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Originally Posted by GGG
I bet if you played it right and got involved you could get enough proxy’s to push it through without anyone noticing before it was too late.
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Pretty tough. Its not legal in Alberta to use reserve fund money to make an upgrade or install a new amenity. So that would only work if you had enough money in operating to cover the entire cost, which given how expensive it is is vanishingly unlikely.
Also, it isn't just running wires we're talking about here. Many/most buildings (especially older ones) aren't sized for that. That means upgrading the service, adding switchgear, etc.
If there isn't enough in operating, that would require a special levy. And since its for an upgrade you'd need to pass a special resolution, the board couldn't just do it. The chances of getting 75% of unit factors to agree to that is zero, imo. So basically you're limited to buildings that could find the entire project out of operating surplus, which won't be many.
I was on one board where someone wanted it installed. The cost was going to be prohibitive to do everything, and the board offered to let him pay for his own. The electrical service was in the parkade, so he could have upgraded his own service (from 100A to 200A) and paid to have wiring installed to his parking spot. Once he found out the cost (thousands of dollars) he wasn't interested.
Getting people who don't have electric cars to fund thousands in spending for those who do is going to be a losing battle in Alberta condos for a long time.