Council Meeting:  Tuesday December 1, 2015

Meeting called to order: 5:30

Council Positions

President…………………….Gord Rapson

Vice President…………….Gabriel Tecson

Secretary/Treasurer……Glen Blair

Council Member………….Dan Veller

Council Member………….Shaun Davis

 

Present: Gord Papson, Gabbie Tecson, Glen Blair, Dan Veller, and Shaun Davis

New Business: 60 amp service

• Dan Veller produced a letter from the insurance company stating that 60amp service is all that is required for apartments and condominiums.
   
  Maintenance: While the weather permits the fencing is still going on behind units A7-A16.
   
  Report from Office Manager

• Visitor Parking- Strata will be enforcing this bylaw. Parking space is very limited and everyone needs to abide by the bylaw.
   
  7.03 Any vehicle parked in any area other than a designated parking stall (including visitor’s parking stalls) for more than 48 hours without permission by the Strata Council will be towed without notification and at the sole risk and expense of the vehicle Owner.
  
  
• Complaint letter- There was 2 complaint letters.
  1)-regarding a dispute between 2 separate units
  2)-noise bylaw infraction
   
• Owner Information-The office will be sending out an information sheet to all owners. We need the correct contact information.
   
• Confidentiality Agreement for Council-A motion was made to have this agreement signed by each council member. More information will be discussed at the SGM later this council term.
   
• Power for Upstairs-It has been determined that the power going to the 2 large flood lights on the top of the office building is being charged to the rental unit upstairs. Strata will pay for the power consumption of these 2 lights until an electrician can redirect the wiring to the panel in the office.
   
• Tenant eviction-According to the BC Strata Property Act (Sec138 (1) ), the strata has the right to give the tenant a notice terminating the tenancy.

Eviction by Strata Corporation

138  (1) A repeated or continuing contravention of a reasonable and significant bylaw or rule by a tenant of a residential strata lot that seriously interferes with another person's use and enjoyment of a strata lot, the common property or the common assets is an event that allows the strata corporation to give the tenant a notice terminating the tenancy agreement under section 47 [landlord's notice: cause] of the Residential Tenancy Act.

 

• Bylaws regarding windows and doors- A motion was made to discuss at the upcoming SGM (later in this council term) that the doors be changed to a 6 panel door.
   
• Fines-The office will be giving out more fines. Non-insured vehicle, illegal parking, too many pets etc.….
   
• Office manager to take Strata Management course- It was agreed the office manager is to take the Strata Management course.

 

• Strata management- The office manager will be taking the Strata Management course offered by UBC. It must be completed in 8 months.
   
• Bed bugs- There have been some complaints regarding bed bugs. The owner needs to call a pest control company and have the unit fumigated.  The units on each side of the infested unit need to be fumigated also.
  There is information out there to help you with the process to get rid of them.
   
• Upgrade security – It was discussed that the security system needs some upgrades. This will be discussed at a later date.
   
• Waste management- It was discussed if it would be more economical if we were to bring in a large roll off bin or to continue using the maintenance staff to get rid of all of the large ticket items e.g.… couches, beds, fridges, stoves. We will address this again in a month or two.
   
  In Camera:
   
  Insurance claims: There have been no new insurance claims this year.
   
  Next Council meeting to be held: Tuesday, January 5^th @ 5:30 PM.
   
  Meeting Adjourned: 6:45