City Commission Regular Meeting

City of Fort Lauderdale https://fortlauderdale.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx www.fortlauderdale.gov/fltv www.youtube.com/cityoffortlauderdale Cable Television - Comcast Channel 78 and AT&T U-verse Channel 99 Action Summary Tuesday, February 15, 2022 6:00 PM City Hall - City Commission Chambers 100 North Andrews Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 City Commission Regular Meeting FORT LAUDERDALE CITY COMMISSION DEAN J. TRANTALIS Mayor HEATHER MORAITIS Vice Mayor - Commissioner - District I STEVEN GLASSMAN Commissioner - District II ROBERT L. McKINZIE Commissioner - District III BEN SORENSEN Commissioner - District IV CHRIS LAGERBLOOM, City Manager JOHN HERBST, City Auditor DAVID R. SOLOMAN, City Clerk ALAIN E. BOILEAU, City Attorney City Commission Regular Meeting Action Summary February 15, 2022 PUBLIC APPEARANCES BEFORE THE CITY COMMISSION: If any person wishes to address the City Commission, the person shall sign up using the online Speaker Card prior to the meeting or sign up in the City Hall lobby using the City Clerk’s iPad. 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 using the online Speaker Card prior to the meeting or sign up in the City Hall lobby using the City Clerk’s iPad. 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). The online Speaker Card can be accessed at: https://www.fortlauderdale.gov/citycommissionmeetings. 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. NOTICE TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC: If a person decides to appeal any decision made by the board, agency, or commission with respect to any matter considered at such meeting or hearing, the person will need a record of the proceedings, and that, for such purpose, the person may need to ensure that a verbatim record of the proceedings is made, which record includes the testimony and evidence upon which the appeal is to be based. City of Fort Lauderdale Page 1 Printed on 2/17/2022 City Commission Regular Meeting Action Summary February 15, 2022 Pledge of Allegiance ROLL CALL Present: 5 - Commissioner Robert L. McKinzie, Commissioner Ben Sorensen, Vice Mayor Heather Moraitis, Commissioner Steven Glassman and Mayor Dean J. Trantalis Approval of MINUTES and Agenda 22-0165 Minutes for December 21, 2021 Commission Conference Meeting - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) APPROVED Yea: 4 - Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Moraitis, Commissioner Glassman and Mayor Trantalis Not Present: 1 - Commissioner McKinzie PRESENTATIONS PRES- 22-0192 Vice Mayor Moraitis will recognize Members of Nautical Troop 33 1 PRESENTED PRES- 22-0172 Mayor Trantalis will present a Proclamation declaring Saturday, 2 February 19, 2022, as Make-A-Wish Day in the City of Fort Lauderdale PRESENTED PRES- 22-0171 Police Chief Larry Scirotto will recognize: 3 Officer of the Month - October 2021 Officer of the Month - November 2021 REMOVED FROM AGENDA CONSENT AGENDA PUBLIC COMMENT CONSENT AGENDA Approval of the Consent Agenda Approve the Consent Agenda Yea: 5 - Commissioner McKinzie, Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Moraitis, Commissioner Glassman and Mayor Trantalis City of Fort Lauderdale Page 2 Printed on 2/17/2022 City Commission Regular Meeting Action Summary February 15, 2022 CONSENT MOTION CM-1 22-0104 Motion Approving Event Agreements for Polish-American Heritage Day, Chicken & Beer Food Festival and 25th Annual Wine, Spirits and Culinary Celebration - (Commission District 2) APPROVED Yea: 5 - Commissioner McKinzie, Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Moraitis, Commissioner Glassman and Mayor Trantalis CM-2 22-0125 Motion Approving Event Agreement and Related Road Closures for All-Star Classic, Inc./Sistrunk 5K - (Commission District 3) APPROVED Yea: 5 - Commissioner McKinzie, Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Moraitis, Commissioner Glassman and Mayor Trantalis CM-3 22-0010 Motion Approving Expenditures Pursuant to a City of Fort Lauderdale Not For Profit Grant Participation Agreement with First Call for Help