Subject: RE: Guest Parking Rental
From: Dom Shurba (shurbadom@hotmail.com)
Date: Fri May 02 2008 - 12:54:26 CDT
Those gaits tend to break often. Adding a lot more use will surely cause an increase in repair/maintenence. They're junk. Also, how is this decided? The people who park out there are out numbered. We are the only ones who have any cons.
Dom 612
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> Subject: Guest Parking Rental
> Date: Fri, 2 May 2008 08:29:18 -0400
> From: bstankos@cannondesign.com
> To: vanguard-talk@venus.soci.niu.edu
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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 have
> = been rented very sporadically in the past, generating less than $400 in =
> income for the association. The board was recently = approached by I-Go, a
> 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 program,
> 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
> small sign on the fence identifying the spaces to = members. =0A=
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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 =
> environment. Also, residents will receive discounted = membership into the
> 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 to
> 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 that
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> Brian = Stankos, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP, = CDT=0A=
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