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President's Report Faro Park 1 & 2
August 2007


I have been President for Faro Park 1 & 2 for three year and have enjoyed it very much. It has been an honour for me to serve the community. I have been asked by many owners to put myself forward for a fourth year. I thank them for their support but for personal reasons I shall not be putting myself up for re-election for the coming year. This is my last report and I have decided to send it out early so as to give all owners who would like to volunteer for this position plenty of time to make their intention known in time for the AGM in October.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the people that have supported me over the years,

Pedro & Glen for volunteering at short notice last year for the position of Vice President.

Ian McLauchlin for setting up an excellent web site which I hope you will all be using.

Sam Magee and Stuart Jones for volunteering to form a working group to look into English T.V. and for managing this project.

Last but not least I must thank Jon Olsen for his help to me in difficult times and his loyalty to me and the community as our Administrator.

Tony Matthews
President Faro Park 1 & 2


REPORT

Community Rules
At last year’s A.G.M it was decided that we should have community rules similar to the ones at Carlos Park and La Perla. As agreed the Board did this, incorporating what had been done before. There have been no objections by owners except the one about dogs around the pool which seems to have been totally ignored. I think at the AGM we need to have your opinion and a vote on the rules and any amendments you wish to make.

Garden Area
We have at last been able to make some progress with the garden area, removing the old dead grass from around the pool and planting palms and trees. I am sure you must all agree it is looking much better and I have had a lot of complements on how it looks. I was hoping to be able to complete all this work but it proved too expensive in one year so we have budgeted a further €5000 for this area in the coming year. Perhaps a small working committee can be set up to look into completing this work.

Maintenance
As was reported at last years AGM we were reviewing the Maintenance team. The board decided that as we had been getting more and more complaints about the existing team (Marcos and Anna), from a number of owners for not cleaning the pool, not cleaning the streets, not painting the lamp posts, not cleaning the refuse rooms etc, we decided we should go for quotes and therefore we reluctantly changed the maintenance company. The present company came highly recommended but there does not seem to have been any improvement. We have had constant problems on phase 2 with the lights. As maintenance is the area we spend most of our community money on it is constantly under review by the Administrator and the board.

The Pool
We drained the pool in January for the lights to be inspected but also found there appeared to be cracks in the floor of the pool. We took professional advice from three companies, one being the Club Lanzarote engineer, and got three different opinions. One company said the whole of the pool floor needed replacing at a cost of around €10000; the second said that the pool floor needed water-proofing and re-tiling which would also cost €10000. However, Club Lanzarote’s engineer said it only needed to be re-grouted where there appeared to be cracking. The board decided that, as we were getting a lot of complaints from owners about the length of time the pool had been empty, we should re-grout the cracks and refill the pool for this year and hope we had solved the problem. This will no doubt have to be looked into again.

Water Leak
We had two water leaks this year, one on phase 1 and one on phase 2. The leak on phase 2 was very difficult to find as no-one seemed to know where the main pipe was that fed phase 2. Both leaks have now been repaired.

English TV
This is now working satisfactorily after having teething problems but I think we must always bear in mind that we are picking up English programmes intended for England approximately 2000 miles away. It is quite easy to pick up Sky but not BBC and ITV free to air programmes. Any further questions on this subject should be addressed to the Administrator or the Board. All we want is a good reliable system.

Sewage Pumps
In May the maintenance company reported that the Sewage Pumps were worn out and after further investigation we were advised that the pumps were the wrong type and should be replaced. We were advised that to replace them with new pumps would cost €7000 or the old pumps could be repaired at a cost of €2000. In the Boards opinion we should have new pumps but that is for you to decide.

EGM
I cannot finish my last report without mentioning the call by certain individuals who asked me to call an Extraordinary General Meeting for the removal of the Board and replace them by themselves. At no time were we given a valid reason for this. We were given a list of 23 names of owners who wanted this meeting called and the Board gave this a lot of thought. We did consider resigning. But after agreeing to call the meeting we were told they had changed their minds. I was pleased to find out later that many owners had withdrawn their names from this list which actually made the action invalid. The president and the vice president are voted for at the A.G.M. and do not have to live permanently in Faro Park 1 and 2. They give their time and effort free for a twelve months term for the benefit of the community and any owner can volunteer for these two positions. The Administrator is also voted in at the AGM. For the benefit of the owners concerned the current Board consists of a President, Vice President and Administrator /secretary. Any changes to this have to be done by a unanimous vote at the AGM.


