Singer Island Area News of The Week: 

See the August 26th: Primary Election Results 

Note to Island Facebookers:  SICA has taken down our old (and little used) Facebook page.  We will be launching a brand new page that will be much more closely tied into our website and this newsletter in the next few weeks. Stay tuned for more...

The Amrit property at 3100 N Ocean Drive filed an updated site plan this week, now called the Wellness Resort & Spa.  This is a link to the: Proposed Site Plan

Police cameras tracking license plates on Singer Island bridge - WPEC- And now every time you cross the bridge to Singer Island your license ... plate readers on the Blue Heron Bridge that goes to Singer Island. 

Bucher: Voter check-in glitch resolved early; affected dozens - Palm Beach Post - "It was a sign-in technical issue on our part," Bucher said Tuesday afternoon at the elections division's tabulation center in Riviera Beach. Bucher said ...

Police: 85-year-old woman carjacked, injured in Riviera Beach - PalmBeachPost - Two felons are being held in the Palm Beach County Jail without bond after they allegedly carjacked an 85-year-old woman and snatched her purse, causing her to sustain injuries, according to an arrest report. Minutes earlier, the two men attempted to carjack a tourist but were unsuccessful.

Miami Port Dredging Damaging Sea Life, State Inspectors Say - PalmBeachCivic - "This is exactly what we fear if the Army Corps is permitted to deepen and widen the Lake Worth Lagoon and Inlet." - Lisa Interlandi, Everglades Law Center. The $205 million dredge project to deepen Port Miami has spread a blanket of silt and clay over the bay bottom that is smothering coral and damaging sea life, state environmental inspectors have found.

[ Editor's note: This information is reprinted/abbreviated from last week's 8/22 update, to point out some very important items that neighbors/readers keep asking about ...please read carefully...there will be a quiz below! ]

 
Ocean Mall Update - On last Wednesday afternoon, I met with a representative from GFS, the investment group that currently holds the Ocean Mall lease. The following progress has been made since my last meeting:

Pressure cleaning, graffiti removal, window coverings and landscaping have occurred on the Mall property.

GFS has hired a full time onsite maintenance team to manage the property. They will be on site from 7 am - 4pm, daily.
 

GFS has recently received 20 inquiries from possible tenants and they are currently negotiating several new leases. 

In the next week, GFS will file for a permit to begin construction on the old 7-Eleven site. Per the agreement with the City, GFS must construct the building by June 2015.

Most importantly, GFS is negotiating the sale of the lease with a former Singer Island resident who is a real estate developer/investor in NYC. 
 

The CRA continues to survey possible Police sub station sites.

The Clean & Safe Ambassador Program has been implemented. Men and women in bright green shirts are now deployed around the CRA area including throughout the Mall and along the Bridge. Their duties include reporting suspicious activity to police, escorting patrons to their cars and maintaining CRA property.

[ Editor's note: Please welcome our Ambassadors as they ready the ground for more activity at our mall this fall. The program is currently looking for volunteer ambassadors.  Neimah Spence is the Clean & Safe program's operations director. His email for contact/suggestions: NSpence@RBCRA.com.  The park (and sand lot) to the east of ocean mall is managed by Parks & Recs (not the CRA) - if you see items (trash, safety issues, etc.) that need to be addressed or if you have suggestions for improvements, please contact: parksandrec@rivierabch.com (and copy us on the messages so they can be shared here next week). ] 

CommUNITY Voice: 

Neighbors, PLEASE send in your comments, ideas and input ...to be shared here next week! 

From: Fred G @ the Tiara

Subject: I visited the mall this past week!

The mall looked worse than I can remember.  i.e. ice cream store, bagel store closed!  Where is the 375 million being spent for Singer Island? Where is the police sub station? It is a disgrace for Singer Island and if nothing is done to fix it the residents of the Island will pay for it! Can some one with some authority answer my e-mail!

There are lot's of events going on at the park, just click the link above to visit their August calendar!