Hi everyone, I got back in town from Spain on Friday and haven't been
feeling well. Today was my first day back at work and I am a bit
overwhelmed. I will get the key and board to Kelli tonight but I do not
think I will be able to make it to the meeting. If there is something you
need my vote on prior to, please let me know and I can correspond via
email.
*Tiffany Harlow, Esq. tiffany.harlow@xxxxxxxxx
<tiffany.harlow@xxxxxxxxx>404-931-5567*
On Mon, Jun 4, 2018 at 10:35 AM, Kelli Reid <kellijreid@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Attached are the committee sign ups from last summer as well as my
questions regarding the April Financials. CMA, if you could address the
financial questions during or before the meeting that would be great.
Thanks,
Kelli
On Mon, Jun 4, 2018 at 9:59 AM, Kelli Reid <kellijreid@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Morning!
It said the right time on my calendar and only guy's calendar. And yup
Jackie, the invite was sent to the entire community. I've received the
acceptes, declines, and tentative responses from neighbors. I also set it
up to do a reminder 5 hours and then 30 minutes ahead of time.
Thanks,
Kelli
On Mon, Jun 4, 2018 at 9:31 AM Jackie Reedy <jackiereedy@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Ok. I'll send a reminder that it is for 6:30, correct?--
On Sun, Jun 3, 2018 at 11:07 PM, Alex Agle <alex@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
There was a discussion about whether or not we wanted to go forward with
a June 4th meeting, since the reserve study is in process.
Rather than wait until the July meeting, I felt that we did need to meet
to discuss some topics, so the scope of the meeting would be limited to
policy issues and small dollar amount expenditures.
At the end of the meeting, if the Board feels strongly that we should go
ahead and order pool furniture, then I'm ok with that. I don't remember
seeing any quotes or options, so I'm not sure if we'll be ready to make
a decision tomorrow. If necessary, we can handle that topic via email,
due to its urgency.
I believe I saw a meeting reminder sent to the entire community,
however, the calendar entry appeared for me from 5:30PM-6:30PM. The
subject did say that the meeting began at 6:30PM.
Again, the meeting is expected to last 75 minutes, but longer if we will
be discussing pool furniture.
Thanks,
Alex
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alex@xxxxxxxxx
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Subject: [highland-board] Re: June Meeting Agenda
From: Jackie Reedy <jackiereedy@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, June 03, 2018 10:47 pm
To: Highland Board <highland-board@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Thanks for the agenda Alex. I'm sorry that I missed this, but when
decide we were going to wait on making any financial decisions? Idon't see
anything in my email about the reserve study. I feel strongly that wesense
discuss purchasing additional pool furniture. I was at the pool this
weekend and chairs are very limited. Waiting until July doesn't make
when that's half way through summer. The pool lining looks great. Moreor
chairs would be an easy, additional win for the board.
Can we please discuss?
Kelli, did your invite on June 1 go to the entire Highland list serve
just to us? Wondering if I need to send a reminder tonight ortomorrow.
wrote:
Jackie
On Sun, Jun 3, 2018 at 9:40 PM, Kelli Reid <kellijreid@xxxxxxxxx>
during the
Regarding the landscaping, I believe it fell through the cracks
been ontransition of property management. I believe it may have already
issuesthe table but we had so many other items come up such as major gate
discussand the install of the new compactor, the landscaping fell through.
Regarding a common area for public files, yes, we can definitely
bethis during the meeting. Since we're on hold from making financial
decisions this is at least one area we can make strides in.
I agree on not mentioning the compactor unless it comes up. We can
verbiageprepared in case it does. That's the main reason I re-added the
theto this email.
Regarding the financials, the deficit has historically been due to
year soinsurance being paid earlier. I did print the financials from last
weI'll re-review those as well just to confirm. CMA can also confirm.
I actually forgot to mention a note about the water. That's an area
in thealways need to focus on as it's our largest expense. We're already
that Joered with water. There has been a periodic leak at the compactor
againCurtis and myself have mentioned before. I did notice it happening
something welast week. That could be the cause of our issues. So this is
reiteratewould need to at least discuss. Perhaps in the meantime we can
study.that water is the largest expense and it would be in everyone's best
interest to be mindful of water usage until we obtain the reserve
to reviewOnce we receive the study we can determine what all we can afford
reserveregarding water.
Thanks,
Kelli
On Sun, Jun 3, 2018 at 5:55 PM Alex Agle <alex@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi Kelli,
I'll make a brief comment about the fact that we are doing a
whenstudy, and that we are tabling some items until the July meeting,
gowe better understand our financial situation.
I'm not sure why unit 503 hasn't been addressed yet. The homeowner
flagged me down yesterday. I figured we could bring it to CMA's
attention.
I think having a common area for documents is a good idea. We can
a filewith a free solution or something that costs a nominal fee. For
example, dropbox comes to mind, but if users have to sign up for a
personal account to gain access, is it still a good idea? I have
storage service that we could use for free, as we did with the
in aFiber project, but what happens if I want to shut the service down
solutionfew years? We can discuss this topic via email and present a
bring upduring the July meeting.
We can mention the flange and compactor paint job if homeowners
addressedthe issue at the beginning of the meeting. Kyle inadvertently
about howthe issue on the discussion list. We'll table the conversation
involvesto block access to the compactor chute until July, since it
betweenspending money.
