The City continues to monitor Hurricane Dorian closely. As of the 8:00 p.m. advisory from the National Hurricane Center, Dorian has become nearly stationary with the two most recent aircraft fixes showing essentially no motion. A slow westward to west-northwestward motion should resume overnight and continue into early Tuesday, with the eye and devastating winds only slowly pulling away from Grand Bahama Island. Dorian remains a category 4 hurricane with winds of 140 mph. Dorian is currently located 105 miles east of West Palm Beach. Although some additional slow weakening is forecast while the hurricane moves northward along the southeastern United States coastline due to increasing southwesterly shear, Dorian is forecast to remain a powerful hurricane during that time. The hurricane is expected to remain off the Florida coast and move north coming dangerously close to the Georgia and South Carolina coasts on Wednesday night and Thursday. Hollywood remains under a Tropical Storm Watch. While it is unlikely that Hollywood will experience sustained tropical storm force winds, several services are closed in preparation for potential impacts. It is important that residents continue to monitor Dorian’s progress and be sure they are prepared for changing weather conditions.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION ON SERVICES:
- City Hall will be open on Tuesday, September 3rd from 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. for limited services.
- All sanitation collections (garbage, recycling, hard junk, brush) resume on Tuesday, September 3rd on a normal collection schedule.
- Technical Advisory Committee and PACO Meetings scheduled for Tuesday, September 3rd have been postponed to a future date yet to be determined.
- Broward's Emergency Operations Center 311 Emergency Hotline is open and will remain open 24 hours until further notice.
- Broward County has opened three special needs adults shelters and one pediatric special needs shelter. Broward County is still accepting applications for special needs residents. To register, call the Emergency Hotline at 311 or 954-831-4000. Broward County has approximately 1,130 adults and 245 children currently registered in the Special Needs Registry. You must pre-register to use one of these shelters. No general population shelters have been opened.
- Free parking is being provided for Hollywood residents for the duration of the storm on a first come, first served basis in the City's two downtown parking garages located at the Radius Garage, 251 N. 19th Avenue; the Van Buren Garage, 251 S. 20th Avenue; and the Garfield Street Garage on Hollywood Beach as of 8 a.m. this morning. All vehicles must be parked properly in a marked parking space. Any vehicles not parked in a marked space will be ticketed and could be towed. Free parking will extend through Tuesday. Parking charges will resume on Wednesday, September 4th at 8:00 a.m.
CLOSURE ANNOUNCEMENTS:
- Broward County Public Schools (BCPS) and District offices will be closed on Tuesday, September 3, 2019.
- Per Broward County order all drawbridges in Broward County remian locked down until after the storm passes.
- Port Everglades is closed to incoming vessels and the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport remain closed.
- Broward County Animal Care & Adoption shelter is closed to the public. In addition to tending to the animals at the shelter, staff will be preparing to receive donated supplies that will be utilized in an anticipated recovery effort. Animal Control will be available for priority cases.
- All Broward County campgrounds, rental halls, and water parks are closed to the public.
- All libraries are closed to the public until further notice. Book drops will be locked and late fees will not be charged during the emergency.
- County auto tag offices are closed.
- City-operated Community Centers, Sports Fields, the ArtsPark Visual Arts Center and studios, Hollywood Central Performing Arts Center, Driftwood Pool and the Art & Culture Center remain closed.
- City's beach concessions to the public have been suspended.
- Fuel sales at the Hollywood Marina have been suspended and all floating docks have been removed.
- SunShuttle by Circuit, the City's micro-transit service, has been suspended.
Residents are encouraged to visit the City of Hollywood’s website at www.hollywood fl.org/emergency for hurricane preparation tips and information hurricane information.
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Please stay tuned to local radio and television broadcasts for further details of the storm movement and impact to our area.