Windsor Gardens Life

Windsor Life Page 4 opposing views and became convinced Windsor Gardens would be a good place to live. Which it is, but if the HOA management assumes total control over common areas and ignores the input of building residents concerning redecoration or other issues that may arise, the living experience at Windsor Gardens will be downgraded and lose some of its allure. Rolland L. “Pete” Clark Response to " Input of Residents Concerning Redecorating and Other Issues" Dear Mr. Clark, Thank you for your input.  I would like to assure you that no one in management told anyone that they could not sit under the building canopies because it made Windsor Gardens “appear to be populated by old people.”  The decision to eliminate seating under the building canopies of 4-story buildings was made by the residents who serve on the Architectural Review Committee and the Policy Committee where a motion was made to eliminate said seating after extensive discussion, research and meetings.  That motion was voted on by the Board of Directors at their April 29, 2016, board meeting.  The vote was to allow the proposed policy change to be published in the Windsor Life newspaper for public review.  The motion to amend the policy was then finalized at the May 27, 2016, Board of Directors meeting, passing unanimously.  Those meeting minutes are available for public review on the Association website. Windsor GardensAssociation has a long standing history of decorating the building hallways on a rotating schedule.  Sixteen years ago, the Decorating and Design Committee (now called the Architectural Review Committee) began a decorating project that involved several different styles of carpet, wallpaper, wallpaper border and paint schemes.  Each year per a schedule the paint was refreshed and carpet replaced. Generally, each building received interior paint refreshing every 5 to 7 years and new carpet every 7 to 9 years. Over the past several years the Association has received increasing numbers of complaints regarding the outdated look of that wallpaper. Additionally, when the wallpaper tore or was damaged in any way, the replacement became impossible as the styles were no longer available. It was those issues that lead the Architectural Review Committee to begin a process of research and decision-making regarding a new direction with the hallway decorating process.  An interior decorator was hired in July 2017 after a several-month vetting process. After months of looking at other similar communities, researching lighting options and requirements and maintenance issues it was decided that in order to really determine what any paint or carpet would look like with new lighting, a prototype building would need to be selected. The committee, on the recommendation of management, moved to use Building 53 as the prototype building. This building was chosen because it had the oldest carpet in the community. That motion was approved by the Board at their February 23, 2018, board meeting. On March 6, 2018, a memo from me, along with a standard form asking whether each resident would like their door painted or not, was hand delivered to the residents in Building 53, although some residents have said they did not receive the letter. The letter stated the following: Dear Building 53 Residents, Over the past year, the Architectural Review Committee along with an Interior Decorator have been working on a new design scheme for the building hallways in the Windsor Gardens community.  This past month, the Board of Directors voted to begin the new decorating project in building 53.  Your building will be the prototype building for the new decorating scheme. The new scheme involves removing the wallpaper, retexturing the walls and painting the walls.  New carpet and new hallway lighting will also be installed.  While we are working on your hallways, please remove all decorations from your door to ensure that nothing is damaged.    This week, starting with the D floor, the maintenance department will begin the process of removing the wallpaper and texturing the walls. We anticipate this process to take a week per hallway.  Once that is complete, lighting will be installed, and the walls will be painted a color complimentary to the new carpet.  The new carpet has been chosen, however, as of today, the paint color has not been decided.  We would like to paint the unit doors to match the new scheme.  Please fill out the enclosed form and attach to your door indicating if you will allow the painters to paint your door.  For ongoing information on this project, all residents are welcome to attend the Architectural Review Committee meetings.  Thank you for your cooperation and patience during this project.  Over the next weeks, wallpaper was removed, walls were textured and several different colors of paint were placed on the walls.  The Architectural Review Committee visited the building several times.  It was the desire of the Architectural Review Committee to see the installation of the new, brighter lights along with the carpet selection and the paint color in full to determine if this color palette would be a good direction to move forward.  To this day, that work has not been completed in order for them to again visit the building and discuss the results.  They have, however, received commentary from many residents in the building as well as from the community at large via letters and petitions.  I am certain they will consider those opinions when making their final decisions regarding this first paint scheme. As I have shared many times in this publication, the process of decision-making in this community occurs in committee meetings and board meetings. The committees and board are comprised of your fellow residents in the community. Your peers. They are the decision- makers.  You are the decision-maker. Whether you participate by serving on a committee, running for the Board of Directors or expressing your thoughts and opinions at the meetings, or not commenting at all, LETTERS continued from page 3 Washington D.C. has been engaged to negotiate the final approvals from the Air Force. IRG is very hopeful that all approvals will be signed by the end of the year. That being the case, I asked if we could expect to see construction beginning in early 2019. He wasn't in a position to verify that, but said they are hopeful that the actual schedule will closely resemble that. I was told that the first evidence of actual construction that we will see will be large scale dirt moving. The large pile of dirt near the fire station will be moved, spread over the area and additional dirt will be PRESIDENT'S PEN continued from page 1 brought in. There will also be equipment drilling numerous test holes, making sure they are in compliance with regulations. While I wasn't able to get any firm dates, the bottom line is that the Lowry Vista project is moving forward. The gentleman to whom I spoke told me to call him back anytime, and he will bring us up to date. Meanwhile, all you Bronco fans, all the "experts" are giving the Broncos an A-plus on the draft, so hang in there, good things are coming. LETTERS continued on page 5