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RVCA President’s Message

hank you to all the Rio Vista Civic Association member household
representatives who attended the January 28, 2019 General Meeting. Not
Tonly did we have a quorum in attendance at a General Meeting for the first
time since 2015 but we had more than double the requirement. Member household
representatives in attendance unanimously voted in opposition to the AHF project as
currently proposed. The position was transmitted to our Commission and
disseminated throughout our neighborhood. Additionally, member household
representatives in attendance were asked to vote on a bylaws amendment which
was unanimously supported by the RVCA Board of Directors at our January 10,
2019 board meeting. There was no vote on the motion as it was requested that the
vote be tabled until the next General Meeting to provide further clarification on the
intent of the amendments the Board put forward to the General Membership. As I
write this the Officers are working on an explanation to aid residents on the matter
Christina Currie, Esq. at that next General Meeting.
President Guest Speakers at the January 28th General Meeting included our new City
Manager Chris Lagerbloom, Joe Kenney the Asst. Director of Public Works, and our
OFFICERS neighborhood Code Compliance Officer, Lois Turowski. Feedback from residents on
President clean-up after special events and Halloween was transmitted to Parks and
Christina Currie, Esq. Recreation as promised. Please keep in mind that for any special event occurring on
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a Saturday the City will not be pick-up event trash until Monday. It was also
Vice President requested that Parks staff do a clean-up of small debris in the grass.
TBD
On February 25, 2019 at 7:30 p.m., RVCA held a Special Meeting on the Parks &
Treasurer
Mark Snead Police Bonds at the RV Church. Speakers from City of Fort Lauderdale Parks & FLPD
treasurer@riovistaonline.com were in attendance to help us understand what to expect if these important bonds
Secretary are approved. Since it was a Special Meeting, per our bylaws, the only topic was
Fred Stresau the bonds. Additionally, the Cordova Sea Wall Committee Stakeholders meeting at
stresau@bellsouth.net City Hall was scheduled for February 26, 2019 at 6 in the evening and RVCA
representatives will be in attendance. We will communicate any news or new
BOARD MEMBERS developments from the meeting via our E-Newsletter. If you DO NOT ALREADY
Nancy Messing Brand RECEIVE our RVCA e-updates, please sign up for them on our website at
nrmessing@aol.com www.riovistaonline.com. Your email address will be used only for RVCA e-updates.
William (Bill) Kirk The annual campout at VY Park was chaired by Sam Koster again this year. Sam,
William.kirk@unipower.com
thank you so much for all your effort and engaging families in our neighborhood.
Sam Koster The next Annual RVCA event coming to Rio Vista is the annual Rio Vista Car Show
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on Ponce on April 7th.
Tom Maus
tom@mausandhoffman.com Thank you again to residents and Board Members who came out in January to
Eladio Perez foster a sense of community and team work in Rio Vista. If we all focus on a
peladio2@yahoo.com positive working relationship we will be able to continue to improve and protect our
Rob Ward neighborhood together. RV
Rbw486@hotmail.com Regards,

COUNSEL TO THE BOARD
Charles Tatelbaum
Christina Currie, Esq.
cmt@trippscott.com RVCA President

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