President Bowling reported on the following issues to the unit owners present at the Board meeting:

Security Issues;
It has come to the attention of the Board that owner's and workmen are blocking the main entry doors open to allow easy entry for materials and workmen. Blocking open the entry doors is a breach of security and is prohibited.

Only workmen and contractors with approved licenses and liability insurance, filed in the office, are permitted to work in our buildings. Workmen are to be instructed by the owner not to block the doors and to use only the service elevators for material and workmen transport. It is the unit owner's responsibility for admittance of their workmen to the building. It is the unit owner responsibility to advise the office to pad the service elevator the day before material deliveries.

Unit owners are cautioned against providing security keys to the front door to their contractors.

Licensed General. Plumbing and Air Conditioning Contractors;
The Le Baron has recently experienced numerous water leaks from faulty plumbing and remodeling work installed by unlicensed plumbers and general contractors. Leaking shower pans have been installed by unlicensed general contractors that caused damage to units below. We have also experienced fire damage to owner's units by plumbers doing soldering in major remodeling without a city building permit.

The City of Hillsboro Beach does not require a permit for service work. However, they do require the owner's contractor, prior to starting construction or remodeling, to obtain a building, plumbing, electrical and air conditioning permit for remodeling.

The Board of Directors will continue to contact the city authorities when unlicensed contractors are found working without a permit. In the past the city has issued cease and deSist orders to owners for work not permited.

The Board of Directors will continue this policy and emphatically suggest to all owners to hire only licensed and permitted contractors for work in the Le Baron Condominium.

Railings;
A survey of the balcony and catwalk railings was conducted by the association to determine the extent of bubbling of the railing paint.

The Wilma Restoration Contractor was notified of the bubbling.

The Restoration Contractor has advised the Board that the railing manufacturer has gone out of business.

The Board of Directors continues to conSider what additional action may be taken in this matter.

Trash Disposal;
We again request owners to properly dispose of construction debris and household goods. Not down the trash chutes! Paint cans are to be disposed by owners off the property not in the trash chutes.

Parking;
Parking in guest slots is by permit only. Please have your guests check into the office for a Guest Permit. If your guest is to arrive in the evening or the weekend we request the owner register their guest's car in advance in the office and obtain a guest permit. The guest parking will be strictly monitored this winter and violators will be towed.

All potential unit owners and renters are advised during their interview that only one vehicle may be registered per unit for a reserved parking space.

We have owners and renters who are abusing the parking rules both in owner's reserved spaces and in Guest parking spaces. The time limit for guest parking passes is a maximum of two-weeks.

Some people are trying to extend expired two-week guest passes multiple times for live-in companions or friends. These extensions are not allowed.

There are many cars of unit owners parked in their assigned slots that do not have a valid parking sticker. We encourage all owners to register their autos with the office and obtain a valid parking sticker. The procedure is required when owners bring new cars, leased cars or borrowed cars to the Le Baron. We request your cooperation as we try to manage the Le Baron parking.

Clubhouse Professional Cleaning:
The Board has ruled that when unit owners rent the Clubhouse, a cash deposit will be required to provide professional cleaning of the Clubhouse at the end of the rental period.

Appointment of litigation Committee for the Board of Directors:
The law firm handling our rusting door legal action has requested the Board of Directors to appoint a Litigation Committee that can make timely legal decisions in a confidential manner for the Board of Directors. President Bowling will appoint the following to serve on this committee: Sam Bowling, Jack Mahony and Don Moscone. A motion in this regard will be presented for approval to the Board of Directors at the January 25, 2010, meeting.

Status report on rusting doors legal action:
Our attorneys filed our legal action on this matter in Palm Beach County. The door distributor and manufacturer answered our action and petitioned the court to dismiss certain sections of our action. A hearing was held on January 20, 2010, and the judge denied the petitions and instructed the defendants to answer our claims within twenty 20) days.

Building Exhaust fans:
All roof mounted exhaust fans were replaced with new fans this summer. The fans were connected to existing ductwork installed forty years ago. The fans were replaced in like kind and size to those originally installed. This was all the existing roof curbs and ductwork would accommodate.

Common Area Window Replacement Project:
The windows in the Clubhouse, Exercise Room, Manager's Apartment and the Maintenance Building have been replaced with code-approved windows. The Board of Directors is currently obtaining quotations to install code approved windows in the stairwells, alcoves and laundry rooms. This work will be awarded in the near future and will be completed before hurricane season.

Bicycles Stored in Common Areas:
It has been reported to the Board of Directors that bicycles are being stored in Laundry Rooms, parking areas and on Catwalks. Bicycles must be stored in owner's units and not in common areas. Bicycles found stored in these areas will be removed and disposed.

The Board has been requested numerous times to provide a bike rack in common areas.

This matter has been discussed by the Board in the past and determined the association would assume too much liability if racks were provided.

Respectfully submitted,

Samuel M. Bowling
President of the Board of Directors