We had a very successful show, thanks to the work of our volunteers and sponsors.

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General Meeting, All Residents Invited

April 13th 7pm

620 SE 9th Street or ZOOM

To join us via ZOOM, Please follow the link below to register for the meeting. You will then receive a calendar invite with your personal link to the meeting.

Register Here

Laura Tooley, Urban Forester, who will be giving away trees!

Luz Ramirez, Sustainability and Special Projects

to share city initiatives

and

A presentation by the team overseeing utility undergrounding projects, an available option in

Rio Vista

Sergeant Wright will have updates on progress being made with the patrol initiatives and

Code Enforcer Bernstein Saimbert will be attending to

answer your code related questions

There are several factors driving our Protect Rio Vista Patrol costs.  The first is keeping up with the increases per the FLPD contract with the city.  The second is that the department is understaffed, and officers have no problem working as much overtime as they want so we have had to offer a premium to ensure that we can get enough officers to maintain our coverage.  The final factor is that the city is changing the way details will be managed per the collective bargaining agreement.  Beginning next year, the department will take on responsibility for tracking hours worked and will pay the officers directly.  The city will then bill us for the hours worked. To cover the cost of administering the payments and associated deductions, the city will charge us an additional 8 dollars per hour. We will continue to have Sgt Wright as our detail coordinator to schedule the officers as needed in the neighborhood.

To cover the increases in costs while maintaining the same amount of coverage, the RVCA Board approved raising the PRV membership price from $475 to $550 effective November 1, 2024.  At this level, your membership will fund just over 8 hours of patrol, a level we have tried to maintain. 

The board trusts that you will continue to see the value the patrol brings to the neighborhood and help us maintain the level of coverage we have today.  Our current PRV membership level supports 8 hours per day, 365 days per year.  We need all current members to renew to maintain the current level of coverage.  We encourage you to talk to your neighbors about supporting the patrol so we can add even more hours to the schedule.

I’m sure there will be some bumps in the road as we make this transition.  Please feel free to contact me at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or 954-494-5618 if you run into any problems or have questions.  Thank-you for your continued support of RVCA and PRV.

Mark Snead,

Treasurer, RVCA Board

AN UPDATED MESSAGE TO OUR NEIGHBORS ON THE STATUS OF ABREU PLACE

Over the weekend, in my capacity as president of the Rio Vista Civic Association, Inc. (RVCA), I posted a notice on the RVCA website and also sent an email to the members of our association concerning the situation involving Abreu Place, which is the thoroughfare that extends S.E. 9th Ave. north from Rio Vista Boulevard to the bulkhead at the New River.

The information I had been provided prior to sending the email stating that litigation had been filed concerning the thoroughfare was inaccurate. No litigation has been filed.

As I mentioned in this weekend’s communication, a dispute has arisen concerning that portion of the thoroughfare on which vehicular traffic is not permitted, and which many of our neighbors have used as if it were a park.

The City of Fort Lauderdale has never designated the thoroughfare as a city park, and it remains in its original status as a thoroughfare. This means that our residents and others may utilize the area for walking between Rio Vista Boulevard and the New River bulkhead.