Subject: Re: First Properties - Maintenance Request - Vanguard Lofts
From: Mary Deskovich (mdeskovich@yahoo.com)
Date: Sat Nov 12 2005 - 08:10:23 CST
That gate has been the subject of discusion at meetings for years. It is recognized that it gets a lot of use. No one ever before suggested a "gate within the gate" before. Has anyone ever seen that done?
I trust you are NOT suggesting that people with dogs be allowed to use the front elevator, stairs and lobby? We have had many "wet accidents" in the rear elevator, and in the rear lobby. Then there is the infamous recent "bulk accident" in the front lobby. These are all proof of something everyone knows-dogs DO have accidents. And since a lot of them don't get cleaned up by the being responsible (the PERSON, not the DOG) we should not allow dogs in the front of the building. I personally would like to throttle people when I see them allowing their pets to pee or poop on our grass, but since it's on city property, there is nothing that can be done. I know that the grass is not in the best of shape, but the pee doesn't help and every once in awhile poop sits there too and dog crap is NOT good fertilizer. In addition, in wet, snowy weather the dogs get dirty outside and track that dirt when they come back inside. We should try to keep that to the back of the building.
Also, there are people who do not wish to share an elevator with pets for a variety of reasons. They are afraid of them, they don't like them, or the might have allergies. Those people need to know that the front elevator is "safe" for them.
The new carpet looks great (check out the top floors) and we need to keep as much of it in as good shape as possible. The pets have to use the hallways. There is no way around that. However, we can keep the lobby area looking its best. That's the building's first impression. Recent postings have claimed that people are ashamed of the way the carpet looked, one owner so much so that she was putting off selling her unit until it was replaced. We need to consider what can be done to keep the new carpet looking good for as long as possible. I think keeping dogs off of it is one part of the solution.
And, while I am on the subject of the new carpet, we all have to be responsible for its maintenance. We do not have to regularly vacuum the carpets, that is Julio's job. However, if something spills, leaks out of our garbage bags as we take them to the chutes, or gets tracked on the carpet and we are responsible for it, we do have an obligation to clean that up. It should not wait for Julio, but be cleaned by the person responsible immediately.
Mary
thelen8830@aol.com wrote:
In regards to this gate, It may be the amount of use put on this gate that is also a problem. If people in the building who owned dogs were allowed to access the whole building with their pets this problem would be less severe. Simple equation the more you use something the more times it will break. Since there is not a normal fence You can just exit (you being a dog owner) every time you walk your pet there is that fence at work. So do the math (estimate) 30 dogs in the building 3 times a day they go out that is a total of 90 times a day that gate has to be used. So think of some alternatives than just fixing the gate.
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael E. Rutkowski
To: vanguard-talk@venus.soci.niu.edu; Loretta Wheeler ; christian.a.lattimer@jpmchase.com
Cc: Mary Deskovich ; Thomas Kikta ; Derek Lane ; Justin Pivec
Sent: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 15:35:17 -0600
Subject: Re: First Properties - Maintenance Request - Vanguard Lofts
Pro-Line will be out tomorrow.
Michael E. Rutkowski
Principal
First Properties, LLC
Phone: 312.829.8900
Fax: 312.829.8950
----- Original Message -----
From: christian.a.lattimer@jpmchase.com
To: vanguard-talk@venus.soci.niu.edu ; Michael Rutkowski ; Loretta Wheeler
Cc: Mary Deskovich ; Thomas Kikta ; Derek Lane ; Justin Pivec
Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 3:00 PM
Subject: First Properties - Maintenance Request - Vanguard Lofts
First Properties Maintenance Request for Vanguard Lofts
The side access security gate (Throop Street) to the visitor parking behind
the building is in poor condition. The control arm for the security gate is
grinding against the metal housing of the control box. This is due to a poor
design of the control arm and closure mechanism for the gate.
This maintenance issues was called in to First Properties in the July/August
time frame. Maintenance was dispatched to fix the problem and their solution
was to put grease on top of the control box to minimize the friction between the
control arm and the metal enclosure. This was a somewhat effective short term
solution until the grease wore off. It lasted for about a week until the gate
started making noise again. The root cause of the failure was never addressed.
The control arm is bent down. It should not be grinding against the metal
housing of the gate control unit.
Might I offer up a couple more permanent solutions to this on going
maintenance problem:
- Put a busing on the control arm to raise it to the proper height so there
is clearance between the control arm and the metal enclosure.
- Install a 1/4 inch thick sheet of teflon on the top corner of the metal
enclosure to reduce friction between the control arm and metal enclosure.
These are very simple and inexpensive solutions that will increase the
longevity of the control unit, decrease the number of malfunctions with the
gate, decrease the amount of maintenance calls to First Properties, and best of
all... increase the overall security of the Vanguard Lofts by having a gate that
doesn't routinely malfunction.
Please find attached to this email pictures of the gate control unit. The
pictures clearly show the wear and tear on the top corner of the enclosure from
direct metal on metal contact. As the control arm continues to grind on the
metal enclosure, unnecessary stress is placed on the control unit that will
ultimately lead to another failure of the gate.
Best regards,
Chris
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