People are making my job easier. Here's what someone wrote to me last night.
Southpoint
Dear Michael
After reading your blogs, I find that I’d like to add a few
thoughts to the mix. I’ll try to be
brief.
When I bought in Southpoint, I was so happy to be living as
I had wanted for many years: ocean,
pleasant building, great location. I
love waking up for a quick glance to the sea, or watching city lights, or
seeing teenagers play at with bicycles or skateboards on the street, even during
the night. Safety, beauty, comfort,
amenities. Such simple sounding but rewarding
things. Luckily, from my apartment, all
of this and more can be seen. Along came
Wilma, and the building actually got better, even though there were severe
problems. The people of the building
brought food from their refrigerators, and many cooked on the barbecue sharing
what we had and delivering to those who could not get down the stairs. This did not require deep friendship nor
strong connections except for being human and a basic desire to use what we had
and to help others. This building could
still be like that in every way, and Wilma seems a good metaphor.
Now, we are in a campaign storm with great disruptions and major
feelings of loss for many, a fear of something, although perhaps
unarticulated. Many of us have striven
all of our lives for this. The result of
Wilma could have been more negative behavior, or better behavior. The people chose to do better things. When the people have a basic goodness, they
open up to others without rancor to find common ground based upon concern for
others. They help with understanding, not
from ego nor greed.
I hope that the people of the building choose
to remember others as well as remember the joy they had when moving here. This is a small thing to ask, respect. It is
a good building, but will remain good only if pleasantly run. Perhaps if we knew the stories of others, we’d
all be more understanding.
The next Board, whether or not I am elected, should think about the person who wrote the above "love" letter.
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Below is another take on the Balconies from a discussion with an owner. I have tried to report his remarks and idea accurately:
We could have our engineer, Bruce Bromley, re-inspect each balcony and grade them "A," "B," or "C." Those balconies graded "C," would be repaired immediately. The other repairs could be delayed. Of course, surfaces of all balconies that have had their tiles removed would be re-surfaced. The owner believes that the cost for these repairs would be one-half of what we are presently facing.
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I placed this email on yesterday's Blog, but I put it up after many readers may have read the Blog, so I am repeating it here:
Dear Director Michael E Katz, and
Hi to the very respected board members of
Southpoint condominium and all neighbors.
We all spend money to repair common areas for instance, the lobby, elevators, gyms, our pool, but balconies are not common, not public areas, balconies completely private owner's areas.
We are not trying to replace kitchens or repair a California closet.
To take care of the balcony is the responsibility of the unit owner, if the balcony is in bad
condition it is the unit owner's negligence.
If in any
bathroom water leaks on floor
and stays there will also tile damage and if for a long period water
will damage concrete and metal rebar could show up. Does it mean
condominium must repair this
bathroom? No.
Southpoint office could help to set up repair but will bill unit owner for the repair cost.
Must tiles on the balconies be the same? No,
it could be different or even no tiles.
Shape of the balconies and color must
be same, but tiles could be different. We have different balcony doors, we
have different furniture.
So, I don’t see any reason to replace our balconies. And glass on the balcony will not add value to property, beautiful lobby, yes, nice gym with sauna, yes, spa and jacuzzi at the pool, yes, full service beach area, yes.
But glass on balconies adds very little, not in relation to very high price. And it is very hard to expect glass could stop wind.
This is my opinion, all of us unit owners have to make a decision. Thank you very much,
Andrey Koroshikh unit owner 2103N.
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Please remind your friends to check the Blog. thanks!
.mike
Michael E. Katz
Southpoint
Director
954-563-0959
Katz8356@comcast.net
www.Southpoint-Condo.Blogspot.com
