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President's Message

The Landings Residential Association

Greetings Neighbors,

Traffic Barrier Gates Update
As you know we have had a community meeting and have distributed ballots to
determine the level of support for pursuing with the city the traffic barrier gates and
cameras at all the entrances to The Landings. As of the writing of this article, we have
received responses from two-thirds of the households in The Landings. Our secretary,
Dana Mullaney, has arranged for various block captains to solicit responses from
those who we have not yet heard from and we are continuing to collect ballots.
Of the two-thirds of households, we have ballots for 75.5% who are in favor of having
the traffic barrier gates and cameras installed. I believe this is enough of a mandate for
us to continue our discussions with the city to determine the feasibility. In addition, in
the near-term future we will be requesting contributions to fund the engineering studies
that will be necessary to provide to the city. We will keep you informed.

New Yardarm
Mike Watson, President I hope by now everyone has noticed our new yardarm at the south entrance to The
Landings Residential Association Landings. The entire cost of the yardarm including installation was funded by the
City of Fort Lauderdale. Thank you to Dana Mullaney and Ronnie Dennis for getting
this done for us.
OFFICERS
Ongoing Projects
President At our board meeting on Wednesday, March 18, the board approved
Mike Watson
wizardwats@msn.com communicating to the city’s Parks and Recreation department our request for them
to make several landscape improvements within the medians on NE 55th Street and
Vice President along Bayview Drive. In addition, the board approved communicating to the city a
Diane Dodich
request that they install “children at play” signs along Bayview Drive and NE 55th
Secretary Street. We will also be requesting the following projects:
Dana Mullaney • Make the speed limit 20 mph on NE 55th Street commencing at NE 26th Avenue
Treasurer and remove the yellow 20 mph sign at the East entrance to The Landings (it will
Kathleen Cool be redundant when the white speed limit sign is installed) and remove all
redundant and unnecessary signage at that location.
DIRECTORS • Make the speed limit 25 mph on Bayview Drive from Commercial Boulevard to
NE 62nd Street.
Michael Watson
• Paint “approach bars” in the roadway for one of the speed tables on Bayview
Diane Dodich
Drive as a test to see if they are effective.
Dana Mullaney
• Install “rumble strips” on the approach to the bridge at NE 55th Street traveling
Kathleen Cool east to slow traffic and provide some protection for the driveways on the east
James Becker side of the bridge. Also rumble strips on the traffic side of the white buffer zones
Sherylyn Broskey on NE 55th Street.
Melanie Buckner • Install “rumble strips” on the approach to the bridge at NE 52nd Street traveling
north to slow traffic and provide some protection for the driveways on the north
Ronnie Dennis
side of the bridge.
Katherine Lapidoth
• Refurbish or replace the lights at the entrance from Federal Highway.
Kevin O’Neill • Provide a white buffer zone between the bike path and traffic lanes on Bayview
Sussy Rosen Drive, like the white buffer zone already in place on NE 55thStreet.

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