COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY BOARD
Regular MeetingFort Lauderdale, FL · November 16, 2021
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Action Summary
Tuesday, November 16, 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 November 16, 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 November 16, 2021
AGENCY BOARD
ROLL CALL
Present 4 - Commissioner Ben Sorensen, Commissioner Steven Glassman,
Commissioner Robert L. McKinzie, and Chair Dean J. Trantalis
Excused 1 - Vice Chair Heather Moraitis
RESOLUTIONS
R-1 21-0781 Resolution Authorizing Budget Amendment - Accept a $20,769,000
Bank Loan from Truist Bank and Appropriate $25,716,561. Of that
amount, $23,260,940 for Debt Repayment and Business Incentive
Projects. $2,455,621 for Debt Service Principal and Interest Loan
Payment - (Commission District 3)
ADOPTED
Aye: 4 - Commissioner Sorensen, Commissioner Glassman, Commissioner
McKinzie and Chair Trantalis
Excused: 1 - Vice Chair Moraitis
R-2 21-0319 Resolution Approving a $4,000,000 CRA Development Incentive
Program Loan to 909 NW 6th St. LLC for a Mixed-Use Commercial
Development Project to be Located at 909 Sistrunk Boulevard,
Authorizing the Executive Director to Execute Any and All Related
Instruments, and Delegating Authority to the Executive Director to
Take Certain Actions - (Commission District 3)
DEFERRED to December 7, 2021
Aye: 4 - Commissioner Sorensen, Commissioner Glassman, Commissioner
McKinzie and Chair Trantalis
Excused: 1 - Vice Chair Moraitis
R-3 21-1095 Resolution to Approve an Expenditure of $1,846,789.02 to Fund the
Relocation of Florida Power and Light Company Transmission
Facilities that Crosses City Property at 543 NW 5th Avenue to
Facilitate the Development of the Property - (Commission District 3)
ADOPTED
Aye: 4 - Commissioner Sorensen, Commissioner Glassman, Commissioner
McKinzie and Chair Trantalis
Excused: 1 - Vice Chair Moraitis
R-4 21-1130 Resolution Amending Resolution No. 21-08 (CRA) to increase the fee
of the law firm of Greenberg Traurig, LLP as Special Counsel to the
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AGENCY BOARD
Fort Lauderdale Community Redevelopment Agency from $32,500.00
to $42,500, plus costs not to exceed $2,500 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 Refinance the Series 2015
Note - (Commission Districts 2 and 3)
ADOPTED
Aye: 4 - Commissioner Sorensen, Commissioner Glassman, Commissioner
McKinzie and Chair Trantalis
Excused: 1 - Vice Chair Moraitis
MOTIONS
M-1 21-0946 Motion Approving a Subordination Agreement, Subordinating the
CRA Mortgage to 613 NW 3rd Ave Holdings, Inc. in the Amount of
$7,000,000 to a New Mortgage by NorthMarq in an Amount not to
Exceed 85% of Loan to Value at the Time of Refinance; An
Amendment to the Development Agreement, If Necessary; A
Subordination of the Regulatory Agreement; and Authorizing the
Executive Director to Execute Any and All Related Instruments, and
Delegating Authority to the Executive Director to Take Certain
Actions - (Commission District 2)
APPROVED
Aye: 4 - Commissioner Sorensen, Commissioner Glassman, Commissioner
McKinzie and Chair Trantalis
Excused: 1 - Vice Chair Moraitis
M-2 21-1041 Motion Appropriating Unspent Remaining Northwest Progresso
Flagler Heights Community Redevelopment Agency Estimated Fiscal
Year (FY) 2021 Year-End Incentive Fund Balances - (Commission
District 3)
APPROVED
Aye: 4 - Commissioner Sorensen, Commissioner Glassman, Commissioner
McKinzie and Chair Trantalis
Excused: 1 - Vice Chair Moraitis
PUBLIC HEARINGS
PH-1 21-0320 Public Hearing Accepting the Property Disposition and Development
Proposal of Northeast 6th Development, LLC for the Purchase and
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Development of CRA Property at 1017 Sistrunk Boulevard and 606
NW 10th Terrace and Approving a $2,450,000 CRA Development
Incentive Program Loan to Northeast 6th Development, LLC for the
Victory Entertainment Complex, Authorizing the Executive Director to
Execute Any and All Related Instruments and Delegating Authority to
the Executive Director to Take Certain Actions - (Commission District
3)
ADOPTED
Aye: 3 - Commissioner Sorensen, Commissioner Glassman and
Commissioner McKinzie
Excused: 1 - Vice Chair Moraitis
Abstain: 1 - Chair Trantalis
