Hurricane Season (June 1 – Nov. 30) is here again, and the Broward Sheriff ’s Offi ce (BSO) reminds residents to be prepared to evacuate if a Hurricane Warning is issued for Broward County.

The entire Town is in a mandatory evacuation area and residents are required to seek safety and evacuate the barrier island.

Capt. Thomas Palmer, the BSO District Chief in Lauderdale-By-The-Sea, said the start of hurricane season is a good time to make plans to stay with friends or relatives. If residents ignore the order to evacuate, they do so at their own peril because there will be no police, paramedics or fi refi ghters in Town to respond to a 9 1 1 emergency. Once sustained hurricane winds reach a particular threshold, “It’s no longer safe for fi rst responders to be on the roadway,” Palmer said. All public safety personnel and vehicles are relocated to Holy Cross Hospital until it is safe to return. Please see pages 6 and 7 for more hurricane information.

Get ready for a super Fourth of July in Town!

Presented by the Town of Lauderdale-By-The-Sea and the LBTS Volunteer Fire Department (VFD), the Town’s Fourth of July celebration includes our annual parade, a Family Fun Day and concludes with fi reworks shot off the beach. The parade starts at 10AM in front of the VFD’s Fire Station on Bougainvilla Drive and winds it way over to El Mar Drive (Please see map on Page 3). The Family Fun Day activities are in El Prado Park from 11AM to 3PM and include the VFD’s waterslide, clowns, face painting and food. The day concludes with fi reworks shot off the beach north of El Prado Park. Mayor Chris Vincent, the chairman of the July 4th Committee, hopes all Town residents will turn out and enjoy themselves on this great national holiday. 07/01/21 08/05/21 09/02/21 10/07/21

07/02/21 08/06/21 09/03/21 10/01/21 “We invite everyone to come out and celebrate the Fourth of July,” Vincent said. “With the pandemic it’s been a hard year for everyone. We have a great Town parade, a wonderful afternoon of children activities in El Prado Park and a fantastic fi reworks show that evening.” Parade Route Always a community favorite, the parade begins at 10AM in front of the VFD Fire Station on Bougainvilla Drive (next to Town Hall). It heads north to Pine Avenue, east to El Mar Drive and then south to Hibiscus Avenue, where it will end. Please note: the Pelican Hopper shuttle will operate its normal Sunday route north along El Mar before and during the parade, and will cease operating on July 4th at 5:25PM.

Leave Your Vehicle At Home The Fourth of July is all about the fi reworks show and ours begins at 9PM just north of El Prado Park. Broward Sheriff ’s Offi ce Capt. Thomas Palmer strongly reminds everyone that traffi c on North Ocean Drive will be jammed for at least one hour after the fi reworks show ends. “You can expect extremely heavy traffi c all day,” Palmer warned. “If you don’t need to drive, don’t. Trust me, driving that evening will not get you home any sooner.” Motorists can expect heavy traffi c throughout the day, but especially between 9 and 11PM. BSO will close Anglin’s Square to all vehicle traffi c from about 8PM until the heavy pedestrian traffi c subsides, between 10 and 11PM. The Commercial Boulevard Bridge will also be closed to all boat traffi c from approximately 9PM to 11PM. The bridge will remain open to vehicle traffi c. To clear out traffi c after the fi reworks display, BSO will set-up alternate routes, including directing all westbound traffi c over the Commercial Bridge into Fort Lauderdale.

Thank You! A big thank you to our Sparkler Sponsors, Baxter and Woodman Consulting Engineers, and Howard Goldberg Real Estate.

The Town of Lauderdale-By-The-Sea’s Fourth of July parade this year will feature its oldest Parade Grand Marshal ever, Paula Mangano. A long-time Town resident who owns Paula’s Surf Beauty Salon, Mangano (featured in the photo at left and with her son Charles at right) moved to Town in 1953 from Ohio after fi rst vacationing here with her husband, who off ered her a choice of vacation spots — Las Vegas or Florida. “I prefer going to Florida,” Paula told him, and so “We drove down here.” The Town Commission issued a proclamation honoring the centenarian for turning 100 on Dec. 5, 2020. “I feel wonderful about it,” Mangano said about being named Grand Marshal. “I’m happy to do whatever they want me to do to help them.”

