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City Commission Regular Meeting

January 22, 2025 ·6:00 PM Final

Broward Center for the Performing Arts - Abdo New River Room - 201 SW 5th Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33312

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Agenda — 51 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 December 17, 2024, Commission Conference Meeting and December 17, 2024 Commission Regular Meeting - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) 25-0116 APPROVED AS AMENDED Pass
  10. 6 AGENDA ANNOUNCEMENTS
  11. PRES PRESENTATIONS
  12. PRES-1 Vice Mayor Glassman to Present a Proclamation declaring January 27, 2025, as International Holocaust Remembrance Day in the City of Fort Lauderdale 25-0004 PRESENTED
  13. PRES-2 Fire-Rescue will present a Good Samaritan Award - Lauderdale Marina Fire 25-0002 PRESENTED
  14. 11 CONSENT AGENDA PUBLIC COMMENT
  15. 12 CONSENT AGENDA
  16. PRES-3 Fort Lauderdale Ocean Rescue Employee Recognition 25-0001 PRESENTED
  17. CM CONSENT MOTION
  18. CM-1 Motion Approving an Outdoor Event Agreement and Request for Road Closures with Sistrunk Historical Festival, Inc. for the Sistrunk Parade and Festival - (Commission District 3) 25-0050 APPROVED Pass
  19. CM-2 Motion Approving an Outdoor Event Agreement and Request for Road Closures with The All-Star Classic, Inc. for the All-Star Classic, Inc. / Sistrunk 5k - (Commission District 3) 25-0051 APPROVED Pass
  20. 15 Approval of the Consent Agenda APPROVED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA Pass
  21. CM-3 Motion Approving an Outdoor Event Agreement with The Gyerard Reid Foundation Inc. for The G Classic - (Commission District 1) 25-0052 APPROVED Pass
  22. CM-4 Motion Approving an Outdoor Event Agreement and Request for Extended Road Closures Beyond 10:00am on the Barrier Island with Exclusive Sports Marketing, Inc. of Florida for Fort Lauderdale Marathon / Half Marathon & Fort Lauderdale 5K - (Commission Districts 1, 2 and 4) 25-0053 APPROVED Pass
  23. CM-5 Motion Approving an Outdoor Event Agreement with Requests for Road Closures and Music Exemption with Las Olas Association, Inc. for the American Lung Association’s 28th Annual Las Olas Wine and Food Festival - (Commission District 4) 25-0054 APPROVED Pass
  24. CM-6 Motion Approving an Outdoor Event Agreement and Request for Road Closures with The Humane Society of Broward County, Inc. for the VCA Walk for the Animals - (Commission District 2) 25-0117 APPROVED Pass
  25. CM-7 Motion Approving an Outdoor Event Agreement and Request for Extended Road Closures Beyond 10:00am on the Barrier Island with Helping Advance and Nurture the Development of Youth, Inc. for the Handy Moonrise Presented by Moss Foundation - (Commission District 2) 25-0110 APPROVED Pass
  26. CM-8 Motion Approving the Third Amendment to the Lease Agreement between Property Geek Investors, LLC and the City of Fort Lauderdale for Riverwalk Center Shops No. 108 & 112 - (Commission District 4) 25-0034 APPROVED Pass
  27. CM-9 Motion Approving a Ten (10) Year Facility Use Agreement with United States Tennis Association (USTA) Incorporated for Use of the Jimmy Evert Tennis Center located at 1150 G. Harold Martin Drive - (Commission District 2) 25-0057 APPROVED Pass
  28. CM-10 Motion Approving a Revised Memorandum of Understanding to Allow “Boulevard Tenants” Access to the Existing Trash Facility and the New Trash Facility Located at the Southeast Corner of SE 2nd Court and SE 8th Avenue - (Commission District 4) 25-0079 APPROVED Pass
  29. CM-11 Motion Granting a Temporary Access Agreement to Broward County for Access, Staging, and Storing to Conduct Beach Tilling and Escarpment Removal within the Shore Protection Project, Segment II - (Commission Districts 1 and 2) 25-0086 APPROVED Pass
  30. CR CONSENT RESOLUTION
  31. CR-1 Resolution Amending Resolution No. 17-46, as Amended, Providing for the Extension of the Term of the Infrastructure Task Force through February 18, 2026 - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) 25-0085 ADOPTED Pass
  32. CR-2 Resolution Waiving the Formal Bid Requirements of City Code Section 2-181, Waiving the Requirement to Restrict the use of SHIP Funds Under the Rental Development Strategy for “Gap” Financing, and Waiving the Requirement for a Minimum Contribution From the Participant Under the Local Housing Assistance Plan (LHAP), and Approving an Award of $278,600 to Fort Lauderdale Community Development Corporation Under State Housing Initiatives Partnership (SHIP) Program - (Commission District 3) 25-0098 ADOPTED Pass
  33. CP CONSENT PURCHASE
  34. CP-1 Motion Approving Agreement for the Purchase, Installation and Maintenance of EV Charging Stations - Rebid - G & H Electric, Inc. d/b/a Florida Supercharge - $650,967.06 - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) 25-0019 APPROVED Pass
  35. M MOTIONS
  36. M-1 Motion Approving the Pay Range Reallocation of 8 Classifications Within the Teamsters Local Union No. 769 Collective Bargaining Unit - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) 25-0084 APPROVED Pass
  37. 31 CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS PULLED FOR DISCUSSION
  38. R RESOLUTIONS
  39. R-1 Appointment of Board and Committee Members - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) 25-0114 ADOPTED AS AMENDED Pass
  40. R-2 Resolution Approving and Adopting the 2025 State Legislative Program for the City of Fort Lauderdale - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) 25-0064 ADOPTED Pass
  41. PH PUBLIC HEARINGS
  42. PH-1 Public Hearing - Ordinance Amending City of Fort Lauderdale Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Element; Parks, Recreation, and Open Space Designation to Allow Community Facilities and Utility Uses as a Permitted Use, with a Restriction on Maximum Acreage - Case No. UDP-L24001 - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) 25-0016 PASSED FIRST READING Pass
  43. PH-2 Public Hearing - Quasi-Judicial Resolution Approving the Historic Designation of the Exterior of the Building Commonly Known as “War Memorial Auditorium,” Located at 1000 E. Sunrise Boulevard (and Also Identified at the Following Location: 800 NE 8th Street), Fort Lauderdale, Florida, as a Historic Landmark - Historic Preservation Board Case No. UDP-HPD24002 - (Commission District 2) 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. 25-0009 ADOPTED AS AMENDED Pass
  44. PH-3 Public Hearing - 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. 25-0011 PASSED FIRST READING Pass
  45. OFR ORDINANCE FIRST READING
  46. OFR-1 First 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) 25-0065 PASSED FIRST READING Pass
  47. OFR-2 First 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) 25-0083 PASSED FIRST READING Pass
  48. OSR ORDINANCE SECOND READING
  49. OSR-1 Second Reading - Quasi-Judicial Ordinance Rezoning from Residential Multifamily Mid Rise Medium High Density (RMM-25) District to Northwest Regional Activity Center- Mixed Use West (NWRAC-MUw) District - 500 - 538 NW 9th Avenue and 537 NW 8th Avenue - Applicant: 6th on Powerline, LLC. - Case No. UDP-Z24010 - (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. 25-0107 ADOPTED ON SECOND READING Pass
  50. 44 ADJOURNMENT
  51. 48 PUBLIC COMMENT