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City Commission Regular Meeting

October 15, 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 — 72 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 September 17, 2024, Commission Joint Workshop with Charter Revision Board, September 17, 2024, Commission Conference Meeting and September 17, 2024, Commission Regular Meeting - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) 24-0990 APPROVED AS AMENDED Pass
  10. 6 EMPLOYEE ANNOUNCEMENTS AND RETIREMENTS
  11. PRES PRESENTATIONS
  12. 7 AGENDA ANNOUNCEMENTS
  13. PRES-1 Mayor Trantalis to present a Proclamation declaring October 15, 2024, as Abbas Karimi and Marty Hendrick Day in the City of Fort Lauderdale 24-1009 PRESENTED
  14. PRES-2 Commissioner Sturman to present a Proclamation declaring October 7-11, 2024, as Customer Service Week in the City of Fort Lauderdale 24-1001 PRESENTED
  15. PRES-3 Commissioner Pamela Beasley-Pittman to present a District III Community Appearance "WOW" Award (Giles-Stuart Residence) 24-1013 PRESENTED
  16. 11 CONSENT AGENDA PUBLIC COMMENT
  17. 12 CONSENT AGENDA
  18. CM CONSENT MOTION
  19. CM-1 Motion Approving an Outdoor Event Agreement and Related Road Closures with South Florida Exotic Car Toy Rally, LLC for the South Florida Exotic Car “TOY RALLY”, to benefit Toys for Tots - (Commission District 1) 24-0849 APPROVED Pass
  20. CM-2 Motion Approving an Outdoor Event Agreement and Related Road Closures with Twinsplace LLC for Friday Dining in the Streets - (Commission District 1) 24-0955 APPROVED Pass
  21. CM-3 Motion Approving an Outdoor Event Agreement and Related Road Closures with Vegan Ventures LLC for the Vegan Block Party - (Commission District 2) 24-0978 APPROVED Pass
  22. 16 Approval of the Consent Agenda APPROVED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA Pass
  23. CM-4 Motion Approving an Outdoor Event Agreement and Related Road Closures with Next Weekend Productions, Inc for the Cornucopia of Praise Gospel Concert - (Commission District 2) 24-0921 APPROVED Pass
  24. CM-5 Motion Approving an Outdoor Event Agreement with Victoria Park Civic Association, Inc. for the Victoria Park Civic Association Annual Halloween Event - (Commission District 2) 24-0980 APPROVED Pass
  25. CM-6 Motion Approving FY 2025 Beach Business Improvement District (BBID) Grant Participation Agreement with A&R Enterprises of So. FL. Inc. - $175,000 - (Commission District 2) 24-0909 APPROVED Pass
  26. CM-7 Motion Approving FY 2025 Beach Business Improvement District (BBID) Grant Participation Agreement with Winterfest Inc. - $15,000 - (Commission District 2) 24-0910 APPROVED Pass
  27. CM-8 Motion Approving FY 2025 Beach Business Improvement District (BBID) Grant Participation Agreement with Greater Fort Lauderdale Food & Wine Festival, Inc. - $70,000 - (Commission District 2) 24-0911 APPROVED Pass
  28. CM-9 Motion Approving FY 2025 Beach Business Improvement District (BBID) Grant Participation Agreement with TMF Holdco LLC, to Produce the Tortuga Music Festival - $225,000 - (Commission District 2) 24-0912 APPROVED Pass
  29. CM-10 Motion Approving FY 2025 Beach Business Improvement District (BBID) Grant Participation Agreement with Lauderdale Air Show, LLC - $75,000 - (Commission District 2) 24-0913 APPROVED Pass
  30. CM-11 Motion Approving FY 2025 Beach Business Improvement District (BBID) Grant Participation Agreement with FlockFest Events Inc. - $25,000 - (Commission District 2) 24-0914 APPROVED Pass
  31. CM-12 Motion Approving FY 2025 Beach Business Improvement District (BBID) Grant Participation Agreement with UniteUs Group Inc. - $10,000 - (Commission District 2) 24-0915 APPROVED Pass
  32. CM-13 Motion Authorizing Execution of a Five-Year Dockage Facility Use Agreement with Coastal Conservation Association, Inc. - (Commission Districts 2 and 4) 24-0883 APPROVED Pass
  33. CM-14 Motion Approving and Authorizing the Execution of an Amendment to the Lease Agreement with the Florida Department of Transportation for Right-of-Way Land Above the Henry E. Kinney Tunnel - (Commission District 4) 24-0938 APPROVED Pass
