The surge in costs resulting from the pandemic impacted our building’s spalling repairs and painting project. Combined with the current Fire Safety ordinance, these large expenses have put a financial strain on budget projections. This is why your Board of Directors is in favor of amendments to Bill 37, currently pending in the City Council. The ordinance being proposed by Bill 37 requires high-rise buildings to install fire sprinkler systems or pass a Life Safety Evaluation (LSE). The amendments will provide some relief to associations that are facing financial challenges. Here is an article published in Building Management Hawaii that goes into detail about amending the Fire Safety ordinance:
https://oahusurf2.com/wpress/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/2021-12-Bld-Mgn-mag-FSE-Jane-Sugnura.pdf
Please address the Illegal entrance of a unit investigated on Tuesday 1/18/22 at about 300 AM. Did they find out where that intruder originated from? That was the first frightening experience of someone entering a unit from the balcony. Not from entering a balcony from the parking deck, but from dropping down from a unit above that apartment. Don’t know what apartment it was, but whoever is the owner of the originating apartment, they must be evicted or punished. Please address this immediately
Thanks for bringing this to our attention. We will definitely address this at our Board meeting tomorrow.
I know that the cost of the automatic sprinkler system will be devastating and will definitely force either assessment or maintenance fee increases. I trust that our BOD will do what is best for OASII. Mahalo