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, March 18, 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 City Commission Regular Meeting Action Summary March 18, 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. City of Fort Lauderdale Page 1 Printed on 3/19/2025 City Commission Regular Meeting Action Summary March 18, 2025 Pledge of Allegiance ROLL CALL Present: 4 - Commissioner Ben Sorensen, Vice Mayor Steven Glassman, Commissioner Pam Beasley-Pittman and Mayor Dean J. Trantalis Absent: 1 - Commissioner John C. Herbst Approval of MINUTES and Agenda 25-0306 Minutes for February 4, 2025, Commission Conference Meeting and February 4, 2025, Commission Regular Meeting - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) APPROVED AS AMENDED - AGENDA AMENDED Yea: 4 - Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman and Mayor Trantalis Absent: 1 - Commissioner Herbst PRESENTATIONS PRES- 25-0332 Council of Fort Lauderdale Civic Associations Introduction of New 1 Leadership & Board Members PRESENTED PRES- 25-0337 Stranahan High School Innovation Zone Student Recognition 2 PRESENTED PRES- 25-0336 2025 Neighbor Support Night Sponsors Recognition 3 PRESENTED PRES- 25-0335 Vice Mayor Glassman to present a Proclamation declaring March 18, 4 2025, as Fort Lauderdale High School Flying L's Drumline Day in the City of Fort Lauderdale PRESENTED City of Fort Lauderdale Page 2 Printed on 3/19/2025 City Commission Regular Meeting Action Summary March 18, 2025 PRES- 25-0333 Commissioner Herbst to present a Proclamation declaring March 5 17-21, 2025, as Government Finance Professionals Week in the City of Fort Lauderdale PRESENTED CONSENT AGENDA PUBLIC COMMENT CONSENT AGENDA Approval of the Consent Agenda Approve the Consent Agenda Yea: 4 - Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman and Mayor Trantalis Absent: 1 - Commissioner Herbst CONSENT MOTION CM-1 25-0197 Motion Approving an Outdoor Event Agreement and Request for Road Closures with Heal the Planet Together, Inc. for Heal the Planet Day - (Commission District 2) APPROVED Yea: 4 - Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman and Mayor Trantalis Absent: 1 - Commissioner Herbst CM-2 25-0231 Motion Approving an Outdoor Event Agreement and Request for Road Closures with Kids in Distress, Inc. for the 19th Annual Duck Fest Derby - (Commission District 2) APPROVED Yea: 4 - Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman and Mayor Trantalis Absent: 1 - Commissioner Herbst CM-3 25-0293 Motion Approving an Outdoor Event Agreement with K.J Marketing Solutions LLC for Igloo Cooler Festival - (Commission District 3) APPROVED Yea: 4 - Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman and Mayor Trantalis City of Fort Lauderdale Page 3 Printed on 3/19/2025 City Commission Regular Meeting Action Summary March 18, 2025 Absent: 1 - Commissioner Herbst CM-4 25-0295 Motion Approving an Outdoor Event Agreement and Request for Music Exemption with Fort Taco LTD. for the Fiesta Fabuloso Cinco De Mayo Celebration - (Commission District 4) APPROVED Yea: 4 - Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman and Mayor Trantalis Absent: 1 - Commissioner Herbst CM-5 25-0280 Motion Approving a Sponsorship Agreement with Lauderdale Air Show, LLC for the 2025 Fort Lauderdale Air Show - $200,000 - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) APPROVED Yea: 4 - Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman and Mayor Trantalis Absent: 1 - Commissioner Herbst CM-6 25-0292 Motion Approving Amendment to FY 2025 Beach Business Improvement District Grant Participation Agreement with Lauderdale Air Show, LLC - Updated Event Dates - (Commission District 2) APPROVED Yea: 4 - Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman and Mayor Trantalis Absent: 1 - Commissioner Herbst CM-7 25-0290 Motion Approving a License and an Agreement for the Sale, Service, and Consumption of Food and Alcoholic Beverages on the Public Beach for the FTLFS Hotel Property LP d/b/a Four Seasons Hotel and Residences Fort Lauderdale - (Commission District 2) APPROVED Yea: 4 - Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman and Mayor Trantalis Absent: 1 - Commissioner Herbst CM-8 25-0257 Motion Approving Grant Application to the FY 2025 Florida Inland Navigation District Waterways Assistance Program - $66,724 - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) APPROVED City of Fort Lauderdale Page 4 Printed on 3/19/2025 City Commission Regular Meeting Action Summary March 18, 2025 Yea: 4 - Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman and Mayor Trantalis Absent: 1 - Commissioner Herbst CM-9 25-0187 Motion Approving a Retroactive Agreement for the Las Olas Isles Undergrounding of Overhead Utilities - Ferreira Construction Southern Division Co. Inc., - 243 Calendar Day Extension and Change Order No. 5 - $86,096.48 - (Commission District 2) APPROVED Yea: 4 - Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman and Mayor Trantalis Absent: 1 - Commissioner Herbst CM-10 25-0308 Motion Approving a Triparty Lien Settlement Agreement Between Quaniecee Pierre Paul, 1460 SW 24th Ct Land Trust LLC, and the City of Fort Lauderdale - (Commission District 4) APPROVED Yea: 4 - Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman and Mayor