Highview Condominium II
Board of Directors - Meeting Minutes
February 28, 2012  7:30 p.m.

The second meeting of the 2011-2012 Highview Condominium II, Inc. Board of Directors was called to order at approximately 7:30 p.m. by Stacey Cohen, President.  Board members in attendance:  Robert Boynton, Joseph Cann, Marjorie Cannon, Stacey Cohen, Nora Colford, David Cutler, Natalie Hendrix, and Joseph Skonieczny.  Michael D’Angelo participated by telephone.  Linda Romolo attended from Wentworth Property Management.  

1)   Minutes:  Minutes of the November 22, 2012 meeting were approved.  

2)   Water infiltration:  Board reviewed bids for masonry investigation per Becht Engineering proposal.  Skonieczny will discuss with Becht and recommend contractor for board approval by e-vote.  Vote to begin by Friday.  

Maintenance update from super:  Chris Brighina joined the meeting to report on building maintenance and concerns.  

3)   Building Repair & Maintenance Report:  

      a)   Garage Stairwell Door:  Replacement completed by Minkel.  

      b)   Stairwell painting:  Completed by super.  

      c)   Entrance area tile crack and grout repairs:  Management was to locate tile.  No attempt made to do so.  Romolo now requested to seek bids for comprehensive repair as Brighina reported that the loose and cracked tiles are now also under the entrance threshold plate.  

      d)   Water supply filtering for unit L-H:  Skonieczny was to meet with plumbers and propose filtering remedy for unit L-H at next Board meeting.  No update.  

      e)   Garage ceiling:  Building has been fined by the Fire Department on account of several large holes surrounding plumbing in the garage ceiling.  The ceiling is a reinforced concrete fire-barrier that protects the residential portion of the building from any possible automobile fire.  Board requested that Romolo get three repair estimates for email vote/approval.  Costs may be passed along to unit owners as the damage has been caused by unit renovations.  

      f)    Management’s forms for written approval of unit renovations, etc.:  Romolo was asked to pass along forms to Boynton for addition to website.  

      g)   Unit inspections and smoke/CO2 detector battery replacements:  Spring inspections expected to be completed in April.  

4)   Financial Report:  

      a)   FY2012 budget:  FY2012 budget was approved.  

      b)   FY2011 Annual Meeting:  Tentative date – May or June, pending completion of audit.  

      c)   Total current balance of accounts: approximately $307,000.

5)   Legal Report:  

a)      Local Law 11 façade inspection (cycle 6) and Local Law 11 façade inspection (cycle 7): City now requesting copy of Cycle-5 report.  Romolo indicated she was unable to locate the Cycle-5 in Highview’s files and felt that it was Becht’s job to locate the Cycle-5.  Rather than refer this back to Becht Engineering who had nothing to do with the Cycle-5 inspection and was not contracted to locate or research Highview’s files in performing the Local Law 11 pre-inspection, Romolo was asked get a copy of the Cycle 5 report from appropriate City office, get the Cycle-7 report from Becht Engineering  and directly oversee the complete submission of the Cycle 7 report with whatever supporting documentation the City requests.  

b)      Rules Violations:  Per November Board meeting, the Rules & Regulations and Schedule of Fines were reviewed and final changes approved by the full board in January 2012.  

The meeting was adjourned at approximately 9:30 p.m.  

Minutes submitted by Robert Boynton, Secretary.