How can we screw up your beach complex?
As soon as I arrived this morning at 9am, Commissioner Herman Robinson was there so I had to chide him just a bit about being the guy who wants to ruin our beach. Chris Zimmerman, Owner and President of CPZ Architects was there along with several associates. CPZ is a Broward County CBE firm with a local staff of 10 employees, 3 of which are registered Architects. They were awarded the design contract from the City of Lake Worth.Primarily the residents were there to give the design team our ideas on what we want at our beach. That was easy for me--leave it alone; repair our pool, open up the view so that it can be seen by those driving by; redo the lockers and bathrooms and if necessary, build a parking garage on the lower level and keep our decal parking. Lease the 2nd floor space or build-out around its perimeter for city purposes for offices for the Recreation Department and lifeguards and have the space in the middle to lease out for small meetings. Do not spend small fortunes. Essentially that is it.
They had a sign-in sheet and a comments page to fill out on various topics such as parking, do we want more retail space, what do do with the upper level space, etc. Herman was insistent that I sign it. No problem, commissioner--I do everything under my own name--no anonymous for me!
The only thing they needed on the form was--give us your ideas on how we can screw up your beach complex. Only a few years ago, we spent $11 million dollars re-doing our casino, the upper level as well as the parking below. We can dream big and what we dream may not even be close to what we can afford or actually need. Fiscal responsibility is what's needed for our poor city...keep that in mind elected officials and city management.
