City Commission Regular Meeting
Regular MeetingFort Lauderdale, FL · March 4, 2025
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City of Fort Lauderdale
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Action Summary
Tuesday, March 4, 2025
6:00 PM
Broward Center for the Performing Arts - Mary N. Porter Riverview
Ballroom - 201 SW 5th Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33312
City Commission Regular Meeting
FORT LAUDERDALE CITY COMMISSION
DEAN J. TRANTALIS Mayor
STEVEN GLASSMAN Vice Mayor - Commissioner - District II
JOHN C. HERBST Commissioner - District I
PAM BEASLEY-PITTMAN Commissioner - District III
BEN SORENSEN Commissioner - District IV
SUSAN GRANT, Acting City Manager
DAVID R. SOLOMAN, City Clerk
D'WAYNE M. SPENCE, Interim City Attorney
PATRICK REILLY, City Auditor
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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
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Pledge of Allegiance
ROLL CALL
Present: 5 - Commissioner Ben Sorensen, Commissioner John C. Herbst, Vice
Mayor Steven Glassman, Commissioner Pam Beasley-Pittman and
Mayor Dean J. Trantalis
Approval of MINUTES and Agenda
25-0263 Minutes for January 22, 2025, Commission Conference Meeting and
January 22, 2025, Commission Regular Meeting - (Commission
Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4)
APPROVED
Yea: 5 - Commissioner Sorensen, Commissioner Herbst, Vice Mayor
Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman and Mayor Trantalis
PRESENTATIONS
PRES- 25-0282 Broward County Animal Care Presentation on "Tags for Life"
1 Initiative
PRESENTED
PRES- 25-0274 Smart Growth Partnership Award Presentation for Uptown Urban
2 Village
PRESENTED
PRES- 25-0273 Commissioner Beasley-Pittman to present a Proclamation declaring
3 March 3-7, 2025, as Florida Flood Awareness Week in the City of
Fort Lauderdale
PRESENTED
PRES- 25-0272 Commissioner Sorensen to present a Proclamation declaring March
4 2025, as National Procurement Month in the City of Fort Lauderdale
PRESENTED
CONSENT AGENDA PUBLIC COMMENT
CONSENT AGENDA
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Approval of the Consent Agenda
Approve the Consent Agenda
Yea: 5 - Commissioner Sorensen, Commissioner Herbst, Vice Mayor
Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman and Mayor Trantalis
CONSENT MOTION
CM-1 25-0181 Motion Approving an Outdoor Event Agreement and Request for
Road Closures with Mothers Against Drunk Driving, Inc. for the 2025
Walk Like MADD & MADD Dash Fort Lauderdale 5K - (Commission
District 4)
APPROVED
Yea: 5 - Commissioner Sorensen, Commissioner Herbst, Vice Mayor
Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman and Mayor Trantalis
CM-2 25-0183 Motion Approving an Outdoor Event Agreement and Request for
Road Closures with Team Footworks Educational and Fitness
Corporation for the Lexus Corporate Run - (Commission Districts 2
and 4)
APPROVED
Yea: 5 - Commissioner Sorensen, Commissioner Herbst, Vice Mayor
Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman and Mayor Trantalis
CM-3 25-0232 Motion Approving an Outdoor Event Agreement and Request for
Road Closures with Twinsplace LLC for Friday Dining in the Streets -
(Commission District 1)
APPROVED
Yea: 5 - Commissioner Sorensen, Commissioner Herbst, Vice Mayor
Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman and Mayor Trantalis
CM-4 25-0186 Motion Approving an Outdoor Event Agreement with Evan Berman
Productions, LLC for the Fort Lauderdale Beer, Wine and Spirits
Fest - (Commission District 2)
APPROVED
Yea: 5 - Commissioner Sorensen, Commissioner Herbst, Vice Mayor
Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman and Mayor Trantalis
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CM-5 25-0255 Motion Approving a Temporary Beach License, Outdoor Event
Agreement and Request for Extended Road Closures Beyond
10:00am on the Barrier Island with Integrity Multisport Inc. for the Las
Olas Triathlon - (Commission District 2)
APPROVED
Yea: 5 - Commissioner Sorensen, Commissioner Herbst, Vice Mayor
Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman and Mayor Trantalis
CM-6 25-0069 Motion Approving a License Application and an Agreement for the
Sale, Service, and Consumption of Food and Alcoholic Beverages on
the Public Beach - CWI-GG RCFL Property Owner, LLC for The Ritz
Carlton, Fort Lauderdale - (Commission District 2)
APPROVED
Yea: 5 - Commissioner Sorensen, Commissioner Herbst, Vice Mayor
Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman and Mayor Trantalis
CM-7 25-0128 Motion Approving a License Application and an Agreement for the
Sale, Service, and Consumption of Food and Alcoholic Beverages on
the Public Beach for the Q Club Hotel, LLC d/b/a Hilton Fort
Lauderdale Beach Resort - (Commission District 2)
APPROVED
Yea: 5 - Commissioner Sorensen, Commissioner Herbst, Vice Mayor
Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman and Mayor Trantalis
CM-8 25-0230 Motion to Terminate for Convenience Agreement #12344-805-C19
for Cemetery Management Software System with Site Industries LLC,
a/k/a CemSites - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4)
APPROVED
Yea: 5 - Commissioner Sorensen, Commissioner Herbst, Vice Mayor
Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman and Mayor Trantalis
CM-9 25-0020 Motion Approving First Amendment to Increase the Amount to the
HVAC Installation, Maintenance and/or Repair Services Agreement -
S&R Engineering Group LLC d/b/a Air Changes Mechanical -
$820,000 - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4)
APPROVED
Yea: 5 - Commissioner Sorensen, Commissioner Herbst, Vice Mayor
Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman and Mayor Trantalis
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CM-10 25-0063 Motion Approving and Authorizing the Execution of a Revocable
License with 501 Aviva Owner, LLC, for the Installation of a
Temporary Construction Fence at Smoker Park - (Commission
District 4)
APPROVED
Yea: 5 - Commissioner Sorensen, Commissioner Herbst, Vice Mayor
Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman and Mayor Trantalis
CM-11 25-0073 Motion Approving Consent to Assignment and Assumption of
Agreement from Electric Supply of Tampa, LLC to World Electric
Supply, LLC - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4)
APPROVED
Yea: 5 - Commissioner Sorensen, Commissioner Herbst, Vice Mayor
Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman and Mayor Trantalis
CM-12 25-0191 Motion Approving an Additional $35,000 to the Purchase Order
Amount for Safety Shoes and Boots - Global Trading, Inc., Safety
Shoe Distributors L.L.P., and Sole Brothers, Inc. dba Red Wing
Shoes - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4)
APPROVED
Yea: 5 - Commissioner Sorensen, Commissioner Herbst, Vice Mayor
Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman and Mayor Trantalis
CM-13 25-0214 Motion Approving Recommendation from the Walk of Fame
Committee for 2025 Walk of Fame Inductees - (Commission Districts
1, 2, 3 and 4)
APPROVED
Yea: 5 - Commissioner Sorensen, Commissioner Herbst, Vice Mayor
Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman and Mayor Trantalis
CM-14 25-0246 Motion Authorizing the City Manager to Execute a Five-Year
Extension and Any Remaining Extensions to the Lease Agreement
with Broward County for Parking Lot I at South New River Drive East
and Southeast First Avenue - (Commission District 4)
APPROVED
Yea: 5 - Commissioner Sorensen, Commissioner Herbst, Vice Mayor
Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman and Mayor Trantalis
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CM-15 25-0286 Motion Approving a Not-for-Profit Service Agreement between the
City of Fort Lauderdale and Fellowship Recovery Community
Organization, Inc. for the Mental Health and Substance Abuse
Housing Program - $125,000 - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4)
APPROVED
Yea: 5 - Commissioner Sorensen, Commissioner Herbst, Vice Mayor
Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman and Mayor Trantalis
CM-16 25-0287 Motion Approving a Not-for-Profit Service Agreement between the
City of Fort Lauderdale and HomesUnited Ministries, Inc. for the
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Housing Program - $125,000 -
(Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4)
APPROVED
Yea: 5 - Commissioner Sorensen, Commissioner Herbst, Vice Mayor
Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman and Mayor Trantalis
CONSENT RESOLUTION
CR-1 25-0092 Resolution Approving the Consolidated Budget Amendment to Fiscal
Year 2025 - Appropriation - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4)
ADOPTED
Yea: 5 - Commissioner Sorensen, Commissioner Herbst, Vice Mayor
Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman and Mayor Trantalis
CR-2 25-0143 Resolution Approving a Consent to Assignment of Lease Agreement -
FL LLC JPTMR Holdings, LLC to 2001 NW 64, LLC for Lots 18 and
19 at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport - (Commission District 1)
ADOPTED
Yea: 5 - Commissioner Sorensen, Commissioner Herbst, Vice Mayor
Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman and Mayor Trantalis
CR-3 25-0192 Resolution Supporting the City’s Participation in the Arbor Day
Foundation’s Tree City USA Certification and in the National Wildlife
Federation’s Mayor’s Monarch Pledge - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3
and 4)
ADOPTED
Yea: 5 - Commissioner Sorensen, Commissioner Herbst, Vice Mayor
Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman and Mayor Trantalis
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CR-4 25-0213 Resolution Approving the Scholarship Fund Agreement with the
Broward Education Foundation for Funding of Twelve Student
Scholarships to be Divided between Six Fort Lauderdale Public High
Schools - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4)
ADOPTED
Yea: 5 - Commissioner Sorensen, Commissioner Herbst, Vice Mayor
Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman and Mayor Trantalis
CONSENT PURCHASE
CP-1 25-0161 Motion Approving Agreement for an Open Spaces Coordinator - A &
R Enterprises of So. FL Inc. d/b/a rAv Communications - $115,000 -
(Commission Districts 1 and 2)
APPROVED
Yea: 5 - Commissioner Sorensen, Commissioner Herbst, Vice Mayor
Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman and Mayor Trantalis
MOTIONS
M-1 25-0198 Motion Approving an Agreement for Bass Park Improvements - H.A.
