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JUNE 2021 941.312.0665 | 27TH STATE MEDIA, LLC RACQUET CLUB NEWS LRC PRESIDENT’S REPORT
Getting to know Kevin as he celebrates 15-year anniversary as LRC General Manager
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MUSIC SPRANG FROM THE ASHES OF COVID ON LANDINGS BLVD
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WATER AEROBICS RETURN
Coming Soon: Updated Gate Access System and New Car Decals! By Landings Management Association & Safety & Security Committee We would like to give you an update on the status of the South Gate access issue and our plans to move forward to upgrade The Landings to a new, more reliable gate access control system. What happened at South Gate? As you are probably aware, we experienced a major failure of the gate control electronics at the South Gate due to an electrical surge from a nearby lightning strike. As a result, we need to replace the gate access control hardware. There are two possible solutions to repairing the gate. • R e pl a c e t h e d a m a g e d hardware with an identical unit. However, the prior unit is 15 years old, is no longer supported by the manufacturer, and would cost $15,000. • Replace our gate access hardware with newer technology called RFID (Radio Frequency Ide n t i f i c at io n), wh i c h o u r security technology consultant recommended. This technology is more reliable, surge protected, warrantied for ten years, and costs significantly less. The Florida DOT SunPass System also uses this technology. For about the same price as one original unit, we can install five new access control units
at the north, south and main gate. How did we choose the vendor? Because of the high cost, The Board instructed us to get a competitive bid for replacing the equipment. We received two bids and at their May meeting, the Board voted to accept the bid of our existing vendor which was 15% lower than the competing bid for the same system. The equipment and vehicle readers have been ordered and are due to be delivered in the next four to five weeks. What is changing? Because we are changing to RFID technology, we will need to issue and install new access decals on resident vehicles. Good news – the current bar code reader system in use at the Main gate and North gate will continue to function alongside the new system, which gives us a gradual window for this transition. The Security Committee is working quickly with our vendor, Secure Access, to move forward with obtaining the new RFID decals as quickly as possible. The plan is to install the new decals on your vehicles before the new units are installed and operational at the gates. Decal Rollout Phasing • First Phase -South Gate:
Because of the current South Gate entry issue, the first phase will prioritize those vehicles belonging to south end residents, including Heron Way, Starling Drive, Pintail Way and Eagles Point Circle. • Second Phase – the rest of The Landings who are in residence: During the second phase, we will issue decals to the remaining Landings residents who are here. • Third Phase – Deactivate Old System: Once we have as many readers installed on vehicles as possible, we will switch over the new system. The system will run in tandem for a period of time to ensure the new system is working properly. Once we are satisfied the new system is working properly, we will shut down the old decal system. • Fourth Phase – Returning Seasonal Residents: Residents who have left for the summer will need to get a new decal from the Main Gate when they return and won’t have automatic gate access until then. We are still firming up the process for this, depending on numbers. How will I know when to get my new decal? Over the next few weeks, we will publish a schedule and
location where residents can come to have the new decals installed by a group of resident volunteers. Once we have the logistics are finalized, we will notify residents by email of the times and places to get your decals installed. We will also post the schedule at the LRC. To have manageable size groups, we will likely issue decals by alphabetic groups of resident’s last names. Planning items: • Please don’t request new decals from the Main Gate - they are not involved in this phase of the decal rollout process. • This is a large undertaking – about 1500 decals in total so please have patience with the process and the volunteers manning the decal installation effort. • To obtain the new decal, you will need to bring your current car registration and car to the designated location. We apologize for the time this has taken and the inconvenience this has caused those that rely on the entry at the south gate. We appreciate your patience and believe this new system will give us many years of reliable service. Thank you!
Longtime Landings Resident Becomes a “TriForce” of Video Production By Jayne Wallace, Starling Drive
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KID’S SCENE
Breanna Batley, 12
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A s a t e e n ag e r g r ow i n g up i n T h e Landings, Shaun Greenspan enjoyed playing Nintendo’s The Legend of Zelda series. In the game, players try to touch and win different triangles of power known as Triforces: TriForce of Power, TriForce of Wisdom, and TriForce of Courage. Years later, when he launched his own video production company, that’s what he chose for its name. Now, his TriForce Pictures has paid tribute to Greenspan’s roots in Sarasota by debuting “Original Splendor” at the 23rd Annual Sarasota Film Festival in May, a film about Sarasota’s Historic Courthouse. The 17-minute documentary was feted at a special event in early May; not just any event, but in fact the Annual TriForce Pictures Film Festival Soiree, a party that Shaun and TriForce have hosted for the past five years. It was also the first private party to ever be held in the outside front courtyard of the Courthouse. Bor n i n Con nect icut, Shaun a nd h is singing sister Allison (previously profiled in this paper) moved with their parents to
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HONEY, Peanut Butter Truffles
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Shaun with parents, Betty & Rich Greenspan.
The Treehouses and loved growing up in The Landings. “It’s beautiful, warm and welcoming,” says Greenspan. “I loved hanging out on the Boardwalk, and how friendly everyone is.” After graduating from Riverview High School, Shaun went to Manatee Community College and studied Cinema; he found he was not only proficient at creating video content, but he also liked it. His con nection with film and entertainment took him out to Los Angeles where he enrolled in Columbia College of Hollywood and earned a B.S. in Cinema. He met and worked with a directing teacher who became a mentor, guide and dear friend. Actor Corey Allen, who appeared as “Buzz” in “Rebel Without a Cause,” taught him a lot about directing and producing . “But Allen taught me as much about myself as anything,” says Greenspan. “He taught me that ‘at any age we are who we’ve always been.’” Allen passed away in 2010. Shaun launched a career in production and worked on several top television shows and films including “ER, The West Wing, Six Feet Under, Nip/Tuck, Big Love, True Blood, Mad Men, Little Miss Sunshine, and Where the Wild Things Are. He relished even the eight-tosixteen-hour days on the set, but also found he missed that “sense of community” he had living in Sarasota, and his family. Parents Betty & Rich Greenspan still live in The Landings, now on Heron way. First, Shaun decided to start his own company – and dug out the name TriForce Pictures. Then he moved back to Florida and to The Landings. “I like to tell stories, and touch people in that way,” says Greenspan. He compares the work of writing, producing and directing films to that of his time as a deejay. In a completely separate career, Shaun was a DJ getting people to move with his musical
Shaun presents his documentary Original Splendor at the Triforce Soire.
presentations. Yet, even under the name “Solo,” it was working with others that drew him into storytelling. “With the music, I could take the audience on an emotional roller coaster. With film, it’s the same thing.” Of all the hats he wears – writing, directing, producing – what he enjoys most of all is “collaborating with people to accomplish creative goals.” You ca n watch “Or ig i n a l Splendor” now on the Courthouse website at www. sarasotaclerk.com . It is an excellent example of collaboration as Greenspan hand-selected the cinematographer, editor and others, surrounding himself with professionals whom he enjoyed working with. For more information, visit www.triforcepictures.com. Shaun hopes you enjoy his work and will “Let the TriForce Be With You!”