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President’s Message continued

• RVCA Board of Directors would like to have an idea the needs, the City will pursue an offer. If not, the City will
of where traffic can be expected to re-route when open up the list again and pursue other options.
trying to avoid raised speed humps on 9th. Various special events recommendations were covered at
• In light of the expense, extent of the work, and past split
the 6/18/2019 Commission Meeting. The related memo
on this topic, the RVCA Board of Directors would like to made a recommendation for establishing pre-defined
make sure that the expectations residents have are realistic.
routes to choose from, aiming to have the least amount of
The RVCA Board of Directors urges that residents impact on residential neighborhoods as possible. On
contribute to this decision. Please keep in mind that in behalf of RVCA, I contacted our Commissioner and
order for your household to vote you must be present at requested that any suggested pre-defined route that
the September 30, 2019 General Meeting and there must touches the borders of or enters into Rio Vista be presented
be a quorum in attendance. You are welcome to share to RVCA prior to becoming a designated pre-defined
your feedback, along with your name and address, by route. I shared this same request with Ms. Sarah Spurlock
emailing president@riovistaonline.com and it will be on 4/29/2019 at the RVCA General Meeting.
considered as part of the discussion. However, please Please visit www.riovistaonline.com to sign-up for our
keep in mind it is your VOTE that we are looking for.
e-newsletter, see important materials and join RVCA. As we
On another note, it is important for you to know that I am obtain responses from the City on our requests, we will post
communicating with our Commissioner on a monthly basis them on the website and get them out in the newsletter in
regarding an EMS substation to improve service to our advance of the September 30th General Meeting. RV
neighborhood. As of 6/11/2019 the City has narrowed Regards,
the search down to two parcels south of the New River
and has ordered appraisals. Once received, the City will Christina Currie, Esq.
weigh location, price, size, functionality and model President
anticipated response times. If one of the locations meets Rio Vista Civic Association

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