  34. CM-15 Motion Approving the First Amendment to Comprehensive Agreement Developing a Full-Service Movie Studio Complex at 1400 NW 31st Avenue - (Commission District 3) 24-0994 APPROVED Pass
  35. CM-16 Motion Approving Change Order No. 1 for the Galt Ocean Mile Beautification Improvements - Chen Moore and Associates, Inc. - $61,435 and extend the contract term by 114 days - (Commission District 1) 24-1012 APPROVED Pass
  36. CM-17 Motion Eliminating July 15, 2025, and August 5, 2025, Conference and Regular Meetings for Vacation - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) 24-0965 APPROVED Pass
  37. CR CONSENT RESOLUTION
  38. CR-1 Resolution Approving the Secondary Street Name of Northwest 16th Avenue, between Northwest 8th Street and Sunrise Boulevard, to also be known as "Ada Bradley Moore Lane" - (Commission District 3) 24-0807 ADOPTED Pass
  39. CR-2 Resolution Imposing Special Assessment Liens for Lot Clearing - (Commission Districts 2, 3 and 4) 24-0904 ADOPTED Pass
  40. CR-3 Resolution Imposing Special Assessment Lien for Graffiti Removal - (Commission District 3) 24-0905 ADOPTED Pass
  41. CR-4 Resolution Approving the Seventh Amendment to the Landscape Maintenance Memorandum of Agreement for State Road 838 with the Florida Department of Transportation for Landscape Improvements within the Right-of Way of State Road 838 - (Commission District 2) 24-0937 ADOPTED Pass
  42. CR-5 Resolution Authorizing Retention of Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP (“Robbins Geller”) as Special Counsel to the Board of Trustees of the General Employees’ Retirement Plan for the Purpose of Seeking Lead Plaintiff Status and Robbins Geller’s appointment as Class Counsel in Mueller v. Endava plc, et al., Civil Action No. 1:24-cv-06423, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) 24-0976 ADOPTED Pass
  43. CR-6 Resolution Correcting Scrivener’s Errors in Resolution No. 24-182 Pertaining to the Fiscal Year 2025 Personnel Complement for the City of Fort Lauderdale - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) 24-0979 ADOPTED Pass
  44. CR-7 Resolution Approving the Third Amendment to the Amended and Restated Agreement with the Boys & Girls Clubs of Broward County, Inc. to Provide Benches and Trash Receptacles - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) 24-0989 ADOPTED Pass
  45. CR-8 Resolution Approving an Assignment of the Comprehensive Agreement Between Fort Lauderdale Studio Initiative, LLC and Infinite Realty, Inc., Related to a Comprehensive Agreement to Develop a Full-Service Movie Studio Complex at 1400 NW 31st Avenue, and Authorizing the City Manager to Execute the Consent to the Assignment of Comprehensive Agreement - (Commission District 3) 24-0993 ADOPTED Pass
  46. CR-9 Resolution Approving a FY 2025 Not for Profit Service Agreement between the City of Fort Lauderdale and Taskforce Fore Ending Homelessness, Inc., for the Fort Lauderdale Housing Navigation Program in the amount of $315,260 - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) 24-0998 ADOPTED Pass
  47. CR-10 Resolution Authorizing Execution of an Easement with Florida Power and Light Company at Snyder Park - 3299 SW 4th Avenue - (Commission District 4) 24-1031 ADOPTED Pass
  48. CR-11 Resolution Approving City of Fort Lauderdale FY 2025 Not for Profit Grant Participation Agreement with Museum of Discovery and Science, Inc., - $214,800 - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) 24-0946 ADOPTED Pass
  49. CR-12 Resolution Approving a MissionSquare Retirement Governmental Money Purchase Plan Adoption Agreement (“Adoption Agreement”) to Apply for a Defined Contribution “401(a)” Plan for Elected Officials, and Authorizing the Director of Finance to Execute the Adoption Agreement and any Other Documents Incidental to the Adoption Agreement- (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) 24-0963 ADOPTED Pass
  50. CP CONSENT PURCHASE
