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Tuesday, May 19, 2026

6:00 PM

Broward Center for the Performing Arts - Abdo Room - 201 SW 5th

Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33312

City Commission Regular Meeting

FORT LAUDERDALE CITY COMMISSION

DEAN J. TRANTALIS Mayor

BEN SORENSEN Vice Mayor - Commissioner - District 4

JOHN C. HERBST Commissioner - District 1

STEVEN GLASSMAN Commissioner - District 2

PAM BEASLEY-PITTMAN Commissioner - District 3

RICKELLE WILLIAMS, City Manager

SHARI L. McCARTNEY, City Attorney

PATRICK REILLY, City Auditor

DAVID R. SOLOMAN, City Clerk

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 - Abdo Room 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 - Abdo Room 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.

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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.

Pledge of Allegiance

ROLL CALL

5 - Commissioner John C. Herbst, Commissioner Steven Glassman,

Commissioner Pam Beasley-Pittman, Vice Mayor Ben Sorensen and

Mayor Dean J. Trantalis

Present:

Approval of MINUTES and Agenda

26-0485

Minutes for March 19, 2026, Commission Conference Meeting and

March 19, 2026, Commission Regular Meeting - (Commission

Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4)

APPROVED AS AMENDED - Agenda Amended

5 - Commissioner Herbst, Commissioner Glassman, Commissioner

Beasley-Pittman, Vice Mayor Sorensen and Mayor Trantalis

Yea:

PRESENTATIONS

Commissioner Beasley-Pittman to present a Proclamation declaring

May 19, 2026, as Dillard High School Lady Panthers Day in the City

of Fort Lauderdale

PRES-

PRESENTED

Commissioner Glassman to present a Proclamation declaring May

2026, as Jewish American Heritage Month in the City of Fort

Lauderdale

PRES-

PRESENTED

Commissioner Herbst to present a Proclamation declaring May 15,

2026, as National Law Enforcement Officer Memorial Day in the City

of Fort Lauderdale

PRES-

PRESENTED

Mayor Trantalis to present a Proclamation declaring May 18-25,

2026, as National Beach Safety Week in the City of Fort Lauderdale

PRES-

PRESENTED

CONSENT AGENDA PUBLIC COMMENT

CONSENT AGENDA

Approval of the Consent Agenda

Approve the Consent Agenda

5 - Commissioner Herbst, Commissioner Glassman, Commissioner

Beasley-Pittman, Vice Mayor Sorensen and Mayor Trantalis

Yea:

CONSENT MOTIONS

26-0358

Motion Approving Fiscal Year 2026 Beach Business Improvement

District Grant Participation Agreement with Swim Fort Lauderdale

Booster Club, Inc. for the SFTL Speedo Summer Classic - $6,000 -

(Commission District 2)

CM-1

APPROVED

5 - Commissioner Herbst, Commissioner Glassman, Commissioner

Beasley-Pittman, Vice Mayor Sorensen and Mayor Trantalis

Yea:

26-0380

26-0344

Motion Approving Grant Application - FY 2025 Edward Byrne

Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program - $92,232 -

(Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4)

CM-2

CM-4

APPROVED

5 - Commissioner Herbst, Commissioner Glassman, Commissioner

Beasley-Pittman, Vice Mayor Sorensen and Mayor Trantalis

Yea:

Motion Approving a Retroactive Agreement and Change Order No.

4 for the South Ocean Drive Bridge Replacement Project - Interstate

Construction, LLC - 365 Day Extension and $58,359.16 -

(Commission District 4)

APPROVED

5 - Commissioner Herbst, Commissioner Glassman, Commissioner

Beasley-Pittman, Vice Mayor Sorensen and Mayor Trantalis

Yea:

CONSENT RESOLUTIONS

26-0060

Resolution Approving a Construction Agreement with the Florida

Department of Transportation for the Construction of Street Light

Improvements within the Right-of-Way of State Road 811 (NE 4

Avenue) Associated with the NE 4 Avenue Streetscape

Improvement Project - (Commission District 2)

