Good evening, everybody, and welcome to the City Commission meeting this August 19th, 2025. Thank you all for being here tonight, and it looks like we have a very robust agenda, so I'd like to begin the proceedings if I can. For those of you who are here for the first time, thank you for being here. We start our evening meeting with the Pledge of Allegiance and a moment of silence and make a number of announcements. So as we begin our meeting tonight, I'd like to invite Ava Maldonado and Talia Rogers from Chrysanth Park Elementary School to please come to the podium with me so we can both recite the, all three of us recite the Pledge of Allegiance. I see you've brought your audience with you. We do it after. So step up to the microphone. You may begin. Put your hand on your heart. I pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic of which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Wonderful. Thank you so much. Thank you, Paul. I think they want to have a picture. Come on. Let's have a commissioner from Chrysanth Park. It's Ben Sorensen. He's your commissioner. Thank you for being here. Come on. Let me get on. Yes, I know. Right then, after the little gift for you. You could run away from home with all this stuff. Are you a mom? Awesome. Okay. Please, awesome. We have a little something for you. Thank you for your participating in our pledge tonight. He's a great job. Thank you again for participating in our pledge. Thank you, folks. Now, please join me in a moment of silence. Mayor, could I just – I'm sorry to interrupt. Could I just say that while we're doing this, if we could remember two amazing citizens who passed away recently in our city, John Day and Hugh Chappelle. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Tonight, I'd like to also take a moment and announce some retirements. We take this moment in the beginning of our meeting to announce retirements of people who have served our city for 20 years or more. And there are six people tonight who I'd like to recognize. First of all, Wesley Taylor, police officer, who has been with us for 26.5 years, 26 1⁄2 years. Thank you so much, Wesley, for your dedication to our city. Richard Murrell, senior police teletype operator, has been with us 35 years. Wow. Thank you, Richard. And, of course, Luis Alvarez, assistant chief, who has moved on to, I guess, another agency who had been with us for 28 years. Thank you, Luis. Julia Horn, also from the police department, who's been with us 29 1⁄2 years. Amazing, 29 1⁄2 years. Diana Rose, also from the police department. She was a police officer, been with us for 20 years, 20.5 years. And Pascal France, also a police officer, who has been with us for 18.5 years. Thank you all. Amazing. Chief Schultz, is there anyone left? I mean, I just – we just decimated your department. All right. So we have a couple – before we get the agenda announcements, would the clerk please call the roll? Vice Mayor Herbst is absent this evening. Commissioner Glossman? Here. Commissioner Beasley-Pittman? Here. Commissioner Sorensen? Here. Mayor Trentiles? Here. So we have a quorum tonight. Our first agenda announcement, CR 5, is going to be moved from the consent agenda to the public hearing section because it requires a public hearing. Also, CR 4, it's a commission agenda memo, was revised, and Exhibit 4 was added as an additional backup. And thus, CR 5 is now going to be a public hearing, commission agenda memo, Exhibit 4, a lease, and Exhibit 5. The resolution was revised to reflect revisions to the lease so the rent begins once permits are obtained and the docks are stored rather than, after all, site improvements, including – excuse me, allowing revenue to start earlier. So would someone like to move to approve the minutes as is and the agenda as amended? So moved. Second. Moved and seconded. Please call the roll. Commissioner Sorensen? Yes. Commissioner Glossman? Yes. Commissioner Beasley-Pittman? Yes. Mayor Trentiles? Yes. So the minutes and the agenda are now approved. So we have a few presentations. This is how we begin all of our meetings, and we recognize individuals, organizations, or events, and take special note of their impact on our community. So tonight our first presentation is inviting the Briar County Fined Commissioner, Rich Waltzer, who is going to present a check – we love money – to the City of Fort Lauderdale for outboard motors for the FLPD Marine Unit's boat. I'd like to invite Bill Schultz, who is our police chief, as well as all the members of the Marine Unit, if they could please join us at the podium as the check is presented. Hello, everyone. Good evening. I'm Broward County Commissioner Richard Waltzer. I was appointed by Governor DeSantis as Commissioner for the Intercoastal Waterway for Broward County. I just want to thank, first of all, my beautiful wife, Brooke. Wouldn't be here without her. Secondly, thank you, Mayor, Commissioners. Thank you so much for all your support. Raquel, City Manager, thank you so much for all your support. I want to thank Chief Schultz and his Marine Unit and the rest of the police for Fort Lauderdale. Love law enforcement. Do whatever I can to support the Marine Unit, the Intercoastal Waterway. We're here to do whatever we can to make it a better place for the citizens of Fort Lauderdale, making sure the waterway is dredged to the right depth, making sure the bridges, seawalls, anything that we can do to help support with fine grants. And today, we're helping the Fort Lauderdale Police Marine Unit with new engines. So we're presenting a check for over $33,000 to the City of Fort Lauderdale Marine Unit for new engines for their boats. We previously, the last commission, we brought a check for over $220,000 to the city. And hopefully here in the next couple of months, we'll be bringing, I'll be bringing millions of dollars to the City of Fort Lauderdale, fighting for our city with the state to bring money for the City of Fort Lauderdale to improve our city and our citizens. Thank you. Again, on behalf of the City of Fort Lauderdale, we want to thank you very much for this contribution. It will go a long way to helping enforce the safety of the people that use our waterways. So thank you so much. I appreciate it. Thank you, folks. Our next presentation, I'd like to invite Commissioner Sorensen, who will be presenting a proclamation regarding our dear friend, Shelley Bradshaw. Shelley! Get up here, Shelley. Give it up. And if part of Shelley's fan club would come up, Jim, come on up. All Shelley's friends that are here, come on up. Let's go. Come on up. Y'all are part of the team. Uh-oh. We've got to lose our own. Say it again? Yeah. Chief Schultz. Chief Schultz. Oh, Kelly Shanley. All kinds of heroes and heroines up here. Chief Schultz. Where are you? Where are you? Oh, yeah. Okay. You're coming up. Great. Come on up here. Amazing. These are just a small representation of Shelley's fan club here. Holy moly. This is Shelley's mom. Amazing. Get on up here. Phenomenal, mom. Lenore. Hey, Lenore. Thanks for... Glenore. Glenore. Glenore. Thank you for being here. Sorry for... And Sharon. Hey, how you doing, Sharon? Good to see y'all. Thank you for being here. So, Mayor, I feel like Shelley's an institution unto herself here, and Shelley was actually one of the first people I met when I moved to Fort Lauderdale many, many years ago, and so it's an honor, Shelley, celebrating Shelley Bradshaw Day in the city of Fort Lauderdale. That's today, right now. You're living it. So, just have a little proclamation I'd love to read and then turn it over to you to share some words. So, in recognition of Shelley Bradshaw, 30 years of dedicated service to the arts, whereas Shelley Bradshaw is retiring after 30 years of distinguished service to the Broward Center for Performing Arts, where she most recently served as Vice President of Operations, and throughout her tenure, Shelley guided the Broward Center through periods of change, expansion, and improvements, demonstrating exceptional leadership, vision, and dedication. Shelley's skillful management of the Broward Center's affiliated ventures over the decades, from the Parker to the Aventura Arts and Cultural Center and Nova Southeastern University's Rose and Alfred Miniachi Performing Arts Center, set a standard of excellence that has been admired and followed by so many. Among her many achievements, Shelley led the $30 million renovation and rebranding of Fort Lauderdale's historic Parker Playhouse into the Parker. Yes. Amazing. Shelley has also been deeply committed to community building, serving in leadership roles with the Leadership Broward Foundation, ArtServe, Handy, participating in the Fort Lauderdale Downtown Transportation Mobility Association, and so many more. She's a proud graduate of Leadership Broward, Class 28, strong, there you go, nice, and Leadership Fort Lauderdale, Leadership Florida, Cornerstone Class 40. Was there a slogan for that or no? No, it's not as cool as Leadership Broward, I get it. And is widely respected for professionalism, collaborative spirit, passion for advancing the arts, and I would just say heart and love of our community, of others. Shelley, I always feel like you don't meet a stranger. Maybe you meet a stranger, but then they become a friend. And your love and heart that you share is so genuine to everyone, and you've just been such a blessing. And so, whereas the City of Fort Lauderdale recognizes Shelley Bradshaw's remarkable contributions, we