Hallandale Beach approves special assessment for 3 Islands traffic-calming, despite widespread resident opposition

The Hallandale Beach City Commission on June 18 voted to confirm a special-assessment program for the 3 Islands neighborhood and authorized related financing, approving an ordinance and a bond-authorization resolution by 4–1 votes.

The measures fund a package of road, drainage, lighting and landscaping work for the 3 Islands assessment area and authorize issuance of a special-assessment revenue note not to exceed $3,000,700. The commission vote on both the final assessment ordinance and the financing resolution was 4–1, with Commissioner Adams recorded as the lone No.

Finance director Giovanni Nesti told the commission the project budget is roughly $4.6 million, including an estimated $4.0 million in construction costs for new milling and resurfacing, curbs and gutters, crosswalks and speed tables; LED street-light conversions; guardhouse and gate upgrades; speed feedback signs; bioswales and irrigation retrofits; and landscaping and new sidewalks. Nesti said a $1.1 million contribution from the city and about $1.5 million previously accrued in the district’s reserves reduce the amount to be assessed across property owners.

Nesti said the assessment roll will cover about 4,113 parcels in the 3 Islands area, excluding roughly 64 parcels that do not pay property tax and will be treated as exempt for assessment-calculation purposes. He described two payment options for property owners: a prepaid payoff amount and a five-year installment. In the hearing Nesti corrected an earlier figure and stated the net base assessment used for mailed notices was $8,861.86 per parcel (net of contributions), and that a five-year installment option…