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© AUGUST / SEPTEMBER 2012 941.539.0205 | ISLAND VISITOR PUBLISHING, LLC www.LANDINGSEAGLE.com President’s ICE CREAM RACQUET CLUB ROAD REPAIR PLAN COLUMN PAGES 12 SOCIAL NEWS PAGE 6 PAGES 8 & 23 PAGE 20 The Landings’ own Mike Davies inducted into Landings Investment the International Tennis Hall of Fame! in Infrastructure Pays Off The following is his acceptance speech: I turned professional with Jack Where is the locker room? He Kramer in 1960 at the age of 24. looked around, went to his bag, I was immediately banned from dug into it and produced a six- all the Grand Slams and Davis inch nail which he proceeded to Cup. A few months later Tony drive into the wall with his shoe. Trabert and I were scheduled to There’s your locker room, rookie, play a series of one-night matches bring your own nail next time and in France and North Africa. At get used to it. the first city in France, we were Anyone who has had the told to follow the hallway where privilege of playing with or we could change. We found the against Tony Trabert or has room to change in, but there worked or even just known was absolutely nothing in it, no him has been touched by his hooks, no benches, no lockers. professionalism and humanity. Now, remember, it was only I certainly was and I’m proud to a few months earlier that Gus, be able to call him my friend and Another debris clearing issue, ably cleared by neighbor Andrejs Jurjans. the locker room attendant at mentor. Thank you. Wimbledon, had been asking In 1968, the year of open tennis, The monsoon like storms of late June tested problem to the LMA board. me whether I would be taking I was 32 and was asked to join the recent investment in drainage improvements Two additional areas appeared to be drainage a shower or should he draw me WCT, World Championship made in The Landings. The work proved to be issues. However, drainage was not the problem at a bath. Tennis. worthwhile. The clearing of the swale (some call it a either the large road pool on Pine Harrier Circle west So I turned to Tony and said, Continued on page 25 creek) running under Cedar Bay Lane and along the of Pine Harrier Drive not the over flowing swale west edge of the Treehouses carries a lot of storm at Kestral Park Way South and Landings Blvd. In water to the Bay. The swale paralleling Landings both cases it was a simple matter of clearing storm Blvd. on the curve between Heron Way and Pintail debris from the drainage grates. Those problems Way connects to that drainage. Though the rains got solved quickly. The role of Landings jack-of-all- overwhelmed, the area cleared quickly. Combined trades & crisis, Malcolm Van Dyke (Van) throughout with the recent work near the island at Pintail Way the storm deserves collective thanks. and Landings Blvd., frequently a traffic slowing/ We also lost several tree branches and the entire stopping pool, remained clear. tree at the North Gate - the one with the gorgeous Throughout The Landings other areas recently yellow blossoms. According to Sue Whitman it improved remained clear. is technically Yellow Tabebuia,Yellow Tab, but is There were some problems, however. The cul- known to have low wind tolerance and fall easily de-sac at Kestral Park Place flooded quite badly, when ground is saturated with water and wind though it did clear in a few hours. Jack Jost, Chair gusts hit it. Point Proven! Replacement plans are of the Drainage Committee, tells The Eagle he will under consideration. be proposing drainage alteration to alleviate that Continued on page 24 2 | The Landings Eagle Island Visitor Publishing, LLC • AUGUST - SEPTEMBER 2012 • 941.539.0205 • www.LANDINGSEAGLE.com LMA June Meeting A number of relatively routine items were handled at the June The Landings Management Wall to be pressure washed Association meeting. The aesthetics committee indicated work has been completed on spreading crushed shells at the entry and first portion of the nature trail. There is some indication however more shell fill will be necessary to raise the elevation and prevent pooling of water in several areas. It was also pointed out the dumping by property owners of any kind of natural or man-made debris along the nature trail is forbidden. Estimates were sought for the repair and cleaning Your Next Eagle of a section of The Landings perimeter wall near the North gate and for cleaning of the perimeter Your next issue will arrive approximately October 1 wall near the East side of Philippi Shores Park and a portion of that wall near Landings South five. Refreshed surfaces on The Nature Trail A report on the progress of the website indicated the public rollout will be sometime in October or