Contracting Corp. - $6,410,000 - (Commission District 3)
APPROVED
Yea: 5 - Commissioner Sorensen, Commissioner Herbst, Vice Mayor
Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman and Mayor Trantalis
M-2 25-0256 Motion Approving the Fiscal Year 2026 City Commission Priorities -
(Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4)
APPROVED
Yea: 5 - Commissioner Sorensen, Commissioner Herbst, Vice Mayor
Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman and Mayor Trantalis
M-3 25-0305 Motion Approving Change Order No. 22 for Construction
Management at Risk Services for New Police Headquarters - Moss &
Associates, LLC - $1,123,206.46 - (Commission District 2)
APPROVED
Yea: 3 - Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Glassman and Mayor Trantalis
Nay: 2 - Commissioner Herbst and Commissioner Beasley-Pittman
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M-4 25-0078 Motion Approving a First Amendment to the Comprehensive
Agreement with My Park Initiative, LLC - (Commission District 4)
APPROVED
Yea: 5 - Commissioner Sorensen, Commissioner Herbst, Vice Mayor
Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman and Mayor Trantalis
M-5 25-0276 Motion Selecting Façade Design for an Approved Site Plan Level II
Development Permit Application - 201 N Federal Highway, LLC - 201
North Federal Highway - Case No. UDP-S22081 - (Commission
District 2)
APPROVED
Yea: 5 - Commissioner Sorensen, Commissioner Herbst, Vice Mayor
Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman and Mayor Trantalis
RESOLUTIONS
R-1 25-0258 Appointment of Board and Committee Members - (Commission
Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4)
ADOPTED AS AMENDED
Yea: 5 - Commissioner Sorensen, Commissioner Herbst, Vice Mayor
Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman and Mayor Trantalis
R-2 25-0087 Resolution Appointing Rickelle Williams as City Manager of the City
of Fort Lauderdale, effective April 2, 2025 - (Commission Districts 1,
2, 3 and 4)
ADOPTED
Yea: 4 - Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Glassman, Commissioner
Beasley-Pittman and Mayor Trantalis
Nay: 1 - Commissioner Herbst
R-3 25-0158 Resolution Accepting An Appropriation of Community Development
Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) Funds in the Amount of
$88,051,000 and Authorizing the City Manager to Enter into
Agreements, Subject to Compliance with the City’s Procurement
Policies, Rules and Procedures and Subject to City Commission
Approval of the CDBG-DR Action Plan and Processes and
Procedures for Administering and Governing the Plan - (Commission
Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4)
ADOPTED
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Yea: 5 - Commissioner Sorensen, Commissioner Herbst, Vice Mayor
Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman and Mayor Trantalis
R-4 25-0277 Resolution Amending Resolution No. 23-123, as Amended, Providing
an Extension for the Homeless Advisory Committee (HAC) through
June 20, 2026 - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4)
ADOPTED
Yea: 5 - Commissioner Sorensen, Commissioner Herbst, Vice Mayor
Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman and Mayor Trantalis
R-5 25-0169 Quasi-Judicial - Resolution Vacating a One-Foot-Wide by
110-Foot-Long Portion of a Drainage Easement - Case No.
UDP-EV24007 - 3201 NE 58th Street - (Commission District 1)
Anyone wishing to speak must be sworn in. The Commission will
announce any site visits, communications or expert opinions received
and make them part of the record.
ADOPTED
Yea: 5 - Commissioner Sorensen, Commissioner Herbst, Vice Mayor
Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman and Mayor Trantalis
R-6 25-0125 Quasi-Judicial - Resolution Approving Plat Known as “Taco Bell - Fort
Lauderdale” - Located at 945 W. Sunrise Boulevard - Harvest Square
Partners, LP - Case No. UDP-P24001 - (Commission District 3)
Anyone wishing to speak must be sworn in. The Commission will
announce any site visits, communications or expert opinions received
and make them part of the record.