CR-1

ADOPTED

5 - Commissioner Herbst, Commissioner Glassman, Commissioner

Beasley-Pittman, Vice Mayor Sorensen and Mayor Trantalis

Yea:

26-0336

Resolution Delegating the City Manager the Authority to Execute a

State-Funded Grant Agreement with the Florida Department of

Transportation for a Grant in the Amount of $500,000 for the

Construction Phase of the Galt Mile Street Safety Improvements

Project - (Commission District 1)

CR-2

ADOPTED

5 - Commissioner Herbst, Commissioner Glassman, Commissioner

Beasley-Pittman, Vice Mayor Sorensen and Mayor Trantalis

Yea:

26-0411

26-0425

Resolution Amending Resolution No. 23-123, as Amended by

Resolution 25-38, Providing for an Extension for the Homeless

Advisory Committee (HAC) through June 20, 2027 - (Commission

Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4)

CR-3

CR-4

REMOVED FROM AGENDA

Resolution Approving the Renaming of the Fort Lauderdale

Executive Airport Administration Building at 6000 NW 21st Avenue

to “William H. Crouch Jr. Airport Administration Building" -

(Commission District 1)

ADOPTED

5 - Commissioner Herbst, Commissioner Glassman, Commissioner

Beasley-Pittman, Vice Mayor Sorensen and Mayor Trantalis

Yea:

CONSENT PURCHASE

26-0014

Motion Approving an Agreement for Invitation to Bid (ITB) No. 572-1

for Pole Setting, Removal and Disposal Services - Imperial Electric

Incorporated - $250,000 - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4)

CP-1

APPROVED

5 - Commissioner Herbst, Commissioner Glassman, Commissioner

Beasley-Pittman, Vice Mayor Sorensen and Mayor Trantalis

Yea:

26-0293

Motion Approving an Agreement for Invitation to Bid (ITB) No. 581

for Special Event Clean-Up Services - SFM Janitorial Services, LLC

- $516,100 (initial two (2)-year term contract amount) - (Commission

Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4)

CP-2

APPROVED

5 - Commissioner Herbst, Commissioner Glassman, Commissioner

Beasley-Pittman, Vice Mayor Sorensen and Mayor Trantalis

Yea:

26-0377

Motion Approving an Agreement for Invitation to Bid (ITB) No. 584-3

for Fireworks - Island Outdoor Management DBA North Florida

Pyrotechnics - $851,689.24 - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4)

CP-3

APPROVED

5 - Commissioner Herbst, Commissioner Glassman, Commissioner

Beasley-Pittman, Vice Mayor Sorensen and Mayor Trantalis

Yea:

26-0315

26-0352

Motion Approving Awards of Request for Qualifications (RFQ)

526-3, Pre-Qualification of General and Specialty Trade Contractors

(Citywide) Qualified Vendor List (QVL) - Various Pre-Qualified Pool

of Contractors - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4)

CP-4

CP-5

APPROVED

5 - Commissioner Herbst, Commissioner Glassman, Commissioner

Beasley-Pittman, Vice Mayor Sorensen and Mayor Trantalis

Yea:

Motion Approving the Final Ranking of Firms, Negotiated Fee

Schedules, and Agreements for Request for Qualifications (RFQ)

No. 501-2, Environmental Engineering Consulting Services - GHD

Services, Inc. and RES Florida Consulting, LLC - $750,000 (three

(3)-year estimated aggregate amount) - (Commission Districts 1, 2,

3 and 4)

APPROVED

5 - Commissioner Herbst, Commissioner Glassman, Commissioner

Beasley-Pittman, Vice Mayor Sorensen and Mayor Trantalis

Yea:

26-0422

Motion Approving an Agreement for Request for Qualifications

(RFQ) No. 410-2, Capital Improvement Master Plan for the Central

City Community Redevelopment Area (CRA) - Alta Planning +

Designs, Inc. - $200,000 - (Commission Districts 2 and 3)

CP-6

REMOVED FROM AGENDA

CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS PULLED FOR DISCUSSION

26-0378

Motion Approving Execution of a Contract with The Research

Foundation of the City University of New York for Services Related

to Group Violence Intervention - $218,000 - (Commission Districts

1, 2, 3 and 4)

