COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY BOARD
Regular MeetingFort Lauderdale, FL · June 4, 2024
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Action Summary
Tuesday, June 4, 2024
2:30 PM
NSU Art Museum - Horvitz Auditorium
1 E Las Olas Blvd, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY BOARD
FORT LAUDERDALE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY BOARD OF
COMMISSIONERS
DEAN J. TRANTALIS - Chair
STEVEN GLASSMAN - Vice Chair
JOHN C. HERBST - Commissioner - District I
PAM BEASLEY-PITTMAN - Commissioner - District III
WARREN STURMAN - Commissioner - District IV
SUSAN GRANT, Acting Executive Director
DAVID R. SOLOMAN, Secretary
THOMAS J. ANSBRO, General Counsel
PATRICK REILLY, City Auditor
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT Action Summary June 4, 2024
AGENCY BOARD
***The meeting shall commence at 2:30 PM or as soon thereafter as possible***
PUBLIC APPEARANCES BEFORE THE CRA BOARD:
If any person wishes to address the Board, the person shall sign up in the NSU Art Museum
- Horvitz Auditorium. 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 approach the podium, 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 in the NSU Art Museum - Horvitz
Auditorium. A member of the City Clerk’s Office Staff will be there to assist. After being
recognized by the Chair, the speaker should approach the podium, 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 Mayor
(Chair) shall maintain order at all meetings, and the Police Department, upon instructions of
the Mayor (Chair), shall expel any person from the meeting who refuses to obey the order
of the Mayor in relation to preserving order at the meetings. Any person who interrupts or
disturbs a City Commission (Board) meeting, or who willfully enters or remains in a City
Commission (Board) meeting having been warned by the Mayor (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 Commission (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 June 4, 2024
AGENCY BOARD
ROLL CALL
Present 5 - Commissioner Pam Beasley-Pittman, Commissioner Warren Sturman,
Commissioner John C. Herbst, Vice Chair Steven Glassman, and
Chair Dean J. Trantalis
MOTIONS
M-1 24-0574 Motion Approving Minutes for May 21, 2024, Community
Redevelopment Agency Board Meeting - (Commission Districts 2 and
3)
APPROVED
Yea: 5 - Commissioner Beasley-Pittman, Commissioner Sturman,
Commissioner Herbst, Vice Chair Glassman and Chair Trantalis
RESOLUTIONS
R-1 24-0558 Resolution Approving a $6,000,000 Development Incentive Program
Forgivable Loan to Sirrom Commercial, Inc for the 1435 Art Xchange
Mixed-Use Project Located at 1429-1435 Sistrunk Boulevard,
Authorizing a Lease of Commercial Space in the Project to the Fort
Lauderdale Community Redevelopment Agency, 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 Beasley-Pittman, Commissioner Sturman,
Commissioner Herbst, Vice Chair Glassman and Chair Trantalis
ADJOURNMENT
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Agenda
City of Fort Lauderdale
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY BOARD
Agenda
Tuesday, June 4, 2024 - 2:30 PM
NSU Art Museum - Horvitz Auditorium
1 E Las Olas Blvd, 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
STEVEN GLASSMAN - Vice Chair
JOHN C. HERBST - Commissioner - District I
PAM BEASLEY-PITTMAN - Commissioner - District III
WARREN STURMAN - Commissioner - District IV
SUSAN GRANT, Acting Executive Director
DAVID R. SOLOMAN, Secretary
THOMAS J. ANSBRO, General Counsel
PATRICK REILLY, City Auditor
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT Agenda June 4, 2024
AGENCY BOARD
***The meeting shall commence at 2:30 PM or as soon thereafter as possible***
PUBLIC APPEARANCES BEFORE THE CRA BOARD:
If any person wishes to address the Board, the person shall sign up in the NSU Art Museum
- Horvitz Auditorium. 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 approach the podium, 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 in the NSU Art Museum - Horvitz
Auditorium. A member of the City Clerk’s Office Staff will be there to assist. After being
recognized by the Chair, the speaker should approach the podium, 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 Mayor
(Chair) shall maintain order at all meetings, and the Police Department, upon instructions of
the Mayor (Chair), shall expel any person from the meeting who refuses to obey the order
of the Mayor in relation to preserving order at the meetings. Any person who interrupts or
disturbs a City Commission (Board) meeting, or who willfully enters or remains in a City
Commission (Board) meeting having been warned by the Mayor (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 Commission (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 June 4, 2024
AGENCY BOARD
ROLL CALL
MOTIONS
M-1 24-0574 Motion Approving Minutes for May 21, 2024, Community Redevelopment
Agency Board Meeting - (Commission Districts 2 and 3)
Attachments: May 21, 2024, Community Redevelopment Agency Board Meeting
RESOLUTIONS
R-1 24-0558 Resolution Approving a $6,000,000 Development Incentive Program
Forgivable Loan to Sirrom Commercial, Inc for the 1435 Art Xchange
Mixed-Use Project Located at 1429-1435 Sistrunk Boulevard, Authorizing
a Lease of Commercial Space in the Project to the Fort Lauderdale
Community Redevelopment Agency, 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 24-0558
Exhibit 1 – Location Map
Exhibit 2 – Application for Funding
Exhibit 3 – Broward County Property Appraiser Information
Exhibit 4 – Proposed Unit Plans
Exhibit 5 – Standard Unit Features and Amenities
Exhibit 6 – Project Illustrations
Exhibit 7 – YMCA Letter of Support
Exhibit 8 – Project Budget/Sources and Uses/Proforma
Exhibit 9 – Letter of Interest for Loan Commitment
Exhibit 10 – Development Team Information
Exhibit 11 – April 9, 2024, CRA Advisory Board Draft Minutes
Exhibit 12 – Development Incentive Program Letter of Intent – 1435 Art Xchange Project
Exhibit 13 – Resolution
ADJOURNMENT
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