Meeting Room at Lillian Park—Dunfield tower Thursday, March 5, 2020, 2 p.m.
Present: Kurt Low, Anne Hayes, Jim McCarthy, Graeme Adams, Kathleen Armstrong
First, a tour of both the new Lillian and Dunfield towers at Lillian Park, the common areas and amenities and a one-bedroom unit.
- Parking around 45 Dunfield – Ongoing problem of contractors leaving their vehicles in the front parking circle, blocking access for WheelTrans and other delivery or other vehicles picking up tenants.
Tenants are to go to the concierge regarding problems with access to the back entrance. - Garbage system: questions about how it will work with the elevator, pick up times etc. will there be a dedicated person for the garbage. It is still under discussion.
- Front desk/concierge – Requesting that the concierge on duty put the clock on the desk when away for a break or on an errand. Very frustrating that the clock is rarely used.
Shiplake is working on name tags for the concierges. - RentSafeTO inspection in December – Shiplake was given a conditional yellow Pass following an on-site inspection. The next inspection will be more than a year from now.
Shiplake’s website posts a full report on 45 Dunfield Avenue. - Pigeons on balconies – the contractor Shiplake uses to install netting is Pigeon Guard.
- Exterior construction projects –
- Garbage shed: Work on this project began in June 2019. The elevator transformer arrived last week and has been installed. Shed will be climate controlled to minimize odours. The concrete work is yet to be done on the perimeter around the shed. The temporary shed will be dismantled Craig will move the bins to a new location.
- Roof-membrane replacement: Contractors require a staging area in back, to be where temporary garbage shed is located. Work might begin as early as Monday, March 9. Tenants on PH floor in particular will hear scraping off of the old membrane before the new one can be installed.
- Front lobby: Contractors are working to counteract the Stack Effect – rush of cold air into lobby when anyone enters or exits front doors. Effect caused by the wind tunnel of this street.
- Visitor parking/garage work – Repairs are progressing slowly. After the P2 level work is completed, a new intercom system will be installed as well as pay parking via a portal.
Shiplake is working toward providing each unit with 4 passes a month for a max. of 24 hours each for their visitors with cars. Registering these passes will require tenants to enter a dedicated portal for visitor parking with their individual identifications. Otherwise visitors will pay parking fees of $6 or more a day at pay stations by entrances to the individual buildings. - Laundry room – The walls have been patched and the machines cleaned. On Kurt’s wish list are new flooring and laundry-folding stations in there, in new budget year.
- Short-term rentals: Shiplake’s contract with Olivia’s Housing – Kurt will push them out in the coming months. Shiplake not aware of the business causing much disruption for long-term tenants. Shiplake is more concerned about Torontonian’s leaseholders renting out their units short term now; violates lease.
- Access of 45 Dunfield tenants to new amenities – Shiplake will announce a new fob system in a few weeks. Residents will sign up in small groups for a separate fob for the Lillian Park amenities.
Tenants will register for or book the various amenities via Yuhu, then go to the concierge/front desk at Lillian Park to pick up the fob for a specific party room, e.g.
Other points:
- Ongoing problems for tenants’ booking time in the Media Room or for the guest suite at 45 Dunfield through Yuhu.
- The system of work orders/service requests submitted through Yuhu is working well.
- Shiplake will post Notices about the pending projects will be posted: work on the hydro vault (front entrance circle), garbage shed/temporary enclosure, lobby renovation, and roofing work.
- Deltera, the contractor, will hold a meeting for all tenants in April or May about progress on the various projects. Kurt meets with construction foreman every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday as often as possible.
- Shiplake’s own meetings with residents will be scheduled closer to summer
- Shiplake’s new budget year begins July 1.
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