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JULY 2014 941.349.0194 | ISLAND VISITOR PUBLISHING, LLC www.LANDINGSEAGLE.com © Decal Verification Project Judy & Tara’s 5th Annual Ice Cream Social Gecko’s Grill & Pub Celebrates 22 Years The decal system that controls entrance to The Landings for residents through the North and South Gates and the residents’ lane at the Main Gate has been operational since 2008. Over that time, there have come to be a large number of decals that, while still active in the system, are presumably invalid because they: 1) Are on vehicles that are no longer owned by a resident (i.e., sold or traded in for a new vehicle) or 2) Have been issued to vehicles that are no longer registered to a resident of The Landings. Over the next year, the LMA and its security staff will verify the validity of all vehicle decals issued to Landings addresses, on an association-by-association basis. The process will entail: • Sending a notice via e-mail or letter to each owner with a form to be filled out by the owner with the vehicle description, license tag, color and the decal number (which is located under the bar code). This notice will state that all decals issued to that address will be deactivated on the first of the next month following the notice. Vehicles with deactivated decals will be able to enter The Landings only through the visitor lane at the Main Gate. • Notice recipients will be able to prevent their deactivation by bringing the completed form and the vehicle to the Main Gate any time before the scheduled deactivation. The security staff will verify that the vehicle is registered to a Landings owner and that decal will not be deactivated. • Vehicle decals that are not verified and therefore remain deactivated will be denied access except through the visitor lane at the Main Gate. The deactivation will be lifted when the owner completes the verification process. Owners who will be gone for the month their decals are scheduled to be deactivated may go to the Main Gate before they leave to complete the verification process. The form will be available on The Landings website: www.landingsofsarasota.com and from the Main Gate. The schedule of deactivations by association is shown below. Due to the number of owners in the LHA, deactivation (on the 1st of the month) will be by street, as shown. • Landings Homeowners - Sept. & Oct. (see below) • Landings South III, IV and Bayview - November • Treehouses & Cloisters - December • Landings South VI and I - January • Landings South II - February • Landings South V and VII - March • Carriagehouse I - April • Carriagehouse II - May • Eagles Point I and Lakeview - June • Eagles Point II, Enclave & Villas - July • Eagles Point III & IV - August Landings Homeowners Scheduled for September • Flicker Field Cir, Kestral Park Pl, Kestral Park Ln, Kestral Park Terrace, Kestral Park Way N, Kestral Park Way S, Landings Blvd, Landings Ct, Landings Ln, Landings Terrace, Landings Way, Pine Harrier Dr. October • Peregrine Point Cir N, E, W; Peregrine Point Ct, Peregrine Point Dr, Peregrine Point Way, Pine Harrier Cir. Advertorial The owners, Bill and Norma Abel had this to say, “It is an honor to be recognized by Tripadvisor as the recipient of their 2014 Certificate of Excellence award. We are grateful for all the kind remarks and favorable rating summary reported to Tripadvisor about the quality of our ice cream and our customer service by both area residents and tourists. As the result of our customers posting their Abel’s Ice Cream experience on Tripadvisor, Norma and I have enjoyed watching our business climb to being listed in the top 5 rated restaurants of the 813 listed in Sarasota. We appreciate the recognition our business has received thanks to our terrific customers,” With the summer tourist families arriving and the local kids being out of school, they are stocking up on the favorite summer ice cream flavors. Like the past summers, local and visiting families take advantage of the buy 10 ice cream items and get 1 single ice cream FREE punch card reward program. For directions or to learn more about Abel’s Ice Cream either visit www.Abelsicecream.com or www. tripadvisor.com click on restaurant category then type in Sarasota Florida. Abel’s is located at 1886 Stickney Point Road between New Balance and Stonewood Grill 921-5700. Abel’s Ice Cream Honored with Tripadvisor 2014 Award Learn more about us at WWW.ABELSICECREAM.COM By Dick Bayles (r-l) Gecko’s owners, Mike Gowen and Mike Quillen present the $3,000 donation raised during Gecko’s 22nd anniversary party to Sheriff Tom Knight and Craig Morrison, representing the Florida Ranches, Inc. See Page 15 See Page 16
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Decal Verification Project Judy & Tara’s 5th Annual Ice Cream Social
Gecko’s Grill & PubCelebrates 22 Years
The decal system that controls entrance to The Landings for residents through the North and South Gates and the residents’ lane at the Main Gate has been operational since 2008. Over that time, there have come to be a large number of decals that, while still active in the system, are presumably invalid because they: 1) Are on vehicles that are no longer owned by a resident (i.e., sold or traded in for a new vehicle) or 2) Have been issued to vehicles that are no longer registered to a resident of The Landings. Over the next year, the LMA and its security staff will verify the validity of all vehicle decals issued to Landings addresses, on an association-by-association basis.
The process will entail: • Sendinganoticevia e-mail or letter to eachownerwith a form tobefilledoutby theownerwith the vehicle description, license tag, color and the decal number (which is located under the bar code). This notice will state that all decals issued to that addresswill bedeactivatedon thefirstofthe next month following the notice. Vehicles with deactivated decals will be able to enter The Landings only through the visitor lane at the Main Gate. •Noticerecipientswillbeabletopreventtheirdeactivation by bringing the completed form and the vehicle to the Main Gate any time before the scheduled deactivation. The security staff will verify that the vehicle is registered to a Landings owner and that decal will not be deactivated. •Vehicledecalsthatarenotverifiedandthereforeremain deactivated will be denied access except through the visitor lane at the Main Gate. The
deactivation will be lifted when the owner completes theverificationprocess. Owners who will be gone for the month their decals are scheduled to be deactivated may go to the Main Gate before they leave to complete the verificationprocess.TheformwillbeavailableonThe Landings website: www.landingsofsarasota.com and from the Main Gate. The schedule of deactivations by association is shown below. Due to the number of owners in the LHA, deactivation (on the 1st of the month) will be by street, as shown.
•Landings Homeowners - Sept. & Oct. (see below)•LandingsSouthIII,IVandBayview-November•Treehouses&Cloisters-December •LandingsSouthVIandI-January •LandingsSouthII-February •LandingsSouthVandVII-March •CarriagehouseI-April •CarriagehouseII-May •EaglesPointIandLakeview-June •EaglesPointII,Enclave&Villas-July •EaglesPointIII&IV-August
Landings Homeowners Scheduled forSeptember
•FlickerFieldCir,KestralParkPl,KestralParkLn,KestralParkTerrace,KestralParkWayN,KestralParkWayS,LandingsBlvd,LandingsCt,LandingsLn,LandingsTerrace,LandingsWay,PineHarrierDr.
October •Peregrine PointCirN, E,W; Peregrine PointCt,PeregrinePointDr,PeregrinePointWay,PineHarrierCir.
