Upgrade Senior Citizens Exercise Area and Pickleball
Timeline
July: email MC Secretary - sent on 8 Jul 2025
August: email one-pager
September: email digital poster
October: email presentation slides
AGM Resolutions
Seniors' Exercise Area
Proposed AGM Resolution: Upgrade of Seniors' Fitness Area
Proposed Resolution: To consider and, if thought fit, pass the following as a Special Resolution:
“That the Management Council be and is hereby mandated to undertake the upgrade of the existing seniors' fitness/exercise area located between the Clubhouse and Block 1007, subject to the following:
The existing fitness equipment shall be replaced with new and improved equipment.
The platform area may be expanded to no more than twice its current size, if deemed necessary by the Management Council.
The platform surface shall be resurfaced, and appropriate exercise instruction signs shall be installed.
The total expenditure for this upgrade shall not exceed SGD50,000, to be drawn from the Sinking Fund.
The Management Council is authorised to seek additional funding from the Ministry of National Development's (MND) Estate Upgrading (Silver Estate) Programme, if applicable, to supplement the project's funding.”
Pickleball
Proposed AGM Resolution: Play Pickleball on Tennis court
Proposed Resolution: To consider and, if thought fit, pass the following as a Special Resolution:
“(a) That the Management Council be and is hereby mandated to paint pickleball court lines on the existing tennis court, subject to the following:
The existing tennis court lines must remain unchanged.
The total cost for this project shall not exceed SGD250, to be drawn from the Sinking Fund.
The Management Council is authorised to seek additional funding from other sources if necessary.
(b) That the By-laws pertaining to Tennis Courts be amended as follows:
Rename the section heading “TENNIS COURT” to “TENNIS / PICKLEBALL COURT”
Replace the first by-law “Playing Time: 7.00 a.m. to 10.00 p.m.” with “Playing times shall be determined by the Management Council and published accordingly.”
Reference: Tennis Court By-laws
https://paklepickleball.com/blogs/pakle-pickleball/does-pickleball-damage-tennis-courts#:~:text=Choosing%20the%20right%20pickleball%20equipment,their%20impact%20on%20court%20surfaces.
Tennis and pickleball courts have a major differentiating factor: their sizes. A pickleball net is 34 inches high when measured from the center, and 36 inches high at the sideposts. From the center, that’s two inches shorter than a tennis court net, and 6 inches shorter by the sideposts.
YouTube video introduction to pickleball: https://youtu.be/y30mphcW28w
Rationale for Changes
Clarity and Conciseness: The revised resolution uses more formal and direct language, typical of official resolutions.
“If thought fit”: This is a standard phrase in resolutions, indicating that the shareholders or members have the option to approve.
“Be and is hereby mandated”: This strengthens the directive to the Management Council, making it clear they are empowered to act.
“Subject to the following”: This clearly introduces the conditions and scope of the mandate.
Combined Bullet Points for Flow: The original bullet points were a bit choppy. Combining related actions (resurfacing and sign installation) improves readability.
Emphasis on Cost Limit: Bolded the expenditure amount for immediate visibility.
Clarification on Funding Source: Explicitly states the Sinking Fund as the source.
Flexibility for Expansion: “If deemed necessary by the Management Council” adds a degree of discretion for practical implementation.
Active Voice: Generally, active voice is preferred for resolutions to clearly state who is doing what.
This revised version is more aligned with the typical language and structure of resolutions presented at Annual General Meetings.
Pre Gemini
“To consider and if approved, resolve by a Special Resolution, to mandate the Management Council to upgrade the existing seniors' fitness/exercise area located between the Clubhouse and Block 1007:
Replace the existing equipment with new and improved ones;
Expand the platform area by no more than 50%, if required;
Resurface the platform and install exercise instruction signs accordingly;
Expend no more than SGD50,000, to be drawn from the Sinking Fund; and
Seek additional funding from MND's Estate Upgrading Programme (Silver Estate) programme, if applicable.”
FIRST SCHEDULE
Sections 27(3), 29(1)(h), 80(2) and 135(1)
GENERAL MEETINGS OF MANAGEMENT CORPORATIONS AND SUBSIDIARY MANAGEMENT CORPORATIONS
Requisition for motions to be included on agenda for general meeting
12.—
Any subsidiary proprietor may, by written notice served on the secretary of the council of the management corporation or subsidiary management corporation (as the case may be), require inclusion in the agenda of the next general meeting of the management corporation or subsidiary management corporation (as the case may be) of a motion set out in the firstmentioned notice and the secretary must comply with the notice.
The secretary of the council must give effect to every requirement in every notice under sub-paragraph (1).
Sub-paragraph (1) does not require the inclusion of a motion on the agenda of a general meeting for which notices have already been given in accordance with this Schedule, but in that case, the secretary of the council must include the motion in the agenda of the next general meeting after that.
For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1), a subsidiary proprietor who, but for the existence of a mortgage over the subsidiary proprietor’s lot, would be entitled to vote at a general meeting of the management corporation or subsidiary management corporation (as the case may be) is deemed to be entitled to vote at that meeting.
Any person proposing to convene a general meeting of a management corporation or subsidiary management corporation must take reasonable steps to ensure that —
the proposed day and time of the proposed general meeting;
unless the proposed general meeting is to be held wholly using virtual meeting technology, the place of the proposed general meeting; and
if the proposed general meeting is to be held, wholly or partly, using virtual meeting technology, the type of virtual meeting technology to be used for the proposed general meeting,
are reasonably convenient to a majority of the subsidiary proprietors of the management corporation or subsidiary management corporation, as the case may be.
[S 406/2023 wef 01/07/2023]
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