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Action Summary

Tuesday, April 7, 2026

6:00 PM

Broward Center for the Performing Arts - Mary N. Porter Riverview

Ballroom - 201 SW 5th Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33312

City Commission Regular Meeting

FORT LAUDERDALE CITY COMMISSION

DEAN J. TRANTALIS Mayor

JOHN C. HERBST Vice Mayor - Commissioner - District 1

STEVEN GLASSMAN Commissioner - District 2

PAM BEASLEY-PITTMAN Commissioner - District 3

BEN SORENSEN Commissioner - District 4

RICKELLE WILLIAMS, City Manager

DAVID R. SOLOMAN, City Clerk

SHARI L. McCARTNEY, City Attorney

PATRICK REILLY, City Auditor

PUBLIC APPEARANCES BEFORE THE CITY COMMISSION:

If any person wishes to address the City Commission, the person shall sign up in the

Broward Center for the Performing Arts - Mary N. Porter Riverview Ballroom lobby. A

member of the City Clerk’s Office Staff will be there to assist. Speaker Cards are given

to the Mayor. After being recognized by the Mayor, the speaker should approach the

podium, identify the agenda item in question, indicate support, opposition, or neutrality

on the agenda item, and then proceed to succinctly state the speaker’s position or

present information.

If an attorney, or any other person appears before the Commission in a representative

capacity, the attorney, or other representative shall also sign up in the Broward Center

for the Performing Arts - Mary N. Porter Riverview Ballroom lobby. A member of the

City Clerk’s Office Staff will be there to assist. After being recognized by the Mayor, the

speaker should approach the podium, identify the client(s) being represented, and

identify the agenda item in question. The speaker shall then indicate the client’s

support, opposition, or neutrality on the agenda item and then proceed to succinctly

state the client’s position or present information on behalf of the client(s).

Pursuant to Section 3.13 of the Charter of the City of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, the

Mayor shall maintain order at all meetings, and the Police Department, upon

instructions of the Mayor, shall expel any person from the meeting who refuses to obey

the order of the Mayor in relation to preserving order at the meetings. Any person who

interrupts or disturbs a City Commission meeting, or who willfully enters or remains in a

City Commission meeting having been warned by the Mayor to depart and who refuses

to do so, may be subject to arrest.

AUXILIARY AIDS AND SERVICES: If you desire auxiliary aids or services or both to

assist in viewing or hearing the City Commission meetings or reading the agenda and

minutes for the meeting, please contact the City Clerk’s Office at 954-828-5002 at a

minimum of two days prior to the meeting and arrangements will be made to provide

these services to you.

Pledge of Allegiance

ROLL CALL

5 - Commissioner Ben Sorensen, Vice Mayor John C. Herbst,

Commissioner Steven Glassman, Commissioner Pam

Beasley-Pittman and Mayor Dean J. Trantalis

Present:

Approval of MINUTES and Agenda

26-0334

Minutes for January 20, 2026, Commission Conference Meeting,

January 20, 2026, Commission Regular Meeting, February 3, 2026,

Commission Conference Meeting and February 3, 2026,

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

APPROVED AS AMENDED - Agenda Amended

5 - Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Herbst, Commissioner

Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman and Mayor Trantalis

Yea:

PRESENTATIONS

26-0340

Commissioner Sorensen to present a Proclamation declaring April

2026 as National Child Abuse Prevention Month in the City of Fort

Lauderdale

PRES-

PRESENTED

26-0339

Commissioner Beasley-Pittman to present a Proclamation declaring

April 2026 as World Landscape Architecture Month in the City of

Fort Lauderdale

PRES-

PRESENTED

26-0361

26-0341

Commissioner Glassman to present a Proclamation declaring April

2026 as Water Conservation Month in the City of Fort Lauderdale

PRES-

PRESENTED

Mayor Trantalis to present a Proclamation declaring April 24, 2026,

as Arbor Day 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 Sorensen, Vice Mayor Herbst, Commissioner

Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman and Mayor Trantalis

Yea:

