We will be discussing “Life Is So Good”
Lucero in EE-104 at 6:30 PM.
who learned how to read when he was 98, tells how as he describes his own remarkable odyssey across the
span of the 20th
303-231-0670.
11:30 AM, located at 370 S. Garfield (just off S. Cherry Creek Drive and East Dakota Avenue).
Enjoy a great lunch and wonderful conversations with your neighbors. Please RSVP to Sue Million at 303-
316-7190.
Amazon or Google have great web sites? You ain't seen nothin,' Dude, until you log onto our own Pelican
Pointe enhanced web site. Your first New Year's resolution: Log
click on the green words Registration Form beneath
create a user name and password. Our webmaster will reply in a few days that you are registered. You
can then access our password-protected information when it is posted on our site. If you don't have a
computer, buy one; help our economy (even though all its components are made in Southeast
your abacus. Our site continues to be a work-in-progress. Our
improve it and add new features. You'll be able to obtain current information about your community, and
what's happenin' here that affects you and your townhome. You'll be able to read our governing documents
(more interesting than John Grisham's novels); our Board Minutes; our updated Directory; our Good Help is
Hard to Find resource; and our forms.
the Pelican Pointe entrance photo. You must then
Web Site Committee will continue to
stand beneath one of the giant high-definition satellite dishes that are becoming more common at Pelican
Pointe, and absorb some cosmic rays. These satellite dishes are much larger than their predecessors (before
installation of any satellite dish that hasn't been pre-approved by our Design Review Committee and our
Board. These applications are approved 100% of the time. However, the Committee has the authority to
designate one or more sites above or on your unit for attaching that tripod. The point is to designate site(s)
which will be as aesthetically acceptable as possible, while still enabling you to obtain an optimum satellite
signal. Your HOA's concern, besides the visually-invasive appearance of the dish, is that its installation
requires holes to be drilled into our buildings. These holes can admit water and cause substantial damage to
that unit as well as neighboring units. Our Rules require each homeowner who applies for permission to have
any satellite dish installed, to execute an agreement, indemnifying the Association for the cost of any repairs
necessitated by the installation or its eventual removal. If you fail to follow these procedures, you will be
required to cause the dish and its wiring to be removed; holes to be repaired; and the costs of professional
repair-persons to be paid. We can't have our buildings looking like Swiss cheese. Please cooperate before
you settle into your surround-sound multi-seat home theater . . .
in your crawl space, usually close to the crawl space opening. Then, you can flush your toilets once and turn
on your spigots for a moment. Thereafter, if one of your incoming water lines bursts from freezing, the water
presumably will be contained in your crawl space. Advice from other sources suggests that, in lieu of closing
that valve, you leave your faucets running at a very slow volume while you are away. If water is running
through your pipes, goes the advice, the pipes are less likely to burst from ice forming within them. [Caution:
Your next water bill could be stunning!]. Your thermostat should be set to
your absence. An intelligent strategy on your part: Test that main water valve before your departure date.
Many of our homeowners have discovered, to their dismay, that their valve simply won't close or open --
because
me for suggestions of who has handled many of such replacements in our complex.
suffers damage? The answer is a resounding: Yes and No. I've written in our recent newsletters that you
must carry your own insurance policy. This is sometimes called a condominium unitowner's policy
the trade,
"deductible") for your contents and personal items, some living expenses if you are dispossessed during
reconstruction, some liability protection, some coverage for
coverage for the deductible in the HOA's own policy. Concerning "damage to the unit itself," the HOA's
policy will not cover any additions or upgrades made since the unit was originally offered. Examples are
wallpapers, extra lighting, upgraded cabinetry, carpeting and padding.
evaluation of the loss to the buildings or any part thereof. Who must absorb this $2500? I commend you to
re-read our Rules, Section IX(C), which I cannot set out here in its entirety. Generally, this provides that "the
party who or which has the primary responsibility, under the Covenants and Rules, for the maintenance of the
fixture or component which was the source or the cause of the damage, shall pay the deductible." However, if
the "proximate cause of the loss is due to the negligence of a homeowner, family member, tenant, or invitee,
the deductible shall be paid by that homeowner." Four good examples are included in this Rule. It is crucial
that you understand this Rule, since it can have a major financial impact upon you.
endangered animal eating an endangered plant? Where do forest rangers go to "get away from it all"? If you
ate both pasta and antipasto, would you still be hungry?
there is still time to call Steve Susman and have an externally mounted vent cover installed on your unit vent
opening where appropriate. Call Steve Susman at 303-394-0942 if you have any questions!!!
washing machines are constructed of a reinforced
rubber. And while they are normally good for a
pretty long time, they are also prone to eventual
failure –
you will most likely have a major disaster on your
hands when you come home. What we
recommend is that you install (or have installed by
your plumber) washing machine hoses (most likely
rubber hoses) that are reinforced
with braided stainless steel reinforcing –
will prevent the rubber hoses from bursting when
the rubber ages and becomes weaker.
to your washing machine after each use.
hoses and the typical shut-off valves serving your
washing machine.
who lives in a rather large home in Atherton,
of them) was located on the second floor of his home. His washing machine had the standard rubber hoses
and they
week long vacation, they found that a hose had broken and that the resulting outflow of water had almost
destroyed a heavy percentage of their home. They all had to live in the coach house, above their remote
message is that washing machine water hoses can cause a lot of trouble if you do not take special care!!
(Contact Dennis at 303/832-6052).
Recently: None.
month: 720-255-2255 or bobmorgan54@comcast.net
No units that we know of.
If you want your unit to appear in this space, contact Bob Morgan by the 24th
7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Lighthouse Clubhouse. We hope to see you there!!
Linda Corry, President
Mary Mulholland, Vice President
Steve Susman
Denver, CO 80247-6528
Glen Olmstead, Treasurer
Marcia Helfant
Cell Phone:
E-mail: stevesusman@comcast.net
303-668-2747
Bob Morgan,