  51. CP-1 Motion Approving an Agreement for the Proprietary Purchase of Annual Maintenance and Support for the Motorola 800 MHz P25 Trunked Radio System Equipment, Two-way Subscriber Radios, SUA, P1-CAD Interface, Components and Accessories - Motorola Solutions, Inc. - $624,225.72 - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) 24-0880 APPROVED Pass
  52. CP-2 Motion Approving an Agreement for the Executive Airport Decorative Street Post Phase II Project - Horsepower Electric Inc. - $428,859.20 - (Commission District 1) 24-0886 APPROVED Pass
  53. CP-3 Motion Approving Agreements for Event Equipment Rental - South Florida Event Rental, Inc. and All Star Bounce, Inc.- $130,000 - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) 24-0908 APPROVED Pass
  54. M MOTIONS
  55. M-1 Motion Approving the Final Ranking of Firms, Negotiated Fee Schedules, and Agreements for Professional Engineering and Program Support Services for Citywide Undergrounding of Overhead Utilities - Craven, Thompson & Associates, Inc. and Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) 24-0986 APPROVED Pass
  56. M-2 Motion Approving The Agreement Between The School Board of Broward County and The City of Fort Lauderdale Regarding Use of SBBC's Private Wireless Network - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) 24-1020 APPROVED Pass
  57. M-3 Motion Approving Change Order No. 18 for Construction Management at Risk Services for New Police Headquarters - Moss & Associates, LLC - $996,133.33 - (Commission District 2) 24-1018 APPROVED Pass
  58. 51 CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS PULLED FOR DISCUSSION
  59. R RESOLUTIONS
  60. R-1 Appointment of Board and Committee Members - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) 24-1003 ADOPTED Pass
  61. R-2 Resolution Accepting the Affordable Housing Advisory Committee’s (AHAC) 2024 Affordable Housing Incentive Report and Authorizing the Submission to the Florida Housing Finance Corporation - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) 24-0744 ADOPTED Pass
  62. R-3 Resolution Levying the Fiscal Year 2025 Operating Millage Rate of 0.6368 and Debt Service Millage Rate of 0.4065 of the Downtown Development Authority (DDA) of the City of Fort Lauderdale - (Commission Districts 2 and 4) 24-0941 ADOPTED Pass
  63. R-4 Quasi-Judicial Resolution - Amendment to a Site Plan Level IV Beach Development Permit - Birch Road, LLC. And Cheston MM, LLC. - 530 North Birch Road - Case No. UDP-A24035 - (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. 24-0746 ADOPTED Pass
  64. R-5 Quasi-Judicial Resolution - Approving an Amendment to Site Plan Level II Development Permit and Alternative Design Deviation - Flagler Sixth, LLC - Flagler Sixth South - Case No. UDP-A24012 - (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. 24-0751 ADOPTED Pass
  65. R-6 Quasi-Judicial Resolution - Approving an Amendment to Site Plan Level II Development Permit and an Alternative Design Deviation - Flagler Sixth, LLC - Flagler Sixth North - Case No. UDP-A24011 - (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. 24-0752 ADOPTED Pass
  66. R-7 City Auditor Annual Performance Review - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) 24-0972 ADOPTED Pass
  67. PH PUBLIC HEARINGS
  68. 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 Northeast (NWRAC-MUne) District Located at 900 NW 1st Avenue - KP Storage, LLC. - Case No. UDP-Z24003 - (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. 24-0953 DEFERRED Pass
  69. OSR ORDINANCE SECOND READING
  70. OSR-1 Second Reading - Ordinance Amending the City of Fort Lauderdale Unified Land Development Regulations (ULDR) Section 47-21, Landscape and Tree Preservation Requirements - Case UDP-T24007 - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) 24-0931 ADOPTED AS AMENDED Pass
  71. OSR-2 Second Reading - Ordinance Amending Section 5 of Ordinance No. C-04-05 of the City of Fort Lauderdale Allowing Affiliated Agency Employees Who Were in the Employ of the Affiliated Agency as of January 21, 2004, to Purchase Prior Service Credit in the General Employees’ Retirement System - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4) 24-1005 ADOPTED Pass
  72. 65 ADJOURNMENT