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The Landings Management Association, Inc.
2 Minutes of the
Board of Directors Meeting
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May 1,2003
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Call
to Order
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The meeting
was called to order by Larry Spelman at 7:00 PM at the Landings Racquet Club,
5350 Landings
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Boulevard, Sarasota, Florida.
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Determination of
Quorum
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Present
were Larry
Spelman,
Fred Stanyer, Bob Capo, Eli Chatson, Jerry McFadden, Don Smally
and
Ray
Rakoff
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constituting a
quorum. Dee Ricapito and Ted Humphrey were absent. Also present was
Jim
Faix of
Argus
Property
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Management,
Inc.
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Confirmation of
Proper Meeting Notice
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The notice
was posted in accordance with the Bylaws of the Association and requirements of
Florida Statutes.
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Appointment of Acting Secretary
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A motion
was made
and second to
appoint Jim Faix as Acting Secretary for the meeting.
19 The motion passed unanimously.
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21 Approval of Minutes of April 3, 2003 Board
of Directors Meeting
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23 Hearing no objections, the minutes of the
April 3, 2003 Board of Directors Meeting were approved.
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President’s Report
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Larry
Spelman reported that we will have the
June
board meeting but
will skip the July meeting for summer
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vacations.
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Treasurer’s Report
30 Bob
Capo presented the Financial Report. Since this
is the
1St
of May, the
April financial is not available
yet.
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However,
looking over the checks
written
for the month of
April, checks were for normal operational items
and
one
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item was
for the payment of the fence project, which was expected.
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34 A motion was made by
Don Smally, second
by Ray Rakoff to accept the 2002 CPA audit of the Association’s
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financial records.
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The
motion
passed unanimously.
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Management Report:
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Jim Faix presented the Management report. (A copy of the Management report is
attached hereto
and made a part of
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these minutes as Exhibit A.)
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42 Safety and Security Committee
43 Ray Rakoff presented the Safety and
Security Committee report. (A copy of the Safety and Security Committee
44 report is attached hereto and made a part of
these minutes as Exhibit B). Mr. Yankus, who owns
two
homes in The
45 Landings but does not live in The Landings,
has 7 or 8 gate openers that will all be deactivated to determine which
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gate
openers belong to vehicles that are garaged at The Landings.
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Jim Faix has been
requested to obtain a price from Bennett Security to upgrade the gate system to
use bar codes.
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Mr. Rakoff also
reported that some children in The Landings
are
using gas-powered
scooters on
the roads in the
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community. He requested that we
obtain
a legal opinion
regarding the liability exposure of children using these
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scooters on private roads.
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A motion
was made by
Ray Rakoff, second by Don Smally to obtain a legal opinion regarding liability
exposure for
55 having unlicensed under age people using gas
driven scooters, carts, etc. on private roads.
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The
motion passed unanimously.
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Landscape
Committee
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Fred
Stanyer reported that all landscaping is going well.
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Roads and Drainage
Committee
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Don Smally
reported that the 2003 road project will begin on May 12 and should continue for
about a month. He
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also
reported that the drainage ditch from Landings Boulevard to Sarasota Bay needs
to be cleaned out soon
and
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requested
that Raber’s Lawn Service be contacted to move up the start date for that
project.
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Lakes
Committee
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Jerry
McFadden reported
that
all of the
fountains
are working
well and
that all
lakes are
doing well
except for
lake I
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which has too many
water lilies. These are being treated to reduce their numbers.
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Nature Trail
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No report.
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73 Public Relations Committee
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No report.
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76 Old
Business
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A discussion took place regarding the hours of operation for the south gate.
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A motion
(the “main motion”) was made by Ray Rakoff, second by Bob Capo, to change the
hours of operation of
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the south
gate from 7:00 AM to Midnight. Before the main motion was voted upon, a motion
was made by Eli
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Chatson,
second by Ray Rakoff, to amend the main motion so that the main motion would
provide that “the hours of
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operation
of the south gate would be from 7:00 AM to 10:00 PM.”
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Under Robert’s
Rules of Order, a motion to amend the prior undecided motion “takes precedence
over the
motion
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that it proposes
to amend.”
Voting in favor of
the motion to amend was Fred Stanyer, Don Smally, Eli
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Chatson, Bob
Capo, Ray Rakoff
and Jerry
McFadden. Voting
against the motion to
amend was Larry
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Spelman.
Motion to amend carried.
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Therefore, the
main motion was amended to propose that the hours of operation of the south gate
would be from
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7:00 AM to
10:00 PM. The main motion as so amended passed unanimously.
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92 The hours of operation of the north gate
remain as before.
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94 New Business
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None
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Adjournment
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The meeting
was adjourned at 7:55 PM. The next meeting is scheduled for June 5,
2003.
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100 Respectfully
submitted,
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James M. Faix,
Acting Secretary