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Fort Lauderdale, FL · May 20, 2025

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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, May 20, 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 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 Regular Meeting Action Summary May 20, 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 5/21/2025 City Commission Regular Meeting Action Summary May 20, 2025 Pledge of Allegiance ROLL CALL Present: 4 - Commissioner Steven Glassman, Commissioner Pam Beasley-Pittman, Commissioner Ben Sorensen and Mayor Dean J. Trantalis Not Present: 1 - Vice Mayor John C. Herbst Approval of MINUTES and Agenda 25-0527 Minutes for April 1, 2025, Commission Conference Meeting - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) APPROVED AS AMENDED - Agenda Amended Yea: 4 - Commissioner Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman, Commissioner Sorensen and Mayor Trantalis Not Present: 1 - Vice Mayor Herbst PRESENTATIONS PRES- 25-0557 Mayor Trantalis to recognize Fort Lauderdale High School's Mock 1 Trial Team as the winners of the Florida Mock Trial State Championship PRESENTED PRES- 25-0554 Recognition of Participants in the City of Fort Lauderdale's StartUp 2 FTL Entrepreneurial Program PRESENTED PRES- 25-0555 Florida City and County Management Association (FCCMA) 3 Recognition of the 100th Anniversary of the Commission-Manager Form of Government in the City of Fort Lauderdale PRESENTED PRES- 25-0556 Commissioner Beasley-Pittman to present a Proclamation declaring 4 May 28, 2025, as Menstrual Hygiene Day in the City of Fort Lauderdale PRESENTED City of Fort Lauderdale Page 2 Printed on 5/21/2025 City Commission Regular Meeting Action Summary May 20, 2025 PRES- 25-0553 Commissioner Sorensen to present a Proclamation declaring May 5 18-24, 2025, as National Public Works 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 Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman, Commissioner Sorensen and Mayor Trantalis Not Present: 1 - Vice Mayor Herbst CONSENT MOTIONS CM-1 25-0467 Motion Approving a License Application and an Agreement for the Sale, Service, and Consumption of Food and Alcoholic Beverages on the Public Beach - Jefast Pelican Grand I, LLC for The Pelican Grand Beach Resort located at 2000 North Ocean Boulevard - (Commission District 2) APPROVED Yea: 4 - Commissioner Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman, Commissioner Sorensen and Mayor Trantalis Not Present: 1 - Vice Mayor Herbst CM-2 25-0113 Motion Approving an Amended and Restated Agreement between Broward County and the City of Fort Lauderdale for SWIM Central Water Safety Instruction and Education at Bass Park Pool, Carter Park Pool, Croissant Park Pool, Lauderdale Manors Park Pool, and Riverland Park Pool - (Commission Districts 3 and 4) APPROVED Yea: 4 - Commissioner Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman, Commissioner Sorensen and Mayor Trantalis Not Present: 1 - Vice Mayor Herbst City of Fort Lauderdale Page 3 Printed on 5/21/2025 City Commission Regular Meeting Action Summary May 20, 2025 CM-3 25-0413 Motion Approving an Agreement for the Fort Lauderdale Beach Park Parking Lot Improvements - Sagaris Corp. - Additional 205 Days and $69,101.50 - (Commission Districts 2 and 4) APPROVED Yea: 4 - Commissioner Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman, Commissioner Sorensen and Mayor Trantalis Not Present: 1 - Vice Mayor Herbst CM-4 25-0532 Motion Authorizing the City Attorney’s Office to File a Small Claims Action for the City of Fort Lauderdale v. Luis Carlos Lopez in the amount of $6,837.23 in the County Court of the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit in and for Broward County, Florida - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) APPROVED Yea: 4 - Commissioner Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman, Commissioner Sorensen and Mayor Trantalis Not Present: 1 - Vice Mayor Herbst CONSENT PURCHASE CP-1 25-0420 Motion Approving an Agreement for Marine Fuel - 90 Non-Ethanol and Diesel - Marine Fuel Service & Supply Company - $116,537.76 - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) APPROVED Yea: 4 - Commissioner Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman, Commissioner Sorensen and Mayor Trantalis Not Present: 1 - Vice Mayor Herbst MOTIONS M-1 25-0427 Motion Approving a First Amendment and Five-Year Extension to the Agreement with TMF Holdco, LLC for the Annual Three-Day Tortuga Music Festival on Fort Lauderdale Beach - (Commission Districts 2 and 4) APPROVED Yea: 4 - Commissioner Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman, Commissioner Sorensen and Mayor Trantalis Not Present: 1 - Vice Mayor Herbst City of Fort Lauderdale Page 4 Printed on 5/21/2025 City Commission Regular Meeting Action Summary May 20, 2025 RESOLUTIONS R-1 25-0533 Appointment of Board and Committee Members - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) ADOPTED Yea: 4 - Commissioner Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman, Commissioner Sorensen and Mayor Trantalis Not Present: 1 - Vice Mayor Herbst R-2 25-0548 Resolution Approving the Interlocal Agreement Between the City of Fort Lauderdale, Fort Lauderdale Community Redevelopment Agency and the Broward County Board of County Commissioners to Extend the Northwest-Progresso-Flagler Heights Community Redevelopment Area for ten (10) years with City Only Tax Increment Funding - (Commission Districts 2 and 3) ADOPTED Yea: 3 - Commissioner Beasley-Pittman, Commissioner Sorensen and Mayor Trantalis Nay: 1 - Commissioner Glassman Not Present: 1 - Vice Mayor Herbst ORDINANCE FIRST READING OFR-1 25-0421 First Reading - Ordinance Amending Chapter 15 - Business Tax Receipts and Miscellaneous Business Regulations, Article II - Local Business Tax of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Fort Lauderdale to Consolidate Business Tax Categories - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) PASSED FIRST READING Yea: 4 - Commissioner Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman, Commissioner Sorensen and Mayor Trantalis Not Present: 1 - Vice Mayor Herbst OFR-2 25-0459 First Reading - Ordinance Amending Chapter 27 of the Code of Ordinances to Establish an Administrative Application Process, Associated Fees, and Define Vehicle for Hire Services and Operating Standards - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) REMOVED FROM AGENDA City of Fort Lauderdale Page 5 Printed on 5/21/2025 City Commission Regular Meeting Action Summary May 20, 2025 ORDINANCE SECOND READING OSR-1 25-0545 Second Reading - Quasi-Judicial Ordinance Approving a Public Purpose Use and Structure - 845 NW 3rd Avenue - City of Fort Lauderdale - Progresso Village Stormwater Pump Station - Case No. UDP-S24042 - (Commission District 2) 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 ON SECOND READING Yea: 4 - Commissioner Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman, Commissioner Sorensen and Mayor Trantalis Not Present: 1 - Vice Mayor Herbst OSR-2 25-0544 Second Reading - Ordinance Amending Maximum Daily Penalties for Code Violations to Align with Chapter 162 of the Florida State Statutes - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) ADOPTED ON SECOND READING Yea: 4 - Commissioner Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman, Commissioner Sorensen and Mayor Trantalis Not Present: 1 - Vice Mayor Herbst OSR-3 25-0546 Second Reading - Ordinance Amending the City of Fort Lauderdale Unified Land Development Regulations (ULDR) Section 47-13.20, Section 47-13.50, and Section 47-28 to Permit Allocation of Residential Dwelling Units from a Sending Site to a Receiving Site Utilizing the Transfer of Development Rights (TDR) Program - Case No. UDP-T25006 - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) ADOPTED ON SECOND READING Yea: 4 - Commissioner Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman, Commissioner Sorensen and Mayor Trantalis Not Present: 1 - Vice Mayor Herbst ADJOURNMENT City of Fort Lauderdale Page 6 Printed on 5/21/2025

