1620 Broadway

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  Board Meeting The next meeting of the 1620 Broadway Residential Association is this Tuesday, April 25, 2023 at 4:30pm over Zoom. Please check your email for the agenda and link. Deliveries At times Amazon and other contracted delivery people do not have the “key” to access our building. In that instance, they are to use the call box to gain access to the lobby.  If you are in the lobby it is appropriate to allow them access to the lobby.  They will be wearing a uniform and have a package.  At times the delivery person has instructions to deliver the package to the unit front door.  If this is the case, it is the delivery person’s responsibility to call the unit owner to give them access to the elevator. Do not give the delivery person access to floors 2-6. Liners in Bins in the Floor Garbage Rooms There are recycled paper and plastic bags on the shelf in each floor’s garbage room.  Please use one of these to put your loose garbage into before placing it i...

  Board Meeting The next meeting of the 1620 Broadway Residential Association is this Thursday, March 30, 2023 at 4:30pm over Zoom. Please check your email for the agenda and link. Thank You Volunteers 1620 Broadway would not run as smoothly or efficiently without the countless hours of our volunteers. Below is a list of the current committee members. Please contact Beth Krambule (bkrambule@comcast.net) if your name is missing from a committee or you are no longer on a committee. Volunteers are needed for the Nomination Committee. Nomination Committee members communicate with residents and owners to seek interested parties for available Board and Committee positions. Financial Committee - Responsible for financial planning, tracking spending, budgeting and insurance. Board Liaison - Erin Olson Members - Beth Gilson, Rick Gustafson Budget Sub-Committee - Erin Olson, Larry Simmons, John Ebner Insurance Sub-Committee - Erin Olson (Chair), Sherri Brown, Peter Anderson Reser...

  Board Meeting The next meeting of the 1620 Broadway Residential Association is this Thursday, February 23, 2023 at 4:30pm over Zoom. Please check your email for the link. Mark Your Calendars! Board meetings will occur the 4th Thursday of every month at 4:30pm in 2023. New Committee Structure in the world of ARC The Architectural Review Committee (ARC) has been around since the HOA was first constituted. Historically ARC has reviewed all requests from owners related to construction, design, and decorations. As the building continues to mature and we grow as a volunteer base, we have come across more owners making structural changes to their units and have come to realize that architectural and construction requests require a different review than design and decoration requests. As such, a new committee has been proposed. The Design Review Committee (DRC) will be about aesthetic requests such as doorway decor, phantom screens, lobby furniture, etc. The ARC will continu...

  Annual Meeting The Annual Meeting of the 1620 Broadway Residential Association is this Thursday, January 26, 2023 at 6pm over Zoom. Please check your email for the link. You should have received a mailing from Bluestone with your proxy. Please return this form even if you plan on attending the meeting. We cannot hold the meeting without a quorum present. The Annual Meeting will be immediately followed by the monthly HOA Board Meeting. Garage Protocol When exiting the residential garage, if another car is exiting behind you, please continue driving. You do not need to wait for the car behind you to reopen the gate. Elevator Etiquette: A Reminder Our two elevators are critical to the day-to-day lives at 1620. In an effort to maintain our elevators and prolong their lives, we urge residents to keep in mind the following: The elevator doors must never be held or forced open manually; doing so interferes with the operating control system and will cause malfunctions. The...

  Owner Alert from the Insurance Committee Recent leak issues with HVAC units in two condos have created challenges for the owners and the Association. Both leak issues followed the installation of new HVAC units to replace the ones originally installed in 2005. The leaks were detected in adjacent units, and led to a common question presented in condominium buildings: who bears the financial responsibility for the repairs and remediation? The Association's casualty insurance policy covers all units, but has a $10,000 deductible which is apportioned to the damaged units. We also learned during the adjustment of one of the recent leak claims that the Association's policy does not cover damages due to long term leaks or mold. A response to an inquiry posed to Brian Timms at Timmco regarding whether similar exclusions typically exist in individual condominium policies was that they do, with some coverage available by special endorsement. Therefore, it is important to ...

Porter Holiday Dates Our porter, Raquel, has the following days off for the holidays: Thursday and Friday, November 24 and 25. Friday, December 23 and Monday, December 26. If you are able, please take your garbage and recycling directly to the P2 garbage and recycling dumpsters during these time periods. Green & Clean Committee: Holiday Trash and Recycling As a reminder to all residents, Christmas trees are not to be placed in the dumpsters. There are various local non-profits that recycle trees. Also, holiday wrap and ribbons are garbage not recycling. Packing bubble wrap, air packs, and peanuts should be placed in the garbage dumpster or some items are recyclable at Postal Annex across the street. Please flatten your cardboard boxes before placing them in the recycling bin. Thank you to the volunteers who take the cork and #1 plastics to New Seasons for recycling. Holiday Decorations Please use Command Hooks or over the door hangers to hang holiday decorations. Nails a...

St. Andrew Nativity School is sponsoring a weekend recycling event When: February 20 - 21 Where: 4925 NE 9th Ave - large parking lot behind the school Time: noon - 4:00 PM Link to flyer A great opportunity to recycle your old electronics! Computers ● Laptops ● TV & Monitors (all types) ● Hard drives (Secure Data Destruction Provided) ● Misc. Computer Components (floppy drives, Printed Circuit Boards (PCB), etc.) Cords/Wires/Chargers/Power strips ● Servers/Switches ● Routers/Hubs/Modems ● Networking Devices ● Communications Equipment ● POS (Point of Sale equip) ● Printers/ Scanners ● Fax/Copiers ● Keyboards/Mice ● Misc. Office Machines ● Misc. Electronics ● VCRs, DVD Players ● Cable & Satellite Equipment ● Testing Equipment ● Stereo/Audio Components ● Cell Phones (with or without batteries) ● PDAs, Handheld Games ● Cameras ● Telephones ● Returned or Unwanted Products ● Gaming Consoles/Systems ● UPS (uninterruptible power supply) and other Lead Acid Batteries ● Small/Large Applia...

  The Nomination Committee is looking to fill three important positions: two board positions and the association secretary position. If serving the 1620 community in an active and meaningful way is something you would like to pursue, now would be a good time to make your interests known. If you would like more information or if you are ready to make a commitment to apply for one of these positions, please contact one of the Nomination Committee members listed below. Elections will be held at the annual board meeting in January. Thank you for considering these positions. Your involvement would be truly appreciated. The 1620 Nomination Committee: Katherine #610 (katherinegulic@yahoo.com) Marie #436 (mlangenes@comcast.net)  Dar #402 (d.krambule@comcast.net)

Story and interview by Alexandra S 1620 NE Broadway is a wonderful place to live, made even more great by the fact that we can walk to such a variety of shops at our doorstep. How many people can say they live essentially across the street from a bakery, a chocolate factory, two great pubs, two Thai restaurants, multiple coffeehouses, and an amazing locally owned bookstore? Each local business in our neighborhood has their own fascinating story of how they came to be, but one in particular also illuminates one of the oldest dreams of American democracy- that this country be a place where immigrants from all corners of the world may come seeking a better life for themselves and their children. One story that illustrates this is just a few hundred yards away from our front door- Abe’s Broadway Cleaners at 1730 NE Broadway. Jose Pat Caro immigrated to Oregon when he was just eighteen years of age. That was twenty-five years ago. It wasn’t easy, he says, to leave his parents, whom have bee...