now, therefore, as the City Commissioners of the City of Fort Lauderdale, hereby proclaim August 19, 2025, as Shelley Bradshaw Day signed, your Mayor, Dean Trandellis! Get up here! Mayor, Vice Mayor, and Commissioners, and the City staff, who I've worked with for these last couple of years, having the commission meeting here on this property, I'm so honored to have served this community and blessed to have been part of the Broward Center for the Performing Arts. I've enjoyed this community, grateful, sorry, I have really enjoyed being a part of this community and serving in this role. I've been blessed to be able to do that. Thank you so much for this honor. I truly appreciate it. I never thought that I would have a Shelley Bradshaw Day, so thank you so much. And thank you so much for my friends and my family for joining me today and supporting me. I truly appreciate it. Thank you. Let's go up here for a picture. We're going to come over in the front for a picture. I don't know. It's okay. Hello. Exactly. Nice and easy. Thank you so much, Commissioner, and we truly appreciate our partnership with Shelley all these many, many years. Our final presentation is my honor to present a proclamation regarding International Overdose Awareness Day, and I would like to invite Phyllis Babrove, a licensed clinical social worker and author, to please join me at the podium. Is she here? So it is indeed my pleasure to present this proclamation from the office of the mayor in recognition of International Overdose Awareness Day, whereas drug overdose has become a global crisis, with deaths rising sharply over the past two decades, driven largely by opioids, often combined with other substances and intensified by the spread of dangerous new drugs. International Overdose Awareness Day, first observed in 2001 in Melbourne, Australia, has since grown into a worldwide movement that honors lives lost, comforts those who grieve and shines a light on this urgent public health crisis. The city of Fort Lauderdale recognizes the devastating impact of drug overdoses on individuals, families, neighborhoods, and is committed to responding with dignity, compassion, and access to care for all, while working to end the stigma surrounding substance use, addiction, and overdose. Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue and the Fort Lauderdale Police Department have been on the front lines of the overdose crisis, with both calls for service and Narcan deployments declining by more than 40 percent since 2023. While this progress is encouraging, opioids continue to claim lives in our community, emphasizing the life-saving importance of their rapid response, skilled care, and commitment to protecting the health and safety of our neighbors. Finally, whereas the city of Fort Lauderdale is dedicated to confronting the overdose crisis through collaboration with the Florida Department of Health in Broward County, along with strong partnerships among city departments, health agencies, community organizations, and residents to advance public education, prevention, and expand access to treatment where possible. Now, therefore, we, as city commissioners of the city of Fort Lauderdale, do hereby proclaim August 31st, 2025, as International Overdose Awareness Day here in the city of Fort Lauderdale. And we call upon residents to remember those lost, raise awareness, support prevention efforts, reduce stigma, and strengthen the community's response to overdose. Signed by myself, Mayor Dean Trentalis. Thank you so much for being here. Would you like to say a few words? I would. Please. Thank you. I'm here to be here. Okay. Thank you. Purple ribbons? Yes. Thank you. Good evening. I wrote a few notes so that I sound like I know what I'm talking about. I'd like to thank the mayor and commissioners for issuing the proclamation recognizing overdose, International Overdose Awareness Day, August 31st. My daughter struggled with addiction for over 30 years. In 2020, I lost her at the age of 47 to an accidental overdose of fentanyl. Since that time, I have dedicated my time to educating parents and children about the dangers of drug use. I speak at events, groups, and belong to coalitions throughout the country. My goal is to help save lives. I want to thank you again for being a part of my daughter's journey to make a difference in Fort Lauderdale. Thank you. So sorry to hear about you. Thank you. Thank you for all you do. Thank you so much for your attention and your appreciation. And we appreciate all the folks that have come here tonight in support of those who receive recognition during these presentations. Now, at this point, we now go into our regular agenda. The agenda consists of consent items and then items to be voted upon individually. At this point, I would ask if any member of the commission has a consent agenda item that they would like to pull, which we would consider separately. Otherwise, we'll vote on all the consent agenda items together. So may I start with Commissioner Beasley-Pittman? Are there any items in the consent agenda which you would like pulled? No, not tonight. Thank you. Commissioner Glassman? No, thank you. Commissioner Sorensen? Mayor, I just want to comment on CR3 just for a moment, if you don't mind. Sure, go ahead. Yeah, CR3 is a resolution ratifying a cemetery fee waiver and refund for the burial of Chaplain Father Ron Perkins. And Mayor, I just wanted to, again, I know we've celebrated Ron, but just want to, again, take a moment to just give thanks for Ron's life, for his service to men and women in our police department, fire department. If you didn't know Ron, Ron was an amazing heart, kind soul that just believed in the city and just believed in meeting people where they are and loving and being kind and showing the grace of God through his kindness. And I'm just grateful for Ron, grateful for his wife, Karen, and grateful that Raquel led effort, and I think we're heading that way with the city commission to support Karen in this small way in celebration, Mayor. So I just wanted to thank everyone. Well, thank you for those words, and I think the rest of the commission certainly echoes those sentiments. And I'm glad we were able to do this on behalf of the family. And I hope the commission will approve it and allow us to give some measure of thanks for all the work and commitment that Ron has made towards our community. So thank you. Thanks. Thanks, Mayor. Do I hear a motion to approve all the consent agenda items? So moved. So moved. Second. Do I move and seconded? Please call the roll. Commissioner Sorensen? Yes. Commissioner Glossman? Yes. Commissioner Beasley-Pittman? Yes. Mayor Trent Ellis? Yes. And all those consent agenda items are now approved. If you're here in any of those, you're welcome to stay. Otherwise, we'll move on with the rest of the meeting. But before we move on with the rest of the meeting, I have a reminder from our city manager that she would like to add to some of her comments in her presentation that were unfortunately overlooked. So, Raquel? Thank you, Mayor. Where is yours? I just wanted to take a moment to acknowledge and thank two dedicated members of our team, Long City staff, Angela Marinas and Talal Abikaram, who served in an interim director capacity for the last several months until we were able to hire full-time staff to manage our public works and information technology services departments. So, I just wanted to say thank you to them and acknowledge them in front of everyone. Thank you. Again, yeah. Thank you, Abby. Abby, I don't have a plaque for you, so you'll just have to take our thanks. And thank you for your continued, you know, you're still working with us, so thank you and we appreciate that. Okay, moving on to motions. Motion approving and authorizing the execution of a revocable license with Andrews Apartments, LLC, for the temporary right-of-way closures on Southwest 21st Street and Southwest 22nd Street in association with the AERA Development located at 2125 South Andrews Avenue. Would someone like to move the item? Moved. Second. Moved and seconded. Please call the roll. Oh, wait. Anyone have any questions? Oh. What do you want? Sorry, Mayor. I did sign up to speak. Wait a minute. I haven't gone there yet. Hold on. Hold on. Hold on. Give me a second. Hold on a second. Yes, you did sign up to speak. Mr. Schein, where are you? Good evening, Mayor Andrews. Don't seize victory from the jaws of division. No, this is a very technical thing. On the signature page for this, we're going to have somebody else sign on behalf of the entity. So I just need to make sure that the motion says in substantially the same form or that the commission expressly allows a different signatory to sign. Are we good with this? Substantially in the same form would be sufficient. Okay. Thank you. Thank you. Mr. King, you wanted to speak? Okay. All right. Is there a motion on the floor? Yeah. Moved. I moved and I'll amend as requested. And it's been seconded by Commissioner Glassman. Please call the roll. Commissioner Sorensen. Yes. Commissioner Glassman. Yes. Commissioner Beasley-Pittman. Yes. Mayor Trenton. Yes. And M1 is now approved. Okay. M2, motion approving an agreement pursuant to an invitation to bid for crossing guard services. Do I hear a motion? Yeah, I know. Just hold on a second. Second. It's been moved and seconded. We have Mr. King would like to speak. Come on up. We're on vacations. So this is like $3,165,000. $165,000, yeah. So it seems like a