The Landings & Bay Colony

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Proposed Infrastructure Tax 

10-Year Spending Plan

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nfrastructure, transportation, parks, streets, and buildings
are the literal foundation of a community. The City has
an important responsibility to delineate what the

community needs to build now and what it will need to
build in years to come. This must be done in a strategic,
careful, and impactful way to maximize economic
development and improve quality of life in line with the
approved City Commission’s vision and policy. The City’s
current Five Year Community Investment Plan (CIP)
prioritizes the most pressing needs and also details the
many capital investment needs that the City’s limited
resources are unable to fund.

Florida law authorizes local governments to impose various
types of local option surtaxes. As part of an agreement
with the County and other municipalities, the Commission
has supported putting two of these discretionary taxes on
the November ballot, the Charter County and Regional
Transportation System Surtax (1/2 cent) and the Local
Government Infrastructure Surtax (1/2 cent). The
Infrastructure Tax 10-Year Spending Plan highlights the
capital projects and improvements that could be funded if
the Infrastructure and Transportation Surtax is approved,
including: a public safety facility; bike, transit, and
neighborhood mobility projects; the repair and
replacement of roads, bridges, seawalls, and sidewalks;
stormwater and drainage projects; pedestrian safety
projects; and recreation and conservation projects.

• View the Infrastructure Tax 10-Year Spending Plan:
www.fortlauderdale.gov/home/showdocument?id=17436

• View Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs):
www.fortlauderdale.gov/Home/ShowDocument?id=17719

• View Guidelines for Governmental Entities:
www.fortlauderdale.gov/Home/ShowDocument?id=17717

The Infrastructure Tax Ten Year Spending Plan has been
developed using the City’s Five Year CIP as a starting
point. Projects in the CIP are prioritized based on a needs
assessment performed by City staff with input from various
City Commission appointed advisory boards and

committees. The needs assessment also includes the
incorporation of various studies that have been performed
by consultants with expertise in their respective disciplines.
Key assessments and plans used to develop the ten-year
plan include:

• Walkability Plan
• Bridge Master Plan
• Sidewalk Assessment
• Pavement Condition Assessment
• Parks and Recreation Master plan
• Police Headquarters Replacement Study
• Connecting the Blocks – Multimodal Connectivity Plan

For more information about the half penny sales surtax,
including a sample ballot, visit: www.APennyAtWork.com  

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Special Update

*from the City of Fort Lauderdale website at: www.fortlauderdale.gov/departments/city-manager-s-office/

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