From: Parker Plaza pploudspeaker@gmail.com

Subject: Owners' Concerns

Date: November 30, 2020 at 10:05 PM

To: Board 2020 bod@parkerplaza.org, manager@parkerplaza.org

Dear Members of the Parker Plaza Association:

It came to IGOR’s attention that many owners and residents are expressing their

deep concerns regarding timeframe and money spending on ongoing concrete and

stucco restoration project, changing fire doors towers, the necessity of removing

and reinstalling many windows, and remodeling of Terrace, Plaza and Billiard

Rooms. The owners and residents are also raising their concerns regarding quality

of performed work and competence of Board of Directors and Management whose

direct duties and responsibilities to control and insure that all projects will be done

on schedule and within the planned budget.

IGOR has strong evidence that many hundred thousand dollars were already

mismanaged in 2019-2020 FY on poorly controlled repairing of many apartments,

including repairing and remodeling of several apartments of members of the Board

and their friends on the cost of our Association. One of many examples of poor

quality of work performed by CTC is repairing of the same window leak in

apartment 1418 for four times. Such an improper and unprofessional performance,

carelessness and negligence must be stopped immediately.

It also looks like that our ongoing Assessment will be increased on several

millions dollars and the Stucco and Balcony restoration Project will be prolonged on

more than one year. It follows from the most recent Amicon’s weekly report: “Many

Windows will require to be removing and reinstalling to perform the repairs. Spring

loaded dust walls will be installed inside those units, as well as sheets plywood form

the outside to seal opening. These repairs require a window specialist contractor,

as they are too technical to be done by CTC...”

Below, IGOR is sharing posts of concerned owners, published in the Parker

Plaza Owners Facebook regarding performance of AMICON (our Owner Rep, OR),

M2E (our Engineer on Record, EOR), CTC (out General Contractor), our Board and

Management.

Egor Rostashvili

Hi, my name is Egor from 1715, I have strong complain for board regarding price fixing

plaza room, spa and billiard room. It is ridiculous. Price is unjustified and for schmoks.

Dear board, please don’t forget, we, the tenants, are paying from our pockets for this

mess. Yes mess,!! you should have think about us, the tenants, that we were using those

rooms to enjoy lives in this most expensive building, so far, in area that we pay for. You

should order to fix one first before braking other. I did not vote for you and i think you

guys should prove to me and others like me that you care for building not your interests. I

sow you were very active to get votes and now i dont see same enthusiasm.

Also, i see CTC workers are working too slow. I see they enjoy fresh air and stretch

joyable work day. Please, have explanation for those ridiculous prices for those rooms

ready in zoom meeting. I don’t understand how board could be picked if they do not live

in this building ??? But those who do live here, do nothing good for us. This is called

anarchy. I am very frustrated because i don’t see any good changes since i left Plaza.

You should understand my frustration. Thank You

EXHIBIT "B"

Case 0:22-cv-61638-WPD Document 21-2 Entered on FLSD Docket 11/17/2022 Page 1 of 3
Simon Sherman

...Removing and reinstalling many windows will increase our ongoing Assessment on

several millions dollars and extend the ongoing project on more than one year. The

repairing windows are outside of the scope of the stucco and balcony restoration project.

Moreover, “these repairs require a window specialist contractor, as they are too technical

to be done by CTC.” Therefore, on the Open Forum, Tuesday, December 1st Via Zoom,

we need request the Board to stop monetary and timely extension of the main project.

“Do not trouble trouble...” Repairing should be done only for windows that leak. Other

windows should be not touched. Anyway, this repairing is outside of the contract with

CTC. We need to request M2E, CTC and Amicon to finish their work on the main project

as it is stated in our contract. 

Pepe Espinel

The	"window	repair	project"	is	yet	another	invention	of	those	who	are	always	looking

for	ways	to	milk	us	more	money.	I	refuse	to	pay	for	anything	outside	of	the	initial

project	to	rebuild	the	building,	such	as	changing	the	exterior	bricks	of	the	?ire	escape

from	their	vertical	position	to	a	horizontal	position;	and	this	one	of	the	windows.

People	of	Parker	Plaza,	it	has	already	been	too	much:	we	must	rise	up	against	the

arbitrariness	of	this	Board!

Alla Shlyapochnik

absolutely agree, since my windows was installed they never leaked. Only windows that

have problems need to be repaired.

Walt Demine

They will never stop squeezing money from the owners. Consider choosing another

representative.

Bertica Robinson

...my windows have never leaked. This project is totally getting out of control!

Faina Perelman

CTC is the worst contraction company in Florida. The work was sabotaged from the

beginning, when they cut and remove all plaster from columns. They should of re-plaster

and prime them right away. Instead they left them unattended for such a long time ( 2

years) and now cinder blocks absorb the moisture from the ocean. It will happened to

new concrete and plaster because it should be primed. Why don't you take a look at a

new building next door? They already primed all new balconies. It is very critical to do

that because it is ocean side.

The construction Company should follow all the specifications!!! Instead they only look to

get more money.

Everybody is looking for excuses and blaming each other and not doing anything. If they

remove the column it will take another 5 years to re-build them.

Alla Shlyapochnik

We have to stop this! Building codes different today, but this is not new project, we just do

restoration. This is the same when several balconies was destroyed

Simon Sherman

Case 0:22-cv-61638-WPD Document 21-2 Entered on FLSD Docket 11/17/2022 Page 2 of 3
Simon Sherman

AMICON and M2E continuously fail to provide us with a task list, working calendar and

involved manpower. We, ordinary members of our Association, do not know percentage

of the project accomplished, manual labor involved in any given task, as well as the

milestones and timeline of any given project. Moreover, M2E and CTC continuously

discover additional work to be done. Right now, M2E and CTC have implemented more

than 40 changes of orders that additionally cost us many hundred thousand of dollars.

Given that the CTC did not provide us with Bonds, we became hostages of M2E and

CTC, which de facto are interested in increasing the volume of work. It looks to me that

AMICON (our OR) does not adequately protect us and we are just wasting our money on

their poor service.

Raquel Dolores Cabrera

There is terrible situation, they said it fixed and the following week we got the same that

happen with elevator, shuttle garbage more and more. There is unacceptable the way

that board and management company is working on.

Walt Demine

...this	community	Facebook	group	has	been	becoming	a	tribune	for	frustrated

complaining	Parker	Plaza	owners.

I hope the board of directors and those who voted for them will join this group and defend

their decisions and actions. This would mitigate the feelings, cheer up the common mood

and give some hope in brighter future of our community.

The unknown scares and discourages.

Board, please step in and start talking to people.

Sincerely, 

IGOR – Initiative Group of Owners and Residents

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