May 2006 Dialogue
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May 2006 Your Communication and Information Resource 2000 jam center for Obama town hall meeting Sen. Obama at Loyola town hall meeting By Jack Winans The afternoon of April 10, over 2,000 Loyola stu- dents and faculty, Edgewater and Rogers Park resi- dents and numer- ous local, state and federal repre- sentatives packed the east half of the spacious Joseph Gentile Center north of Loyola’s lakeshore campus ath- letic field to hear U.S. Sen. Barack Obama. Also present in large numbers were representatives from the print and video press. Article page Signs directed guests to special parking Board meeting 2 areas, and foot traffic was redirected to Recycling Batteries 4 the north side of the center. Management report 4 President Michael J. Garanzini, S.J., Holiday calendar 6 opened the meeting and introduced Rep. Community Calendar 6 Harry Osterman, who gave a summary ASCO annual meeting 8 of Obama’s background and his accom- Dialogue reprints 8 plishments and goals in the Senate. Zoning compromise 9 Sen. Obama then took the floor to a President Michael J. Garanzini, S.J. Bryn Mawr mural 9 fierce round of applause and laid out the Bikes on Sheridan 9 rules for this town hall meeting, which was one of a series throughout Illinois CASINO OUTING Bicyclist warning leaflet 9 schools and organizations. Basically, he Berger egg hunt 10 called for questions only, no speeches, Sponsored by the Condo breakthrough 10 no complaints and no personal prob- MECA Social Committee St. Gregory 5K walk 10 lems. However, he asked people with Home sweet home 12 those types of issues to write them May 17 — $20 per person down and pass them on to the many No refunds Water exchange 12 members of his staff present, and prom- $15 in credits April 18 ASCO meeting 13 ised a prompt response. Town Crier 13 given at the casino Sen. Obama remained after the meeting Way Out in Left Field 14 to speak with local politicians and to Respond by May 11 Casino outing 14 make himself available for formal pic- (See article, page 14) New condo law 14 tures and interviews by the press. Dialogue policy/staff 16 Page 2 Malibu East Dialogue May 2006 Please keep in mind that the meeting notes are not the official record of the MECA board meeting notes MECA Board of Directors meetings. The by Elaine W inans official minutes are generally approved at the following meeting and may be viewed or copied in the management office. MECA board meeting marble floors have been kept up and are looking good. Motions to fence part or all of our Tuesday, April 25, 2006 Kick plates will be added to the gar- parkways were defeated. 3) Springfield Electric proposal Attendance: 11 board members, 2 man- bage chute doors. Thermosan repairs agement representatives and 9 residents For the parkway, we need fencing, Tabled Not present: Cass Buscher sod and pavers in that order. 3) ASCO report 4) Holiday fund & employee awards Presiding: President Marcel Molins Tabled Sandy Chaet 5) Broken column on garage third OPEN FORUM 1 (See articles, pages 8 and 13.) 4) Garage floor Resident comments and questions: Test holes will be made and repairs 1) What is the starting date for the Martina Molins will be made if under $1,500. handicapped entrance project? We Standard Parking report MANAGEMENT REPORT have a contract that was to start Shade Little, Mgr. Items not requiring board action April 1. The Chicago Dept. of Claims Approved: 0 1) Unit sales Buildings inspectors still have not 42L $190,720 signed off on the plans. Denied: 0 Pending: 2 33K $244,000 2) Bicycle warning leaflets have been 21F $240,000 (pending) produced and are available for vol- Total: 2 2) Critical & ongoing façade inspec- unteers to pass out on Sheridan Road Garage floor coating tion sidewalks (see article, page 9). A Richard Strauss Cars have been relocated for second Due to city ordinance requirements poster based on this leaflet will be for inspections, we will have staging posted on the bicycle room door. floor garage floor coating work. 5) Pets on the façade every year. Work will TREASURER’S REPORT start on the SE corner of the building Neil Warner Sandy Chaet Recommends fencing for our park- and work west. After the pool opens, Financial statement we will keep it open by working on Balance on hand, cash and reserves ways. segments on either side of it and fin- — $3,122,813.40. 6) Sports and Entertainment ish up that section after Labor Day COMMITTEE REPORTS Neil Warner Committee will consider whether or when the pool closes. 