lot of money out of the city budget, but is there a reason the school board doesn't pay for this? Like, they get a lot of our tax dollars. And if the argument is the kids have left the school and now there are responsibility on the streets, why aren't you including the private schools in this, too? Since we have a lot of private schools in the city, those kids are at risk crossing the street the same as the public schools. It doesn't seem like it'd be that much more money, and just to be more inclusive, is there a reason you're excluding them? Since the governor and the state legislature gives us money to send our kids to private schools now, it's not like there's some thing we're trying to ostracize, you know? Well, there are a lot of questions wrapped into that one, so I don't know who can answer any of those. Raquel, do you want to take a stab at it? Well, what I can share is that the city has customarily covered these costs for the past several years, and so I am not certain as to when this agreement first started that the city would provide for these costs, but I can tell you that this has been past practice. And why are we just doing, are these just public school crossings, or are private schools also included? We've identified in the commission memorandum the 18 schools that we will be covering through these services, and they all appear to be public schools. Right. Raquel, is this morning and afternoon, does this drop off and pick up both times a day or just one time a day? This is both times per day. Okay. And do we have any idea in terms of other municipalities, at least in Broward County, do they all do the same in terms of not expecting the school board to pick up the cost of crossing guards, and they take on that role as a municipality? That is my understanding. We're Broward County and Miami-Dade County as well. Thank you. It sounds like it's a zombie type thing. It's just, it's been happening, so it continues happening. So I would think about it before you spend three million something dollars. Well, it's not that you're asking us not to spend the three million dollars. You're asking us to spend the three million plus, because you want us to enlarge the scope of the school crossing guard program. So are you okay with the three million right now? Well, I mean, it sounds like it's like a right versus wrong thing. You're kind of excluding children. No, we're not excluding. Do you want to chime in on this? I just want to make it clear. Glenn Markle's chief procurement officer. Mayor, commissioners, this is actually a two-year contract. So the amount is going to seem larger than it is, but it's not your typical one-year contract. It is your two-year contract. I don't think he's disputing the amount. I think he's questioning why is it our responsibility as a city versus the school board, since they're the ones drawing the children across the street to attend the school. And then the second question is, why are we limiting it to public schools when private schools are also part of our community? I'm going to refer back to what the city manager has indicated. Usually it's the police department that manages this contract. It's been typically the city's responsibility under the guise of the police department to not only manage the contract, but identify these 18 schools. The majority are elementary schools. Some of them are middle schools, but they are all public instead of private. That's all I can go ahead and offer. Glenn, chief, is there anything you wanted to add to this conversation? Good evening. Mayor, commissioners, Bill Schultz, police chief. As already stated, the schools are in the memorandum. A number of the private schools for years, including this year, have their own off-duty details that they pay for. It provides security during the day. It provides safe passage to and from school as well. So they are taken care of by the schools themselves. That was the question I was just going to ask. So they do this on their own? They do. The crossing guards? Yes. Okay, great. That's good to know. Thank you. You're welcome. Yes, they have crossing guards because you guys don't pay for it. You know, it's like we're doing it because the school board won't pay for it. But those schools... I think you should offer it to them. It probably won't be that much more money. But don't those schools, those private schools and charter schools, get public taxpayer dollars to help run those schools? Yeah. So that's good. But I'm saying, why are you segregating them aside and saying they don't get the crossing guards, only the straight-up public schools that are administered by the school board do? So if I can jump in here, I think a fair point. So one of the things we're looking at, Charlie and Raquel and I have been talking a little bit about this, is some of our schools, public and private, have issues with parent drop-off in the morning. And Chief and I have been talking about this as well, where we have issues with cars and overcrowding and so forth. So what Raquel, correct me if I'm wrong on any of this, but Raquel is working on with Chief, is evaluating schools, public and private, that are having drop-off issues and congestion and traffic flow to possibly bring to the commission some ideas around PSAs, public safety aids, to help kind of control that traffic. So one of my suggestions, Raquel, with that is, as Charlie mentioned, which I think is a fair point is, as we look at schools, private schools as well, are there any that are having, that have needs for crossing guards as well as PSAs, and we can kind of evaluate that. Is that fair? That's fair, and I think that describes the effort that we're undertaking right now. Our Office of Management and Budget is working with our police department to identify those schools in the city that have those challenges. And we're looking at the costs that would be encouraged should we augment our public safety aid capacity. We do currently have some challenges with filling that position. We have some vacancies, and so I'm not certain that the addition of new positions would mean that we'd be able to get folks into those positions quickly, but we're definitely taking a look at it. And maybe the same thing with crossing guards. I don't know, but it might be hard to hire crossing guards, but we'll, let's at least evaluate the needs, public and private, and then, yeah, kind of come back. So does that make sense? Charlie? Yeah, that someone's thinking about it. Yeah. You know, it seems like no one's thought about it a long time. Right. Mr. King, are you able to identify a private school that is in need of a crossing guard? I mean, where my kids go to school at Westminster Academy, they have a crossing guard. I'm sure that the school's paying for it. You know, there's Cardinal Gibbons, there's St. Thomas, there's a lot of private schools in the city. There's not a lot of them, but there's, you know, it just seems not fair what you're doing with public dollars. I mean, I pay my property taxes, what am I getting out of it? You know, like, it just seems like the state is saying that these private schools are part of the system. You know, they're putting our tax dollars towards it, so why are you guys still saying they're not? Yep. Yep. Fair point. Yep. Thank you. Anyone else wish to speak on this item? There being no one else? Someone would like to move the item? We got it. Sorry, we're moving. Okay. Move the seconded. Please call the roll. Commissioner Sorensen? Yes. Commissioner Glassman? Yes. Commissioner Beasley-Pittman? Yes. Mayor Trentals? Yes. And M2 is now approved. R1, appointment of board and committee members. Mr. Clerk, would you please read the names into the record? Yes. Thank you. For the September 3rd resolution, board of adjustment, Jason Hagapian, nominated by Mayor Trentalis. For a full position, Jared Galis, nominated by Commissioner Sorensen for the alternate position. Central City Redevelopment Advisory Board, Jason Ross, nominated by Commissioner Glassman. Public Art and Placement Advisory Board, Martha Gutierrez-Steinkamp, nominated by Vice Mayor Herbst. Erica Mohan, and that's consensus designee of the chair of the Broward County's Public Art and Design Committee. And for tonight's resolution, Affordable Housing Advisory Committee, Rich DiGirolamo, nominated by Commissioner Glassman. Audit Advisory Board, Lynn Roy Duffis, nominated by Commissioner Glassman. Joey Epstein, nominated by Commissioner Beasley-Pittman. Bill Livick, nominated by Commissioner Sorensen. Aviation Advisory Board, Robert Laughlin, nominated by Vice Mayor Herbst. Stephen Martin, nominated by Commissioner Beasley-Pittman. Budget Advisory Board, Melissa Milroy, nominated by Mayor Trentalis. Olivier Cahill, nominated by Vice Mayor Herbst. William Brown, nominated by Commissioner Glassman. Rich DiGirolamo, nominated by Commissioner Glassman. Desiree Giles-Smith, nominated by Commissioner Beasley-Pittman. Melinda Boker, nominated by Commissioner Sorensen. Cemetery System Board of Trustees, Alfonso Canales, nominated by Vice Mayor Herbst. Charter Revision Board, Richard Weiss, nominated by Vice Mayor Herbst. City Attorney Search Committee, Paul Figg, nominated by Commissioner Glassman. Community Appearance Board, Walter Latimer, nominated by Commissioner Glassman. Community Services Board, LaTrensa Greaves, nominated by Commissioner Glassman. Tanya Cohn, nominated by Commissioner Beasley-Pittman. Education Advisory Board, Pamela Aiken, nominated by Commissioner