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Mayor Sortal's Plantation Update - June 14, 2023 |
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A Grand Marshal, a new restaurant, school updates and Plantation Inn demolition.
Norma Fink, who is still a city employee at age 101, will be the grand marshal for Plantation’s July 4 parade.
Norma works part-time at the Veltri Tennis Center registration desk. She began at the Plantation Community Center’s hut in 1978, then moved over to the Veltri Center when it opened in 1981, working as a court attendant and playing in many leagues.
Plantation’s Independence Day parade is at 7:30 a.m. July 4 and begins at the intersection of Broward Blvd. and NW 46 Ave. Participants head west to NW 69 Ave., continue to NW 4 St. and then travel toward City Hall.
In the evening at Central Park, we have a kid's zone with inflatables starting at 6:00 p.m. and a concert beginning at 7 p.m., featuring the band Havoc 305. Fireworks start promptly at 9 p.m. The theme of this year’s festivities is Celebrating 70 Years of Community.
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Plantation Inn to Be Demolished
The city is getting closer to ridding itself of Problem No. 1: The Plantation Inn is in line to be sold, then demolished. A Marriott brand hotel is expected to replace it.
The city has spent a disproportionate amount of police efforts at the inn, which lost its liquor license because of the amount of illicit activity there. Records show our police department received more than 900 calls for service at the Plantation Inn in the past 12 months.
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Central Park Elementary
Central Park Elementary Everglades Student Ambassadors led the pledge of allegiance during the June 7 City Council meeting.
The students won the 2022-23 P3 Eco-Challenge in the overall school category. Their exemplary environmental stewardship earned the school the top prize of $2,000.
Monika Moorman, a fourth-grade teacher at the school, is the club’s sponsor.
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District 5
Schools in Plantation
On June 7, School board member Dr. Jeff Holness, whose district includes Plantation High and most of the schools that feed into it, updated the Council and the public on enrollment, suspension issues, soil remediation at Peters Elementary, and the School Board’s SMART bond program.
You can view the presentation here.
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County Commissioner Steve Geller, whose district includes about two-thirds of Plantation, spoke on Thursday, June 8, about sea level rise, affordable housing and county transportation plans during a Town Hall at City Hall. |
Olivio Mediterranean Restaurant plans to open at 7815 W. Sunrise Blvd. Hours will be 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily.
Guests will order at a counter, then they will take their seats and have their food brought to them.
Lt. William Dorr, who is being promoted to captain in August, celebrated 25 years of employment with the city last week. He has been overseeing the road patrol.
Lt. Dorr is a graduate of the Citadel and served in the United States Army and trained as a Special Forces Team Leader. His last rank in the military was Captain. Lt. Dorr is married to his wife Jill and has two children, daughter Alex and son Will.
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Our system that electronically processes permit applications went live in November 2022. Since then, we received more than 4,000 online submittals.
In recent months we've identified and addressed issues that caused bottlenecks. As a result, we made tremendous strides in reducing the backlog and are now almost all caught up.
If you are planning a project, have your contractor review information on the permitting page on our website. It can help you avoid delays and pitfalls. We also have a training session video, various tutorials and forms available on our E-permitting webpage.
June 17 - Visit the Plantation Historical Museum at 511 N. Fig Tree Lane this Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. for a Juneteenth Celebration with children’s activities and crafts. Note that city offices are closed Monday June 19 for the holiday.
June 20 - State Rep. Daryl Campbell will lead a Town Hall at 6 p.m. at Plantation City Hall. Representative Campbell and State Sen. Rosalind Osgood combined for a state legislative update recently at the African-American Research Library.
June 21 - The City Council meets at 6 p.m. There will be a presentation for PREMO, the county’s proposed mass transit plan, early in the meeting.
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