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

COMPOSITE EXHIBIT "E"

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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

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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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From: Egor tbili@verizon.net

Subject: Tenants concern

Date: December 8, 2020 at 1:41 PM

To: bod@parkerplaza.org

Hello board, i trust leaders of board but something strange is going on behind your backs. Please pay attention to this group (igor), i

know you get annoyed by this group, by the way, im member of it, but i would suggest to reed this anyway please. Dear

members of our Association

Our Initiative Group of Owners and Residents (IGOR) is extremely concerned regarding the growing number of possible corruption

activities of distinct members of our Board. 

Below IGOR presents some of red flags of possible corruption [1], as well as names and position of the members of the Board, who

have played an instrumental role in the appearance of these flags. 

1. Luck of business transparency, luck of Treasurer reports, violations of our Bylaws, violation of Florida Statutes 718,

huge (exceeding a million dollar) mismanagement of the operational budget, paying hundred of thousand dollars to

Vendors without contracts, and/or without required permits, and/or without required licenses, and/or without appropriate

insurances (Mr. Robert Oppenheimer, Treasurer of the Board; and Mr. Rafael Collazo, President of the

Board; Mr. Michael Fagan, Director of the Board).

2. Changing Landscaping Vendor (Mr. Michael Fagan, Director of the Board; and Mr. Rafael Collazo, President of the

Board).

3. Changing Valet Parking Company (Mr. Michael Fagan, Director of the Board; and Mr. Rafael Collazo, President of the

Board).

4. Changing Security Company (Mr. Michael Fagan, Director of the Board;and Mr. Rafael Collazo, President of the

Board).

5. Changing Housekeeping Vendor (Mr. Michael Fagan, Director of the Board; and Mr. Rafael Collazo, President of the

Board).

6. Selecting and Changing Fire Door Vendor(s) (Mr. Jeff Leibovitz , Director of the Board; and Mr. Rafael Collazo,

President of the Board).

References:

1. guide-to-HOA-Community-and-Condo-Association-Financial-Red-Flags.pdf ; https://www.comsource.com/Guide-to-HOACommunity-and..., )

Sincerely,

IGOR – Initiative Group of Owner and Residents

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From: Parker Plaza <pploudspeaker@gmail.com>

Date: February 2, 2021 at 7:27:01 PM EST

To: undisclosed-recipients:;

Subject: Public Parker Plaza Estates Financial Forum

Dear Parker Plaza Members

Yesterday’s forum was hosted by FirstService Residential and Gerstle, Rosen, & Goldenberg, P.A., (GRG) Certified Public

Accountants. Forty-six (46) people participated, including 4 people from FirstService Residential, 1 person from GRG, 9 members of

our Board, and 32 ordinary owners of our association. 

Mr. Mark Gerstle (GRG, Certified Public Accountants) presented a brief (preliminary) audited report about	the	state of our budget for

2020 FY (Fiscal Year that started October 1, 2019 and ended September 30, 2020). Mr. Gerstle stated that in 2020FY:

Our equity deficit increased from $4M to $4.6. 

Our cash flow decreased from $800K to $170K.

Over $750K were spent on internal walls repairing (read: apartment repairing) and other repairings,unplanned in our

budget. 

Our association is looking for additional special assessment to cover nearly or more than $1.4M additional deficit of our

operational funds.

In the second half of the Forum, FirstService Residential presented a budget report for December of 2020. The report

suggests that from October 1 to December 30, 2020, our operational deficit increased on additional $140K.

In sum, the Forum clearly showed that financial situation of our association is exponentially deteriorating. The substitution of AKAM

by FirstService Residential did not change anything. It clearly suggests that our Board (not a management company) is responsible

for mismanagement of our budget.

The questions to be asked: 

How and why, just in one year, our President (Mr. Rafael Collazo) and our Treasurer (Mr. Robert Oppenheimer) could

mismanage our operation and spatial assessment budgets on more than $1.4M?

Why did the Board not prioritize repairing the balconies and stucco to be first?

How and why did Mr. Rafael Collazo and Michael Fagan organize and authorized a production line of repairing a great

number of apartments unlawfully using our operation and assessment budgets? How and why did they involve many

vendors and our maintenance personnel in that illicit scheme of pumping our money, without approval of the Board, without

contracts, and without permits? 

Why did Mr. Collazo and Mr. Fagan demolish Terrace, Plaza and Billiard Rooms without approval of the Board? How and

why did they already wasted more than $100K on remodeling these rooms without city permits? 

Why did Mr. Collazo, Mr. Oppenheimer and Mr. Fagan created prerequisites for constant raising maintenance fees and

assessments? 

Why are they continuously creating more and more financial difficulties for owners? 

Do they do it purposely? If yes, what is their goal?

