Due to a scheduling conflict, there will be no lobby office hours tomorrow.  If you have an important matter or a package to pick up, you can text Chris today (Friday) to make arrangements.  The information is on the office door (I was going to post the number to text but I didn’t want to broadcast it to the world online).

A few items of interest:

First of all, the next board meeting is this coming Monday evening, August 3rd at 7:00.

Secondly, for those who noticed hubby and I dancing like maniacs at the festival last weekend, there’s now a promo website up for a book I have coming out this fall about dancing in early Lowell (it even has links to us in performance rather than just goofing around): www.twirlingjennies.com

And lastly, the news you’re all really looking for, the latest on the fountain from Cathy:

1. The panels were dropped off to the body shop. They will complete the prep and painting. 
2. The malfunction with the fountain leaking , on the pump side of the fountain is repaired. ( Parts replaced.)  It has been working flawlessly since yesterday. 
3. The plywood was secured to the brick. A lot of them were not secured to the brick.
4. The black rails that make up the circle were installed today along with securing the pads to the plywood. They never had a cure for this problem. The pads just flopped around. Now they are stable and secure. 
5. Once these metal panels are back from the body shop Ron will complete this project up by reconnecting the ground wires to the metal panels, and reinstall the newly painted black bars that ties them altogether.  It will take a day to install these. That should complete the job. 

As someone kindly pointed out, that link I sent yesterday was for 2011 (I was REALLY fried yesterday!)  Sorry about that. Here’s the correct info:

For those who haven’t noticed tents sprouting like mushrooms all around us, it’s Folk Festival Weekend again—my very favorite time of year!

I have no intention of driving anywhere for the next few days, but for those of you who do—or who have friends coming over—here’s the scoop on road closures.

For those who haven’t seen the notices on the bulletin boards around the building, there will be work being done on the air conditioning this Tuesday and Wednesday.  The management is asking that you turn your AC off between the hours of 6:00 AM and 6:00 PM on those days.

Needless to say, there will be people who don’t. My understanding is that the work can be done more efficiently if as many people as possible remember to shut down their heat pumps.  It also saves you from paying for electricity to run your pumps when the AC is offline and you’re not really cooling your unit.

The board is looking for your feedback on recent, and possible future, smoking policy changes at Canal Place One.  They are asking that residents and owners take a look at info gleaned from an earlier survey done by our attorney partners, Perkins & Anctil, and then take a 3 question survey to provide input and feedback.

There is a new section of the website—sort of a filing cabinet specifically for owners and residents—that can be accessed through the very first link on the link page or by going to: https://www.canalplaceone.com/filecabinet.html.  It provides easy access to all those official documents that you might not otherwise have handy.

It has come to my attention that if you’re using a tablet or other smart device to get to the website, it may not be obvious how to subscribe to the Bulletin Board.  The links that normally appear on the Bulletin Board’s black bar on a computer—and that includes the subscription link—may instead be on a drop down menu that can be reached via the little icon at the right end of the black bar.

And if you’re looking for the where and when on tonight’s fireworks in Lowell, it can be found here.

Hope everyone is having a happy and safe holiday weekend!

Please remember to return your completed form to the office by Friday for an inspection of your plumbing fixtures on the 7th. This really benefits all of us and I, for one, am eager to see how much my family can do to cut water waste in our own unit (and keep down condo fees). If you never got the announcement/form or have misplaced it, it is available at https://www.canalplaceone.com/watersavings7-9-15.pdf

The latest masonry report is also now available: https://www.canalplaceone.com/masonryreport6-19-15.pdf

I have a couple of things to go up on the website in the next few days but right now I’m going to focus on an item from the board and the latest fountain info.  Here’s the board item:

 

Please mind the parking lines on the surface lot.  We had a couple cars over the weekend that parked slightly over a painted line which prevented anyone from parking in the spot next to them.  The spaces are very small to begin with, so let’s all stay within the lines to ensure our neighbors have space to park safely.

 

 And here’s the latest fountain update (basically, we’re just waiting on the new metal surround).

If you’re sitting inside on the glorious spring day, you might consider taking a walk across the street to Palmer and enjoying the street fair that’s going on this afternoon: http://howlmag.com/events-lowell-ma/lowell-summer-kick-off-party-2/

There’s also a whole list of other stuff to do at http://howlmag.com/events-in-lowell-ma/today/

And Howl Magazine seems to have totally missed the Greek Festival: http://www.greekboston.com/event/festival-lowell-ma/