COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY BOARD
Regular MeetingFort Lauderdale, FL · June 18, 2024
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Action Summary
Tuesday, June 18, 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 18, 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 18, 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 24-0604 Motion Approving Minutes for June 4, 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 24-0601 Resolution Terminating a $3,000,000 Development Agreement with
Avenue D’Arts FLL, LLC and Removing the Restrictive Covenant to
Construct a Comfort Suites Hotel on the Property, Subject to
Conditions - (Commission District 3)
ADOPTED
Yea: 5 - Commissioner Beasley-Pittman, Commissioner Sturman,
Commissioner Herbst, Vice Chair Glassman and Chair Trantalis
PUBLIC HEARINGS
PH-1 24-0475 Public Hearing Approving the Sale of Community Redevelopment
Agency Property Located at 822 Sistrunk Boulevard, 824 Sistrunk
Boulevard, and 541 NW 8 Avenue to Fuse 9, LLC, Subject to
Conditions, Restrictions and Reservations, 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 18, 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 18, 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 18, 2024
AGENCY BOARD
ROLL CALL
MOTIONS
M-1 24-0604 Motion Approving Minutes for June 4, 2024, Community Redevelopment
Agency Board Meeting - (Commission Districts 2 and 3)
Attachments: June 4, 2024 Community Redevelopment Agency Board Meeting
RESOLUTIONS
R-1 24-0601 Resolution Terminating a $3,000,000 Development Agreement with
Avenue D’Arts FLL, LLC and Removing the Restrictive Covenant to
Construct a Comfort Suites Hotel on the Property, Subject to Conditions -
(Commission District 3)
Attachments: CRA Board Memo 24-0601
Exhibit 1 – Location Map
Exhibit 2- Resolution
Exhibit 3 – Special Warranty Deed
Exhibit 4 – Termination of Development Agreement and Release of Restrictive Covenant
Exhibit 5 – Calculation of CRA Share of Purchase Price
PUBLIC HEARINGS
PH-1 24-0475 Public Hearing Approving the Sale of Community Redevelopment Agency
Property Located at 822 Sistrunk Boulevard, 824 Sistrunk Boulevard, and
541 NW 8 Avenue to Fuse 9, LLC, Subject to Conditions, Restrictions and
Reservations, 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 24-0475
Exhibit 1 – Location Map
Exhibit 2 – CRA Notice to Accept Proposals
Exhibit 3 – Broward County Property Appraiser Information
Exhibit 4 – Fuse 9, LLC Original RFP Proposal
Exhibit 5 – RFP Evaluation Committee Scoring
Exhibit 6 – Fuse 9, LLC Final Revised RFP Proposal
Exhibit 7 – Appraisal Report Dated 5/28/2024– American Realty Consultants, Inc
Exhibit 8 – Commercial Contract and Addendum
Exhibit 9 – Resolution
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COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT Agenda June 18, 2024
AGENCY BOARD
ADJOURNMENT
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