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June & September Board Minutes

The final minutes for the June 14, 2023 and draft minutes for the September 27, 2023 Board Meetings are now available on the Owners’ Info section of the website. No meetings were held in July or August due to various board members holidays and personal commitments, so a quorum could not be achieved.

Indoor Hot Tub Update

There is a crack in the main line from the pumps to the indoor hot tub.  In order to repair this, the floor between the indoor hot tub and the pump room would have to be ripped up, which would include ripping up the in-floor heating.  This would of course be a considerable expense and add further upward pressure on our already high strata fees.  In addition, if this repair were undertaken, all access to the swimming pool and outdoor hot tub would be impossible until the repair was completed.

A detailed inspection of the problem was done in the early summer.  The board member responsible for this is in favour of taking on the repair.  However, our pool contractor has strongly recommended against doing the repair, because of the cost and damage to the in-floor heating, and has recommended filling in the indoor hot tub instead.

Unfortunately, we could not reach a consensus for a vote on this at our last meeting, which was in June.  No meetings were held in July or August because of the demands on various board members and we could not achieve a quorum. There should be a meeting the last week in September, at which time we hope a decision will finally be made.

The board’s sincere apologies on the inordinate length of time it has taken to bring this to a resolution.

Horsethief Creek Fire

Radium Hot Springs, & hence the Peaks, is now on the edge of the Horsethief Creek Wildfire Alert Zone, with its Evacuation Zone close behind. You should have a go bag ready and a plan on where to evacuate. Planning to evacuate anywhere between Windermere and Spillimacheen is NOT advisable.

You should be signed up for emergency notifications from the RDEK Emergency Operations Centre using the Voyent Alert app or website:

https://voyent-alert.com/ca/

Village Moves to Stage 2 Water Restrictions

Due to a broken water main earlier today, the Village of Radium Hot Springs’ water reserves are somewhat depleted. This, combined with the new Wildfire No. N22243 about 15-20km SW of Radium, has caused the Village to move to Stage 2 of its Water Restrictions Bylaw. As a result, the Peaks’ automatic sprinkler systems will be shut off until the Village returns to Stage 1 water restrictions.