COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY BOARD
Regular MeetingFort Lauderdale, FL · July 5, 2022
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Action Summary
Tuesday, July 5, 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
BEN SORENSEN - Vice Chair
HEATHER MORAITIS - Commissioner - District I
STEVEN GLASSMAN - Commissioner - District II
ROBERT L. McKINZIE -Commissioner - District III
CHRIS LAGERBLOOM, Executive Director
DAVID R. SOLOMAN, Secretary
ALAIN E. BOILEAU, General Counsel
PATRICK REILLY, Interim City Auditor
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT Action Summary July 5, 2022
AGENCY BOARD
PUBLIC APPEARANCES BEFORE THE CRA BOARD:
If any person wishes to address the Board, the person shall sign up in the City Hall lobby. A
member of the City Clerk’s Office Staff will be there to assist. 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 the person shall sign up in the City Hall lobby. A
member of the City Clerk’s Office Staff will be there to assist. 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).
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 July 5, 2022
AGENCY BOARD
ROLL CALL
Present 5 - Vice Chair Ben Sorensen, Commissioner Heather Moraitis,
Commissioner Steven Glassman, Commissioner Robert L. McKinzie,
and Chair Dean J. Trantalis
MOTIONS
M-1 22-0600 Motion Approving Minutes for June 7, 2022, Community
Redevelopment Agency Board Meeting - (Commission Districts 2 and
3)
APPROVED
Yea: 5 - Vice Chair Sorensen, Commissioner Moraitis, Commissioner
Glassman, Commissioner McKinzie and Chair Trantalis
M-2 22-0576 Motion Approving a Satisfaction of Mortgage Securing a Forgivable
Loan Under the Property and Business Investment Improvement
Program Agreement and the Non-Residential Façade Improvement
Agreement for Sandbox LLC in Exchange for a Prorated Payment of
$51,000 and Delegate Authority to the Executive Director to Take
Certain Actions - (Commission Districts 2 and 3)
APPROVED
Yea: 5 - Vice Chair Sorensen, Commissioner Moraitis, Commissioner
Glassman, Commissioner McKinzie and Chair Trantalis
RESOLUTIONS
R-1 22-0376 Resolution Approving an Amended Development Incentive Program
Letter of Intent for “The Aldridge” and “The Laramore” Mixed-Use
Affordable Housing Projects, Located at 1204 Sistrunk Boulevard and
1620 NW 6 Court, and an Amended Vacant Land Contract and
Addendum; 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
Yea: 5 - Vice Chair Sorensen, Commissioner Moraitis, Commissioner
Glassman, Commissioner McKinzie and Chair Trantalis
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AGENCY BOARD
R-2 22-0631 Resolution Approving a Second Amendment to the Development
Incentive Program Development Agreement for the Thrive Progresso
Project; 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)
ADOPTED
Yea: 5 - Vice Chair Sorensen, Commissioner 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, July 5, 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
BEN SORENSEN - Vice Chair
HEATHER MORAITIS - Commissioner - District I
STEVEN GLASSMAN - Commissioner - District II
ROBERT L. McKINZIE -Commissioner - District III
CHRIS LAGERBLOOM, Executive Director
DAVID R. SOLOMAN, Secretary
ALAIN E. BOILEAU, General Counsel
PATRICK REILLY, Interim City Auditor
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT Agenda July 5, 2022
AGENCY BOARD
PUBLIC APPEARANCES BEFORE THE CRA BOARD:
If any person wishes to address the Board, the person shall sign up in the City Hall lobby. A
member of the City Clerk’s Office Staff will be there to assist. 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 the person shall sign up in the City Hall lobby. A
member of the City Clerk’s Office Staff will be there to assist. 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).
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 July 5, 2022
AGENCY BOARD
ROLL CALL
MOTIONS
M-1 22-0600 Motion Approving Minutes for June 7, 2022, Community Redevelopment
Agency Board Meeting - (Commission Districts 2 and 3)
Attachments: June 7, 2022 Community Redevelopment Agency Board Meeting
M-2 22-0576 Motion Approving a Satisfaction of Mortgage Securing a Forgivable Loan
Under the Property and Business Investment Improvement Program
Agreement and the Non-Residential Façade Improvement Agreement for
Sandbox LLC in Exchange for a Prorated Payment of $51,000 and
Delegate Authority to the Executive Director to Take Certain Actions -
(Commission Districts 2 and 3)
Attachments: CRA Board Memo 22-0576
Exhibit 1 – Copy of Mortgages and Notes – Instruments 115925138 and 115925139
Exhibit 2 – Copy of Property and Business Investment Improvement Program Agreement
Exhibit 3 – Copy of Non-Residential Façade Improvement Program Agreement
Exhibit 4 – Escrow Holdback Agreement
RESOLUTIONS
R-1 22-0376 Resolution Approving an Amended Development Incentive Program Letter
of Intent for “The Aldridge” and “The Laramore” Mixed-Use Affordable
Housing Projects, Located at 1204 Sistrunk Boulevard and 1620 NW 6
Court, and an Amended Vacant Land Contract and Addendum; 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 22-0376
Exhibit 1 - CAM 21-0321
Exhibit 2 - Location Map and Illustrations
Exhibit 3 - Revised Sources and Uses
Exhibit 4 - Development Incentive Program Amended Letter of Intent
Exhibit 5 - Amended Vacant Land Contract and Addendum
Exhibit 6 - Resolution
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COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT Agenda July 5, 2022
AGENCY BOARD
R-2 22-0631 Resolution Approving a Second Amendment to the Development Incentive
Program Development Agreement for the Thrive Progresso Project;
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 22-0631
Exhibit 1 - Location Map
Exhibit 2 - Updated Progress Photos of Project Site
Exhibit 3 - Development Agreement – Development Incentive Program
Exhibit 4 - First Amendment to Development Agreement for Development Incentive Program and
Exhibit 5 - Second Amendment to the Development Incentive Program Development Agreement
Exhibit 6 - Resolution
ADJOURNMENT
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