Election Results – Winter Activities – Parking

January 15, 2009 by Administrator
Filed under: Board Notices 

Happy New Year

ELECTION RESULTS

At the Annual Meeting in November, three candidates ran for the two open Board positions. We were short of the minimum number of votes to validate the election. The Covenants require that we receive votes from at least one third of the homeowners. A follow up letter generated additional responses. The minimum was met and on December 31, as per rule, the voting was closed.

In a close vote, Ken Bierstein and Toni DeAngelo received the most votes. Rick Plavnicky was close behind. They will begin their three year term at the first meeting later this month. The involvement of any homeowner with the Board is appreciated and hopefully Rick will become an even more active participant in Riverbend. He currently monitors an unofficial Riverbend web site.

WINTER ACTIVITES

So far this winter, we have been fortunate to avoid many of most of the big storms that have been forecast. Let’s hope that our luck continues.

The Board stays in close contact with our Snow Removal contractor during the storms. Cleaning the driveways and sidewalks is paramount, either by plow, snow blower or shovel.

In spite of our best efforts, we have had incidents where residents have slipped while entering their cars in the parking spaces. That is truly unfortunate.

But as we know, getting in to clean these spaces is a challenge for our contractor. People do not move their cars from the spaces during the snowfalls, and it becomes impossible for the plows to maneuver and safely clear the spaces. We have asked the vendor to give us an estimate on cleaning snow from the parking areas and around the cars.

It is anticipated that such a removal, in a typical year, could amount to several hundred dollars per household. The contractor is reluctant to use snow blowers in such tight quarters, for fear of damaging vehicles. Everything would have to be hand shoveled. That would only be practical after the cars themselves had been cleared of the snow.

The best action would be for residents to keep a shovel and some salt/snow melt on hand in their garage and use it if they need to get to their cars before the contractor has a chance to clean the area.

PARKING

In order to best clear the driveways, move your vehicle when you see the guys removing the snow. They appreciate your cooperation and it makes it so much easier to keep the driveways/parking areas clear.

USE YOUR GARAGE. Each resident is entitled to ONE parking space plus their garage. If you have more than two cars, or you use your garage as a storage area, you need to use the street to park your second/third vehicle. It is unfair and inconsiderate to your neighbors to abuse this guideline.

The Board has the option of towing the vehicles when guidelines are violated.

Comments

One Comment on Election Results – Winter Activities – Parking

  1. Rick on Fri, 16th Jan 2009 8:09 am

    2. Congratulations to incumbents Ken & Toni on their election win. And thanks to those who supported my late candidacy with their vote. Maybe next time.

    The Board was a bit inaccurate, though, when they said

    [Rick] currently monitors an unofficial Riverbend web site.

    To monitor implies a passive role, while arranging hosting, editing as well as creating content, smoothing technical issues, updating software, and all the other stuff that goes into running a site is absolutely NOT passive. As far as unofficial goes, well, there is no official site. Perhaps the Board would like to consider hosting one? The seldom-updated EPM site seems to provide that option for the communities that they manage. Somehow I doubt that EPM would allow Residents to contribute their own content, as is permitted here. [hint, hint]

    Oh well, the only bad publicity is no publicity, as the saying goes.

    Happy New Year. And stay warm. As I write, my thermometer registers a chilly five degrees (F). Brrr.

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