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City Commission Regular Meeting

February 4, 2025 ·6:00 PM Final

Broward Center for the Performing Arts - Mary N. Porter Riverview Ballroom - 201 SW 5th Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33312

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Agenda — 59 items

  1. 1 PUBLIC APPEARANCES BEFORE THE CITY COMMISSION: If any person wishes to address the City Commission, the person shall sign up in the 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 Mayor. After being recognized by the Mayor, 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 Commission in a representative capacity, the attorney, or other representative shall also sign up in the 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 Mayor, 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 shall maintain order at all meetings, and the Police Department, upon instructions of the Mayor, 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 meeting, or who willfully enters or remains in a City Commission meeting having been warned by the Mayor 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 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.
  2. 1 CALL TO ORDER
  3. 2 PAGE BREAK
  4. 3 Pledge of Allegiance
  5. 3 MOMENT OF SILENCE
  6. 4 ROLL CALL
  7. 5 Approval of MINUTES and Agenda
  8. 5 COMMISSION QUORUM ESTABLISHED
  9. 6 Minutes for January 7, 2025, Commission Conference Meeting and January 7, 2025, Commission Regular Meeting - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) 25-0134 APPROVED AS AMENDED Pass
  10. 6 AGENDA ANNOUNCEMENTS
  11. PRES PRESENTATIONS
  12. PRES-1 Mayor Trantalis to present a proclamation declaring February 2025, as Black History Month in the City of Fort Lauderdale 25-0165 PRESENTED
  13. 9 CONSENT AGENDA PUBLIC COMMENT
  14. 10 CONSENT AGENDA
  15. 10 TEACHERS OF THE YEAR ANNOUNCEMENT
  16. CM CONSENT MOTION
  17. CM-1 Motion Approving an Outdoor Event Agreement with Dolphins Cycling Challenge, Inc. for Dolphins Cancer Challenge XV - (Commission Districts 2 and 4) 25-0055 APPROVED Pass
  18. CM-2 Motion Approving an Outdoor Event Agreement and Road Closure Requests with Howard Alan Events, Inc. for the North Beach Shoppes Arts & Crafts Festival (February 2025) - (Commission District 1) 25-0149 APPROVED Pass
  19. CM-3 Motion Approving a Temporary Beach License, Outdoor Event Agreement and Request for Extended Road Closures Beyond 10:00am on the Barrier Island with AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Inc. for the 2025 Florida AIDS Walk & Music Festival - (Commission District 2) 25-0146 APPROVED Pass
  20. 14 Approval of the Consent Agenda APPROVED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA Pass
  21. CM-4 Motion Approving the Commissioning of Lifeguard Tower Artwork - (Commission District 2) 25-0105 APPROVED Pass
  22. CM-5 Motion Approving Grant Application - Broward County Enhanced Marine Law Enforcement - $155,088 - (Commission Districts 1, 2 ,3 and 4) 25-0099 APPROVED Pass
  23. CM-6 Motion Approving a License Application and Agreement for the Sale, Service, and Consumption of Food and Alcoholic Beverages on the Public Beach for Rahn Bahia Mar, LLC d/b/a Bahia Mar Beach Resort - (Commission District 2) 25-0100 APPROVED Pass
  24. CM-7 Motion Approving Change Order No. 3 to Task Order No.19 for Construction Engineering and Inspection Services for the City Hall Parking Garage Emergency Repairs - Kittelson & Associates, Inc. - $86,888 - (Commission District 4) 25-0103 APPROVED Pass
  25. CM-8 Motion Rejecting All Bids for the South Side Cultural Arts Center - Manual Transfer Switch - Invitation to Bid (ITB) Event No. 291 - (Commission District 4) 25-0106 APPROVED Pass
  26. CM-9 Motion Approving a Triparty Lien Settlement Agreement Between Barbara Cohen, Aval Assets, LLC, and the City of Fort Lauderdale - (Commission District 1) 25-0157 APPROVED Pass
  27. CM-10 Motion Approving a Retroactive Agreement for the Design Criteria Package for the 17th Street Causeway Large Watermain Replacement - Chen Moore and Associates, Inc. - 743-Day Extension and $39,529.75 - (Commission District 4) 25-0090 APPROVED Pass
  28. CR CONSENT RESOLUTION
  29. CR-1 Resolution Approving a Landscape Maintenance Memorandum of Agreement for State Road 5 (North Federal Highway/US-1) with the Florida Department of Transportation for Landscape Improvements within the Right-of-Way of State Road 5 and Assumption of Liability and Hold Harmless Agreement with Jim Moran Foundation, Inc. - (Commission District 1) 25-0068 ADOPTED Pass
  30. CR-2 Resolution Approving the Consolidated Budget Amendment to Fiscal Year 2025 - Appropriation - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) 25-0091 ADOPTED Pass
  31. CP CONSENT PURCHASE
  32. CP-1 Motion Approving Agreement for Turf Grass Maintenance NE - Juniper Landscaping of Florida, LLC - $775,470 - (Commission Districts 1 and 2) 25-0022 APPROVED Pass
  33. CP-2 Motion Approving Agreement for Turf Grass Maintenance NW - VisualScape, Inc. - $489,624.30 - (Commission Districts 1, 2, and 3) 25-0023 APPROVED Pass
