Our May meeting started at 7:10 pm with the pledge of allegiance and a motion to approve the minutes of our March meeting which are always posted on this blog. The Board of Directors in attendance were Steve, Rhonda, John, Heather, Loren, and Virginia.
FLPD Officers Jackson and Stevens from the Neighborhood Action Team were here to give us the current statistics on crime in our area, which included four residential burglaries. Two juveniles were arrested in connection with one of the burglaries. Another burglary involved a stolen lawnmower. When asked about the bomb that was thrown into a resident's window early in the morning a few weeks ago on SW 14th Street, Officer Jackson reported that they have a suspect. Loren inquired if FLPD has a record of the number of speeding tickets issued in our neighborhood recently. They did not have those figures with them but will try to bring them to us at our next meeting in September.
Our next speaker was Rivana Stadtlander (with assistance by Ebony Pardo) from the RecycleTeam-Green Your Routine. The City will be delivering a rolling, blue recycle can that will replace our blue and green recycle bins. These rolling carts will allow us to co-mingle ALL of our recyclables into one large cart that will be easy to roll to the curb. There will be instructions inside the lid to remind us of which items can be recycled. Each cart will have a serial number and a space for our address to prevent loss. Florida's goal is to reduce the amount of trash we send to the dump by making our recycling efforts easier. The new cart delivery schedule will be on Friday, June 22nd if you live west of SW 4th Avenue, and on July 3rd if you live east of 4th Ave. On your day of delivery you may put the old recycle bins out and they will take them away at that time. If you choose to keep the bins for another use at home, just put you recyclables out that day in a paper bag. We watched an informative short film about the recycling plant in our area that showed us how they sort, bale, and prepare for sale, the various recycled materials.
Our next speakers were Traci Pollock and Khalilah Ffrench from Broward County Transit and FDOT. They presented the two options being considered that will link the proposed WAVE Streetcar Project that will service the eastside with the westside neighborhoods via I-595. The two options being considered are: Griffin Road route or
SR 7 route. For more information or to offer your comments, go to www.centralbrowardtransit.com.
New Business: Signage and speed tables (humps) on SW 20th, 17th, and 15th Streets. Speed limit signs south of 17th Street were removed when the sewer lines were in installed and have not yet been replaced. A motion was made and seconded to open discussion for speed tables. Several residents on SW 20th St. would like to see speed tables installed from 4th Ave to 9th Ave. They already exist on 20th from 9th Ave. all the way west to Lauderdale Marine Center. Steve reported that the City has appropriated funds for speed tables on 20th St. Various comments and opinions: a resident claims that the speed tables on 9th Ave. don't slow down speeders. Another resident disagrees. A 19th St. resident believes that speed tables on 20th St. will cause traffic to increase on her street. Heather gave a brief summary of the traffic study done in Croissant Park in 2008 and concluded that no creative methods to mitigate traffic were suggested by the study. After a lively discussion a motion was made and seconded that we request the City to install speed tables on SW 20th Street between SW 4th and 9th Avenues, at the City's expense, as we understand the funds have been appropriated for that project. A vote of Association members yielded a count of 19 in favor and one against. (It was determined that the one opposing vote was made by a non-member of the Association). After we request the City for the speed tables, the residents of SW 20th Street will receive a mailing from the City to vote on the matter, which will require 60% in favor.
Sandi McClung won the 50/50 raffle and donated her winnings back to the Association. Thanks, SandiThank you also to Suzy at Expresso for generously providing the coffee at our meetings.
Meeting Adjourned at 8:45pmMinutes by Virginia
It was a good end of the spring season general meeting. Now its time to make some money this summer with the dolphin tours. Lets hope its a good summer season and the economy picks up!! See you all in September.
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