ADOPTED - Approving
Yea: 5 - Commissioner Sorensen, Commissioner Herbst, Vice Mayor
Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman and Mayor Trantalis
PUBLIC HEARINGS
PH-1 25-0038 Public Hearing Approving the Issuance of a Certificate of Public
Convenience and Necessity for MJA 800 GROUP CORP to Operate
One Luxury Transport Vehicle within the City of Fort Lauderdale -
(Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4)
APPROVED
Yea: 5 - Commissioner Sorensen, Commissioner Herbst, Vice Mayor
Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman and Mayor Trantalis
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PH-2 25-0127 Public Hearing - Ordinance Amending the City’s Comprehensive
Plan Future Land Use Element - Transit Oriented Development
Designation Floor Area Ratio - Case No. UDP-L23002 - (Commission
Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4)
ADOPTED ON SECOND READING
Yea: 5 - Commissioner Sorensen, Commissioner Herbst, Vice Mayor
Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman and Mayor Trantalis
PH-3 25-0129 Public Hearing - Ordinance Amending the Fort Lauderdale
Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Element Establishing the
Uptown Urban Village Transit Oriented Development Designation -
Case No. UDP-L23002 - (Commission District 1)
ADOPTED ON SECOND READING
Yea: 5 - Commissioner Sorensen, Commissioner Herbst, Vice Mayor
Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman and Mayor Trantalis
PH-4 25-0130 Public Hearing - Ordinance Amending the City of Fort Lauderdale
Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Map designation from
“Employment Center”, “Industrial”, Commercial”, and “Office” to
“Uptown Urban Village Transit Oriented Development” Designation for
Land Generally Bound by I-95 on the East, McNab Road and C-14
Canal to the North, Powerline Road on the West, and NW 57th Street
on the South - Case No. UDP-L23005 - (Commission District 1)
ADOPTED ON SECOND READING
Yea: 5 - Commissioner Sorensen, Commissioner Herbst, Vice Mayor
Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman and Mayor Trantalis
ORDINANCE FIRST READING
OFR-1 25-0017 First Reading - Ordinance Amending Chapter 9 - Buildings and
Construction, Article II. - Permits and Inspections, Division 2. Fees
of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Fort Lauderdale to Establish
Scanning Fees and Reduce Private Provider Discounts on Master
Permit Fees for Services Related to Land Development and
Permitting - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4)
PASSED FIRST READING
Yea: 5 - Commissioner Sorensen, Commissioner Herbst, Vice Mayor
Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman and Mayor Trantalis
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ORDINANCE SECOND READING
OSR-1 25-0253 Second Reading - Ordinance Amending the City of Fort Lauderdale
Code of Ordinances Section 5-28, Location of Establishments
Permitting Partial Nudity, and Nudity and Section 5-28.1, Nudity
Sexual Conduct Prohibited, to Update Requirements for Alcohol
Consumption for Hotel Use - Case No. UDP-T25003 - (Commission
Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4)
ADOPTED ON SECOND READING AS AMENDED
Yea: 4 - Commissioner Sorensen, Commissioner Herbst, Vice Mayor
Glassman and Mayor Trantalis
Not Present: 1 - Commissioner Beasley-Pittman
OSR-2 25-0254 Second Reading - Ordinance Amending the City of Fort Lauderdale
Code of Ordinances Section 25, Streets and Sidewalks, to Update
Sidewalk Installation Requirements - Case No. UDP-T25004 -
(Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4)
ADOPTED ON SECOND READING AS AMENDED
Yea: 5 - Commissioner Sorensen, Commissioner Herbst, Vice Mayor
Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman and Mayor Trantalis
ADJOURNMENT
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City of Fort Lauderdale
City Commission Regular Meeting
Agenda
Tuesday, March 4, 2025 - 6:00 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
STEVEN GLASSMAN Vice Mayor - Commissioner - District II
JOHN C. HERBST Commissioner - District I
PAM BEASLEY-PITTMAN Commissioner - District III
BEN SORENSEN Commissioner - District IV
SUSAN GRANT, Acting City Manager
DAVID R. SOLOMAN, City Clerk
D'WAYNE M. SPENCE, Interim City Attorney
PATRICK REILLY, City Auditor
City Commission Regular Meeting Agenda March 4, 2025
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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Pledge of Allegiance
ROLL CALL
Approval of MINUTES and Agenda
25-0263 Minutes for January 22, 2025, Commission Conference Meeting and
January 22, 2025, Commission Regular Meeting - (Commission Districts
1, 2, 3 and 4)
Attachments: January 22, 2025 Commission Conference Meeting
January 22, 2025 Commission Regular Meeting
PRESENTATIONS
PRES-1 25-0282 Broward County Animal Care Presentation on "Tags for Life" Initiative
PRES-2 25-0274 Smart Growth Partnership Award Presentation for Uptown Urban Village
PRES-3 25-0273 Commissioner Beasley-Pittman to present a Proclamation declaring
March 3-7, 2025, as Florida Flood Awareness Week in the City of Fort
Lauderdale
PRES-4 25-0272 Commissioner Sorensen to present a Proclamation declaring March 2025,
as National Procurement Month in the City of Fort Lauderdale
CONSENT AGENDA PUBLIC COMMENT
CONSENT AGENDA
Those matters included under the Consent Agenda are self-explanatory and are not
expected to require review or discussion. Items will be enacted by one motion on which
members of the public will be given three (3) minutes to speak prior to its approval. An
item may be removed from the Consent Agenda and considered separately if discussion
is desired by any City Commissioner or charter officer.
