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Association Management at its Finest
EBMC has managed associations (cooperatives, planned unit, condominium and homeowner’s associations) in California and Nevada since their inception. We are locally known and nationally respected. EBMC is a leader and innovator of association management practices and procedures in California and Nevada. Our client base includes high rises; large master planned developments, commercial condominiums as well as smaller communities. We offer a full range of association services including management, financial services, consulting and expert witness.
We manage approximately 325 associations with an estimated 20,000 units located throughout California and Nevada. EBMC is family owned and operated and has the unique ability to tailor its myriad of services and talents to maximize customer service and serve our clients needs. Our offices are conveniently located and are well established giving EBMC the edge over our competition when it comes to contracting and volume discounts.
Our team of dedicated professionals fully comprehends the complexities of association management. Whether we are assisting an association on a multi-million dollar renovation project or simply handling routine service requests, EBMC has the tools and expertise to do it. We do it with finesse and professionalism for which your association’s members and Board of Directors can be very proud. It all takes teamwork and that’s what EBMC is all about.
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The Devil is Always in the Details
As a representative of the Town Green Village Owners' Association, Carol Melendez of EBMC contacted the Windsor Refuse and Recycling to discuss ways of reducing the Owners' Association's costs.
While there are companies that will work with Owners' Associations to reduce costs, the local refuse company does meet with their clients free of charge. EBMC invited a representative of the refuse company to meet and discuss ways of reducing collection costs and ways increase recycling.
A result of the meeting which included a review of the collection schedule and fees assessed, the Owners' Association received a refund from the Windsor Refuse and Recycling in the amount of $15,717. The Board of Directors was most appreciative of EBMC's efforts and the very positive results of the investigation.
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Town Green Village Owners Association located in Windsor is built on 14 acres and is comprised of three-story, mixed-use buildings, with commercial condominiums on the first floor and two-story residential condominiums above. Many of the building facades are designed re-creations of historic Windsor and Sonoma County buildings.
The construction of Town Green Village incorporated Smart Growth and New Urbanism design techniques. This created a mixed-use concept, which conserves land that would normally be converted into urban sprawl, leaving the beautiful landscape of Sonoma County free of unnecessary development.
Town Green Village Owners Association includes 103 commercial condominiums, ranging in size from 600 to 3,000 square feet for retail and professional office space.
The 172 residential condominiums include energy savings features as Hydro heat system, which relies on hot water to warm living space, super water saving low-flow showerheads and water closets, and most recently the newest phase of residential condominiums are pre wired and ready for installation of a photoelectric system for each unit.
The Town Green Village Owners Association also supports an environment that includes many community activities and events. The Town Green boasts a bandstand, water features and fountain, children's play area, gymnasium and a regional library. Enjoy free outdoor concerts, moonlight movies, art shows, parades, annual holiday events, Shakespeare on The Green outdoor theatre, weekly farmers market and many other activities.
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Clara Clampitt Educates audience about "Dealing with ineffecive Board Members"
At the Annual Executive Council of Homeowners (ECHO) Trade Show & Educational Seminar held at the Rohnert Park Community Center in Rohnert Park, California, Ms. Carra Clampitt, was honored to be a guest speaker and addressed an audience of nearly one-hundred on the subject of “Dealing with Ineffective Board Members”.
The audience was comprised primarily of community association board members and industry professionals from Marin and Sonoma Counties. The audience was interested in solutions to this familiar but often difficult and somewhat political topic. Ms. Clampitt shared some of the most frequent observations that she has witnessed over the years which included:
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• Board Members make decisions that personally benefit themselves.
• The Board cannot come to consensus and when a decision cannot be reached, the Board begins to stagnate.
• Board members duties are not carried out uniformly.
• Individual board members dominate Board Meetings.
The discussions then lead to some of the serious consequences of ineffective board members. Some of the most common consequences included:
• Lack of upkeep of the property
• Deferred maintenance and higher costs
• Loss of property value
• Snap decisions
• Disgruntled homeowners
• Endless board meetings
Ms. Clampitt offered suggestions on how to best make positive inroads to dealing with ineffective board members. Suggestions included:
• Carry your own weight. Board Members should accept the responsibility for the role they have agreed to take on and act as a fiduciary to the members and the community.
• Have a clear and thoughtfully developed mission and vision, spending the lion’s share of the Board’s time on strategic thinking.
• Be Prepared. Board members should review board meeting material and be prepared to discuss and render decisions.
• Consider and schedule maintenance. Maintain the property in its best condition with proper budgeting and long range planning.
• Recruit, orient and train. Train Board Members available through Echo and your managing agent. Such as EBMC’s Board Member Boot Camp.
• Welcome change with open arms.
Many questions were posed at the conclusion of the seminar regarding how to conduct board meetings, how to handle owners that violate the community's rules and regulations, and how best to become and more effective board. For more information on the topic contact carraclampitt@ebmc.com.
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Board Member Boot Camp
Las Vegas, Nevada
EBMC recognizes that one way to help ensure that its Boards of Directors’ are provided training opportunities throughout the year is to provide regularly scheduled training sessions that are available free of charge to the volunteers that serve on their associations Board of Directors.
November 2007, EBMC along with the Burdman Law Group, held a training session at Buena Vista Clubhouse, 7646 Allano Way, Las Vegas, Nevada, for the Association Board of Directors and those aspiring to serve as board members.”Board Member Boot Camp” was the title of the training session and approximately 36 individuals attended. Six (6) representatives from EBMC attended the seminar, including Scott Burdman, of Burdman Law Group.
EBMC presented topics that included:
• Roles of Association Officers
• Conducting and Documenting, Regular, Special, Executive and Committee Meetings
• Mold, Soils and Construction Defect Claims
• Parking and Towing
• Budgets and Reserves
• Transition from Developer Control (Bonus Boot Topic)
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The following is a listing of some of the owner associations managed by EBMC that have developed a web presence: |
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