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HOA Suggestion Box

This Brooks Tower forum topic is a place for residents to discuss suggestions that would make Brooks a better place to live for all. Participating in this discussion is not an official way to submit suggestions to the HOA, but a place to discuss possibilities with fellow residents.

In addition to discussing ideas here, it is suggested that you submit your suggestions by visiting the Brooks Tower Management Office and/or attending the Annual Homeowners Meeting.

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A treadmill for the exercise room. Why isn't there even one?

Also, the exercise bikes are in bad shape. Does anyone ever do maintenance
on these?

The answer to the treadmill is that they created too much noise for the loft
units located below the exercise room. We had treadmills in the beginning but
after many attempts to silence the pounding noise they were removed and
replaced with quiet elliptical machines. There were residents that would use
the treadmills in the middle of the night.

For maintenance on the machines you might talk with Phil Castillo or Nancy
Brock.

Can we keep one stairwell exit door (Curtis St. side) always open and not
locked? The exit leading to the front desk area is enclosed so it is unlikely
that a criminal, etc. would enter. Currently, I believe these doors only open
if there is a fire.

I think you are referring to stairway exits, not the Lobby/Building Entry
Doors. When I first moved in in 2000, I thought it was very strange and
restrictive that we could not use the stairs as a secondary means to elevators
to get in and out.

What causes the false alarms?

Can those who cause the false alarms be fined?

If we got rid of the stairwell door fire alarms altogether, wouldn't there
be much less disruption?

Was there a law at some point in time requiring all high rise stairwells to
have alarm door exits? What is the status now?

I have worked in a few high rises around Denver, and the stairways are not
tied to fire alarms. Are we still required to have a fire alarm at stairwell
exits?

The benefits I could see to remove the stairwell alarms would be less false
alarms, and allowing residents to use the stairway to enter and exit.

If it is a security issue, maybe an additional access reader at the stair
entrance would solve the case.

The Fire alarm system at Brooks Tower is rather old, it IS required that there
be a fire alarm per city Code. As for the false alarms.. its just one of the
many joys of living in an apartment building, now matter how tall or short it
is.

One thing I would really appreciate is the ability to purchase an access card
for garage access that could be velcrowed to the windshield of a vehicle,
requiring equipment that could pick up the signal.

The DPAC garage has a system like this and when I had a parking spot there,
it was nice not having to go fishing for an access card when pulling into the
garage.

I was actually informed that the doors must be alarmed if they are locked, but
do not need to be alarmed if they are unlocked... or something to that effect.
Essentially, I was told by building management that we could keep the door by
the front desk unlocked and un-alarmed if building management chose to do
that.

I may have misinterpreted something on this, but that was my
understanding...

Thanks

I agree that the stairwells should be unlocked. It would encourage healthy
living and reduce the elevator usage.

Has there been any discussion on putting in a hot tub? I am a new owner and
unless I am mistaken, I didn't see one on the pool deck. I would think that
the benefit would outweigh the costs on that one and everyone would enjoy it.
Let me know as I'm sure it was brought up before.

Part of me is a little hesitant about personally getting in a single hot tub
that is shared among people living in 530 condo units, but that's just my own
reservation. I think its a great idea overall as I'm sure many people would
enjoy it.

We have plenty of room on the pool deck for a very large hot tub. Also, the
pool area is locked early and video monitored, so you'd think we would avoid a
lot of questionable behavior and late night noise wouldn't be an issue. This
would also be a very inexpensive improvement relative to the kinds of
expenditures the board has been authorizing in recent years.

However, I wouldn't get your hopes up. They don't seem real receptive to
taking suggestions from just anyone at Brooks Tower. A number of people have
brought up the lack of recycling in the building, in the 2006 Homeowners
Annual meeting and on this forum, over the last twelve months and the board
has taken no action that I know of.

Good suggestion though, keep up the good work!