The proposed maintenance building would be located on the closed Pines golf course at the Pompano Beach, Fla., property, behind the residents at The Pines at Woodmont II community. Residents argue the club “blindsided” them by switching the location of the building with no advance notice.
Residents surrounding Woodmont Country Club in Pompano Beach, Fla., were surprised to find out that a golf course maintenance building will be built behind their homes, Tamarac (Fla.) Talk reported.
The proposed building would be located on the closed Pines golf course, behind the residents living at The Pines at Woodmont II community. Every one of the 61 homeowners signed a petition against the location, the Talk reported.
“They blindsided us,” said Dick Brown, Vice President of the homeowners’ association. “I feel like a victim. They are only putting it 100 feet from the utility access area. One hundred feet from our properties.”
The building, which is used to house vehicles and golf course equipment, is currently at a different location, but will have to move before new homes can be built. All plans showed the building would be moved to a different location, but were changed to the location behind their backyards with no advance notice, the Talk reported.
“Why it changed, we don’t know. But that was presented to us at all of the meetings we went to,” Brown said. “I found out about it because they sent this plan to everyone’s house, and that’s where I saw this new rendering with a star on it with this location.”
Brown met with Vice Mayor Debra Placko and Director of Community Development Maxine Calloway last week.
Site plans provided by the city show landscaping that would be installed around the proposed building, however, Brown still does not want the building behind their community. Brown argued that the location for the maintenance building is a poor choice considering the high volume of traffic in the area from both the charter school and the narrowing of 82nd Street for a bike lane, the Talk reported.
Brown is encouraging his neighbors to attend the Planning Board meeting on February 1 to voice their opposition to the building, the Talk reported.
“We are unanimous, and stand united,” Brown said. “We do not want Schmidt’s 123,304-sq. ft. maintenance compound behind our homes. We don’t want their 21,902 sq. ft. of vehicle access. We don’t want more added traffic. We don’t want the added noise. We don’t want to devalue our homes.”
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