1) Social and Educational 3) Assessment deposit ruling Sandy Chaet not to replace the pool table, which has to be moved to accommodate re- The Legal Committee will look at Three more dance classes, next is the the possibility of a two- or three-tier cha-cha. Perhaps the dance classes modeling. Finished an eight-week yoga session deposit requirement for unit buyers will be repeated in the fall. Casino based on the percentage of the pur- outing (see notice front page). Also and will start another class May 1. chase price being financed. planned is a chocolate fest on Jul. 23 7) Communications OPEN FORUM 2 and a white elephant sale on Aug. Tom Vaughan Resident comments and questions: 17. The Dialogue reports a $482.31 profit through the May issue. 1) What is happening to the old Root 2) Architecture & Aesthetics Gallery building? The building was Carol Beatty 8) TV purchased by Loyola and is being A compromise contract addendum Tom Vaughan remodeled to be the new location of was approved, covering unforeseen Need to discuss the replacement of their Fine Arts Dept. The Fine Arts costs incurred during preparation of taps beyond the A tier. Residents are Dept. is currently located in the old hallway floors for installation of the reporting that TV service is no Denny's in the 6500 block on Sheri- new carpeting. longer being affected by high winds. dan Road. That will be torn down. The “emergency exit directions” MANAGEMENT REPORT Loyola is giving a 100 year land signs near the passenger elevators on Items requiring immediate board ac- lease for that property to a devel- each floor will be reprinted in colors tion oper. It will be a mixed use build- to match the new hallway decora- 1) Exterior landscape proposals ing. tions. A bid of $8,980 for exterior land- The outside planters have been re- scaping was accepted. 2) Fencing of Sheridan and Glenlake The meeting ended at 9:48pm and went painted. into closed session. The lobby elevator area and elevator parkway May 2006 Malibu East Dialogue Page 3 Page 4 Malibu East Dialogue May 2006 Recycling at Malibu East Part 4: Batteries What’s happening By Jack Winans around the building Lead-acid batteries are by Chris Chiodo, MECA Manager the environmental success story of our time due to Assessments: Assessments are due by Garage membrane: As of April 29, the the enactment of laws. the 1st of each month. A late charge will garage membrane project will be com- More than 97 percent of be assessed for any delinquent account pleted on the second and third floors of all battery lead is recy- on the close of business on the 15th of the Garage. cled. Compared to 55% of each month. Façade inspection: Beginning in early aluminum soft drink and Please send Remittance to: May, Golf Construction along with Klein beer cans, 45% of newspapers, 26% of Malibu East Condo Assoc. & Hoffman will be working on the south glass bottles and 26% of tires, lead-acid % Sudler – 80 & east façades of the building per City of batteries top the list of the most highly 8401 Innovation Way Chicago ordinance. A detailed notice will recycled consumer product. Chicago, IL 60682-8401 go out prior to explain the scope of the Unfortunately, the same is not true of The management office will not accept work and what is required from the resi- dry-cell batteries. assessment checks. dents. Hallway remodeling project update: The fastest growing sector of the recy- Luggage carts and signing out keys: As of April 21, the first phase (painting cling industry is dry-cell batteries. We are missing a luggage cart. Please re- prep) is completed from 45th floor down Americans purchase more than two bil- member to return all carts and keys im- to the fourth floor. The second phase lion household batteries a year. The on- mediately after use. Every resident must (carpet installation) is completed from slaught of battery-powered portable elec- sign out for use of any cart or any key. the 45th floor down to the 21st floor. tronic devices has resulted in more and The door staffs, along with maintenance Please note some areas may appear un- more batteries ending up in garbage land have been informed that every resident finished or improperly fills and contributing to the leaching of must sign the register before a cart or key D done; these toxic chemicals into our ground water o n will be released. NO EXCEPTIONS. If g ot p mat- any resident would like to discuss this supplies. arb ut u r age sed with management, please feel free to In Germany it seems that every super- ecy or ba B clin our tter contact me during regular business market has a collection bin for batteries. atte g c ME ies c ries on C in hours. Please work with the em- ont se tai A In the USA there are few options.