Committee Meeting

18/12/2007

Official Meeting

Present: N. Stacey, P. Olive, J. Hanrahan, L. Foley, A. Impey, P. Whitehead, S. Shaw, J. Titterton.

Alberto the Administrator and his assistant Melanie.

Absent without apology L. Jimenez.

Neill welcomed Marco the graffiti artist to the meeting with his proposals for painting Mi-Sol’s exterior front wall, free of charge. - ~Work will start immediately after Christmas.

Alberto wrote a cheque to pay the outstanding SUMA bill of 76 Euros.

A Letter had been sent to Mr. & Mrs. Harris explaining that when they get a copy simple for the recently purchased 3 plots, the name on the account can be changed by the administrator, also a final decision can be taken about their wiring problem. Mrs Harris attended the meeting and the Administrator explained to Mrs. Harris that in all circumstances electric and water connections are only brought to the boundary of a persons land, the connection from the boundary to the house is the Owners responsibility.

The bar contract has been translated into English at a cost of 160.22 Euros plus I.V.A at 16%. This has been done so that everyone, English and Spanish can understand it. The lease in force is for 5 years. The rent should be paid by the 5^th of every month. The controversy over the new tiled floor is to be settled by a cash adjustment to the outstanding bill when receipts are provided.

So far 6 different contractors have inspected the pool. All have diagnosed serious problems, leaking pipework, bad grouting, porous cement , broken skimmers etc. A quote of 3850 Euros plus I.V.A at 16% on repairs and a quote of 580 Euros per month to maintain the pool in the future has been received so far. The pool is unnecessarily deep, and water could be saved if the depth was reduced. A vote was taken and it was unanimously agreed that the pool must undergo a complete refurbishment, and not a series of ad hoc, on the cheap repairs. The committee are still waiting for further quotes.

A list of Owners owing the greatest amount of money has been given to the Administrator who in turn will issue certificates to the Lawyer to instigate court proceedings during January 2008

Melanie was asked for a typed copy of the lst Official meeting (16/10/07) in Spanish and English.

For the past two months an advert has appeared every week in the Coastrider newspaper reading as follows: Mi-Sol Park Residents Association. Phone xxxxxxxxx. The phone number belongs to Committee member Lynne Jimenez who is quoted as saying she has nothing to do with the advert.. If anyone has any information or an explanation please advise.

Above are the minutes from the Committee meeting held in the Bar on Tuesday 18th December 2007. The next meeting will be held in the Bar on Tuesday the 8th January 2008 at 4 p.m.

I will expand on a couple of the matters raised in the meeting.

Firstly the Artist Marco showed us a book of proposed work, whilst the exact content will be left to him and his colleagues, it was agreed that nothing political, racist or generally offensive will be painted on the wall. It was checked and double checked that there will be no cost to the Community for this work to be carried out. They plan to start work immediately after Christmas during the holiday period.

It took me some time to acquire a copy of the contract for the bar lease, it transpired that Pepe did not use Mi Sol Lawyer, Rosario, to draw up the contract. I decided to have it translated into English by an authorised translator, so both Spanish and English owners can have the opportunity to read it. A copy will be posted here in a later post.

The swimming pool is proving very problematic. Six different, experienced pool maintenance companies have now had the chance to examine it, so far only one has submitted any quotation.
We are trying very hard to get the best advice we can, before making any decision on what exactly needs to be done. On top of all the other problems there now appear to be cracks in the base of the pool. However it has become clear that the time has come after 25 years of wear and tear, to have the pool fully refurbished, backed by a guarantee of the workmanship.
On the cheap ad hoc repairs will not solve the problems on a long term basis.

The Committee have expressed their wish by a unanimous vote, that the pool should be properly refurbished.

I will continue to get advice and quotes for the work, discuss the matter further in the New Year.


For a couple of months now an advert has appeared in the local Coastrider newspaper and reads :- Mi Sol Park residents Association telephone xxxxxxxxx. The telephone number quoted belongs to Committee member Lynne Jimenez, she has apparently denied having anything to do with it. Unfortunately she did not attend the meeting, so we were unable to question her about it. Why it is advertised in the newspaper, and not on Mi Sol, which after all is where the Residents live, is a mystery.