Beasley-Pittman. Fire Rescue Facilities Bond Issue Blue Ribbon Committee, David Cooper, nominated by Commissioner Glassman. Invest Fort Lauderdale, Inc. Board of Directors, Danilo Williams, nominated by Commissioner Sorensen. Marine Advisory Board, Sam Mitchell, nominated by Commissioner Beasley-Pittman. Parks, Recreation, and Beaches Board, Janet Mariah, nominated by Commissioner Beasley-Pittman. Planning and Zoning Board, Alexander Spence, nominated by Commissioner Beasley-Pittman. Hector Torres, nominated by Commissioner Beasley-Pittman. Public Art and Placement Advisory Board, Edison Lozada, nominated by Commissioner Sorensen. Sustainability Advisory Board, Robert Dowse, nominated by Commissioner Glassman. And that rounds it out. Great, thank you. Are there any additions or modifications? There being none, would someone like to introduce the resolution? Introduce. Resolution's been introduced. Please call the roll. Commissioner, a resolution of the City Commission of the City of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, appointing and nominating, if applicable, Boarding Committee members as set forth in the exhibit attached here to, made a part hereof. Commissioner Sorensen? Yes. Commissioner Glossman? Yes. Commissioner Beasley-Pittman? Yes. Mayor Trent Toss. Yes, and I'd like to thank all those individuals for your commitment and your dedication to our community. Thank you so much. Moving on to R2, Mr. Spence. There's a preliminary matter. We received a request from the applicant's counsel requesting a deferral of this matter. Our code allows for the time frame for setting of these hearings to be extended by request of the applicant. So, if the Board will now entertain this request, we'll ask the attorney shine to come forward. Is there a date certain that you want this continue to? Hit the... Yes, Mayor. The next meeting is fine. September 3rd, I believe it is. Okay. Do we have to do that by motion? A simple motion. I'll move that. Mayor? Second. It's been moved and second that R2 shall continue until the first meeting in September 2025. Please call the roll. Commissioner Sorensen? Yes. Commissioner Glossman? Yes. Commissioner Beasley-Pittman? Yes. Mayor Trent Toss. Yes. And that item will now be continued. R3, quasi-judicial resolution approving a plat known as Calvary Chapel West Campus, located at 6330 Northwest 31st Avenue, Calvary Chapel of Fort Lauderdale, Inc. Anyone wishing to speak must be sworn in, and the commissioner will announce any site visits, communications, or expert opinions received, and make them a part of the record. Commissioner Beasley-Pittman, do you have any disclosures? Disclosure spoke with Robert Lockery. Okay. I don't think I have, is Mr. Lockery here? Have we ever had a communication regarding? I don't think so. Commissioner Glassman? None. And Commissioner Sorensen? Yeah, I think we did, myself and Robert Lockery. Okay. I feel left out, but that's okay. No one has signed up to speak, so would someone like to move to close public hearing? Moved. Second. We've been moved and seconded. Please call the roll. Commissioner Sorensen? Yes. Commissioner Glassman? Yes. Commissioner Beasley-Pittman? Yes. Mayor Trent Ellis? Yes. An R3 public hearing is now closed. Would someone like to introduce the resolution? Introduced. Resolution has been introduced. And that's for approval? For approval. Thank you. Please call the roll. A resolution to the city commission of the city of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, approving a plat entitled Calvary Chapel West Campus and providing for an effective date. Commissioner Sorensen? Yes. Commissioner Glassman? Yes. Commissioner Beasley-Pittman? Yes. Mayor Trent Ellis? Yes. And that resolution is now approved. Moving on to R4. Quaset judicial resolution approving a plat known as 1001 Sub. That's 101 Northeast 13th Street. Anyone wishing to speak must be sworn in, and the commission will announce any site visits, communications, or expert opinions received and make them a part of the record. Commissioner Beasley-Pittman, do you have any disclosures? I close in Robert Lockley. I think I think I also spoke with Mr. Lockley. I think I also spoke with Mr. Lockley regarding this. Commissioner Glassman? Site visit and also spoke with Mr. Lockley. Mr. Lockley. Anyone have any questions or comments? No one is signed to speak except Mr. Lockley, only for questions. Someone would like to move to close public hearing on R4? So moved. Second. Do I hear second? Second. Please call the roll. Commissioner Sorensen? Yes. Commissioner Glassman? Yes. Commissioner Beasley-Pittman? Yes. Mayor Trent Ellis? Yes. Public hearing is now closed. I just have one question on this. Mr. Lockley, if you can come up here, please. I'm losing my voice. I'm sorry to speak up. Thank you. Thank you. You know, when we first, when your client first came to us and said that, you know, he would like to dedicate a certain area on 13th Street so we could have some commercial development, I looked at the plat. You know, I was hoping for more kind of a strip center, not a place where you can sell hot dogs. I mean, it's just, it just seems like a little patch of land. I'm not quite sure what you could do with 6,000 square feet. Is that what we're talking about? Yes. Mayor, Vice Mayor, Commissioners, Robert Lockhart, the Vice Mayor's not here, but Robert Lockhart on behalf of the applicant. That's correct. That is the area that's at that corner of the property. It's about 6,200 square feet that's dedicated and set aside for open space and for open use. Yeah. And it is, Mayor, the space that was always talked about at that corner. Yeah, I know, but the space seemed to have shrunk because the idea was to try, you know, we're trying to fashion 13th Street into more of a commercial corridor. We wanted to do what we could to not have it look like there's a big storage facility there and that dominate the frontage on 13th Street, which it obviously will now because you really can't build much on 6,000 square feet. Anyway, I was just hoping for something better. I just needed to tell you that. Understood. Okay. Thank you. Life is full of disappointments, Mayor. Yeah, I guess. It is. Okay. Someone like to introduce R4. Introduced. R4 has been introduced. Please call the roll. And Commissioner Glassman, that's for approval. Yes. Thank you. A resolution to the City Commission of the City of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, approving a plot entitled 1001-sub and providing for an effective date. Commissioner Sorensen? Yes. Commissioner Glassman? Yes. Commissioner Beasley-Pittman? Yes. Mayor Trent Tulles? Yes. And R4 is now approved. Now, the public hearings, Dwayne, do you want me to take up CR4 here? Excuse me, CR5? Before you go to public hearings? I'm sorry? Before you go to public hearings, it doesn't, CR5 is not required to be a public hearing item. No, that's not what you told me. In the agenda item revision, CR5 was now a public hearing. That's what I have on my notes here. Yes? No? No? Sean? I think he's coming. I see a voice from behind. Let's come up and speak to us. How do we handle CR5? Yeah, you can take it up now as a public hearing. As a public hearing. Okay. So we'll go through the public hearings, and this will become public hearing number seven. Let's start with public hearing one. Public hearing to approve an increase in the housing opportunities for persons with AIDS. That's HOPWA. A grant award to Broward Regional Health Planning Council not to exceed $331,000. No one has signed up to speak. Someone would like to move to close public hearing? Moved. Second. Been moved and seconded. Please call the roll. Commissioner Sorensen? Yes. Commissioner Glossman? Yes. Commissioner Beasley-Pittman? Yes. Mayor Trentals? Yes. Public hearing on PH1 is now closed. Would someone like to move the item? Moved. Second. Okay. PH1 has now been moved and seconded. Please call the roll. Commissioner Sorensen? Yes. Commissioner Glossman? Yes. Commissioner Beasley-Pittman? Yes. Mayor Trentals? Yes. PH1 is now approved. PH2, public hearing resolution approving a transfer of funds in the amount of $414,750 from Hort Park to Floyd Hall Stadium in the Parks and Recreation General Obligation Bonds. I believe it was explained not only there but also as a backup to CR6 as to why that was happening. No one has signed up to speak. Would someone like to move to close public hearing? Moved. Second. Moved and seconded. Please call the roll. I'm closing public hearing. Commissioner Sorensen? Yes. Commissioner Glossman? Yes. Commissioner Beasley-Pittman? Yes. Mayor Trentals? Yes. And public hearing is now closed. Would someone like to introduce the resolution? Introduced. Moved. Introduced. The resolution has been introduced. Let's call the roll. Hey, resolution says... Oh, Mary, before you call us the roll, call the roll. I'm sorry. Just making the moment light. 