Letitia Newbold
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- Meetings spoken in
- 31
- Total speaking time
- 2:29:51
- Avg per meeting
- 4:50
- Segments
- 2144
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Top issues during term (20)
Proposed closure of Lloyd Estate Elementary School
The district warns that keeping under-enrolled schools open could push Broward County Public Schools into state receivership.
Westside Economic Development and Career Source Site
$6.2 million purchase price, plus up to $75,000 in due diligence costs.
Accruing code enforcement fines on residential and commercial properties
Certified liens of roughly $69,050 across four properties, with conditional reductions available for compliant owners.
Downtown Ride-Share Reimbursement Pilot During Horizon Construction
Businesses near the project can get up to $250/month reimbursed for rideshare credits for customers.
Glenwood Gardens and downtown redevelopment
Funded by a private donation from resident John Shearer and grant funding.
Reviving Oakland Park Unbound and library art exhibitions
Financial terms of the amendment weren't provided in the agenda materials.
Unpermitted air conditioning installations at 95 NE 41st Street
Accrued fines in these cases ranged from $4,350 to $226,500, with reductions of up to 90 percent available after compliance.
Centennial Park Build-Out Moves Forward
About $5 million in grants supports the expansion phase; cleanup has been a multi-year city effort.
FY27 Tentative Millage Rate and Operating Budget
Typical homesteaded homeowner pays about $103 more per year ($8.60/month); the city collects about $1.7 million more than the rolled-back rate.
3235 North Dixie Highway — vandalism, zoning conflicts, and unpermitted work
Accrued fines in these cases ranged from $4,350 to $226,500, with reductions of up to 90 percent available after compliance.
FEC Railway Crossings Rehabilitation
Up to $150,000 for the study, funded through the surtax program.
NE 13th Avenue Sidewalk and Drainage Improvements
Unclear — the grant no longer covers repaving damaged roads, so the funding source for that work is unresolved.
Transparency and the Neighborhood Participation Meeting process
Not directly costly, but reduced transparency undermines trust in how tax dollars are spent.
Potential Land Acquisition from the State of Florida, Department of Commerce
$6.2 million purchase price, funded in part by Horizon project proceeds, plus six figures already spent on due diligence and consultants.
New laundromat on West Oakland Park Boulevard
Taxpayers are on the hook for a $6.2 million purchase — $200,000 above appraisal — plus due-diligence costs, with repayment dependent on future redevelopment.
Horizon mixed-use project parking levels
Over-parking would have added construction costs and could have stalled the project; future stackers would also require sprinkler system upgrades.
Stormwater flooding and the Lake Emerald impasse
About $3 million in grant money for west-side flood relief could be forfeited if the HOA doesn't cooperate.
Disaster Debris Monitoring Contract Delay
Qualified Census Tract Business Incentive Expansion
CRA property values have climbed about $164 million per year since 2016.
Fire Apparatus Replacement Financing
Roughly a $6 million fire assessment for new trucks and equipment.
Decisions during term (339)
Recorded while Newbold was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.
Approval of October 22, 2026 Meeting Minutes
CRA Minutes 09-09-2026
Veterans Day Proclamation
America Recycles Day Proclamation
Small Business Saturday Proclamation
World AIDS Day Proclamation
Agenda Amendment Adding Items 3A, 3B, 13A and 13B
CD25-28OP3D | Aspire at Oakland Park | Bonus Provision Program
CD25-28OP3D | Aspire at Oakland Park | Vacation of Right-of-Way (First Reading)
Fire Apparatus Financing Ordinance (First Reading)
Commerce Property Purchase Ordinance 3A (First Reading)
Career Source Broward Lease Ordinance 3B (First Reading)
CRA Board Minutes – September 9, 2026
Consent Agenda (Items 4–13, 13A, 13B)
RFP 071626 – Disaster Debris Monitoring Services
Centennial Park Demolition and Remediation GMP (Item 15)
Centennial Park Operations Building Hardening GMP (Item 16)
Application to Broward County for 750 Redevelopment Units (Item 17)
Approval of Minutes – September 9, 2026, and September 14, 2026
SM26-063 – 95 NE 41 Street Unit #215O (2012 Cine Group LLC)
Voting record (109)
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