If, for some reason, you’re getting notifications from this bulletin board but missing the ones coming from management, and if you park in the basement, please move your car out ASAP while a crew works to clean up damage from burst pipes.
Several crews are currently in the building working to get things cleaned up and running again after this weekend’s extreme temperatures.
I’m told that water in the building is currently off as maintenance addresses multiple burst pipes. If I learn more, I’ll share more.
From a resident:
I am selling our PetSafe Automatic Litter Box with 2 bags of Petsafe Litter Crystals. There is a charging cable, cover, removable tray, sensor arm and litter cover. Pictures are available/attached.
$150 OBO.
Contact Julie at 339-206-6819 for more information.
I’m told that the front door intercom system is not operating properly at the moment. Management has been notified. The intercom/phone system is only 8 months old, and the entire fob system just over 2 years, so hopefully this is a minor glitch and easily fixed.
And a heads up that the wind chill Friday night is predicted to be 30 degrees below zero (actual temp -9), and the wind chill temp on Saturday isn’t expected to get above minus 5 all day (actual high of 12 degrees). Folks may want to place blankets or cardboard against their windows Friday night, and see that they get any needed errands done before the weekend. The only time I’ve heard of a pipe freezing in this building was on the first floor because of cold air from the garage overwhelming a unit’s poorly-maintained heaters, but please take care.
Personally, I remember Christmas of 1980 being 8 or 10 below, but I’ve never even heard of a wind chill of 30 below in this area before.
Also, here is this month’s schedule for lobby office hours.
The last few months have seen the building’s fire alarms trigger multiple times. Although I’m not aware of the exact cause in each instance, it seems worth reminding folks that there is absolutely NO SMOKING or vaping of any kind in any common area of the building. This includes, but is not limited to: stairwells, fire corridors, basement garage, lobby, atrium, and trash rooms. Nor is smoking allowed within 30 feet of any building entrance, per a 2015 amendment to the Association Rules and Regulations.
Additionally, please do not air smoke from your unit into the fire corridors or the atrium.
False alarms happen, but some are avoidable. And they aren’t just a minor nuisance for residents (and the LFD); they can be a real problem for folks with young children, pets, or limited mobility, and they can result in elevator shut-downs like last night’s. They also cost us money in terms of alarm company service calls, false alarm fees from the City, and wasted electricity running alarms and exhaust fans. sometimes for hours before the problem is resolved.
A message from Georgi:
If you’d like this unopened bag of protein powder, call me at 978-764-5570. It’s all yours!
The city has announced that the current parking ban will end at 7:00 tomorrow morning. Any cars still parked in the Hamilton garage after 9:00am will begin to accrue charges.
The City of Lowell has declared a snow emergency as of 7:00am and a parking ban beginning at 1:00. Condo association rules follow the city ban. All vehicles must be removed from the surface lot by 1:00pm or they risk being towed at the owner’s expense. There is free parking at the new garage behind Canal Place 3 but NOT at the Leo Roy next door; the Roy garage will charge a fee to those without a monthly pass.
While working on a follow-up flier to management’s email last month about not putting “flushable” wipes down the toilet, I did a web search today for “what to flush and what not to flush.” Every single site agrees that nothing except for toilet paper and human waste should ever go down the toilet.
Since links are a clumsy nuisance on fliers, I figured I’d offer a list here of particularly informative sites on the subject. If anyone is doubting the seriousness of the issue, try reading some of these articles. Or try imagining it being your home that everyone’s sewage is backing up into!
Wastewater Transport Services also offers a list of things not to put down the kitchen drain, regardless of whether or not you have a garbage disposal.
This is a tad late, but the ban was lifted at 9:00am which means that parking charges at the Hamilton Garage went into effect at 11:00. The announcement hadn’t gone up yet last time I checked.
