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MINUTES OF NOVEMBER 9, 2009 GATE AND FENCE COMMITTEE

CALL TO ORDER: GERALD SIMMERMAN CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER AT 1:15 P.M.

ROll CAll: COMMITTEE MEMBERS PRESENT WERE LEO PROSPERI, JIM SCHAFER, PATTY BIGELOW, MIKE MANFRE, MIKE SORRENTINO AND GERALD SIMMERMAN

APPROVAL OF MINUTES: LEO PROSPERI MOVED TO APPROVE MINUTES OF APRIL 16, 2008 AS WRITTEN AND DISTRIBUTED. MIKE MANFRE SECONDED THE MOTION. MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.

GATE AND FENCE DISCUSSION: A GENERAL DISCUSSION BY BOTH THE COMMITTEE AND THOSE IN ATTENDANCE WAS CENTERED AROUND THREE MAIN POINTS. FIRST, THE CABLE AT THE POPHAM ROAD SHOULD BE REPLACED SO THAT EMERGENCY AND POLICE WOULD HAVE QUICKER ACCESS TO GOLFVIEW DURING EMERGENCIES. THE SECOND REASON WAS THAT THE FENCE WOULD CONTROL DOGS THAT CONTINUE TO RUN LOOSE ON OUR PROPERTY AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, TO CONTROL BICYCLE RIDERS, NEIGHBORS AND THEIR DOGS FROM USING OUR PROPERTY AS THEIR PRIVATE DOG WALK AND SHORTCUT THROUGH OUR PROPERTY.
IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT LEE COUNTY DEVELOPMENT ORDER DEPT. ALLOWED US TO CHANGE THE CABLE TO A GATE BECAUSE OF THEIR CONCERN OF GETTING EMERGENCY VEHICLES IN AND OUT OF OUR PROPERTY AS QUICKl V AS POSSIBLE. THE SAFETY OF OUR COMMUNITY WAS HIS PRIMARY CONSIDERATION.

VENDER BIDS: BIDS WERE SUBMITTED BY THREE VENDORS; TOTAL FENCE SOLUTIONS, TROPICAL FENCE AND TRI-COUNTY FENCING, INC. ALL BIDS WERE TO INSTAll APPROXIMATELY 1323' OF 6' BLACK VINYL COATED CHAIN LINK 9 GA. FENCING. INSTALL ORNAMENTAL ALUMINUM FENCE AND 21' CANTILEVER GATE WITH A 4' WALK -THROUGH GATE. INSTALL A SOLAR POWER GATE OPERATING SYSTEM (VIKING H-10 DC) WITH BOTH EVAC AND SOS (YELP) CAPABILITY FOR EMERGENCY AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS. AFTER CONSIDERING ALL THREE PROPOSALS, THE BID SUBMITTED BY TOTAL FENCE SOLUTIONS WAS CONSIDERED THE BEST FOR OUR PROJECT.

TWO MOTIONS WERE NEEDED BY THE COMMITTEE. FIRST, A MOTION WAS NEEDED TO DETERMINE IF THE COMMITTEE WANTED TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS THAT A GATE AND FENCE BE BUILT ON OUR WESTERN PROPERTY. THE MOTION TO DO SO WAS MADE BY LEO PROSPERI AND SECONDED BY JIM SCHAFER. THE VOTE WAS UNANIMOUS.

THE SECOND VOTE WAS A RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS THAT THE BID OF $19,999. FROM TOTAL FENCE SOLUTIONS BE ACCEPTED. JIM SCHAFER MADE THE MOTION AND WAS SECONDED BY MIKE SORRENTINO. THE VOTE WAS UNANIMOUS.

THE COMMITTEE AND RESIDENTS WERE THANKED FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS.
THERE BEING NO OTHER BUSINESS, THE MEETING WAS ADJOURNED AT 2:20 P.M.

RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED,

GERALD SIMMERMAN

NOVEMBER 12, 2009