Advertorial
The owners, Bill and Norma Abel had this to say, “It is an honor to be recognized by Tripadvisor as the recipient of their 2014 Certificate of Excellence award. We are grateful for all the kind remarks and favorable rating summary reported to Tripadvisor about the quality of our ice cream and our customer service by both area residents and tourists. As the result of our customers posting their Abel’s Ice Cream experience on Tripadvisor, Norma and I have enjoyed watching our business climb to being listed in the top 5 rated restaurants of the 813 listed in Sarasota. We appreciate the recognition our business has received thanks to our terrific customers,”
With the summer tourist families arriving and the local kids being out of school, they are stocking up on the favorite summer ice cream flavors. Like the past summers, local and visiting families take advantage of the buy 10 ice cream items and get 1 single ice cream FREE punch card reward program. For directions or to learn more about Abel’s Ice Cream either visit www.Abelsicecream.com or www.tripadvisor.com click on restaurant category then type in Sarasota Florida. Abel’s is located at 1886 Stickney Point Road between New Balance and Stonewood Grill 921-5700.
Abel’s Ice Cream Honored withTripadvisor 2014 Award
Learn more about us at WWW.ABELSICECREAM.COM
By Dick Bayles
(r-l) Gecko’s owners, Mike Gowen and Mike Quillen present the $3,000donation raised during Gecko’s 22nd anniversary party to Sheriff Tom Knight
and Craig Morrison, representing the Florida Ranches, Inc.
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LMAPresidentHenryRhodesopened this month’s meeting by complimenting the “Safety and Security” committee for addressing the speeding concerns at The Landings.
EMERGENCY PLAN SHAPING UP
Representat ives of At lasInsurance,DavidMcMahonandAnnieLaRivierebrieflypresenteda summary of al l the LMA EmergencyPlanmeetingsheldinthe last three months. The purpose of the meetings was to compile an emergency plan so that if a catastrophic event occurred, it could be dealt with as efficientlyaspossible. Theplanspecificallyaddressesall areas of The Landings that fall under the LMA’s responsibility. These include, Safety and Security, road access, and all LMA common areas. As a result of the meetings, the LMA now has a 300 page emergency plan binder. The intent
is to narrow the information from this binder to a one or two page action step plan to guide The Landings through a catastrophic event should one occur. Atlas is the insurance provider for the LMA as well as a few other Landings Associations. Over the years they have compiled custom-designed emergency plans for hundreds of associations.
FINANCE REPORT Finance committee chair,DonMcMurray reported that the month ofAprilreflectedasmalldeficit,butfor the year they are $36,603 under budget. McMurray encouraged all committee chairs to do a review of their annual budgets.
YEARLY ASSESSMENTS As of June 2, 2014, there were six residents who had not paid their yearly assessment and three residents with outstanding fees (penalties for not paying the assessment on time), for a total outstanding debt of approximately $8,905. McMurray wanted to remind all owners that a collection policy is being followed. Not paying the annual assessment can result in financial penalties,the placement of a lien on the property and possible foreclosure proceedings. A continued area of concern for thefinancecommitteearetheunknown expenses associatedwith the proposed lane change project at the north entrance of The Landings.
AESTHETICS Aesthetics committee chair, Truman Menefee reported on the progress of several items. • A parking notice is beingdesigned to be used to tag
automobiles that are illegally parkedonTheLandingsproperty. •UpgradesarestillbeingmadetotheSCurve. • TheWells Fargopalm treetrimming project is slow, but continuing. •Signpaintingcontinues. •TheNorthgateentrancearmwas reattached. •FPLwasnotifiedthatoneoftheir lights has burned out. • The street sign at KestralSouthandLandingsBlvd.isgoingto bemoved to make it morevisible.
ARCHIVES LMAPresidentHarryRhodesreadArchivesChairman,RobertManteiga’s report in his absence. AllofLMA’sfileshavenowbeenorganized.Theworktoeliminateunnecessary duplicates and amended versions continues. Manteiga will meet with Sara RhodesandDickBaylestoverifythe accuracy of information online as well as add to that information ifneeded.AllCommitteemembersareaskedtoprovidethearchivescommittee electronic copies of important documents so they can be archived.
DRAINAGE Committee chair, Jack Jostreported Florida Mangroves(Derek Sherman) has begun thesemi-annual cleanup of all major swalesthattakestormwatertothebay.Work shouldbe completedearlynextweek. ThePintailWayCreekneedsto be cleaned out as well. Jost will contact Nathan Overholt, who hascleanedouttheCreekforthelast couple of years, about doing it again.
GAZEBO T h e s e l e c t e d G a z e b o replacement contractor, FloridaShoreline, has discussed the idea of adding a fishing porch and handicapped access ramp to the Gazebowith Sarasota County.Anymodification to theoriginalplan would have to be re-approved bytheCountyCouncilandotheragencies. A review would delay the project at a minimum and couldendthepossibilityofalike-kindreplacement.Inlightofthis,theGazeboCommitteeinstructedthe contractor to proceed with the original plan. Preliminaryengineered drawings of the proposed facility are now in hand.
INTERSECTION CONGESTION
Now entering its fourth year, the intersection congestion issue at KestrelParkwayandUS41continuesto move along at a snail’s pace. The LMA lawyer has been askedtoresumediscussionswithPublixlawyerstodeterminetheircurrentposition.Withoutprogressin these negotiations, LMA will have to resume efforts to obtain a Declaratory Judgment or abandon plans to modify that intersection.
EAGLE EDITORIAL COMMITTEE
Commi t t ee cha i r , La r ryLawrence reported the editorial committeewill beworkingmoreclosely with The Landing’s website team to better serve the community. Lawrence reiterated the policy regarding photos appearing in The Landings Eagle. The policy states that in order for a photo to appear in the newspaper there must be an accompanying article depicting that event. Lawrence shared there
were a few situations where the photographers dedicated their time to takephotos of an event,but an accompanying article never materialized. He’s hopeful this has now been corrected. Once the LMA EmergencyPlanisinplaceandonthewebsiteThe Landings Eagle will print appropriate portions. Plansareintheworkstoplacenames and photos of Security PersonnelinafutureissueofThe Landings Eagle to enable residents togettoknowthem.
LAKES Lakes’ chair, Larry Lawrencereported all the dead trees and brush have been removed from the Starling Preserve area andthe mitigation area was treated with herbicide to eradicate the invasive weeds. A second treatment is necessary and will be done soon. Plantingthereplacementtreesandplants is expected to occur mid-June. After clearing that area, an unsightly stand of dead trees and other vegetation remained. Aquagenix, the contractor for the project, found this situation to be undesirable and thought it reflectedpoorlyonTheLandings.As a result, Aquagenix requested permission to remove this dead vegetation at no charge. LMA approved the request and the workwillbedonewhentheareais planted. Most of the algae blooms in all the lakes have been eliminatedby recent treatments. Futuretreatmentswillhelpkeepthealgaeblooms under control. A new product designed to eliminate cloudiness is going to be testedinthewaterofLake#2,theTreehouseLake.