CONSENT MOTION
CM-1 25-0181 Motion Approving an Outdoor Event Agreement and Request for Road
Closures with Mothers Against Drunk Driving, Inc. for the 2025 Walk Like
MADD & MADD Dash Fort Lauderdale 5K - (Commission District 4)
Attachments: Commission Agenda Memo #25-0181
Exhibit 1 – 2025 Walk Like MADD & MADD Dash Fort Lauderdale 5K Event Agreement
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CM-2 25-0183 Motion Approving an Outdoor Event Agreement and Request for Road
Closures with Team Footworks Educational and Fitness Corporation for
the Lexus Corporate Run - (Commission Districts 2 and 4)
Attachments: Commission Agenda Memo #25-0183
Exhibit 1 – Lexus Corporate Run Event Agreement
CM-3 25-0232 Motion Approving an Outdoor Event Agreement and Request for Road
Closures with Twinsplace LLC for Friday Dining in the Streets -
(Commission District 1)
Attachments: Commission Agenda Memo #25-0232
Exhibit 1 – Friday Dining in the Streets Event Agreement
CM-4 25-0186 Motion Approving an Outdoor Event Agreement with Evan Berman
Productions, LLC for the Fort Lauderdale Beer, Wine and Spirits Fest -
(Commission District 2)
Attachments: Commission Agenda Memo #25-0186
Exhibit 1 – For Lauderdale Beer, Wine and Spirits Fest Event Agreement
CM-5 25-0255 Motion Approving a Temporary Beach License, Outdoor Event Agreement
and Request for Extended Road Closures Beyond 10:00am on the Barrier
Island with Integrity Multisport Inc. for the Las Olas Triathlon - (Commission
District 2)
Attachments: Commission Agenda Memo #25-0255
Exhibit 1 – Las Olas Triathlon Festival Event Agreement
CM-6 25-0069 Motion Approving a License Application and an Agreement for the Sale,
Service, and Consumption of Food and Alcoholic Beverages on the Public
Beach - CWI-GG RCFL Property Owner, LLC for The Ritz Carlton, Fort
Lauderdale - (Commission District 2)
Attachments: Commission Agenda Memo #25-0069
Exhibit 1 - Application Package
Exhibit 2 - License Agreement
CM-7 25-0128 Motion Approving a License Application and an Agreement for the Sale,
Service, and Consumption of Food and Alcoholic Beverages on the Public
Beach for the Q Club Hotel, LLC d/b/a Hilton Fort Lauderdale Beach
Resort - (Commission District 2)
Attachments: Commission Agenda Memo #25-0128
Exhibit 1 – Application Package
Exhibit 2 - License Agreement
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CM-8 25-0230 Motion to Terminate for Convenience Agreement #12344-805-C19 for
Cemetery Management Software System with Site Industries LLC, a/k/a
CemSites - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4)
Attachments: Commission Agenda Memo #25-0230
Exhibit 1 - First Amendment to Cemetery Management Software System Agreement
Exhibit 2 – Notice of Contract Termination
CM-9 25-0020 Motion Approving First Amendment to Increase the Amount to the HVAC
Installation, Maintenance and/or Repair Services Agreement - S&R
Engineering Group LLC d/b/a Air Changes Mechanical - $820,000 -
(Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4)
Attachments: Commission Agenda Memo #25-0020
Exhibit 1 - Solicitation
Exhibit 2 - Bid Tabulation
Exhibit 3 - Commission Agenda Memo #23-0390
Exhibit 4 - S&R Engineering Group LLC d/b/a Air Changes Mechanical Agreement
Exhibit 5 - First Amendment to Service Agreement
CM-10 25-0063 Motion Approving and Authorizing the Execution of a Revocable License
with 501 Aviva Owner, LLC, for the Installation of a Temporary Construction
Fence at Smoker Park - (Commission District 4)
Attachments: Commission Agenda Memo #25-0063
Exhibit 1 – Revocable License Agreement
CM-11 25-0073 Motion Approving Consent to Assignment and Assumption of Agreement
from Electric Supply of Tampa, LLC to World Electric Supply, LLC -
(Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4)
Attachments: Commission Agenda Memo #25-0073
Exhibit 1 - CAM #23-1135
Exhibit 2 - Event 111-4 Agreement
Exhibit 3 - Assignment of Assets
Exhibit 4 - Assignment and Assumption Agreement
CM-12 25-0191 Motion Approving an Additional $35,000 to the Purchase Order Amount for
