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City Commission Regular Meeting

January 7, 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 — 58 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 November 19, 2024, Commission Conference Meeting, November 19, 2024, Commission Regular Meeting and December 3, 2024, Commission Swearing-In Ceremony/Organization Meeting, December 3, 2024, Commission Conference Meeting and December 3, 2024 Commission Regular Meeting - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) 25-0044 APPROVED AS AMENDED Pass
  10. 6 CITY EMPLOYEE RETIREMENTS
  11. PRES PRESENTATIONS
  12. 7 AGENDA ANNOUNCEMENTS
  13. PRES-1 Fort Lauderdale High Innovation Zone Student Recognition 24-1130 PRESENTED
  14. 9 CONSENT AGENDA PUBLIC COMMENT
  15. 10 CONSENT AGENDA
  16. CM CONSENT MOTION
  17. CM-1 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) 25-0031 APPROVED Pass
  18. CM-2 Motion Approving an Outdoor Event Agreement and Request for Road Closures with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration Committee, Inc. for the 2025 King Holiday Parade & Multicultural Festival - (Commission District 3) 25-0033 APPROVED Pass
  19. CM-3 Motion Approving an Outdoor Event Agreement and Request for Road Closures with Cavallino Events, Inc. for the Cavallino Classic - Tour/Lunch - (Commission District 4) 25-0037 APPROVED Pass
  20. 14 Approval of the Consent Agenda APPROVED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA Pass
  21. CM-4 Motion Approving an Outdoor Event Agreement and Request for Music Exemption with St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, Inc. for the Saint Demetrios Greek Festival - (Commission District 2) 25-0035 APPROVED Pass
  22. CM-5 Motion Approving an Agreement and Request for Music Exemption with Royal Recordings, LLC for the 2025 Oceans of Soul Jazz Festival on Fort Lauderdale Beach - (Commission Districts 2 and 4) 24-1115 APPROVED AS AMENDED Pass
  23. CM-6 Motion Approving an Outdoor Event Agreement and Road Closure Request with Fishtales Bar & Grill, Inc. for NOBE Sunday Block Party - (Commission District 1) 24-1164 APPROVED Pass
  24. CM-7 Motion Approving a Non-Exclusive Facility Use Agreement with Gold Coast Ski Club, Inc. for Use of the Lake at Mills Pond Park with Two, One - Year Extension Options - (Commission District 3) 24-1021 APPROVED Pass
  25. CM-8 Motion Approving a License and an Agreement for the Sale, Service, and Consumption of Food and Alcoholic Beverages on the Public Beach for the Beach Blvd Owner LLC d/b/a W Fort Lauderdale - (Commission District 2) 24-1159 APPROVED Pass
  26. CM-9 Motion Approving a Donation of Fire Safety Equipment to the City of Oakland Park - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) 24-1194 APPROVED Pass
  27. CM-10 Motion Approving FY2025 Beach Business Improvement District Funding of the Park Ranger Program - $9,000 - (Commission District 2) 24-1208 APPROVED Pass
  28. CR CONSENT RESOLUTION
  29. CR-1 Resolution Approving FY 2025 Not for Profit Grant Participation Agreement with Nova Southeastern University, Inc. for the NSU Art Museum - $500,000 - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) 24-0950 ADOPTED Pass
  30. CR-2 Resolution Waiving the Formal Bid Requirements under Section 2-181 of the Code of Ordinances; Approving an Award of State Housing Initiatives Partnership (SHIP) Funding in the amount of $700,000 to Wright Dynasty LLC for a Mixed -Use, Mixed-Income Rental Development Project - (Commission District 3) 24-1007 ADOPTED Pass
  31. CR-3 Resolution Waiving the Formal Bid Requirements of the 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 $175,622.76 to Broward County Minority Builders Coalition, Inc. Under State Housing Initiatives Partnership (SHIP) - (Commission District 3) 24-1008 ADOPTED Pass
  32. CR-4 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) 24-1010 REMOVED FROM AGENDA
  33. CR-5 Resolution Establishing a Non-Voting Youth Chair Position with the Sustainability Advisory Board and Appointing Parker Jacobson-Bertanzetti to be the First Youth Chair - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) 24-1165 ADOPTED Pass
