COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY BOARD
Regular MeetingFort Lauderdale, FL · November 7, 2024
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Action Summary
Thursday, November 7, 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
D'WAYNE M. SPENCE, Deputy General Counsel
PATRICK REILLY, City Auditor
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT Action Summary November 7, 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 November 7, 2024
AGENCY BOARD
ROLL CALL
Present 5 - Commissioner Warren Sturman, Commissioner John C. Herbst, Vice
Chair Steven Glassman, Commissioner Pam Beasley-Pittman, and
Chair Dean J. Trantalis
MOTIONS
M-1 24-0991 Motion Approving Minutes for October 1, 2024, Community
Redevelopment Agency Board Meeting - (Commission Districts 2 and
3)
APPROVED
Yea: 5 - Commissioner Sturman, Commissioner Herbst, Vice Chair Glassman,
Commissioner Beasley-Pittman and Chair Trantalis
RESOLUTIONS
R-1 24-0817 Resolution Accepting the Ranking of the RFP Evaluation Committee
for the Purchase and Development of Fort Lauderdale Community
Redevelopment Agency Property at 790 Sistrunk Boulevard, 538 NW
8 Avenue, 547 NW 7 Terrace, 551 NW 7 Terrace, and 537 NW 7
Terrace, Approving a $5,000,000 Non-Forgivable Development
Incentive Program Loan and Recommendation to Negotiate a
Development Agreement with the Top Ranked Proposer, Sistrunk
View, LLC, 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 Sturman, Commissioner Herbst, Vice Chair Glassman,
Commissioner Beasley-Pittman and Chair Trantalis
MOTIONS CONTINUED
M-2 24-1017 Motion Approving an Additional Property and Business Improvement
Program Forgivable Loan in the Amount of $125,000 to Provident
Market 1937, LLC for the Buildout of a Café/Specialty Foods Store
Fusion Business at 900 Sistrunk Boulevard, Unit C; 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)
APPROVED
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COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT Action Summary November 7, 2024
AGENCY BOARD
Yea: 5 - Commissioner Sturman, Commissioner Herbst, Vice Chair Glassman,
Commissioner Beasley-Pittman and Chair Trantalis
M-3 24-1015 Motion Approving an Additional Property and Business Improvement
Program Forgivable Loan in the Amount of $125,000 to Checkmate
Barbershop, Inc. for the Buildout of a Unisex Barbershop at 900
Sistrunk Boulevard, Unit A; 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)
APPROVED
Yea: 5 - Commissioner Sturman, Commissioner Herbst, Vice Chair Glassman,
Commissioner Beasley-Pittman and Chair Trantalis
ADJOURNMENT
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Agenda
City of Fort Lauderdale
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY BOARD
Agenda
Thursday, November 7, 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
D'WAYNE M. SPENCE, Deputy General Counsel
PATRICK REILLY, City Auditor
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT Agenda November 7, 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 November 7, 2024
AGENCY BOARD
ROLL CALL
MOTIONS
M-1 24-0991 Motion Approving Minutes for October 1, 2024, Community
Redevelopment Agency Board Meeting - (Commission Districts 2 and 3)
Attachments: October 1, 2024 CRA Meeting
M-2 24-1017 Motion Approving an Additional Property and Business Improvement
Program Forgivable Loan in the Amount of $125,000 to Provident Market
1937, LLC for the Buildout of a Café/Specialty Foods Store Fusion
Business at 900 Sistrunk Boulevard, Unit C; 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 24-1017
Exhibit 1 - Location Map
Exhibit 2 - Broward County Property Appraiser Information
Exhibit 3 - Amended Construction Budget
Exhibit 4 - Architectural Plans and Renderings
Exhibit 5 - NPF Advisory Board Meeting Draft Minutes, dated September 10, 2024
Exhibit 6 - Amended PBIIP Agreement
M-3 24-1015 Motion Approving an Additional Property and Business Improvement
Program Forgivable Loan in the Amount of $125,000 to Checkmate
Barbershop, Inc. for the Buildout of a Unisex Barbershop at 900 Sistrunk
Boulevard, Unit A; 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 24-1015
Exhibit 1 - Location Map
Exhibit 2 - Broward County Property Appraiser Information
Exhibit 3 - Request for Funding Increase, dated August 2024
Exhibit 4 - Architectural Plans and Renderings
Exhibit 5 - Proposal for Podcast Studio
Exhibit 6 - NPF Advisory Board Meeting Draft Minutes, dated September 10, 2024
Exhibit 7 - Amended PBIP Agreement
RESOLUTIONS
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COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT Agenda November 7, 2024
AGENCY BOARD
R-1 24-0817 Resolution Accepting the Ranking of the RFP Evaluation Committee for the
Purchase and Development of Fort Lauderdale Community
Redevelopment Agency Property at 790 Sistrunk Boulevard, 538 NW 8
Avenue, 547 NW 7 Terrace, 551 NW 7 Terrace, and 537 NW 7 Terrace,
Approving a $5,000,000 Non-Forgivable Development Incentive Program
Loan and Recommendation to Negotiate a Development Agreement with
the Top Ranked Proposer, Sistrunk View, LLC, 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 24-0817
Exhibit 1 – Property Location Map
Exhibit 2 – Notice and RFP Documents for Purchase and Development of CRA Property
Exhibit 3 – Proposal - Sistrunk View, LLC
Exhibit 4 – Proposal - Smith and Henzy Affordable Group
Exhibit 5 – Proposal - The Allen at Sistrunk LLC c/o Urban Pointe Developers, LLC
Exhibit 6 – RFP Evaluation Committee Scoring and Final Ranking
Exhibit 7 – Sistrunk View Project Plans and Illustrations
Exhibit 8 – Accommodations for Westside Gazette Property
Exhibit 9 – Letters of Intent from JP Morgan Chase and Raymond James
Exhibit 10 – Sistrunk View Sources and Uses and 10 year Proforma
Exhibit 11 – NPF CRA Housing Trust Group Project – Village View - 640 N Andrews Ave
Exhibit 12 – NPF CRA Housing Trust Group Project – Village Place - 740 NE 4 Ave
Exhibit 13 – NPF CRA Housing Trust Group Project – Mt Hermon Housing - 750 NW 4 St
Exhibit 14 – August 13, 2024 NPF CRA Advisory Board Approved Minutes
Exhibit 15- Sistrunk View, LLC Development Incentive Program Letter of Intent
Exhibit 16- Sistrunk View, LLC Resolution
Exhibit 17 – Purchase and Sale Contract, Addendum to Commercial Contract
ADJOURNMENT
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