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Neighborhood group presses city on missing schools, bid disparities in joint youth parks program

Fort Lauderdale City Commission · April 22, 2026
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Summary

A Poinsettia Heights Civic Association leader urged the commission to revisit the Sunrise Middle School project and to explain bid disparities and where earlier bond funds were spent; procurement staff explained bid analysis and confirmed recommendation of the lowest responsive bidder.

Jim, president of the Poinsettia Heights Civic Association, told the commission the memorandum on Phase 2 of the joint youth parks program appears incomplete and omits schools the association expects to be included. He said the program originally covered 12 schools in a $200 million bond project, later expanded to 16 after Education Advisory Board involvement and that the civic association has been sidelined during…

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