DONE -- MJ March 2016 Volume 34, Number 00 The To FREE Meadoword MeaThe doword PUBLISHED BY THE MEADOWS COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION TO PROVIDE INFORMATION AND EDUCATION FOR MEADOWS RESIDENTS MANASOTA, FL MANASOTA, U.S. POSTAGE PRESORTED STANDARD PERMIT 61 PAID 2 The Meadoword • March 2016 MCA BOARD Notes From the OF DIRECTORS John Spillane, President President’s Desk Claire Coyle, Vice President John Spillane—MCA President Joe Miller, Treasurer Joy Howes, Secretary of one of these vehicles won’t take us million. In Manatee County, a tornado Jo Evans Hi Folks, to trial at some point in the future. If with winds reaching 127 mph swept Marilyn Maleckas I’d like to bring you up to date that were to happen, we would surely through Duette, 40 miles southeast of Bruce Ferretti on some of the important issues and be doomed to lose, as the appeals Tampa, killing two people and injuring Dr. Bart Levenson events happening in our wonderful court has jurisdiction over the lower five others, four of them children under Malcolm Hay community—first off rezoning. trial courts. A trial judge has to follow 10. Farther south, a line of severe those appellate decisions. thunderstorms swept through the Naples COMMITTEES Rezoning application Our legal counsel recommended area with wind gusts topping 80 mph. Assembly of Property Owners awaits planning that the MCA Board amend the Floridians have come to expect Joy Howes, Chairperson commission hearing Declaration of Restrictions to clarify hurricanes as their severe weather event. Claire Coyle, Liaison and address the issue by either But, with a stronger-than-usual El Niño Budget and Finance After many months of working allowing personal-use pick-up trucks effect in the Pacific, we can expect a Jerry Schwarzkopf, Chairperson out details, answering questions, and to park overnight or not. The language lighter hurricane season. Unfortunately, Joe Miller, Liaison fine tuning, The Meadows rezoning must be clear and unambiguous and that also means severe weather activity Emergency Preparedness application has been accepted reflect the character of the community. can result in tornados. Sue Pound, Chairperson by Sarasota County Planning & Once the Board hears the Restric- The Meadows Emergency Bruce Ferretti, Liaison Development Services. The next tions Committee’s recommendation, Preparedness Committee meets during Maintenance step in the process will be a planning directors will make a decision to the spring and summer months to focus Jo Evans, Chairperson commission hearing that could take either allow or not allow these on procedures in the aftermath of a Marilyn Maleckas, Liaison place later this month or next. vehicles to park in single-family hurricane. On February 16, Emergency Memorial Garden The Country Club will present the home driveways overnight. Either Prep Chair Sue Pound called a special John Spillane, Chairperson completed Development Concept Plan way, the Declarations and Rules will meeting to discuss what Meadows for the club area, and we will present be amended. Condo association rules residents should do in the minutes prior Restrictions the MCA’s proposed plan modification and restrictions will not be affected. to a tornado strike. She also enlisted Phil Hughes, Chairperson Malcolm Hay, Liaison of the 9.2 acres, which will allow up to Associations should be aware, Ed McCrane, chief of emergency 14 new homes in the small subdivision, however, that they could also find management for Sarasota County, to Safety and zoning for a small office site at themselves the defendant in such a bring the committee up to speed on how John Spillane, Chairperson 17th Street and Hammock Place. Joy Howes, Liaison lawsuit should they choose to maintain to know ahead of time when a tornado Kobernick-Anchin-Benderson plans or enact stricter rules regarding where is about to hit and how to prepare. to add 100 independent living units to personal-use pick-up trucks may park. This was valuable information for the The Meadoword their facility as well. In the meantime, committee to share with the community. MCA Manager Jay Brady, MCA It’s not just hurricanes Photo Show, a success Community News Source of The Meadows Board Member Marilyn Maleckas, Initiated in 1983 anymore and I will meet with representatives The Photo Show Committee Publisher, MCA: Jay Brady, Manager from TMCC and Kobernick each On January 17 in the early hosted the 34th Annual Amateur Photo Managing Editor/Designer: Mary Jo Gord Assistant Editor: Carlene Cobb month to exchange ideas and formulate morning hours, an EF2-rated tornado Competition & Show the last weekend Advertising Manager: Mary Jo Gord plans for the future of The Meadows. with winds reaching 132 mph touched of February, exhibiting the top 200 Proofreaders: Kathy Gibson, down on Siesta Key, damaging homes images. More than $3000 in prizes, Ginny Coveney, Sandy Truman Pick-up truck parking and businesses. Sarasota Fire Rescue made possible by the generous support Distribution: MCA issue moves forward reported multiple rescues. The county of many Meadows local businesses, MEADOWS COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION Emergency Operations Center said were awarded in color and black and 2004 Longmeadow At the last MCA Board meeting, preliminary damage assessments white categories. Thank you to all our Sarasota, Florida 34235 a number of residents voiced their indicated 45 properties suffered sponsors and volunteers who helped Phone 377-2300 • Fax 377-2248 [email protected] opposition to the possible change of combined damage of more than $3 make this another great Meadows event. http://www.themeadowssarasota.org our rules to allow non-commercial, personal-use pick-up truck parking Submission Guidelines in single-family home driveways overnight, from 11:00 pm to 5:00 am. Letters to the Editor • Letters must be signed and include Current rules allow pick-ups to be a return address. in driveways in all other hours. The • Issues must be of interest to a large portion of The Meadows. reason for review of this rule was on • Obscene or derogatory remarks will the recommendation of MCA’s legal not be published. counsel, who pointed out it would be • We reserve the right to edit letters in the interest of space or to refuse difficult for the MCA to successfully publication. defend itself if challenged by a Articles and Monthly Columns lawsuit over the current rule regarding We welcome submissions from our personal-use pick-up trucks. Meadows residents for publication in The rules now in place were The Meadoword. Articles should be of general interest to the community. adopted in 1984 by the then MCA We copy edit all articles for accuracy, Board of Directors to prohibit content, style, and length and will not publish articles that contain offensive “trucks.” There was no definition of material or inaccurate information. Ar- what constituted a “truck.” The rule ticles must be received by the posted addressed pick-up trucks, but does deadline for publication in the following month’s edition. not address personal-use pick-up, All submissions are published at the which are very popular these days as discretion of the Editor and the MCA. passenger vehicles. Based on two recent appellate Subscription Rates court cases held in Florida, the The subscription rate for The Meadoword homeowner associations in question reflects a cost due to recent increases in post- lost their attempts to ban pick-up age, labor, and materials: trucks. 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