35 years ago, I got married at Floyd Hall Park Recreation. Do I need to exclude myself from this vote? No. You had your wedding at Floyd Hall Park? You must have had quite a guest list. I think we need a renewal of vows. Wow. Let's go. 500 people. Wow. We can continue. I just couldn't let you know. Conflict of interest. Continue with the roll. A resolution to the City Commission of the City of Fort Lardo for approving the reallocation transfer of funds from the Parks and Recreation General Obligation Bonds Series 2020A bonds in the amount of $414,750 from the Hort Park Bond Improvement Project to the Floyd Hull Stadium Bond Improvement Project to assist with financing the initial planning and design phase pursuant to the City of Fort Lauderdale resolution number 18-261 and resolution number 20-08, providing for conflicts, providing for severability, providing for correction of scrivener's errors, and providing for an effective date. Commissioner Sorensen? Yes. Commissioner Glassman? Yes. Commissioner Beasley-Pittman? Yes. Mayor Trent Toss? Yes. And PH-2 is now approved. PH-3 of public hearing and ordinance amending policy FLU 1.1.12 of the City of Fort Lauderdale Comprehensive Plan Future Land Element South Regional Activity Land Use Designation to increase community facility permitted use from 1,000,000 square feet to 3,221,560 square feet North Broward Hospital District. No one has signed up to speak. Someone would like to move to close public hearing. Move to close. Second. Be moved and seconded. Please call the roll. Commissioner Sorensen? Yes. Commissioner Glassman? Yes. Commissioner Beasley-Pittman? Yes. Mayor Trent Toss? Yes. So, public hearing on PH-3 is now closed. Someone would like to introduce the ordinance? Introduced. The ordinance has now been introduced. Please call the roll. In ordinance to the City of Fort Lauderdale, Florida amending the City of Fort Lauderdale Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Element Policy FLU 1.1.12. To amend the South Regional Activity Center Future Land Use Designation to increase the allowable community facilities use from 1,000,000 square feet to 3,221,560 square feet providing for severability. Repeal of conflicting ordinance provisions transmittal to the applicable reviewing agencies and providing for an effective date. Commissioner Sorensen? Yes. Commissioner Glassman? Yes. Commissioner Beasley-Pittman? Yes. Mayor Trent Toss? Yes. And PH-3 is now approved. PH-4, public hearing and ordinance amending the City of Fort Lauderdale Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Map for Community Facilities to South Regional Activity Center North Broad Hospital District. Only one person has signed up to speak, Stephanie Toothaker, but that's just for questions, right? Is she here? Oh, there she is. Yes, she's there. Okay. No one else has signed up to speak, so do I hear a motion to close public hearing? Moved. Second. Moved and seconded. Please call the roll. Commissioner Sorensen? Yes. Commissioner Glassman? Yes. Commissioner Beasley-Pittman? Yes. Mayor Trent Toss? Yes. And public hearing on PH-4 is now closed. Would someone like to introduce the ordinance? Introduced. The ordinance has been introduced. Please call the roll. In ordinance of the City of Fort Lauderdale, Florida adopting amendments to the City of Fort Lauderdale Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use of Map Designed Designation from Community Facilities to South Regional Activity Center, portions of the vacated right-of-ways of Southeast 15th Street and Southeast 16th Street, together with Track C, Broward General Hospital Edition, according to the Platt thereof, as recorded in Platt Book 90, page 2, together with a portion of Track Day, Broward General Hospital, according to the Platt thereof, as recorded in Platt Book 60, page 33, together with Lots 3 through 13 and portions of Lots 2 and 14, re-amended Platt Parkway Highlands, according to the Platt thereof, as recorded in Platt Book 19, page 3, together with Lots 13 through 19, Block 26, and the alley within the said block inclusive, and all of Lots 10 through 18, Block 44, Croyston Park, according to the Platt thereof, as recorded in Platt Book 4, page 28, all of the public records of Broward County, Florida, lying west of Southeast 3rd Avenue, north of Southeast 18th Street, east of South Andrews Avenue, and south of Southeast 14th Street. All said lands being the City of Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, Florida, containing a total of 16.967 acres, more or less, and authorizing the proper city officials to transmit the proposed amendments, supporting data and analyses to reviewing agencies, providing for severability, providing for conflicts, and providing for an effective date. Commissioner Sorensen? Commissioner Glossman? Commissioner Beasley-Pittman? Commissioner Beasley-Pittman? Commissioner Trentals? Yes, and PH-4 is now approved. Moving on to PH-5, this is a quasi-judicial ordinance approving a vacation of a right-of-way utility and public purpose easement on the Dajani family holding. Anyone wishing to speak must be sworn in, and the Commissioner will announce any site visits, communications, or expert opinions received, and make them a part of the record. I don't have anyone who signed up to speak on that, so do we have any disclosures, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman? No disclosures. I have none. Commissioner Glossman? None. And Commissioner Sorensen? None. Okay. So, would someone like to introduce, would someone like to move to close public hearing? So moved. Second. Move and seconded, please call the roll. Commissioner Sorensen? Yes. Commissioner Glossman? Yes. Commissioner Beasley-Pittman? Yes. Mayor Trentals? Yes, and public hearing is now closed on PH-5. Would someone like to introduce the ordinance? Introduced. The ordinance has been introduced. Please call the roll. In ordinance vacating a retained right-of-way utilities and public purpose easement lying within the vacated Northwest 16th Avenue right-of-way recorded in official records book 12602, page 611, as recorded in the public records of Broward County, Florida, located east of Lauderdale Manor Drive, north of Northwest 18th Street, west of Northwest 15th Avenue, and south of Northwest 19th Street, all said lands being the city of Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, Florida. Commissioner Sorensen? Yes. Commissioner Glossman? Yes. Commissioner Beasley-Pittman? Yes. Mayor Trentals? Yes. The PH-5 is now approved. PH-6, public hearing, a quasi-judicial ordinance, rezoning from residential multifamily low-rise medium-density district to the Northwest Regional Activity Center, 1325 Northwest 6th Street, New Hope Development Corporation. Anyone wishing to speak must be sworn in, and the commissioner will announce any side visits, communications, or expert opinions received that make them a part of the record. Commissioner Beasley-Pittman, did you have any disclosures? I've met with the developer and New Hope Pastor several times regarding this. Okay. I do not recall any communications myself with the developer. Is the developer here? I don't see them. No. Oh, Chris. Hello, Chris. Hi. Hi. And Commissioner Glassman? None. And Commissioner Sorensen? None. Okay. So, like I said, no one has signed up to speak. Would someone like to move to close public hearing? So moved. Second. We've moved and seconded. Please call the roll. Commissioner Sorensen? Yes. Commissioner Glassman? Yes. Commissioner Beasley-Pittman? Yes. Mayor Trentals? Yes. And public hearing is now closed on PH-6. Would someone like to introduce the ordinance? Introduce. The ordinance has been introduced. Please call the roll. In ordinance amending section 47-1.6.B of the City of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Unified Land Development Regulations through the revision of the official zoning map of the City of Fort Lauderdale on Schedule A revised compilation attached thereto and by reference made a part thereof so as to rezone from residential multifamily low-rise medium-density district to northwest regional activity center mixed-use west district, all of lots 9 and 10, block 1, Lincoln Park, according to the plot thereof, as recorded and plot book 5, page 2 of the public records of Broward County, Florida, located north of Northwest 6th Street, east of Northwest 14th Avenue, west of Northwest 13th Terrace, and south of Northwest 7th Street, all said lands being in the City of Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, Florida. Commissioner Sorensen? Yes. Commissioner Glassman? Yes. Commissioner Beasley-Pittman? Yes. Mayor Trentals? Yes. And PH-6 is now approved. Now moving on to what was formerly CR-5, this is a resolution approving the lease between the City of Fort Lauderdale and Marine Industries Association of South Florida for two city-owned properties located at northeast 10th Street and Taylor Road in Dania Beach. I don't recall if I had any. Is this a time for disclosures? Is this a quasi-judicial or just a public hearing? It was just a public hearing. Okay. No one has signed up to speak. Anyone here to speak on this item? Okay. I have Assistant City Attorney Sean Amanani. Amanani, sorry. He will give you a little bit of background on this item. Okay. Sounds good. Yeah, Commission. Yesterday there was a late amendment on this just for one section from 1.02, and legals reviewed the sufficiency of it. It's good to go from a legal sufficiency standpoint. But Section 8.13 of the charter states at least three days before the said public hearing date, a copy of the proposed lease shall be posted on a public bulletin board by the city clerk. Can't do that, but there is a provision that in case of emergency, such procedure may be waived by the affirmative vote of three commissioners. I'm going to give you the definition of an emergency under the Merriam-Webster dictionary because it's not defined in the charter. It says, an unforeseen combination of circumstances or the resulting state that calls for immediate action. So that's the