The Meeting will be called to order @ 6:00 PM

Introduction of Board and Members in attendance and the reading of the minutes of the last meeting. Acknowledge correspondence and read into minutes if necessary.

Treasures Report:
A. Proposed Budget for 2011.
B. Bank balance.

Old Business:
A. Wetlands Status.
B. Collection of HOA Fees.

New Business:
A. Vote on Amendment to limit number of home rentals.
B. Election of Officers.

Any pressing issues or comments from members in attendance.
Adjourn by 7:45 pm

The Meeting will be called to order @ 6:30 PM

Secretaries Report:
Read/Accept minutes of last meeting. Acknowledge correspondence and read into minutes if necessary.

Treasures Report:
A. Status of payments for 2009 & 2010.
B. Bank balance.
C. Number of homes whose HOA fee’s are in arrears.
D. Liens on foreclosed properties. Small claims court cases.
E. Status of court actions against foreclosures. Review open foreclosures.

Modification Committee:
A: Go over plans approved this year.
B: Explain that all items must be shared via meeting with all committee members. Items in violation of our documents must be presented to the whole Board of Directors.

Old Business:
A. Front entrance new plantings and fix up.
B. Status on lakes and littoral shelf.
C: Maintenance on front wall
D. County responsibility for cleaning and repairing front wall and homes backing up to Raymond road.

New Business:
A. Letters to home owners for deed restriction violations.
1. Maintaining yards and plants/scrubs
2. exterior lights (lawn post) out or damaged
B. Police activity regarding some “drug activity” in Meadow Walk.

Any pressing issues or comments from members in attendance.
Adjourn by 7:45 pm

Sarasota County: Richmond Rd Bridge Replacement

The Raymond Roa Bridge is being replaced because it has surpassed it’s estimated service life and does not meet current standards. The bridge is located just west behind the Meadow Walk development.

Construction is scheduled to begin soon. The expected dates of construction are July 2010 through March 2011, weather permitting.

During construction, the bridge will be closed to vehicular and pedestrian traffic, vehicles will be detoured. Detour signs will be posted throughout the detour period and message boards will be placed two weeks prior to the actual closure for up-to-date information. Please drive safely.

Residents may experience increases levels of noise as construction progresses.

If you have any questions contact the Sarasota County Call Center at 941-861-5000 or TTY 941-861-1833 and ask for information on the Raymond Road Bridge Replacement.

The second of four yearly meetings scheduled for 2010 is in the books. The meeting was held at the Fruitville Public Library on Monday June 28th during a tropical downpour. Attendance was light which is usually a good sign that things remain relatively quiet in the Meadow Walk community. Various issues were discussed and the minutes of that meeting are available for viewing on this site. See the HOA Meetings page to view.

Palmer Boulevard from east of Bell Road to east of Center Road is closed through Sunday, Aug. 22

The road closure began this past Monday June 14th as construction continues on the Celery Fields Regional Stormwater Facility improvement and expansion project. Palmer Boulevard from east of Bell Road to east of Center Road is slated to be closed Monday, June 14, through Sunday, Aug. 22. Variable message signs about the upcoming closure already are installed on Palmer Boulevard. Traffic eastbound on Palmer Boulevard will be detoured to the north onto Bell Road, then east onto E. Sawgrass Road and diverted back onto Coburn Road, then north to Fruitville Road. Westbound traffic on Palmer Boulevard also will be detoured north to Fruitville Road via East Road. Road closure signs will be placed at the intersection of Barber and Apex roads, warning local motorists of the Palmer Boulevard closure ahead. Road closed signs also will be placed at the intersection of Tower Lane and Apex Road to warn local motorists of the Palmer Boulevard closure ahead.

In addition, the sidewalk along the west side of Raymond Road from Palmer Boulevard south to the Raymond Road wooden bridge is closed. Also, the sidewalk along the north side of Palmer Boulevard from Center Road to the gazebo is closed due to off-road equipment traffic. Pedestrians will need to use another route in this area. Construction equipment will be moving in and out of the Celery Fields on the northwest side of the Raymond Road wooden bridge. The project is expected to be completed in late fall of 2010.