CONSENT MOTIONS

26-0244

Motion Approving an Outdoor Event Agreement with K.J Marketing

Solutions LLC for the Igloo Cooler Festival on April 19, 2026, at Mills

Pond Park - (Commission District 3)

CM-1

APPROVED

5 - Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Herbst, Commissioner

Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman and Mayor Trantalis

Yea:

26-0278

Motion Approving an Outdoor Event Agreement and Request for

Road Closure with Kids in Distress, Inc. for the 20th Annual Duck

Fest Derby on April 18, 2026, at Esplanade Park - (Commission

District 2)

CM-2

APPROVED

5 - Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Herbst, Commissioner

Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman and Mayor Trantalis

Yea:

26-0282

Motion Approving an Outdoor Event Agreement and Request for

Road Closures with Mothers Against Drunk Driving, Inc. for the

Move with MADD & MADD Dash Fort Lauderdale 5K on April 26,

2026, at SE 1 Avenue and Las Olas Boulevard - (Commission

District 4)

CM-3

APPROVED

5 - Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Herbst, Commissioner

Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman and Mayor Trantalis

Yea:

26-0291

Motion Approving a Temporary Beach License and Outdoor Event

Agreement with Event Hospitality Solutions LLC for an IPW Event

on May 18, 2026, at Fort Lauderdale Beach Park - (Commission

Districts 2 and 4)

CM-4

APPROVED

5 - Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Herbst, Commissioner

Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman and Mayor Trantalis

Yea:

CONSENT RESOLUTIONS

26-0062

Resolution Approving the Consolidated Budget Amendment to

CR-1

Fiscal Year 2026 - Appropriation - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and

ADOPTED

5 - Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Herbst, Commissioner

Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman and Mayor Trantalis

Yea:

26-0264

26-0117

Resolution Imposing Special Assessment Liens for Lot Clearing -

(Commission Districts 2, 3 and 4)

CR-2

CR-3

ADOPTED

5 - Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Herbst, Commissioner

Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman and Mayor Trantalis

Yea:

Resolution Waiving the Competitive Solicitation and Selection

Processes and Authorizing the City Manager or the City Manager’s

designee to Negotiate a Service Agreement with PlotBox, Inc., to

Provide Cemetery Software Services - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3

and 4)

ADOPTED

5 - Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Herbst, Commissioner

Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman and Mayor Trantalis

Yea:

CONSENT PURCHASE

26-0013

Motion Approving Award for the Proprietary Purchase of Annual

Telephone Communication Services - AT&T Florida - $160,072 -

(Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4)

CP-1

APPROVED

5 - Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Herbst, Commissioner

Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman and Mayor Trantalis

Yea:

MOTIONS

26-0309

Motion Approving the First Amendment to the Revocable License

Agreement with Midtown PAL Flagler Village LLC for Temporary

Right-of-Way Closure on NE 6 Street / Sistrunk Boulevard and NE 4

Avenue in Association with the “Advantis Station” Development to

Extend the Term of the Agreement - 600 NE 3 Avenue -

(Commission District 2)

M-1

APPROVED

5 - Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Herbst, Commissioner

Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman and Mayor Trantalis

Yea:

26-0253

Motion Approving the Final Ranking of Firms, Negotiated Fee

Schedules, and Agreements for Request for Qualifications (RFQ)

No. 454 - Public Works Asset Management Consulting Services -

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc., Stantec Consulting Services Inc.,

and Woolpert Inc. - $10,000,000 - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and

M-2

REMOVED FROM AGENDA

RESOLUTIONS

26-0297

Appointment of Board and Committee Members - (Commission

Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4)

R-1

ADOPTED

5 - Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Herbst, Commissioner

Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman and Mayor Trantalis

Yea:

26-0350

Resolution Providing Notice of Intent to Enter into a Comprehensive

Agreement for a Qualifying Project for the Design, Installation,

Financing, Operation, and Maintenance of a Citywide Interactive

Digital Kiosk Program, Accepting Unsolicited Proposal from IKE

Smart City, and Notice of Intent to Accept Other Proposals for the

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

R-2

ADOPTED - 21 day competition period

5 - Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Herbst, Commissioner

Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman and Mayor Trantalis

Yea:

26-0149

Quasi-Judicial Resolution to Vacate a 2.5 Feet-Wide by 130

Feet-Long Utility Easement - Sunrise and Bayview Partners, LLC. -

1100 Bayview Drive - Case No. UDP-EV25007 - (Commission

District 1)

R-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

5 - Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Herbst, Commissioner

Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman and Mayor Trantalis

Yea:

26-0208

Quasi-Judicial Resolution - Approving the Vacation of a 10

Feet-Wide by 125 Feet-Long Drainage Easement - Charles West -

80 Isla Bahia Drive - Case No. UDP-EV25001 - (Commission

District 4)

R-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

5 - Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Herbst, Commissioner

Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman and Mayor Trantalis

Yea:

PUBLIC HEARINGS

26-0312

Public Hearing - Quasi-Judicial Application for a Waiver of Limitation

under ULDR Sec. 47-19.3 (e) for 1409 SW 17 Street (“Property”) for

Two (2) Finger Piers and Mooring Piles, (i) the Easternmost Finger

Pier and Mooring Piles Extending Into the Adjacent Waterway 36.5'

+/- From the Platted Upland Property Line and (ii) the Westernmost

Finger Pier and Mooring Piles Extending Into the Adjacent

Waterway 56.5' +/- feet from the Platted Upland Property Line in

excess of the 30% limitation set forth in ULDR Sec. 47-19.3(e) -

(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.

ADOPTED FOR DENIAL

5 - Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Herbst, Commissioner

Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman and Mayor Trantalis

Yea:

26-0299

Public Hearing - Resolution Approving the Re-Allocation of Funds

from the Parks General Obligation Bond in the Amount of

$774,146.88 from North Fork Elementary School Improvement

Project, by Allocating and Transferring $474,146.88 to the Bass

Park Improvement Project and Allocating and Transferring $300,000

to the Lauderdale Isles Landing Improvement Project - (Commission

Districts 3 and 4)

PH-2

ADOPTED

5 - Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Herbst, Commissioner

Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman and Mayor Trantalis

Yea:

ORDINANCE FIRST READING

26-0274

First Reading - Ordinance Amending the City of Fort Lauderdale's

Unified Land Development Regulations, Article VII, Notice

Procedures, Section 47-27.4, Notice Procedures for Site Plan Level

I, II, III, and IV, Conditional Use, Plats, and Amendments to Site

Plan Level III and IV; Section 47-27.5, Rezoning and Change in

Uses, and Section 47-24.6, Vacation of Public Right-of-Ways - Case

No. UDP-T26001 - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4)

OFR-1

PASSED FIRST READING

5 - Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Herbst, Commissioner

Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman and Mayor Trantalis

Yea:

26-0238

First Reading - Quasi-Judicial Ordinance Approving Vacation of

Right-of-Way - of a 50-foot-wide by 102-foot-long Portion of

Coconut Drive - David Ide - Case No. UDP-V21002 - (Commission

District 4)

OFR-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 Sorensen, Vice Mayor Herbst, Commissioner

Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman and Mayor Trantalis

Yea:

ORDINANCE SECOND READING

26-0346

Second Reading - Ordinance Amending Section 13-151 -

Ambulance Transport User Fees, of the Code of Ordinances to

Modify Emergency Medical Service ("EMS") Transport User Fees

for Basic Life Support ("BLS"), Advanced Life Support Level 1

("ALS1"), and Advanced Life Support Level 2 ("ALS2") -

(Commission Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4)

OSR-1

ADOPTED ON SECOND READING

5 - Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Herbst, Commissioner

Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman and Mayor Trantalis

Yea:

RESOLUTIONS CONTINUED

26-0285

Resolution Designating Vice-Mayor - (Commission Districts 1, 2, 3

and 4)

R-5

ADOPTED - Designating Commissioner Ben Sorensen as Vice-Mayor

5 - Commissioner Sorensen, Vice Mayor Herbst, Commissioner

Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman and Mayor Trantalis

Yea:

ADJOURNMENT