Tony Matthews
President Faro Park 1 & 2

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Community of owners of Faro Park Phases 1 and 2

Playa Blanca, 23rd August 2007.

Dear Owner,

Council Tax for 2007

The municipal taxes for properties, cars and refuse collection for the year 2007 are now due. The deadline for payment is 24th September 2007. The amounts are as follows: € 322.66, € 301.55, € 503.59, € 545.81 and € 301.55 for villa types A, B, C, D and E respectively. Owners paying by direct debit will get a 5 % discount on the amount. The taxes should be paid at the Oficina de Recaudación in Yaíza. If you are unable to go there yourself, we shall be happy to do it for you, at no charge. We can also set up future payments by direct debit if you so wish. The municipal rubbish collection tax is included in your community fee and will be paid for all owners by the community.

The cadastral values range from € 42.637,40 to € 77.173,69 and the exact value for your villa will appear on the receipt. It is this value that non resident owners should use when filing their Spanish tax return (form 210, 214 or 714, as the case may be). If you need assistance with your Spanish tax returns, we shall be happy to assist you with this.

AGM

The date for the AGM is 3rd October 2007 and the meeting will be held at the Natura Palace Hotel. I kindly ask that owners forward proposals and nominations for the meeting to a board member or to me to be received no later than 1st September. 

English TV

The service company recommends users to the system to make sure the Scart connections are pushed fully home as it does not take much movement to dislodge them, whichever type is used. It will save a call out if this is checked first. Users must also make sure that all other equipment such as DVDs , Videos, Satellite Receivers etc are switched to standby, and in the case of some old European TVs they must press the AV button on the TV remote.

UK Telephone number

If you are in the UK, you can call my office on 0844 7340847. The call will be diverted to my office in Playa Blanca. The cost is 4p/min.

Yours sincerely,

signed Jon W Olsen

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17 jun 07           UPDATE ENGLISH TV

Dear owners,

         The installation of the 4 English channels is now progressing. The channels are: BBC1, BBC2, ITV1, and ITV2. It was initially attempted to distribute the signals using UHF, but owing to the already crowded frequencies, good pictures were only received on two channels. The others were compromised by interference from adjacent channels. In view of this and the fact that poor reception for the two channels is likely to deteriorate as and when less favourable weather conditions happen, it was decided it was preferable to distribute the signals using VHF to maintain the superior quality throughout the year.

         The only drawback that can be envisaged is if people have English makes of TVs that do not tune to the VHF bands and therefore will not display the 4 English programs. This is usually the case with old TVs. However, this problem can be corrected, by using a European video recorder as a modulator. Most English TVs that are younger than 5 years normally tune over the full frequency band anyway and would not be a problem. For owners with older TVs and who do not wish to upgrade their system, a full refund will be made.

                                                 When the installation proves satisfactory, but not before, the service company may distribute the signals to neighbouring developments. In that case, a compensation for our urbanization will be negotiated in respect of future maintenance fees. Adding users to the system will furthermore help ensuring commitment from the service company.

         The signals continue to be transmitted without encryption. The encryption boxes are manufactured in the UK and the service engineer is awaiting a shipment to permit encoding to take place. Encryption will take place once the dish and LNB has been sorted.

                                                 So far 49 owners have signed up for the satellite television. If you still have not signed up, but would like to do so at the initial price of € 135, then please contact me ASAP. The entry to the list of subscribers will close without further notice. Owners can sign up at a later date, but the price for a single installation will be € 200 or more, to be agreed with the service provider.

Yours sincerely,

Jon W. Olsen  

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Comunidad de Propietarios Faro Park fase 1 & 2

Playa Blanca – Yaiza - Lanzarote, 31st March 2007.

Dear Owners,

General Meeting of Owners will take place as scheduled on Wednesday, 3rd October

President

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COMMUNITY OF PROPERTY OWNERS FARO PARK PHASES 1 & 2

EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING

In accordance with article 16 of the Horizontal Property Act I hereby

call an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Community of Owners

Faro Park Phases 1 & 2 to be held on

Tuesday, 27th February 2007 at 17:30 in the First Call or

at 18:00 in the Second Call.

The meeting will be held at the Hotel Natura Palace in

Playa Blanca with the following

AGENDA  

1. Registration of participants, presentation of proxies.

2. Proposals from The President:

i   To install a satellite television dish to enable the reception of English programmes. Expected cost € 40 per villa.

ii   To consider measures to take regarding the excess speed of traffic on Calle Irlanda. Expected cost € 45 per villa.

Playa Blanca, 30th January 2007.

Tony Matthews

President  

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