definition of emergency. So if you are going to approve it tonight, I would recommend first that you make a motion to waive the mandatory three-day posting notice provision of Section 8.13, and then after that, reference the lease as amended in your approval motion. So you want two motions, two separate motions? Correct. And just a quick question. Is the language in blue on page 4 and page 5 of that Section 1.02 the only change from what we saw earlier in the day or when this agenda was published? That is correct. Okay, thank you. So are we, Duane, are we okay with waiving the three-day notice requirement? If you're okay with it in terms of... Does it compromise the city's interest in any way? Thanks, buddy. So the question is with regards to the charter provision in terms of whether or not the authors of the charter require that the actual language of the lease that's posted as is provided in the notice remains unchanged. I think that, you know, there's reason to believe that the public hearing process is an open process and where you would be receiving comments and so forth. So, but in the abundance of caution, as Attorney Arminani has mentioned, there is a provision that allows you to waive this provision. And we think in abundance of caution, you should go ahead and waive it with the affirmative vote of three members of the commission and then go forward and approve the changes if the changes are acceptable to the commission. Okay, so do I hear a motion? Do you want to say something? I have a question. Maybe I've missed something, but what makes this an emergency, the change? How does this qualify? So explain, using the definition of emergency as outlined in Merriam-Webster, unforeseen combination combination of circumstances or results of resulting in this state that calls for immediate action. In this particular case, we have a bargain for benefit in terms of the change in the lease terms that may not be available if the commission doesn't act on it at this meeting. Also, Commissioner, I was at least one of the ones that asked for one of these changes. And part of my understanding of part of the time sensitivity is this is going to be for storage for docks for the boat show. And so just the time sensitivity to that is why I think it'd be helpful to vote on it tonight. Okay. So, Mayor, I'd like to make a motion to, I'll make a motion first to waive the notice requirement for this item. Second. Moving seconded. Any other questions? There being none. I have a question. Go ahead. Go ahead. How does this incorporate our neighbors having the opportunity other than what we receive to know what the changes are? So what exactly, what kind of changes are being recommended to the lease agreement that are, are they material? Are they administrative? What exactly? Mayor, the changes contemplate that the city begins to receive rent payments. As soon as the tenant has all of the approvals for storing those materials, and once they start storing those materials, then the commencement of rent would begin. Okay. So it actually enhances the city's position. Correct. We collect rent sooner rather than later. Correct. Thank you for outlining that because our neighbors need to know what we are going past. So thank you. I'm ready to vote. Okay. Please call the roll. Okay. So this is for the motion, uh, Commissioner. This is for, this is the motion to waive the three-day notice requirement. Commissioner Sorensen? Yes. Commissioner Glossman? Yes. Commissioner Beasley-Pittman? Yes. Mayor Trent Toss? Yes. And the, and that motion is now approved. Now you want a second motion approving the agreement, correct? That's the next motion. Okay. Do I hear a motion to approve the lease agreement? Move. Second. Move and seconded. No one else has signed up to speak. Um, please call the roll. D-Wayne, is, is this, we're doing a resolution for this one, correct? Not a motion? It's, it is a resolution. Okay. Um, adopt a resolution as amended. Do we need disclosures for this or anything, D-Wayne? No. Okay. Great. So, I'll introduce the resolution. No, it's a motion. No, this is a resolution. Oh, it's a resolution. Okay. As amended. As amended. And, go ahead. We also need to close the public hearing. Great. Move to close the public hearing. Second. Okay. Commissioner Sorensen? Yes. Commissioner Glossman? Yes. Commissioner Beasley-Pittman? Yes. Mayor Trent Toss? Yes. And, public hearing on this item is now closed. Now, would someone like to introduce the ordinance? Introduce as amended. It's a resolution, right? Resolution. Sorry. Introducing the resolution as amended. As amended. This is with regard to acceptance of the lease agreement. Yes. A resolution, City Commission of the City of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, authorizing execution of a lease pursuant to Section 8.13 of the City Charter between the City of Fort Lauderdale and Marine Industries Association of South Florida, Inc., of two city-owned real properties located at Northeast 10th Street and Taylor Road, Dania Beach, Florida, 33004, to be used for purposes consistent with the public goods subject to terms and conditions authorizing the proper city officials to execute the conveyance, instruments, and providing for an effective date. Commissioner Sorensen? Yes. Vice Mayor, Commissioner Glossman? Wishful thinking. Yes. Commissioner Beasley-Pittman? Yes. Mayor Trent Toss? Yes. You'll be Vice Mayor someday. No, that's okay. It's all good. It's all good. It's all good. You want to be interim vice mayor? No, it's all good. It's all good. Okay. And that item is now approved. So thank you very much, and I appreciate – thank you for being here. You're very welcome. See you at the Boat Show. Okay, OFR 1. This is the first reading of an ordinance repealing, Chapter 2, Section 2-41, residence requirement for department directors of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to remove the requirement. It's important to remove the requirement that department directors reside in the city limits. Okay. We have one person who signed up to speak. Oh, Charlie King. I guess I'm kind of a residency advocate at this point. Do you live in the city of Fort Lauderdale? Yes. I do. I'm one of the few that does, apparently. Only people who live here can speak here. It seems like everyone's like, I shouldn't have to live here. Why do I have to live here? And now it's like you guys are just chipping away at the wisdom that's in our charter and ordinances that said the highest – the leaders of these departments, the highest paid bureaucrats that our taxpayer dollars are going to should not live in our city. They should live in Parkland or these other places or even other counties. I mean we're probably giving them cars to go back and forth to their houses and paying for their gas too. But it's not a lot to ask to live in the city. I mean you think we've had a bad run of city managers because they had to live in the city? Was that the big problem? This is not a question-to-answer session. Well, it can be. But I'm just saying like I think it's a low bar to say you want to come be the department head in Fort Lauderdale. We're going to require you to live in the city, and you're saying like that's just too much to ask. I mean there's a lot of nice neighborhoods that aren't that expensive in the city that people could live in, and it just seems like it's to say that like the schools, they couldn't go to the schools. Well, if you don't want to go to the public schools, they're giving us money to go to private schools now. You get like $6,000 or $7,000 per kid to go to a private school in our city. It's not too much to ask. And I think I read in the backup that like only one of the 10 are living in the city now or something through various workarounds. I mean you guys have workarounds like you're supposed to be selling the land when you give it away, not giving it to the CRA to give it away to people. It's like there's so many workarounds that have been going on for many years in this city. So like stop chipping away at the wisdom that's in the charter that like we want these people – go to the same grocery stores as us, getting the same crazy homeless people running through their drug stores, dealing with the same stuff. We're getting $1,500 water bills every once in a while for no reason. You know, like those things, they should feel too. Okay, thank you. Anyone from the commission – does anyone else wish to speak on this item? Anyone from the commission want to make any comments? Well, I understand what Charlie is saying. You know, Charlie, I'll tell you something. Way back when in the 70s, 80s, I used to be a really strong proponent of residency requirements. But I've sort of changed my mind in watching people work in the jobs that they work in. But let me just tell you, this doesn't even affect the city manager's job. This is department directors. But only if the department director is hired like anew. It doesn't even cover if – I'm sorry. It only – it doesn't cover if the person is promoted from within. Then there's no residency requirement. But here's the deal. I mean, are we actually meeting the intended purpose here? I mean, is the intended purpose of this residency requirement actually being served? And I don't think it is. And so it's like, as you said yourself, one out of ten department directors are living – is living in the city. So I don't know. It's a – you know, it's a different time. It's a different day. I know what you're saying in terms