  34. CP-3 Motion Approving Agreement for Turf Grass Maintenance SE - Juniper Landscaping of Florida, LLC - $523,255 - (Commission Districts 2 and 4) 25-0024 APPROVED Pass
  35. CP-4 Motion Approving Agreement for Turf Grass Maintenance SW - VisualScape, Inc. - $464,334.70 - (Commission Districts 2, 3 and 4) 25-0025 APPROVED Pass
  36. M MOTIONS
  37. M-1 Motion Approving an Agreement for the Progresso Village Stormwater Improvements - Man-Con, Incorporated - $39,579,918 - (Commission District 2) 25-0048 APPROVED Pass
  38. M-2 Motion Selecting a City Manager Finalist, and Naming a City Official or Staff Member to Conduct Discussions with the Selected Finalist for the Purpose of Presenting Terms for a Proposed Employment Contract to the City Commission for Consideration - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) 25-0061 APPROVED Pass
  39. M-3 Motion Approving an Agreement for Design Services for Fire Rescue Station No. 13 and Emergency Medical Substation No. 88 - H2M Architects & Engineers, Inc. - $1,096,299.07- (Commission Districts 2 and 4) 25-0123 APPROVED Pass
  40. 33 CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS PULLED FOR DISCUSSION
  41. M-4 Motion Approving Change Order No. 4 to Task Order No. 6 for Consultant Services for New Police Headquarters - AECOM Technical Services, Inc. - $946,915.78 - (Commission District 2) 25-0170 APPROVED Pass
  42. R RESOLUTIONS
  43. R-1 Appointment of Board and Committee Members - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) 25-0152 ADOPTED AS AMENDED Pass
  44. R-2 Quasi-Judicial Resolution - Approving the Vacation of Utility Easements - Located at 2750 NW 19th Street - City of Fort Lauderdale - Case No. UDP- EV24005 - (Commission District 3) Anyone wishing to speak must be sworn in. The Commission will announce any site visits, communications or expert opinions received and make them part of the record. 25-0075 ADOPTED Pass
  45. OFR ORDINANCE FIRST READING
  46. 38 Motion Selecting a City Manager Finalist, and Naming a City Official or Staff Member to Conduct Discussions with the Selected Finalist for the Purpose of Presenting Terms for a Proposed Employment Contract to the City Commission for Consideration - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) 25-0061 APPROVED Pass
  47. OFR-1 First Reading - An Ordinance of the City of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to create a dependent special district pursuit to Section 189.02, Florida Statutes, to be known as Fort Lauderdale Emergency Medical Services District and providing for the codification of the same through the amendment of Chapter 13 - Fire Prevention and Protection of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, by specifically creating Article VI of the Code of Ordinances to be entitled the “Fort Lauderdale Emergency Medical Services (EMS) District - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) 25-0088 REMOVED FROM AGENDA
  48. OFR-2 First Reading - Ordinance Amending Section 26-161 of the Code of Ordinances to Establish a Fee Structure for Permanent and Temporary Parking Removal for On-Street Parking - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) 25-0030 PASSED FIRST READING Pass
  49. OSR ORDINANCE SECOND READING
  50. 41 WALK-ON Motion Approving an Outdoor Event Agreement and Request for Music Exemption with 1134 L.L.C. for Smitty’s Super Bowl Sunday Watch Party - (Commission District 3) 25-0195 APPROVED Pass
  51. OSR-1 Second Reading - An Ordinance Amending Chapter 28 - Water, Wastewater, And Stormwater, Sections 28-203, 28-223, 28-231; Creating a New Section 28-251 - Cease and Desist Order and Re-Codifying Sections 25-252 through 28-254 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Fort Lauderdale - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) 25-0066 ADOPTED ON SECOND READING Pass
  52. OSR-2 Second Reading - An Ordinance Amending the Classification Table of the Pay Plan of the City of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, as Amended, by Changing the Pay Grade of One Classification and Creating One New Classification - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) 25-0154 ADOPTED ON SECOND READING Pass
  53. OSR-3 Second Reading - Quasi-Judicial Ordinance Approving a Rezoning from Intense Manufacturing and Industrial (M-3, Broward County) District to Uptown Urban Village Southeast (UUV-SE) District - City of Fort Lauderdale - 200 W Cypress Creek Road - 200 W Cypress Creek Holdings - Case No. UDP-Z24012 - (Commission District 1) Anyone wishing to speak must be sworn in. The Commission will announce any site visits, communications or expert opinions received and make them part of the record. 25-0138 ADOPTED ON SECOND READING Pass
  54. 45 CITY COMMISSIONER REPORTS
  55. 46 MAYOR REPORT
  56. MGR CITY MANAGER REPORT
  57. MGR-1 City Commission Follow up Action Items - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) 25-0173
  58. 49 ADJOURNMENT
  59. 55 REQUEST FOR EXECUTIVE CLOSED-DOOR SESSION