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SPRING GARAGE CLEANING The garages are scheduled to be power swept and power washed on Wednesday and Thursday, May 16th and 17th, 2012. Cleaning will begin promptly at 8 AM. The Pinnacle garage is scheduled for Wednesday, 5/16/12 Falls garage is scheduled for Thursday, 5/17/12. EVERYTHING MUST BE REMOVED FROM YOUR GARAGE STALL BEFORE 8 AM on cleaning day. Anything left in your garage stall will be disposed of at your expense. We recommend that you do not wait until the last minute to clean your garage stall as the dumpsters will be removed from the garages on cleaning days. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the management office at 612-623-4028. Services Available to Residents Dear Resident,   Can you relate to saying "so much to do and so little time"? Are you new to the area and haven't quite had time to familiarize yourself with local businesses? Are there a number of things you would rather do than drop off and pick up dry cleaning or clean your home? If you answered yes to any of these questions, read on... There are several dry cleaners that service Falls and Pinnacle residents. Services can be scheduled for twice weekly, weekly, or even on a will call basis. The cleaners provide you with bags and attached nametags for you to put your garments in. They check out a key at the management office in your absence (with your written authorization) to pick up the bags and deliver the clean items straight to your home. Names and contact information for the cleaners currently serving our residents. Waldorf Nevens ( Mike)...................612.695.9989 Mulberrys.....................................612.886.2348 House cleaning services can also be contracted as often or as little as you desire. The cleaning service can check out a key from the management office in your absence (again, with your written permission) and you can come home to a freshly cleaned home. Names and contact information for house cleaning services currently serving our residents.   Aurora's Cleaning...........................612-827.8962 Maid Brigade.................................651.686.0900   Pet sitting and dog walking services are also available.  Urban Dog....................................651.231.6333 Metro Dogs...................................612.333.3612 There is no obligation for trying any of the vendors and it just might give you a few more moments of "me-time"! Sincerely, Jane Thies Property Manager   Our Falls & Pinnacle Energy Center Celebrating $200,000 in energy savings per year! WE HAVE REACHED OUR GOAL AND THE USI WIRELESS PROJECT IS A GO! You still have time to sign up for the free month and no installation fee.  We will keep everyone apprised of changes/developments to this project.  Thank you for your help and interest! Scroll down below to see USI price information and Dustin's contact information. QUESTIONS? WANT TO SIGN UP? Call or email Dustin Evenson from USI Wireless at (952) 253-3209 / dustin@usinternet.com to pre-register for your free installation and free 30 day trial with no obligation or cost! This service is not the same as the usual Minneapolis Wifi.  This is specific for the Falls & Pinnacle building.  Each resident who signs up will get a modem that connects to the physical phone line of their unit (with wireless capability).  This will NOT affect standard telephone service (phone service that is NOT over the internet/VOIP).  This way no matter what floor you are on, you will get full strength wired and wireless service to your unit.  To make this happen a lot of expensive equipment must be installed on the roof and demarcation room (where the phone services come into the building) hence the need for 125 confirmed sign-ups to cover the cost of this installation by USI Wireless. Through 5 months of negotiation, USI Wireless has agreed to offer unprecedented incentives to our building: The best price/bandwidth of any service or any building. We are the FIRST and ONLY building to be offered the two special high speed bundles listed below due to the HOA negotiations with USI. No other building has been offered these extra dedicated bandwidth packages (see below). Installation fee waived (only with this pre-registration, if you wait it will cost $34.95) 30 days of free service as a trial (only with this pre-registration) NO CONTRACTS, CANCEL ANY TIME,  STRICTLY MONTH TO MONTH Includes FREE wireless for your home (including in-home setup) Free roaming account with the Minneapolis Wireless network to be used outside of your home throughout the normal Minneapolis Wireless Network YOUR LOCATION OR FLOOR IS NOT AN ISSUE, AS USI WOULD BE INSTALLING A DEDICATED SYSTEM WITHIN THE BUILDING (which also means no shared bandwidth with surrounding condos, apartments or businesses, and NO HIGH TRAFFIC TIME SLOW DOWNS!) HOW THE SERVICE WORKS USI will place equipment on the rooftop of the Pinnacle which will receive/send internet signal to the IDS tower downtown.  From the rooftop a fiber optic cable will be run down into the phone demarcation room where additional equipment will convert the fiber optic signal to a usable internet signal over your unit's phone line. (this will not affect your existing phone service and you do NOT need to have a phone service for this to work) Each unit will then get a modem which gives the unit individual internet access at speeds listed below in the pricing matrix.  This will ensure that everyone who signs up gets a strong clear signal in their unit.  With cable or DSL the load of other users in our area during peak demand will affect our overall speeds. It is important to note that the service to our building from USI Wireless/Minneapolis WiFi is DEDICATED up to 1.6Gig per second.  