Trantalis Absent: 1 - Commissioner Herbst CM-11 25-0353 Motion Designating Mayor Dean J. Trantalis as the City of Fort Lauderdale Representative to the Ten Most Populous Cities' Seat on Florida League of Cities' Board of Directors - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) APPROVED Yea: 4 - Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman and Mayor Trantalis Absent: 1 - Commissioner Herbst CM-12 25-0354 Motion Appointing Commissioner Pamela Beasley-Pittman as the City of Fort Lauderdale's Voting Delegate and Commissioner John C. Herbst as the Alternate for the National League of Cities' 2025 City Summit and Annual Business Meeting - November 20-22, 2025 - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) APPROVED Yea: 4 - Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman and Mayor Trantalis Absent: 1 - Commissioner Herbst City of Fort Lauderdale Page 5 Printed on 3/19/2025 City Commission Regular Meeting Action Summary March 18, 2025 CONSENT RESOLUTION CR-1 25-0180 Resolution Approving the Appointment of Special Bond Counsel and Special Disclosure Counsel for the Issuance of Special Obligation Revenue and Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 2025, for Funding Improvements to Sidewalks, Roadways, Bridges, and Seawalls, and Refunding the Line of Credit for the Police and Public Safety Project, and Prescribing Compensation - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) ADOPTED Yea: 4 - Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman and Mayor Trantalis Absent: 1 - Commissioner Herbst CR-2 25-0329 Resolution Abolishing the Commission Appointed City Manager Search Committee, Effective March 18, 2025 - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) ADOPTED Yea: 4 - Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman and Mayor Trantalis Absent: 1 - Commissioner Herbst CR-3 25-0137 Resolution Rescinding Resolution No. 24-131 and Approving a New Resolution for a $640,000 Loan to Pinnacle at Cypress Phase 2, LLC; Authorizing the City Manager to Execute Any and All Instruments Related to the Loan - (Commission District 1) ADOPTED Yea: 4 - Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman and Mayor Trantalis Absent: 1 - Commissioner Herbst CR-4 25-0288 Resolution Approving the Termination of the Lease Agreement Between Fort Lauderdale Professional Firefighters, Inc. IAFF Local 765 and the City of Fort Lauderdale - (Commission District 1) ADOPTED Yea: 4 - Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman and Mayor Trantalis Absent: 1 - Commissioner Herbst City of Fort Lauderdale Page 6 Printed on 3/19/2025 City Commission Regular Meeting Action Summary March 18, 2025 CR-5 25-0144 Resolution Approving a Public Transportation Grant Agreement with the Florida Department of Transportation for the Runway 9 Parallel Taxiways Extension at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport - $1,886,440 - (Commission District 1) ADOPTED Yea: 4 - Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman and Mayor Trantalis Absent: 1 - Commissioner Herbst CR-6 25-0291 Resolution Approving Amendment to Resolution No. 07-114, as Amended by Resolution No. 10-254, Expanding the Beach Business Improvement District Advisory Committee and Eliminate the Beach Redevelopment Advisory Board Seat - (Commission Districts 2 and 4) ADOPTED Yea: 4 - Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman and Mayor Trantalis Absent: 1 - Commissioner Herbst CR-7 25-0345 Resolution Delegating Authority to the Acting City Manager to Submit a Grant Application to the Florida Inland Navigation District - Waterway Assistance Program for the Riverwalk North Seawall Replacement from Andrews Avenue to Florida East Coast Railway (FEC) Train Tracks - $4,000,000 - (Commission District 2) ADOPTED Yea: 4 - Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman and Mayor Trantalis Absent: 1 - Commissioner Herbst CR-8 25-0352 Resolution Appointing Commissioner Pamela Beasley-Pittman as Director, and Mayor Dean J. Trantalis as Alternate to the 2025-2026 Broward League of Cities' Board of Directors - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) ADOPTED Yea: 4 - Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman and Mayor Trantalis Absent: 1 - Commissioner Herbst City of Fort Lauderdale Page 7 Printed on 3/19/2025 City Commission Regular Meeting Action Summary March 18, 2025 CR-9 25-0216 Resolution Rescheduling the Conference and Regular Meetings of the City Commission of the City of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, from Tuesday, July 1, 2025, to Monday, June 30, 2025, and from Tuesday, October 21, 2025, to Thursday, October 23, 2025 - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) ADOPTED Yea: 4 - Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman and Mayor Trantalis Absent: 1 - Commissioner Herbst CONSENT PURCHASE CP-1 25-0145 Motion Approving the Final Ranking of Firms, Negotiated Fee Schedule, and Agreement for Design and Professional Engineering Services for the Tarpon River and Shady Banks Neighborhood Improvements - Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc.