West Campus Point Association ~~ Newsletter – April 14, 2016 ~~

PLEASE NOTE: ASPHALT SEALING SCHEDULED The asphalt surfaces in: MONDAY - APRIL 18TH Clusters 950, 960 & 970 ALL vehicles (1) The cluster areas for the 900s, 920s, must be removed from all asphalt 930s, 940s, 950s, 960, and 970s. surfaces (center cluster area, entry driveway and the adjacent parking area) (2) the cluster entry driveways and the by8:00am. Backonafter (3) adjacent parking areas 12:00 noon Tuesday April 19th are scheduled for asphalt sealing. WEDNESDAY - APRIL 20TH Clusters 900, 920, 930 & 940 ALL To complete this work ALL VEHICLES vehicles must be removed from all must be removed from the asphalt asphalt surfaces (center cluster area, surfaces in each cluster, entry driveway entry driveway and the adjacent and the adjacent parking lot for parking area) by 8:00 am Back on approximately 1 ½ days. The after 12:00 noon Thursday April 21st university has given permission for WCP residents to park temporarily at BOARD MEETING SCHEDULED Devereux. A map has been sent to you The next meeting of the Board of showing where you may park. Directors will be held on April 21st 6:30 pm at WCP - 928. If you want to see how the seal coat looks several months after application, All interested owners are welcome to look at the 910s, which as has been attend. completed.

1 MEETING MINUTES ENCLOSED Sent with this email of the newsletter WEST CAMPUS ISSUES UPDATE are the approved February 16th board West Campus Lane. The poor condition meeting minutes. of West Campus Lane, in front to the Orfalea Child Care Center the road LANDSCAPE WALKS behind it next to IV school has been Regular landscape walks with the brought to university officials’ attention. gardening service are scheduled for the The university is studying whether stop 2nd Tuesday of each month at 10:30 am. signs should be installed on Slough Meet at the SW corner of Palm Plaza. Road at the intersection of West Campus Lane. The university has Regular Tierra Verde Tree Service recently repainted the pavement to (Tierra Verde is responsible for tree and bring attention to the stop signs by the hedge trimming) walks are scheduled child care center. Observe the stop signs for the third Thursday of each month at and speed limits. Campus police have 11:00am. Meet at the SW corner of Palm increased the number of patrols at West Plaza. Walks last 60-90 minutes. Campus.

All are welcome to join the landscape East Gate Update. The University has walks, but the committee has specific recently provided WCP with the new areas it will inspect. If you would like design for the east side gate. The east an area looked at, contact Dave Russo in side entry is now blocked by bollards advance. which will be replaced by a single-hinge metal gate. The replacement of the east SAFETY ISSUES AT WCP gate has been a matter of discussion by Close and Lock! Residents are reminded the board with the university for over a to lock their cars and unit doors. There year. Since the construction of WCP in have been break-ins and thefts at WCP 1986, the east entry for WCP has been by people simply trying locks. One blocked by bollards. In 1986, pushback resident found a drunken young person from the local community that objected sleeping in the back of the unlocked car. to the construction of faculty housing Although we are generally a safe resulted in that entry being closed to community, we need to be aware that vehicle traffic, so that IV streets would unlocked cars and unlocked unit doors, not be used directly by West Campus as well as open garage doors can be an Point residents. invitation to theft. A number of years ago, a residents’ kayak left on the lawn The replacement of the bollards is a in front of their unit was stolen, so do safety issue now for WCP, since the not leave any valuables unattended. bollards are very heavy and the locks are not easily openable even in a non- Pedestrian/Bicycle Safety at WCP. Do emergency situation, particularly if only not ride your bicycle on narrow one person is attempting to open them. sidewalks. Recently a WCP pedestrian was nearly hit by a WCP bicyclist. On In an emergency, having a second exit WCP sidewalks, please walk your bike. from WCP is essential to our If you want to ride, please do that on the community. The plan for a single hinge perimeter road. gate with a mechanical (i.e., non- 2 electronic) lock, with WCP having board members may only do so when copies of the key was so that the design invited. was simple, it could be opened by one person easily in an emergency, and so To better serve you, if your issue has to that there would be local control. deal with regular maintenance, please During a major emergency, WCP is not do not wait for the Board meeting. necessarily the top priority for fire, Please call or email Bartlein & Company police, medical, or other emergency directly when the item comes up so that services. Although the bollards might it can be dealt with in an expeditious be aesthetically pleasing in a non- manner. emergency situation, in an emergency they block an escape route for residents.

