KOOTENAY COLUMBIA SENIORS HOUSING COOPERATIVE

 

MINUTES FOR GENERAL MEETING 3800

Date: Sunday, February 17, 2008
Time: 07:00 P.M.
Location: Carpenters Hall, 2320 Columbia Avenue Castlegar, B.C.
Attendance: All members of KCSHC and the public

 

Minutes:

 

3801: Call to order

7:02PM: Elmer Verigin read an inspirational saying by the founder of the Mayo Clinic.

 

3802: Approve Agenda

M/S by Betty-Anne Mullen, Bev Onaschuck; none opposed.

 

3803: Approve Minutes Meeting 3700 as distributed

M/S by John Adams, Ron Johnson; none opposed.

 

3804: Treasurers Report  - Dorothy

  1. Financial status
  2. Other items

M/S by Dorothy Dergousoff, Cliff Paluck that Treasurer's Report be accepted as presented.  None opposed.  Dorothy also mentioned that our Year End was September 30th and our AGM will be one half-hour before our next regular GM at 7:00PM on March 16th. At this time year-end financials will be presented and officers will be elected for the coming year.

 

Elmer expressed our collective appreciation to Sharon Rollit for her continuing efforts on maintaining the website.

 

3805: Status of project Membership

  1. Membership Applications 190   
  2. Life Leases are 59 total available
    • 37 taken
    • Report on Pick #11 February 16, 2008
  3. Campus Care Complex Applications are 15
  4. Residential Lots Loan Agreement II Commitments out of 57 available
    • 32 taken

Duplex Unit 1 is now available for pick; the next pick on the 15th of March will have the opportunity to pick from D1 as well as the other remaining units.

 

Local realtors are pooling their efforts to put together a collaborative plan for marketing and promotion.

 

3806: Care Committee Report – Committee

  1. Plan of Action to develop Care Complex (status)
    • EOI Architect responses
  2. Care Managers research
  3. Status of Grants
  4. Appeal for members sign up for Campus Care Complex

Bev Onaschuck.  Five architects have responded.  Still need input from members regarding what is wanted for the care center.  

 

3807: Engineered Drawings by WSAE

  1. All submitted
  2. Final items being negotiated.

Looks like some good progress is being made.  We may also soon start to see some motion on the Emerald Green front, which will help with 14th Ave. North.

 

Selkirk Paving has proposed to give us a good deal in hauling and crushing gravel to be placed underneath asphalt.

 

Fred Houghton: asked about 14th Ave. South; meeting between new city manager, Elmer, Harry Jukes took place a few weeks back.

 

Various items discussed - lift station, booster pump, gravel in addition to 14th.  City Mgr: "According to the records, there's nothing in the budget for the next 5 years for 14th south."  Subsequent discussions led to the statement made by Councilor Hearn that "if you guys are going to build a care center, there'll be a 14th ave."

 

3808: Report on Infrastructure Construction

  1. Water lines will be started ASA weather permits in Spring 2008

 

 

3809: Promotions Committee Report – Harry Jukes

Promotions Committee Report

 

Suggestion from the floor - an advertisement with a sketch of the development indicating which lots are "sold" and "taken" for residential and life lease lots to help get the ball rolling.

 

3810: Building Committee Report – Peter Dergousoff

  1. Report on costs by recommended Contractor
  2. Recommendation for construction of Ground Floor Units
  3. Set Meeting date with Ground Floor Lessees
  • Estimate of Options Costs
  • Ground Floor Life Lease Costs Schedule
    • Home Warranty: proposed that the Home Warranty amount be pooled from all payees and used to cover eventualities rather than having it sent away to an insurance broker.
    • Administration Fee: rises to 5000 on March 14 2008; this was an incentive to bring people in prior to the cutoff date.
    • Vaulted ceilings: available if your Duplex neighbour does not want one (each unit in a duplex/triplex may choose vaulted or non-vaulted ceilings without affecting their neighbours).
  • Motion 1
Moved by Peter Dergousoff (seconded by Cliff Paluck) "that the Kootenay Columbia Seniors Housing Cooperative give consideration for a contract award to Alto Construction Limited of 720-999 West Broadway, Vancouver, B.C. V5Z1K5 as per the appended:
  1. Costs Schedule for total construction
  2. Estimate of Options
Approval of this motion will enable the Building Committee to complete the following:
  1. Review all cost savings proposed by the Contractor
  2. Review all contract conditions
  3. Review drawings with Contractor and
  4. With the committed members for Ground Floor Units
and report back at Meeting 3900 with a final schedule of costs"
Questions: Prices will hold through 2009; Contractor will try to hire locally. This is not a decision to hire the contractor, but to consider the contractor.  Who are the principals, and is there a stipulation about local labour?  Gordon Sookaveiff.  All subtrades are local.
Carried -- no opposed or abstaining.  
  • Motion 2
Moved by Peter Dergousoff (seconded by Joe ______) "that all members interested in taking the opportunity of construction of ground floor life leases must:
  1. Advise the Building Committee, in writing, no later than March 7, 2008 of their intent
  2. Qualify by paying $40,000 deposit (those having an existing loan of $40,000. are qualified) by March 14, 2008
  3. Pay a $1,000 administration fee upon signing of life lease
  4. Note that the administration fee will rise to $5,000 after March 14, 2008 "pick" date
Members are to note that
  1. Alto Construction Limited prices are firm until July 4, 2008"
Carried -- no opposed or abstaining.

 

3811: Grants status – Lori Woodhouse

  1. How many memebers are KCSHC members?
  2. Need info for grant application

Report from Grants Committee
Suggestion from Lori that KCSHC place an ad in the paper thanking the community for the support it has been providing.  

 

3812: Rules Committee – Chair - Fred Arishenkoff

  1. Preliminary Disclosure Statement
  2. Decision on Ground Floor Life Lease property designation:
    • All four (4) corners with property pins (Bare Land Strata) or
    • Unit designation (Building Strata) on entire parcel of land that contains all 59 Life Leases
    • Legal description and right to register documents the same in both instances

Clear majority prefer "Bare Land Strata" over "Building Strata"

 

3813: Landscape Committee – Chair - Jim Mullen

  1. Status
  2. Note that Maude Barlow will be at the Brilliant Cultural Center on March 05, 2008 at 7:00 P.M., Topic is: “The Inconvenient Truth about the Commodification of Water” Tickets available at Selkirk College or Otter Books in Nelson.  
Status update:
  • waiting for a copy of final engineered drawings
  • awaiting final decision on ground floor life lease property designation from Rules Committee
  • awaiting return of members from holidays
  • Maude Barlow presentation on Wednesday, March 5th, 7:00PM at the Brilliant Cultural Center (tickets available at Selkirk College campuses or Otter Books in Nelson. Tickets $10 each).  Tickets will NOT be available at the door.

 

 

3814:  Directors Items:

  1. Nominations Committee – Irene Evanoff
  2. Annual Meeting announcements

AGM will be held at 6:30PM prior to our next GM on March 16th.

 

3815:  Discussion of “Bridge Financing” Options

  1. Funding proposal from Directors

Bridge Financing Motion
M/S by Dorothy, John Adams. No opposed, no abstained. Carried.

 

3816: Adjourn

Moved by John Adams