COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY BOARD
Regular MeetingFort Lauderdale, FL · August 17, 2021
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Action Summary
Tuesday, August 17, 2021
2:30 PM
City Hall - City Commission Chambers
OR AS SOON THEREAFTER AS POSSIBLE
100 North Andrews Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY BOARD
FORT LAUDERDALE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY BOARD OF
COMMISSIONERS
DEAN J. TRANTALIS - Chair
HEATHER MORAITIS - Vice Chair
STEVEN GLASSMAN - Commissioner - District II
ROBERT L. McKINZIE -Commissioner - District III
BEN SORENSEN - Commissioner - District IV
CHRIS LAGERBLOOM, Executive Director
JOHN HERBST, City Auditor
JEFFREY A. MODARELLI, Secretary
ALAIN E. BOILEAU, General Counsel
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT Action Summary August 17, 2021
AGENCY BOARD
PUBLIC APPEARANCES BEFORE THE BOARD:
If any person wishes to address the Board, 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 Chair. After being recognized by the
Chair, 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 Board 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 Chair, 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 (Chair) shall maintain order at all meetings, and the Police Department, upon
instructions of the Mayor (Chair), 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 (Board)
meeting, or who willfully enters or remains in a City Commission (Board) meeting
having been warned by the Mayor (Chair) 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 (Board) 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
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the appeal is to be based.
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ROLL CALL
Present 5 - Vice Chair Heather Moraitis, Commissioner Steven Glassman,
Commissioner Robert L. McKinzie, Commissioner Ben Sorensen, and
Chair Dean J. Trantalis
MOTIONS
M-1 21-0757 Motion Approving Minutes for July 6, 2021 Community
Redevelopment Agency Board Meeting - (Commission Districts 2 and
3)
APPROVED
Aye: 5 - Vice Chair Moraitis, Commissioner Glassman, Commissioner
McKinzie, Commissioner Sorensen and Chair Trantalis
RESOLUTIONS
R-1 21-0723 Resolution Approving a $640,000 Development Incentive Program
Loan as a Local Government Area of Opportunity Funding to Green
Mills Holdings, LLC and The Pantry of Broward, Inc. for “The Pantry
Lofts”, Contingent Upon the Award of 9% Tax Credits from the
Florida Housing Finance Corporation, Authorizing the Executive
Director to Execute Any and All Instruments Related to the Loan and
Delegating Authority to the Executive Director to Take Certain
Actions - (Commission District 2)
ADOPTED
Aye: 5 - Vice Chair Moraitis, Commissioner Glassman, Commissioner
McKinzie, Commissioner Sorensen and Chair Trantalis
R-2 21-0776 Resolution Approving Final Community Redevelopment Agency
(CRA) Operating Budget and Community Investment Plan Allocations
for Fiscal Year 2022 - (Commission Districts 2 and 3)
ADOPTED
Aye: 5 - Vice Chair Moraitis, Commissioner Glassman, Commissioner
McKinzie, Commissioner Sorensen and Chair Trantalis
ADJOURNMENT
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Agenda
City of Fort Lauderdale
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY BOARD
Agenda
City Hall - City Commission Chambers
Tuesday, August 17, 2021 - 2:30 PM
OR AS SOON THEREAFTER AS POSSIBLE
100 North Andrews Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301
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 COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY BOARD OF
COMMISSIONERS
DEAN J. TRANTALIS - Chair
HEATHER MORAITIS - Vice Chair
STEVEN GLASSMAN - Commissioner - District II
ROBERT L. McKINZIE -Commissioner - District III
BEN SORENSEN - Commissioner - District IV
CHRIS LAGERBLOOM, Executive Director
JOHN HERBST, City Auditor
JEFFREY A. MODARELLI, Secretary
ALAIN E. BOILEAU, General Counsel
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT Agenda August 17, 2021
AGENCY BOARD
PUBLIC APPEARANCES BEFORE THE BOARD:
If any person wishes to address the Board, 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 Chair. After being recognized by the
Chair, 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 Board 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 Chair, 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 (Chair) shall maintain order at all meetings, and the Police Department, upon
instructions of the Mayor (Chair), 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 (Board)
meeting, or who willfully enters or remains in a City Commission (Board) meeting
having been warned by the Mayor (Chair) 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 (Board) 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.
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COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT Agenda August 17, 2021
AGENCY BOARD
ROLL CALL
MOTIONS
M-1 21-0757 Motion Approving Minutes for July 6, 2021 Community Redevelopment
Agency Board Meeting - (Commission Districts 2 and 3)
Attachments: July 6, 2021 Community Redevelopment Agency Board Meeting
RESOLUTIONS
R-1 21-0723 Resolution Approving a $640,000 Development Incentive Program Loan
as a Local Government Area of Opportunity Funding to Green Mills
Holdings, LLC and The Pantry of Broward, Inc. for “The Pantry Lofts”,
Contingent Upon the Award of 9% Tax Credits from the Florida Housing
Finance Corporation, Authorizing the Executive Director to Execute Any
and All Instruments Related to the Loan and Delegating Authority to the
Executive Director to Take Certain Actions - (Commission District 2)
Attachments: CRA Board Memo 21-0723
Exhibit 1 - Location Map
Exhibit 2 - Plans and Features
Exhibit 3 - CRA Funding Application and Project Overview
Exhibit 4 - JP Morgan Chase Commitment Letter
Exhibit 5 - Raymond James Commitment Letter
Exhibit 6 - Project Summary and Pro-forma
Exhibit 7 - Project Schedule
Exhibit 8 - July 13, 2021, NPF CRA Advisory Board Draft Minutes
Exhibit 9 - Resolution
R-2 21-0776 Resolution Approving Final Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA)
Operating Budget and Community Investment Plan Allocations for Fiscal
Year 2022 - (Commission Districts 2 and 3)
Attachments: CRA Board Memo 21-0776
Exhibit 1 – NPF CRA FY 2022 Budget and CIP
Exhibit 2 – Central City CRA FY 2022 Budget and CIP
Exhibit 3 – CRA Incentives Budget
Exhibit 4 – Resolution
ADJOURNMENT
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