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RVCA President’s Message

hank you to the RVCA members who attended the RVCA Annual General
Meeting on January 27, 2020. Despite multiple notices for the meeting, we
T did not meet the quorum requirements set forth in our bylaws. Due to the lack
of a quorum we were not able to vote on the slate of candidates for the RVCA
Board of Directors which the Nominating Committee worked to compile. The RVCA
Board was looking forward to the new board members but we cannot add new
members without you! Please attend the April 20th General Meeting and vote. A
summary of the meeting follows for those of you who were not able to attend.

Infrastructure Repairs in Rio Vista
We opened our meeting with a presentation lead by Commissioner Sorensen on
what to expect in our neighborhood as the permanent infrastructure repairs begin
and progress. Commissioner Sorensen and City Manager Lagerbloom presented
Christina Currie, Esq. with the contributions of: Raj Verma, Director of Public Works; Oscar Castellon,
President Chief Engineer, Public Works; and both David Mancini, Sr. and David Mancini, Jr.
of David Mancini & Sons, Inc. An overview was provided by Robert Bacic, Fort

OFFICERS Lauderdale Deputy Fire Chief, explaining the Fire Department’s established plan for
response which takes in to consideration street closures and detours in Rio Vista.
President
Christina Currie, Esq. Residents shared areas of concern related to traffic safety with Officer Eric Pekrol
president@riovistaonline.com who was the on-duty FLPD detail officer covering the Rio Vista Security Patrol on the
night of the meeting.
Vice President
Mark Snead
vp@riovistaonline.com Broward County Update
Secretary Upon close of the discussion lead by Commissioner Sorensen, we heard a brief
Fred Stresau presentation from Broward County Commissioner Tim Ryan. He was accompanied
stresau@bellsouth.net by Carlos Adorisio and Yvel Rocher who both are engineers in Broward’s

Treasurer Environmental Protection Department which is expediting permits for City
Mark Snead infrastructure work. Residents shared concerns about water quality subsequent to the
treasurer@riovistaonline.com City sewer breaks. In response, Commissioner Ryan committed to exploring the
availability of additional water quality testing to be performed by Broward County.
BOARD MEMBERS
Nancy Messing Brand Pursuant to Commissioner Ryan’s commitment to us, his office provided the
following update on 2/17 in response to resident requests:
William (Bill) Kirk
Sam Koster 1) Traffic light US1/7th – Broward County’s Traffic Engineering division is
conducting a review of the red light timing at the intersection in question and will
Eladio Perez
make adjustments, if deemed necessary. The department advised that wait times
Rob Ward
during peak periods are designed to maximize progress/coordination on US 1 and,
Warren Sturman as such, can be as much as 2.5 to 3 minutes for SE 7 Street. Nonetheless, the
Immediate Past President department will check to ensure that there are no operating issues. If in fact the side
street queue/delay is unduly long, they will work to extend the green time without
COUNSEL TO THE BOARD impacting US 1 traffic.
Charles Tatelbaum
2) Water Sampling – Broward County Water Quality Monitoring Program
Broward County samples quarterly and testing includes Chlorophyll, Dissolved
Oxygen, conductivity, salinity, nutrients (total nitrogen, total phosphorus) and
turbidity. Sites where algal bloom was visible last summer may include monthly
results of bacteria as part of our monitoring. The map is very interactive and you

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