We (owners) have to prevent Mr. Collazo, Mr. Oppenheimer, and Mr. Fagan from being elected to the new Board. Otherwise,

many millions of our dollars will be uselessly wasted on additional Special Assessments and Maintenance Fees.

Sincerely,

IGOR - Initiative Group of Parker Plaza Residents and Owners 

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From: Parker Plaza <pploudspeaker@gmail.com>

Date: March 23, 2021 at 10:50:01 AM EDT

Subject: Financial Irregularities and Regulatory Violations

Dear Friends and Neighbors

In July of 2020, our Initiative Group of Owners and Residents (IGOR) hired the South Florida

Property Owners Consulting (SFPOC) LLC, employs of which are retired career law

enforcement officers specializing in economic crimes. On our behalf, SFPOC has performed (i)

Records Retrieval; and (ii) In-depth Accounting Review of our financial statements. The list of

official documents requested by SFPOC to perform an analysis of regulatory violations and

financial statements was obtained. The list of absent documents was identified.

Based on the received documents and bank statements, the auditors conducted an in-depth

Accounting Review of our financial statements. They determined that our equity deficit had

increased from $4M to $4.6 and that our cash flow had decreased from $800K to $170K. They

found that for repairing more than 70 apartments, over $658K was spent and these expenses

were unplanned in our budget. Nearly $130K was spent on garage lightening and nearly $120K

was spent on Terrace, Plaza and Billiard Rooms renovations. Therefore, it was identified that, in

total, more than $908K were spent on the unbudgeted projects. It was found that significant part

of these expenses was paid from the 2020 Assessment budget that is unlawful and can be an

object of criminal liability. Auditors concluded that the FY20 Total Budgeted amount under

Special Project is incorrect. They also determined that a legality of several Budget Revenue

changes is questionable. 

A deeper digging of the Association’s financial irregularities requires a legal intervention. For

instance, absence of the following documents limited the ability of our auditors to identify other

possible financial irregularities and regulatory violations:

1. Financial Statements for February and October of 2019 are missing. Financial

Statements for January, March, June, and July of 2020 are missing.

2. Many bank statements in 2019 and 2020 are missing.

3. $526,122 (including $328,785 paid from the Budget of the Special Assessment

created in 2017) was paid to our Attorney’s company in 2019FY. However, our Attorney

has prohibited the submitting invoices and checks paid to his company, referring to the

Attorney/Client privileges.

4. Documentation (journal entry/reconciliation) regarding the write off of $582,434 in

June of 2018 was not provided. 

5. A copy of the records for $610,000 that was temporarily transferred back and forth

between the Association Accounts was not presented and the purpose of the transfer

was not explained. 

6. Documentation showing transfer/withdrawal or use of $975,000 in the land/facilities

category which appeared on the September 2019 Balance Sheet but did not appear in

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FY2020 was not provided. 

7.    Documentation on the $700,000 surplus (shown in Assoc in-house docs) but noted

by auditors of financial records for 2019FY that there was no such surplus in the audited

statements was not presented and documents on where or what happened to that

money were not provided.

A list of contractors that have performed their work in our Building without City Permits, and/or

without contracts, and/or without appropriate licenses, and/or without insurances/bonds, as well

as without bids from competitors (so their prices can be significantly inflated) are determined. It

was discovered that the ongoing renovation (including material alteration) of the Common Areas

(Terrace, Plaza and Billiard Rooms, Lobby, Garage, etc.) have been performed without bids

from the competitors, without the required Building Permits and without approval by the entire

Board and the members of our Association. List of apartments, which were repaired without

approval of the Board, was also determined. The invoices and copies of checks paid by our

Associations to individuals were obtained. The range of persons of interest, including distinct

employees of the previous and current Management companies (AKAM and FSR) and

members of the Board, as well as the list of vendors that should be held accountable for the

inappropriate use of our funds was determined.

Future Direction. On our request, using the identified financial and regulatory violations,

FSPOC will create a completed file of the case and will help us hire an experienced lawyer

specializing in enforcing the Florida laws. The availability of the vast majority of the required

documents and results of the performed audit of the Association’s financial statements, as well

as the identified range of vendors and persons of interest, will greatly speed up the creation of a

legal case and significantly reduce our legal cost. 

Budget Report. So far, 40 members of our Association donated $7,276. The donations are

ranged from $75 to $400. From the donated money, $6,480.85 was paid for the SFPOC

services, $122.6 for the GoFundMe service, and $48 for the Bank Service. $624.55 is left on

our account. We will need to pay $0.25 for each page of ALL documents collected by SFPOC. 

Kind regards,

IGOR – Initiative Group of Owner and Residents. 

____________________________________________________

Disclaimer: IGOR is a group of owners, which is not directly associated with the Board and is not representing

the entire Association. IGOR shares limited knowledge and opinion of its members regarding the subject of

interest with the entire Board and with members of our Association. IGOR opinion cannot be 100%

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