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City Commission Regular Meeting

December 3, 2024 ·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. 4 ROLL CALL
  6. 4 MOMENT OF SILENCE
  7. 5 Approval of MINUTES and Agenda
  8. 5 EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT
  9. 6 Minutes for October 15, 2024, Commission Regular Meeting - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) 24-1138 APPROVED Pass
  10. 6 AGENDA ANNOUNCEMENTS
  11. PRES PRESENTATIONS
  12. PRES-1 Broward County Animal Care Division Announcement - Free Pet Care Clinic 24-1169 PRESENTED
  13. PRES-2 Mayor Trantalis to present a Proclamation declaring December 3, 2024, as Rick Case Bike for Kids Day in the City of Fort Lauderdale 24-1155 PRESENTED
  14. 10 CONSENT AGENDA PUBLIC COMMENT
  15. 11 CONSENT AGENDA
  16. CM CONSENT MOTION
  17. CM-1 Motion Approving a Retroactive Agreement for the Riverwalk Floating Dock Construction Phase II - Florida Floats, Inc. d/b/a Bellingham Marine - 485-Day Extension - (Commission District 2) 24-0804 APPROVED Pass
  18. CM-2 Motion Accepting Florida Department of Transportation Occupant Protection Program Funding - $62,000 - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) 24-1034 APPROVED Pass
  19. 14 Approval of the Consent Agenda APPROVED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA Pass
  20. CM-3 Motion Approving a Third Amendment to Strategic Alliance Agreement Relating to Book Explorers Reading Mentors Program between the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy, Inc., and the City of Fort Lauderdale- (Commission Districts 2, 3, and 4) 24-1078 APPROVED Pass
  21. CM-4 Motion Approving a First Amendment to the Recreation License Agreement between the School Board of Broward County and the City of Fort Lauderdale for the Shared Use and Recreation Improvements to School Sites owned by the School Board of Broward County - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) 24-1088 APPROVED Pass
  22. CR CONSENT RESOLUTION
  23. CR-1 Resolution Approving the Termination of the Lease Agreement Between Covenant House Florida, Inc and the City of Fort Lauderdale - (Unincorporated Broward County) 24-0798 ADOPTED Pass
  24. CR-2 Resolution Approving FY 2025 Not for Profit Grant Participation Agreement with Areawide Council on Aging of Broward County, Inc. - $127,842 - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) 24-0951 ADOPTED Pass
  25. CR-3 Resolution Approving FY 2025 Not For Profit Grant Participation Agreement with The Stranahan House, Inc., and a Fourth Addendum to Escrow Agreement with The Stranahan House, Inc., and Rogers, Morris & Ziegler LLP - $100,000 - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) 24-0952 ADOPTED Pass
  26. CR-4 Resolution Approving the Consolidated Budget Amendment to Fiscal Year 2025 - Appropriation - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) 24-0983 ADOPTED Pass
  27. CR-5 Resolution Approving a Grant Participation and Reimbursement Agreement between the City of Fort Lauderdale and Brightline Trains Florida, LLC for the Implementation of the Railroad Crossing Elimination Program Grant Broward County Sealed Corridor Project along the Florida East Coast Railway and Brightline Corridor within Broward County - (Commission Districts 1, 2 and 4) 24-1016 ADOPTED Pass
  28. CR-6 Resolution for Imposition of Special Assessment Liens for Costs Associated with Board ups - (Commission Districts 3 and 4) 24-1045 ADOPTED Pass
  29. CR-7 Resolution Delegating the Authority to the City Manager to Execute a Project Agreement (BR-FL-24-160) with The Florida Inland Navigation District - Waterway Assistance Program for Grant Funding of up to $75,000 or 50% of Eligible Project Costs, whichever is less, to Design and Permit Boat Ramp Renovations at the Lauderdale Isles Landing (f/k/a “Riverland Woods Park” - (Commission District 4) 24-1048 ADOPTED Pass
  30. CR-8 Resolution Approving the Naming of New City Park, Located at 2201 NE 19th Street, Bal Harbour Park - (Commission District 1) 24-1066
  31. CR-9 Resolution Approving a Landscape Maintenance Memorandum of Agreement with the Florida Department of Transportation for Improvements within the Right-of-Way of State Road 5 (Federal Highway/US-1) at the Intersection of Sunrise Boulevard (Searstown Intersection) - (Commission District 2) 24-1100 ADOPTED Pass
  32. CR-10 Resolution Authorizing the Execution of an Underground Electric Utility Facilities Easement with Florida Power & Light Company - River Oaks Pump Station Improvements - (Commission District 4) 24-1123 ADOPTED Pass
  33. CP CONSENT PURCHASE
  34. CP-1 Motion Approving Agreement for Wave Runner, Fire Boat(s) and Outboard Motor Maintenance and Repair - Yacht Management South Florida, Inc. - $771,329.22 - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) 24-1054 APPROVED Pass
