Thank you to those residents who showed up at the Nov 17 Citizen Comments to speak. It's important that our City Commission hears from new faces. To defeat this proposal, 3 NO votes are needed from the 7 member City Commission.
Hollywood commissioners are receiving hundreds of computer generated “letters of support” for the 1301 proposal. But the letters aren’t from personal email addresses. They are generated from the developer’s website under the “show your support” button. When it arrives to the commissioners, it says they are from “HollywoodArtsProject”.
What’s better than a computer generated form email from a developer’s website is a personal email from a constituent. Even better than that is a phone call, one on one meeting, or in-person citizen comment.
Have you sent your email yet? Save our public land. Tell them your address and tell them that you oppose the 1301 proposal.
Emails:
JLevy@hollywoodfl.org, CShuham@hollywoodfl.org, LSherwood@hollywoodfl.org, KBiederman@hollywoodfl.org, TCallari@hollywoodfl.org, LAnderson@hollywoodfl.org, AGruber@hollywoodfl.org
http://hollywoodfl.org/89/City-Commission
If you want to, you can copy info@WeLoveHollywoodBeach.com on your email.
Follow the Facebook page organized by a group of concerned Hollywood residents: https://www.facebook.com/NO-private-condo-tower-on-Hollywood-public-beach-101689205539310
No New Tower website: https://nonewtower.com/
3 acres of this public land has deed restrictions for "open space, park, recreation, and public purpose." The President of the Hollywood Historical Society, Clive Taylor, states that the land was given to the city 47 years ago with the promise that this land would remain open space to the public in order to allow a variance of higher density for The Summit condominiums on the neighboring property. The city only paid $10 for this land based on those restrictions. The higher density would never have been allowed if they knew that someday, the city of Hollywood would betray the deed and allow even higher density than what it was traded for. 1 acre of this public land was purchased with Land and Water Conservation Funds for the purpose of public recreation and would need National Park Service approval to make any changes.
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. The city should have told the developer that this land is not to be used for a private condominium, but they have not. In fact, the city is still trying to force the development on our public land, even though they knew about the deed restrictions.
Residents are concerned about impact to quality of life, and the citizens of Hollywood value their height/density restrictions. Obviously, construction would take a long time, leaving much of this area inaccessible during development. Most residents feel the "enhancements" are not worth it and would rather the city find other ways to make improvements to the property without adding a 30 story condominium high rise and changing the entire vibe of this quiet area. Many residents are concerned this will turn into yet another vacation rental nightmare. Commissioner Shuham and the City Manager have admitted that we do not need to allow this condo in order to make improvements to public facilities here. Residents do not want to see any more skyscrapers on the beach. They feel that this decision about public land at least deserves a public vote.