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up with various options, taking into consideration the cost and effective- ness for all steps. One choice was to tear down the building completely and build it back up.


Te Board


decided, outside of being extremely costly, there were better ways to work with the space we had, while also up- dating it.


Te maintenance yard building has a bathroom that was roughly 200 square foot, and with 60 employees using this bathroom, we knew the space was inadequate. With a lot of collaboration, the Board decided to combine the office space and bath- room space. Te office was removed, thereby creating a new sizable bath- room facility (approximately 320 square foot). Had a large area around the maintenance yard that had been watered for years but never utilized


that served no purpose other than ap- pearances, was incorporated into the maintenance area. Te Board decided to expand the maintenance yard area by widening the fencing and encapsu- lating the open greenbelt space. Tis created more parking, provided ad- ditional space for plant material, and a lunch area for the employees. Tis still left the landscape management team without an office, so the Board decided purchasing a used modular unit that is 10’ X 32’ and placing it in the area that was used as a greenbelt in the past was an inexpensive solu- tion. Tis created an interior space of roughly 300 square feet for the land- scape management office. Te only other work needed was grading, con- crete and additional fencing.


Homeowner associations, boards are usually very focused on finances. My


association is no different. Tey hear about costs from everyone (member- ship, corporate counsel and staff), so it is something weighing heavily on their minds when considering any commu- nity project. In the case of the mainte- nance yard, using a creative approach and working to save the association money, while updating the community facilities, was a win-win for everyone.


I am proud to share that the Board did all this by being creative using a collab- orative approach working closely with staff, industry professionals, and com- mittees to convert an old amenity into a new functional amenity at a reason- able cost.


This article was written and submitted by Josh Hodosh, CMCA, AMS, PCAM of Associa-PCM, AAMC/Casta del Sol.


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