TOWN EMPLOYEE PROFILE Edner Saint-Jean is the Town’s Assistant Finance Director. BugFest-By-The-Sea (July 27- 31), the Town’s annual dive festival centered around Florida’s annual two-day lobster mini-season, is right around the reef.

Sponsored by Land Shark sun care products, BugFest begins with a Mini- Season Kickoff Party at Plunge Beach Resort from 7 to 9PM on Tuesday, July 27th. Divers can register to ompete in the Great Florida Bug Hunt, where they can win cash, dive trips, dive computers and regulators, among other prizes. The entry fee is $30. Divers can register online at https://www.discoverlbts.com/bugfest/ bugfest-registration/. All residents are invited to come out to the Ocean Plaza in Anglin’s Square to watch the Lobster Chef Competition on July 28 at 6PM. This year’s Lobster Chef judges include Mayor Chris Vincent, Miami Herald outdoors writer Steve Waters and Jeff Torode from South Florida Diving Headquarters. Commissioner Randy Strauss is also taking part heading up one of the competing lobster chef teams. This event will be followed by ‘The Big One Got Away’ Mini-Season Diver Awards Party at 7:30PM. BugFest this year also features a free concert at Plunge on Friday, July 30th from 6 to 9PM to benefi t Diveheart, a non-profi t dive organization that teaches people with disabilities how to dive. Closing out this year’s festivities is an underwater Pier Clean-up at Anglin’s Pier on Saturday, July 31st from 7 to 10AM, followed by brunch on the pier. This event is sponsored by Gold Coast Scuba, one of three dive shops located in Town. For more info, please call 954-640- 4209 or visit the BugFest website at www.discoverlbts.com/bugfest/. We are looking forward to a great event and encourage you to participate. HURRICANE

If you reside in the Town of Lauderdale-By-The-Sea, you probably already know you live on a barrier island, which protects Florida’s coast from storm surge.

What you may not realize is that a barrier island that undergoes a direct hit from a powerful hurricane will sustain extensive property damage due to storm surge. Because the entire Town is between the ocean and the Intracoastal Waterway, residents will be ordered to evacuate if a Hurricane Warning is issued for Broward County.

What Is A Hurricane? A hurricane is a tropical storm with constant winds greater than 74 miles per hour. These winds can extend inland for hundreds of miles. Hurricanes can also spawn tornadoes which add to its potential destruction. Because of the tropical nature of a hurricane, torrential rains may cause massive fl oods or fl ash fl ooding.

Storm Surge While the wind speed gets the most attention, storm surge can be the most dangerous element of a hurricane. Storm surge is a dome of ocean water that can be 20 feet high at its peak and 50 to 100 miles wide. Nine out of 10 hurricane Before the storm hits, residents should have fi rm plans fatalities are attributable to storm surge. about what to do with their pets and where they are going to “The entire Town is in a mandatory evacuation area, stay during a hurricane. regardless of the storm’s strength, Category 1 through 5,” Town residents should evacuate to areas west of Federal said Capt. Thomas Palmer, the Broward Sheriff ’s Offi ce Highway. Residents should make plans now to stay with family District Chief in Lauderdale-By-The-Sea. or friends. If that’s not possible, only then should they make Residents often feel safe if their condominium is equipped plans to stay in a Broward County hurricane shelter. with storm shutters and a generator. What they fail to If the Town sustains major damage, it will be up to 72 hours understand is that while hurricane winds may be 130 mph or longer before residents are allowed to return to their homes. on the ground, several stories above the street the Town residents are expected to be prepared and capable of winds can sometimes reach speeds as high as 200 mph. taking care of their own needs for at least 72 hours. Residents with boats needing the Commercial Boulevard Residents will not be allowed to re-enter the Town if streets bridge to be raised will have a short, 3-hour window to are blocked by downed trees or power lines, and will only be move their vessels to a safer area. The bridge will open allowed to return when the Town is deemed to be safe. to vessels before the storm hits on an “as needed basis.” To return, residents or employees who work in Town must After that, the bridge will be locked in the down position to also be able to show police valid identifi cation (Drivers license, allow cars and other vehicle traffi c to move back and forth. utility bill or pay stub), proving they either live or work in Town. “The No. 1 question I get asked every single year, ‘When After a storm, many people want to visit the beach to sightsee, is the bridge going to be locked up?’” Palmer said. “It is not.” and it’s safer if police can keep as many non-residents as He said the U.S. Coast Guard will issue a fl otilla plan possible off the streets until the situation returns to normal. allowing boat owners time to move their vessels. After that, The Town has a generator for Jarvis Hall, which will be the bridge will remain open to cars, trucks and other vehicles. converted into a Hurricane Emergency Center for police, fi re, rescue and key Town personnel after the storm. Town staff Watch The News will to do their best to meet residents’ emergency needs as Town residents should monitor local news media and the soon as it is safe for their return. the National Hurricane Center for news about an approaching If your building loses power and you are stuck in a condo hurricane and what steps to take. elevator, call 9 1 1. HURRICANE The Spirit of Liberty Fife and Drum drum tradition of the Revolutionary War Corps will participate in the Lauder- and bring a sense of patriotism to any dale-by-the-Sea July 4th event. They will perform a wide selection of Parade on July 4th at 10AM. patriotic favorites: Yankee Doodle, When Johnny Comes Marching Home, The The group dresses in colonial Battle Hymn of the Republic, God Bless revolutionary militia-style costumes. America, Rally Around the Flag and They have been performing in South other songs. Florida since 2009 at parades, Daughters of the American Revolution meetings, patriotic events and concerts. In 2019, they traveled to Washington, D.C. to perform at the “Salute to America” event on July 4th. They are a favorite for photos at patriotic events. The group is composed of fi ve key musicians. Tom Mann and Gary Staib play colonial rope drums. Carolyn Mann, Carlos Pinera and Cindy Pinera play piccolos to simulate the fi fe sound. As musicians in the Fort Lauderdale Symphonic Winds, they came together in 2009 to preserve the ancient fi fe and Q: What’s needed to start a business?

