[TVARC] The Villages

[Bruce Cusanelli]

Severe Weather Preparations - 11/08/2022
To prepare for Tropical Storm Nicole and the possibility of severe weather, the District is currently taking the following precautions:

Gate Operations

  *   At 12 AM on Wednesday, November 9, 2022, all gate arms will be removed starting at unstaffed locations.  Once all gate arms are removed from unstaffed locations, the gate arms at staffed locations will be removed as well.

  *   Conditions permitting, Community Watch staff will begin reinstalling all gate arms at 12 AM on Saturday, November 12, 2022.

  *   Patrol Drivers may suspend operations if road conditions are deemed unsafe and will resume operations once authorized by staff.

We appreciate your patience and assistance as the District prepares for Tropical Storm Nicole.  While emergency management continues to be a function of the county in which you reside, the District works extremely hard in ensuring the safety of District staff, residents of The Villages, and District facilities.  At this point, based on the anticipated impacts of Tropical Storm Nicole, there are no planned closures to District-owned Facilities.

The District has worked throughout this Hurricane Season to prepare for the impact of a potential tropical storm system while maintaining the integrity of our extensive stormwater system, our more than 700+ lakes, basins, and wetland areas.  As soon as the potential for a tropical event impacting this area was known, more intense water management activities were started and have continued through today to place our stormwater systems in the best possible position.   District Property Management is actively lowering Lake Paradise before the impacts of Tropical Storm Nicole.

Given the relatively dry weather we have had recently, our stormwater system is in an excellent position for the rainfall impacts of Tropical Storm Nicole, however, Irrigation may continue to run along common areas and roadways to lower the water levels in water retention areas.  This is done to ensure adequate capacity of the stormwater management system.

Winds may blow down trees, tree limbs, palm fronds, etc.  Small debris should be gathered and placed curbside for pickup.  Trees and larger limbs on private property should be handled by a local tree removal service. District Property Management will take care of all District-owned trees and tree limbs.  All gate arms will be removed to protect the controllers and motors.  They will be reinstalled after storm passage.

District Property Management will have crews respond after storm passage to being the cleanup process for any debris from the Town Centers, roadways, and common areas.  As with any large-scale event in The Villages, this may take several days to complete.
At this time, there are no sanitation or recycling schedule changes due Tropical Storm Nicole. More information will be distributed if any sanitation services are affected.

District Property Management is well-positioned to monitor and respond to Tropical Storm Nicole and any impacts on our community.

WA1UTQ
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