CM-3

APPROVED

5 - Commissioner Herbst, Commissioner Glassman, Commissioner

Beasley-Pittman, Vice Mayor Sorensen and Mayor Trantalis

Yea:

MOTIONS

26-0331

Motion Approving an Agreement for Invitation to Bid (ITB) No. 550-2

- Sebastian and Seville Seawall Replacement - YC Group, LLC -

$1,696,276.03 - (Commission District 2)

M-1

APPROVED

5 - Commissioner Herbst, Commissioner Glassman, Commissioner

Beasley-Pittman, Vice Mayor Sorensen and Mayor Trantalis

Yea:

26-0421

Motion Approving an Increase in Contract Cost Capacity to the

Invitation to Bid (ITB) No. 154-9, Annual Sewer Repairs and

Replacement Agreements - Southern Underground Industries, Inc.

and David Mancini & Sons, Inc. - $1,500,000 (per annual renewal

aggregate amount) - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4)

M-2

APPROVED

5 - Commissioner Herbst, Commissioner Glassman, Commissioner

Beasley-Pittman, Vice Mayor Sorensen and Mayor Trantalis

Yea:

26-0367

Motion Approving First Amendment to Incorporate Voluntary Price

Reduction (VPR) to Unit Prices and Cost Capacity Increase to the

Agreement related to Invitation to Bid (ITB) Event No. 266 - Annual

Asphalt Mill and Resurfacing Agreement - M & M Asphalt

Maintenance Inc. - $16,100,000 - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and

M-3

APPROVED

5 - Commissioner Herbst, Commissioner Glassman, Commissioner

Beasley-Pittman, Vice Mayor Sorensen and Mayor Trantalis

Yea:

26-0330

Motion Approving First Amendment to Incorporate Voluntary Price

Reduction (VPR) to Unit Prices and Cost Capacity Increase to the

Agreement Related to Invitation to Bid (ITB) No. 269-3, for Annual

Concrete and Paver Stones - Team Contracting, Inc. - $11,800,000

- (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4)

M-4

APPROVED

5 - Commissioner Herbst, Commissioner Glassman, Commissioner

Beasley-Pittman, Vice Mayor Sorensen and Mayor Trantalis

Yea:

26-0423

Appeal of the Chief Procurement Officer's Denial of Protest

Submitted by Communications International, Inc. on the

M-5

Recommendation to Award Request for Proposals (RFP) No. 549,

P25 Radio Communication System Refresh-Replacement - Rebid -

Motorola Solutions, Inc. - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4)

REMOVED FROM AGENDA

RESOLUTIONS

26-0478

Appointment of Board and Committee Members - (Commission

Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4)

R-1

ADOPTED AS AMENDED

5 - Commissioner Herbst, Commissioner Glassman, Commissioner

Beasley-Pittman, Vice Mayor Sorensen and Mayor Trantalis

Yea:

26-0164

26-0445

Resolution Accepting the Sidewalk Master Plan - (Commission

Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4)

R-2

R-3

ADOPTED

5 - Commissioner Herbst, Commissioner Glassman, Commissioner

Beasley-Pittman, Vice Mayor Sorensen and Mayor Trantalis

Yea:

Resolution Approving a Maintenance Memorandum of Agreement

for State Road 811 (NE 4 Avenue) with the Florida Department of

Transportation for Lighting Improvements within the Right-of-Way of

State Road 811 - (Commission District 2)

ADOPTED

5 - Commissioner Herbst, Commissioner Glassman, Commissioner

Beasley-Pittman, Vice Mayor Sorensen and Mayor Trantalis

Yea:

26-0415

Resolution Approving an Application for a Dock Permit for Usage of

Public Property by Robert L. Gallagher, adjacent to 1101 Cordova

Road, for a Proposed Wood Marginal Dock and Authorizing

Execution of a Declaration of Restrictive Covenants - (Commission

District 4)

