Neighborhood Meeting - Code Enforcement, Tuesday, June 28, 2022 7:00 pm

Are you tired of your neighbors leaving their trash bins out on a permanent basis? Annoyed when bulk trash appears on swales three weeks before bulk trash? Upset about boats or trailers permanently parked on swale? Concerned about enclosing carports or screen porches without permits? Well, these are some of the most common complaints that Code Enforcement (and the Board of CPCA) get from neighbors who want to make Croissant Park "a nice place to live”. Everyone wants to know why SOMEONE is not doing something but due to recent changes in state law Code Enforcement is required to get the name and address of the person calling in the code complaint before they will act. A lot of folks are seriously annoyed by their neighbor’s actions but don’t want to cause bad feelings by ratting them out to Code. We are often asked "well if no one is calling in complaints, what do the code officers assigned to Croissant Park do all day?" You would think that they would notice some of these violations on their own just by driving through the neighborhood. This is particularly true on the east side of 4^th Avenue where dumpsters are in the streets, not covered, overflowing with trash, abandoned vehicles (and boats) litter the swales, etc.

Well, if you want to know the answers to these questions or have some of your own attend the last Croissant Park Civic Association meeting before summer break and ask. We will have representatives of Code Enforcement there to answer your questions and give an update on enforcement activity.

 Don’t complain if you don’t participate.

 Hope to see you all there tomorrow night at 7 PM.

 Pat Rathburn, CPCA President

The meeting will be in the Community Center - 245 West Park Dr. (next to the pools) at 7:00 pm.

AGENDA:

Call to order

Establish Quorum

Pledge to Flag

Intro police officers

Intro City of Fort Lauderdale Code Enforcement

Code presentation

Questions and Answers

New business

Old business

Adjourn

 Croissant Park General Meeting-May 2022

Hello Neighbors,

—Our meeting opened with the Pledge of Allegiance.  Board members in attendance were Vice-President Michelle DiMaria, Rhonda Kramer, Joe Russell and Virginia Russell.

—FLPD Officer Rob Mauro, who is celebrating his 25th year with the City police force, brought us the welcome news that Croissant Park has had a 14% drop in crime for the first months of 2022.  In May we had one residential burglary, and two reports of larceny. Burglary involves breaking into a structure to commit a crime, whereas larceny involves taking property without the use of force or breaking into a structure to do so, such as shoplifting.

—Our speaker tonight was Phil Schwab, Project Manager with the Florida Department of Transportation. He was accompanied by Mike Ciscar and Gorky Charpentier, Engineers with the Corradino Group.  We were presented with a comprehensive environmental summary of New River crossing alternatives. The alternatives include a low-level bascule bridge, mid-level bascule bridge, a high-level fixed bridge and a tunnel.  Each alternative becomes increasingly more expensive to build, as the bridge height increases; the tunnel having the highest construction cost  and most right-of-way impacts.  The improved crossing is necessary because the Brightline Train and the proposed Broward Commuter Rail would require that the current bridge remain closed for too long, impeding marine traffic on the New River.

—Commissioner Sorensen reported that the City has appropriated $2.4 million for improvements to Croissant Park Elementary School and Park. He also mentioned that the City tree ordinances will be rewritten to tighten up on violators who cut down trees.

—Our next CPCA General meeting will be on June 28th at 7pm at the CP Community Canter.  See you there!

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