  34. CR-6 Resolution Correcting a Scrivener’s Error in Section 3 of Resolution No. 23-179 and No. 24-121 Pertaining to the Lien Amnesty Program - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) 24-1183 ADOPTED Pass
  35. CR-7 Resolution Approving the Secondary Street Name of NW 19th Avenue to also be known as “Raymond G Christie Avenue” between NW 3rd Court and NW 6th Street/Sistrunk Boulevard - (Commission District 3) 24-1149 ADOPTED Pass
  36. CR-8 Resolution Approving the Consolidated Budget Amendment to Fiscal Year 2025 - Appropriation - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) 24-1167 ADOPTED Pass
  37. CR-9 Resolution Approving FY 2025 Not for Profit Contribution Agreement with MASS District Inc. - $5,000 - (Commission District 2) 24-1203 ADOPTED Pass
  38. CP CONSENT PURCHASE
  39. CP-1 Motion Approving Agreement for Door Lock Monitoring Upgrade - Eastern Elevator Service Inc. - $188,780 - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) 24-1158 APPROVED Pass
  40. CP-2 Motion Approving an Agreement for the George T. Lohmeyer Wastewater Treatment Plant Pre-Treatment Building Improvements - AMAC Building Professionals, Inc. - $209,000 - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) 24-1170 APPROVED Pass
  41. M MOTIONS
  42. 35 CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS PULLED FOR DISCUSSION
  43. M-1 Motion Approving an Agreement for the Rehabilitation of Pump Stations B-4 and A-20 - Southern Underground Industries, Inc. - $8,739,415 - (Commission Districts 1 and 2) 24-1108 APPROVED Pass
  44. M-2 Motion Approving Increase in Cost Capacity to the Piggyback Agreements for Traffic Signal Improvements & Repairs - AGC Electric, Inc., AUM Construction Inc., Horsepower Electric Inc., and R & D Electric, Inc. - $1,150,000 - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) 24-1166 APPROVED Pass
  45. M-3 Motion Authorizing Purchase of Property Insurance - Underwriters at Lloyd’s of London, et al. - $3,485,620 - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) 25-0013 APPROVED Pass
  46. M-4 Motion Approving Agreement for the Purchase of Hauling and Disposal - Wastewater Treatment Sludge and Biosolids - Merrell Bros., Inc. - $18,604,500 - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) 25-0018 APPROVED Pass
  47. M-5 Motion Approving an Agreement for Design Services for Pumping Station A-5 - Chen Moore and Associates, Inc. - $1,212,515.78 - (Commission Districts 2 and 4) 24-0861 APPROVED Pass
  48. R RESOLUTIONS
  49. R-1 Appointment of Board and Committee Members - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) 25-0040 ADOPTED AS AMENDED Pass
  50. R-2 Resolution Amending a Site Plan Level IV Approval for an Increase in Height from 123 feet, 5 inches to 149 feet, 2 inches, Conditional Use Request for a Mixed-Use Development Over 10,000 Square Feet in the Community Business District Consisting of an 81-Room Hotel, 5,330 Square Feet of Retail Use, with Allocation of 17 Multifamily Residential Flexibility Units, and a Parking Reduction - 1007 E. Las Olas Boulevard - Las Olas Hospitality Group LLC - Case No. UDP-A24025 - (Commission District 4) 24-1181 ADOPTED Pass
  51. R-3 Quasi-Judicial Resolution - Approving the Vacation of a Utility Easement - Located at 901 E. Sunrise Boulevard - 901 EAST SUNRISE, LLC - Case No. UDP-EV24003 - (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 24-1193 ADOPTED Pass
  52. 45 PAGE BREAK
  53. PH PUBLIC HEARINGS
  54. PH-1 Public Hearing - 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. 24-1182 PASSED FIRST READING Pass
  55. OSR ORDINANCE SECOND READING
  56. OSR-1 Second Reading - An Ordinance of the City of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Enacting a New Subsection of the City’s Code of Ordinances, 16-33: Public Camping or Sleeping; Notice, Establishing a Notice Procedure for Reporting Violations of Public Camping and Public Sleeping - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) 25-0062 ADOPTED ON SECOND READING Pass
  57. 50 ADJOURNMENT
  58. 54 PAGE BREAK