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Neighborhood Update
COMMITTEE REPORTS
Public Works Committee The Association has also requested of the Transportation and
By Tom Brinkley Mobility Department, along with a request of our City
Commissioner, to include “design planning dollars” for future
Street Sweeping. The city’s street sweeping supervisor has Bayview Drive improvements that will mimic the improvements
confirmed that the sweeper will be scheduled for Friday on Bayview Drive between Sunrise Boulevard and Commercial
rather than Thursday so as to avoid any conflicts with trash Boulevard (which improvements are scheduled to commence
containers in the curb areas going forward. They will be mid-summer of 2022). While securing the needed funds could
sweeping both the standing curbs adjacent to the medians, take several years, with a preliminary design in-hand to utilize
and the valley curbs outside of the travel lanes on Bayview in establishing projected costs, the City will then be in a
Drive and NE 55th Street. This will help to minimize the position to research grants and identify additional funding
volume of “leaf accumulation” that occurs at the storm drain sources for the project.
inlets (which discharge directly into the waterways). Traffic Control. The Association has contacted Public Works
The city does not sweep the “non-median streets” in the and Traffic and Mobility to request some form of traffic
Landings with their current street-sweeping program. While the calming be provided for the “blind curve” at the intersection of
accumulation of debris is less due to the absence of street trees, NE 55th Place, NE 55th Lane and NE 31st Avenue. The initial
there is certainly a need for periodic maintenance. The city request has been for the installation of signage that notifies
advises that if leaf accumulation does occur on these streets, a drivers of the blind curve and indicates a speed limit of 15
call to the City of Fort Lauderdale Dispatcher (954-828-8000) mph on the curve. We have requested a meeting with the City
with the street address nearest to the catch basin will help and Engineers and representatives of the Board to walk the area
Public Works will dispatch a cleaning crew. and define an acceptable solution to all the parties.
NOTE: We as property owners need to do our part as well! Median and Entry Improvements. The Association has
By requiring our Landscape Maintenance Contractors to provide requested from Parks & Recreation that maintenance of these
catch-bags on their lawn mowing equipment, and to pick-up / planted areas receive more attention. We have also requested
collect all cuttings and debris (not allow the debris to be blown additional landscaping improvements be installed in the
into the street and waterways), will make a huge difference in Bayview Drive medians. A meeting has been scheduled for
the volume of cuttings and nutrients that are currently finding 1/27 to review various options and define a path forward.
their way into the storm drains and our waterways.
Bridges and Columns. The city’s Public Works Senior Engineer Security Committee
(Raymond Nazaire) has confirmed that they have received By Tom Brinkley
pricing for the repair of the “leaning” south Bayview Drive
monument column and have requested funding for this project Criminal Activity. Unfortunately, several residents of The
Landings have experienced various levels of criminal activity
along with the needed repairs to the failing concrete bridge within the past several months. The LPR Cameras at the four
abutments. We are working to ensure its inclusion in the City’s exit points are operational and should provide the Police with
2022 approved budget.
an additional tool in their investigative efforts.
Roadways and Bike Lanes. The city's Department of
Transportation and Mobility has confirmed that that their 2022 Case Resolution. Re: one of the recent vehicle thefts…due to
Budget Requests include the Association's requested “bike lane On-Star Technology, neighborhood support, Police
buffer striping” on Bayview Drive between NE 52nd Street and investigative diligence and a “little luck”, the vehicle was
NE 60th Street. This effort will better define and widen the bike recovered and an eventual arrest was made.
lane and pedestrian walking area along Bayview Drive in both Lighting. A couple of our dedicated neighbors, Anthony Billera
North and South directions. and Alex Broskey, continue to report street light outages to the
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