Rental Property Owners Association

RPOA

RENTAL PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION

Monthly Meeting - Second Thursday of Every Month
At VFW Post 1308, 4445 Alby Street, Alton, IL
The VFW allows us to meet for free in their facility. Please come early if you can and eat a meal at the "V" Restaurant.

January Meeting Agenda
January 14, 2010

Becky Bodenstab, of Priority Financial
"Infinite Banking Concept"

Members wanting 10-15 minutes to introduce their business to other members are welcome to do so. Please schedule your date and time with either Steve Hudalla or Sue Williams.

Vendors Participating with Discounts to RPOA Members

Alton Refrigeration	Landlord Tenant Services
Alton WinAir	Lil Water & Sewer, Rick Liljenberg owner, 618-254-3738 and 618-410-7184 (cell) - 15% off
Alton Winlectric	Office Depot - #2341, 303 Homer M Adams Pkwy, Alton - 618-465-0155 - Alton Store only - 10% excluding technology items
Alton Winnelson	Rodden, Inc., contractor
DeProw Services (pest control, formerly D & L Pest Control)	ScreeningWorks - Resident Screening Made Simple
Imel Pest Control	Liberty Fence, 325 W MacArthur,Cottage Hills, 618-259-9461 - 15% off
Worldwide Liquidators, 1409 Vaughn Rd, Wood River, 618-258-1293 - 10% off total purchase - excluding floor tile.	..

RPOA Officers:

Steve Hudalla - President	David Ward, Treasurer
Ellie Palmer - Vice President	Sue Williams - Secretary - Webmaster
Bob Albrecht, Vendor Chair	Shirley Means, Membership Chair
Bev Carter, Political Action Committee Rep	Dot Morris, Public Relations
We need a volunteer for Program Chair	..

Riverbend Growth Association - Upcoming Events
Watch your emails for the RBGA newsletters and information.

Upcoming Speakers at RPOA meetings

February 11, 2010 - Screening by Bev Carter and Kevin Thompson

Member of the Month on RPOA Website:

Rodger & Anthony Jennings had until December 20th to claim a $10 gift certificate. Sorry you missed it!

Watch the members only page until the 15th of the month. The eviction list does not count, nor does the membership list. The Member of the Month will be posted there and member will have until the 15th of each month to claim a $10 gift certificate. To claim gift certificate, call Steve or Sue.

Changes for Year 2010

Beginning in January, 2010, eviction lists will be in digital format only and will no longer be mailed to members. Meeting notices will be by email only.

EPA Rule on Renovations and Painting
For accuracy, please go to the EPA's website - Title 40: Protection of Environment

Quite a bit of information is available on the EPA website. Members have expressed concern and a desire to have a speaker with knowledge of the new rule which will take effect on April 10, 2010. It is not feasible to put the rule in here - it is 67 pages after import into a Word document. It is a clickable document here. Your board will take this request into consideration. The yearly speaker calendar is already set, but we may alter it to accommodate these requests.

For those of you who dislike navigating through the internet, a few of the EPA pamphlets are here. You will have to click on them to open them. If you do not have Adobe Reader, please go here to download.

Steps to Lead Safe Renovation, Repair, Painting

Small Entity Compliance Guide

Contractors: Lead Safety During Renovation

Renovate Right: Important Lead Hazard Information for Families, Child Care Providers, and Schools

Sample Pre-Renovation Disclosure Form

These forms are also on the Members page.

Information for Property Owners of Rental Housing, Child-Occupied Facilities from the EPA website

Property owners who renovate, repair, or prepare surfaces for painting in pre-1978 rental housing or space rented by child-care facilities must, before beginning work, provide tenants with a copy of EPA's lead hazard information pamphlet Renovate Right: Important Lead Hazard Information for Families, Child Care Providers, and Schools (20 pp, 3.3MB). Owners of these rental properties must document compliance with this requirement - EPA's sample pre-renovation disclosure form (1 pp, 36K) may be used for this purpose.

After April 22, 2010, property owners who perform these projects in pre-1978 rental housing or space rented by child-care facilities must be certified and follow the lead-safe work practices required by EPA's Renovation, Repair and Remodeling rule. To become certified, property owners must submit an application for firm certification and fee payment to EPA. EPA will begin processing applications on October 22, 2009. The Agency has up to 90 days after receiving a complete request for certification to approve or disapprove the application. Read more about EPA's rules and lead-safe work practices in EPA's pamphlet Contractors: Lead Safety During Renovation (2 pp, 826K)

Property owners who perform renovation, repairs, and painting jobs in rental property should also:

Take training to learn how to perform lead-safe work practices.
Learn the lead laws that apply to you regarding certification and lead-safe work practices beginning in April 2010.
Keep records to demonstrate that you and your workers have been trained in lead-safe work practices and that you followed lead-safe work practices on the job. To make recordkeeping easier, you may use the sample recordkeeping checklist that EPA has developed to help contractors comply with the renovation recordkeeping requirements that will take effect in April 2010.
Read about how to comply with EPA's rule in the EPA Small Entity Compliance Guide to Renovate Right (34 pp, 2.5MB)
Read about how to use lead-safe work practices in EPA's Steps to Lead Safe Renovation, Repair and Painting(36 pp, 878K).

Information for Tenants and Families of Children under Age 6 in Child Care Facilities and Schools from EPA website

As a tenant or a parent or guardian of children in a child care facility or school, you should know your rights when a renovation job is performed in your home, or in the child care facility or school that your child attends.

Before starting a renovation in residential buildings built before 1978, the contractor or property owner is required to have tenants sign a pre-renovation disclosure form (1 pp, 36K), which indicates that the tenant received the Renovate Right lead hazard information pamphlet.
Beginning in December 2008, the contractor must also make renovation information available to the parents or guardians of children under age six that attend child care facilities and schools, and to provide to owners and administrators of pre-1978 child care facilities and schools to be renovated a copy of EPA's Renovate Right: Important Lead Hazard Information for Families, Child Care Providers, and Schools lead hazard information pamphlet (20 pp, 3.3MB).

Another resource: Renovator and Trainer Toolbox

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