Additional Closures in the Area

Honore Avenue from Fruitville Road to Bee Ridge Road:
Construction continues this week on Phase 1 of the Honore Avenue improvement project from Bee Ridge Road to Colonial Oaks Boulevard. The following roads will be closed as indicated:

Brookmeade Drive between Tyne Lane and Stokes Drive will remain closed through Wednesday, June 16. Detour signs are posted.

The intersection of Honore Avenue and Colonial Oaks Boulevard will remain closed through Friday, July 9. Detour signs are posted.

Honore Avenue will remain closed from south of Potter Street north to Camus Street through Monday, Aug. 20. Detour signs are posted.

Crews are working on the substructure of the bridge over Phillippi Creek. Crews also will continue to work on the storm drainage between Brookmeade Drive and Webber Street. Motorists may experience temporary lane closures during daytime hours on Stokes Way. Flagmen will direct traffic as needed. The entire project will result in a new 3-mile-long, two-lane divided road with roundabouts, bicycle lanes, decorative streetlights, Florida-friendly landscaping and rain gardens to treat stormwater runoff. Construction will be done in three phases, and is scheduled to be completed in June 2011.

On March 16th, there will be a vote throughout Sarasota county to determine if we will continue to provide our children with a better than the average Florida education. Citizens for Better Schools (CBS), is a political action committee dedicated to continuing Sarasota County’s history of educational excellence. Our goal is simple, continue the 1 mill we currently pay to protect our schools’ classrooms. Approval is not a tax increase and will not raise our taxes. Together we can preserve the quality of our schools and protect our quality of life. Our investment in education pays us many times over.

The students who are in classrooms today are our future doctors, nurses, accountants, attorneys, computer technicians, artists, pharmacy workers, auto mechanics, plumbers, and carpenters. They are the future work force we will need and depend upon. They are the future of our community. Our investment in education supports our property values. There is no community that has failing schools that has stable property values! For more information, to volunteer to help or make a donation, please visit www.sarasotacbs.com

Last nights Annual Meeting came off very smoothly considering the HOA President Gary Walsh was in a hospital bed at Sarasota Memorial Hospital. Gary was admitted Monday with a case of walking pneumonia and was scheduled to be released on Thursday. Of course being an annual meeting it involved some last minute running around to gather the required votes for the two open seats on the Board.

Debra Salisbury, the HOA’s legal council and Joe Stewart the sitting VP headed back to the neighborhood to knock on a few doors gathering those final votes. After all was said and done enough votes were cast to have a quorum and the ballots were officially counted by Betsy Dane with assistance by a few other residents in attendance.

The turn out for the meeting was strong as it seemed most chairs in the room were full. All items on the Agenda were reviewed including reports on our present financial status by Treasurer Shana Pakula and the status of our wetlands by Joe Stewart. Debra Salisbury also gave a report on how we’re dealing with the six homes in the development that are now in foreclosure.

The election results saw Gary Walsh re-elected for a second consecutive term. Gary’s efforts have seen the HOA return from the brink of insolvency to a state of fiscal well being in these past two years. There is now almost $10,000 in the HOA’s reserve emergency fund. This was accomplished after spending over $8,000 on the badly needed repair, repainting and maintenance of the outer wall last year. While an additional $2200 was spent on required replanting in the wetlands this year as we strived to stay in compliance with Sarasota County authorities and avoid costly fines.

Finally La Nae Duchesneau was selected to fill the fifth open seat on the Board vacated by Dolly Felix. Adam DeClerico volunteered for the Board and received a number of write in votes. He could be named to the Board by the sitting President at his discretion as the Board is allowed up to seven serving members.

In all 32 votes were cast, 2 more than the required 30 votes need to reach a quorum. Gary Walsh received all 32 votes, La Nae Duchesneau received 15 votes, Adam DeClerico received 9 votes and Vivia Martin received a single write in ballot. The Minutes of this meeting will be posted here shortly.

The new Board will meet with President Walsh early next week to choose it officers.