Pelican Landing Condo Association
Pelican Landing Condo Association
Board of Directors Meeting Minutes
The approved minutes from the Jan 10th Board meeting have been uploaded to the website www.atriumcam.com. The password is pel53795.
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Building Elevation Certificates :
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Elevation Certificate Building A Elevation Certificate Building B Elevation Certificate Building C
Elevation Certificate Building D Elevation Certificate Building E Elevation Certificate Building F
Pelican Landing Update for Owners from the Board June 3, 2007
Now that the ‘quiet season’ is upon us (not counting tropical storms!), here is a progress report on ongoing and planned projects.
Clubhouse: The rough drywall is up in the new addition and the rough electrical, plumbing, and air conditioning inspections are done. The temporary wall has not been removed yet. All the exterior doors and windows are in. The sidewalks to the doors and to the E Building parking lot should be done this week along with the rough grading of the exterior.
Gutters: Continuing to try to prevent water intrusion, all the gutters and downspouts on the walkway sides have been cleaned and repaired and new larger gutters have been installed on the lanai sides (that side has no soffit or overhang). The installer even returned in the middle of tropical storm Barry last week to make sure everything was working.
Concrete and Re-rod repairs: Bill Kissner is finishing up repairs to B, C, and D buildings.
Painting: The exterior painting will begin tomorrow, with each building taking 2-3 weeks.
The sequence is F, D, E, A, B, C. Besides changing to the new colors approved by the owners last year, all the doors will be prepped and painted because the budget won’t allow us to do door replacements this year.
Paving Repair: Once the clubhouse project is complete, the sunken area in the E Building parking lot will be cut out (about 10 foot by 20 foot), filled and repaved.
Of the projects listed above, the gutters, painting and paving will be paid out of existing reserves. The clubhouse expenses are in reserve and, so far, have not had any cost over-runs.
Taxes: The audit review has been completed and is available to all owners along with the final 2006 budget report. Request it from Atrium Propeerty Management. That allowed us to finalize and file the taxes, which were high as expected. The final combined tax bill for state and federal for the sale of D-102 was $117,000. That was less than the worst case scenario of $140,000, but more than we had hoped for originally. This bill, plus the insurance increase of $20,000, used up most of the special assessment. Money remaining has been allocated to two required repair projects that came up this Spring.
1. Sunset deck repair because of structural weaknesses.
2. Elevator mechanical repairs to doors, sensors, and motors.
Both these projects will begin as soon as possible. In the last 10 days we have had people stuck in A Building elevator twice with the Fire Department Rescue Squad out once.
So, as you can see it will be a busy summer, but should result in a better Pelican Landing when you return. The Board won’t meet again until late August, unless there is a major problem. In August, we will be discussing how to structure the 2008 budget, including the need for a quarterly dues increase. If you have any suggestions, please pass them on to a Board member or to Atrium. Thanks for all your support, we’re all in this together!
Chuck Mallek for the Pelican Landing Association Board
FROM: THE BOARD Posted May 27, 2007
EXTERIOR PAINTING OF BUILDINGS WILL BEGIN MONDAY, JUNE 4
What you need to know:
1. The project will take 2-3 weeks for each building. The sequence will be F Building first, then D, E, A, B, and C in that order. Roughly, that works out to F and D in June, E and A in July, B and C in August. Weather and other factors make an exact schedule impossible.
2. During that time, DO NOT PARK under the building during the day. Painters will begin work about 7 am every weekday so, if you park under the building at night, have your car moved by then.
3. All snowbird cars stored under the building must be moved, so, if you are a keeper of the keys for them please move them and if your car is here, please make sure it will be moved.
4. Railings and windows will be masked off during spray painting of each side of the building, please do not remove the masking. The painter will remove it when they are done with all stages of the painting of that side.
5. Your small unit signs by your doorbell will be removed. It will be replaced with a new one after the painting.
6. When the underneath of the building is being power washed and painted it will be necessary to turn off your air conditioning for several hours so the exterior units can be covered with tarps. Please move or cover anything else underneath- grills, bikes, etc.
Thank you for your cooperation, the end result will be worth the aggravation! If you have any questions, call Chuck Mallek (475-3950)
PELICAN LANDING GOING AWAY CHECKLIST
Whenever you leave your unit unattended for an extended period of time:
Prior to leaving day:
1. Cancel newspapers
2. Forward mail
3. Make sure the Association has a working key for your unit.
Leaving Day:
1. Clean perishables from the refrigerator. Turn ice-maker to OFF (arm in up position), but leave refrigerator running.
2. Run your garbage disposal to flush it clean. Add a small amount of cooking oil to
keep it from binding up.
3. Leave dishwasher door open slightly.
4. Wrap saran wrap over the toilet bowls to keep water from evaporating. Dried up
toilets are the number one entry point for palm rats to get into your unit. Put the lid down with a heavy weight on top to prevent rodent entry.
