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Opa-locka leaders withdraw security ordinance after tenant warnings; special meeting set to consider emergency repeal
Summary
After public testimony from a property owner who warned he would close an affordable complex if a security requirement stayed in place, Vice Mayor Joseph Kelly withdrew his security ordinance and the commission scheduled a special meeting for Friday at 9 a.m. to consider a possible emergency repeal.
The City Commission of the City of Opa-locka voted Thursday to withdraw a proposed security ordinance after public comment that raised the prospect of mass tenant displacement, and scheduled a special meeting Friday morning to consider an emergency repeal.
At the citizens forum, Willie Logan, identified himself as CEO of Tindorff Group, told the commission he would close the Mary Alice Brown affordable housing property if a requirement for a 24/7 off-duty police officer remained on the books. "We cannot afford to spend a million $100,000 a year on a police officer off duty," Logan said, adding the building contains 216 units and that, without action before Thanksgiving, residents could receive 30-day notices.
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