(This Pretty much answers the El Primo)
Residents have continued to accuse
Myron Solomon and Olga Wolkenstein of initiating a frivolous lawsuit which cost
$600.000 in legal fees. The present UCO administration and the UCO Reporter
continued to spread the false rumor and used the document printed below as
evidence to prove their allegation.
David Israel’s administration
never wanted to reveal this document until we threatened legal action. As you
will see when you read it, it offers NO PROOF that SOLOMON/WOLKENSTEIN cost the
Village $600,000 and has no relationship
to the lawsuit. However, it does show
proof of how Bob Marshall, Ed black and Jean Dowling cost the residents millions
of dollars in extra expenses in the restoration of the clubhouse. This is why
this document was kept secret for so long.
For some of you who are new to the village, I
would like to offer you a little history of when the hurricane destroyed the
clubhouse.
According to the millennium
agreement, WPRF was responsible for restoring the clubhouse to its original condition without additional
costs to the residents - including new code requirements. During
that time, residents were only obligated to pay one-third of their WPRF dues. Bob Marshall, Ed Black and Company decided
upgrades were warranted and gave Ms. Jean Dowling, who had NO construction
experience, the authority to work with WPRF’s insurance contractor to oversee
the clubhouse restoration. The additional money to pay for these upgrades was
to come from a SECRET agreement Bob Marshall signed with WPRF, which is printed
below. (This is a PDF file converted)
AT THE TIME, NO ONE
WAS TOLD ABOUT THIS AGREEMENT. In
signing this agreement, Bob Marshall gave WPRF the right to hold the remaining two-thirds
of OUR dues which we were NOT obligated to pay and put it into a fund called “Rent Credit” to
be held by WPRF. This “Rent credit” not
to exceed $3,000.000 was to pay for all the extra changes UCO wanted in the
restoration of the clubhouse.
Meanwhile, the lawsuit was initiated because
the residents became angry for being forced to pay full dues while not having
use of the clubhouse.
I will do my best to answer
any questions regarding this article in the COMMENT box.
Olga Wolkenstein
Century Village Clubhouse
CENVI LL - UCO
Century Village Clubhouse
CENVI LL - UCO
CONSTRUCTI ON IMPROVEMENTS AGREEMENT
This AGREEMENT made this _22 day of Feb
of 2005 S,
BETWEEN
Cenvill: W.P.R.F. Inc. and Cenvill
Recreation ,Inc. 1601 Forum Place , Suite 500, West Palm Beach FL 33401; and
UCO:
the Unit
Civic Organization Inc. and it's Operations Committee, 2102 West Ave.,
West Palm Beach, FL 33417
The Project:
Certain renovations to the Clubhouse
at Century Village
West Palm Beach referred to as "Extras" and more
fully described in the
attached Exhibit A.
Cenvill and UCO agree as set forth below.
1.
Pursuant to the Recreation Lease Millennium Agreement between
the parties Cenvill is obligated
to restore the Recreation Facilities after casualty loss and to reduce rent proportionally as reconstruction occurs.
Hurricanes struck Century Village
in September
2004 causing substantial damage
to the Recreation Facilities. Repairs
are under way to restore these facilities to their pre hurricane condition at the direction
of Cenvill and it's insurance
company.
2.
The parties
entered into a "Memo of Understandingu dated December 2, 2004 which has set out the required
reduction in rent during
reconstruction. Cenvill continues to collect the full rent due but has agreed to credit UCO for that portion of the rent to be reduced under said memo of Understanding , hereinafter called the "Rent Credit". The · b Rent
credit shall be
accounted for and maintained
by Cenvill in the WPRF Operating Account.
It is estimated
the total "Rent Credit" could exceed
$3,000,000 depending on how long the Recreation Facilities are not available to the residents
of Century Village.
3.
Cenvill and its insurance
company has retained
QCI Group One Construction, 870 Pratt Ave. N., Schaumburg, ILL 60193, to restore and repair the Recreation Facilities to their pre hurricane condition. Costs for this restoration are being paid by Cenvill and/or it's insurance
company and shall hereinafter be referred
to as the "Restoration Costs".
4.
UCO and Cenvill have agreed
to allow certain
construction improvements, hereinafter the "Extras", to the Recreation
Facilities which UCO has requested and more fully
described in Exhibit A. The costs of these Extras shall be paid by Cenvill from the "Rent Credits" in the
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the WPRF Operating Account,
but not in excess of the "Rent
Credits". If the costs of these Extras exceed the "Rent
Credits" then UCO shall authorize the payment of said excess costs from the WPRF Operating
Account. If the costs of these Extras do not exceed the "Rent Credits"
then Cenvill shall credit the Century Village residents
the difference. Cenvill and QCI Group One Construction have entered into a separate
construction agreement to construct the "Extras".
5.
All parties understand the "Restoration Costs" and the costs for "Extras" shall
be segregated and separately
accounted for even though their construction will be simultaneous by QCI Group One Construction. UCO shall have the right to retain, at it's own cost, construction professionals and accountants to observe said simultaneous
construction and to advise and assist UCO in carrying
out it's responsibilities under
the
Millennium Recreation Agreement. UCO shall promptly notify Cenvill
of any issues or disputes and provide
Cenvill any reports
provided by said professionals retained by UCO.
6.
In the event of dispute between the parties the mediation and arbitration provisions of the Recreation Lease Millennium Agreement shall apply.
UCO:
CENVILL:
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We all know how democracy is supposed to work. Politicians are supposed to campaign on the issues, and an informed public is supposed to cast its votes based on those issues, with some allowance for the politicians’ perceived character and competence.
ReplyDeleteWe also all know that the reality falls far short of the ideal. Voters are often misinformed, and politicians aren’t reliably truthful. Still, we like to imagine that voters generally get it right in the end, and that politicians are eventually held accountable for what they do.
We may be still waiting, but its coming
St.George
To all the people who took the time to read this agreement:
ReplyDeleteThe amount of money spent to restore the clubhouse published here is only a tip of the iceberg. We are in the process of gathering the additional costs and will publish them when they become available.
We want you to understand how present and past administrations tied to David Israel spent your money without your permission.
Stay tuned!!
Thank you so much Olga for getting these secrets out to the people from whom it has been hidden all these years. I'd like to bet my bottom dollar that there are a few people cringing right about now. They never, in their wildest dreams, thought this information would ever get out to the residents.
ReplyDeleteOlga, this is unbelievable. I knew that shenanigans were taking place and most probably some money was involved but wow! this agreement that Bob Marshall signed really sold us out and this is the administration that wants to stay in place forever! Don't know how you fot these documents but thank you, thankyou, thank you and hopefully people will finally open their eyes but I must tell you that it is an uphill battle. In talking to a frien the other day, that friend did not know who Dave Israel was. So we really must inform people so they can know what is going on.
ReplyDeleteEsther,
ReplyDeleteIt's been a challenge getting this information. David Israel fought us all the way until we took legal action. We knew we had the rights to these documents but they refused to abide by the law. That's the way this administration operates.
It is unfortunate that in trying to do "RIGHT" for the village, we have taken so much abuse. In the eyes of the many residents, we are the pariah's.