Rita Lipoff is among the Broward County residents who are protesting against a tower at West Lake Park, a Broward property in Hollywood. They have been fighting against it for about a year.

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. – A 32-story emergency radio tower became pretty much a done deal on Feb. 3, but it didn’t bubble up into the public consciousness until late in February when the Marjory Stoneman Douglas Commission mentioned it at its meeting. West Lake Park will undoubtedly become the place for a new 32-story tower, the 16th and final new emergency radio tower or Broward County. Broward’s old and inadequate emergency radio system failed the first responders during the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Broward County owns West Lake Park, a gift from the landowner with strings attached. The neighbors have not ruled out legal action to keep trying to stop West Lake from becoming the new location for Broward’s new tower.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Broward County commissioners decided Tuesday to move forward with a long-planned upgrade to the 911 emergency system. The new public safety radio communications system will not involve the city of Hollywood. Significant improvements are expected to the county's emergency radio coverage. "The 16th site, Hollywood, we're going to either figure out (how to) work it out with them or litigate in court," Broward County Mayor Mark Bogen said. County leaders said moving forward without the city of Hollywood will not hurt the 911 emergency coverage in that municipality.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Broward County commissioners decided to move forward with a long-planned upgrade to the 911 emergency system. The new public safety radio communications system will not involve the city of Hollywood. Significant improvements are expected to the county's emergency radio coverage. "The 16th site, Hollywood, we're going to either figure out how to work it out with them or litigate in court," Broward County Mayor Mark Bogen said. County leaders say moving forward without the City of Hollywood will not hurt the 911 emergency coverage in that municipality.

Broward County commissioners discussed the divisive emergency tower, which residents want placed in the Circ Residences. "This commission could be at least open to the option that the Circ could be a possibility," Broward County Commissioner Beam Furr said. Several of Broward County's commissioners said they want the tower built in West Lake Park, citing an expert report that said the park was the best possible location. "I don't care if we have to put a million pounds of concrete to get it to the right height in West Lake Park." Tuesday's vote on building the tower in West Lake Park was approved 8-1, but residents have said they will sue to stop it from happening.

Broward County commissioners discussed the divisive emergency tower, which residents want placed in the Circ Residents . "This commission could be at least open to the option that the Circ could be a possibility," said Broward County commissioner Beam Furr. Several of Broward's commissioners say they want the tower built in West Lake Park, citing an expert report that said the park was the best possible location. "I don't care if we have to put a million pounds of concrete to get it to the right height in West Lake Park." Tuesday's vote on building the tower in West Lake Park was approved 8-1, but residents have said they will sue to stop it from happening.

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. - City of Hollywood leaders held an emergency meeting Monday regarding the ongoing effort to put up a much-needed 911 tower in a park. City commissioners called the meeting to discuss the result of the expert's report stating West Lake Park is the best location for the new emergency communications tower after city residents pushed for the county's tower to be built above the Hollywood Circ building. Hollywood and West Lake Park area residents said they want the tower, just not in their backyard. Some are also questioning if the construction is even legal, saying a provision doesn't allow for construction on parks that don't serve park purposes. City leaders said any delay is only because the county is pushing bad deals.

Leaders from both Broward County and the city of Hollywood agree that new equipment must be erected in east Hollywood, but they differ on where. You don't need to build a tower in West Lake Park," Hollywood Commissioner Caryl Shuham said. So this should've been done years ago," Broward County Commissioner Michael Udine said. Doing that would make the technology unstable and cost more money to maintain down the road, so county commissioners voted it down weeks ago. She said Broward County commissioners will vote on a finanlized version of the agreement next Tuesday.