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Date Posted: 20:14:24 08/29/02 Thu
Hey, people. Here are the notes from our first tenants' meeting on 8-18 (NOT on 8-11, sorry about that). They aren't the best. Next time, maybe someone else should try the secretarial thing. I don't write fast enough.
Hope this is helpful.
nanc
15 Lawton
Tenants’ Meeting
8-18-02
In attendance: Ghen Zhando-Dennis, Suzanne Merrill, Aaron Langley, Zac Centers, Brigid O’Keeke, David Shoemaker, John Wollcox, John Ehlers, Wendy Wicks, Chandra Mitchell, Magdalena Turner, Derek Stringfellow, Greg Gattuso, Michael Reardon, Christoph Lardschneider, Reneé Yell, Nancy Kleaver
· Thank you, Brigid for calling this meeting! - Brigid and Zac explain they know about muggings of tenants in our building and in the neighborhood, and of her last conversation with George about what could be done to help ensure our safety. (His reaction was not positive)
· Tenants took turns described accounts of muggings, intruders, and other weirdness they have encountered over the past few weeks. Many tenants felt in the dark and unaware that these events were taking place
· We all realized that we still do not know each – the group reintroduced themselves (including apt. #)
· What’s up with.…? (other concerns and inconsistencies in communication between George and tenants)
1. the electricity meters – are we going to be expected to pay retroactive? Some us of were told by George that the electricity is on him until meters are ready
2. gas bills – many of us received insanely high gas bills when we turned over the accounts to our name; some are receiving 1 bills – one in our name and another for “Pella Realty”; Ghen noticed that her thermostat affected the heater in the hallway outside her apartment
3. laundry facilities – George keeps saying “3 weeks”, his daughter says “before it gets cold.”
4. storage space – some of us were told there would be storage space, others were not
5. what kind of business is going into the first floor? Some rumors: grocery store, bakery, gym, art gallery???
And…
6. SAFETY:
· Who is the “security guard”? Hours? (everyone had been told something different) What are his credentials? Is he armed?
· Are there really surveillance cameras and if so, who is watching them? Or is that just a sign?
· There needs to be more fencing and barbed wire on the roof
· Side (emergency) doors are not secure – people are getting in!
· The door to the roof gets left open by George’s workers – this cannot happen!
· We need more communication!
Between us (the tenants)
Between tenants and George
Between tenants and Rosario
· We must report any muggings or other suspicious behavior to the police and to each other
· Michael will send us all an email about local police precincts (will also be put on website)
· Derek advised that we only take our most immediate concerns to George, which are:
SAFETY – surveillance, security guard, secured exits, protecting the roof
LAUNDRY facilities – when is it coming?
ELECTRICITY meters – when is it coming? And are we expected to pay
retroactively
ACTION:
1. Nancy will put together a building contact sheet and email it to everyone
2. Derek will create a tenant website
3. Derek has a tack board he will give to Rosario to mount above mailboxes
4. Nancy will type up notes from this meeting and pass them on to the rest of the group for additions and edits
5. 2 tenants will take our most immediate concerns to George
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