PH-2 21-0321 Public Hearing Accepting the Property Disposition and Development
Proposal of Sistrunk Apartments, LLC for the Development and
Donation of CRA Property at 1204 Sistrunk Boulevard and 1620 NW
6 Court, and Approving a $8,000,000 CRA Development Incentive
Program Loan to Sistrunk Apartments, LLC for “The Aldridge” and
“The Laramore” Mixed-Use Affordable Housing Projects, Authorizing
the Executive Director to Execute Any and All Related Instruments
and Delegating Authority to the Executive Director to Take Certain
Actions - (Commission District 3)
ADOPTED
Aye: 4 - Commissioner Sorensen, Commissioner Glassman, Commissioner
McKinzie and Chair Trantalis
Excused: 1 - Vice Chair Moraitis
PH-3 21-0720 Resolution Authorizing the Issuance of the Fort Lauderdale
Community Redevelopment Agency Tax Increment Revenue and
Refunding Notes, Series 2021 (Northwest-Progresso-Flagler Heights
Community Redevelopment Area Projects) - (Commission Districts 2
and 3)
ADOPTED
Aye: 4 - Commissioner Sorensen, Commissioner Glassman, Commissioner
McKinzie and Chair Trantalis
Excused: 1 - Vice Chair Moraitis
ADJOURNMENT
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Agenda
City of Fort Lauderdale
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY BOARD
Agenda
City Hall - City Commission Chambers
Tuesday, November 16, 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 November 16, 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 November 16, 2021
AGENCY BOARD
ROLL CALL
RESOLUTIONS
R-1 21-0781 Resolution Authorizing Budget Amendment - Accept a $20,769,000 Bank
Loan from Truist Bank and Appropriate $25,716,561. Of that amount,
$23,260,940 for Debt Repayment and Business Incentive Projects.
$2,455,621 for Debt Service Principal and Interest Loan Payment -
(Commission District 3)
Attachments: CRA Board Memo 21-0781
Exhibit 1 - Resolution
R-2 21-0319 Resolution Approving a $4,000,000 CRA Development Incentive Program
Loan to 909 NW 6th St. LLC for a Mixed-Use Commercial Development
Project to be Located at 909 Sistrunk Boulevard, Authorizing the Executive
Director to Execute Any and All Related Instruments, and Delegating
Authority to the Executive Director to Take Certain Actions - (Commission
District 3)
Attachments: CRA Board Memo 21-0319
Exhibit 1 - Location Map
Exhibit 2 - Application for Funding Assistance
Exhibit 3 - Broward County Property Appraiser Information
Exhibit 4 - Project Plans
Exhibit 5 - Development Review Committee Approval Letter
Exhibit 6 - Fuse Group Properties
Exhibit 7 - Jobs to be Created
Exhibit 8 - Fuse Group Project Team
Exhibit 9 - Estimated Project Cost and Funding Commitments
Exhibit 10 - January 12, 2021 CRA Advisory Board Approved Minutes
Exhibit 11 - Development Incentive Program Letter of Intent
Exhibit 12 - Resolution
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R-3 21-1095 Resolution to Approve an Expenditure of $1,846,789.02 to Fund the
Relocation of Florida Power and Light Company Transmission Facilities
that Crosses City Property at 543 NW 5th Avenue to Facilitate the
Development of the Property - (Commission District 3)
Attachments: CRA Board Memo 21-1095
Exhibit 1 – FPL Facilities Relocation Agreement with City and Binding Cost Estimate
Exhibit 2 – Location of Transmission Line and Project Illustrations
Exhibit 3 – CRA Advisory Board Approved Minutes – April 9, 2019
Exhibit 4 - Resolution
R-4 21-1130 Resolution Amending Resolution No. 21-08 (CRA) to increase the fee of
the law firm of Greenberg Traurig, LLP as Special Counsel to the Fort
Lauderdale Community Redevelopment Agency from $32,500.00 to
$42,500, plus costs not to exceed $2,500 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 Refinance the Series 2015 Note - (Commission Districts 2
and 3)
Attachments: CRA Board Memo 21-1130
Exhibit 1 - Resolution
Exhibit 2- Resolution No. 21-08 (CRA)
MOTIONS
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COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT Agenda November 16, 2021
AGENCY BOARD
M-1 21-0946 Motion Approving a Subordination Agreement, Subordinating the CRA
Mortgage to 613 NW 3rd Ave Holdings, Inc. in the Amount of $7,000,000 to
a New Mortgage by NorthMarq in an Amount not to Exceed 85% of Loan to
Value at the Time of Refinance; An Amendment to the Development
Agreement, If Necessary; A Subordination of the Regulatory Agreement;
