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MSL welcomes CCS On-site Manager Alex Roman

Everyone please be sure to say hello and welcome the newest member of our community. Alex Roman is our new On-site Community Manager. He brings to us decades of management experience and his unique ability to handle the myriad of community challenges we face every day.

His office hours are Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. - 2 p.m. His office is located off the second floor hallway in 500 near the atrium stairwell. Future plans will be to convert the 3rd floor gym to a permanent HOA office and his current location will become our new larger gym. Alex can be contacted by phone at 213-404-0552 or email alex.roman@molinostreetlofts.org

Please make Alex your first point of contact for all building related issues.

Fire & Safety Inspection Date Changed

We sincerely apologize for the mistake and inconvenience:

Glendale Fire & Safety will perform inspections of each unit on Saturday, June 7th from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m.

Every Owner needs to make their unit(s) available for inspection at that time otherwise Owners need to contact CCS prior to the 7th and schedule a separate inspection.

Please contact Carol Stein @ 818-788-1640 or carol.stein@ccshoamgmt.com for questions.

New HOA Dues Billing Info

Hello HOA members,

Please note the new address to send your dues. We no longer send them to management; they get directly sent to the bank.

UBOC - HOA Remittance Processing
PO Box 45406
San Francisco, CA 94145-0406

Include your (Building - Unit: 500 - 101 for example) as the account number with the payment.

This is the first month that CCS our new management is doing the billing so there may be some errors during this transition.

Please contact them if you have not gotten your bill or you notice an error with your dues etc.

Thank you

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

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

Important Fire Safety Notice to Residents

The fire alarm system for the entire building must be inspected as the alarm panel is notifying the Fire Department that there are detector/annunciator modifications in multiple units in the building. The system cannot tell us which specific units the problems are in.

If at any time the smoke detectors or the white plastic wall annunciators have been disconnected (Changing Batteries Excluded), removed, replaced, relocated, covered or modified in any way please contact Selma at LB immediately by phone at 818-981-1802 X244.

Glendale Fire Systems will be here at MSL on Thursday, September 27th from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. testing the system, inspecting and repairing units. If you cannot be available to allow access to your unit you must contact Selma to make arrangements otherwise we will gain access with a locksmith to inspect and repair your fire alarm system as needed.

We will start inspections with units who have contacted us about modifications and hope this will resolve the problem. If this doesn’t correct the issue we will be required to inspect and test every unit’s fire safety system to remedy this extremely important safety issue.

We are faced with the most serious safety concern our building can have and the consequences of not fixing this problem immediately will result in the Fire Department shutting off the entire alarm system, placing a fire truck and crew on standby outside our building and charging the building thousands per day until the issues are fixed.

Amnesty will be given to owners & residents who contact us before the inspection of their units. If owners & residents do not contact us regarding this issue and it is discovered they are responsible for this issue fines and all associated costs will applied to their unit’s HOA ledger.

We recognize that this is an extremely short notice but the seriousness of the problem, possible dangers and Fire Department fines require immediate cooperation and compliance from all owners and residents.

Thank You

HOA Board Addition and Changes

The HOA Executive Board has accepted Josh Thomas’ resignation and appointed Erika Perzi to take his place. Erika is a capable, hardworking person and we all welcome her to the team. Josh is a valuable member of our community and is still involved in a consultant capacity but not on the Board due to his extensive travel schedule.

We’ve also made position changes within the Board:

David Cerwonka - President

Erika Perzi- Vice President

Misha Gravenor – Secretary

Bob Shilland – Treasurer

Marc McCauley – Member–At-Large

We hope to see every owner and resident attend our annual meeting on Monday, September 17th!

For those involved enough to read this please invite your neighbors to attend this important event. We’ll try to keep the meeting as short as possible but include food and drinks to make it more enjoyable.