LMA Meeting Notes By Trebor Britt
Atlas Insurance representative, David McMahon explaining the work done
over the last three months on theLMA Emergency Plan.Photo by Trebor Britt
Continued on page 18
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The refurbishment of the FitnessCenterhas been completed. While there are some“glitches” that remain toberesolved,Ibelievethe changes have made it a greatly improved facility.WeusedLEDlightingandmotion-activatedtoreduceourongoingexpense.WealsoinstalledtheseswitchesinthePoolsideandLakesidebathrooms. IneedtothankRudyBlohmonceagainfor his splendid planning and procurement effort;itpermittedtheworktobecompletedwhile he was gone for his annual sojourn to Europe. The “glitches”mentioned earlierwereofmymaking.IhastentopointoutthatRudywassolelyresponsibleforbringingtheproject in at $13,000 under budget. As noted in last month’s article, Meg Loomis had moved out of The Landings andhadtoresignherseatonourBoardofDirectors. Iampleased thatCarolFurlonghas accepted the Board’s invitation andagreed to serve for the remainder of Meg’s term.
|President’s ReportBy Dick Bayles Our annual Memorial
Day BBQwas a hugesucce s s . Rough ly140 people came out to celebrate the day including 27 military veterans.BobFernanderandJerryWelchledthepresentation where all of the veterans were
recognized. That was followed by a sing-a-long with all of the military service songs. ThankyoutoEdvinandGaryformanningthe grills and to volunteers Sam McGowan, MargaretKahnandTrumanMenefeeforalltheir help. An event of this size would be impossible without their assistance. The next social event on the calendar is theWimbledon&Whites tennis roundrobin. It takesplace themorningof July5th with a social round robin followed by strawberries and cream, scones and mimosas in the LakesideClubhouse. We plan tohave matches on the big screen live from Wimbledon. Thesign-upsheet ison Joe’sdeskintheProShop. Now that summer is here, it is time for the annual tennis court resurfacing project to get started. Since they have all been rebuilt in
thelastfiveyears,wewillonlyneedtodoa standard resurfacing. My plan is to begin a routine where four courts a year will get extra material and new lines. The other four willkeep theirexisting linesandreceiveasmaller amount of Har-Tru. As usual, we willtaketwocourtsoff-lineatatime.TheprojectwillbegininJulyandbefinishedbytheendofSeptember.Withtwocourtsdownfor maintenance for most of the summer, this willputatightersqueezeoncourttime.Eventhough there are fewer people around this timeofyear,Iencourageeveryonetocallinadvance for reservations regardless of what time you plan to play. Forsometimenow,TheLandingshashada very good reputation for the quality of our tenniscourts.I’dliketoaskforyourhelpinkeepingthemplayingwell. Ifyourmatchendsafter4:00PM,pleasebrush thecourtwhenyouarefinished.Thiswillhelpkeepthecourtsmoothandplayingwell.Foryourconvenience, there is always a brush hanging onthefenceforeverysetofcourts.Itonlytakesafewminutestohandbrushacourt.Thiswillmakeabigdifference inkeepingour courts nice for a longer period of time. Thankyouinadvanceforplayingaroleinkeepingourcourtsinpristinecondition.
|Manager’s Report By Kevin Lechlitner
Racquet Club News|News From the CourtBy Joe Venezia
If you would like to set upsummer lessons/clinics and have not already done so, contact me at [email protected] or 941-993-2628.ForMonday,Wednesdayand Saturday cardio, please see me or theProShopstafftosignup.Classesfillupfastsocallinearly.BreakfastatWimbledonRoundRobinissetforSaturday July 5. Again, sign up in the ProShopandremembertowearyourWimbledonWhites. IfyouareleavingSarasota–safetravels and a good summer. Forthoseofyou stayinghere– I’ll seeyou on the courts…
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Summer in Sarasota has definitely arrived! The positives include: less traffic;easy to obtain restaurant reservations;abilitytospendmore time with friends who were less accessible during season;easiertoobtaintenniscourtswhenyouwantthem;fewer out of town guests;moretimeforvacationsaway;catching up on unfinished projects and generally a slower time. All that said—we miss our snowbird friends and can’t wait for them to return!! To be fair and honest the weather has changed and is much hotter with more h u m i d i t y a n d l i m i t e d visibility while driving in the almost daily afternoon thunder storms. Growing up in the south we used to call them “gulley washers.” Plans are progressing onrebuilding the Gazebo which hopefullywillbefinishedbyearly fall. Boardmembers
willbespendingtimelookingbackover thepast year andlookingforwardto2015.Thisincludesidentificationofnewprojects and budget requests tobesubmittedtotheFinanceCommitteeinearlySeptemberand then they will go to the full board for approval no later than the November board meeting. If you have anysuggestions or requests please send them to the appropriate committee chair. The board is not scheduled to meet in July. Enjoytheremainderofthesummer and stay safe and healthy—
President’s Column LHA Meeting Notes
Mr. Larson reviewed the tour of Peregrine PointWay taken byseveral board members and the Association’s drainage engineer. After discussing several proposed alternatives to theflooding situationon that road, the group concluded that the correct solution would be to require homeowners to restore the properties’ swales to the extent required to provide proper drainage. A draft letter to all owners in the Association was presented to the board for their review and further actionwill be taken atthe July board meeting following consultation with Association counsel. The board will contact a tenant onPeregrinePointCirEtorequestacleanup of the rear yard, visible from PeregrinePointDrive. Letters of violation were sent to the ownersofpropertiesonPineHarrierCircleandLandingsTerrace. The board reviewed and approved a proposed roof replacement for Landings Terrace and a landscaping planforLandingsWay.
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SuggestedCommonSenseRulesoftheRoad: 1. Observe speed limits in the Landings: 25 mph does not mean 30 or more mph 2.“Yield”meansapassingcargoesfirst “Stop”meanswaitingevenwhennotrafficis coming 3.Vehiclemakingarightturnhaspriorityovera vehiclemakingaleftturn. 4.WALKFACINGtraffic–Wearwhiteortakea
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• If you were a box of cereal, what would you be and why? Ihatecereal.
• You’re a new addition to the crayon box, what color would you be and why? Tardis blue because it’s in DoctorWho.
• Who are your heroes and why? StevenMoffat–becauseheis clever and a good writer. [Steven Moffat is the lead writer and executive producer ofDoctorWho.]
• If you could wave a magic wand, what ill in the world would you solve and why? I ’ d m a k e t e r r o r i smdisappear.
• What is your 5 year goal? To get into a good college so Icanhaveahappylife.
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|Elizabeth Hopkins – age 12 She’ll be entering 7th grade at Pine View and has one little sister, age 9
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ColdWaranniversariesand warnings of more to come are piling up. The most famous ColdWarcelebrates its launching 70 years ago (1945-2014). ItwasbetweentheU.S.andtheUSSR and cost us $4trillion (for the other side the cost was almost double that). The other , current ColdWar anniversarymarksthe struggle’s putative its termination in 1989, 25 years ago. An organization called “ColdWar Patriots” (CWP)based in Denver, alerts the public to the fall of the BerlinWall,which event it considers to be the symbolic end of theColdWar. CWP, its brochure says,“was founded in 2008 to honor and provide assistance to over 700,000 patriotic Americans who served our country, sometimes in secrecy, to fortify our nation’s defenses.” I’m not sure if during theColdWarmyandothers’work
fortheU.S.DepartmentofStatedoing classified research on the Soviets and writing scripts for Voice of America as well as performing other, hush-hush activities rate aspatrioticworkfor thenation’sdefense.But itsurekeptmeinformedastohowthreatening this Soviet menace wasfromtheendofWorldWarII to about 1985. It was thisexperience that led me to write my tenthbook,whichhas justcome out, titled Myths of the Cold War: Amending Historiographic Distortions. About that later, Idon’t mean here to “advertise” mybook.