R-4

ADOPTED for Approval

5 - Commissioner Herbst, Commissioner Glassman, Commissioner

Beasley-Pittman, Vice Mayor Sorensen and Mayor Trantalis

Yea:

26-0455

26-0469

Resolution Conceptually Supporting Broward County's Proposed

Colors and Design Sequences for the Art Lighting System and

Lighting Project for the E. Clay Shaw Jr. Bridge - (Commission

District 4)

R-5

R-6

REMOVED FROM AGENDA

Resolution Declaring Notice of Intent to Convey City-Owned

Property Located at 1306 NW 6 Street in the

Northwest-Progresso-Flagler Heights Community Redevelopment

Area to the Fort Lauderdale Community Redevelopment Agency

and Setting a Public Hearing for July 2, 2026, Pursuant to Section

8.02 of the City Charter - (Commission District 3)

ADOPTED

5 - Commissioner Herbst, Commissioner Glassman, Commissioner

Beasley-Pittman, Vice Mayor Sorensen and Mayor Trantalis

Yea:

26-0537

Resolution Approving the First Amendment to the Interlocal

Agreement between the City of Fort Lauderdale and the Fort

Lauderdale Community Redevelopment Agency, to add the Capital

Improvement Master Plan Project for the Central City Community

Redevelopment Area - (Commission Districts 2 and 3)

R-7

REMOVED FROM AGENDA

26-0388

Quasi-Judicial Resolution Approving the Vacation of a Five (5)

Foot-wide by Fifty (50) Foot-long Storm Drainage Easement - Four

Ten Properties LLC - 221 SE 12 Avenue and 1117 East Las Olas

Blvd - Case No. UDP-EV25006 - (Commission District 4)

R-8

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.

ADOPTED

5 - Commissioner Herbst, Commissioner Glassman, Commissioner

Beasley-Pittman, Vice Mayor Sorensen and Mayor Trantalis

Yea:

PUBLIC HEARINGS

26-0384

Public Hearing - Quasi-Judicial Ordinance Approving a Rezoning

Located at 221 SE 12 Avenue from Residential Multifamily Low

Rise/Medium Density (RM-15) District to Community Business (CB)

District with Allocation of 0.14 Acres of Commercial Flex and

Approval of an Associated Site Plan Level IV Development Permit

for a Waterway Use with Landscaped Yard Reduction for 20,337

Square Feet of Retail Use and 11,816 Square Feet of Office Use

with an Associated Parking Reduction - Four Ten Properties LLC -

Case No. UDP-RS25001 - (Commission District 4)

PH-1

Anyone wishing to speak must be sworn in. The Commission will

announce any site visits, communications or expert opinions

received and make them part of the record.

PASSED FIRST READING

5 - Commissioner Herbst, Commissioner Glassman, Commissioner

Beasley-Pittman, Vice Mayor Sorensen and Mayor Trantalis

Yea:

26-0349

Public Hearing - Quasi-Judicial Ordinance Approving a Rezoning

from Heavy Commercial/Light Industrial Business (B-3) District to

Uptown Urban Village Southeast (UUV-SE) District - 500 NW 62

Street - Pinnacle Corporate Park, LLC - Case No. UDP-Z26001 -

(Commission District 1)

PH-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.

PASSED FIRST READING

5 - Commissioner Herbst, Commissioner Glassman, Commissioner

Beasley-Pittman, Vice Mayor Sorensen and Mayor Trantalis

Yea:

26-0389

Public Hearing Second Reading - Quasi-Judicial Ordinance

Approving the Vacation of a 127-Foot-Long and Forty (40)

-Foot-Wide Portion of NE 8 Street and NE 15 Avenue - GO-3

Development, Inc. - Case No. UDP-V25001 - (Commission District

PH-3

Anyone wishing to speak must be sworn in. The Commission will

announce any site visits, communications or expert opinions

received and make them part of the record.

