Window Washing

Our building's spring window-cleaning has been scheduled for:

Monday May 7.

For your privacy, you may wish to close your blinds or curtains while this work is being done.

-kp

Mailbox Unit-Number Tags

A significant number of mailbox unit-number tags have fallen off. New tags have been made and all tags will be replaced. The new numbers will reflect the proper designations of our units (as 105 instead of 1-5 for example). Also, they will employ lock-washers to prevent loosening in the future.

-kp

KSRA Opposition Notices to the AGCO

The board's position is to support the KSRA because its mandate is in the best interests of our neighbourhood and ultimately our building. However it is up to each resident to submit opposition notices when they are forwarded to you in the future. The board will not direct residents to take specific actions, but will offer the information to allow residents to make their own decisions.

In response to some residents' feedback, future opposition notices will be posted here rather than emailed directly to owners.

Air-conditioning service: New Heat-Air Contract

Our main chiller will be activated (and our heating de-activated) sometime in May, depending on the weather. The date of this changeover will be posted so that residents can check to ensure proper functioning of their A/C units.

If a unit owner has a problem with their in-suite A/C unit, then our Declaration considers it their responsibility to service it. However in the past, residents have had difficulty finding service, especially during peak times when demand for service personnel is high. In response, the Board has negotiated an agreement with our Heat Air Mechanical contractor to provide in-unit service (and bill residents for such service directly).

The resident is under no obligation to use this contractor, but it is an option that is now available. The contractor will determine whether the service relates to in-unit elements or condominium common-supply elements and will bill either the resident or the condominium corporation accordingly.

The advantages to the resident of being included in our service contract are:
- the residential portion has been contracted at a fixed favourable rate with priority response time,
- our contractor is familiar with all aspects of our specific heat-air system.

Thanks to Harris Management, our new service contract was negotiated at reduced cost from previous years and now includes service to residential elements, with demarcated billing.

If you require in-unit heat or air conditioning service, you may call our building's service contractor directly:

Heat-Air Mechanical Services Inc.
416-661-5647
Reference MTCC 1232, 436 Wellington Street West


-kp

More On Garbage...

A reminder that large items such as furniture should not be left in the garbage room -- these items won't be picked up. Residents are responsible for arranging large-item disposal. You can easily schedule special bulk pickup by calling:

Waste Management Services
special bulk pickup dispatch
416-423-6396

This is a free service.

-kp

On Garbage...

A reminder to all residents that garbage and items for recycling should be placed in the bins inside the garbage room. It appears that someone is still placing garbage outside the garbage room door. Not only is this an eyesore, it also attracts pests and vermin.
If you don't have a key to the garbage room, please contact Gabriel at Harris Management, 416-915-9115 ext.22.
-kp

The Board Welcomes George

The board welcomes George Dumitru as the new interim Secretary.
Karin has had much on her plate lately and is stepping down to devote her time to other responsibilities, whereas her husband George has been interested in serving on the board for some time.

He has been appointed to take her place until the next AGM, when the position will be filled via election.
Many thanks to Karin for all the great work.

-kp

The Blog is Back! MTCC 1232 Updates

The board of directors looks forward to keeping you updated via this new blog, which now runs on a permanent, non-Beta template and should be here to stay. There will also be a periodic printed newsletter prepared by our property management company, Harris Management, which will compliment the online blog.

Although much has transpired since the last entry in the fall, the general focus of Harris Management has been to continue their cost-cutting mandate by finding better contracts or renegotiating our current ones more favourably. Thanks to Liron at Harris Management, our elevator contract was renegotiated $4,000 per year less (29%) than the previous contract, and our new cleaning contract with LMC saves us $8,000 per year. Similarly, costs were reduced in landscaping, management, banking fees, our gas supply contract and recently our heat-air mechanical contract. As a result, there was no increase in condominium common element fees this year.

Thanks again to Harris Management for their commitment to maintaining our building's high standards with minimal increases to our condo fees.