Agenda

City of Fort Lauderdale City Commission Regular Meeting Agenda Tuesday, May 20, 2025 - 6:00 PM Broward Center for the Performing Arts - Mary N. Porter Riverview Ballroom - 201 SW 5th Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33312 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 FORT LAUDERDALE CITY COMMISSION DEAN J. TRANTALIS Mayor JOHN C. HERBST Vice Mayor - Commissioner - District I STEVEN GLASSMAN Commissioner - District II PAM BEASLEY-PITTMAN Commissioner - District III BEN SORENSEN Commissioner - District IV RICKELLE WILLIAMS, City Manager DAVID R. SOLOMAN, City Clerk D'WAYNE M. SPENCE, Interim City Attorney PATRICK REILLY, City Auditor City Commission Regular Meeting Agenda May 20, 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 2 of 7 Printed on 5/14/2025 City Commission Regular Meeting Agenda May 20, 2025 Pledge of Allegiance ROLL CALL Approval of MINUTES and Agenda 25-0527 Minutes for April 1, 2025, Commission Conference Meeting - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) Attachments: April 1, 2025 Commission Conference Meeting PRESENTATIONS PRES-1 25-0557 Mayor Trantalis to recognize Fort Lauderdale High School's Mock Trial Team as the winners of the Florida Mock Trial State Championship PRES-2 25-0554 Recognition of Participants in the City of Fort Lauderdale's StartUp FTL Entrepreneurial Program PRES-3 25-0555 Florida City and County Management Association (FCCMA) Recognition of the 100th Anniversary of the Commission-Manager Form of Government in the City of Fort Lauderdale PRES-4 25-0556 Commissioner Beasley-Pittman to present a Proclamation declaring May 28, 2025, as Menstrual Hygiene Day in the City of Fort Lauderdale PRES-5 25-0553 Commissioner Sorensen to present a Proclamation declaring May 18-24, 2025, as National Public Works Week 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 MOTIONS CM-1 25-0467 Motion Approving a License Application and an Agreement for the Sale, Service, and Consumption of Food and Alcoholic Beverages on the Public Beach - Jefast Pelican Grand I, LLC for The Pelican Grand Beach Resort located at 2000 North Ocean Boulevard - (Commission District 2) Attachments: Commission Agenda Memo #25-0467 Exhibit 1 – Application Package Exhibit 2 - License Agreement City of Fort Lauderdale Page 3 of 7 Printed on 5/14/2025 City Commission Regular Meeting Agenda May 20, 2025 CM-2 25-0113 Motion Approving an Amended and Restated Agreement between Broward County and the City of Fort Lauderdale for SWIM Central Water Safety Instruction and Education at Bass Park Pool, Carter Park Pool, Croissant Park Pool, Lauderdale Manors Park Pool, and Riverland Park Pool - (Commission Districts 3 and 4) Attachments: Commission Agenda Memo #25-0113 Exhibit 1 – Swim Central Agreement, 2016 Exhibit 2 - Amended and Restated Swim Central Agreement CM-3 25-0413 Motion Approving an Agreement for the Fort Lauderdale Beach Park Parking Lot Improvements - Sagaris Corp. - Additional 205 Days and $69,101.50 - (Commission Districts 2 and 4) Attachments: Commission Agenda Memo 25-0413 Exhibit 1 - CAM #23-0894 Exhibit 2 - Executed Agreement Exhibit 3 - Change Order No. 1 Exhibit 4 – Agreement CM-4 25-0532 Motion Authorizing the City Attorney’s Office to File a Small Claims Action for the City of Fort Lauderdale v. Luis Carlos Lopez in the amount of $6,837.23 in the County Court of the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit in and for Broward County, Florida - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) Attachments: Commission Agenda Memo 25-0532 CONSENT PURCHASE CP-1 25-0420 Motion Approving an Agreement for Marine Fuel - 90 Non-Ethanol and Diesel - Marine Fuel Service & Supply Company - $116,537.76 - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) Attachments: Commission Agenda Memo #25-0420 Exhibit 1 - Solicitation Exhibit 2 - Bid Tabulation Exhibit 3 - Best and Final Offer (BAFO) Exhibit 4 - Agreement MOTIONS City of Fort Lauderdale Page 4 of 7 Printed on 5/14/2025 City Commission Regular Meeting Agenda May 20, 2025 M-1 25-0427 Motion Approving a First Amendment and Five-Year Extension to the Agreement with TMF Holdco, LLC for the Annual Three-Day Tortuga Music Festival on Fort Lauderdale Beach - (Commission Districts 2 and 4) Attachments: Commission Agenda Memo #25-0427 Exhibit 1 – Current Agreement Exhibit 2 – 2025 Letter of Intent to Renew Exhibit 3 – Request for 2026 Dates Exhibit 4 - Tortuga Music Festival Site Plan Exhibit 5 - First Amendment and Extension to Agreement RESOLUTIONS R-1 25-0533 Appointment of Board and Committee Members - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) Attachments: Resolution for Appointment 05.20.2025 R-2 25-0548 Resolution Approving the Interlocal Agreement Between the City of Fort Lauderdale, Fort Lauderdale Community Redevelopment Agency and the Broward County Board of County Commissioners to Extend the Northwest-Progresso-Flagler Heights Community Redevelopment Area for ten (10) years with City Only Tax Increment Funding - (Commission Districts 2 and 3) Attachments: Commission Agenda Memo #25-0548 Exhibit 1 – Northwest-Progresso-Flagler Heights CRA Extension Interlocal Agreement Exhibit 2 - Resolution ORDINANCE FIRST READING OFR-1 25-0421 First Reading - Ordinance Amending Chapter 15 - Business Tax Receipts and Miscellaneous Business Regulations, Article II - Local Business Tax of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Fort Lauderdale to Consolidate Business Tax Categories - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) Attachments: Commission Agenda Memo 25-0421 Exhibit 1 - Business Tax Analysis Exhibit 2 - Business Impact Estimate Exhibit 3 - Ordinance City of Fort Lauderdale Page 5 of 7 Printed on 5/14/2025 City Commission Regular Meeting Agenda May 20, 2025 OFR-2 25-0459 First Reading - Ordinance Amending Chapter 27 of the Code of Ordinances to Establish an Administrative Application Process, Associated Fees, and Define Vehicle for Hire Services and Operating Standards - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) Attachments: Commission Agenda Memo 25-0459 Exhibit 1 - Ordinance Exhibit 2 – Business Impact Estimate ORDINANCE SECOND READING OSR-1 25-0545 Second Reading - Quasi-Judicial Ordinance Approving a Public Purpose Use and Structure - 845 NW 3rd Avenue - City of Fort Lauderdale - Progresso Village Stormwater Pump Station - Case No. UDP-S24042 - (Commission District 2) 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 25-0545 Exhibit 1 - Location Map Exhibit 2 – Application, Project Narratives, and Plan Set Exhibit 3 – DRC Case Comment Report with Applicant’s Responses Exhibit 4 – February 19, 2025, PZB Staff Report Exhibit 5 – February 19, 2025, PZB Meeting Minutes Exhibit 6 - Ordinance OSR-2 25-0544 Second Reading - Ordinance Amending Maximum Daily Penalties for Code Violations to Align with Chapter 162 of the Florida State Statutes - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) Attachments: Commission Agenda Memo 25-0544 Exhibit 1 - Ordinance OSR-3 25-0546 Second Reading - Ordinance Amending the City of Fort Lauderdale Unified Land Development Regulations (ULDR) Section 47-13.20, Section 47-13.50, and Section 47-28 to Permit Allocation of Residential Dwelling Units from a Sending Site to a Receiving Site Utilizing the Transfer of Development Rights (TDR) Program - Case No. UDP-T25006 - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) Attachments: Commission Agenda Memo 25-0546 Exhibit 1 - April 16, 2025, PZB Staff Report Exhibit 2 - April 16 2025 Draft Meeting Minutes Exhibit 3 - Ordinance City of Fort Lauderdale Page 6 of 7 Printed on 5/14/2025 City Commission Regular Meeting Agenda May 20, 2025 ADJOURNMENT City of Fort Lauderdale Page 7 of 7 Printed on 5/14/2025

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