ADOPTED ON SECOND READING

5 - Commissioner Herbst, Commissioner Glassman, Commissioner

Beasley-Pittman, Vice Mayor Sorensen and Mayor Trantalis

Yea:

26-0390

Public Hearing Second Reading - Quasi-Judicial Ordinance

Approving the Vacation of a 719 Square Foot Right-of-Way and

Road Easement within a Ten (10)-Foot-wide by Sixty-Five (65)

-Foot-long Portion of NE 15 Avenue - GO-3 Development, Inc. -

Case No. UDP-V25002 - (Commission District 2)

PH-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.

ADOPTED ON SECOND READING

5 - Commissioner Herbst, Commissioner Glassman, Commissioner

Beasley-Pittman, Vice Mayor Sorensen and Mayor Trantalis

Yea:

ORDINANCE FIRST READING

26-0102

First Reading - Ordinance Amending Chapter 24 - Solid Waste,

Article II - Municipal Collection and Disposal Services, Section

24-27(b), to Eliminate the Fee for Relocation of Solid Waste

Containers and Establish Improper Container Placement as a

Citable Offense Enforced Pursuant to Chapter 11 - (Commission

Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4)

OFR-1

PASSED FIRST READING

5 - Commissioner Herbst, Commissioner Glassman, Commissioner

Beasley-Pittman, Vice Mayor Sorensen and Mayor Trantalis

Yea:

26-0452

First Reading - Ordinance Amending Chapter 11 - Code

Enforcement, Section 11-25, Chart of Civil Penalties, to Establish

Civil Penalties for Improper Solid Waste Container Placement as

defined in Section 24-27(b) of the Code of Ordinances of the City of

Fort Lauderdale - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4)

OFR-2

PASSED FIRST READING

5 - Commissioner Herbst, Commissioner Glassman, Commissioner

Beasley-Pittman, Vice Mayor Sorensen and Mayor Trantalis

Yea:

26-0526

26-0527

26-0572

First Reading - Ordinances Amending Various Sections of the

Charter of the City of Fort Lauderdale, Florida - (Commission

Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4)

OFR-3

OFR-4

PASSED FIRST READING

5 - Commissioner Herbst, Commissioner Glassman, Commissioner

Beasley-Pittman, Vice Mayor Sorensen and Mayor Trantalis

Yea:

First Reading - Ordinances Amending the Charter of the City of Fort

Lauderdale, Florida, Article VIII, Public Property - (Commission

Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4)

PASSED FIRST READING AS AMENDED

5 - Commissioner Herbst, Commissioner Glassman, Commissioner

Beasley-Pittman, Vice Mayor Sorensen and Mayor Trantalis

Yea:

WALK-ON Ordinance Amending the Charter of the City of Fort

Lauderdale by Establishing the Charter Position of Police Chief -

(Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4)

PASSED FIRST READING

3 - Commissioner Herbst, Commissioner Glassman and Mayor Trantalis

2 - Commissioner Beasley-Pittman and Vice Mayor Sorensen

Yea:

Nay:

26-0571

WALK-ON Ordinance Amending the Charter of the City of Fort

Lauderdale by Establishing the Charter Position of Fire Chief -

(Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4)

PASSED FIRST READING

3 - Commissioner Herbst, Commissioner Glassman and Mayor Trantalis

2 - Commissioner Beasley-Pittman and Vice Mayor Sorensen

Yea:

Nay:

WALK-ON RESOLUTIONS

26-0569

WALK ON - Resolution Appointing Primary and Alternate

Representative to the Solid Waste Disposal and Recyclable

Materials Processing Authority of Broward County Governing Board

- (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4)

ADOPTED

5 - Commissioner Herbst, Commissioner Glassman, Commissioner

Beasley-Pittman, Vice Mayor Sorensen and Mayor Trantalis

Yea:

ORDINANCE SECOND READING

26-0493

Second Reading - Ordinance Amending Chapter 28, Article II of the

Code of Ordinances to Clarify Ownership, Maintenance, Repair,

Installation, and Cost Responsibility for Sewer Laterals and Related

Sewer Infrastructure - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4)

OSR-1

ADOPTED ON SECOND READING

5 - Commissioner Herbst, Commissioner Glassman, Commissioner

Beasley-Pittman, Vice Mayor Sorensen and Mayor Trantalis

Yea:

ADJOURNMENT