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President's Message continued

Sylvan Lake a/k/a Lake Sylvia water pollution. HBPHOA anchoring of any vessels seaworthy or not, as we are
gave Commissioner Sturman and staff an educational tour of experiencing today.
the dangerous conditions occurring in the lake today. Derelict FPL Undergrounding. FPL, in a rather remarkable and exciting
abandoned vessels leaking oil and gas, noise from commercial change of direction, now plans to underground their service to
vessels with generators running 24/7, and live-aboard cruisers a very significant portion of our neighborhood at THEIR cost.
dumping raw sewage into the lake which then migrates up That is not a typo. Unfortunately, in the meantime FPL wishes to
and down our waterways. Commissioner Sturman, also a harden their existing overhead service on Mercedes Isle, West
physician, upon learning Sylvan Lake is also a City of Fort Lake Drive and Isla Bahia by replacing the existing wooden
Lauderdale designated Water Sports Area and where no poles with very large concrete ones like those on both East
bacterial water safety testing is being conducted, contacted and West Harbor Beach Parkway. HBPHOA will invite FPL to
Acting City Manager Susan Grant to take action.
speak at a General Membership meeting.
Ms. Grant called in the cavalry in our District 100 Florida Please make sure you send your email address to admin@
State Representative Chip LaMarca, who immediately
got onboard. Representative LaMarca made a special harborbeach.org so we can send you the meeting notice. HB
presentation to the Marine Advisory Board as to what action Annette Ross
the Florida Legislature has taken to address the unrestricted HBPHOA President

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