February 2024

PRESIDENT’S CORNER Christopher Nicosia, CMCA, AMS, PCAM 2024 CAI-NJ PRESIDENT RCP MANAGEMENT COMPANY, AAMC, AMO

G reetings CAI-NJ members! Welcome to another issue of Community Trends ® . This month’s issue titled “Home Sweet Home” has several arti cles about community living for you to enjoy. Andrew Podolski, Esq. of Stark & Stark Attorneys at Law chronicles the timeline and evolution of community associations; Casey Sky Noon of CoolSys Energy Design and Robert Roop, P.E. of Lockatong Engineering write about energy benchmarking and efficiency; Cathie Daly of Design East, Inc. talks about current design trends in community associa tions; and Andrew Newman, CMCA, AMS of Taylor Management Company, AAMC, AMO put together an article about some great activities to keep commu nities engaged in the winter months. Additionally, the Management Trends section gives you an informative article by Elaine Warga-Murray, MA, AMS, CMCA, PCAM of E.W. Murray Consulting, Inc. on what Home Sweet Home means to her in relation to common interest communities (CICs). I encourage you to grab a cup of coffee or tea and enjoy these informative articles. Before you dive in, I have two items I would like to highlight. First, on January 8, 2024, Governor Murphy signed S2760/A4384 Structural Integrity and Mandatory Reserve Funding legislation into law, which is a major step in ensuring safety within community associations and cooperatives, both physically and financially. I encourage everyone to read Matthew Earle, Esq.’s update from the New Jersey Legislative Action Committee (NJ-LAC) on this topic. Many people worked incredibly hard to make structural integrity and manda tory reserve funding legislation a reality and I would be remiss if I did not take a moment to acknowledge their efforts. Governor Philip Murphy Senator Troy Singleton & Senator Linda Greenstein – New Jersey Senate Assemblywoman Yvonne Lopez & Assemblyman Benjie Wimberly – New Jersey Assembly Edward San George, PCAM — CAI-NJ Legislative Action Committee Mitchell Frumkin, PE, RS — CAI-NJ Legislative Action Committee David Ramsey, Esq. — CAI-NJ Legislative Action Committee Michele Jaker — MBI (CAI-NJ Lobbyist) CAI-NJ Legislative Action Committee (Matthew Earle, Esq., Chair) CAI-NJ Staff (Angela Kavanaugh and Robin Surgent (Staff Liaisons) On behalf of the chapter, thank you for making this a priority on behalf of our members and the communities we serve. Common-interest communities (CICs) in New Jersey are safer because of this legislation. Next, I am excited to see many of you later this month at the Annual Awards Celebration on Thursday, February 22nd at iPlay America in Freehold! This

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