UCO OPEN MEETINGS - SEPTEMBER REVISED - LIVE IN CYBERSPACE

 Dave Israel

UCO FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING - AUGUST 31, 2022 - LIVE IN CYBERSPACE

 

OPERATIONS COMMITTEE MEETING - AUGUST 30, 2022 - LIVE IN CYBERSPACE

 

FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING - AUGUST 30, 2022 - LIVE IN CYBERSPACE

 

FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING - AUGUST 29, 2022 - LIVE IN CYBERSPACE

 

CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS AT CLUBHOUSE LIBRARY

 Dave Israel

UCO WEEKLY LCAM REPORT - AUGUST 29, 2022 - LIVE IN CYBERSPACE

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Follow this link for the UCO Weekly LCAM Report by, Donald Foster - LCAM:

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https://bit.ly/3QV9Npx

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Dave Israel

NOTICE OF NEW GYM HOURS

-Dave Israel

UCO REPORTER - SEPTEMBER 2022 EDITION - LIVE IN CYBERSPACE

 

UCO Reporter, September 2022 Edition, August 26, 2022 by ucopresident on Scribd

OFFICERS COMMITTEE MEETING - AUGUST 25, 2022 - LIVE IN CYBERSPACE

 

DOG FOUND

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Dog found at Northampton P area does anyone know the owner?

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Contact Donald at UCO.

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Dave Israel

 

FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETINGS AND ZOOM LINK

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Here is the information for the Budget Meetings next week:

Monday - 8/29/2022 - Meeting Time - 11:00 AM
Tuesday - 8/30/2022 - Meeting Time -  10:00 AM
Wednesday - 8/31/2022 - Meeting Time - 10"00 AM

All meeting will have the same credential:

Join Zoom Meeting

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3341733417

Meeting ID: 334 173 3417

The Zoom link will be active 15 minutes before each scheduled start
time for the meetings.  Anyone wishing to attend the meetings via Zoom
will have to be signed in and verified before the start time of each
meeting

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Dave Israel

FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING - AUGUST 24, 2022 - LIVE IN CYBERSPACE

 

UCO WEEKLY LCAM REPORT - AUGUST 22, 2022 - LIVE IN CYBERSPACE

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Follow this link for the UCO Weekly LCAM Report by, Donald Foster - LCAM:

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https://bit.ly/3QVVjFi

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Dave Israel

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EMERGENCY OPERATIONS COMMITTEE MEETING - AUGUST 15, 2022 - LIVE IN CYBERSPACE

 

ARBITRATORS ORDER GRANTING BENENSON AND WPRF MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGEMENT - AUGUST 14, 2022

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Follow this link for the full order granting Benenson and WPRF motion for summary judgement and denying UCO motion for summary judgement:

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https://bit.ly/3JVkxBt

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Dave Israel

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UCO WEEKLY LCAM REPORT - AUGUST 15, 2022 - LIVE IN CYBERSPACE

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Follow this link for the UCO Weekly LCAM Report by, Donald Foster - LCAM:

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https://bit.ly/3SQ3FAg

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Dave Israel

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Arbitrator's Decision re Century Village's Lawsuit to Dismiss Long Term Lease:

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This post is a synopsis of the result, for the full order see:

https://bit.ly/3JVkxBt

Arbitrator's Decision re Century Village's Lawsuit to Dismiss Long Term Lease:

Third Strike against Century Village

Three Arbitrators extended Long Term Lease to 2030 ;  

Judge Curley ordered single arbitrator; 

Single arbitrator's ruling follows.

Summary: (a) Present rental structure for recreation facilities  remains in place: Approximately $100 for exclusive access; $50 for "maintenance and operation" thereof; (b) UCO must pay for Clubhouse Air-conditioning repair; (c) UCO must pay for arbitrator's fees. 

 Accordingly, having considered Lessor’s Motion for Summary Judgment, Respondent UCO’s Response, UCO’s Motion for Summary Judgment, Lessor’s Response in Opposition to UCO’s Motion for Summary Judgment, as well as UCO’s Reply, having heard oral argument of counsel, and being    otherwise fully advised in the premises, it is hereby ORDERED AND ADJUDGED as follows:

1. Lessor’s Motion for Summary Judgment is GRANTED.

2. UCO’s Motion for Summary Judgement is DENIED.

3. The HVAC Systems repairs, including those provided in the JLRD Report being performed by CJM Construction, Inc. and DebonAir Mechanical, Inc. at the Main Clubhouse at Century Village WPB are an Operating Expense for which unit owners are responsible and for which UCO should have previously approved payment of.

4. UCO must reimburse Lessor for any funds Lessor has already expended to repair the HVAC Systems at the Main Clubhouse since UCO’s refusal to pay for the repairs beginning in or around July of 2021, promptly on demand together with interest thereon pursuant to Paragraph 4(D) of the Operating Agreement.

7 Also unpersuasive is Lessee’s reliance on the agreement’s “mandatory repairs” provision (Operating Agreement ¶ 2 (O)(2)) in its attempt to avoid liability.

