COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY BOARD
Regular MeetingFort Lauderdale, FL · January 22, 2025
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Action Summary
Wednesday, January 22, 2025
2:30 PM
Broward Center for the Performing Arts - Abdo New River Room -
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
BEN SORENSEN - Commissioner - District IV
SUSAN GRANT, Acting Executive Director
DAVID R. SOLOMAN, Secretary
D'WAYNE M. SPENCE, Interim General Counsel
PATRICK REILLY, City Auditor
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT Action Summary January 22, 2025
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 January 22, 2025
AGENCY BOARD
ROLL CALL
Present 5 - Vice Chair Steven Glassman, Commissioner Pam Beasley-Pittman,
Commissioner Ben Sorensen, Commissioner John C. Herbst, and
Chair Dean J. Trantalis
MOTIONS
M-1 25-0045 Motion Approving Minutes for December 17, 2024, Community
Redevelopment Agency Board Meeting Minutes - (Commission
Districts 2 and 3)
APPROVED
Yea: 5 - Vice Chair Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman, Commissioner
Sorensen, Commissioner Herbst and Chair Trantalis
RESOLUTIONS
R-1 25-0007 Resolution Amending the Property and Business Investment Program
Agreement and the Quality of Life Grant with Broward College to
Extend the Time Period which Broward College Can Complete
Improvements at Broward College in the L.A. Lee YMCA Community
Center and Provide Scholarships to Residents of the
Northwest-Progresso-Flagler Heights Community Redevelopment
Area - (Commission District 3)
ADOPTED
Yea: 5 - Vice Chair Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman, Commissioner
Sorensen, Commissioner Herbst and Chair Trantalis
R-2 25-0008 Resolution Providing a $1,000,000 Increase in Development Incentive
Program Forgivable Loan Funds for the Aldridge and the Laramore
Mixed-Use Affordable Housing Developments, Located at 1204
Sistrunk Boulevard and 1619 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 - Vice Chair Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman, Commissioner
Sorensen, Commissioner Herbst and Chair Trantalis
ADJOURNMENT
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Agenda
City of Fort Lauderdale
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY BOARD
Agenda
Wednesday, January 22, 2025 - 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
BEN SORENSEN - Commissioner - District IV
SUSAN GRANT, Acting Executive Director
DAVID R. SOLOMAN, Secretary
D'WAYNE M. SPENCE, Interim General Counsel
PATRICK REILLY, City Auditor
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT Agenda January 22, 2025
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 January 22, 2025
AGENCY BOARD
ROLL CALL
MOTIONS
M-1 25-0045 Motion Approving Minutes for December 17, 2024, Community
Redevelopment Agency Board Meeting Minutes - (Commission Districts 2
and 3)
Attachments: December 17, 2024 Community Redevelopment Agency Board Meeting
RESOLUTIONS
R-1 25-0007 Resolution Amending the Property and Business Investment Program
Agreement and the Quality of Life Grant with Broward College to Extend
the Time Period which Broward College Can Complete Improvements at
Broward College in the L.A. Lee YMCA Community Center and Provide
Scholarships to Residents of the Northwest-Progresso-Flagler Heights
Community Redevelopment Area - (Commission District 3)
Attachments: CRA Board Memo 25-0007
Exhibit 1 – Location Map
Exhibit 2 – Letter From Broward College
Exhibit 3 – Existing Funding Agreement with Broward College
Exhibit 4 – December 10, 2024 NPF CRA Advisory Board Approved Minutes
Exhibit 5 – Amendment to Property and Business Investment Program Agreement and Quality of
Exhibit 6 – Resolution
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COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT Agenda January 22, 2025
AGENCY BOARD
R-2 25-0008 Resolution Providing a $1,000,000 Increase in Development Incentive
Program Forgivable Loan Funds for the Aldridge and the Laramore
Mixed-Use Affordable Housing Developments, Located at 1204 Sistrunk
Boulevard and 1619 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 25-0008
Exhibit 1 – Request for Gap Financing
Exhibit 2 – Updated Sources and Uses
Exhibit 3 – Updated Proforma
Exhibit 4 – Property Location Map
Exhibit 5 – Broward County Property Appraiser Information
Exhibit 6 – Resolution No 21-16
Exhibit 7 – Resolution No 22-06
Exhibit 8 – The Aldridge Project Plans and Illustrations
Exhibit 9 – The Laramore Project Plans and Illustrations
Exhibit 10 – December 10, 2024 NPF CRA Advisory Board Approved Minutes
Exhibit 11 – Amendment to DIP Agreement
Exhibit 12 – Resolution
Exhibit 13 – Development Agreement
ADJOURNMENT
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