City Commission Conference Meeting
Regular MeetingFort Lauderdale, FL · August 19, 2025
Agenda
City of Fort Lauderdale
City Commission Conference Meeting
Agenda
Tuesday, August 19, 2025 - 1:30 PM
Broward Center for the Performing Arts - Mary N. Porter Riverview
Ballroom - 201 SW 5th Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33312
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FORT LAUDERDALE CITY COMMISSION
DEAN J. TRANTALIS Mayor
JOHN C. HERBST Vice Mayor - Commissioner - District 1
STEVEN GLASSMAN Commissioner - District 2
PAM BEASLEY-PITTMAN Commissioner - District 3
BEN SORENSEN Commissioner - District 4
RICKELLE WILLIAMS, City Manager
DAVID R. SOLOMAN, City Clerk
D'WAYNE M. SPENCE, Interim City Attorney
PATRICK REILLY, City Auditor
City Commission Conference Agenda August 19, 2025
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NOTICE:
Per Resolution No. 25-98, Vice Mayor John C. Herbst will participate in the meeting
through communications technology.
PUBLIC APPEARANCES BEFORE THE CITY COMMISSION:
If any person wishes to address the City Commission, the person shall sign up in the
Broward Center for the Performing Arts - Mary N. Porter Riverview Ballroom lobby.
A member of the City Clerk’s Office Staff will be there to assist. Speaker Cards are
given to the Mayor. After being recognized by the Mayor, the speaker should
approach the podium, identify the agenda item in question, indicate support,
opposition, or neutrality on the agenda item, and then proceed to succinctly state
the speaker’s position or present information.
If an attorney, or any other person appears before the Commission in a
representative capacity, the attorney, or other representative shall also sign up in
the Broward Center for the Performing Arts - Mary N. Porter Riverview Ballroom
lobby. A member of the City Clerk’s Office Staff will be there to assist. After being
recognized by the Mayor, the speaker should approach the podium, identify the
client(s) being represented, and identify the agenda item in question. The speaker
shall then indicate the client’s support, opposition, or neutrality on the agenda item
and then proceed to succinctly state the client’s position or present information on
behalf of the client(s).
Pursuant to Section 3.13 of the Charter of the City of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, the
Mayor shall maintain order at all meetings, and the Police Department, upon
instructions of the Mayor, shall expel any person from the meeting who refuses to
obey the order of the Mayor in relation to preserving order at the meetings. Any
person who interrupts or disturbs a City Commission meeting, or who willfully
enters or remains in a City Commission meeting having been warned by the Mayor
to depart and who refuses to do so, may be subject to arrest.
AUXILIARY AIDS AND SERVICES: If you desire auxiliary aids or services or both to
assist in viewing or hearing the City Commission meetings or reading the agenda
and minutes for the meeting, please contact the City Clerk’s Office at 954-828-5002
at a minimum of two days prior to the meeting and arrangements will be made to
provide these services to you.
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COMMUNICATIONS TO CITY COMMISSION
25-0689 Communications to the City Commission - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3
and 4)
Attachments: Exhibit 1 - 05.28.2025 PRAB
Exhibit 2 - 06.11.2025 EDAB
Exhibit 3 - 07.10.2025 HAC
OLD/NEW BUSINESS
BUS-1 25-0698 Outdoor Event Ordinance Presentation - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and
4)
Attachments: Commission Agenda Memo #25-0698
Exhibit 1 - Presentation
BUS-2 25-0699 City-Produced Events: Sponsorships & Hospitality Areas - (Commission
Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4)
Attachments: Commission Agenda Memo #25-0699
Exhibit 1 – Presentation
BUS-3 25-0823 Review of the Community Development Block Grant - Disaster Recovery
(CDBG-DR) Needs Assessment Survey - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3
and 4)
Attachments: Commission Agenda Memo 25-0823
Exhibit 1 – CDBG-DR Community Survey
Exhibit 2 – Federal Registry Notice Excerpt
BUS-4 25-0805 Invest Fort Lauderdale Overview and Next Steps - (Commission Districts 2
and 3)
Attachments: Commission Agenda Memo 25-0805
Exhibit 1 - Invest Fort Lauderdale Presentation
BUS-5 25-0778 Discussion - Draft Ordinance Amending Section 2-281 - Method of
Procurement to Add Provisions Governing the Public-Private Partnership
Evaluation Process of the City of Fort Lauderdale Code of Ordinances -
(Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4)
Attachments: Commission Agenda Memo # 25-0778
Exhibit 1 - Proposed Ordinance
EXECUTIVE CLOSED DOOR SESSION - 4:30 P.M. OR AS SOON THEREAFTER AS
POSSIBLE
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25-0814 The City Commission shall meet privately to discuss pending litigation,
pursuant to Florida Statutes, Section 286.011(8)(a), concerning the
following matter(s):
City of Fort Lauderdale v. Pierce Goodwin Alexander & Linville, Inc., et al.
Case No.: CACE24000625 (12)
CITY COMMISSIONERS' REPORTS
The City Commissioners may bring up items of interest or concern.
MAYOR'S REPORT
The Mayor may bring up items of interest or concern.
CITY MANAGER'S REPORT
The City Manager may bring up items of interest or concern.
MGR-1 25-0716 City Commission Follow up Action Items - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3
and 4)
Attachments: Commission Action Items 2025 - 08-19-2025
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