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President’s Message continued

More Traffic Calming, Vacation Greg also suggested I share with the community a new way
the City has created to get in touch with customer service
Rental and Security News staff. Below is an infographic that shows how you can get
support for any concern that a neighbor may have, 24/7. By
I met with Greg Chavarria, Fort Lauderdale’s incoming City calling 954-828-8000, you can describe your issue and get a
Manager, replacing Chris Lagerbloom, who is returning to “QAlert” number, which is a reference number that will track
his hometown in Georgia. I briefed Greg on a few of the activity and progress from issue to resolution. Greg expects
major issues of concern in our neighborhood: traffic calming, this to dramatically increase accountability.
vacation rentals and security. He offered encouragement on
all these issues. Plenty more is happening, but that’s enough until next time.
Enjoy your summer!
On traffic calming, he said he would revisit our request for
more stop signs, which the City rejected last year. Tim Hernandez, President
Coral Ridge Country Club Estates
On vacation rentals, he shared a social media post that the Community Association
City uses to let neighbors know about reporting vacation rental
issues: https://www.facebook.com/100064554587704/
posts/345413804287103/?d=n.

He also provided this link which contains specifics about
enforcement and how to make a vacation rental complaint:
https://www.fortlauderdale.gov/government/departments-
a-h/development-services/community-enhancement-and-
compliance/administrative-services/vacation-rental-program/-
fbclid-IwAR1mWR_6oQFIF0NPfLqGU4UClfIhoTsl4zK
8A-3EPG7g_lPGWFvKC4xHht8.
On security, he noted that the City had nearly 50 open
positions in the Police Department and they have filled nearly
all of those through an aggressive recruitment program which
included advertising to officers in New York and Chicago. This
will increase overall police presence and have the ancillary
benefit of increasing the pool of officers available for the off-
duty security patrols.

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