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ISSUES

  • Airport Expansion
    We support the CITY'S POSITION on the County's planned expansion of the Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood Airport's south runway which would negatively impact numerous residential neighborhoods in Hollywood.
     
  • COMMERCIAL INTRUSION
    We oppose commercial intrusion in residential neighborhoods. Examples of this problem include expansion of the downtown Regional Activity Center (RAC) into residential neighborhoods, a proposed barbershop in Liberia, a medical office building in Hollywood Hills, a carwash in the Lakes, restaurants on residential streets on the beach, and a commercial vehicle in Lawn Acres.


  • Development and Land Use
    We continue to take an active role in trying to encourage the kinds of development that enhance residential neighborhoods. Lack of development in some areas that are peppered with run-down strip malls, drug dealers, and storage lockers, has a negative impact on residents. Likewise, overly upscale and high-rise development in other parts of the city threatens to destabilize existing residential neighborhoods and reduce public access to the beach.
     
  • Code Enforcement
    We are working with city staff to identify key problem areas in the city's code enforcement process and to push for needed reforms such as better coordination among city departments, prevention of illegal conversions, ordinance updates, and innovative ways to achieve code compliance.

  • City Finances
    We are increasingly concerned about the inadequate allocation of public dollars for capital improvements to correct such problems as the lack of lighting in residential neighborhoods, flooding, and the ongoing deterioration of streets, alleys, and sidewalks in many parts of the city.


  • Hurricane Preparation and Clean-Up
  • We are concerned that debris and hard junk remained on neighborhood streets long after the summer's hurricanes. We have begun a dialogue with the city manager and various department heads aimed at improving the city's communication with residents in the aftermath of a storm.

Click here for CITY BUDGET ISSUES - a presentation Mel Pollak made on Hollywood's budget crisis at the Feb.2007 HCCA meeting. The presentation is in a PDF format. Note: both ex-Mayor Giulianti and Commissioner Furr attended this meeting although the ex-mayor had to leave early.
 

Hollywood Council of Civic Associations
P.O. Box 220426
Hollywood, FL  33022-0426


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