Safety Shoes and Boots - Global Trading, Inc., Safety Shoe Distributors
L.L.P., and Sole Brothers, Inc. dba Red Wing Shoes - (Commission
Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4)
Attachments: Commission Agenda Memo #25-0191
Exhibit 1 - Solicitation
Exhibit 2 - CAM #21-1053
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CM-13 25-0214 Motion Approving Recommendation from the Walk of Fame Committee for
2025 Walk of Fame Inductees - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4)
Attachments: Commission Agenda Memo 25-0214
Exhibit 1 – Walk of Fame Nominee Applications
Exhibit 2 – Walk of Fame Committee Draft Minutes – January 29, 2025
Exhibit 3 – Walk of Fame Committee Approved Minutes – February 16, 2024
CM-14 25-0246 Motion Authorizing the City Manager to Execute a Five-Year Extension and
Any Remaining Extensions to the Lease Agreement with Broward County
for Parking Lot I at South New River Drive East and Southeast First
Avenue - (Commission District 4)
Attachments: Commission Agenda Memo 25-0246
Exhibit 1 - Lease Agreement
Exhibit 2 - Extension Letter
Exhibit 3 - Location Map
CM-15 25-0286 Motion Approving a Not-for-Profit Service Agreement between the City of
Fort Lauderdale and Fellowship Recovery Community Organization, Inc. for
the Mental Health and Substance Abuse Housing Program - $125,000 -
(Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4)
Attachments: Commission Agenda Memo 25-0286
Exhibit 1 - Fellowship Agreement
CM-16 25-0287 Motion Approving a Not-for-Profit Service Agreement between the City of
Fort Lauderdale and HomesUnited Ministries, Inc. for the Mental Health
and Substance Abuse Housing Program - $125,000 - (Commission
Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4)
Attachments: Commission Agenda Memo 25-0287
Exhibit 1 - HomesUnited Agreement
CONSENT RESOLUTION
CR-1 25-0092 Resolution Approving the Consolidated Budget Amendment to Fiscal Year
2025 - Appropriation - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4)
Attachments: Commission Agenda Memo 25-0092
Exhibit 1 - Resolution
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CR-2 25-0143 Resolution Approving a Consent to Assignment of Lease Agreement - FL
LLC JPTMR Holdings, LLC to 2001 NW 64, LLC for Lots 18 and 19 at
Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport - (Commission District 1)
Attachments: Commission Agenda Memo 25-0143
Exhibit 1 - Map of Lots 18 and 19
Exhibit 2 - FL LLC JPTMR Holdings, LLC Memorandum
Exhibit 3 – Consent to Assignment of Lease Agreement
Exhibit 4 - Resolution
CR-3 25-0192 Resolution Supporting the City’s Participation in the Arbor Day
Foundation’s Tree City USA Certification and in the National Wildlife
Federation’s Mayor’s Monarch Pledge - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and
4)
Attachments: Commission Agenda Memo #25-0192
Exhibit 1 - Resolution
Exhibit 2 - Tree City USA Application Form
Exhibit 3 - Mayors Monarch Pledge
CR-4 25-0213 Resolution Approving the Scholarship Fund Agreement with the Broward
Education Foundation for Funding of Twelve Student Scholarships to be
Divided between Six Fort Lauderdale Public High Schools - (Commission
Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4)
Attachments: Commission Agenda Memo 25-0213
Exhibit 1 - Broward Education Foundation Scholarship Fund Agreement
Exhibit 2 - January 16, 2025 Education Advisory Board Draft Minutes
Exhibit 3 - Resolution
CONSENT PURCHASE
CP-1 25-0161 Motion Approving Agreement for an Open Spaces Coordinator - A & R
Enterprises of So. FL Inc. d/b/a rAv Communications - $115,000 -
(Commission Districts 1 and 2)
Attachments: Commission Agenda Memo #25-0161
Exhibit 1 - Solicitation
Exhibit 2 - Evaluation Committee Tabulation
Exhibit 3 - A & R Enterprises of So. FL Inc. d/b/a rAv Communications Proposal
Exhibit 4 - A & R Enterprises of So. FL Inc. dba rAv Communications Agreement
MOTIONS
Those matters included under the Motions category differ from the Consent Agenda in
that items will be voted on individually. In addition, presentations will be made on each
motion item if so desired.
