Morris Place Newsletter

Apologies for the lateness of the March newsletter. To cut a long story short, over the past few weeks our online-communication resource has been engaged in an intensive redesign initiative with the goal of improving general accessibility and cross-browser compatibility. Now, hopefully, users of Internet browsers other than Internet Explorer will enjoy an improved browsing experience at Morrisplace.net. (Still much work to be done, but it's a start ...)

April Open Board Meeting

Place: Rm 201, Morristown Town Hall (200 South St.)
Date: April 21, 2005
Time: 7:15 pm

Note From Morris Place Association President

Dear Residents,

I'm writing to request your help.

I've attended every open board meeting that the Association has held. Residents almost filled the room at those first two meetings, perhaps because of the novelty of it all. Now, however, we're quite lucky to have more than one resident attend in addition to the board members - and often that one is a board member's spouse!

The Morris Place board cares very much about the community - its upkeep, budget, property value, safety, and many details that you don't hear about. But we don't want to work in a vacuum - and without your input, that's exactly what will happen.

So please, attend our monthly meetings and let us hear what you think. Morris Place is your community too, so please give us your input!

— Becky Yeamans

Parking in Visitor Areas

Visitor parking spaces are for visitors

Residents who regularly park unregistered vehicles in guest parking areas risk having their cars towed.

Residents who park registered vehicles in guest parking areas on a regular basis risk being fined on an ongoing basis – unless a third vehicle has been registered.

If you keep an unregistered vehicle at Morris Place, you need to register it now by either

Completing the online vehicle registration form at (www.morrisplace.net//forms/vehicle_registration/index.htm), or
Contacting Candice Bladt at Community Management.

Update your vehicle registration information

If the vehicle registration information associated with your permit sticker changes, you'll need to

Complete the online vehicle registration modification form at www.morrisplace.net//forms/vehicle_registration/modify/index.htm, or
Contact Candice Bladt at Community Management.

Residents whose permit stickers do not match the vehicles on record will be fined.

Affix permit stickers to your car

Residents are required to affix the permit stickers to the bottom left corner of their vehicle's rear window, on the outside. Residents who park in guest parking areas will be fined and possibly have their vehicles towed if the permit sticker is not appropriately affixed.

Note: Vehicles parked in driveways or garages are never inspected, never fined, and never towed.

Independent Auditor's Report

The final Independent Auditor's Report is now available to download from the Web site:

Draft report - presented to Board in January, 2005 (file size: 1.12 MB)
Final report - same as above without the word "Draft" (file size: 2.32 MB)

To receive a print copy of the report, please contact Candice Bladt at Community Management.

February / March Maintenance Report

Issue	Responsible Party	Status	Comments
Gutter Cleaning	Joe Trezza	Complete	Joe cleaned out the roof gutters of all buildings in the community.
Damaged light across from Bldg 5)	JCP&L	Pending	JCP&L has been contacted.
Damage caused by snow ploughing	Fullerton	Pending	Fullerton will repair all damage caused by snow ploughs. Sprinkler heads have already been fixed.
Landscaping: Poison ivy along chain link fence	Joe Trezza	Pending	Joe will get to work before spring kicks in.

Policy Resolutions

Print copies of the policy resolutions were mailed to residents in February along with a summary of the Association's rules and regulations. These resolutions are now available to download from the Web site: www.morrisplace.net/main/2regs.

Town of Morristown Dogs & Other Animals Ordinances

If you own a dog (or a cat, it seems), you are required by New Jersey State law to register your pet with the Town of Morristown.

Town of Morristown - Animal Division
200 South Street, Room 358
Morristown, NJ 07960
ph. 973-292-6731
fax. 973-538-1376

Morris Place Dog Registration Form

In addition to registering your pets with the Town of Morristown, all dog owners must register their dogs with the Morris Place Condominium Association. For more information, including the Dog Registration form, go to www.morrisplace.net/main/2regs.

Next Month

Next month's newsletter will feature Morris Place residents Kelly Balady and Katerina Quinterno.

Kelly Balady is a 2005 New Jersey Association of Intercollegiate Athletic Woman (NJAIAW) Woman of the Year Nominee for her outstanding success as a Field Hockey player. Learn more about Kelly next month.

Katerina Quinterno, who you were introduced to last month, has some photos from a recent trip back to South Africa to share with us next month.

If you'd like to feature in the Resident Focus section of the newsletter, please let us know!

Community Management Group

Morris Place Condominium Association Board of Trustees

Jeanette Balady, Jack Bartholomew, Jennifer Hua, Becky Yeamans, Katerina Quinterno, Marilyn Cuykendall: board@morrisplace.net

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