- $372,164.37 - (Commission District 4) APPROVED Yea: 4 - Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman and Mayor Trantalis Absent: 1 - Commissioner Herbst MOTIONS M-1 25-0021 Motion Approving Agreements for Purchase of Plan Review and Inspection Services - C.A.P. Government, Inc. and Calvin, Giordano & Associates, Inc. - $6,223,275 (aggregate) - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) APPROVED Yea: 4 - Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman and Mayor Trantalis Absent: 1 - Commissioner Herbst M-2 25-0318 Motion Approving a Construction Agreement for Mills Pond Park Restroom and Concession Improvements - Sky Living Co. Inc - $2,521,976.90 - (Commission District 3) APPROVED Yea: 4 - Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman and Mayor Trantalis City of Fort Lauderdale Page 8 Printed on 3/19/2025 City Commission Regular Meeting Action Summary March 18, 2025 Absent: 1 - Commissioner Herbst M-3 25-0338 Motion Approving Change Order No. 23 for Construction Management at Risk Services Phase for New Police Headquarters - Moss & Associates, LLC - $2,070,330.18 - (Commission District 2) APPROVED Yea: 4 - Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman and Mayor Trantalis Absent: 1 - Commissioner Herbst M-4 25-0104 Motion Approving an Agreement for the NW 15th Avenue Roadway Improvements (Surtax Project) - FG Construction, LLC - $2,804,524 - (Commission District 3) APPROVED Yea: 4 - Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman and Mayor Trantalis Absent: 1 - Commissioner Herbst RESOLUTIONS R-1 25-0324 Appointment of Board and Committee Members - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) ADOPTED AS AMENDED Yea: 4 - Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman and Mayor Trantalis Absent: 1 - Commissioner Herbst R-2 25-0070 Resolution Amending the Interlocal Agreement (ILA) with Broward County to Extend the Duration of the Beach Area of the Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) on a Non-Tax Increment Finance (TIF) Basis for an Additional Two Years to Allow for the Completion of CRA-Funded Beach Area Projects and Other Terms- (Commission District 2) ADOPTED Yea: 4 - Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman and Mayor Trantalis Absent: 1 - Commissioner Herbst City of Fort Lauderdale Page 9 Printed on 3/19/2025 City Commission Regular Meeting Action Summary March 18, 2025 R-3 25-0299 Resolution Approving the 2025-2028 State Housing Initiatives Partnership (SHIP) Local Housing Assistance Plan (LHAP) - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) ADOPTED Yea: 4 - Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman and Mayor Trantalis Absent: 1 - Commissioner Herbst City of Fort Lauderdale Page 10 Printed on 3/19/2025 City Commission Regular Meeting Action Summary March 18, 2025 PUBLIC HEARINGS PH-1 25-0151 Public Hearing - Ordinance Amending City of Fort Lauderdale Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Map, Beach Community Center Parcel from Commercial to Parks, Recreation, and Open Space Designation - UDP-L24004 - (Commission District 1) PASSED FIRST READING Yea: 4 - Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman and Mayor Trantalis Absent: 1 - Commissioner Herbst PH-2 25-0160 Public Hearing - Quasi-Judicial Ordinance Approving a Rezoning from General Business (B-2) District to Uptown Urban Village Southeast (UUV-SE) District - City of Fort Lauderdale - 6000 N. Andrews - Florida Department of Transportation and Leaseholder of the Property, Cypress Creek Leaseholder, LLC., - Case No. UDP-Z23006 - (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. PASSED FIRST READING Yea: 4 - Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman and Mayor Trantalis Absent: 1 - Commissioner Herbst PH-3 25-0252 Public Hearing - Second Reading - Ordinance to Amend City of Fort Lauderdale Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Element; Parks, Recreation, and Open Space Designation to Allow Community Facilities and Utility Uses as a Permitted Use, with a Restriction on Maximum Acreage - Case No. UDP-L24001 - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) ADOPTED ON SECOND READING Yea: 4 - Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman and Mayor Trantalis Absent: 1 - Commissioner Herbst ORDINANCE FIRST READING City of Fort Lauderdale Page 11 Printed on 3/19/2025 City Commission Regular Meeting Action Summary March 18, 2025 OFR-1 25-0275 First Reading - Ordinance Amending Section 26, Article VII - Valet Parking on Rights-of-Way and Public Parking Facilities of the Code of Ordinances to Establish an Administrative Temporary Valet Permit for Non-Residential Use and to Provide an Appellate Process for the Suspension of Valet Permits - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) PASSED FIRST READING Yea: 4 - Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman and Mayor Trantalis Absent: 1 - Commissioner Herbst ORDINANCE SECOND READING OSR-1 25-0327 Second 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) ADOPTED ON SECOND READING Yea: 4 - Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman and Mayor Trantalis Absent: 1 - Commissioner Herbst 25-0371 WALK ON - Motion for Discussion - City Commission Request for Review - Flowing Waters - Case No. UDP-S24030 - 3000 E. Oakland Park Blvd - (Commission District 1) DISCUSSED - NO ACTION TAKEN ADJOURNMENT City of Fort Lauderdale Page 12 Printed on 3/19/2025