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2022 Annual Meeting Summary The South Ocean Drive bridge project
once underway will be completed
Minutes within the projected 12-month time
frame. Discussion regarding new
sidewalks along Mayan Drive using
County Surtax dollars is considered a
new and separate project, requiring a
new application with the City (see
images on next page). All residents
are encouraged to reach out to Vice
Mayor Lamar’s office.
District 4 Fort Lauderdale City
Commissioner Ben Sorensen:
A major concern among residents is
the increasing homeless situation on
and around 17th Street. Commissioner
Sorensen acknowledges this is a
difficult situation with no easy remedy.
A multi-pronged, holistic approach is
underway.
Pier 66: No project plans have been
submitted or approved for the South lot
of the property. Tavistock, the
developer, is revisiting plans for
development of the land Grille 66
once occupied. Construction has
resumed on the approved North lot.
Any new and revised plans for the
North and South lots will receive
extensive neighborhood input.
The Harbor Beach Property Homeowners Association, Inc. and Bahia Mar: Commissioner Sorensen opposes a lease extension
Harbor Beach Island Fund, a/k/a HBI Security held their to Rhan Bahia Mar for 100 years. In his opinion, the impact
Annual Meetings on February 28th, 2022 at The Church by on the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show would be
the Sea, 2700 Mayan Drive, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316. significant in limiting the size and revenue generated by the
Guest attendees: Broward County District 4 Vice Mayor Lamar Boat Show. Commissioner Sorenson favors a broader analysis
Fisher; District 4 Com-missioner Ben Sorensen; Ryan Thomas, and new current land appraisal. Commissioner Sorensen
Ben Sorensen’s District 4 Director of Communi-ty Affairs; encourages residents to make your voices heard and reach out
Fort Lauderdale City Manager Chris Lagerbloom (via Zoom); to the Mayor and all City Commissioners.
Victor Blanco, City of Fort Lauderdale Public Works (via Zoom); • Mayor Dean Trantalis: dtrantalis@fortlauderdale.gov
Anthony Fajardo, Director of Sustain-able Development; • Ben Sorensen, District 4: bsorensen@fortlauderdale.gov
Courtney Crush, Esquire, Crush Law; Randy Rupp, Accounting • Robert McKinzie, District 3: rmckinzie@fortlauderdale.gov
Ser-vices, Rupp Associates; HBI Head of Security, Detective • Heather Moraitis, District 1: hmoraitis@fortlauderdale.gov
Brad Jenkins, FLPD; Lieutenant Jeff Jenkins, FLPD. • Steven Glassman, District 2: sglassman@fortlauderdale.gov

Fort Lauderdale City Manager Chris Lagerbloom and Victor
Harbor Beach Property Blanco, Public Works: Undergrounding of utilities. City Manager
Homeowners Association, Inc. Lagerbloom indicated that the bonds for undergrounding were
signed the previous week. The undergrounding of utilities on Las
Annual Meeting summary Olas Isles has been a long and drawn-out project with many
Broward County Vice Mayor Lamar Fisher: The long-awaited lessons learned to benefit future projects such as Harbor Beach.
Bypass Road is in full design process and will run the original Difficulties in placing FPL transformer boxes played a large part
projected route. Construction slated to commence in 2023. in the delay. Underground vaults are not considered an option

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