Whenweusetheterm“coldwar,” I wonder if we realizereally what that struggle really is or how many cold wars there have been in history. Or if any of us dare imagine that any more such “cold-peaces” are on the way--say, another cold warwith post-Soviet Russia(as some observers are openly suggesting)orwithCommunistChina,whichthreatenstoexpandbeyond its borders far into the SouthChinaandtheEastChinaSeaswhilehavingthemakingsofbecoming a powerful, ambitious superpower by mid-century.
Cold War Anniversaries: Will There be More?By Dr. Albert L.Weeks
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StickneyPt.downtoBlackburnPt.willhold somenice trout inJuly, and that area gets very little pressure in the summertime. The keyiswatertemperature;ifitistoohigh thebait andgamefishwill not be there. Redfish andsnookwill also cruise the barsand shorelines in search of prey. Areasthatdropoffquicklyintothree or four feet will be the most productivespots.Ahandpickedshrimp is deadly fished early in the morning on a high tide. Anglerschoosingartificial lureswill score with topwater and shallow diving plugs, scented soft plastics, and weedless gold spoons. Redfishwill begin to schoolup in July and can be caught in very shallow water The largest trout also prefer shallow water, so don’t be surprised if a “gator” intercepts an offering meant for a redfish. Thesefishshouldbereleased unharmed, they are the femalebreedstockandarecrucialtoahealthytroutfishery.
Nightfishingwillbeexcitingand productive in July. Lighted docks andbridges attract glassminnows and shrimp, which in turn attracts the gamefish. Snookare abundant, but trout,reds,jacks,ladyfish,andsnapperwill also be caught at night. Live shrimpworks verywell freelined in the current with little or no weight. A 24” piece of 25 lb flourocarbon leader and a 1/0 live bait hook is the basic rig.Lures will also catch fish, but canbedifficult to cast atnight.Flyfishermanwill scorewithasmallwhitesnookflysuchastheGrassett’sSnookMinnowtiedona#4hook. Tarpon will still be plentiful in the Gulf of Mexico, although the anglers will not be. The large schoolswillhavebrokenup,andalthoughthefishdon’tshowaswell,theyeatbetter.Pinfishandcrabs drifted out 6 feet under a corkatfirstlightwillcatchtarponinJuly.PointofRocksonSiestaKeyisaprovenspottofish.
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On July 3rd, beginning at 5 p.m., the SiestaKeyChamberofCommercewill host aKickOff party at the SouthBridgePlaza,homeofAbel’sIceCream,Stonewood Grill and New Balance, located justwest ofUS41onStickneyPointRoad.Stonewood sliders, Stonewood bruschetta, Abel’s ice cream, hot
dogs, soda and bottled water will be available. Gluten-free cookie sampleswill beofferedfree while supplies last. One of the localDj’s,ChristianZinserwill be on hand for some fun entertainment. Raffle tickets to start thefireworkswill be sold. Thetickets are $5 each including
twofooditemticketsor5ticketsfor $20, including 10 food item tickets.Thewinneroftherafflewill be announced during the party at around 7 p.m. TheprizewillincludeaVIPpackageandanofficialZambellihard hat which can be used when the winner starts the fireworks show. They will
receive a behind the scene tour at the launch site in addition to news coverage and recognition in the local paper. All proceeds from the party will be used to help fund the fireworks showon SiestaKeybeach.
Raffleticketscanbepurchasedbefore this event at the Siesta Key Chamber of Commerceoffice located at 5114 Ocean Blvd.,SiestaKeyVillageintheDavidson’sPlaza. Thewinnerneed not be present to win.
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Enjoy the 4th of July Siesta Key Fireworks as a VIP Forthe4thconsecutiveyeartheSiestaKeyChamberofCommerceisofferingthegeneralpublicVIPPackagestoenjoythe24thAnnual4thofJulyFireworksDisplay.The party begins at 5 p.m. and includes exclusive reserved on-siteparkingatSiestaPublicBeach,on-site catered picnic dinner for two, beer,wine and softdrinks,in addition to l ive musical entertainment by Ted Stevens and the Doo-Shots. Once the sun goes down, the VIP package patrons just stepout onto the beach to a perfect
location to watch and enjoy the spectacular display. The VIPpackages cost $150 per couple,$15 for children up to 15 years andfreeforkidsunder10years.They can be purchased by calling theChamberofficeat941-349-3800oremail:[email protected] HostingthefireworksonSiestaKeybeganintheearly1990sasaway to celebrate the troops coming home from the first GulfWarandhasbeenpartofSiestaKey’stradition. Sinceexpensesforthefireworks
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Dr. Chauvet earned her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon, Canada, completed a small animal medicine/surgery internship at the University of Illinois in Urbana and finished her residency in neurology/neurosurgery at the University of California, Davis. She has been trained in small animal rehabilitation by the Canine Rehabilitation Institute of Wellington, Florida and is known internationally for her specialized work in the relatively rare field of veterinary neurology speaking to, training, and consulting with veterinary practices and organizations globally.
If you have a question about your pet, please email your question to [email protected] Each month, Dr. Chauvet will choose a few
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1. Does my pet need all the vaccinations?Can I skip some? Likechildren,petsneedtheprotectionfrom the big bad world. It is mostimportant to vaccinate early in life when the development of the immune system ismost active.Rabies, by law, cannotbeomitted.Youmaychoosetoskipsomeoftheothervaccineslaterinyourpet’slife.Itisagood idea to discuss this option with your vet however, as some breeds need more protection than others and skipping onvaccinations is not recommended. Location can also determine the necessity of certain vaccines,soaskyourvetforthelistofshotsrequired in your area. 2. I just moved to Florida from upstate New York. My pets (cats and dogs) love the outdoors – are there any potential risks for
them if I let them run loose in the yard? Florida–thelandoftheexoticandthisexoticlandincludesvenomoussnakes,suchasrattlersandcoralsnakes.Certainplants,suchasverypopularSagoPalms(MiniaturePalmTrees),arehighlytoxicandcancauseliver failureanddeath if ingested. Ifyoulive in the countryside, watch for boars and otherwildanimals. Inthecity, theworsethingsyourpetwillmostlikelyencounterare red ants, bees and wasps. And let’s not forgetabouttheever-presentFloridaheat.Animals, particularly dogs, can suffer a HeatStroke-alifethreateningcondition,which requires immediate medical care, so don’t let your animals out during the hottest part of the day. Also, always provide shade and plenty of water.