5. Put a small amount of cooking oil in all the sink and tub/shower traps to prevent
evaporation and entry of sewer gases.
6. Leave inside closet doors ajar for air circulation.
7. Clear lanai of furniture, etc. as per hurricane preparation letter attached.
8. Unplug TV and all electronics (including cable lines). Power surges and outages are common during the summer months.
9. Set your air conditioner on auto at 80 degrees or per humidistat instructions.
10. Turn off hot water heater circuits on main breaker panel (Probably #16-17).
12. Put down hurricane shutters, lock windows and doors.
13. TURN OFF MAIN WATER SUPPLY DOWNSTAIRS.
March 8 ,2006
We have votes and proxies overwhelmingly accepting the new colors and supporting the addition to the club house. The sale of D102 has closed and we have the money in hand.
Our CPA says that any of the sale money that we spend this calendar year on our priority projects to improve and storm-proof the complex (hurricane-rated windows, expanded clubhouse, water-proofing exterior paint treatment , repair/replace gutters, soffits, fascia and flashing) will not be taxable as capital gains. Any money from the sale left over in 2007 will be taxable, so we can gain up to $50,000 in tax savings by acting now to do projects that are badly needed anyway.
Please help keep your investment in Pelican Landing sound, vote yes!
To: Board of Directors and owners of Pelican Landing November 7, 2005
Re: Most recent Pelican Briefs contents
Many of the rhetorical questions that studded the October issue of the Pelican Briefs were clearly meant to point blame. One item in particular was devoid of important facts. I quote: “Why couldn’t the sprinklers have been utilized effectively when needed rather than let grass die.” Our landscape company, Valley Crest, went over the property on Monday Nov 7th with a group of owners and board members. They explained that our area had had a very dry summer. Since we utilize well water for sprinkling, it can only be used two days a week as per Charlotte County regulations. They also said that sprinkling could not have made up for the lack of rain. The dead grass was due to an infestation of cinch bugs. These areas have been treated several times with insecticides but some spots may have to be reseeded. The editor is free to publish what she wants but the owners should know the facts. Several have notified the editor that they do not wish to receive the paper any longer.
Perhaps some of the newer owners don’t realize that about six years ago the Board of Directors voted to withdraw financial support for publishing Pelican Briefs. Even then the board felt that it was not worthy of the association’s support as a news letter. The present board has taken the further step of removing Pelican Briefs from our web site. The last issue was sponsored by “anonymous”.
It is certainly understandable why Dave Hartman resigned. I, for one, want to thank him for being a tireless and unselfish volunteer in the betterment of our association.
Sincerely,
Bob Balderson
PELICAN LANDING HURRICANE PREPARATION LIST
1.Review your insurance coverage with your agent.
a. Do a home inventory, take photos, store them somewhere off property.
b. Pack away valuables and irreplaceable items, such as family photos, legal
documents and store them off the key.
c. Make sure your coverage reflects current value, know deductible amounts
(usually higher for hurricanes), decide on necessity of flood insurance
(30 day waiting period to take effect).
2. Unit Preparation
a. If you don’t have glass lanai sliders, clear all furniture and other objects
off
the lanai. Make sure living room and bedroom sliders are locked.
b. Unplug all electronics: TV, computer, microwave, stereo.
c. Turn off water, water heater.
d. Lock front door using dead bolt lock.
e. Store all personal items, such as bicycles, grills, and chairs in your unit
or
in designated storage areas. Any loose items will be thrown away.
f. Only approved hurricane shutters may be used. See condo documents.
3. Contact Information
a. Make sure Atrium Community Managent (Brian Cartland,
941-475-1246) has your updated telephone numbers, address, e-mail,
etc. Be sure you have a list of Pelican Landing phone numbers at home.
b, Remember that, when a storm is imminent, the people on site at Pelican
Landing may be too busy to answer the phone or field questions.
PLEASE DON’T ASK THEM to do special favors for you, such as last
minute tasks or unit checking that should have been done before you left.
c. It is Association policy that any vehicles or boats on the property must be
cared for by the owner. The Association will not move them or make
arrangements to store them.
d. The Association has set up a fan out system to communicate with owners
as soon as information is available after a storm. A Board member is
assigned as contact person for each building (A-Carol Gombos,
B-Dan Beaudoin, C-Art Bubar, D-Bob Balderson, E-Chuck Mallek,
F-Larry Fetz). We will make every effort to provide you with updated
information.
e. Remember our web site, Pelicanlanding.info. We will try to keep current
information and photos on it.
f. BE PATIENT! It is very possible that during and after a storm all
communications may be down for quite a while. In a mandatory
evacuation we will all be off the key for an unpredictable amount of time.
since 2/15/06