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As you can see, there are many vehicle thefts and have mandatory associations, so their residents have no
home burglaries in our neighborhood (and other similar choice but to pay their periodic assessments. We all have a
neighborhoods like Rio Vista, Coral Ridge and The Landings). choice. $550 per year is a veritable bargain in comparison,
The stock answer from the police on vehicle thefts is “lock your particularly in a neighborhood such as CRCCE where few if
cars” or “did you leave your fob in the car?” They have a point, any single-family homes today are worth less than $1 million.
but it’s truly sad we must worry about people trespassing on our Research has shown few things impact property values more
lots and stealing our cars, their contents and Amazon, UPS and than crime and the perception of the relative safety of a
Fed Ex packages left at our front doors.
neighborhood. A recent report by University of Miami/John
Even on our board, we ask “without the additional patrols, Burns Real Estate Consulting and other studies illustrate this.
would crime be worse?” It’s difficult to establish a statistically We should all be extremely grateful to the ~20% of our
significant correlation because of the many variables neighbors who are paying the $550 per year combined
involved such as macro crime trends and differences between Security Patrol/HOA fee, which benefits us all whether we
neighborhoods such as ingress/egress, demographics, and pay or not. Rio Vista charges $600 per year, Coral Ridge
land use mix, but it’s highly unlikely there would be less charges $500 per year and Sunrise Intracoastal charges
crime with diminished police presence. Clearly the prevailing $1,200 per year.
thought among neighborhoods with similar characteristics
to CRCCE is that the enhanced police presence offered by We hope you reconsider your decision to pay the dues.
the establishment of security patrol program is an effective Board members Karen Polivka, Vicki Lynch and Craig Singer
deterrent. Rio Vista is proceeding with what they are calling have devoted hundreds and hundreds, if not thousands of
“unmanned gates” in addition to their Security Patrol program. hours, to make the Security Patrol program a reality; they may
have additional comments. We would sincerely appreciate
Keep in mind virtually all newer communities -- some gated your support in helping us achieve our goal of making
and some not, some upscale and some not, in every region Coral Ridge Country Club Estates Fort Lauderdale’s safest
of the state, are paying for augmented security (gates, roving neighborhood. If more people join we can get more hours of
security, LPRs, cameras, etc.) of some sort. Those communities patrol, more LPRs and potentially some unmanned gates like
have association fees that range from $500 to $1500 or Rio Vista is proposing.
even more per month. Of course, most newer neighborhoods

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