1105 Massachusetts Avenue Condominium Trust
Board of Trustees Meeting
April 27, 2023
The meeting of the 1105 Mass. Ave. Condominium Trust Board of Trustees was held on Thursday, April 27, 2023 via Zoom.
Present for the Board were Rick Landau, Marge Mulkerin, Roger O'Sullivan, Peter Sullivan and Bev Thornton. John Giannacopoulos was not available.
Also joining the meeting was Katherine Michon of unit 1F to discuss the doorbell issue.
UNIT 1F: Kathy Michon wanted to address concerns over the Board’s request that they remove the Google door nest bell. They don’t want to violate any privacy laws. They are not using the camera aspect of the bell; it is being used as a peep hole. They were told that because this is a fire safe door, they can't install a peep hole through the door. She is going to double check this fact and get back to us.
PREVIOUS MONTHS MINUTES: The minutes of the March 23, 2023 meeting were approved as presented.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT AND ACCOUNT STATUS: The most recent financials were reviewed.
BUDGET FISCAL YEAR JULY 1, 2023 TO JUNE 30, 2024: There was a question about the rental income amount on the income portion. We only budgeted 10 months because we aren’t sure if the tenant is staying. Once they vacate, we want to renovate the kitchen so we will be short a few months of rental income. The Board voted to keep fees flat for this coming year. Both condo fee and parking will remain flat.
Board approved, all in favor.
CONDOCOMMUNITIES.COM: Tabled until full board is present.
RECENT POWER OUTAGES: All items that were affected by the recent outage and surge when the power came back on have been repaired. We are working to find out about surge protection for the future. The electrician is working on the clock for the garage fan.
KNOX BOX: Elder had the Fire Department inspect the box, and everything is OK with it. It does not need to be replaced.
SOLAR PANELS: There was a request to discuss possibly installing solar panels on the mechanical penthouse roof. We don’t have enough roof space to power the common area electricity, but it might help offset some of it. This is related to the BEUDO and the city future requirements for eliminating fossil fuel usage. There is a group hired by the City of Cambridge that can help with solar or other energy savings. The BUEDO ordinance and amendments have not yet been voted on by the City Council. They first must be voted on and then funded before implementation can take place. We want to investigate other options which we can use for our roof (besides the Starry income).
MOTION: To connect with the organization that the City has hired and interact with the Blocpower group so that they can assess our electric uses and possible generation of energy in the building (to maximize our conservation efforts), seconded, all approved.
STARRY UPDATE: Starry filed bankruptcy. and we are filing the forms to get on record with their bankruptcy.
BEUDO UPDATE: Several Trustees joined in on the meetings and discussions. We are hoping for a recap of the meeting. It was an ordinance meeting, but no votes are taken.
WALK THROUGH: Peter and Bev walked through the building with Elder and noted several items.
1) The emergency exit door (at the far end of the garage) has been fixed and painted.
2) The wall facing our parking lot from building 1075 was partially painted to cover up graffiti and they did not paint the entire wall. We will ask Raj or his management company if they will paint the wall (even if it begs for a blank canvas). Maybe if we offer to paint, they will allow us to install a light that shines into the stairwell. Also ask them about the light and if we can connect it to their power.
3) Overhanging tree branches from the Red House: we will look into bringing a scissor lift onto the deck to help trim the overhanging trees from our side.
4) Wood on roof (from work on the PH decks) – already has been removed.
CHANGES TO THE DOCUMENTS: Rick is asking for a list of requested changes from everyone. We can ask some of the other condos in Cambridge for a copy of their documents to get some ideas on what we may want to change in ours.
NEXT MEETING DATE: Thursday, May 25th at 4:30 via zoom
Respectfully submitted,
ELN Management
Myra Miller
Property Manager