5.UCO is responsible to approve payment as Operating Expenses the current and ongoing repairs to the HVAC Systems at the Main Clubhouse on a going forward basis.

6.Any other expenditures related to the operation, maintenance, refurbishment, replacement, repair or supervision of the HVAC Systems at the Recreational Facilities shall be a line item on the Operational Budget and paid for as such in the future as already provided for in the Operating Agreement.

7.UCO must further reimburse Lessor for the Arbitrator’s fees and costs

pursuant to Paragraph 7(E) of the Operating Agreement. DONE AND ORDERED in Miami Dade County, Florida, this 5th day of August 2022.

posted by Richard Handelsman

NOTICE OF HASTINGS CLOSURE

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Dave Israel

BAGELS & COFFEE FREE AT CLUBHOUSE

Dave Israel

UCO BUDGET BUILD IN PROGRESS - REQUEST FOR INPUT

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Attn. all,
The UCO budget build is in progress. The UCO budget must be presented to the Delegate Assembly at the October meeting for approval.
If you have any input relevant to the UCO Budget please provide it to UCO as soon as possible.
You may send your input by Email to ucopresident@gmail.com, or treasurerone@unitedcivic.org

 or bring in written requests.

Dave Israel
UCO President

SECURITY COMMITTEE MEETING - AUGUST 5, 2022 - LIVE IN CYBERSPACE

 

DELEGATE ASSEMBLY - AUGUST 5, 2022 - LIVE IN CYBERSPACE

 

UCO WEEKLY LCAM REPORT - AUGUST 8, 2022 - LIVE IN CYBERSPACE

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Follow this link for the UCO Weekly LCAM Report by, Donald Foster - LCAM

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https://bit.ly/3P1f0dn

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Dave Israel

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THE ENCORE PLAYERS - FRENCH REVIEW

 Dave Israel

UNPERMITTED WORK - LOAD BEARING WALLS - INSURANCE

 UNPERMITTED WORK: ONE SWING OF A SLEDGHAMMER CAN EXPOSE AN ASSOCIATION TO MONTHS OF LITIGATION AND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. 

By Phil Masi, CIRMS, President, Assured Partners Insurance Agency

When a unit owner performs unpermitted and unauthorized construction to the structural components of their individual units it can have grave consequences to the condominium association’s ability to obtain future property insurance coverage for the association.  If an owner removes a load-bearing wall through unpermitted and unapproved construction work and it causes structural instability to the building this is usually going to be noticed either through obvious visual changes to the building (sagging, cracking, etc…) or by someone reporting the work to the building code department.  The building department may condemn the building until the structure is reinforced, and they may apply fines, liens, etc...  When the condo association comes up for their next property insurance renewal the property insurance carriers will ask basic underwriting questions that almost certainly would point out the building’s structural issues.  After the Champlain Towers South collapse in Surfside, there is no property insurance carrier appetite to insure any building with structural integrity issues especially buildings of the age, size, construction type, etc… of the ones at Century Village West Palm Beach.  No underwriter is going to get that approved in this current market environment.  What then ends up happening is that the association has to go bare (without property insurance coverage) until they can show proof of structural repairs so the carriers will consider providing property coverage.  The Catch-22 these boards can find themselves in is that the cost of making these structural repairs often exceed the funds the association has on hand and the association then needs to obtain loans to pay for the repairs.  The lenders will likely not provide the loans without the proof of property insurance on the buildings which the association cannot get until the repairs are made.  We have several associations throughout the State that find themselves in situations like this for various reasons including a few due to the exact issue of owners performing unlicensed & unpermitted structural work to their units.  It is basically the worst possible situation a condo association can find itself in. 

The biggest impact post-Surfside to the insurance market has been the additional underwriting questions and materials the underwriters are now asking for in order to provide a property quote on a condo association building.  With recently passed State Laws requiring structural inspections and structural reserve studies statewide this will only create more documents the underwriters can ask to review that could potentially show structural issues that may otherwise have gone unnoticed.  Our advice to all of our condo associations, especially the 25+ yr old 3 story or taller condos, is to get a handle on the structural condition of the building, do NOT put off any needed structural repairs as the damage and repair costs rise exponentially the longer you wait, keep great records of all structural work and repairs along with photos, invoices, etc… In this current environment (bad insurance market, post surfside scrutiny, supply chain disruption, inflation, lack of qualified vendors, changing lender requirements, changing real-estate sale disclosures, etc…) it is really bad for a condo association to get stuck behind the eight ball on these structural issues.  It is like quicksand.  You need to be proactive to avoid the worst-case outcomes and the very minimum an association can do is make sure condo unit owners aren’t self-creating structural issues through unapproved unpermitted work in their units. 

posted by Richard Handelsman. Assured Partners provides Insurance for WPRF properties and, through UCO, more than 280 Century Village Associations.

 

Posted by Old Nassau '67 

TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE MEETING - AUGUST 2, 2022 - LIVE IN CYBERSPACE