Federal Allocation for COVID relief
The City of Coral Springs has received federal funding allocation as part of the Community Block Grant Program, from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, to provide mortgage assistance for homeowners in Coral Springs.
To qualify, residents must demonstrate they experienced a loss of income, reduction in hours of employment, or unemployment, as a direct result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
| WastePro is adding more routes |
WastePro has announced that it is adding additional routes and servicing bulk pick up in Coral Springs five days a week, versus its previous three day a week schedule. This will help the company minimize the number of incomplete routes and provide us additional time to service its trucks.
Effective, Monday, October 4, 2021, some residents in Coral Springs will experience a change in pickup days for bulk and yard waste items as WastePro expands collection days.
Blue cart and green cart collection days remain the same.
Coral Springs approves the millage rate and budget
The Coral Springs Commission passed a resolution, adopting, certifying, and levying a millage rate of 6.0232 on tangible personal property and assessed real property within the municipal limits of the City of Coral Springs, Florida and establishing a debt service millage rate of 0.2303 for Fiscal Year 2021-2022. The Operating Millage Rate of 6.0232 is 7.42% greater than the Rolled-back Rate of 5.6074.
The Commission approved and adopt on second reading an ordinance, finalizing and adopting the annual operating budget and capital improvement program for Fiscal Year 2021-2022, reviewed, modified and approved by the City Commission at meetings held on July 28, 2021, September 13, 2021, and September 22, 2021 that includes the budget for the General Fund, Water and Sewer, Fire, Solid Waste, Charter School, Stormwater, Public Art, Debt Service, the Health and Liability, Equipment Services, Tree Trust, Museum Funds and Capital Improvement Program funds.
| Opposition grows to large condo project A growing number of Hollywood community leaders are starting to protest the proposed 30 story condominium project on Hollywood Beach. Terry Cantrell, president of the Hollywood Council of Civic Associations (HCCA) said he agrees with District 1 Commissioner Caryl Shuham and opposes this P3 project at 1301 S. Ocean Drive.“We join all the other organizations such as the Hollywood Beach Civic Assn, the Hollywood Lakes Civic Assn, the Hollywood Hills Civic Assn. the Summit Towers Condo Assn, The North Hollywood Beach Civic Assn, the Hollywood Historical Society, the Friends of Hollywood, North Central Civic Assn, the Sierra Club and scores of individual residents and taxpayers who also agree with Commissioner Shuham. The reasons for this opposition have been well stated,” said Cantrell.“To burden the taxpayers with a 99 lease with a private condo association that clearly violates the intent of a 45 year old deed restriction especially when there are potentially other funding sources for the community center replacement does not make good sense to anybody but the developer,” said Cantrell. |
| Broward schools receive federal money Broward County Public Schools (BCPS) has been awarded $420,957 in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Education (USDOE) Project Safe grant. The USDOE notified Broward County School Board Chair Dr. Rosalind Osgood and Interim Superintendent Dr. Vickie L. Cartwright on Tuesday, September 28, that the District’s grant application has been approved. The Project Safe grant reimburses school districts that are financially penalized by state governments for implementing strategies to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in schools, such as requiring masks. The Broward County School Board voted to uphold its current Facial Covering Policy on July 28, 2021, due to the rise inCOVID-19 conditions across the community at that time. In August 2021, the Florida Department of Education began withholding $35,080 each month from the District’s funding allocation. This amount represents 1/12 of all nine Broward County School Board members’ annual salaries. To date, $70,160 has been withheld by the state, with the most recent funding withheld on Friday, September 24. “We are grateful for the support of the federal government in helping us continue to protect our students and staff from COVID-19,” said Interim Superintendent Dr. Cartwright. “I support our School Board for their focus on doing what is in the best interest of our families to ensure our schools continue to provide safe and healthy learning environments.” “Every student across the country deserves the opportunity to return to school in-person safely this fall, and every family should be confident that their school is implementing policies that keep their children safe,” said U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona. “We should be thanking districts for using proven strategies that will keep schools open and safe, not punishing them. We stand with the dedicated educators doing the right thing to protect their school communities, and this program will allow them to continue that critical work of keeping students safe.” To date, BCPS is one of two Florida school districts to receive the Project Safe grant. |