of Broward, Inc. - $6,000 -(Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) APPROVED Yea: 5 - Commissioner McKinzie, Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Moraitis, Commissioner Glassman and Mayor Trantalis CM-4 22-0016 Motion Approving a Memorandum of Understanding with the Broward Metropolitan Planning Organization to Implement Tactical Urbanism Enhancements on NE 15th Avenue Through The BTactical Urbanism Program - (Commission District 2) APPROVED Yea: 5 - Commissioner McKinzie, Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Moraitis, Commissioner Glassman and Mayor Trantalis CM-5 22-0022 Motion Approving First Amendment to the Lease Agreement Between Red Ginger Group, LLC and the City of Fort Lauderdale and Authorizing a Consent to Assignment of the Lease - Red Ginger Group, LLC d/b/a Ichimora Restaurant to Red Bridge, LLC for Shop 116 - 124 at the Riverwalk Center Garage - (Commission District 4) APPROVED Yea: 5 - Commissioner McKinzie, Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Moraitis, Commissioner Glassman and Mayor Trantalis City of Fort Lauderdale Page 3 Printed on 2/17/2022 City Commission Regular Meeting Action Summary February 15, 2022 CM-6 22-0145 Motion to Approve the 2022 City Commission Priorities - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) APPROVED Yea: 5 - Commissioner McKinzie, Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Moraitis, Commissioner Glassman and Mayor Trantalis CONSENT RESOLUTION CR-1 22-0007 Resolution Approving City of Fort Lauderdale FY 2022 Not For Profit Grant Participation Agreement with The Stranahan House, Inc., and a First Addendum to Escrow Agreement with The Stranahan House, Inc., and Rogers, Morris & Ziegler LLP - $100,000 - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) ADOPTED Yea: 5 - Commissioner McKinzie, Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Moraitis, Commissioner Glassman and Mayor Trantalis CR-2 22-0060 Resolution Approving City of Fort Lauderdale FY 2022 Not for Profit Grant Participation Agreement with Gilda's Club of South Florida, Inc., - $50,000 - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) ADOPTED Yea: 5 - Commissioner McKinzie, Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Moraitis, Commissioner Glassman and Mayor Trantalis CR-3 22-0061 Resolution Approving City of Fort Lauderdale FY 2022 Not for Profit Grant Participation Agreement with Jack and Jill Children's Center, Inc., - $60,000 - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) ADOPTED Yea: 5 - Commissioner McKinzie, Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Moraitis, Commissioner Glassman and Mayor Trantalis CR-4 22-0062 Resolution Approving City of Fort Lauderdale FY 2022 Not for Profit Grant Participation Agreement with Helping Abused, Neglected, Disadvantaged Youth, Inc., - $100,000 - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) ADOPTED Yea: 5 - Commissioner McKinzie, Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Moraitis, Commissioner Glassman and Mayor Trantalis City of Fort Lauderdale Page 4 Printed on 2/17/2022 City Commission Regular Meeting Action Summary February 15, 2022 CR-5 22-0090 Resolution Approving SW 20th Street to also be known as Denison Way, between SW 9th Avenue and SW 19th Avenue - (Commission District 4) ADOPTED Yea: 5 - Commissioner McKinzie, Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Moraitis, Commissioner Glassman and Mayor Trantalis CR-6 22-0096 Resolution Approving an Agreement with Florida Power and Light Company in the Melrose Park Neighborhood - $626,839 - (Commission District 3) DEFEATED Yea: 2 - Commissioner McKinzie and Vice Mayor Moraitis Nay: 3 - Commissioner Sorensen, Commissioner Glassman and Mayor Trantalis CR-7 22-0108 Resolution Authorizing a Consent to Assignment of Lease Agreements from EastGroup Properties, L.P. to Cypress Creek Flex, LLC for Lots 1, 2 and 0.275 Acre of Property Adjacent to Lots 1 and 2 at the Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport - (Commission District 1) ADOPTED Yea: 5 - Commissioner McKinzie, Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Moraitis, Commissioner