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President’s Message continued

preparation of the Evaluation and Appraisal Report (EAR) neighborhood I urge you to email the entire Commission
of the current 2008 Comprehensive Plan, is completed and asking them to keep this critical item in the budget. Our
was adopted by the City Commission in February 2016. In District Commissioner is advocating for this item but he is
Phase II, the City will update Volume I of the only one vote on the Commission.
Comprehensive Plan, which contains the goals, objectives, Please plan on attending the 7:30 PM RVCA General
and policies. Currently, the RVCA Board is working on
meeting on September 30th at the RV Church. Halloween
drafting a statement to submit to the City’s Urban Design falls on a Thursday this year, as always our detail officers
and Planning Division to make sure that Rio Vista’s
will be planning in advance and will be visible in the
perspective is considered during Phase II. If you have neighborhood to ensure pedestrian safety. RVCA is
feedback to share you can email
offering service hours to any students who pick up
ltappen@fortlauderdale.gov, submit it at Halloween debris from our neighborhood streets between
www.advancefortlauderdale.gov, or share it in person on
11/1-11/3. Email a photo of the full bag, the student
September 10th at the evening public workshop in the name, and school to the undersigned for a Community
Commission chambers.
Service Verification Letter. RV
As you start off your month please plan on participating in
the City Budget process. Public hearings on the budget are
scheduled for September 3rd and 12th. Of particular Regards,
importance to our neighborhood is that an EMS Substation Christina Currie, Esq.
be left in the budget in the 2020 FY. To highlight the President
importance of reducing response times to our Rio Vista Civic Association

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