elevator was vandalized and subsequently fixed, and that a unit on the 5th floor has developed a minor leak that we are having fixed.

Happy holidays to all residents of the Ambassador II Condominiums.

Our elevator has been damaged and has been shut off temporarily as a safety measure. Our elevator maintenance company has been called and will be out to fix the elevator shortly. In the meanwhile please excuse the inconvenience and use the stairs. We will have the elevator back in operation as soon as possible.

Update: Elevator was fixed same day by Thyssen Krupp.

The Ambassador II homeowners board would like to remind all residents to please park only in your assigned spot. When you are parking also be careful to park in the center of your spot and pull all the way in so as to make it easier for your neighbors to park their vehicle.

In the past week we have towed a car that was parked illegally at the request of the parking slots owner. We would like to add a friendly reminder to never park in the dentists spots – they are the dentists property and they will have vehicles illegally parked in their spots towed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Over the past few months we have had problems with security in the equipment area that contains our phone, fire sprinklers, and the East building cable equipment. This equipment is housed in a room that is owned by, and that we share with, Ambassador I. No deliberate damage has occurred, but we are having problems with items being stored in our area that has inadvertently caused problems. To solve this, we have installed a gate that will secure our infrastructure a little better.

If you are having telephone service added (East or West building), or if you are having cable installed (in the East Building only) you will still need to arrange to have the main door unlocked. This is as it has been for several years. In addition, you will need to unlock the gate into our new equipment area. Your building key is all that you need to unlock the gate. This does mean that you will need to be home when the phone or cable installer is on-site. This is usually the case anyway. We are NOT giving keys to the gate to Phone or Cable installers. By the way, the lock will retain your key until the gate is re-locked, so you will need to stay there until the installer is done. If you leave your key and trust the installer to return it, and they don’t, the key replacement rules apply. If you need a new key, the charge is $100 (which goes toward the cost of re-keying the building), plus a $15 key charge. See the Rules and Regulations for key charge details.

The 2006 Annual Homeowners Meeting will be held Wednesday, August 16th, at 7 PM in the Exercise Room. The Board suggests you bring a chair to sit on.

All Homeowners are encouraged to attend. If you cannot attend please fill out and return your proxy that you will receive in the mail.

Spring has arrived and our flowers are beginning to bloom. This is a reminder that the Ambassador II gardens are here for the enjoyment of the residents, but that there will be absolutely NO additions or removals of plants or flowers from Ambassador II grounds without express permission.

The MINIMUM fine for cutting or altering plants is $100, per 6.1 of the Rules and Regulations

Associated Roofing has completed recovering the South side of the East building and has made repairs to the West building.