December 2006/January 2007 Highlights
Board of Directors’ Meetings
Country Club Ridge Tenants Corporation

·         The touchup painting to the halls and stairways in our buildings was completed the end of December.  If any additional areas need a touchup, please advise Bob Voss or Kevin McGee.

·         Storage cages:  11 cages have been installed in Building #15, 2 additional ones in Building #81 and 2 in Building #62, with an extra 8 to be installed shortly.  These storage cages pay for themselves in a very short period of time and generate income for CCR.

·         Maintenance office computer broke down in mid-December.  It has been replaced with a new computer.  Please continue to address maintenance issues via email or phone to Bob Voss at BobVoss@ccrhartsdale.com or to Kevin McGee at Kevin.mcgee@ccrshartsdale.com, Phone #723-1919, or to Elizabeth Huthwaite, Property Manager at Hudson North at ehuthwaite@hudsonnorth.com.

·         Maintenance Committee is in the process of reviewing several areas within the complex needing additional railings for safety purposes for residents.  They are also reviewing other areas of concern related to our buildings.

·         The Property Manager has held a few meetings with our Super, Assistant Super and porters staff members, to improve communication as well as improve performance and productivity of our staff.  The board has recommended that these meetings be held on a regular basis.

·         The roof and railings over meter room of main garage is nearing completion.  Final installation of flashing on seams between walls to ensure leakage prevention still remains to be done, pending weather conditions.

·         Finance:  The board has been in contact with HSBC to organize a meeting to evaluate our CCR holdings.  This future meeting will be comprised of some members of the board as well as Finance committee members.  The Finance committee will then hold a meeting to discuss our options and anyone who wishes to attend may do so.

·         Parking:  Peter Grebski has attended 2 meetings with the Town of Greenburgh to evaluate problems, issues and possible resolutions of parking situation in our area and surrounding areas, including East Hartsdale Avenue.  Residents’ input would be helpful.  Please visit the website: www.fixEHAparking.com to voice your concerns and ideas.  You may copy the board so we will be able to add to all positive suggestions.

·         The committees all need your assistance and support.  The chairpersons of our committees are as follows:  Holly Silvestri of Finance; Peter Grebski of Maintenance; Pat Caroleo of Parking & Security; Patti LeBar of Grounds.  Please address your concerns via the board’s email address (board@ccrhartsdale.com) and direct your comments to the specific committee chair.  By doing so, it will help direct your communication to the contact person related to your specific problem and speed up the resolution process.  As always, anyone interested to contribute their time and talents to one of our committees would be welcomed.

·         Past issue of holiday decorations to note for next season.  Only our two entrances into CCR were furnished with holiday decorations and lights.  Any resident choosing to put up their own decorations/lights could do so but at their own cost and time.

House Rules:

·         In the past, there had been situations between residents, where damage had been caused by one resident to another resident’s apartment.  In some of these cases, the resident who caused the damage had insufficient insurance or none to cover the costs incurred for repairs.  The resident of the damaged apartment was then left responsible for this.  We always recommend that an owner acquire co-op/apartment insurance as it is not expensive and will save countless disputes between residents.  Therefore, by a resolution of the board, all new residents will be required to present a certificate of insurance’ on an annual basis.  A notice will be distributed to all shareholders shortly.

·         A second House Rules amendment concerning washing machines will also be modified.  As the house rule #19 stands now, if a resident owned a washing machine and/or dryer at the time of the co-op conversion and it ceased to function, it could be replaced by that resident for as long as they owned the apartment.  We are amending this house rule by a resolution of the board so that in the future, any resident in possession of these machines will not be allowed to replace them.  There have been many instances where problems have occurred due to the extra load these machines have placed on our pipes and plumbing, all of which puts stress on a system not designed for such use.  A notice will be distributed shortly informing residents of the change.  The rule stating that these residents must remove the machines when they sell the apartment will remain intact.  A notice will be distributed to all shareholders shortly.

·          Next Board meeting is scheduled for Thursday, March 1, 2007.