Pet Talk By Dr. Anne Chauvet
By Gale Kaplan InJune2006,theTownofHempstead(one of two municipalities on Long Island,NY)was showering uswithadoption pamphlets for the local animal shelter.ItwasaFridayandbothofuswereofffromwork,soIsuggestedtoJeffwe“justgolookforfun”.Hegrowledatme,“Yeah,yeah,that’sallweneed–anotherdog!”“JustLOOK,”Isaid. The rest is history. Goldie, arguably aChowmixoraShibaInu(whoknowsfor sure?), soon to be nine years old, was afurryskeletontossedoutonthestreetwithbitemarksfromlargerdogsontopofherhead,anervouspup–oneroomfulof chewed up furniture, two bottom steps of our upstairs stairwell reshaped, andonepairof shreddedLand’sEndsandals later, is now the queen of the household.(Really,itisn’tme.)She is really smart, playful, and friendly, yet opinionated, especially when it comes to cats, squirrels, geckos, smallbirds, and even insects, all of whom she holds in extremely low esteem. She loves
totakelongwalks,somethingshehadnoopportunityforinNewYork,wherewehadadogruninthebackyardandthe weather was not often conducive to squeaky rubberducky. Jeff,whohadsaid, “Oh, no! No more dogs!” (she’s our fourth) dotes on her as a true doggie parent.
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|The “Kitchen Ladies” Recipe
This is truly a delicious recipe from a sweet couple.
ICE CREAM PIE1largeGrahamCrackerPieCrust. (Store bought)1largeHersheyBarwithAlmonds.1teaspoonInstantCoffeemixedwith1/4cupHotWaterMelt above together and pour into pie crust, then freeze.WhenfrozentopwithCoffeeIceCreamandthenaddalayerofChocolateIceCream.Optionaltoppings:WhipCream,Fudge,ChocolateCurls
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The 5thAnnual IceCreamSocial tookplace last month to the delight of many Landins’. Now an annual tradition, this event celebrates the end of another school year and the beginning of summer fun. Judy Greene
and Tara Lamb, residents of The Landings and realtors with Michael Saunders have sponsored this event for several years and wereonhand tomake sure everyonehadplenty ice cream.
Judy & Tara’s 5th Annual Ice Cream Social
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Gecko’s Grill & Pub celebrates 22 years On June 6th, Gecko’s Grill&Pub celebrated their 22 yearanniversarywithaBBQbashattheir mothership location at The LandingsPlaza. C e l eb r i t y dunk t ank s ,raffles,BBQdinners,musicandgiveaways–alltocelebratetheiranniversary and to help raise funds and awareness for the Florida Sheriff’s YouthRanch(FSYR)program. The Florida SheriffsYouthRanches, Inc. is theparent organization which operates four residential programs: Boys Ranch,YouthVilla,YouthRanch/S a f e t y H a r b o r , a n d YouthRanch/Bradenton-Sarasota; two campingprograms: Youth Campand Caruth Camp; andother family services around the state. The Youth Ranchesisacharitable,non-profitcorporation, chartered in the state ofFlorida. FSYR’smission is topreventdel inquency and develop strong, lawful, resilient and
productive citizens who will makepositive contributions toour communities, and are able to face the future with a sense of direction, ability, and hope. (To learn more about this service or to donate, go to their website: www.youthranches.org)
After all was said and done, thefinal tally fordonations rang in at $3,000 and on June 17th, owners,MikeGowanandMikeQuillenwerebothon hand to present the checktoCraigMorrison,DonorRelationsOfficer
forFSYR. LookforQuillenandGowan’snewes t ven tu re , Gecko ’ sFruitville, to open in Summer,2014 at the corner of FruitvilleandNorthCattlemenRoads.
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S a r a s o t a a t t r a c t s m a n y professionals, including lawyers. Did you know that there areapproximately 1,000 practicing lawyers inSarasotaCounty? InFlorida,theunlicensedpracticeoflawisacrime.Butwhatexactlyis considered “the practice of law”? The Florida SupremeCourtsays,“ifthegivingofsuchadvice and performance of such services affect important rights of a person under the law, and if the reasonable protection of the rights and property of those advised and served requires that the persons giving such advicepossess legal skill andaknowledgeofthelawgreaterthanthat possessed by the average citizen, then the giving of such advice and the performance of such services by one for another as a course of conduct constitute the practice of law.” As you can see, this definition leaves a lotto interpretation. Ithas causedsomedifficulty for community
associations and their managers when trying to determine if they have to call upon an attorney for an answer to a routine question ortoundertakecertaincollectionactivity. Accordingly, some of themore significant changes totheFloridaStatutes specificallyaddress the unlicensed practice of law by community association managers(“CAMS”).ThechangesallowCAMStoperformservicespreviously provided only by attorneys. The amendments also confirmthatCAMSareallowedto include provisions in their management contracts which protect them from liability for their own ordinary negligence. Interestingly, attorneys are notallowed to limit their liability in such a manner. Under thenew law (Chapter468,FloridaStatutes),CAMSwillbe able to determine the number of days required for statutory notice; calculate the numberof votes needed for quorums
and approvals; draftmeetingnoticesandagenda;negotiatetheperformance and monetary terms of contracts (subject to association approval); determine amountsduetheassociationandtakestepstocollect(beforealawsuitisfiled);prepare certificates of estoppeland assessment. Additionally, CAMSwillbeableto:(1)sendtherequirednoticeofintenttofilealienifassessmentsarenotpaid;(2) send notice that a lien has beenfiledandwillbeforeclosed;(3) file a satisfaction of lien. These latter activities require the use of forms that are also being added to Condominium andHomeowners’ Acts. I think someof the changesregardingwhatCAMScandoforassociations are appropriate and will be particularly welcomed by associations with limited budgets.Itshouldnottypicallyrequire an attorney to determine how many votes are necessary or how many days’ notice is
required for a meeting. (Ifthere is a discrepancy between the statute and the governing documents, then that is another matter and the association should consider calling an attorneyforadvice.)Idohavesome concerns regarding the collection of amounts due to an association. The amount that can be legally collected is not always easy to determine, particularly after a foreclosure sale. A wrong call can leave money on the table. A n o t h e r s i g n i f i c a n t amendment, this time to The CondominiumAct,willallowanassociation to enter, inspect, and repair abandoned condominium units.
In the Know By Vanda Y. Bayliss, Esq
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Wearehoping tomakeTheEaglePhotoGallery amonthlyfixtureandweneedyourhelp.The idea behind this new column is to feature photographs and stories by Landings’ residents thatreflectwhatlifeislikehereat The Landings or in the local Sarasotacommunity.Pleasesendyour photo along with a brief story that helps to contextualize ittomeatroberto@uri.edu.EachmonthIwillselectoneortwoforpublication. You need not be a professionalphotographer.Weare interested in submissions that are creative as well as informative. Consider the following as anexample.Ihopethiswillbethe
lasttimeIsubmitaphotographto this column, and that, from now on, we can feature those of other members of The Landings community. This is my most recent photo of our beloved Sammy, who was an integral part of our family for the past fourteen years. Many of you knewSammyandgreeted him on hiswalks aroundThe Landings. He enjoyed meeting and playing with the other dogs and receiving his daily
treatfromKevin,Alice,andGaryatTheLandingsRacquetClub,although, lately, he neither had thestrengthnorstaminatomakeit all the way there. Sammy is gone now, and we will miss him dearly.
