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Parks board approves temporary $2 million interest transfer to keep YMCA Holiday Park acquisition moving

3567139 · May 29, 2025
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Summary

The Fort Lauderdale Parks advisory board approved using $2 million in bond interest to fund a YMCA-related land acquisition so work on the Holiday Park project can start while the final bond tranche is released.

The Fort Lauderdale Parks & Recreation Advisory Board voted unanimously to allow use of $2,000,000 in interest earnings from the citys Series 2022 bond to cover acquisition costs for a YMCA project at Holiday Park while the final tranche of bond proceeds is still being released.

Board members approved a resolution to take $1,000,000 from the District 1 acquisition allocation and $1,000,000 from the District 2 allocation, using interest earnings available now and reimbursing the interest account when the third bond disbursement arrives.

The move is intended to let the YMCA-related acquisition close and for renovation work to start sooner. Alex (staff member), who presented the…

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