A: To be legal, you must obtain a BTR, and the fi rst step to obtaining one Magician Bill Cook returns to Jarvis is to make sure your proposed business Hall on Wednesday, July 21 at 7PM as meets the Town’s zoning regulations. part of the Town’s Evening in Jarvis Hall E-mail our zoning team at zoning@ series. The show is free! lbts-fl .gov and include the address and Seating will be limited. intended use for the property. Once zoning is established, we will provide you with the correct application and the proper instructions on how to apply.

Q: If I want to rent my property on Airbnb, do I need a BTR?

A: Yes! All rentals, both short and Sydney Ramirez is a Planning long-term, require a BTR. Some Technician in the Development Services properties are eligible for short-term Department. She processes the Town’s licenses; others are eligible for vacation- Business Tax Receipts (BTR’s). rental licenses. Be sure to email our Q: When do businesses need to zoning team at zoning@lbts-fl .gov renew their Business Tax Receipts. with the address to determine your eligibility before you list your property on Cooked last performed in Lauderdale- A: Our 2021-2022 renewal season any short-term rental or vacation rental By-The-Sea in July 2019 before a full starts July 1st, 2021. Payments are due site. If zoning is approved, you will need house in Jarvis Hall, 4505 N. Ocean before Oct. 1st. You can now pay online, to obtain the appropriate certifi cate and Drive. His high-energy show combines a through the mail, or by dropping off your completed inspections before you can fun mix of humor, drama and interactive payment in our new drop box located in begin to rent short-term or as a vacation audience participation. the lobby of the building department. rental.

To honor the recent induction of Town residents Roberta and Larry Insel into the Broward Senior Hall of Fame for their exceptional volunteer work, the Town adopted a proclama- tion declaring May 20th as Roberta and Larry Insel Day in Lauderdale-By- The-Sea. The Insels were among 14 volunteers honored on May 20th at the Senior Hall of Fame Virtual Luncheon. The Insels began volunteering with the Area Agency on Aging’s Meals on Wheels program in 2007. The Insels often went above and beyond the task of simply delivering meals to their clients, often conducting emergency shopping, socializing, and providing their client’s pets with food. Town residents Larry and Roberta Insel with Mayor Chris Vincent (c) after the The Insels are both retired educa- Town Commission honored them for their volunteer work with senior citizens. tors with Broward County Schools.

All Activities Are Held At: 4501 N. Ocean Drive Lauderdale-By-The-Sea, Fla.

Call Director Armilio Bien-Aime at 954-640-4225 / www.lauderdalebythesea-fl .gov

Online classes at www.lauderdalebythesea-fl .gov/439/Community-Center-Events

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