Glassman and Mayor Trantalis CR-8 22-0109 Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Submit a Grant Application for $5,232 to the Florida Inland Navigation District - Small Scale Derelict Vessel Removal Program to Remove a Derelict Vessel from the New River - (Commission District 2) ADOPTED Yea: 5 - Commissioner McKinzie, Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Moraitis, Commissioner Glassman and Mayor Trantalis CONSENT PURCHASE CP-1 22-0056 Motion Approving an Agreement for Lockbox Services - Bill2Pay, LLC. - $273,255 (3-year total) - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) APPROVED Yea: 5 - Commissioner McKinzie, Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Moraitis, Commissioner Glassman and Mayor Trantalis City of Fort Lauderdale Page 5 Printed on 2/17/2022 City Commission Regular Meeting Action Summary February 15, 2022 CP-2 22-0094 Motion Approving Increase to the Annual Bridge Repair, Maintenance and Painting Continuing Contracts - Engineer Control Systems Corporation and Lambert Bros., Inc.- $340,350 - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) APPROVED Yea: 5 - Commissioner McKinzie, Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Moraitis, Commissioner Glassman and Mayor Trantalis MOTIONS M-1 22-0127 Motion Approving an Application for Temporary Beach License, Outdoor Event Agreement, and Extended Road Closures for the Florida AIDS Walk and Music Festival - (Commission Districts 2 and 4) APPROVED Yea: 5 - Commissioner McKinzie, Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Moraitis, Commissioner Glassman and Mayor Trantalis M-2 22-0129 Motion Approving Event Agreements, Related Road Closures and Request for Music Exemption for the 26th Annual Las Olas Wine & Food Festival and St Patty’s Day Fest - (Commission District 4) APPROVED Yea: 5 - Commissioner McKinzie, Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Moraitis, Commissioner Glassman and Mayor Trantalis M-3 22-0143 Motion Approving an Event Agreement and Music Exemption with Shuck N Dive, Inc. for Mardi Gras - (Commission District 2) APPROVED Yea: 5 - Commissioner McKinzie, Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Moraitis, Commissioner Glassman and Mayor Trantalis RESOLUTIONS R-1 22-0131 Appointment of Board and Committee Members - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) ADOPTED Yea: 5 - Commissioner McKinzie, Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Moraitis, Commissioner Glassman and Mayor Trantalis City of Fort Lauderdale Page 6 Printed on 2/17/2022 City Commission Regular Meeting Action Summary February 15, 2022 R-2 22-0040 Quasi-Judicial - Resolution Approving Plat Known as “Gitta-Ganpat Plat” - Located at 2731 N. Federal Highway - AMU Corporation - Case No. UDP-P21002 - (Commission District 1) Anyone wishing to speak must be sworn in. Commission will announce any site visits, communications or expert opinions received and make them part of the record. ADOPTED - Approving Plat Yea: 5 - Commissioner McKinzie, Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Moraitis, Commissioner Glassman and Mayor Trantalis R-3 22-0103 Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Submit an Incidental Take Permit Application along with a Habitat Conservation Plan and Environmental Assessment to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service for Formal Review and Approval - (Commission District 1, 2, and 4) ADOPTED Yea: 5 - Commissioner McKinzie, Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Moraitis, Commissioner Glassman and Mayor Trantalis PUBLIC HEARINGS PH-1 22-0039 Public Hearing - Ordinance Amending City of Fort Lauderdale Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Element Incorporating Broward County Land Use Plan Policies and Adding a New Property Rights Element - Case No. UDP-L21001 - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) ADOPTED ON SECOND READING Yea: 5 - Commissioner McKinzie, Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Moraitis, Commissioner Glassman and Mayor Trantalis ORDINANCE FIRST READING OFR-1 