Candidate: William Oakley

I am working for you the residents of the CDD of ways to improve our neighborhood. If you have any suggestions or comments please email or call.  More information can be found at www.Oakley4cdd.com

This is a proposal I came up with in the first part of December 2019. At that time it was submitted to Tim Melloh, Jason Showe  and the CDD counsel. Since we had pending court cases against the CDD, I was requested to wait to release this information. On May 27, 2020 I made a motion to reduce the bond for the club house by 1.9 million dollars. It passed. The club house renovations on the bond cost are to be changed from the $2,900,000 to a maximum of $1,000,000.  So at that time the bond had been reduced by $1,900,000. Shortly after that the board negotiated a larger reduction of the bond. For more information as to the total reduction please refer to the CDD web site.

These are the things I’m currently working

Listed below are items that I brought up and still needed to be pursued. You can check the CDD meeting minutes to validate these topics.

• The method used to figure or allow comp rounds of golf. I have given comparables to the board as to how other local courses handle comp rounds and asked them to consider changes.
• Reevaluating the associate memberships. I have given suggestions to the board as how it might be changed.
• Requested the board consider increasing the amount of money that is put into the yearly reserve account.
• Encourage the board to move forward on the bulk head replacements with or without the bond. At the 5-27 meeting I was voted to be the boards representative contact person for the bulk heads. Bids are to be considered August 2020
• Suggested the board allow the public a time to speak at the workshop meetings. It is being considered.
• On 1-21-20 I submitted for review to the board a drawing and information about costs related to the dog park. At this time it is being reevaluated.
• Try to set up golf cart repairs at the golf course parking lot or maintenance facility. The Viera East Golf Club could earn extra income from a vendor, plus would be convenient to all golf cart owners of the CDD.
• Following up on the conservation area burn or manual cut back. Scrub Jay nesting season is March 1 through June 30.
• Gave a presentation to the board on a lakeside memorial to honor golfers who have died. They could purchase a brick similar to the zoo’s program.
• Suggested a contest for children at Woodside Park. Chalk the Walk. We could get an outside business to sponsor this. I could write the rules. Due to the Covid 19 cannot be held at this time.
• Checking out how to relieve the CDD with the exposed liability on the entranceway to the new business in the old IRCC building.
• www.Oakley4cdd.com

Approved by Oakley for CDD seat 4