of experience the city, experience everything about living in the city. But the reality is that they're not living in the city. So I – but I – as I watch the work product, I don't even really think that it is affected by it. I mean, I'm not even sure how many cities even require city managers to be a resident. We still do, and this does not affect that. So, again, it's an interesting debate. But, again, I think that when you look at it, we don't even require it of the charter officers, I don't believe, right? That's correct. Just the city managers required. Right. So – And the commissioners. Well, the commissioner has to live in the – right. The commissioner has to live within the district in which he or she, yes, is elected. So I don't know. It just doesn't seem in this day and age – the intended purpose just doesn't seem to be served anymore by this requirement. That's all. Okay. Anyone else have any comments or questions? Okay. There being none, would someone like – it's a resolution, correct? It's an ordinance. Ordinance on first reading. Someone like to introduce the ordinance? Introduce. The ordinance has been introduced. Please call the roll. In Ordinance to the City Commission of the City of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, amending Chapter 2, Article 3 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, by repealing Section 2-41, titled Residence Requirement for Department Directors to Remove the Requirement for Department Directors to Reside in the City Limits, providing for severability repeal for – providing for repeal of conflicting ordinance provisions, providing for correction of Scrivener's errors, and providing for an effective date. Commissioner Sorensen? Yes. Commissioner Glassman? Yes. Commissioner Beasley-Pittman? Yes. Mayor Trentiles? Yes. And that ordinance is now approved on first reading. Finally, our second reading ordinance, amending Ordinance Number C-95-67, amending the tax increment revenue to be deposited into the Northwest Progresso-Flagler Heights Community Redevelopment Area Redevelopment Trust Fund, amending the annual appropriation of tax increment revenue by the City of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, subject to conditions, and terminating the requirement for any other taxing authority to deposit. Is it tax increment revenue into the development trust fund? No, it is tax increment revenue to be provided to the tax increment revenue to be deposited into the tax increment revenue by the City of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, subject to conditions, terminating the requirement for any other tax increment revenue to be deposited into the development trust fund? Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. The ordinance has been introduced. Yes. Any questions from the Commission? Any questions from the Commission? There being none, please call the roll. And ordinance amending Ordinance Number C-95-67, amending the tax increment revenue to be deposited into the Redevelopment Trust Fund, amending the annual appropriation of tax increment revenue by the City of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, subject to conditions, terminating the requirement for any other taxing authority to deposit tax increment revenue into the Redevelopment Trust Fund and providing for an effective date. Yes. Commissioner Sorensen? Yes. Commissioner Glossman? No. Commissioner Beasley-Pittman? Yes. Mayor Trentals? Yes. And that ordinance is now approved on second reading. Is there any further business of the Commission with regard to this meeting? We're going to resume the conference meeting. We're going to resume the conference and do the CRA meeting. And then we're going to do the CRA meeting. Do you want to do that? Yeah. And we're going to do the CRA meeting. Great, thanks. So this meeting is now concluded. Thank you very much. Let's move into the CRA meeting. Mr. Clerk, please call the roll. Commissioner Glossman? Here. Commissioner Beasley-Pittman? Here. Commissioner Sorensen? Here. And Chair Trentals? Here. And one motion approving minutes for the May 20th, 2025 Community Redevelopment Agency Board meeting minutes. Would someone like to move the item? Moved. Do I hear a second? Second. Moved and seconded. With regard to the acceptance of the minutes, please call the roll. Commissioner Sorensen? Yes. Commissioner Glossman? Yes. Commissioner Beasley-Pittman? Chair Trentals? Yes. And then one's now approved. Now R1. So resolution rescinding resolution number 21-04 approving the restated and amended articles of incorporation, amended and restated bylaws, conflict of interest policy, and gift acceptance policy of Invest Fort Lauderdale, Inc., ratifying the appointment of board members appointing its successor establishing qualifications, authorizing the executive director to execute the amended and restated articles of incorporation or any necessary or incidental documents thereto, and delegating authority to the executive director to take certain actions. Anyone have any questions with regard to R1? No one has signed up to speak. Someone would like to introduce the resolution. Introduce. Resolution has been introduced. Please call the roll. So I think this was where we're going to have an amendment to it to add some neighborhoods? Those other neighborhoods mentioned earlier during conference? Yes. Yes. Do you want to state those? Which ones they were? Just for the... Adding Doors, Home Beautiful. It's Doors and Home Beautiful. Okay. Thank you. As neighborhoods that are eligible to, from which to draw a perspective, board of director members. Okay. So the resolution has been introduced as amended. As amended. Thank you. As amended. A resolution of the Board of Commissioners of the Fort Lauderdale Community Redevelopment Agency rescinding resolution number 21-04 approving the amended and restated articles of incorporation as amended and amended and restated bylaws for Invest Fort Lauderdale Inc. approving the conflict of interest and gift acceptance policies ratifying the appointment of all board members by the city commission of the city of Fort Lauderdale, appointing its successor, establishing qualifications for service on the board of directors of Invest Fort Lauderdale Inc., authorizing the executive director to execute and file the amended and restated articles of incorporation with the state of Florida and to execute any and all documents as necessary incidental thereto, delegating authority to the executive director to take certain actions and providing for an effective date. Commissioner Sorensen? Yes. Commissioner Glassman? Yes. Commissioner Beasley-Pittman? Yes. Chair Trantalis? Yes. And R1 is now approved as amended. Is there any further business of the Community Redevelopment Agency Board? There being none, this meeting is concluded. I'd like to resume our conference meeting where we left off at commission reports. So, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman, it's all yours. Thank you, Mayor. I enjoyed my recess. Everyone else, I'm sure you did as well. While we were on recess, one of our neighbors, Ms. Maude Storr, celebrated her 100th birthday. Wow. Yes. Wow. In her lifetime, she's been the recipient of the United States Department of Education Award, which is a national education being recognized nationally for her service. Also, she was an educator for Broward County Schools. And also, she is an author of children's books, the series, Ordinary People Who Did Extraordinary Things. So, she's really contributed, not onto our city, but also to our great country. I also wanted to share, want to give thanks to and acknowledge Daphne and her crew for the great execution of Six Trunk Empowerment Summit. It was held on Saturday, July 19th at the American Research Library. Great attendance, we're getting great feedback, and this is all part of our initiative for We Are Six Trunk, I Am Six Trunk, developing that economic engine in our community. So, thank you for all that you all did. Excellent job. And also, we had several panels with individuals from all over our city and the county that came and represented and just shared great information for us overall. So, again, thank you for that. Also, sharing, let's see here, on August 1st, the Rotary Club of Fort Lauderdale, they launched a project that they call the Homeless Bus Project. And it is a free transportation for individuals who are without homes to get to different appointments throughout the city and throughout the county. And it's free transportation. So, I would love to invite them in and let them also share with what they're doing and how it's benefiting our community. And I was so impressed with this because it was one of those times that our organization really just went outside of the box. They realized that there was a need. So many of our neighbors who are without homes, they have challenges with transportation. They may not be able to ride the bus or where they're trying to get if it's to adopt this appointment, social security, whatever it is, it's a challenge for them. So, I want to acknowledge the Rotary Club of Fort Lauderdale and thank you for them for what they're doing. And just let us encourage them with what they're doing. And I believe that's all I want to share tonight. Okay. I feel like I'm missing something. But if I did, you'll allow me to come back, right? I would. And round it up. Absolutely. All right. Thank you for the time, Mayor. You're very welcome. Commissioner