COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY BOARD
Regular MeetingFort Lauderdale, FL · March 15, 2022
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Action Summary
Tuesday, March 15, 2022
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
DAVID R. SOLOMAN, Secretary
ALAIN E. BOILEAU, General Counsel
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT Action Summary March 15, 2022
AGENCY BOARD
PUBLIC APPEARANCES BEFORE THE CRA BOARD:
The City of Fort Lauderdale is hosting Board Meetings in In-Person format only.
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 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 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 March 15, 2022
AGENCY BOARD
ROLL CALL
Present 5 - Commissioner Ben Sorensen, Vice Chair Heather Moraitis,
Commissioner Steven Glassman, Commissioner Robert L. McKinzie,
and Chair Dean J. Trantalis
MOTIONS
M-1 22-0293 Motion Approving Minutes for February 15, 2022 Community
Redevelopment Agency Board Meeting - (Commission Districts 2 and
3)
APPROVED
Yea: 5 - Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Chair Moraitis, Commissioner
Glassman, Commissioner McKinzie and Chair Trantalis
M-2 22-0177 Motion Approving an Agreement for Consultant Services with Carras
Community Investment, Inc. in the amount of $198,500, Authorizing
the Executive Director to Execute Any and All Related Instruments,
and Delegating Authority to the Executive Director to Take Certain
Actions - (Commission Districts 2 and 3)
APPROVED
Yea: 5 - Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Chair Moraitis, Commissioner
Glassman, Commissioner McKinzie and Chair Trantalis
M-3 22-0197 Motion Approving a First Amendment to the Streetscape
Enhancement Program Development Agreement with 315 Flagler
QOZB Owner, LLC for the Flagler Village Hotel Project, Approving a
First Amendment to Assignment and Assumption of Development
Agreement for Streetscape Enhancement Program; 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
Yea: 5 - Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Chair Moraitis, Commissioner
Glassman, Commissioner McKinzie and Chair Trantalis
M-4 22-0091 Motion Accepting the Fort Lauderdale Community Redevelopment
Agency (FLCRA) Annual Report and Audit Report and Authorization
to Transmit to Taxing Districts - (Commission Districts 2 and 3)
APPROVED
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COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT Action Summary March 15, 2022
AGENCY BOARD
Yea: 5 - Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Chair Moraitis, Commissioner
Glassman, Commissioner McKinzie and Chair Trantalis
ADJOURNMENT
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Agenda
City of Fort Lauderdale
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY BOARD
Agenda
City Hall - City Commission Chambers
Tuesday, March 15, 2022 - 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
DAVID R. SOLOMAN, Secretary
ALAIN E. BOILEAU, General Counsel
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT Agenda March 15, 2022
AGENCY BOARD
PUBLIC APPEARANCES BEFORE THE CRA BOARD:
The City of Fort Lauderdale is hosting Board Meetings in In-Person format only.
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 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 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 March 15, 2022
AGENCY BOARD
ROLL CALL
MOTIONS
M-1 22-0293 Motion Approving Minutes for February 15, 2022 Community
Redevelopment Agency Board Meeting - (Commission Districts 2 and 3)
Attachments: February 15, 2022 Community Redevelopment Agency Board Meeting
M-2 22-0177 Motion Approving an Agreement for Consultant Services with Carras
Community Investment, Inc. in the amount of $198,500, Authorizing the
Executive Director to Execute Any and All Related Instruments, and
Delegating Authority to the Executive Director to Take Certain Actions -
(Commission Districts 2 and 3)
Attachments: CRA Board Memo 22-0177
Exhibit 1 - Request for Proposals (RFP) 12584-125
Exhibit 2 - RFP Proposal - AE Engineering
Exhibit 3 - RFP Proposal - Carras Community Investment, Inc.
Exhibit 4 - Agreement
M-3 22-0197 Motion Approving a First Amendment to the Streetscape Enhancement
Program Development Agreement with 315 Flagler QOZB Owner, LLC for
the Flagler Village Hotel Project, Approving a First Amendment to
Assignment and Assumption of Development Agreement for Streetscape
Enhancement Program; 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 22-0197
Exhibit 2 - Letter Requesting Waiver of Mortgage Requirement
Exhibit 3 - Photos of Completed Project
Exhibit 4 - First Amendment to Assignment and Assumption of Development Agreement for Stree
Exhibit 5- First Amendment to Streetscape Agreement
M-4 22-0091 Motion Accepting the Fort Lauderdale Community Redevelopment Agency
(FLCRA) Annual Report and Audit Report and Authorization to Transmit to
Taxing Districts - (Commission Districts 2 and 3)
Attachments: CRA Board Memo 22-0091
Exhibit 1 – FY 2021 CRA Annual Report
Exhibit 2 – FY 2021 Annual Financial Report (Audit)
Exhibit 3 – FY 2021 CRA-SAS 114 Letter
Exhibit 4 – FY 2021 CRA – Compliance Reports for Florida
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COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT Agenda March 15, 2022
AGENCY BOARD
ADJOURNMENT
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