Additional reactions to the Letter “Concerned Owners of Aquarius document to the Board”

Nathan Weinstein and Frida Abrahamian have additional comments on the Letter

• A Group of Concerned Aquarius Owners Writes to the Board of Directors

The comments of Mr. Weinstein are followed by a note from Ms. Abrahamian

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Nathan Weinstein

Dear Mr. Gupta,
I do know better and can assure you that our Board didn’t designate me to be PIO, and the letter was prepared by me. I should admit that previously, I did tell the Board that I was ready to join if they would consider restoring and assigning to me a previous Food Taster (FT) position, but unfortunately for everybody, they refused.
For those of you who are new to the building, Mr. Gupta’s board had a provision in the restaurant contract to allow Board members free food as “taste testers”.

Yes, I thought hard before my “spin” of events that you are not refuting, except the transparency claim of the current 50-year recertification construction schedule and stairs installation.

I was satisfied with the responses at the town hall meeting regarding the schedule. I heard your questions, and they have all been addressed. I understand that owners are not happy not being able to use the balconies for almost four months. But please remind our neighbors that during the 40 years project, which you oversaw, Mr Gupta, they were not able to use them for a couple of YEARS. Yes, the balconies’ sealant, like you noted, should have been established, and it was, but later the board found a better material, and the approval with the manufacturer caused the delay. Don’t we all want an installation that would last long, not like it was done previously? Can you answer why your balcony reconstruction was so poorly done that only a few years later we have to redo the work?

I am not sure what valid information you are looking for when all the questions were addressed at the meeting. You need to be more specific.

I will respectfully disagree regarding blaming the current board for the 4 years stairs installation project delay. 4 years ago would have been April 2021, at which point you were still Board President. These stairs could have been installed, but were removed from the contractor’s work scope during the previous board. At that time, the contractor didn’t apply for a permit, so we couldn’t have known that the design had to be revised.
At the current board monthly meetings, it was explained that the Hillman Eng. stairs design was not sufficient for the city. The LTM Eng. had to redesign and get the city’s approval on stairs installation in order to get the permit.

So I don’t see any spin on facts that can’t be refuted just by rejecting them.
I don’t understand why some people in a condominium would want to create a distraction for owners by asking to sign a letter with misleading information. We should be judging and guided by the results of work accomplished by current board: installed roof (please note without excessive assessment and with the change orders presented); prepared by the board current 50 year recertification project with open bid process and transparent conduct and contractor selection; selecting and assigning new management contracts benefiting association, etc., greatly contributed to so much neglected in the past Aquarius buildings.

Nathan Weinstein, Apt 807S

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Frida Abrahamian

Please post my response in your blog. I sent you this before and asked you to post it, but it appears that you are selective as to whose letters you post.

I would like to contribute my response to “concerned Aquarius owners”.