COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY BOARD
Regular MeetingFort Lauderdale, FL · September 9, 2021
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Action Summary
Thursday, September 9, 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 September 9, 2021
AGENCY BOARD
PUBLIC APPEARANCES BEFORE THE CRA BOARD:
The City of Fort Lauderdale is hosting Board Meetings in both a virtual and in-person
format. Due to COVID-19, Board Chambers seating capacity has been reduced; therefore,
we are encouraging members of the public to participate virtually when possible.
If any person wishes to address the Board virtually or in-person, 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 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 virtually or in-person 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 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 Chair
shall maintain order at all meetings, and the Police Department, upon instructions of the
Chair, shall expel any person from the meeting who refuses to obey the order of the Chair
in relation to preserving order at the meetings. Any person who interrupts or disturbs a City
Board meeting, or who willfully enters or remains in a City Board meeting having been
warned by the 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 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 Action Summary September 9, 2021
AGENCY BOARD
ROLL CALL
Present 4 - Commissioner Steven Glassman, Commissioner Ben Sorensen, Vice
Chair Heather Moraitis, and Chair Dean J. Trantalis
Excused 1 - Commissioner Robert L. McKinzie
MOTIONS
M-1 21-0856 Motion Approving Minutes for August 17, 2021 Community
Redevelopment Agency Board Meeting - (Commission Districts 2 and
3)
APPROVED
Aye: 4 - Commissioner Glassman, Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Chair
Moraitis and Chair Trantalis
Excused: 1 - Commissioner McKinzie
M-2 21-0665 Motion Approving an Agreement in an Amount Not to Exceed
$163,870 for Design Plans and Post Design Services with ACAI
Associates, Inc. for Provident Park Improvements at 1412 Sistrunk
Boulevard - (Commission District 3)
APPROVED
Aye: 4 - Commissioner Glassman, Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Chair
Moraitis and Chair Trantalis
Excused: 1 - Commissioner McKinzie
RESOLUTIONS
R-1 21-0773 Resolution appointing the law firm of Greenberg Traurig, LLP as
Special Counsel to the Fort Lauderdale Community Redevelopment
Agency in connection with closing on a taxable loan from Truist Bank
in an amount not to exceed $23,100,000 to fund the Series 2021
Northwest-Progresso-Flagler Heights Project, Cost of Issuance and
to Refinance the Series 2015 Note - (Commission Districts 2 and 3)
ADOPTED
Aye: 4 - Commissioner Glassman, Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Chair
Moraitis and Chair Trantalis
Excused: 1 - Commissioner McKinzie
ADJOURNMENT
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Agenda
City of Fort Lauderdale
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY BOARD
Agenda
City Hall - City Commission Chambers
Thursday, September 9, 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 September 9, 2021
AGENCY BOARD
PUBLIC APPEARANCES BEFORE THE CRA BOARD:
The City of Fort Lauderdale is hosting Board Meetings in both a virtual and in-person
format. Due to COVID-19, Board Chambers seating capacity has been reduced; therefore,
we are encouraging members of the public to participate virtually when possible.
If any person wishes to address the Board virtually or in-person, 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 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 virtually or in-person 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 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 Chair
shall maintain order at all meetings, and the Police Department, upon instructions of the
Chair, shall expel any person from the meeting who refuses to obey the order of the Chair
in relation to preserving order at the meetings. Any person who interrupts or disturbs a City
Board meeting, or who willfully enters or remains in a City Board meeting having been
warned by the 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 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 September 9, 2021
AGENCY BOARD
ROLL CALL
MOTIONS
M-1 21-0856 Motion Approving Minutes for August 17, 2021 Community Redevelopment
Agency Board Meeting - (Commission Districts 2 and 3)
Attachments: August 17, 2021 Community Redevelopment Agency Board Meeting
M-2 21-0665 Motion Approving an Agreement in an Amount Not to Exceed $163,870 for
Design Plans and Post Design Services with ACAI Associates, Inc. for
Provident Park Improvements at 1412 Sistrunk Boulevard - (Commission
District 3)
Attachments: CRA Board Memo 21-0665
Exhibit 1 - Location Map
Exhibit 2 - Broward County Property Appraiser Information
Exhibit 3 - CRA Proposal for Provident Park Improvements
Exhibit 4 - ACAI Associates, Inc. Proposal with Fee Breakdown for the Design Costs
Exhibit 5 - NPF CRA Advisory Board Approved Minutes of November 12, 2019
Exhibit 6 - NPF CRA Advisory Board Approved Minutes of June 8, 2021
RESOLUTIONS
R-1 21-0773 Resolution appointing the law firm of Greenberg Traurig, LLP as Special
Counsel to the Fort Lauderdale Community Redevelopment Agency in
connection with closing on a taxable loan from Truist Bank in an amount not
to exceed $23,100,000 to fund the Series 2021
Northwest-Progresso-Flagler Heights Project, Cost of Issuance and to
Refinance the Series 2015 Note - (Commission Districts 2 and 3)
Attachments: CRA Board Memo 21-0773
Exhibit 1-Resolution
ADJOURNMENT
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