February 2008 - The Parklander Magazine

LOCAL POLITICSMore Leisure Activities andNew Recycling ProgramBy Parkland’s Mayor Michael UdineThe month of January was a very busy one throughout Parkland. The Citysuccessfully opened the Community Center and Amphitheatre. Thanks toeveryone involved in making this opening a success. One of the goals of theCity has been to try and bring more leisure programs to our residents whilemaintaining our fiscally conservative operating philosophy. The CommunityCenter and Amphitheater allows us to offer numerous programs for residentswith differing interests. Along with our operating partners the YMCA andYoung At Art, we intend to offer many recreational opportunities at thefacility, all in a fiscally responsible manner. I encourage all Parkland residentsto take advantage of the many wonderful offerings at these new facilities.Our parks are being kept extremely busy with our recreational sports leagues.Our City’s staff members work hard at scheduling field times for the manydifferent leagues that utilize our parks. The annual scholarship 5k and 10Krun took place again in early January as part of our family fitness day. Thisevent has become one of the premier outdoor running events in South Floridaand each year it seems to get bigger and bigger.The City again held a commemorative event for Martin Luther King’sBirthday. Students from local area schools assisted in celebrating ourdiversity. Also our farmers market has become more and more successful eachmonth. Finally, in January we held “movies in the park,” allowing neighbors toenjoy the outdoors together and watch a film in Terramar Park.Additionally, I would like to congratulate our City Hall neighbor to theNorth, Congregation Kol Tikvah, on the successful opening of their beautifulnew sanctuary and catering facility. Many years of hard work and dedicationby so many people went into this massive undertaking and on behalf of theCity of Parkland; I want to offer our best wishes.I am happy to report that the City of Parkland is taking the lead on wasterecycling and other environmental issues. As some of you may be aware ourfranchise agreement with Waste Management was set to expire in a fewmonths. Over the last six months, we have been in negotiations with WasteManagement on a new franchise agreement. I am happy to report that aninnovative “single stream” recycling program will be starting soon, which willallow us to recycle more of our waste in a much more convenient manner. Amuch larger recycling container will be used and residents will be able toco-mingle more recyclables together in an effort to put less trash in the landfilland more into the recycling process. We have also increased the frequency ofbulk pick ups and altered different vacation credits to make it more convenientfor our residents, but kept the same type of waste disposal system, opting tocontinue with our own garbage cans and bags and not moving yet to the “rollout” cart option. Our parks all have recycling containers for the plastic bottlesused during sporting events. This new recycling program adds to thecommitment we have towards protecting our precious resources.The City has also taken the lead in dealing with energy conservation andglobal warming issues.Thanks to Vice Mayor Jared Moskowitz for addressingthis important issue.The City is in the process of instituting a program to givefinancial incentives for different energy efficient programs. 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