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Special Feature

BOND ISSUES

City of Fort Lauderdale maintaining and enhancing the outstanding level of service
provided by our Fort Lauderdale Police Department. A
to hold Special Election parks bond would allocate up to $200 million for citywide
improvements to our parks and recreation facilities.
on March 12 for New The public safety bond would enable us to replace the

current police headquarters, which was built in 1958 when
Public Safety Complex, the police department and our City were both significantly
smaller. The 85,000 square-foot building is over 60 years
Parks Improvements, old, functionally obsolete, and parts of it are in
deteriorating condition. The new facility would offer
and Charter Changes 225,000 square feet and provide expanded work space

and integrated state-of-the-art technology to a department,
n Tuesday, March 12, voters will have an which has grown to 525 sworn officers and 727 sworn and
opportunity to participate in a Special Election to
Oshape the future of our City. This is a non-partisan non-sworn personnel.
election, open only to registered voters in the City of Fort The station would be constructed on its existing land with
Lauderdale. To register to vote, please visit the Broward energy and operationally efficient features, along with
County Supervisor of Elections’ website at hurricane resistant materials and building techniques to
www.browardsoe.org. better serve the public safety needs of our City, which is
expected to grow to over 203,000 in the next decade. The
Two bond proposals will appear on the March 12 ballot. If complex would also include a parking garage and
approved, a public safety bond would allocate up to $100
million to construct a new police headquarters while additional training rooms, public meeting areas, and

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