I noticed that with the financials, we were running a deficit
theJan-Mar. I know that we had some unexpected expenses related to
makesroofing and stucco. Fortunately, we received a large check, which
Perhaps weour April financials (and the rest of the year) look good.
throughspent a large amount on insurance, and we'll recoup that expense
reservethe rest of the year's budget. I do think that once we have the
eachstudy, we'll have to take a serious look at the HOA dues that we're
charging. When the 2012 study was done, it was recommended that
3-4% aunit get a large special assessment (perhaps $5,000?). The Board
decided against such an action and figured that raising the dues
raisedyear would be good enough. After that point, the dues weren't
financialfor one or two years, so we don't really know our long-term
alsopicture. Hopefully the study will reveal good news, but it could
are a fewtell us news that we don't want to hear.
Thanks,
Alex
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Subject: [highland-board] Re: June Meeting Agenda
From: Kelli Reid <kellijreid@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, June 03, 2018 4:15 pm
To: highland-board@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi Alex!
Thanks for putting this together. The agenda looks good! Below
majoritems I would like to see added.
1. Discuss the reserve study and the reason for holding off on
of thefinancial decisions. Maybe this should be mentioned at the top
reiteratingmeeting. I added it to the calendar invite but it's worth
theit.
We can also mention we're in constant contact with CMA regarding
Example, Unitcompletion of the study.
2. Address why concerns haven't been addressed as quickly.
last503 was discussed during the March meeting. They sent me a text
We canweek
and that's when I noticed I realized it still wasn't addressed.
board hadmention all the turn over in CMA as well as the turn over the
listlast year did not help either.
3. I noticed you mentioned the committees. Tiffany gave me the
Not sureduring
March's meeting. I scan and email that tomorrow to this group.
if
I mentioned adding minutes, facts, bylaws, etc, to some sort of
questionsshared network but that would be something beneficial for the
communications committee to take on. Often times neighbors ask
referthat have already been addressed. If they had an area they could
compactor wasto
that would be helpful.called,
4. Address the question about the clear flange, or whatever it's
in the compactor. Clarify that only the outside of the
Theto be
painted. CMA can fill us in on the options they presented to us.
Optionoptions are as follows. It's a copy and paste from Kyle's email.
details and to3
seemed like the best option but Kyle was waiting for more
voteddetermine if it could even be done. But again, this wouldn't be
thrownon
until the reserve study is complete.
I am still trying to figure out a solution for the trash that is
Here aredown the chute when the compactor/container is being emptied.
trash andour
options:
1. *Do nothing* - The drivers are supposed to pick up any
emptyingput
it in the dumpster before reconnecting. The turnaround on
that muchthe
containers is only a couple of hours and we shouldn't have
stafftrash
in that short amount of time. I will also ask the janitorial
this weto keep
area clean.
2. *Install a lock on chute door (less than $200) – *To do
chute whenwould
need a designated “trash monitor” to go out and lock the
likelythe
container is full. Unfortunately, we know that residents will
throw itjust
leave their garbage on the ground in front of the chute or
monitor”into a
recycling container. We could potentially supply the “trash
trash whilewith a
95gal trash can to place in front of the chute to collect
compactorlocked. That is a lot of work for a volunteer to do though.installed
3. *Install a slide barrier in chute (more than $200) –* This
in a lot of high-rises to prevent trash from falling into
while
being serviced (see attached). I am not sure if this
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list asto get a
quote to find out how much.board. In
Tiffany is brining the key to the mail box display and my purple
the past more neighbors emailed me to get on the distribution
addingcontact information was listed there. I can go ahead and start
already wroteinfo
and contact info there once I get the key.
I'll also have my questions about the financials ready. I
CMA being99%
of them down on Friday. I'll scan them in tomorrow in hopes of
meeting.able to fully address them during the meeting.
Thanks and enjoy the remainder of your weekend!
Kelli
Ps: Thanks for being on top of the parking!
On Sat, Jun 2, 2018 at 5:39 PM Alex Agle <alex@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi everyone,
I've attached what I'd like to cover during Monday's 6:30PM
through theIf
everything goes well, we should be able to quickly move
contract.agenda. We'll end with reviewing the CMA leasing program
until ourIn
total, I anticipate 75 minutes. I've tabled a few topics
yetJuly
meeting, since the topics involve spending money or we aren't
us. Heready
to talk about them.
Also, Kyle Scroggs received a promotion and will be leaving
us tomay
or may not be at Monday's meeting. Dennis Hoffman might join
newhelp
with the transition. I didn't remember the full name of our
knew thatproperty manager, but I think her first name is Claire. We
that heKyle's time with us would be relatively short, and I'm glad
facing. Wewas
able to help us with some of the issues our community was
-Think Good Thoughtswish you well in your new position!-Think Good Thoughts
Thanks,
Alex
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Kelli J. Reid
"One day closer to my purpose."
- KJR
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Kelli J. Reid
"One day closer to my purpose."
- KJR
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• • Jacqueline "Jackie" Reedy • •
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KWI, Inc., for Chick-fil-A
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• • Jacqueline "Jackie" Reedy • •
Corporate Communications Consultant
KWI, Inc., for Chick-fil-A
678-887-8404
jackiereedy@xxxxxxxxx | www.JackieReedy.com
http://twitter.com/jackiereedy http://www.facebook.com/jackie.reedy
-Think Good Thoughts
Kelli J. Reid
"One day closer to my purpose."
- KJR