February 2008 - The Parklander Magazine

New Forum to Enhance the City’s Economyand Family Concert Series in the ParkBy Coral Springs’ Mayor Scott BrookLOCAL POLITICSI hope you attended our Property Tax Forum on January 9th andenjoyed it. Congratulations and thank you John Faiella, of ourCustomer-Involved Government Committee (CIGC), for anextraordinary job! We had nine panelists that shared varyingopinions of Amendment 1 and received great questions from anaudience of almost 600 people. I appreciate the City Commission’ssupport of my request to hold this forum and the leadership of theBroward League of Cities for co-sponsoring this event with theCity and the CIGC.Recently, I have heard complaints from many residents, businessowners and managers about the state of the economy and severalissues with Code Enforcement. I have met with the City Managerand I will be asking for City Commission support in another forumto deal with how we can enhance the local economy and providemore jobs. If you are interested in attending, please email me atSBrook@Coralsprings.org. If you know of a business that has leftCoral Springs, I am very interested in finding out why they left andhow the City can possibly help a similarly situated business in thefuture.Our Family Concert Series continues this month with TheFabulons. This band will delight us with a mixture of classical and’50s music on Saturday, February 2 at 7 p.m. at Betti Stradling Park,10301 Wiles Road.The concert is free, and you’re welcome to bringyour lawn chairs and coolers. For more information, please call 954-345-2200.The Coral Springs Multi-Cultural Advisory will be hostingUnitown 2007 for the twelfth year. Unitown is a youth leadershipand diversity weekend designed for Coral Springs high schoolstudents. This year, the event will be held at Gold Coast Camp inLake Worth, from Saturday, February 16 to Monday, February 18.This program is free to the students, but a $50 refundable deposit isrequired. I strongly encourage all students to attend. It is truly anexperience of a lifetime! For those interested in participating, pleasecall Lydia Cutz at 954-344-1150.On Sunday, February 10 there will be a remote hazardous wastecollection at City Hall South, located at 9530 West Sample Road. Ifyou have any household hazardous waste items, such as paints, usedmotor oil, pesticides, flares, and propane tanks, this is the perfecttime to get rid of them in a safe manner.As always, please visit coralsprings.org for City news and visit ourevent calendar to view the Commission’s scheduled office hours.Feel free to email me at sbrook@coralsprings.org if there is anything Ican help you with. Happy Valentine’s Day to you and your lovedones! Lastly, please remember that our City Commission meets thefirst and third Tuesday of every month at 6:30 p.m. and you arealways welcome to attend and give your input.the PARKLANDER9