ASSOCIATION FEE PAYMENTS The university is designing, fabricating, installing, and paying for the gate. There Please remember that your monthly has been consultation with WCP and a assessments (fees) are due on the first of set of questions has been sent to the each month and delinquent on the 15th university from WCP community input. of the month. On the 15th a 10% late fee The notification on the WCP is assessed to units who have not paid Announcements list was the blanket their fees. notification of residents for the proposed construction. The board At this time, you may want to consider awaits the university’s clarification of its having your association fees paid list of questions. automatically from your checking account. If you are interested in this free service, please call Bartlein & Company, Inc. at 569-1121. Items in previous WCP Newsletters: DO YOU HAVE ANY LANDSCAPE QUESTIONS OR MEETING ETIQUETTE REQUESTS? EXPLAINED Please do NOT speak to the MGM As you know, the Board has regular landscape crew or contact directly the meetings and all owners are welcome. business owner, Miguel Gutiérrez, In order to be efficient, the Board has about special requests. The company is allotted a slot for owners to speak for a paid by the HOA for HOA-directed few minutes at the beginning of the work. By speaking to them directly, you meeting. This way, owners do not have put the owner and crew in an awkward to stay for the whole meeting. At that position. time, owners may address the Board with their concerns. Once this part of If you have landscape issues you want the meeting is over, the Board will to bring to the board’s attention, proceed with its agenda. And during contact Dave Russo, who will convey this part of the meeting, only board the request to the landscape site members are allowed to speak. Non- supervisors.

3 Power outages. Remember that no WATER ALARMS FOR UTILITY toilets should be flushed nor any water ROOM HOT WATER TANKS allowed down the drains during a You may want to consider purchasing power outage! and installing water sensor alarms near your water heater. The sensor will Gas leaks. IMMEDIATELY EVACUATE sound an alarm when water is present the area, and from a safe location, call and is smaller than a standard smoke SoCalGas at 1-800-427-2200 24 hours a detector. Also consider a “smitty pan” day, seven days a week. You can for underneath your hot water tank. A schedule an appointment with the Gas recent WCP Announcement laid out Company to inspect your gas some other things to consider. Check appliances. your condo owners’ insurance to make Gas turnoff in an emergency, such as sure your coverage is adequate to your an earthquake. Know how to turn off needs. Check when you purchased your the gas meter, located at the side of your tank and the length of its warranty. chimney. There are wrenches in each Most ordinary tanks have a lifetime of cluster‘s electricity/phone kiosk for this only 6 or 9 years. purpose if you do not have your own.

WCP SAFETY AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS West Campus Point List of Life threatening emergency – call 911 Officers and Committees Note that cell phones calls are sometimes routed through distant HOA board locations and do not necessarily give the Term beginning December 8, 2015 emergency responders your location. • Dorothy Gonzalez, President 24 Hour UCSB Police Line – • Kary O’Brien, 1st Vice President 805-893-3446 (non-emergency) Don’t • Sarah Cline, 2nd Vice President; hesitate to call the police if you see or • Allison Moehlis, Secretary have experienced suspicious activity, • Anna Spickard, Treasurer such as car break-ins, intrusions into our pool and spa after hours, people rifling Management Company through our recycle bins. See Bartlein & Co., Dave Russo, property something, say something. manager [email protected] 24 Hour WCP Emergency Line – (805) 569-1121 ext 250 Bartlein & Co. 805-569-1121. The person on-call will attend to the Architectural Review Board emergency. representatives • Cynthia Kaplan (WCP) Reverse 911 registration. Tess Cruz (WCP) You can register with the Santa Barbara • University members: Dennis Sheriff Department: Whelan, Chuck Haines, Jack Wolever. http://www.sbsheriff.org/reverse911a.ht Coordinator for the board, Rosemary ml Peterson; assistant, Blake Cardoza

4 Capital Improvements Committee Cynthia Kaplan, Kate Metropolis

Leak Remediation Loan Repayment Committee Harold Marcuse, Gail Humphreys

Solar Committee Cathy Weinberger

Landscape Maintenance Dorothy Gonzalez Sarah Cline

Landscape Redesign Committee Dominique Jullien, chair; Paul Spickard, Anna Spickard, Shane Jimerson, Stephan Kraemer, Gail Humphreys

Tree Committee Dominique Jullien, Paul Spickard, Sarah Cline

Financial Reserve Study Committee Tess Cruz, chair; Harold Marcuse, Anna Spickard

Prepared by: Bartlein & Company, Inc. 3944 State Street; Ste 200 Santa Barbara, CA 93105 (805) 569-1121 Ph (805) 682-4341 Fax

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