State of the Isles July President's Letter

JULY PRESIDENT'S LETTER
Dear Neighbor:
 
Hope you are enjoying the warmer weather of late, we knew it was going to come!!!!.  That should serve as a reminder to think about hurricane preparedness planning, especially if you are a new homeowner.  I describe life in Venetian Isles as 360 days a year of pure beauty and 5 days a year of pure terror.  Please make sure you are prepared.  As we learned with Hurricane Irma in 2017, it doesn’t take a “direct hit” to cause complications when you live on the water!!!  You can sign up for emergency alerts from the City of St. Petersburg at http://www.stpete.org/news/alert_stpete.php
 
Quality Property Management (“QPM”) has been on the job assisting the VIHA with Deed Restriction (“DR”) compliance and violation notification and so far the reviews from the community have been good.  We will keep working with QPM to continue to improve the DR compliance efforts. 
 
As a result of QPM freeing up Board Members time, the Deed Restriction Revision Committee (“DRRC”) is well along in the process of updating / modifying the Deed Restrictions that cause the most confusion within the community or are outdated.  We will plan on bringing the proposed DR revisions to the community at the October General Meeting.    
 
Committees are working on bringing back the VIHA. Golf Tournament and creating the First Annual VIHA Fishing Tournament this Fall. Look for more information soon. If you’re interested in helping with the planning or sponsorship of these events or Oktoberfest, please email admin@ourvi.org.
 
In May, there were two fun neighborhood events. The first was the semi-annual New Homeowner Orientation, attended by over 50 people. Massachusetts Avenue residents, Debbie and George Sayegh supplied delicious food from their restaurant Bodega on Central Avenue.  The second event was the Life on the Isles “Flamingo Friday” Block Party at the home of Tom and Michelle Williams.  Tom and Michelle are the owners of St. Pete Brewing and they had plenty of their excellent product flowing.  I hope you’ll patronize these great businesses, owned and operated by VI residents.  Please let me know if you are a small business owner so we can introduce you to the VI community.
 
As always, I welcome your feedback so please contact me if you have any comments or suggestions on the above or other topics. Have a great summer and hope to see you “around the Isles!!”
 
Rich Scanlon
V.I.H.A. President
rscanlon@ourvi.org
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