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President's Message

Hello Neighbors,

Some quick updates for everyone...

17th Street Bridge Opening Timing Trial
Commissioner Ben Sorenson has worked with the US Coast Guard to have a trial on
reducing the 17th Street bridge openings. This will happen between June 2, 2025 and
November 28, 2025. During this period – with the exception of federal holidays – the
bridge will not open on weekdays at 7:30 a.m., 8:30 a.m., 4:30 p.m., and 5:30 p.m.
After the end of November hopefully a determination will be made on whether this can
be extended to reduce backups during heavier vehicle traffic times moving forward.

Hurricane Season is coming
HBPHOA Board Officers
It is time to start thinking about your preparation for the upcoming Hurricane season.
Remember to have your possible evacuation plans updated, your house protection
President
plan prepared for the situations of any hurricanes arriving in South Florida and:
Mike Byrne
mikeb@harborbeach.org 1. If you are going away for the summer, please remember to have someone
available to prepare your property if a storm is heading towards our neighborhood.
Vice President 2. If you are planning on staying local, please ensure your contact information (email
Annette Ross and cell is best) to ensure that any neighborhood communication can be shared with
annette@harborbeach.org
you quickly. As of this writing, we have about 55% of the households with contact
information. There is no cost to these communications – but we will only share them
Treasurer with those who have accurate contact information. Please send that information to
Michael Rinzler
michaelr@harborbeach.org admin@harborbeach.org.
3. Remember, if you are a Security member that there are services for being away
Secretary during summer or during Hurricanes – please reach out to inquire your options and
Trish Bailey-Entin also remember to keep your information updated with securehbi@gmail.com (Security
trishbe@harborbeach.org and the Association coordinate on contact information, so either one will provide
updates to the other)
Board Members
Utility Undergrounding
Pat Riley
patr@harborbeach.org The Utility undergrounding application has been submitted to the City of Fort
Lauderdale and we are in touch with the City to keep the process moving. To set
Tim Stocksdale expectations - this project will take many years but there are many steps. We are
tims@harborbeach.org focused on ensuring no delays are due to the Association. We hope we can provide
updates on the earlier steps regarding the engineering planning and coordination of
Jake Wurzak parties this year – but we are going to stay focused to keep delays to a minimum.
jakew@harborbeach.org
In addition, we have re-engaged the City at several departments to coordinate the
ongoing regular services in our neighborhood. The City has been very responsive,
and we are optimistic that we can stay top-of-mind to ensure our neighborhood can
receive some ongoing touchups.

Landscaping Refresh
Through member assistance and support landscaping services are looking at a refresh
for our landscaping around our guardhouses and common areas. We want the result
to be in line with our neighborhood but also to compliment the new colors of the
guardhouses. We have restarted our efforts to improve the landscaping throughout the
neighborhood and look to add the seasonal decorations in the future months. HB
Stay safe through the summer,
F O R T L A U D E R D A L E
Mike Byrne
President, Harbor Beach Homeowners Association

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