COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY BOARD
Regular MeetingFort Lauderdale, FL · July 5, 2023
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City of Fort Lauderdale
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Action Summary
Wednesday, July 5, 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 July 5, 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 July 5, 2023
AGENCY BOARD
ROLL CALL
Present 5 - Commissioner Warren Sturman, Commissioner John C. Herbst,
Commissioner Steven Glassman, Vice Chair Pam Beasley-Pittman,
and Chair Dean J. Trantalis
MOTIONS
M-1 23-0613 Motion Approving Minutes for June 6, 2023, Community
Redevelopment Agency Board Meeting - (Commission Districts 2 and
3)
APPROVED
Yea: 5 - Commissioner Sturman, Commissioner Herbst, Commissioner
Glassman, Vice Chair Beasley-Pittman and Chair Trantalis
M-2 23-0266 Motion Approving a $212,520 Property and Business Improvement
Program Forgivable Loan, a $92,735 Façade Program Forgivable
Loan, and a $97,440 Streetscape Enhancement Program Forgivable
Loan to 825 Progresso Drive, LLC for the Progresso Park Project
Located at 825-833 Progresso Drive- (Commission District 2)
APPROVED
Yea: 5 - Commissioner Sturman, Commissioner Herbst, Commissioner
Glassman, Vice Chair Beasley-Pittman and Chair Trantalis
RESOLUTIONS
R-1 23-0635 Resolution Authorizing Budget Amendment - Reappropriate $400,000
for Related FATVillage, LLC for the Gallery at FAT Village Project -
(Commission District 2)
ADOPTED
Yea: 5 - Commissioner Sturman, Commissioner Herbst, Commissioner
Glassman, Vice Chair Beasley-Pittman and Chair Trantalis
R-2 23-0661 Resolution Approving an Increase of $400,000 in Development
Incentive Program Loan Funds to Related FATVillage, LLC for the
Gallery at FAT Village Project Located at 600 Andrews Avenue -
(Commission District 2)
ADOPTED
Yea: 5 - Commissioner Sturman, Commissioner Herbst, Commissioner
Glassman, Vice Chair Beasley-Pittman and Chair Trantalis
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COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT Action Summary July 5, 2023
AGENCY BOARD
ADJOURNMENT
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Agenda
City of Fort Lauderdale
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY BOARD
Agenda
Wednesday, July 5, 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 July 5, 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 July 5, 2023
AGENCY BOARD
ROLL CALL
MOTIONS
M-1 23-0613 Motion Approving Minutes for June 6, 2023, Community Redevelopment
Agency Board Meeting - (Commission Districts 2 and 3)
Attachments: June 6, 2023, Community Redevelopment Agency Board Meeting
M-2 23-0266 Motion Approving a $212,520 Property and Business Improvement
Program Forgivable Loan, a $92,735 Façade Program Forgivable Loan,
and a $97,440 Streetscape Enhancement Program Forgivable Loan to
825 Progresso Drive, LLC for the Progresso Park Project Located at
825-833 Progresso Drive- (Commission District 2)
Attachments: CRA Board Memo 23-0266
Exhibit 1 – Location Map/Concept Renderings
Exhibit 2 – Application for Funding
Exhibit 3 – Plans and Illustrations
Exhibit 4 – City Fort Lauderdale Administrative Review Approval
Exhibit 5 – February 14, 2023 NPF CRA Advisory Board Minutes
Exhibit 6 – Property and Business Improvement Program Agreement
Exhibit 7 – Facade Program Agreement
Exhibit 8 – Streetscape Enhancement Program Agreement
RESOLUTIONS
R-1 23-0635 Resolution Authorizing Budget Amendment - Reappropriate $400,000 for
Related FATVillage, LLC for the Gallery at FAT Village Project -
(Commission District 2)
Attachments: CRA Board Memo 23-0635
Exhibit 1 - Resolution
R-2 23-0661 Resolution Approving an Increase of $400,000 in Development Incentive
Program Loan Funds to Related FATVillage, LLC for the Gallery at FAT
Village Project Located at 600 Andrews Avenue - (Commission District 2)
Attachments: CRA Board Memo 23-0661
Exhibit 1 - Location Map/Broward County Property Appraiser Information
Exhibit 2 – Resolution
ADJOURNMENT
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