Editor’s note: This post was updated to include a statement from the city of Lakeland.
A mailer claiming “Lake Miriam Apartments back for another round” was recently sent to some residents in the Lake Miriam neighborhood.
The mailer refers to a project that the city denied in 2022.
There is no Lake Miriam apartment project listed on the agenda for the City Commission Meeting on Monday, July 6 at 9.m. LkldNow found no current proposal within the city’s permit database related to an apartment project in this area.
The city shared the following statement with LkldNow regarding the mailers:
The City of Lakeland has not received, nor do we have present knowledge of any proposal for a Lake Miriam Drive site. There may be some confusion as Monday’s agenda does include a different zoning item on a 24 single-family unit on Hallam Drive.
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Unlike a political mailer, the postcard has no information identifying who commissioned or funded the mailing.
The city is already preparing for a larger-than-usual turnout at the July 6 commission meeting to discuss the proposed ordinance that would enact a 12-month moratorium on data centers and large load customers.
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If the Lake Miriam apartments were to be approved by the city and built a traffic nightmare would be created. Doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure that out. Right up the street just east of the proposed apartments is Lakeland Highlands Middle School. When the school would be in session the traffic would be at gridlock and nowhere to go. That two-lane road could no way handle the additional traffic congestion. This project should no way be approved. If it does all the Lakeland City Commissioners should be personally held accountable for their decisions. Common sense prevails and hope the commissioners have it. Time they make the decision for the people and not themselves or for developers.