The Eagle Photo GalleryBy Robert Manteiga (AKA Photos by Beto)
In the Know The associat ion wil l be allowed to turn on the utilities to protect the unit and surrounding unitsandmayseekappointmentof a receiver who could rent out the unit and reimburse the association for its costs. Growth of mold in abandoned units, particularly when the air conditioning has been turned off, hasbeenasignificantprobleminsome complexes. The mold can spread to adjoining units and the common elements. Rodentand insect infestation is another issue. Repairs to abandonedunits can run into the tens of thousands of dollars. This law
will be welcomed, it is a shame it was not enacted a few years ago, at the height of the foreclosure meltdown. F i n a l l y , I n o t e T h eCondominium Act has beenamended to reflect the reality of our modern electronic age: directors are now officially allowed to use e-mail as a means of communication. They may not cast a vote on an association matter by e-mail, however. The Homeowners Act has been amended to allow email addresses and addi t iona l telephone numbers to be printed in the community directory with
the owner’s consent. Don’t forget, if you have any comments or legal questions, you may send them to me at [email protected], subject line “TheEagle.”Iwillnotbeabletoprovide individual answers, but may answer you in print if your question has wide appeal. This column is not intended to provide legal advice and should not be relied upon for thatpurpose.Everysituationisunique and this general discussion is not necessarily applicable to your situation. Please consultan attorney for advice for your particular situation.
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LMA Meeting NotesCOMMUNITY HAULING
PROGRAM Almost 20 people utilized the program inMay. Special thankswere given to volunteer’s Truman, BurtandFrankfortheirdedicationto this project. LMA maintenance contractor, David Jacaruso was thanked for the excellent jobhedoes receiving, transporting and unloading the residents’ material at the county collection site. Thenextpickupisscheduledfor the secondWednesday ofNovember.
LANDSCAPING LMAPresidentHenryRhodesread Landscaping chair, Joe
Hennessy’s report in his absence. ThefallenSlashPineandstumpwere removed from the north side oftheEaglesNestArea.Thisarea’sentranceonLandingsBoulevardwas also landscaped and irrigation was installed. Seven islands were partially renovated.Renovationsprimarilyentailed plant removal and replacement. The committee’s next steps include 1) traditional summer island maintenance. 2 ) Annual LMA Canopyinspection. 3) Ambient and Holiday lighting evaluation (with the support of
Truman and Aesthetics). 4) Landscape Plan for theHeronWay/LandingsBoulevardintersection.
RETENTION POND ISSUES
TerryBlack, President of theEagles PointAssociation read aletter to the board pointing out issuesofsignificanterosioninLake#6andthepotentialdestructionofplantingsinLake#9. LMAPresidentHenryRhodesresponded by stating he had already appointed a group of appropriate committee leaders to lookintoalloftheconcernsraisedin the letter.
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Fight continues over Beach Road lot RetiredrealestatemagnateRonald Allen and his wifeSania, a licensed real estate agent with Michael Saunders, are continuing the fight to build a home on a beachfront property at 162 Beach Roadbought for $5.4 million in 2009. They’ve since sold one of the two parcels. The remaining land on which theyaskedtobuildisvaluedat$1,047,500 (2014 Tax records) Two months ago, the Sarasota CountyCommissioners againunanimously denied their request for aCoastal SetbackVariance allowing them to build on the lot. This is the third petition brought by the couple, with the previous two petitions of January 9, 2013 and April 23, 2014 unanimously denied. Land existing beyond the Gulf BeachSetbackLine(1979)withno prior history of building, is protected under CountyOrdinance from development. This lot on the northwest portion of Siesta Key Beachhas well documented history oferosionandflooding.
OnJune16,theAllen’sfileda request with the county for relieffromtheCommissioner’sdecision. A Magistrate hearing of their petition is scheduled for August 5 at 10am in CommissionChambers. The publicmayattend but not participate. A Magistrate Hearing is directed by Statute within the State of Florida EnvironmentalRegulations, Section51,LandUseandEnvironmentalDisputeResolutionAct. TheMagistrate works tomediatearesolutionormakearecommendation to the parties. This could include many outcomes such as; nofindingfor relief, recommendations for amodifiedvariancepetition,Countyfinancialcompensationto the owners, change in taxable designation, or review of the County land use ordinancerelevant to this situation. This is not thefirst time aproperty owner has tried to get approval to build on the lot at 162BeachRoad.
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|Dennis Kowal - American Sculptor DennisKowalwasborn andraisedinChicago.Asachild,heremembers sitting in the Music BoxTheatrewatching amovie.When the newsreel came on,exposingtheaudiencetothefirstatomic bomb tests, the boy was so horrifiedthathehidbeneaththeseats.Theexperiencesoterrifiedhim that years later, as an artist, he created a series of sculptures calledOminousIkons,aseriesonwhich he continues even today. Thesepieces evokea symbolofambivalence, fear and duplicity—i.e. the extinction of life as we knowit.SaysKowal:“Fineartforme is the antithesis of war and as such is an irreducible truth.” AftersurvivingBulbarPolioatthe age of 10, he grew up to attend UniversityofIllinoisontheNavyPierinChicago,andalsotheArtInstituteofChicago,receivinghisBSin1960.HereceivedhisMFAin 1962 from Southern IllinoisUniversityinCarbondale.Hislifeas a sculptor has spanned more thanfivedecades. Kowal’sworkismonumentaland archetypical as well as classic and symbolic. It has also beencalled sensual and intuitive, for a life affirming creative energyemerges from within each piece. Hehas had over fifty one-manexhibitions, exhibited in hundreds of group shows, and delivered an equal number of lectures. He has also published eleven limited edition prints and authored the technicalbook,CastingSculpture. Kowalhasservedasprofessorat a number of different colleges, amongthemtheU.ofIllinoisinChampaign;ColumbusCollegeof Art & Design; FrostbergStateCollege inMaryland; andMassachusettsCollegeofArt inBoston. Hiswork has been featuredat Sarasota Season of Sculpture in 2002, 2004, 2006 and 2008. His workcanalsobeseenattheGreaterSarasotaChamberofCommerce,TempleBethIsrael,andtheVanWezelAuditorium. It has beenfeatured at Florida Federal inTampa, FL; FloridaHolocaustMuseum in St. Petersburg, FL;“WOW2”ArtwithoutWalls inFtPierce,FL,andSculptureKey