22-0036 First Reading - Ordinance Amending the City of Fort Lauderdale Unified Land Development Regulations (ULDR) Section 47-12, Central Beach Zoning districts to Revise the process and Procedures for Uses in the Central Beach Zoning Districts, Revise and Adopt Dimensional Requirements including Open Space and Streetscape Design Requirements, and Adopt Prescriptive Criteria for the Design and Compatibility Point System - (Commission District 2) PASSED FIRST READING City of Fort Lauderdale Page 7 Printed on 2/17/2022 City Commission Regular Meeting Action Summary February 15, 2022 Yea: 5 - Commissioner McKinzie, Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Moraitis, Commissioner Glassman and Mayor Trantalis OFR-2 22-0047 First Reading - Ordinance Amending City of Fort Lauderdale Unified Land Development Regulations (ULDR) Section 47-25.2 Adequacy Requirements and Section 47-38C, Education Mitigation, to Update the School Level of Service Standard - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) PASSED FIRST READING Yea: 5 - Commissioner McKinzie, Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Moraitis, Commissioner Glassman and Mayor Trantalis OFR-3 22-0052 First Reading - Ordinance Amending the City of Fort Lauderdale Unified Land Development Regulations Sec. 47-21, Relating to Landscaping and Tree Preservation Requirements - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) PASSED FIRST READING Yea: 5 - Commissioner McKinzie, Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Moraitis, Commissioner Glassman and Mayor Trantalis ORDINANCE SECOND READING OSR-1 22-0156 Second Reading - Ordinance Amending the City of Fort Lauderdale Unified Land Development Regulations (ULDR); Section 47-13.20.D.7, Downtown RAC Review Process and Special Regulations; and Section 47-24, Development Permits and Procedures, Providing for Corrections - Case No. UDP-T21012 - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) ADOPTED ON SECOND READING Yea: 5 - Commissioner McKinzie, Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Moraitis, Commissioner Glassman and Mayor Trantalis City of Fort Lauderdale Page 8 Printed on 2/17/2022 City Commission Regular Meeting Action Summary February 15, 2022 OSR-2 22-0167 Second Reading - Quasi-Judicial Ordinance Approving a Rezoning from Commerce Center District (CC) to Uptown Urban Village Northwest District (UUV-NW)- City of Fort Lauderdale - 701 W. Cypress Creek Road and 6261 NW 6th Way - Citrix Systems, Inc. and Cypress 6261 LLC., - Case No. UDP-Z21003 - (Commission District 1) - Requesting Deferment to March 15, 2022 Anyone wishing to speak must be sworn in. Commission will announce any site visits, communications or expert opinions received and make them part of the record. DEFERRED to March 15, 2022 Yea: 5 - Commissioner McKinzie, Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Moraitis, Commissioner Glassman and Mayor Trantalis 22-0204 WALK-ON - Resolution Opposing Senate Bill 974 and House Bill 985 in the 2022 Florida Legislative Session, Urging all Members of the Florida Legislature and Governor Ron DeSantis to Oppose Senate Bill 974 and House Bill 985 which, if enacted, would Increase the Statutory Limits on Liability for Tort Claims and Judgments Against Local Governments ADOPTED Yea: 3 - Commissioner Sorensen, Commissioner Glassman and Mayor Trantalis Abstain: 1 - Commissioner McKinzie Not Present: 1 - Vice Mayor Moraitis 22-0205 WALK-ON - RESOLUTION Opposing Senate Bill 1300 and House Bill 1467 in the 2022 Florida Legislative Session, Urging All Members of the Florida Legislature and Governor Ron DeSantis to Oppose Senate Bill 1300 and House Bill 1467, which, if enacted, would Provide for the Adoption of District School Board Procedures for Developing Library Media Center Collections, which Procedures would Include Providing for the Regular Removal or Discontinuance of Books based on, at a Minimum, Physical Condition, Rate of Recent Circulation, Alignment to State Academic Standards and Relevancy to Curriculum, Out-of-Date Content, and Required Removal Pursuant to a Policy Regarding an Objection by