Subject: Re: Guest Parking Rental
From: Marty Platten (martyplatten@gmail.com)
Date: Fri May 02 2008 - 08:33:05 CDT
brian,
while i can appreciate the effort for added income for the building, i
happen to be one off the two people that park right next to one of these
spots (i'm in spot 105 and i assume we are talking about the last two spots
in the remote lot). if i had not bought a new car a few months ago, i would
not care all that much, but i doubt anyone that drives one of these i-go
cars is going to show any respect for any of our property (i.e. mine). i
would imagine there would be a lot of coming and going and a very good
chance that my car might see some dings. and of course i'll be the one left
holding the bag. that's sort of the reason that i paid a boatload of money
so i would not have to park on the street and worry about things like that.
i don't mean to be negative about it, and maybe i am over-reacting, but i
hope you understand my concern and i think that many people would feel the
same in my position. now, if there is a chance i can re-locate, i might be
wiling to do that (i doubt that's even possible -- anyone want to sell their
garage spot?). i am not sure that i will be able to make the board meeting
next week to hear them out.
by the way, there are people parked in those spots now.
thanks.
marty
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On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 7:29 AM, Stankos, Brian <bstankos@cannondesign.com>
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> Vanguard Lofts owns two = parking spaces in the remote lot that the board
> hasput up for rental by = residents during the past year. These spaces
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> = been rented very sporadically in the past, generating less than $400 in
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> income for the association. The board was recently = approached by I-Go,
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> car sharing program in Chicago, to see if we as a = community would be
> interested in renting these spaces to their company = on an annual basis.
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> For those not familiar = with I-Go, it is a non-profit car sharing
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> similar to Zip Cars, = where members reserve cars online and rent cars by
> thehour or = day. The intent of the program is to allow members to = save
> money by not having to pay for a car full time. = See www.igocars.org[1]
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> Part of the agreement with = I-Go cars would be to allow their members
> accessto our remote parking = lot through a keypad installed at the
> pedestrian gate and at the Glady’s gate. They would = also place a
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> Benefits to the = association for entering into this agreement would be
> increased and = guaranteed revenue from the rental fees, increased
> marketability of our = units and community, and doing our part to help the
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> environment. Also, residents will receive discounted = membership into
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> I-Go program if they choose to join. = Disadvantages obviously include
> security issues, and allowing = non-residents access to our remote parking
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> As a board, we are = investigating offering the lease, and will have a
> representative from = I-Go cars attend our next board meeting on May 7th
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> answer = questions. Prior to the board meeting, we’d = like to hear
> ifresidents have any comments regarding entering into this = agreement by
> replying to this message. I’ll = keep track of comments and see
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