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M-1 25-0198 Motion Approving an Agreement for Bass Park Improvements - H.A.
Contracting Corp. - $6,410,000 - (Commission District 3)
Attachments: Commission Agenda Memo 25-0198
Exhibit 1A - Solicitation
Exhibit 1B - Solicitation
Exhibit 1C - Solicitation
Exhibit 1D - Solicitation
Exhibit 1E - Solicitation
Exhibit 1F - Solicitation
Exhibit 1G - Solicitation
Exhibit 1H - Solicitation
Exhibit 2 - Bid Tabulation
Exhibit 3 - Agreement
M-2 25-0256 Motion Approving the Fiscal Year 2026 City Commission Priorities -
(Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4)
Attachments: Commission Agenda Memo 25-0256
Exhibit 1 FY 2026 City Commission Priorities and Themes
M-3 25-0305 Motion Approving Change Order No. 22 for Construction Management at
Risk Services for New Police Headquarters - Moss & Associates, LLC -
$1,123,206.46 - (Commission District 2)
Attachments: Commission Agenda Memo 25-0305
Exhibit 1 – Change Order No. 22
Exhibit 2 - Change Orders No. 1-21
M-4 25-0078 Motion Approving a First Amendment to the Comprehensive Agreement
with My Park Initiative, LLC - (Commission District 4)
Attachments: Commission Agenda Memo 25-0078
Exhibit 1 - Comprehensive Agreement
Exhibit 2 - First Amendment to Comprehensive Agreement
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M-5 25-0276 Motion Selecting Façade Design for an Approved Site Plan Level II
Development Permit Application - 201 N Federal Highway, LLC - 201
North Federal Highway - Case No. UDP-S22081 - (Commission District 2)
Attachments: Commission Agenda Memo 25-0276
Exhibit 1 - Resolution No 23-285
Exhibit 2 – Condition Response Summary
Exhibit 3 – December 05, 2023, Commission Agenda Memo (CAM 23-1095)
Exhibit 4 – December 05, 2023, City Commission Meeting Minutes
RESOLUTIONS
R-1 25-0258 Appointment of Board and Committee Members - (Commission Districts
1, 2, 3 and 4)
Attachments: Resolution for Appointment 03.04.2025
R-2 25-0087 Resolution Appointing Rickelle Williams as City Manager of the City of Fort
Lauderdale, effective April 2, 2025 - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4)
Attachments: Commission Agenda Memo 25-0087
Exhibit 1 - Resolution
Exhibit 2 - Employment Contract
R-3 25-0158 Resolution Accepting An Appropriation of Community Development Block
Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) Funds in the Amount of $88,051,000
and Authorizing the City Manager to Enter into Agreements, Subject to
Compliance with the City’s Procurement Policies, Rules and Procedures
and Subject to City Commission Approval of the CDBG-DR Action Plan
and Processes and Procedures for Administering and Governing the Plan
- (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4)
Attachments: Commission Agenda Memo 25-0158
Exhibit 1 – HUD Allocation Announcement Notice
Exhibit 2 - Resolution
R-4 25-0277 Resolution Amending Resolution No. 23-123, as Amended, Providing an
Extension for the Homeless Advisory Committee (HAC) through June 20,
2026 - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4)
Attachments: Commission Agenda Memo 25-0277
Exhibit 1 – Resolution No. 23-123
Exhibit 2 - Resolution No. 23-130
Exhibit 3 - Resolution
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R-5 25-0169 Quasi-Judicial - Resolution Vacating a One-Foot-Wide by 110-Foot-Long
Portion of a Drainage Easement - Case No. UDP-EV24007 - 3201 NE
58th Street - (Commission District 1)
Anyone wishing to speak must be sworn in. The Commission will
announce any site visits, communications or expert opinions received and
make them part of the record.
Attachments: Commission Agenda Memo 25-0169
Exhibit 1 - Location Map
Exhibit 2 - Application, Narrative Responses to Criteria and No Objection Letter from the City’s P
Exhibit 3 - November 26, 2024 DRC Comment Report and Applicant’s Response to Comments
Exhibit 4 - Sketch and Legal Description
Exhibit 5 - Resolution
R-6 25-0125 Quasi-Judicial - Resolution Approving Plat Known as “Taco Bell - Fort
Lauderdale” - Located at 945 W. Sunrise Boulevard - Harvest Square
Partners, LP - Case No. UDP-P24001 - (Commission District 3)
Anyone wishing to speak must be sworn in. The Commission will
announce any site visits, communications or expert opinions received and
make them part of the record.
