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President’s Message continued

As far as traffic, here is the applicant’s traffic statement for the will result in fewer trips than what is currently developed on
north parcel: the Property.
The proposed 2800 East Oakland Park Boulevard Mixed There are no adverse impacts of the Project which would affect
Use development is anticipated to generate 730 daily vehicle the health, safety and welfare of the adjacent properties.
trips, 53 AM peak hour vehicle trips (22 inbound and 31 What is being proposed will result in fewer trips and be an
outbound) and 84 vehicle trips (45 inbound and 39 outbound) overall improvement as compared to what currently exists”.
during the typical afternoon peak hour. When considering the So please let us know what you think about this project.
existing development on this site (office building and drive-in There is a DRC meeting on September 23 and there will be a
bank), this represents a net decrease of seven (7) daily trips, a subsequent Planning and Zoning meeting. According to the
net decrease of 39 AM peak hour trips and a net decrease of applicant’s attorney, the project is in compliance with the code
46 PM peak hour trips.
except for a yard modification, which must be approved by
Based upon the foregoing analysis, the proposed project is the Planning and Zoning Board.
not required to prepare a comprehensive traffic impact study 2025 Board Meetings. The final Board meeting date for 2025
for the following reasons:
is Wednesday, November 12, 2025 at Christ Church, 4845 NE
According to the City of Fort Lauderdale’s ULDR Section 25th Avenue at 6:00 pm. We’ll set the 2026 annual meeting
47-25.2.M.4, when the proposed development generates date then. We’ll do updates on crime, license plate readers
more than 1,000 net new daily trips, a traffic impact study is and other issues in our next issue. Until then, be nice to your
required. The subject project is projected to generate 82 net neighbors and your volunteer Board who work tirelessly on
new daily vehicle trips. your behalf, pick up your dog poop, trim your hedges (all
topics we as a Board receive comments on regularly—and
And, if the daily trips are less than 1,000 and more than
20% of the daily trips are anticipated to arrive or depart, or please join the association so we can continue to make our
both, within one-half hour, a traffic impact study is required. community safer and more beautiful. Thank you!
As presented in Table 1, the proposed development will
result in seven (7) new vehicle trips in the AM peak hour and Timothy L. Hernandez, AICP, is an urban planner, builder and
seven (7) new vehicle trips during the PM peak hour. The developer. He is co-founder of New Urban Communities, a Delray
maximum number of trips anticipated within one-half hour Beach based development firm specializing in urban infill and
is approximately 4.9% of the daily vehicle trips, which is redevelopment and a 32+ year resident of Coral Ridge Country
significantly less than the 20% threshold. (Seven additional Club Estates. He is also an Adjunct Professor in the University
AM and PM peak hour vehicle trips occurring in one (1) hour Miami School of Architecture’s Masters in Real Estate Development
represents, on average, four vehicle trips in one-half hour. Four and Urbanism (MRED+U) program. Current projects include the
vehicle trips equate to approximately 4.9% of the 82 net new Pompano Beach Fishing Village commercial redevelopment at the
daily vehicle trips.)”
Pompano Pier; The Centre at Abacoa mixed use development in
We have argued repeatedly that the cumulative impacts of all Jupiter; Atlantic Grove townhomes in downtown Delray Beach;
the projects in the Oakland Park corridor be analyzed instead Haney Creek Crossing, a residential development in Stuart; Sunset
of analyzing each project independently in a vacuum, but that Strip Square, a new workforce housing development in Sunrise;
logic has been ignored by the City of Fort Lauderdale. Bottom and The Elizabeth, a new mixed-use project in downtown Stuart.
line is that when all these projects get built, Oakland Park will He can be reached via email at timhernandez@bellsouth.net.
become virtually impassable much of the time.
That might not be an issue if there were other acceptable
alternative means of transportation, but from a practical
standpoint they don’t exist.

Here’s what the applicant says about compatibility and CORAL R DGE
neighborhood impacts:

“The Property is adjacent to both commercial uses and COUNTRY CLUB ESTATES
multi-family developments. Therefore, this mixed-use Project
is compatible with the character of the adjacent uses and C OMMUNIT Y ASSOCIA TION

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