It's more than a little convenient for the City of Hollywood to decide to close City Hall again.
Yes, just as another key Hollywood City Comm. mtg. is coming up on Wednesday the 25th re The Related Group's controversial, incompatible 30-story luxury condo building on public land.
This morning at beautiful green Azalea Terrace (1301 S. Ocean Drive, Hollywood Beach) where we currently have mature dunes protecting the barrier island. #protectspecialplaces 🌱🌱🌱https://t.co/dZT4QHEKqB pic.twitter.com/CZr8dBcvTY
— Catherine Uden (@UdenCatherine) July 20, 2021
As of 3 pm today, 1500 people have signed @BrowardChapter petition to #HollywoodFL Mayor, City Commission + City Mgr. OPPOSING RelatedGroup's INCOMPATIBLE 30-story luxury condo tower going up on beach.🌴🏖️ 🌊https://t.co/kh3HAgHrfj @CGreenbarg @CBSMiami @nbc6 @wsvn @WPLGLocal10
— HallandaleBeach/Hollywood Blog (@hbbtruth) July 29, 2021
Here's letter, via @UdenCatherine https://t.co/4ZAMtiKKgy.
— HallandaleBeach/Hollywood Blog (@hbbtruth) August 16, 2021
Reminder: #HollywoodFL citizens were NOT privy to ANY info re 6/23/20 unsolicited bid re PUBLIC land until Jan. of 2021. 🤫
As of today, public still has NEVER been able to question developer + team IN-PERSON abt it. 😳
@SFBJRealEstate 2/ This comes as controversial #RelatedGroup's bid to buy 4 acres of city-owned land on the beach @ 1301 S. Ocean Dr. for 30-story luxury condominium, WITHOUT city following its own rules requiring a voter referendum, is again on the agenda for next Wednesday. pic.twitter.com/2TsJo8mBGh
— HallandaleBeach/Hollywood Blog (@hbbtruth) August 17, 2021
@GovRonDeSantis @AGAshleyMoody @BrowardIG
— HallandaleBeach/Hollywood Blog (@hbbtruth) August 17, 2021
So, #HollywoodFL, perhaps the LAST #SoFL city to re-open City Hall to in-person mtgs w/residents -in June- has now decided to climb back under its rock when public = irate at them for keeping public in dark.
https://t.co/DfCyCKBiTE
@GovRonDeSantis @AGAshleyMoody @BrowardIG The City of #HollywoodFL's public notice that CityHall = closing to public STILL not on its SunshineBoard @ 130 pm.
— HallandaleBeach/Hollywood Blog (@hbbtruth) August 17, 2021
So in-person mtgs where public can attend + speak are kaput, but Union mtgs on city property are okay?🤔 Very curious! pic.twitter.com/IeQM0q5pP5
By forcing public to immediately leave Chambers after speaking -unlike anyone fm Developer's team- if an important point/inconvenient fact has not been said by end, it NEVER gets stated.
— HallandaleBeach/Hollywood Blog (@hbbtruth) August 17, 2021
This effectively gives the #HollywoodFL City Comm. + #RelatedGroup a veto over the public. pic.twitter.com/I5Z48LNU9v
Today, August the 17th, the city posted the following to their website, and to their facebook page, but not to the official Sunshine Board as of 1:45 p.m.
https://www.hollywoodfl.org/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=988
Hollywood Residents Opposed to High Rise on Public Land at Azalea Terrace at Change.org
https://www.change.org/p/hollywood-city-commission-hollywood-residents-opposed-to-high-rise-on-public-land-at-azalea-terrace
This petition is for residents of Hollywood opposed to a 30 story high rise condo building being developed on environmentally fragile public land on the barrier island. There is a developer proposal for a 99 year lease on this public land between Azalea Terrace and Bougainvillea Terrace, extending from A1A all the way to the beach. Residents are concerned about impact to quality of life. Sometimes, less is more. This is a quiet section of our beach, and the proposal submitted would bring hundreds of more residents to the barrier island. The developer's "concept drawing" had placed parks/plazas/playgrounds on top of our current mature dunes (east of Surf Road), a larger community center closer to the ocean, added a restaurant, added a private pool for the luxury condo residents, and extended the busy Broadwalk to this quiet section. Harry Berry Park as we know it was eliminated, and the drawing had moved Harry Berry Park on top of our current dune system. The tower will cast a dark shadow over the sand, taking away hours of sunlight (and the view of the sunset) at the end of the day. They propose a new parking garage, but they have not yet promised that residents will be able to use their annual resident parking stickers in this new proposed garage.
These barrier island streets, and the emergency services, are in a vulnerable area for sea level rise. This is a sea turtle nesting beach which is supposed to be dark, clean, and quiet from May through October so that hatchlings have greater chance at survival. Residents currently on the barrier island already have issues with parking, traffic, and crowds. Please contact your city commissioner to oppose a new high rise on this land, or at least let the residents vote on the fate of our land. Don't silence our voices!
Email the city: JLevy@hollywoodfl.org, CShuham@hollywoodfl.org, LSherwood@hollywoodfl.org, KBiederman@hollywoodfl.org, TCallari@hollywoodfl.org, LAnderson@hollywoodfl.org, AGruber@hollywoodfl.org, WIshmael@hollywoodfl.org, smaken@hollywoodfl.org, RStorey@hollywoodfl.org
Related Group's proposal: http://hollywoodfl.org/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=978
City Commission: http://hollywoodfl.org/89/City-Commission
The next CRA meeting and City Commission meeting are on August 25th at City Hall, 2nd floor. Citizen comments are at 5 PM. Use city meetings as an opportunity to state your concerns and opposition. If this is such a great deal/great idea, then why not let residents decide?
Are you a Hollywood resident? Leave a reason why you love our beach and want to keep this green, open area free from new high rise towers in your "reasons for signing." You do not have to donate anything to sign the petition (donations go to Change.org). Thank you!
Sun Sentinel article here: https://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/broward/hollywood/fl-ne-hollywood-tower-ss-prem-20210402-smwgro5f7jg4np5l5vizv5bazu-story.html
