LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT

Hello to our Pelican Point Members:

The new flooring was tested on one balcony. The resulting surface looks good. However, the process has several steps and product takes a long time to dry. The surfaces will be ground down before applying the urethane flooring. The bottom coat is gray. It is thick and will remain tacky for two or more days. The top coat goes over the tacky coat. The top coat color is a warm tan [Riverbend] that was chosen because it blends with our new building colors and it will hide dirt more than a light or dark color. Sand is broadcasted over the top coat and spread by roller to add traction and texture.

We all need to stay off our balconies for several days while the flooring is being applied and drying. Do not set furniture on surface until completely dry. The schedule is as follows, weather permitting:

Week of Feb. 16 The 03 stack grinding floors : 18 thru 12 & base coat 18 thru 7

The 04 stack grinding floors : 18 thru 7 & base coat 18 thru 7

Weds. Feb. 18 West Walkways grinding starting at floor 18 & down

For the test, the painters left a section covered with only the bottom coat to see if it would be feasible to leave a path on the West Walkways for residents to walk to the elevators. The “seam” blended well. The bottom and top coat may be applied in two stages. Whether they apply it in one or two steps, we will still encourage residents to leave for the first day.

The grinding machine is heavy. It will be lifted over the Balcony railings to avoid going through the residents’ units. The painters are using the electrical outlets on the balconies. We want to be fair in sharing the cost of electricity for an improvement that will have long term benefits for all of us. We have asked the painters to switch to other unit outlets more frequently.

We called the City's Energy Dept. They confirmed that the average electric bill in Jax Beach this month was 20% to 70% higher than the previous month. Your increase was not greatly affected by the grinding, since the readings were probably taken before the grinding started. The grinders used for the West Walkway railings were battery operated. The cold weather was the cause of the high bills. However, let us know if you are concerned about the process in any way.

The painters will paint the entry door edges this Thursday, Feb. 19, 2009 for the owners who are at home and will leave their doors open for several drying hours. There will be a sign up sheet in the library. Or you could reply to this e-mail to have your unit number added to the list.

If you are receiving this message, it is because you submitted your e-mail address to the Association for communications. For your privacy, we will not print your e-mail address on any correspondence that we send to Members. If you have any questions, concerns or suggestions, please call Bill, our Manager, (at 241-7206) or myself, or send us an e-mail. If you would like another member of your household to receive a copy, please send their e-mail address to Bill.

We hope to be able to use this option to communicate important information to our Members in a more timely fashion and cost efficient method. This system will only be used for Pelican Point Association business.

Remember the Board of Directors will meet tonight at 6:30 PM!

Thank you for your participation!

Colette Sellers