COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY BOARD
Regular MeetingFort Lauderdale, FL · October 1, 2024
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Action Summary
Tuesday, October 1, 2024
2:30 PM
Broward Center for the Performing Arts - Mary N. Porter Riverview
Ballroom - 201 SW 5th Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33312
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 October 1, 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 Broward Center for
the Performing Arts - Mary N Porter Riverview Ballroom 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 Broward Center for the
Performing Arts - Mary N Porter Riverview Ballroom 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 October 1, 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 24-0866 Motion Approving Minutes for September 3, 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 24-0645 Resolution Providing a $1,500,000 Increase in Development Incentive
Program Forgivable Loan Funding to Wright Dynasty, LLC for the
Wright Dynasty Project Located At 1217-1223 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 Beasley-Pittman, Commissioner Sturman,
Commissioner Herbst, Vice Chair Glassman and Chair Trantalis
R-2 24-0818 Resolution Waiving the Maximum Funding Amount and Approving a
$750,000 Property and Business Improvement Program Forgivable
Loan and a $50,000 Streetscape Enhancement Program Forgivable
Loan to West Sistrunk Plaze, LLC for Ponderosa Plaza, Located at
2201 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 Beasley-Pittman, Commissioner Sturman,
Commissioner Herbst, Vice Chair Glassman and Chair Trantalis
PUBLIC HEARINGS
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COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT Action Summary October 1, 2024
AGENCY BOARD
PH-1 24-0816 Public Hearing Accepting the Development Proposal of Sefton and
Beverly Chambers and Approving the Sale of Community
Redevelopment Agency Property Located at 724 NW 15 Way for
Affordable Housing; 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, October 1, 2024 - 2:30 PM
Broward Center for the Performing Arts - Mary N. Porter Riverview
Ballroom - 201 SW 5th Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33312
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 October 1, 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 Broward Center for
the Performing Arts - Mary N Porter Riverview Ballroom 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 Broward Center for the
Performing Arts - Mary N Porter Riverview Ballroom 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 October 1, 2024
AGENCY BOARD
ROLL CALL
MOTIONS
M-1 24-0866 Motion Approving Minutes for September 3, 2024, Community
Redevelopment Agency Board Meeting - (Commission Districts 2 and 3)
Attachments: September 3, 2024 Community Redevelopment Agency Board Meeting
RESOLUTIONS
R-1 24-0645 Resolution Providing a $1,500,000 Increase in Development Incentive
Program Forgivable Loan Funding to Wright Dynasty, LLC for the Wright
Dynasty Project Located At 1217-1223 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 24-0645
Exhibit 1 - Location Map/Broward County Property Appraiser Information
Exhibit 2 - Developer’s Funding Increase Request
Exhibit 3 - Construction Bids/Value Engineering
Exhibit 4 - Final DRC Certificate of Compliance and Submittals
Exhibit 5 - Funding Commitment Letter from Grow America
Exhibit 6 - Project Appraisal
Exhibit 7 - Project Market Study
Exhibit 8 - Energy Efficiency Plan
Exhibit 9 - August 13, 2024, NPF CRA Advisory Board Approved Minutes
Exhibit 10- Letter of Intent
Exhibit 11- Resolution No. 20-12 (CRA)
Exhibit 12- Amended Letter of Intent
Exhibit 13- Resolution No. 22-18
Exhibit 14- Second Amendment to Letter of Intent
Exhibit 15- Resolution
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COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT Agenda October 1, 2024
AGENCY BOARD
R-2 24-0818 Resolution Waiving the Maximum Funding Amount and Approving a
$750,000 Property and Business Improvement Program Forgivable Loan
and a $50,000 Streetscape Enhancement Program Forgivable Loan to
West Sistrunk Plaze, LLC for Ponderosa Plaza, Located at 2201 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 24-0818
Exhibit 1 – Location Map and Broward County Property Appraiser Information
Exhibit 2 – Project Plans and Illustrations
Exhibit 3 – Application for Funding
Exhibit 4 – Project Cost
Exhibit 5 – Operating Proforma
Exhibit 6 – Florida Division of Corporations Information for West Sistrunk Plaze, LLC
Exhibit 7 – Project Development Team
Exhibit 8 – August 13, 2024 NPF CRA Advisory Board Approved Minutes
Exhibit 9 – Property and Business Improvement Program Agreement-
Exhibit 10 - Streetscape Enhancement Program Agreement
Exhibit 11 - Resolution
PUBLIC HEARINGS
PH-1 24-0816 Public Hearing Accepting the Development Proposal of Sefton and Beverly
Chambers and Approving the Sale of Community Redevelopment Agency
Property Located at 724 NW 15 Way for Affordable Housing; 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 24-0816
Exhibit 1 – Location Map, Broward County Property Information and Photos
Exhibit 2 – RFP Notice and Exhibits for 724 NW 15 Way
Exhibit 3 – Proposal by Sefton and Beverly Chambers
Exhibit 4 – Property Appraisal – Vance Real Estate Service
Exhibit 5 – Approved Minutes of the August 13, 2024 NPF CRA Advisory Board
Exhibit 6- Purchase Contract and Addendum
Exhibit 7- Resolution
ADJOURNMENT
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