West.TwoofhisworkshavebeenexhibitedattheRaviniaFestival,a summer music event that has servedChicagoforover100years. Definitely an East Coastguy, Kowal is a sculptor ofgrand pedigree. He has been namedArtist-in-Residence atdozens of prestigious locations: MacDowell Colony in NH;“Yaddo”inSaratogaSprings,NY;UniversityofGeorgiainAthens,Ga.; Institute ofContemporaryArt,NEA,Boston;DeCordovaMuseum,Lincoln,MA;AmherstCollege,Amherst,MA.;Oxbow,MI ; Maudslay S ta te Park ,Newburyport,NH;DartmouthCollege,Hanover,NH;Haystacki n H inck l ey , Ma ine ; and“Coolfont” in Berkley Springs,WV. Kowal received an NEAMatching Grant at BabsonCollege,Wellesley,MA.Hehasserved as Visiting Artist at Milton Academy,MS.MACouncil forthe Arts and Humanities, and alsoatPinellasCountyCenterfortheArtsinStPetersburg,FL.HeworkedontheVietnamVeteransMemorialfortheCommonwealthof Massachusetts. Acontroversialandoutspokenartist, DennisKowal has beenwritten up in ‘Who’sWho inAmerica”, and also in “Who’sWho inAmericanArt.” BostonMagazine has named him as one of “82 People toWatch.”Harvard Common Press haswrittenabouthisworkin“PublicArt inGreaterBoston.”DatelineTV has included him in a program called“PublicArt,VoodooDolls,&Politics.”Hehasbeenwrittenup inArtNew England; Arts&CultureMagazine, Sarasota,Fl;Art inAmerica; ARTNews;International SculptureNewsMagazine; HUB publications;theC.G .JungSocietyQuarterly(Symbols: Signs of our Times);and theSarasotaArtReview—Art,Money,andPolitics. OneofKowal’smost elegantpieces stands in front of the Van WezelPerformingArtsCenter.Itreceived the Millennium Award fromTheFloridaDepartmentofState,DivisionofCulturalAffairs.Entitled “Photon –Aerospace
Aluminum”,theCityofSarasotaselectedprototypesofthisworktobe given as gifts to its eight Sister Cities: Treviso, Italy;Hamilton,Ontario, Canada; Perpignan,France ; V lad imir , Russ ia ;Telmond, Israel; Dunfermine,Scotland;Siming,Xiamen,China;and Merida, Mexico. Kowalandhisspiritedwife—painter Jill HoffmanKowal—have been married for 17 years andliveintheLaurelParkarea.Besidesbeinganartist,Jillisalsofamed as a documentarian of the PunkRock Era in Europe andAmerica. In the fall, shewill begivingapresentationonthePunkRock Era at the SelbyGalleryat RinglingCollege ofArt andDesign. Dennis’snamesakedaughter,DeniseKowal, is the creator ofthe InternationalChalkFestival.Another daughter, Jolie, and her husband,BrianMcInnis, engagein the restoration of historic properties. His eldest daughter, ChristieKowalSmith,isalicensedarborist inBoston.Hisbrothers,CalandRichard,arebothartists. DennisKowal’smost recentinstallation of public art was at theWentworth Institute ofTechnologyinBoston.Itwasan8” 2” core ten steel piece called “Constellation”.He is currentlyworking on smaller pieces incarved acrylic, compiling an artistic biography of hiswork,and completing a video about his sculptures. InthewordsofDennisKowal: “Creativityisrare. The expression of creativity is even more rare. Thosewhoknowthedifferenceare in danger. A subtle palatable fear is in the air.” Kowal’sworkmaybeseenonhiswebsite:www.denniskowal.com
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Cold War Anniversaries: Will There be More?By Dr. Albert L.Weeks History has seen some 20,000 major cold and hot wars with hundreds of millions of casualties. Given today’s environment of weapons of mass destruction (WMD),escalationofcoldwars,insistmanyqualifiedobservers,must be prevented, or at least “contained.” Examination ofcold and hot wars throughout history--i.e.,canvassingconflictsbetween ancient Athens and Persia,CarthageandRome,andfrom the Middle Ages to modern times—shows that not all such historic stand-offs needed to have escalated from their cold-war
phasesintoarmedconflicts.Giventoday’sWMDarsenalsinseveralstates in our competitive multi-polar world, the causes of present-day cold wars that resemble those ofpastconflictsneedtobestudiedso that effective means be found to contain modern cold wars lest they escalate to catastrophic proportions. Such a study shows that the causesof such conflictscoalesce around several basic causative factors. This brings me to my latest book.InMythsoftheColdWar.In it, I try to dispelmistakennotionsaboutthepastU.S.-Soviet
ColdWarandthusbetterprepareus in case another such struggle develops. Unbelievably, somebooksareouttherethesedaysthatfalsely allege that “it was America thatstartedtheColdWar.” However, the facts prove just the opposite.Mybook exposesthe calico-thin arguments that are used by such authors. Such booksmay be influencing ourcollege youth in the wrong direction. Myths of the Cold War provides the countervailing fact that demonstrate the falsity of the BlameAmerikaGame.
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Itmaynotbethefirsttimeplans have been made to develop the prime property at thecornerofU.S.41andStickney Point Road, buttheBendersonDevelopmentCompanyisbettingthatthistime,theplanswillstick. Backin2005,apartnershipcalled Siesta 41 Associates, LLP purchased the PineShores Trailer Park andsurrounding parcels on StickneyPointRoadandU.S.41, where it intended to raze the trailerparkandconstructa$350million mixed-use project called SiestaPoint.Thevillagewastocontain up to six condominium towers and dozens of shops, and the partnership group consisted of CoganDevelopment LLC,BendersonDevelopment andPromenadePartners,whichwasacollaborationbetweenCoganand financiers Neil Malamud andRonShenkin. At the time, the hope was that construction would begin by mid-2006 on the 23.9 acres, but as so often happens with the best-laid plans, this one did not cometofruition.Eventually,in2009, the property was razed and prepared for building, and nowitfinallyappearsasthoughthat land is on the brink ofdevelopment. BendersonDevelopmentandSiesta 41 have unveiled their plans for SiestaPromenade, anew 250,000-square foot open air shopping and a 150-room hotel, with an estimated construction start of next Spring. Back in Januaryof 2011, thegroupmetwith theSiestaKeyAssociation and laid out their intentions for that very visible and valuable piece of land. At themeeting, PaulBlackketter,Benderson’s projectmanager,told the Association members that h is company would undergo an extensive due-diligence process to determine the best type of development for that site. As it turned out, the new proposed project is actually very similar to the idea originally floatedin2005.
