ANNUAL MEETING
Our annual Homeowners Meeting and Board election is one week from today – Thursday March 20th at 5:30 p.m. at the Hotel Venezia on the bypass in Venice. Hopefully many of you have made plans to attend. If you are unable to attend please complete your proxy form to ensure that we have a quorum. I would suggest that you no longer mail your proxy to Sentry as it may not arrive in time for the meeting. Ask one of your neighbors who will be attending the meeting to serve as your proxy.
Please plan on arriving at the hotel early. It takes time for Sentry to check everyone in and we would like to start the meeting as close to 5:30 as possible. We will be ready to begin check in by 4:45.
TRASH COLLECTION
By now you should be aware that Sarasota County has entered into a new contract for trash removal/recycling. The current contract with Waste Management runs through the end of this month. Beginning in April the trash and recycling for Willowbend will be on Tuesday rather than Thursday.
Everyone should have received the new trash carts. It will be required to use these carts for both trash (green cart) and recycling (blue cart). Everything MUST be in these carts or will not be picked up. Large bulk items for disposal will not be picked up unless a pickup is scheduled ahead of time and homeowners will be limited to three such free pickups within a year.
All of this information is available for you to review on the Sarasota County website –
Our governing documents for the Willowbend community prohibit storing these trash/recycling carts outside. They are to be stored in the garage or in an enclosed lanai area. This is not only for the appearance of our neighborhood but also to eliminate problems with rats and other animals getting into garbage and creating a mess. We ask that you be a good citizen of the community and abide by this regulation.
We look forward to seeing many of you at the meeting next week.
Willowbend HOA Board of Directors