March Meeting - Rule Changes

At the March meeting a new board member was elected, Leon Flint, who replaced Alan St. Pierre who resigned from the board last month. One of the last things that Alan accomplished during his tenure was finding the money in the budget to pay for windows to fill the spaces on the 1st and 3rd floor hallways that are currently sealed. We will not have to make a special assessment or dip into the reserves to fund this. We have one bid at the moment and are entertaining others and hope to decide on a contractor during the April meeting.

At the request of the plow drivers, vehicles are now required to be moved by 9AM and not 10AM. A large number of stragglers caused some difficulty for the plows. In one case a resident backing out of her space almost collided with a plow. So for your safety and theirs please have your vehicles moved from the ITOA lot and the one at the top of the hill by 9AM the day after the storm.

Parking policy has been reexamined. A few minor changes have been made to fix some loopholes in the way the previous policy was worded. The new policies go into effect on April 1, 2008 and are as follows:

ITOA PARKING POLICY

EFFECTIVE 4-1-2008

1. EACH UNIT IS ALLOWED ONE ASSIGNED, NUMBERED SPACE TO BE USED BY THE UNIT OWNER OR TENANT. EACH UNIT WILL RECEIVE TWO PARKING TAGS, TO BE DISPLAYED IN THE FRONT OF VEHICLE BY OWNER/TENANT OF THE UNIT.

2. AN ADDITIONAL 6 SPACES ARE RENTED THROUGH THE ASSOCIATION AT A COST OF $50 PER MONTH. SEE ADDENDUM.

3. IF YOU ARE RENTING A SPOT FROM AN ABSENTEE OWNER, THE OWNER WILL NEED TO PUT IN WRITING TO R&E MANAGEMENT, YOUR NAME, TYPE OF VEHICLE AND THE DURATION OF THE RENTAL OF THE SPOT UNIT OWNER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR SUPPLYING TENANT WITH PARKING TAG.

4. THE REMAINING 6 VISITOR PARKING SPACES ARE ONLY TO BE USED BY VISITORS FOR A TOTAL OF 4 HOURS. THESE WILL ALSO BE CLEARLY MARKED WITH A SIGN. IF A VEHICLE IS PARKED FOR MORE THAN 4 HOURS, THE VEHICLE WILL BE SUBJECT TO TOWING AND THE UNIT OWNER COULD ALSO BE FINED.

SWAPPING A VEHICLE IN YOUR ASSIGNED SPACE WITH ONE IN VISITOR PARKING IS NOT PERMITTED AS A WAY TO EXTEND THE USE OF THE SPACE BEYOND THE 4-HOUR TIME LIMIT. THE SAME UNIT IS STILL MONOPOLIZING THE VISITOR SPOT AND DENYING OTHERS ACCESS TO IT. RESIDENTS SHOULD NOT USE VISITOR PARKING AND LEAVE THEIR ASSIGNED SPACE EMPTY.

5. IF AN UNAUTHORIZED VEHICLE IS PARKED IN A RENTED SPOT THE OWNER CAN REQUEST HAVING IT TOWED. THE VIOLATOR IS ALSO SUBJECT TO SANCTIONS.

6. ADDITIONAL VEHICLES ARE TO BE PARKED UP ON THE HILL IN THE OVERFLOW LOT THAT SACO ISLAND LP PREMITS THE ITOA TO USE IN GOOD FAITH. IT IS A GOOD IDEA TO GIVE YOUR GUESTS PARKING PASSES THAT IDENTIFY THEM AS YOUR GUEST NO MATTER WHERE THEY PLAN ON PARKING.

7. ALL 15 MINUTE PARKING SPACES ARE FOR JUST THAT, 15 MINUTES! VIOLATORS WILL BE WARNED, FINED AND/OR TOWED . EXCEPTIONS TO THIS RULE ARE FOR MOVERS, R&E, WORKERS DOING WORK ON UNITS, VENDORS LIKE PHONE, LIGHT, ORCABLE.

IF YOU ARE HAVING WORK DONE ON YOUR UNIT, OR IF YOU ARE MOVING, PLEASE NOTIFY R&E PRIOR TO THE DAY OF THE EVENT TO AVOID YOUR VENDOR OR YOURSELF BEING SUBJECT TO CONSEQUENCES.

8. THE FIRELANE IS TO BE KEPT OPEN. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE POSTAL SERVICE, FED EX, AND UPS, VIOLATORS WILL BE SUBJECT TO FINES AND/OR TOWING. (NO WARNINGS)

9. IF YOU ARE SELLING A UNIT, PLEASE NOTIFY YOUR REALTORS THAT THEIR CLIENTS AND ANY REALTOR SHOWING THE UNIT MUST PARK IN VISITOR PARKING OR USE THE ASSIGNED SPACE. THEY MUST NOT USE THE 15 MINUTE PARKING OR FIRELANE.

10. IN THE SPIRIT OF BEING NEIGHBORLY, IT IS HOPED THAT IF A CAR WITH AN ITOA TAG IS PARKED IN YOUR SPOT YOU WILL TRY TO CONTACT THAT UNIT OWNER BEFORE CALLING FOR TOWING OR R&E.