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RVCA President’s Message

’d like to start by sharing an exciting first for our neighborhood: RVCA and NSU
Art Museum will host an exclusive gathering for Rio Vista residents in conjunction
Iwith the Museum’s monthly Free Fort Lauderdale Neighbor Day! On Sunday,
September 29, Rio Vista residents are invited to attend the launch of the Museum’s
“Neighborhood of the Month” program which spotlights a different Fort Lauderdale
neighborhood each month. Rio Vista is the program’s first neighborhood spotlight,
and in celebration of the occasion residents will receive free admission,
complimentary sketchpads for children, 2-for-1 on beer and wine, two free Museum
passes to use on a later date, and $20 off the Museum membership of their choice
at the Museum Enthusiast / Family level and above. Please plan on attending and
making the most of this special opportunity.

Christina Currie, Esq.
President

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Christina Currie, Esq.
president@riovistaonline.com
Vice President During the summer General Membership meeting break the RVCA Board of
Mark Snead Director’s continued meeting and working to improve the neighborhood. We are
Treasurer making strides in our efforts to improve traffic safety in our neighborhood. Not only
Mark Snead have we seen increased enforcement of traffic violations but the Board is working
treasurer@riovistaonline.com
with the City and County to aid in the matter.
Secretary
Fred Stresau In the area of Davie Boulevard and SE 9th Avenue (where the one-way exit is) you
stresau@bellsouth.net will notice various changes to the signage which we hope will reduce the number
of wrong way drivers. At the intersection of Ponce De Leon Boulevard and SE 9th
BOARD MEMBERS Avenue various improvements are being implemented to improve safety. This month
Nancy Messing Brand the County will commence a traffic speed/volume study along 9th Avenue from
nrmessing@aol.com Ponce ending just North of 6th Street to determine if the area meets the threshold
William (Bill) Kirk for additional safety measures.
William.kirk@unipower.com
As I am sure you know we are also communicating with residents and the City’s
Sam Koster transportation staff to address the question of increased height of speed humps
cksk2002@aol.com
along SE 9th Avenue. Thank you to all the residents who have provided me with
Tom Maus feedback on the speed hump height. As of the date of this writing 69 residents
tom@mausandhoffman.com emailed with feedback, only 19 of those support an increase in height.
Eladio Perez
peladio2@yahoo.com Additionally, as requested by the Board the City is moving forward on our request
for a traffic study to give us facts to aid in the height determination. Currently, the
Rob Ward
Rbw486@hotmail.com Board is actively working with FLPD regarding the install of license plate readers in
our neighborhood. If you want to sponsor an install please feel free to email me.
COUNSEL TO THE BOARD Over the past year our Board has been reminded of the importance to contribute to
Charles Tatelbaum the update of the City of Fort Lauderdale Comprehensive Plan. For those of you who
cmt@trippscott.com don’t know, “Advance Fort Lauderdale” is the second phase of a two part project to
update the City of Fort Lauderdale Comprehensive Plan. Phase I, which included the

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