November, with progress reports to the board in the plants were installed around the outflow bulkhead Something meantime. The actual vendor for putting together area to hide the roots of the pepper trees that were the site has not been established. Original estimates removed last year. LRC and Lakeview condos Worth Sharing from multiple vendors ranged from $4000-$29,000. weren’t charged for this because the plants installed The committee has now narrowed that down to last year hadn’t done well-lack of rain. selecting among the two lowest bidders. We’re proud of the news coverage we’ve received, and we ●Lake 1, North Lake - although the control box Concerns were expressed about the time of day hope to build upon these accomplishments. We know that was replaced on the west fountain, there remains Wednesday garbage, recycling and yard waste our success is your success. Thank you. difficulty with the lights. Hopefully this will be are being picked up. The board will try to work repaired by publication. A Lake 3, Carriagehouse SmartMoney June 2012 with Waste Management to attempt to establish Lake-the light fixture, filter basket and motor cable Edward Jones was named the No. 1 full-service brokerage firm in specific, consistent times. There are two concerns. were replaced. the June 2012 edition of SmartMoney magazine. The magazine First, it seems product is picked up relatively early ● All lakes were treated for algae and most for lauded the firm for its reputation for excellent client service. The in the morning, another later in the morning or perimeter grasses on May 20. An inspection as firm consistently has been ranked highly in the SmartMoney afternoon and the third late afternoon. Secondly, of yesterday indicated all lakes look good - an survey as No. 1 in 2005, 2007 and 2010, and No. 2 in 2008, the inconsistency of times provides Landins with no accomplishment for this time of year with the lack 2009 and 2011. predictable time to have their materials at curbside. of rain, until recently that is. Minor road repairs have been suggested for early ● The chair also mentioned, with a smile, it has J.D. Power and Associates May 2012 Edward Jones in 2013. A complete report, along with the specific been reported we have our version of the Loch Ness ranked “Highest in Investor Satisfaction with Full areas for repair and to the request that Landins but monster in Lake 6. Appearing only occasionally Service Brokerage Firms”according to the J.D. their Association presidents, or the chair of the roads it looks remarkably like 6 foot or so broken pipe. Power and Associates 2012 Full Service Investor committee no other necessary repairs, can be found Since swimming isn’t permitted in the lakes, it Satisfaction StudySM.1 on page 12. should present no danger to human life until it can It was reported the approval of traffic lane and be captured. 1 Edward Jones received the highest numerical score among full service brokerage firms in signal at modifications long discussed for Kestrel The board indicated it had requested, and not yet the proprietary J.D. Power and Associates 2012 Full Service Investor Satisfaction StudySM. Parkway North/Tamiami Trail/Proctor road is received, plans for weather and other emergencies Study based on responses from 4,401 investors measuring 16 investment firms and measures opinions of investors who used full-service investment institutions. Proprietary near completion at the County. It will then have from Allegiance Security. study results are based on experiences and perceptions of consumers surveyed in to be further studied and approved by this Florida The LMA has changed banks. It now banks with February 2012. Your experiences may vary. Visit jdpower.com. Department of Transportation. It is estimated, if Florida Shores West bank. The LMA will also be there are no glitches in the process, completion establishing a credit card with a $10,000 maximum Michael Johnson could come sometime in September. limit to be held by Allied property management’s, Financial Advisor Drainage work is completed on the drainage George Niel. It will be used only in the case of . The Landings Shopping Center creek running from Heron Way along Landings emergencies or those situations where cash a check 4800 S Tamiami Trail Boulevard and between the Treehouses and the or billing is not acceptable. For example, in dealing Sarasota, FL 34231 Cloisters. The cleaning out the swale behind the with online services such as the LMA’s eventual 941-923-9080 Treehouses improved flow to the Bay. There is still Internet service provider. Its use will be carefully some work to be done on the creek along Pintail monitored. There had been such a card in the past Way.