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Rotonda West Association, Inc.
Our accounts receivable is $167,328 down from $178,550 last month. Our accounts receivable balance has been reduced by $30,042 since the end of June. We will continue our efforts to further reduce our receivables. We have been concentrating heavily on bid preparation for the various projects being undertaken in the community and the various contracts expiring this year. We are working in tandem with Giffels – Webster Engineers in the preparation of these bids and their expertise has been greatly appreciated. We have successfully bid and awarded the contract for the Phase I renovations to the Community Center which are currently underway. We have also completed the bidding processes for the West Ways newsletter, the Aquatic Canal Maintenance contract and the repairs to White Marsh weir #1. In addition to completing the bidding process for weir #1, we were successful in obtaining the required permits from Florida Department of Environmental Protection, the Army Corps of Engineers and Charlotte County for this project. We are completing the bid packages for Phase II renovations to the Community Center and renovations to the Oakland Hills Marina. These projects will be advertised for bid next week. We will complete the bid packages for Vacant Lot Mowing and Specialty Mowing/Community Maintenance over the next two weeks and expect to advertise these two bids the week of November 30. Needless to say the Committees, Committee Chairmen and the Manager have been fully engaged. We also have a pilot project underway to harvest the dead Valisineria and other unsightly items from the canal system. Florida Aquatic Inc. built a boat with a conveyor belt and collection system to attack this problem. We have been successful in removing a significant amount of dead weeds and trash from the canals. This project will be underway until the end of next week at which time we will determine the results of the project. We are now cutting the grass at 32 abandoned properties. As previously stated, we see this number fluctuating between 15 to 30 properties from time to time. We continue to send pictures of overgrown vacant lots with Brazilian Pepper trees and other vegetation encroaching on improved lots. As the economy continues to worsen our response from vacant lot owners to our requests has declined. Property owners are very upset about these conditions and I have asked our attorneys to accelerate their research of our Deed Restrictions to determine what we can do to implement a mandatory program to fix this issue. Respectfully submitted
Jay Lyons
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