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Pet Doors
by Tim Ross 21 Oct '19

21 Oct '19

Hi All, During the design process the question of cat doors came up a couple of time and I mentioned that there were some reasonably cost effective options available for passive houses. The doors I was referring to are shown below. https://energyefficientdogdoors.com/ Typically these doors will need to be installed in the walls as all the glass doors are made of toughened glass and therefore can't be cut. We are rapidly approaching the point where we will need to finalise who wants (and is prepared to pay for) these. The doors on the web site range from USD$500 to USD$250. By the time they are imported and installed my guess is that we could be looking at around $1000-500+gst maybe more. I have attached some images of where the doors could go in the various units. The Alva Street units don't really have any outside wall where these doors could obviously go. In addition, according to our calculations the Alva Street block is only just reaching PH certification so a weak point like a cat or dog door could potentially push it over the edge. The H units also don't have any outside walls which could accommodate the doors as the section of wall by the front door is a bracing wall and therefore can't be penetrated. If there are any Alva Street or H unit purchasers who definitely need a cat or dog door door please let me know. We could look at the possibility of getting doors installed within the new glass door panels. Could I please have an indication of which units will require pet doors via return email? [image: IMG_1270.jpg] [image: IMG_1265.jpg] [image: IMG_1266.jpg] [image: IMG_1268.jpg] [image: IMG_1269.jpg] Regards, *Tim Ross* Director BArch, ANZIA Registered Architect Certified Passivhaus Designer Architype Ltd. ASB House, Level 6 248 Cumberland Street PO Box 5510, Dunedin 9058 (m) 021 069 2404 (t) 03 552 0621 www.architype.co.nz

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Att Alva St!!!
by Maria Callau 18 Oct '19

18 Oct '19

All slabs down now, panels going up in Alva St Block. Finally! Maria Callau 021 1847490 Sent from my iPhone

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UCOL Meeting notes 10 October 2019
by Tim Ross 16 Oct '19

16 Oct '19

Evening all, Attached is the UCOL meeting notes for 10 October 2019. Appreciate any comments. Kind Regards, Tim *Date: Thursday 10 October, 2019 * *Location: Centre for Sustainability Seminar Room – 563 Castle Street * Chair: Catherine Spencer Note taker: Tim Ross *Present: * Alex, Catherine, Frances, James, Min, Tim, Pauline, Anne T, Sara, Sue T, Maria, Gay, Rosemarie, Maurice, Claire, Rainer, Marianne, Roz, Michael, Liz *Apologies: * Dennis, Jan, Miriam, Donald, Sandy, Jess *Appreciations:* Thanks to Min for preparing the council voting spreadsheet. Thanks to Warren for putting together the wifi info. *Minutes of record:* • We agree to investigate our legal obligations regarding easements and the the current stormwater drain design with our lawyers. *15 Green and 3 Blue.* • We ask the UCOL heritage group apply to the DCC heritage fund on our behalf, by the end of the month, for finances to refurbish a section of the heritage fence. *All green*. • A small group of UCOLers will meet with Anna and Anthony to review body Corp rules on Sunday the 27th at 10:30am at Min’s place (61 Isador Road) to be followed by a pot luck and then excursion (weather permitting). Min will send out invite. *20 green 1 blue.* *Discussion Items: * *1. PCG Update* S&W have sent through some pricing about additional costs for intumescent paint to the steel decks. This will be discussed further at the PCG meeting. *2. BCG Update* Building Control Group meet this week. Accountant provided a new cash flow from the project. Claim 13 was received from S&W which was mainly carpentry for the High St block. Maria reported that the pull down ladders were around $300 incl. GST for each ladder. Maria will approve this and then the unit owners will need to deposit the additional payments into an account to be determined. *3. Legal Liaison Group Update* Nothing to report *4. Health and Safety* Two meetings ago a chair was left close to a heater in the space at the centre for sustainability where we have our meetings which could have caused a fire. Following this incident, as a group, we need to be mindful and pay attention when leave the space each meeting. *5. Update on drainage installation issue on neighbour’s section. * Discussion about Megan’s phone call to Tim. Megan has been taking to one of the council building inspectors about options for resolving her issue with the storm water pipe on her land. The council inspector suggested that it might be possible to move the pipe from the centre of her site into the diagonal easement which crosses the corner of her site and have the pipe discharge into the curb and channel. Tim has forwarded the details of the conversation through to the directors for instruction. Marianne expressed concern about the impact of discharging this amount of water onto the street. Alex suggested that the group write to Megan to suggest that we split the cost 50/50 including investigations. Gay expressed a view that we are not responsible to pay anything. Rainer suggested that we talk to our lawyers to confirm our legal obligations. Marianne suggested that as we are going to live next to Megan 50/50 would be reasonable. Rosemarie stated very firmly that no one had told Rosemarie and Megan that their easements would be required for running services and that the whole process had been very upsetting for both Megan and Rosemarie. Rosemarie suggested that she would even consider contributing some of the cost for moving the drain so Megan would not be forced to build so close to her boundary. Further discussion followed. A decision was made to seek further guidance regarding our responsibilities from our lawyers. Tim agreed to talk to Foleys tomorrow about the feasibility of discharging stormwater to the curb on Montpellier St. *6. DCC Heritage fence* Some time ago the group applied to the heritage fund for funding to restore the wrought iron fence on the edge for the high street site. The DCC Heritage Fund came back and said that while they weren’t prepared to fund the entire project at this point, they suggested that they may be prepared to fund a section of the fence (~5m) in order to establish a realistic cost for total project. We have a quote for the entire fence from Zeal Steel. Rosemarie has been in conversation with Markus Wainwright who suggested that Frank Scurr would be worth talking to. Further discussion about the feasibility of sanding back and refinishing the fence followed. Complications due to the likely presence of lead based paint. *7. Local Area Network* (Alex, Warren). Warren distributed a document this week on this topic. We will wait until the next meeting to discuss this as Warren was not at the meeting. *8. Body Corp Rules Workshop.* Min sent out a draft copy of the body corp rules this week. A small group of UCOLers will meet with Anna and Anthony to review body Corp rules on Sunday the 27th at 10:30am at Min’s place (61 Isador Road) to be followed by a pot luck and then excursion (weather permitting). Min will send out invite. *9. Open Forum. * • Rosemarie brought some gardening books for the group. • Sue T is interested in having a library in the Common House. • Sue T also interested in having an art sharing co-op. Meeting closed at 9:30pm