Glassman. Yes. Thank you, Mayor. And welcome back, everybody. It was really nice to slow down a bit for that six-week recess. On July 17th, I had the pleasure of attending the FIND community outreach event at the Pier 66. FIND is that organization, the Florida Inland Navigation District. We received a check this evening. And Richard Walter and his wife, Brooke, hosted that event and brought many people together. I know that Commissioner Beasley Pittman was there as well. It was really great to meet all of these FIND commissioners from up and down the entire Intracoastal Waterway in our state. A lot of people don't know about the work that they do. And it was really quite an interesting event and a pleasure to meet everyone and to hear all of the really positive things that all of these folks from around the state had to say about the city of Fort Lauderdale and especially being at Pier 66. So they all seem to enjoy themselves. What date was that? That was July 17th. August 12th, I had the pleasure of participating in the groundbreaking for the Dunes Fort Lauderdale Hotel. This is probably one of the last open parcels on the barrier island. And it's just to the north of where we have our D.C. Alexander Park, just to the east of the Aquatic Center and the International Swimming Hall of Fame. That's an important project. That site has been vacant for quite a while. And as I said, it is one of the most important remaining parcels left. That's going to be a really nice project. And I'm looking forward to it. I think it's the, is it the Audition brand of Marriott? What is it called? It's a Marriott brand. But is it the Audition brand of the Marriott? I forgot what it's called, if anyone remembers. Autograph. Is it the Autograph? Something with an A. It might be the Autograph brand of the Marriott. So that's a first for our city. It's going to be a very nice project and we welcome them. We should see that completion in about two years. So we welcome that whole team. Moss is doing the construction and looking forward to that. And I'm looking forward also on August 30th, the AFL-CIO Labor Gala will be held at the Diplomat Hotel in Hollywood. I want to thank all of the folks that are part of the labor movement, especially in our city, that work so hard each and every day in labor on our behalf. And I'll look forward to attending that celebration as well on August 30th. That's about it for me, Mayor. Thank you. Okay. Commissioner Sorensen. Thank you, Mayor. A few things that I had an honor of being part of. I joined Superintendent Hepburn at New River Middle School last Monday for the first day of school, which was great. And I want to thank the school board today. Just hours ago, they passed a dollar allocation matching our $1.7 million to Sunrise Middle and I think Bennett and ultimately it'll go to Bennett and Fort Lauderdale High for a sports academy program that will not only help with developing athletes, but also jobs around and in sports, as well as improving Sunrise athletic facilities. So just great investment in our public schools. So thank you to the school board. And I want to thank Alan Zeman, who was the strong advocate for that. Thank you so much, Alan, for your efforts in making that happen. Yeah. And thanks, Mayor. And I know you wrote a letter too, so that's just a great win for public schools. I had an honor of spending some time with CareerSource Broward, CEO Carol Hilton and her team, which was fantastic. I also went to the University of Florida's Go Gators Institute for Food and Agricultural Sciences, which is out in Davie, to talk about termites, subterranean termites. This is a big issue in my district. I didn't know if that – is that – okay, you get it. Okay. So it's a big thing. We lose a lot of trees. Homes are really susceptible to it. So we – and city staff was there with me, and we really all worked together on ways we can form some innovative partnerships with the University of Florida, their graduate program, grant funding for how we can evaluate city property, city trees for subterranean termites. Basically, what you want to do with subterranians is you want to catch them in the trees before they spread to homes. So there's some really innovative ways to evaluate and then mitigate trees that are infested with subterranean. So Raquel, I think, and Ben Rogers – Ben, correct me if I'm wrong, but we're working. The University of Florida is going to get us a proposal of ways we can partner more effectively, monitor trees, and mitigate. So that's coming forward in maybe October, November. Does that sound right? That sounds about right. So I think that could be really helpful for us as a city. I did a ride-along with PD the other night, which was fantastic. So thank you, Chief Schultz and all the fantastic officers out there. Just a great ride-along. A lot of residents were grateful for the service that the police were providing that night and always. I also want to thank the police and fire. It's been a very difficult last couple weeks. There's been tragedy in the intercoastal. There's been drownings, and police and fire have just done an amazing job saving lives and protecting our residents. So I just want to thank them for that. I also want to encourage everyone. It's Dine Out Fort Lauderdale. So lunch and dinner deals. We were out for dinner I think the other night and took advantage of one of those deals at our restaurants. So check that out. And lastly, Raquel, and I maybe could have brought this up with a parks conversation, but Raquel, for some of our events where an entity will hire, will pay for police and fire either, you know, in effect almost a detail but pay for their services during an event. Sometimes what I'm hearing is where there's a delay in that payment back to the city in effect to get to the firefighters and police officers. So I was just wondering if we can look at any, are we experiencing some delays periodically for that payment? Because then that's delaying those officers getting paid. So can we further incentivize or penalize those who are late in payment? Does that make sense? We can look into some options. Got it. Got it. Thanks. That is all I've got, Mayor. Thanks. Okay, great. Thank you so much. Just a couple things. On upcoming events, Rabbi Kaplan is celebrating his 50th birthday, and on August 26th he's having a birthday party, so everyone's welcome to attend. It's at 7.30 p.m. The 30th is the Labor Ball. I want to say that I'm very happy to attend that ball and hope it's well attended in support of those men and women who work for our community. There's a pre-Labor Day festival at North Beach. It's on August 31st. It's an annual event that we have here in our city. It's from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. Again, that's at the North Beach Shops area. And then I think that's pretty much it. That's it. I guess I have no further comments. Anything further from you, Raquel? Oh, back to Beasley Pittman. I want to acknowledge Parks and Rec for executing, again, another great summer jams at Mills Fond. They did an amazing job. Thank you, Carl, and to your staff. Well attended. Thank you for the police and fire for always being in place and making sure that we're protected and interacting with the neighbors. Really appreciate it. Well attended event. And thank you. And if I could say I know that there's several events that are coming up like a gala and a couple other things. I do have some personal matters that I will be attending, so I will not be at any of those events between now and the September 2nd at least. Okay. All right. Before we conclude, I just want to step back for a second, Raquel. What is the timetable that we discussed regarding the procurement of the City Hall? You had brought it up earlier. What was the timeframe that we're looking at now? We've received six proposals. What is the next steps in that process? Sure. So we're going to establish an evaluation matrix so that we can compare the qualifications and experience of the six proposers. Right. We're going to be working with our owner's rep, Jacobs, to do just that. Simultaneously, the city attorney's office is going to be engaging outside counsel to facilitate negotiations once we get to that point. I think that we can come back to the commission probably in late October. All right. There's got to be a way to accelerate that a little bit. I looked at the six proposals and some of them are in point and some of them are just completely different concepts of what this commission has spoken about and decided. What I'm saying is it isn't all apples to apples in these proposals. It shouldn't take too long to figure out who's who's good and who's not. And, you know, any way we can do to accelerate the process. We don't want to keep prolonging this. You know, it's been two years since we've been out of City Hall. And I don't want another two years just to procure this and another three years to build it. We really would like to see something move at a more accelerated pace. So, Duane, if you can, if we're going to seek outside counsel, if we can secure that sooner than later and get this process going. And I think because every time we wait, every year we wait, it costs another 10 percent more. And we're looking at many, many millions of dollars. So the sooner we can do this, the cheaper it will be for the community to get this project done. All right. That's all I wanted to say. There would be no further business. This meeting concluded. Thank you so much.