Attachments: Commission Agenda Memo 25-0125
Exhibit 1 - Location Map
Exhibit 2 - Application and Plat
Exhibit 3 - Applicant's Narrative Responses to Criteria
Exhibit 4 - Applicant's Responses to DRC Comments
Exhibit 5 - December 18, 2024, PZB Staff Report
Exhibit 6 - December 18, 2024, PZB Meeting Minutes
Exhibit 7 - Resolution Approving
Exhibit 8 - Resolution Denying
PUBLIC HEARINGS
PH-1 25-0038 Public Hearing Approving the Issuance of a Certificate of Public
Convenience and Necessity for MJA 800 GROUP CORP to Operate One
Luxury Transport Vehicle within the City of Fort Lauderdale - (Commission
Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4)
Attachments: Commission Agenda Memo 25-0038
Exhibit 1 - Vehicle for Hire Application
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PH-2 25-0127 Public Hearing - Ordinance Amending the City’s Comprehensive Plan
Future Land Use Element - Transit Oriented Development Designation
Floor Area Ratio - Case No. UDP-L23002 - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3
and 4)
Attachments: Commission Agenda Memo 25-0127
Exhibit 1 - October 18, 2023, PZB Staff Report
Exhibit 2 - October 18, 2023, PZB Meeting Minutes
Exhibit 3 - Business Impact Estimate
Exhibit 4 - Ordinance
PH-3 25-0129 Public Hearing - Ordinance Amending the Fort Lauderdale
Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Element Establishing the Uptown
Urban Village Transit Oriented Development Designation - Case No.
UDP-L23002 - (Commission District 1)
Attachments: Commission Agenda Memo 25-0129
Exhibit 1 - Location Map
Exhibit 2 - Uptown LUPA Application
Exhibit 3 - December 20, 2023, PZB Staff Report
Exhibit 4 - December 20, 2023, PZB Meeting Minutes
Exhibit 5 - Agency Review Comments with City Responses
Exhibit 6 - Business Impact Estimate
Exhibit 7 - Ordinance
PH-4 25-0130 Public Hearing - Ordinance Amending the City of Fort Lauderdale
Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Map designation from “Employment
Center”, “Industrial”, Commercial”, and “Office” to “Uptown Urban Village
Transit Oriented Development” Designation for Land Generally Bound by
I-95 on the East, McNab Road and C-14 Canal to the North, Powerline
Road on the West, and NW 57th Street on the South - Case No.
UDP-L23005 - (Commission District 1)
Attachments: Commission Agenda Memo 25-0130
Exhibit 1 - Location Map
Exhibit 2 - Sketch and Legal Description
Exhibit 3 - December 20, 2023, PZB Staff Report
Exhibit 4 - December 20, 2023, PZB Meeting Minutes
Exhibit 5 - Business Impact Estimate
Exhibit 6 - Ordinance
ORDINANCE FIRST READING
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OFR-1 25-0017 First Reading - Ordinance Amending Chapter 9 - Buildings and
Construction, Article II. - Permits and Inspections, Division 2. Fees of the
Code of Ordinances of the City of Fort Lauderdale to Establish Scanning
Fees and Reduce Private Provider Discounts on Master Permit Fees for
Services Related to Land Development and Permitting - (Commission
Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4)
Attachments: Commission Agenda Memo 25-0017
Exhibit 1 - Ordinance
Exhibit 2 - Business Impact Estimate
ORDINANCE SECOND READING
OSR-1 25-0253 Second Reading - Ordinance Amending the City of Fort Lauderdale Code
of Ordinances Section 5-28, Location of Establishments Permitting Partial
Nudity, and Nudity and Section 5-28.1, Nudity Sexual Conduct Prohibited,
to Update Requirements for Alcohol Consumption for Hotel Use - Case No.
UDP-T25003 - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4)
Attachments: Commission Agenda Memo 25-0253
Exhibit 1 - Ordinance
Exhibit 2 - Business Impact Estimate
OSR-2 25-0254 Second Reading - Ordinance Amending the City of Fort Lauderdale Code
of Ordinances Section 25, Streets and Sidewalks, to Update Sidewalk
Installation Requirements - Case No. UDP-T25004 - (Commission
Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4)
Attachments: Commission Agenda Memo 25-0254
Exhibit 1 - Ordinance
Exhibit 2 - Business Impact Estimate
ADJOURNMENT
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