AURORA NEWSLETTER WINTER / SPRING 2011

Welcome to the Winter / Spring issue of the Aurora Newsletter letting you, both residents and or owners, know what is happening or about to happen in and around Aurora.

HOT WATER SERVICE
Over the last months there had been several outages to the hot water service in the building and the water temperature has been inconsistent. It was found that one of the pumps had a faulty controller and that the other pump, a burnt out motor. Appropriate service measures have now rectified this fault and we can now look forward to a constant hot water supply. We will attempt to communicate the cause of similar outages more promptly in the future.

On another water note, residents may have noticed two new rain water tanks installed at the city end of the visitors car park area collecting rain water. Now the gardens of Aurora will continue to benefit and the water feature will continue to run using recycled water.It is also planned these tanks will supply to a proposed high pressure hosing system that will replace the stolen Karcher machine in the car wash bay.

BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS
It has been noted by a number of residents that the gym, pool area and sauna are in need of some repairs. This is being looked into by the Owners Corporation Committee. A review and improvement of Aurora's power usage has seen the upgrading of exterior lighting to LED lamps.Further cost savings are expected with similar solutions being applied to the lighting of all common areas.

Shortly owners of apartments on those floors with the 'teal' coloured carpet will be asked to choose a replacement carpet. A ballot will be conducted and the costs and repayment levies will be advised. The other floors had their carpet replaced several years ago.

A building wash down is to be actioned soon. This wash down cleans the exterior hard surfaces of the building (not windows). The next window clean is planned for early Sept.

OWNERS CORP. RULES
Residents are to be reminded that the area in and around their own car parking bay is their responsibility for maintaining and keeping tidy. This includes cleaning up oil spills, cigarette butts, household items and any other litter.Cigarette butts are also a continuing problem particularly being dropped from the southern side of the building. Please ensure appropriate ashtrays are used for the butts disposal.

Also a reminder to all residents to be mindful of where they put their rubbish. Recyclables go into the recycle bins at each car park floor level. Larger items and cardboard boxes go into their respective bins on Ground Level behind the south water tanks. Only household garbage is to be put down the garbage chute. Your garbage for the chute should be wrapped, containing no glass or liquids and not in a large boxes. Pizza boxes block the chute creating costly rectification.

FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE
A dry cleaning service picks up from and delivers to Aurora. Contact the Concierge for details and don't forget other useful information can be found at "aurora.org.au"