  35. CP-2 Motion Approving First Amendment to Add Location and Annual Increase Amount to the Oceanside Park and Greenspace Maintenance Agreement - J-MAC Cleaning Services Inc. - $72,970 - (Commission District 2) 24-1094 APPROVED Pass
  36. CP-3 Motion Approving an Increase in Contract Capacity to the Annual Sidewalk, Asphalt, and Paver Emergency Repairs Continuing Contract - FG Construction, LLC - $800,000 - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) 24-1097 APPROVED Pass
  37. CP-4 Motion Approving an Increase in Contract Capacity to the Annual Asphalt, Sidewalk, and ADA Improvements Continuing Contract - FG Construction, LLC - $500,000 - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) 24-1111 APPROVED Pass
  38. CP-5 Motion Approving an Agreement for MicroTransit Pilot Services - Circuit Transit Inc. - $440,000 - (Commission District 3) 24-0693 APPROVED Pass
  39. M MOTIONS
  40. M-1 Motion Approving an Agreement for the Holiday Park Phase 1: Jimmy Evert Tennis Center Improvements - Shiff Construction & Development, Inc. - $7,276,239.53 - (Commission District 2) 24-1092 APPROVED Pass
  41. M-2 Motion Approving a Contract Capacity Increase to the Annual Bridge Repair Services Agreement - Engineer Control Systems Corporation - $1,613,570 - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) 24-1091 APPROVED Pass
  42. 36 CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS PULLED FOR DISCUSSION
  43. M-3 Motion Approving a Piggyback Agreement with FG Construction, LLC utilizing the Broward County Contract for Bridges, Structures and Miscellaneous Roadway Construction (Emergency Disaster/Urgent Purposes) - $38,313,605.50 - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) 24-1095 APPROVED Pass
  44. M-4 Motion Authorizing Settlement of Police Professional Liability Claim in LaToya Ratlieff v. City of Fort Lauderdale, et al. Case No. 22-cv-61029-RAR - $1,975,000 - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) 24-1131 APPROVED Pass
  45. NP NEIGHBOR PRESENTATIONS
  46. NP-1 Charlie King - An Inconvenient Tree 24-1153 RECEIVED
  47. R RESOLUTIONS
  48. R-1 Appointment of Board and Committee Members - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) 24-1154 ADOPTED AS AMENDED Pass
  49. R-2 Quasi-Judicial Resolution Approving a Site Plan Level III Development Permit and Design Deviation Requests - Nautica - 400 SW 3rd Avenue - Case No. UDP-S22055 - (Commission District 4) 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. 24-0837 ADOPTED Pass
  50. R-3 Quasi-Judicial Resolution Vacating an Eight-Foot-Wide by One-Hundred and Seventy-Five-Foot-Long Drainage Easement - 1400 Progresso Drive- Case No. UDP-EV24001 - (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. 24-1044 ADOPTED AS AMENDED Pass
  51. PH PUBLIC HEARINGS
  52. PH-1 Public Hearing - Quasi-Judicial Resolution Approving the Historic Designation of the Property Commonly Known as “Castro Convertibles,” located at 2860 N. Federal Highway as a Historic Landmark- Historic Preservation Board Case No. UDP-HPD21003 - (Commission District 1) - Requesting Deferral to February 18, 2025 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. 24-1071 DEFERRED Pass
  53. PH-2 Public Hearing - Resolution Designating Real Property Located at 221 NW 6th Street and 610 NW 3rd Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33311, as a Brownfield Area for Rehabilitation and Redevelopment Pursuant to Florida's Brownfields Redevelopment Act (Section 376.80, F.S.), and Setting a Second Public Hearing for December 17, 2024, to Meet Florida Statue Requirements - (Commission District 2) 24-1114 DISCUSSED
  54. OSR ORDINANCE SECOND READING
  55. OSR-1 Second Reading - Quasi-Judicial Ordinance Rezoning of 0.62 Acres from Residential Multifamily Mid Rise - Medium High Density (RMM-25) District to Community Business (CB) District, with allocation of 0.62 Acres of Nonresidential Flex Acreage and Approval of an Associated Development Permit for a Five-Story Parking Garage with 302 parking spaces, 6,000 square feet of Restaurant use, 11,036 square feet of Retail use and an 8,570 square-foot Fire/EMS Station - City of Fort Lauderdale - 216 SE 8th Avenue - Case No. UDP-SR23001 - (Commission District 4) 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. 24-1141 ADOPTED ON SECOND READING Pass
  56. OSR-2 Second Reading - An Ordinance Amending Chapter 17 - Noise Control of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Fort Lauderdale - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) Two or more members of the City of Fort Lauderdale Noise Control Advisory Committee may participate in the discussion of this item. 24-1142 ADOPTED ON SECOND READING Pass
  57. 51 ADJOURNMENT
  58. 55 PAGE BREAK