and Authorizing the Executive Director to Execute Any and All Related
Instruments, and Delegating Authority to the Executive Director to Take
Certain Actions - (Commission District 2)
Attachments: CRA Board Memo 21-0946
Exhibit 1 – Location Map
Exhibit 2 – Broward County Property Appraiser Information and Photos
Exhibit 3 – Letter from SIX13 NW 3rd Ave, LLC
Exhibit 4 – City National Bank of Florida Mortgage - $19,274,000
Exhibit 5 – City National Bank of Florida Notice of Future Advance and Mortgage - $2,500,000
Exhibit 6 – CRA Mortgage - $7,000,000
Exhibit 7 – HUD Subordination Agreement (standard form)
Exhibit 8 – HUD Commitment for Insurance Upon Completion Pursuant to Section 223 (f) (standa
Exhibit 9 – HUD Rider/Amendment to Restrictive Covenants (standard form)
Exhibit 10 – NorthMarq Engagement Letter
Exhibit 11 – Appraisal Report for The SIX13
M-2 21-1041 Motion Appropriating Unspent Remaining Northwest Progresso Flagler
Heights Community Redevelopment Agency Estimated Fiscal Year (FY)
2021 Year-End Incentive Fund Balances - (Commission District 3)
Attachments: CRA Board Memo 21-1041
PUBLIC HEARINGS
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COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT Agenda November 16, 2021
AGENCY BOARD
PH-1 21-0320 Public Hearing Accepting the Property Disposition and Development
Proposal of Northeast 6th Development, LLC for the Purchase and
Development of CRA Property at 1017 Sistrunk Boulevard and 606 NW
10th Terrace and Approving a $2,450,000 CRA Development Incentive
Program Loan to Northeast 6th Development, LLC for the Victory
Entertainment Complex, Authorizing the Executive Director to Execute Any
and All Related Instruments and Delegating Authority to the Executive
Director to Take Certain Actions - (Commission District 3)
Attachments: CRA Board Memo 21-0320
Exhibit 1 - Location Map
Exhibit 2 - Invitation for Proposals Propose/Notice of Intent to Dispose
Exhibit 3 - Summary Appraisal
Exhibit 4 - Northeast 6th Development, LLC Purchase and Development Proposal and Applicatio
Exhibit 5 - CHD Housing LLC Purchase and Development Proposal
Exhibit 6 - Marie A Wells Arts and Education Center Development Proposal
Exhibit 7 - Project Prospective Tenant List
Exhibit 8 - Information on Developer
Exhibit 9 - January 12, 2021 CRA Advisory Board Minutes
Exhibit 10 – March 10, 2021 Home Beautiful Park Civic Association Comments
Exhibit 11 - Development Incentive Program Letter of Intent
Exhibit 12- Commercial Contract and Addendum
Exhibit 13 - Resolution
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COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT Agenda November 16, 2021
AGENCY BOARD
PH-2 21-0321 Public Hearing Accepting the Property Disposition and Development
Proposal of Sistrunk Apartments, LLC for the Development and Donation
of CRA Property at 1204 Sistrunk Boulevard and 1620 NW 6 Court, and
Approving a $8,000,000 CRA Development Incentive Program Loan to
Sistrunk Apartments, LLC for “The Aldridge” and “The Laramore”
Mixed-Use Affordable Housing Projects, Authorizing the Executive Director
to Execute Any and All Related Instruments and Delegating Authority to the
Executive Director to Take Certain Actions - (Commission District 3)
Attachments: CRA Board Memo 21-0321
Exhibit 1 - Location Map
Exhibit 2 - Invitation for Proposals Propose/Notice of Intent to Dispose
Exhibit 3 - Summary Appraisal
Exhibit 4 - Developer’s Proposal and Application for Funding
Exhibit 5 - 15 Year Operating Proforma
Exhibit 6 - Bank Commitment Letter
Exhibit 7 - Estimated Project Cost
Exhibit 8 - Information on Developer and Project Team
Exhibit 9 - January 12, 2021 CRA Advisory Board Approved Minutes
Exhibit 10 - Development Incentive Program Letter of Intent
Exhibit 11 - Commercial Contract and Addendum to Contract
Exhibit 12- Resolution
PH-3 21-0720 Resolution Authorizing the Issuance of the Fort Lauderdale Community
Redevelopment Agency Tax Increment Revenue and Refunding Notes,
Series 2021 (Northwest-Progresso-Flagler Heights Community
Redevelopment Area Projects) - (Commission Districts 2 and 3)
Attachments: CRA Board Memo #21-0720
Exhibit 1- Loan Agreement
Exhibit 2 – BAFO Bid Tabulation
Exhibit 3 – Truist Rate Lock Letter
Exhibit 4 - Resolution
ADJOURNMENT
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