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Site meeting
by Rainer Beneke 10 Oct '19

10 Oct '19

Hi Everyone It was very cold and wet on site this morning! The builder is disappointed with the weather, especially since they had started with the roofing... Progress on site: roofing started on the high street block windows and doors are being installed on the first floor level. The second part of the Alva Street Block will have the concrete poured very soon The first bottom plates are down on the Alva Block, which means we should see the first Zips going up there soon! Stay dry! Regards Rainer Please call me if you need an urgent reply. Rainer Beneke +64 21 144 7700

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Fwd: UCOL Meeting Agenda - 10 October 2019
by Tim Ross 09 Oct '19

09 Oct '19

Hi All, Here is the agenda for this Tonight’s meeting. As this is late incoming out it would be great if I could have any additional items/clarifications/apologies before 3pm today. Cheers, Tim *UCOL Meeting Agenda * Date: Thursday 10 October 2019 Location: Centre for Sustainability Seminar Room – 563 Castle Street Chair: Catherine Spencer Note taker: Tim Ross Agenda Items: 1. PCG Update 2. BCG Update 3. Legal Liaison Group Update 4. Update on drainage installation issue on neighbour’s section 5. Local Internet Network (Alex, Warren) 6. Open Forum -- *Tim Ross* Director BArch, ANZIA Registered Architect Certified Passivhaus Designer Architype Ltd. ASB House, Level 6 248 Cumberland Street PO Box 5510, Dunedin 9058 (m) 021 069 2404 (t) 03 552 0621 www.architype.co.nz

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Fwd: UCOL Meeting Agenda - 10 October 2019
by High Street Cohousing 09 Oct '19

09 Oct '19

Any agenda items for tonight to Tim asap ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Tim Ross <tim(a)architype.co.nz> Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2019, 8:53 AM Subject: UCOL Meeting Agenda - 10 October 2019 To: High Street Cohousing <ucoldunedin(a)gmail.com> Hi All, Here is the agenda for this Tonight’s meeting. As this is late incoming out it would be great if I could have any additional items/clarifications/apologies before midday today. Cheers, Tim *UCOL Meeting Agenda * Date: Thursday 10 October 2019 Location: Centre for Sustainability Seminar Room – 563 Castle Street Chair: Catherine Spencer Note taker: Tim Ross Agenda Items: 1. PCG Update 2. BCG Update 3. Legal Liaison Group Update 4. Update on drainage installation issue on neighbour’s section 5. Local Internet Network (Alex, Warren) 6. Open Forum

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gabion gardens?
by michael.rosemary＠xtra.co.nz 09 Oct '19

09 Oct '19

Found these by chance. Would be cheap and in keeping? http://footballworldcup.co/raised-garden-beds-ideas/

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this is to come up on 13th
by michael.rosemary＠xtra.co.nz 09 Oct '19

09 Oct '19

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/116222930/west-auckland-knickers-in-a-twist -over-airing-laundry-in-public

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Re: [Ucol-shareholders] Draft UCOL Body Corp Document with Commets
by Min 08 Oct '19

08 Oct '19

Hello all, This is the latest copy of the Body Corp Rules, with comments from the workshops included. I've attached them as a Word doc, and PDF. Let me know if you have trouble with either format. This is a DRAFT copy, and will likely undergo further editing for clarity and possibly reduction in length I'm taking suggestions about what we should go over next. Possible options include: - Resident obligations and Body Corp Duties, some of which are legally required by the Unit Titles Act - Disputes resolution process - We should have a discussion about how people expect the Guest Rooms in the Common House will be used - More discussion about the details of shared meals Regards Min

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Date of next meeting
by Sandy Ross 07 Oct '19

07 Oct '19

Hi, Can someone please confirm that our next meeting is on 17 October. I think it is usually the 2nd and 4th Thursdays. Thanks, Frances

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