COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY BOARD
Regular MeetingFort Lauderdale, FL · May 2, 2023
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City of Fort Lauderdale
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Action Summary
Tuesday, May 2, 2023
2:30 PM
OR AS SOON THEREAFTER AS POSSIBLE
The Parker - 707 Northeast 8th Street, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY BOARD
FORT LAUDERDALE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY BOARD OF
COMMISSIONERS
DEAN J. TRANTALIS - Chair
PAM BEASLEY-PITTMAN - Vice Chair
JOHN C. HERBST - Commissioner - District I
STEVEN GLASSMAN - Commissioner - District II
WARREN STURMAN - Commissioner - District IV
GREG CHAVARRIA, Executive Director
DAVID R. SOLOMAN, Secretary
D'WAYNE M. SPENCE, Interim General Counsel
PATRICK REILLY, City Auditor
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT Action Summary May 2, 2023
AGENCY BOARD
PUBLIC APPEARANCES BEFORE THE CRA BOARD:
If any person wishes to address the Board, the person shall sign up in The Parker 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 Parker 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 May 2, 2023
AGENCY BOARD
ROLL CALL
Present 5 - Commissioner Steven Glassman, Vice Chair Pam Beasley-Pittman,
Commissioner Warren Sturman, Commissioner John C. Herbst, and
Chair Dean J. Trantalis
MOTIONS
M-1 23-0479 Motion Approving Minutes for April 18, 2023, Community
Redevelopment Agency Board Meeting - (Commission Districts 2 and
3)
APPROVED
Yea: 5 - Commissioner Glassman, Vice Chair Beasley-Pittman, Commissioner
Sturman, Commissioner Herbst and Chair Trantalis
RESOLUTIONS
R-1 23-0267 Resolution Approving a $2,000,000 Development Incentive Program
Forgivable Loan to New Hope Development Corporation for the New
Hope Affordable Housing Development Located at 1316 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)
REMOVED FROM AGENDA
R-2 23-0362 Resolution Delegating Authority to the Executive Director to Approve
Awards for Qualified Applicants and to Execute Any and All
Documents Relating to Central City Residential Façade &
Landscaping Program for the Central City Area - (Commission
Districts 2 and 3)
ADOPTED
Yea: 5 - Commissioner Glassman, Vice Chair Beasley-Pittman, Commissioner
Sturman, Commissioner Herbst and Chair Trantalis
R-3 23-0394 Resolution Authorizing Budget Amendment - Reappropriate $20,000
for the NE 4th Avenue Complete Street Project - (Commission District
2)
ADOPTED
Yea: 4 - Commissioner Glassman, Vice Chair Beasley-Pittman, Commissioner
Sturman and Chair Trantalis
Nay: 1 - Commissioner Herbst
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AGENCY BOARD
ADJOURNMENT
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Agenda
City of Fort Lauderdale
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY BOARD
Agenda
Tuesday, May 2, 2023 - 2:30 PM
OR AS SOON THEREAFTER AS POSSIBLE
The Parker - 707 Northeast 8th Street, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304
www.youtube.com/cityoffortlauderdale
FORT LAUDERDALE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY BOARD OF
COMMISSIONERS
DEAN J. TRANTALIS - Chair
PAM BEASLEY-PITTMAN - Vice Chair
JOHN C. HERBST - Commissioner - District I
STEVEN GLASSMAN - Commissioner - District II
WARREN STURMAN - Commissioner - District IV
GREG CHAVARRIA, Executive Director
DAVID R. SOLOMAN, Secretary
D'WAYNE M. SPENCE, Interim General Counsel
PATRICK REILLY, City Auditor
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT Agenda May 2, 2023
AGENCY BOARD
PUBLIC APPEARANCES BEFORE THE CRA BOARD:
If any person wishes to address the Board, the person shall sign up in The Parker 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 Parker 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 May 2, 2023
AGENCY BOARD
ROLL CALL
MOTIONS
M-1 23-0479 Motion Approving Minutes for April 18, 2023, Community Redevelopment
Agency Board Meeting - (Commission Districts 2 and 3)
Attachments: April 18, 2023 Community Redevelopment Agency Board Meeting
RESOLUTIONS
R-1 23-0267 Resolution Approving a $2,000,000 Development Incentive Program
Forgivable Loan to New Hope Development Corporation for the New Hope
Affordable Housing Development Located at 1316 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 23-0267
Exhibit 1 – Location Map
Exhibit 2 – Application for Funding
Exhibit 3 – Apartment Home Features
Exhibit 4 – Project Plans and Illustrations
Exhibit 5 – Letter of Interest to Fund – RidgeRock Asset Management Group
Exhibit 6 – Project Budget/Sources and Uses/Proforma
Exhibit 7 – February 14, 2023 NPF CRA Advisory Board Minutes
Exhibit 8 – Letter of Intent
Exhibit 9 – Resolution
R-2 23-0362 Resolution Delegating Authority to the Executive Director to Approve
Awards for Qualified Applicants and to Execute Any and All Documents
Relating to Central City Residential Façade & Landscaping Program for
the Central City Area - (Commission Districts 2 and 3)
Attachments: CRA Board Memo 23-0362
Exhibit 1 - CAM 22-0707 and Resolution 22-15
Exhibit 2 - Program Flyer and Door Hanger
Exhibit 3 - CRA Residential Façade and Landscaping Program
Exhibit 4 - Resolution
R-3 23-0394 Resolution Authorizing Budget Amendment - Reappropriate $20,000 for
the NE 4th Avenue Complete Street Project - (Commission District 2)
Attachments: CRA Board Memo 23-0394
Exhibit 1- Resolution
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COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT Agenda May 2, 2023
AGENCY BOARD
ADJOURNMENT
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