1600/1650 Ala Moana Blvd, Honolulu, Hawaii 96815Phone: 808.947.1855 Fax: 808.942.0124

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Newsletter

JUNE 2007

HIGH RISK COMPONENTS

ON UNIT A/C'S

Last month a letter was sent to all

owners seeking their commentswith regards to designating thechill water control valves as "highrisk" due to the recent catastrophicfailure of two valves. A number

of owners responded and theBoard reviewed the comments at

the May Board of Directors Meeting.

Upon review of the comments theBoard has declared these chill wa

ter control valves to be "high riskcomponents" pursuant to the authority granted to the Board underSection 4 of Article X of the

Yacht Harbor Towers By-Laws.

YHT maintenance is currently inspecting these units at the sametime as their annual coil cleaningservice. Maintenance will also

continue to inspect these components upon each quarterly a/c service, BUT in-house maintenancewill no longer be performing thework as a reimbursable expense.Should maintenance's inspectionof this component determine thatthe unit is not (cont., col 2)

Richard Port, President

Richard Gordon, Director

H. Hugh Mitchell, Director

Marilyn Michaels, Secretary

(cont., col 1)functioning, or that because of itscondition the chill water control

valve should be replaced, a photowill be taken of its condition and

provided the resident.J=lL

In an attempt to prevent anothercatastrophic failure, the unit willbe turned off and the resident/

owner informed to have it re

paired.

The office will provide you, as italways has, a letter advising of repairs that should be made. Thisletter identifies a number of companies that you may consider that canperform the repair. The letter alsoexplains that other reimbursablework will still be performed byYHT maintenance, if you desire.

EXIT LIGHTS

Your Board has authorized an

other energy cost savings project. Hawaiian (cont., col 3)

Board of Directors

Richard Guy, Vice-President

Ruth Rittmeister, Director

Lei-Jayne Lee, Director

( cont., col 2)Electric Company has approvedour application for a rebate to convert our exit lights to LED fixturesand lamps. HECO's rebate forthis conversion amounts to a 75%

savings to the Association.Currently there are two 25 wattincandescent lamps in each fixture, and there are a lot of fixtures.By converting to LED, the newwattage used for each fixture willbe 4 watts versus the current 50.

JUNE AGING IN PLACE

On Friday, June 15, JakeMoore, nurse practitionerspecializing in geriatrics, willspeak to us on behaviors ofdementia patients and how toeffectively interact with thoseindividuals. Jake, who trainsthose who work with demen

tia patients, will present a realistic and compassionateview of the behaviors exhib

ited by dementia sufferers.Please join us from 2-3 p.m.in the Diamond Head build

ing conference room.

Paul Allard, Treasurer

Garrett Wheeler, Director

Suzanne LeMoine, Director

Robert P. Kelly, General Manager

GENERAL MANAGER'S

CORNER

Many residents have signed up for"SURE PAY" to have their Main

tenance Fees, Monthly ParkingRental and/or Storage RoomRental billings paid directly fromeither their Bank checking or savings account. Then payments willautomatically be made monthlywhen due. Thereafter you will nolonger have to worry about writing a check, buying stamps andhaving to mail it.

TRASH CHUTE

CLEANING

Your Board has authorized a con

tract to clean our trash chutes and

trash rooms. Notices will be

posted informing our residents ofthe schedule. During the cleaning,the trash chute for each tower will

be closed. We ask your cooperation during this period. Please bagyour trash before putting it downthe chute. Odor problems arecaused by poorly wrapped trash.Food and greasy particles coverthe trash chute wall and eventuallycreate an odor problem.

MAY AGING IN PLACE

On Friday, May 18, residents heardLaura Manis, long-time elder issuesadvocate, speak to us (cont., col 2)

(cont., col 1)on the successes and challengesof the 2007 legislative session.She spoke about the OmnibusPackage which supports familycare giving and projects into thefuture to better meet the needs of

our aging population, the drugrebate bill vetoed by the Governor but overridden by the Legislature, reinstallation of the healthinsurance rate oversight andother issues.

MORE ON PRVs

Last month we incorrectly informed you that the pressure reducing valves within certainunits would be rebuilt and those

units would be notified shortly.What our article should have

said was that the common areas

of the high-zone potable watersystem would be rebuilt and notwithin the units. Repairing orreplacing these PRVs in thecommon areas is just the firststep.

The report from Cedric Chongand Associates included another

recommendation that certain

units should have PRVs installed

on the potable water of both thehigh and low zones of both towers. The purpose of all this is toequalize the water pressure inthese zones.

The Board has requested thatCedric Chong prepare the specifications for the installation of

these pressure reducing valves(PRVs) for potable water withincertain units of both the high andlow zones of both towers, to obtain bid proposals, to providetheir recommendation on the

contractor and (cont., col 3)

PRESIDENT'S

REMARKS

By the time you receive this newsletter, I will be on vacation. However, Richard Guy, our VP, willbe at Yacht Harbor Towers duringmost of the time I will be away.Also, I will be telephoning YachtHarbor Towers at least once a daywhile I am gone, and the officewill be able to contact me by e-mail and/or by telephone.

QUARTERLY WINDOWWASHING

American Window Cleaning hasscheduled the quarterly exteriorwindow washing of common areawindows from June 25 throughJuly 6, 2007, weather permitting.Window stickers for enclosed la

nais must be posted by Sunday,Sunday 24, 2007 or sooner. Payment for lanai window cleaning($17.00 per lanai) must be received in the Manager's Officeby Thursday, June 21, 2007.Please make checks payable toAMERICAN WINDOW CLEAN

ING.

(cont., col 2)To provide oversight of the workto be provided.

We will keep you informed as thisprogresses.