COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY BOARD
Regular MeetingFort Lauderdale, FL · September 22, 2022
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Action Summary
Thursday, September 22, 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
GREG CHAVARRIA, Executive Director
DAVID R. SOLOMAN, Secretary
ALAIN E. BOILEAU, General Counsel
PATRICK REILLY, Interim City Auditor
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT Action Summary September 22, 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 September 22, 2022
AGENCY BOARD
ROLL CALL
Present 5 - Commissioner Steven Glassman, Commissioner Robert L. McKinzie,
Vice Chair Ben Sorensen, Commissioner Heather Moraitis, and Chair
Dean J. Trantalis
MOTIONS
M-1 22-0924 Motion Approving Minutes for September 6, 2022, Community
Redevelopment Agency Board Meeting - (Commission Districts 2 and
3)
APPROVED
Yea: 5 - Commissioner Glassman, Commissioner McKinzie, Vice Chair
Sorensen, Commissioner Moraitis and Chair Trantalis
M-2 22-0921 Motion Rejecting All Proposals for RFP 12642-925 Purchase and
Development of CRA Property - (Commission District 3)
APPROVED
Yea: 4 - Commissioner Glassman, Vice Chair Sorensen, Commissioner
Moraitis and Chair Trantalis
Nay: 1 - Commissioner McKinzie
RESOLUTIONS
R-1 22-0919 Resolution Amending Resolution No. 19-07 and Resolution No. 22-04;
Clarifying Conditions for Closing on CRA Property located at 713,
717, and 723 NW 3rd Street, Fort Lauderdale Florida and Delegating
Authority to the Executive Director to Take Certain Actions -
(Commission District 3)
ADOPTED
Yea: 5 - Commissioner Glassman, Commissioner McKinzie, Vice Chair
Sorensen, Commissioner Moraitis and Chair Trantalis
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COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT Action Summary September 22, 2022
AGENCY BOARD
R-2 22-0802 Resolution Waiving the Maximum Funding Amount and Percentage of
Funding of Eligible Project Cost Under the Property and Business
Improvement Program, Approving an Additional Property and
Business Improvement Program Forgivable Loan in the Amount of
$416,900 to the American Legion Robert Bethel Post 220, Inc for the
Substantial Renovation and Expansion of the American Legion Post
220 at 1455 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)
ADOPTED
Yea: 5 - Commissioner Glassman, Commissioner McKinzie, Vice Chair
Sorensen, Commissioner Moraitis and Chair Trantalis
ADJOURNMENT
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Agenda
City of Fort Lauderdale
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY BOARD
Agenda
City Hall - City Commission Chambers
Thursday, September 22, 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
GREG CHAVARRIA, Executive Director
DAVID R. SOLOMAN, Secretary
ALAIN E. BOILEAU, General Counsel
PATRICK REILLY, Interim City Auditor
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT Agenda September 22, 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 September 22, 2022
AGENCY BOARD
ROLL CALL
MOTIONS
M-1 22-0924 Motion Approving Minutes for September 6, 2022, Community
Redevelopment Agency Board Meeting - (Commission Districts 2 and 3)
Attachments: September 6, 2022 Community Redevelopment Agency Board Meeting
M-2 22-0921 Motion Rejecting All Proposals for RFP 12642-925 Purchase and
Development of CRA Property - (Commission District 3)
Attachments: CRA Board Memo 22-0921
RESOLUTIONS
R-1 22-0919 Resolution Amending Resolution No. 19-07 and Resolution No. 22-04;
Clarifying Conditions for Closing on CRA Property located at 713, 717,
and 723 NW 3rd Street, Fort Lauderdale Florida and Delegating Authority
to the Executive Director to Take Certain Actions - (Commission District 3)
Attachments: CRA Board Memo 22-0919
Exhibit 1- Resolution
Exhibit 2- Second Addendum
Exhibit 3- Location Map
R-2 22-0802 Resolution Waiving the Maximum Funding Amount and Percentage of
Funding of Eligible Project Cost Under the Property and Business
Improvement Program, Approving an Additional Property and Business
Improvement Program Forgivable Loan in the Amount of $416,900 to the
American Legion Robert Bethel Post 220, Inc for the Substantial
Renovation and Expansion of the American Legion Post 220 at 1455
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 22-0802
Exhibit 1 - Location Map/ Broward County Property Appraiser Information
Exhibit 2 - Plans and Renderings of Proposed Project
Exhibit 3 - Bid Tabulation - Bid # 12694-923 - American Legion Post
Exhibit 4 - Updated Project Budget and Expenses
Exhibit 5 - August 9, 2022, NPF CRA Advisory Board Draft Minutes
Exhibit 6 - First Amendment - Property and Business Improvement Program Agreement
Exhibit 7- Resolution
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COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT Agenda September 22, 2022
AGENCY BOARD
ADJOURNMENT
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