Title
A Resolution Of The City Commission Of The City Of Hollywood, Florida, Authorizing The Appropriate City Officials To Retain The Existing Quiet Zone Along The Florida East Coast Railway Corridor In Broward County, With The City’s Preference Being to Continue to Serve As The Lead Applicant, With The Support Of Other Coastal Broward County Municipalities And The Broward Metropolitan Planning Organization (“MPO”); And, In The Event The Joint Quiet Zone Cannot Be Retained, Authorizing The City Manager To Pursue The Establishment Of A Quiet Zone Within The City’s Boundaries.
Strategic Plan Focus
Quality of Life & Strong Neighborhoods
Body
Staff Recommends: Approval of the attached Resolution.
Explanation:
Approval of this Resolution will authorize the City Manager to pursue retention of the Quiet Zone along the FEC Railway corridor in Broward County, with the City of Hollywood serving as the lead applicant on behalf of Hollywood and other impacted municipalities that seek to participate and to transmit the required documentation to the Federal Railroad Administration (“FRA”) to retain the joint Quiet Zone designation.
On September 3, 2026, the City of Hollywood and other municipalities withing Broward County along the FEC corridor received a request from the FRA to determine a path forward for the existing Quiet Zone. The FRA identified the following options:
Establish separate Quiet Zones within each municipality’s boundaries;
Retain the existing countywide joint Quiet Zone, subject to amendments to the required Notices of Establishment and Quiet Zone agreements, and re-establishment of compliance with applicable requirements; or
Take no action, which would result in termination of the existing Quiet Zone.
Maintaining a Quiet Zone along the FEC Railway corridor impacts quality-of-life and has community benefits while maintaining the required safety measures.
Under this Resolution, the City of Hollywood would continue to serve as the lead applicant ...
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