But this time, the economyseems to be cooperating a little better. Requests for buildingpermits in Sarasota Countyhave been booming in the past year,whichisdefinitelyatellingeconomic sign. T h o u g h B e n d e r s o nDevelopment is one of America’s largest privately held real estate companies, and owns and manages over 700 properties in 38 states, its influence on the Suncoast is prevalent. The newMall at UniversityTown Center, a BendersonDevelopment project scheduled to be completed in less than four months, is expected to be one of the premier shopping destinations in the state. The primary concern for people who live around the UniversityDrive area and arerequired to use exit 213, the one by the new mall, on a daily basis,isthattrafficgoinginandout of themall couldmake itimpossible to navigate the roads around it. Some neighbors who live close to the proposed Siesta Promenade sitehave the sameworries. “It’s hard enough toget outonto Stickney Point Road asit is,” said Rebecca Pietras,who lives down one of the side streets betweenU.S. 41and theStickneyPointBridge.“Where thatmall is going inisaverybusyintersection.I’mjust wondering if they are going to do anything to alleviate that problem, because it’s only going to get worse when they open up that mall.” BendersonDevelopmenthada public meeting on June 26 to
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is currently no plan on record that includes implementing traffic signals or traffic management while the property is being developed. Curt Preisser, of SarasotaCountyCommunications, saidthatthePre-ApplicationMeetingRequestformthathadbeenfiledby Benderson Developmentand which laid out the bones of the project, did not include a TrafficImpactAnalysis.Suchadocument would have explained how the company planned to handle the expected increased trafficflowatthenewmallsite. “A Traffic Impact Analysisis only required with a full application,” he said. “This one was technically a pre-application, so they didn’t include it.” Pietras and other neighborswillhavetheopportunitytoaskquestions and offer suggestions at the neighborhood meetings, of which there will certainly bemore.And, as Blackkettertold theSiestaKeyAssociationwhenheinitiallyspokeabouttheSiestaPromenadetothembackin2011,BendersonDevelopmenthas no intentions of building anything until it has tenants signed and ready to move in once construction has been completed. “There is no way we are going to build an empty building,” he said. Tofindoutmoreinformationabout the Siesta Promenadeproject, and to learn about future neighborhood meetings with the developers, visit the website at www.scgov.net/PlanningServ ices/Pages/Workshops.aspx.
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• 1 Animal Problem Reported Dog loose, later found by owner.
• 1 Found Property Reported Machete found in bushes. Placedinstorage.
• 28 Information Reports 11 Malfunctioning light poles reported toFPL. 9Reportsofbicyclesbeingleftout (unsecured) overnight. 2Reportedsolicitationattempts. 1 Vendor turned away after hours (not called in). 1Disabledvehicleparkedinroadway overnightwithflasherson. 1Rentaldisagreementending in termination of lease. 1Reportofworkmenafterhours. LMA advised.
• 22 Open Door Reports 21 Garage doors found open. 1 Vehicle door found open.
• 6 Parking Violations 3Vehiclesparkedonlawnsorgrass. 2Vehiclesparkedovernightinroadway. 1Restrictedvehicleparkedincommunity overnight.
• 1 Property Damage Report Tree fell due to storm. Management Companyadvised.
• 1 Public Service Report Patrolnotedinteriorlightoninvehicle. Owner advised.
• 21 Reckless Driver Reports All drivers noted at unsafe speeds. Vehicles photographed by ATS Speed Sentryor-Observedbypatrolofficervia hand held radar unit.
• 1 Suspicious Person Reported Subjectidentifiedasworkman.
• 1 Trespass Reported Subject (resident) noted in another resident’sbackyardat3am. Unknowncause,nocrimereported.
View From The GateCompiled by: Capt. Jordan M. Joseph, Landings Security & Safety
There were a total of 82 incidents reported for the monthof May 2014. They are as follows:
Verizon-PhoneService .............................................1.800.483.1000ComcastCable .......................................................................371.6700EmergencyAnimalClinic ....................................................929.1818PoisonInfoCenter ......................................................1.800.282.3171WasteManagement ..............................................................924.1254LandingsEagle ...............................................................941.539.0205Landing’s Gate.......................................................................922.5531LandingsRacquetClub ........................................................923.3886LandingsCommunityHaulingProgram .......... 941-727-6464x110LRCe-mail ..................................................LRCtennis@verizon.netArgus Management ..............................................................927.6464SheriffNon-Emergency ........................................................861.5800FPL-FloridaPower&light .................................................917.0708FPL-OutageReport ...................................................1.800.468.8243Fishing&HuntingLicenses .........................................941.362.9888MarriageLicenseBureau ..............................................941.362.4066SarasotaCountyHotline ......................................................861.5000Sarasota/BradentonIntl.Airport ................................941.359.2770SarasotaCountyAreaTransit(SCAT) ......................941.316.1234SarasotaCountyInformationCallCenter ......941.861.5000/scgov.netSarasota Doctors Hospital .............................................941.342.1100SarasotaMemorialHospital/HealthCareSystem ...... 941.917.7760Emergency(General) .....................................................................911
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1742 PEREGRINE PT DR 639,000 3 3 01733 PINE HARRIER CIR 500,000 4 2 1 4808 PEREGRINE PT CIR. W 1,249,900 5 5 15157 KESTRAL PK LN 799,000 5 3 11598 LANDINGS TER 675,000 3 2 05155 FLICKER FIELD CIR 614,900 4 2 11781 PINE HARRIER CIR 525,000 4 3 05167 KESTRAL PK LN 499,000 4 3 0 5146 KESTRAL PK WAY 1,100,000 4 3 24732 PINE HARRIER DR 800,000 3 2 34849 PEREGRINE PT N CIR 721,000 3 2 15162 KESTRAL PK TER 650,000 3 3 11780 PINE HARRIER CIR 638,000 3 3 05038 KESTRAL PK WAY S 620,000 3 3 15089 KESTRAL PK S WAY 615,000 3 2 14696 PINE HARRIER DR 550,000 3 2 2 5420 EAGLES PT CIR # 403 445,000 2 2 04968 KESTRAL PK CIR # 7 425,000 2 2 01705 STARLING DR # 1705 399,900 3 2 14846 KESTRAL PK CIR # 15 398,900 2 2 05261 LANDINGS BLVD # 3 363,000 2 2 05263 LANDINGS BLVD # 4 264,900 2 2 01600 STARLING DR # 204 260,000 3 2 0 5450 EAGLES PT CIR # 401 749,999 3 2 15450 EAGLES PT CIR # 102 475,000 2 2 05400 EAGLES PT CIR # 304 349,000 3 2 15043 KESTRAL PK DR 295,000 2 2 01716 STARLING DR 262,500 3 2 01718 STARLING DR 255,000 2 2 01627 STARLING DR 253,000 2 2 01698 STARLING DR 243,500 3 2 01610 PINTAIL WAY 209,000 2 2 0 5400 EAGLES PT CIR # 406 547,600 3 2 05408 EAGLES PT CIR # 203 434,000 3 2 05430 EAGLES PT CIR # 205 430,000 3 2 14844 KESTRAL PK CIR 396,000 3 2 01492 LANDINGS LAKE DR 307,000 3 2 14941 KESTRAL PK WAY 280,000 2 2 05257 HERON WAY 269,000 2 2 05211 HERON WAY 247,500 3 2 15222 LANDINGS BLVD 235,000 2 2 1
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Michael Saunders & CompanyLicensed Real Estate Broker
5420 EAGLES POINT CIR # 403 • $445,000 1733 PINE HARRIER CIR • $500,000
