Author Archive for Jeremy

Security Incident at Molino Street Lofts

January 27, 2008

Dear Fellow Residents:

It’s the obligation of the HOA to inform residents of important situations related to the safety and security of our community. Early Saturday morning between 1:30– 2:00 a.m. there were a series of gun shots on Molino Street at the north end of the property.

What we know is a late model silver Mercedes or BMW drove down the street and someone inside shot at three vehicles parked in front of 500 the building. These were all resident’s cars, luckily no one was injured. This situation has been turned over to the LAPD for their investigation. If you have any information about this please contact the HOA immediately.

We feel it’s the responsibility of the Board to take the necessary steps to provide the safest environment possible here in our community.

In the last several months there has been an escalation in crime in our community. We’ve had internal and external building vandalism, car break-ins on the streets surrounding the building, on the rooftop garage and across the street in the shared parking structure. Everyday there are people loitering around our property who are not residents and not guests of residents.

For the time being we will have a professional security officer placed on site during the evenings and weekends. We are also gathering bids and evaluating the possibility of installing a security camera system on the exterior of the property and common areas. We’re also looking into additional street lighting around MSL.

Our next HOA general meeting is March 3rd at 6:30 p.m. Please attend so we may discuss this situation together.

Thank you for your understanding,

MSL HOA Board

Updated CC&R Documents

Official CC&R Documents for MSL Owners/Residents:

1. Owner-Resident Contact form
MSL Owner-Resident Contact form (CLICK HERE)

2. Landlord Declaration form
MSL Landlord Declaration form (CLICK HERE)

3. Tenant Contact form
MSL Tenant Contact form (CLICK HERE)

4. Lease Addendum
MSL Lease Addendum (CLICK HERE)

5. ARC Guidelines
MSL ARC Guidelines (CLICK HERE)

6. ARC FAQ’s
MSL ARC FAQ’s (CLICK HERE)

7. Official MSL CC&R’s
MSL Official CC&R’s (CLICK HERE)
**Big File Please be patient, it’s 6+ MB

These documents have been provided to you by the MSL HOA Board, both for your convenience and public access. Please let any HOA member know if you are having difficulty with the MSL Website or accessing any necessary documentation.

All documents will be available for download 24/7 - 365 on the MSL Documents Page.

How to Contact MSL Building Management - CCS

TO CONTACT BUILDING MANAGEMENT:

CCS Management
www.ccshoamgmt.com
Phone: 818-788-1640
Fax: 818-788-1641

Community Manager:
Carol Stein
carol.stein@ccshoamgmt.com

CCS Business Hours are:
Monday – Friday 9 a.m. until 5 p.m.

If there’s a common area emergency please call 818-788-1640.
After 5 p.m. and weekends management can be reached thru their answering service.

This information is always easily accessible through our MLS About Us page…

Open Letter to Residents

January 7, 2008

Dear Fellow Residents:

It has been brought to the Board’s attention there have been recent incidents of vandalism and threatening letters directed at resident’s doors. We believe these to be domestic neighbor disputes that should have been handled in a mature, earnest way.

These specific events have been turned over to the LAPD for their investigation.

SIMPLE TIPS FOR COMMUNITY CONDUCT:

  • Make attempts to be neighborly and get to know one another.
  • Have a contact number or email if we need to reach each other.
  • If residents have questions, problems or concerns with a fellow resident - please have an objective conversation to resolve the issue.
  • If the situation is still a problem, please contact the management company or the HOA Board directly to allow us to help settle the dispute in a reasonable and fair manner.

PLEASE NOTE: Vandalism and threatening letters are in violation of the CC&R’s and finable offenses. Furthermore, it is considered unacceptable community behavior and will not be tolerated. Instances will be reported to the LAPD.

We live in a unique artist community. Please remember we share our lives here and need to show respect to one another. Let’s all make this a great 2008!

Thank you for your understanding and cooperation,

MSL HOA Board

The Dangerous Curve Sunday Event!

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Where: The Dangerous Curve Gallery
When: Sunday, November 18, 2007
Price: $7-10
begins at 7:00 p.m

Lawrence Lewis
Ryan Connor
Devon Paulson

Visit the DangerousCurve.org for more information - Check it out!

Caution - Beware of Sonic Towing Company

As posted previously Sonic Towing in the Arts District of Los Angeles continues to cause many problems for the residents of Molino Street Lofts and now the new Barker Block.

I don’t know what it will take to encourage this business to STOP endangering the lives of the residents of Molino Street Lofts.

The Tow Truck drivers seem to find amusement in dangerous 40-65 mile an hour games with 2-3 ton trucks honking, ad shouting while young Children are being rolled in strollers on Palmetto street. In addition, whenever any resident or concerned neighbor confronts them they immediately “group together” and get “hostile” - on many occasions it have been documented intimidation and/or threats of bodily harm.

Please ask Sonic Towing to stop driving wrecklessly and start using caution - this is a community now, not a vacant Block.

Can KOR Control it’s Contactors?

Seriously, this has now gotten WAY out of hand. I have spent the last hour and a half listening to a group of 7 workers eat breakfast in front of my window (WTF), there are also 3 cars unloading steel/aluminum in front of my window (did I mention all of this between the hours of 5-6:30am? FYI That is Illegal under California Law ).

Then I went out there to investigate and witnessed about 15 trucks parking on the Molino building side of the street (which aren’t supposed to be there, and witnesses a number of wreckless construction truck/workers driver “racing” to clock in on time - unacceptable).
When I asked someone to “simply slow down” they slammed on their brakes (IN A FULL SIZE utility truck) and told me to “go fu*k myself” and “don’t talk to me that way,” ( I think the poor Chap, then realized I actually live here, and am not a construction lackey). I then further explained I was calling the police, and he proceeded to peel out down Molino. (are these people they hire the minimum of maturity and or tack? are there any screening procedures? are they endangering our safety?)

Seriously what types of codes of conduct or behavioral rules does KOR enforce? I see none…time to call the LAPD on them again (I guess).

Hope everyone has a better morning than I did.

Best,

Jeremy
530-101

Sonic Towing - Driving Wrecklessly and Speeding on Palmetto

Caution - Sonic TowingI am writing this post as a request for residents to enter their complaints/comments about Sonic Towing. Currently we are assembling a “Neighborhood Letter” documenting the incidents that residents have experienced.
I cannot speak for everyone in this building but I would welcome any feedback or comments that anyone has. I have requested on many multiple occasions (4+) that they slow down; every time I am met with confrontation and silly rhetorical arguments like “how do you know exactly how fast I drive,” or “you don’t have a radar gun, so shut up,” the last one was “if you don’t like it, then move.”

*Now I think you can see where I am coming from, from my perspective it is only a matter of time until either:

A. Someone gets into an accident

B. They hit a pedestrian

Please help the neighborhood have a voice, and lets all work towards a safe, productive work/live environment.
You can also complain directly to Sonic’s Owners/Managers:
Sonic Towing
1264 Palmetto St
Los Angeles, CA 90013
(213) 626-6660

HOA Meeting Podcast Test

Here we go…testing…can u hear me?

MolinoStreetLofts.org is Alive…

Welcome to the New Official Site of the Molino Street Lofts Building. This is our first post - and we wanted to extend our welcome to new residents to the community site.

Please send any requests or feedback to help@molinostreetlofts.org