Candidate: Richard Knaub

RE-ELECT RICH KNAUB • Riverwood CDD – Seat #5

Background Information:  

§  Riverwood Resident for 7+ years

§  CDD Board Supervisor – 2014 to present

§  Master’s Degree in Business Management

§  Bachelor’s Degree in Manufacturing Engineering Technology

§  Six Sigma Blackbelt

Career Experience:

§  Thirty years of engineering experience in manufacturing environments.

§  Developed manufacturing systems and processes for a Fortune 50 company.

§  Managed, planned and implemented moving a manufacturing facility.

§  Supervised personnel supporting/developing manufacturing processes.

§  Supported software development and implementation of manufacturing systems for a manufacturing plant.

§  Worldwide responsibility for security and access control of four test facilities in the U.S. and Europe.

Why Vote for Me?

§  Engineering Expertise - I have the technical and analytical knowledge to recommend cost effective, efficient solutions for maintaining Riverwood’s infrastructure.

§  Relationship Builder - work effectively with and listen to RCA and RCDD board members resulting in improved communication between both governing boards. Chaired committee to transition safety and access control function to RCDD in 2018 navigating tense, opposing viewpoints with skill and diplomacy. 

§  Project Management Expertise - inherited a Reclaimed Water Irrigation system (a RCDD project overseen by my opponent with a cost overrun of $900,000 and functioning at only 80% up-time.)  As Chairperson of RCDD Water Committee, I oversaw improvements to the irrigation pump station resulting in improved performance to design specifications of 65 psi, 98% up-time, and reduced maintenance costs.

§  Committed to Riverwood -  

In 2014, I PLEDGED THAT I WOULD:

? use my project management/engineering skills to successfully lead projects to completion within budget; and

? work with RCA board members and staff to improve relations between the two governing boards.

I KEPT MY PLEDGE TO YOU, THE RESIDENTS OF RIVERWOOD!

RE-ELECT RICH KNAUB • Riverwood CDD – Seat #5

WHAT IS THE RCDD?

The Riverwood Community Development District is a separate public governing body in Riverwood with five supervisors who are elected through the government election process within the State of Florida.

The RCDD is responsible for maintaining the infrastructure within Riverwood which includes:

§  The Activity Center Campus – both facilities and amenities (including buildings, the pool, tennis courts, pickle ball, bocce ball, dog park)

§  Water systems - Potable and Irrigation systems, Waste Water Facility and Sewers, Storm Water Retention ponds

§  Gate Access Control

§  RV/boat parking and Beach Club

§  CDD owned streets and pavements

 MY ACCOMPLISHMENTS

§  Serve as RCDD Water/Utility Billing Committee Chairperson

§  Serve as RCDD Safety and Access Control Chairperson

§  Initiated and managed Riverwood’s traffic light project which was implemented within budget.

§  Chaired the Safety and Security Transition committee to a successful changeover from the RCA.

§  Analyzed and improved the up-time of Riverwood’s irrigation pump station increasing performance to 98% (18% increase).

§  Improved irrigation water pressure from 53 psi to 65 psi for optimum coverage.

§  Consulted with RCDD engineering firm for an analysis of our water systems resulting in early identification of water system issues.

§  Hired contractor to clear water lines using an ice-pigging technique to clean the 10 to 20-year old drinking water supply lines resulting in improved drinking water quality in Riverwood.

§  Chaired the Activity Center Survey Ad-hoc committee to develop the Activity Center Survey that identified Riverwood residents wishes concerning upgrades to Riverwood’s Activity Center Campus and community.

§  Chaired the Activity Center Construction Management Ad-hoc committee to select a construction management firm to perform the campus upgrade.

FUTURE RIVERWOOD INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS/GOALS

1.     Increase Riverwood’s Potable Water Line Interconnect with Charlotte County Utilities from 8 to 12 inches which will more than double the potable water volume as well as enable enough water to quickly extinguish a preserve fire.

2.     Charlotte County Utilities is in the planning stages of installing a transfer pump station on SR776 by the Myakka River.  This pumping station will have a negative impact on Riverwood’s potable water pressure.  This may require the RCDD to install a water booster pump station sometime in the future.

3.     Continue Water Committee efforts to insure Riverwood residents are drinking the best and safest water in Southwest Florida.