This means unlike cable or DSL, our buildings bandwidth is isolated from all neighboring buildings/business/houses.  No matter what others around us are using, our building always has this dedicated bandwidth available to us alone so no more slowdowns!   RIVERWEST HAS BEEN USING THIS SERVICE FOR 2 YEARS NOW  Riverwest has been using this service for two years and the residents are very happy with no technical issues.  The Falls & Pinnacle are being offered special high bandwidth ugprades that Riverwest does not have due to the efforts of the HOA board and our negotiations with USI Wireless. If you have an existing bundled package such as Cable TV/Internet/Phone, switching your internet service to USI Wireless may affect your package pricing.  Once you become a customer of USI/Wireless you can change your speed/pricing tier as necessary at any time.   WHAT THE SERVICE INCLUDES The service would include 24/7 high speed internet access at the speeds/prices listed below.  In addition the modem in your unit is also a WiFi access point so there is no additional equipment needed for WiFi (or you can use your existing WiFi access point if you wish). USI Wireless will help you setup your wifi in your home.  In addition every customer will also have a username/login to allow access to  Minneapolis WiFi throughout the city anywhere the Minneapolis Wifi/USI Wireless hotspots are available!  This includes the ability for smartphones to use the Minneapolis Wifi/USI Wireless hotspots around town too (laptop, cell phone, etc.)!   WHAT IT COSTS YOU The pricing matrix below outlines the different prices for different levels of service (internet access bandwidth/speed).  In addition there is the cost of the DSL modem that will hook up to your phone line.  This can be paid as a one time cost of $79.95 plus tax -OR- as a monthly lease of $4.95 per month with monthly paid plans or $59.40 per year lease with annual plans.  Purchased modems do come with a 1 year warranty and have very low failure rates. All contracts for service are between USI Wireless and you, the resident.  Paradise and the Falls and Pinnacle HOA will NOT be involved in billing.  These fees cannot be paid through HOA dues, only directly to USI Wireless.    PRICING MATRIX (Compare these prices to what you are paying now) THESE PRICES INCLUDE ALL FEES, AND CURRENT TAXES!  Billing can occur monthly or annually.  Annual plans have a discount.  Prices below do not include the modem cost as outlined above.  Pricing for these services have not changed since the beginning of the Minneapolis WiFi Project and there are no planned increases.   SPEED               MONTHLY   ANNUALLY (DISCOUNTED)  1Mb/s               $19.95**  $179.40  ($14.95/mo.)** 3Mb/s               $29.95**  $227.40  ($18.95/mo.)** 6Mb/s (~cable*)     $35.95**  $287.40  ($23.95/mo.)** 10Mb/s (~2xcable*)  $39.95**  $317.40  ($26.45/mo.)** 25Mb/s (~5x cable*) $39.95**  $317.40  ($26.45/mo.)** 20Mb/s (~4xcable*)  $49.95**  $437.49  ($36.45/mo.)** 50Mb/s (~10xcable*) $49.95**  $437.49  ($36.45/mo.)** The 25Mb/s and 50Mb/s packages are for the Falls and Pinnacle Special Pricing.   * Based on average basic cable download speed of 5Mbps  ** All prices listed in the matrix above already include taxes/fees.  These are actual net billing amounts. *** Modem required at $4.95 per month ($59.50 annually) or a onetime purchase price of $79.95 plus tax) INCLUDES IN-HOME WIRELESS AND SET UP.   OPTIONAL PHONE SERVICE In additional to pure internet service, USI Wirless/Minneapolis Wifi offers an optional phone service for an additional $19.99 per month.  This is an internet based phone service (VOIP). The $19.95/mo. fee includes: Free telephone number porting (keep your current number) OR 1 free local telephone number  1000 minutes long distance usage (Alaska excluded) and Canada (Yukon and Northwest Territories excluded  Double Line  Voicemail  3-way calling Call waiting  Blocked caller-id option(persistent) Extras: Additional telephone number (up to 3 total) - $4.95/mo.  Toll free telephone number - $4.95/mo.   FALLS & PINNACLE BOARD AND COMMITTEE MEETINGS General Board Meeting: Quarterly Board Meetings (click on HOA MEETINGS in the left menu to view schedule), Party Room Architecture, Building & Grounds Committee: to contact ABG committee, please log in and go to CONTACT US under the MAIN MENU for the email address. Budget Committee: Monday prior to the Board Meeting, Business Conference Room Rules & Regulations Comm: Second Wednesday of each month, Business Conference Room Social Committee: First Wednesday of each month, Lounge Area near the Pool Technology Committee: to contact technology committee, please log in and go to CONTACT US under the MAIN MENU for the email address. You must be registered to access the contact details for all committees on the CONTACT US page. 01/22/09 Paradise & Associates Contact Information Maggie Paradise maggie@paradisemn.com 651-717-4501 Jane Thies (Office Manager) fallsandpinnacle@paradisemn.com 612-623-4028 To email both Maggie & Jane together use management@fallsandpinnacle.org

04/30/12 May Book Club Notice Posted 04/26/12 Spring Garage Cleaning Notice Posted 04/19/12 January 19th Minutes Online! 03/05/12 Helpful Services Listed 02/18/12 March Bookclub Notice Posted 01/18/12 Photos of our high efficiency energy center 12/28/11 USI Wireless Project a GO! 12/06/11 USI Wireless Sign Up Event Notice 11/03/11 November Bookclub Notice Posted 11/03/11 November Bookclub Notice Posted 01/22/09 - Paradise & Associates contact information added to homepage. All contacts are now found on the CONTACT US page! Important Numbers: Office: 612-623-4028 Guard: 612-366-2844 Emergency? Call 911