a Parent or a Resident of the County to the Use of a Specific Material ADOPTED City of Fort Lauderdale Page 9 Printed on 2/17/2022 City Commission Regular Meeting Action Summary February 15, 2022 Yea: 3 - Commissioner Sorensen, Commissioner Glassman and Mayor Trantalis Not Present: 2 - Commissioner McKinzie and Vice Mayor Moraitis 22-0206 WALK-ON - RESOLUTION Opposing Senate Bill 148 and House Bill 7 in the 2022 Florida Legislative Session, Urging All Members of the Florida Legislature and Governor Ron DeSantis to Oppose Senate Bill 148 and House Bill 7, which, if enacted, would make it an Unlawful Employment Practice to Subject an Individual, as a Condition of Employment, Membership, or Licensing, to Training or Instruction that Espouses, Promotes, Advances, Inculcates, or Compels Such Individual to Believe that Certain Concepts Constitute Discrimination Based on Race, Color, Sex, or National Origin and would deem it to be Discrimination on the Basis of Race, Color, National Origin, or Sex, to Subject any Public School Student or Employee to Training or Instruction that Espouses, Promotes, Advances, Inculcates, or Compels Such Student or Employee to Believe Certain Concepts ADOPTED Yea: 3 - Commissioner Sorensen, Commissioner Glassman and Mayor Trantalis Not Present: 2 - Commissioner McKinzie and Vice Mayor Moraitis 22-0207 WALK-ON - RESOLUTION Opposing Senate Bills 1834 and 1820 and House Bills 1557 and 747 in the 2022 Florida Legislative Session, Urging All Members of the Florida Legislature and Governor Ron DeSantis to Oppose Senate Bill 1834 and House Bill 1557, which, if enacted, would Ban Discussion of Sexual Orientation or Gender Identity in Primary Grades, and Senate Bill 1820 and House Bill 747, which, if enacted, would allow Healthcare Providers and Insurers to Deny a Patient Any Sort of Care on the Basis of Religious, Moral, or Ethical Beliefs and would Create a License to Discriminate by Allowing for Employment Discrimination in Healthcare ADOPTED Yea: 3 - Commissioner Sorensen, Commissioner Glassman and Mayor Trantalis Not Present: 2 - Commissioner McKinzie and Vice Mayor Moraitis City of Fort Lauderdale Page 10 Printed on 2/17/2022 City Commission Regular Meeting Action Summary February 15, 2022 22-0208 WALK-ON - RESOLUTION Opposing Senate Bill 620 and House Bill 569 in the 2022 Florida Legislative Session, Urging All Members of the Florida Legislature and Governor Ron DeSantis to Oppose Senate Bill 620 and House Bill 569, which, if enacted, would allow Business Damages to be Assessed Against Counties and Municipalities in Certain Circumstances ADOPTED Yea: 3 - Commissioner Sorensen, Commissioner Glassman and Mayor Trantalis Not Present: 2 - Commissioner McKinzie and Vice Mayor Moraitis 22-0209 WALK-ON - RESOLUTION Opposing Senate Bill 510 and House Bill 301 in the 2022 Florida Legislative Session, Urging All Members of the Florida Legislature and Governor Ron DeSantis to Oppose Senate Bill 510 and House Bill 301, which, if enacted, would require Mayors, City Commissioners, Other Elected Municipal Officials, and City, County, Town, or Village Managers to File an Annual Full Disclosure of Financial Interests Form Rather than the Currently Required Limited Disclosure of Financial Interests Form ADOPTED Yea: 3 - Commissioner Sorensen, Commissioner Glassman and Mayor Trantalis Not Present: 2 - Commissioner McKinzie and Vice Mayor Moraitis 22-0190 WALK-ON - Motion to Approve Consent of Assignment of Contract from All On Stage Productions, Inc. to BFAV LLC - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) APPROVED Yea: 3 - Commissioner Sorensen, Commissioner Glassman and Mayor Trantalis Not Present: 2 - Commissioner McKinzie and Vice Mayor Moraitis 22-0224 WALK-ON - Motion to Terminate City Auditor Employment Contract APPROVED Yea: 3 - Commissioner Sorensen, Commissioner Glassman and Mayor Trantalis Nay: 1 - Commissioner McKinzie Not Present: 1 - Vice Mayor Moraitis City of Fort Lauderdale Page 11 Printed on 2/17/2022 City Commission Regular Meeting Action Summary February 15, 2022 ADJOURNMENT City of Fort Lauderdale Page 12 Printed on 2/17/2022